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The Irony, how things come full circle for Metallica since the good old days. Remember the Napster piracy wars? Napster went from poster child for file-sharing and music-piracy to just another pay-to-play site and.... Metallica is on Napster, again. Legally this time.

Napster sent out this press release this week: "We have a very exciting announcement to make this week - Metallica's back catalogue is now available in full on Napster! ROCK!!! ...Metal Gods On Napster!

"Metallica's catalogue is on Napster from today! Check out albums including Master Of Puppets, Metallica (The Black Album) and St. Anger from the biggest hard rock band in the world. Look out for Metallica's ninth studio album Death Magnetic out next month and a headline set at Reading/Leeds this weekend.”

Having Metallica put their songs on a legal download site is not that big a deal, they're already on iTunes and Amazon. But the symbolic significance of Metallica putting their tracks on Napster is, well... hard to deny.