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METALLICA
THE BLACK ALBUM REMASTERED: DELUXE BOX SET
BLACKENED RECORDINGS
£229.99
THE BIGGEST METAL album of all time deserves a 30th-anniversary box set of audacious opulence. Limited to 500 copies, this suitably lavish set boasts the original album remastered on 180g double vinyl and CD, three live LPs, 14 CDs and six DVDs full of unreleased content, ranging from rough mixes and demos to live audio. And that’s before you find the Sad But True picture disc, guitar picks, laminates, a folder full of lyric sheets and a 120-page hardback book recounting the band’s early-90s glory days. Most importantly, the album itself now sounds even more imperious and crushing than ever. Still essential and now, none more deluxe. https://tinyurl.com/black-boxset