In a move that those bootleg-mongers over in the Pearl Jam camp are sure to cop any day now, Metallica has released an iPhone application that will allow users to download professionally recorded mp3s from the band’s shows within hours of the last note played on any given tour night. CELEBRATORY KIRK HAMMETT SOLO. Using the LiveMetallica app, fans will also be able to trawl through five years of thrash, every Metallica show since 2004 to me made available through the service. In addition, Metallica’s most recent show can be streamed on the iPhone for a grand total of zero dollars, one less than what it costs to download the app itself. CONCLUSIVE JAMES HETFIELD GROWL.

Just last month, Trent Reznor and his Nine Inch Nails pals were at the top of their tech-savvy high horses, ready to bring us 24/7 fan coverage, updates and info about the band right to the touch of our finger tips with their new NIN iPhone application. The band seemed to be the on the cutting edge of social networking innovation, but a recent application update has instead been rejected by Apple INC, according to Reznor’s Twitter.
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Trent Reznor has an iPhone, didn’t you hear? Well, if you didn’t know, now you do. And you should also know that technologically savvy NIN have launched a brand new iPhone application, so fans can be up to the minute on everything NIN, right at the touch of their fingers.
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