Quebec Magnetic

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Quebec Magnetic
Metallica video album

Publication
(s)

December 11, 2012

admission

October 31 / November 1, 2009

Label (s) Universal Music , Blackened Recordings

Format (s)

Double DVD / Blu-ray Disc

Genre (s)

Heavy metal , thrash metal

Title (number)

DVD1: 19 + DVD2: 9 / Blu-ray: 28

running time

169: 55

occupation
chronology
The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
(2010)
Quebec Magnetic Metallica Through the Never
(2013)

Quebec Magnetic is a video and live album by the US metal band Metallica . It was released on December 11, 2012 on the Universal Music and Blackened Recordings labels . The DVD is approved by the FSK from 12 years of age.

content

The album contains live recordings of the band's concerts on October 31st and November 1st, 2009 in front of 16,000 spectators at the Colisée Pepsi in Québec , Canada . With eight songs, most were taken from the accompanying studio album Death Magnetic . Four of the songs played come from the studio albums Metallica , Master of Puppets and Kill 'Em All . Further tracks were taken from the albums Garage Inc. (three tracks), … And Justice for All (two tracks) and Ride the Lightning (one song).

In addition to the concert, the DVD contains band and fan interviews.

Cover design

The album cover shows James Hetfield on stage. He holds his guitar in one hand and leans back while a spotlight illuminates him. In the upper part of the picture is the gray letter M in the shape of a lightning bolt. The background is black.

Track list

DVD 1 :

# title length album
1 The Ecstasy of Gold 1:36
2 That Was Just Your Life 7:08 Death Magnetic
3 The end of the line 7:45 Death Magnetic
4th The Four Horsemen 5:26 Kill 'Em All
5 The Shortest Straw 6:09 ... And Justice for All
6th One 7:53 ... And Justice for All
7th Broken, Beat & Scarred 8:25 Death Magnetic
8th My apocalypse 6:44 Death Magnetic
9 Sad but True 6:00 Metallica
10 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 6:09 Master of Puppets
11 The Judas Kiss 9:48 Death Magnetic
12 The Day That Never Comes 7:57 Death Magnetic
13 Master of Puppets 8:05 Master of Puppets
14th Battery 7:05 Master of Puppets
15th Nothing Else Matters 5:45 Metallica
16 Enter Sandman 8:49 Metallica
17th Killing time 2:55 Garage Inc.
18th Whiplash 7:04 Kill 'Em All
19th Seek & Destroy 7:10 Kill 'Em All

DVD 2 :

# title length album
1 For Whom the Bell Tolls 5:06 Ride the Lightning
2 Holier Than Thou 3:45 Metallica
3 Cyanide 6:58 Death Magnetic
4th Turn the page 5:18 Garage Inc.
5 All Nightmare Long 7:51 Death Magnetic
6th Damage, Inc. 5:18 Master of Puppets
7th Breadfan 4:08 Garage Inc.
8th Phantom Lord 3:38 Kill 'Em All
9 Quebec City Love Letters
(band and fan interviews)
8:09

Chart successes and awards

The video album entered the German charts at number 29 on December 21, 2012 and was ranked 68 and 75 in the following weeks. In total, it stayed in the top 100 for five weeks. It reached number 1 in the Swiss music DVD charts, number 2 in Austria, number 3 in the USA and 9th in Great Britain.

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 30,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 25,000
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 10,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg1 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg3 × platinum
80,000

Main article: Metallica / Music Sales Awards

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source rating
laut.de

The website laut.de rated the album with three out of a possible five points: It was criticized that the performance was mostly very static and that the right live atmosphere only emerged towards the end, when the classics were played.

Individual evidence

  1. album cover
  2. Chart tracking Quebec Magnetic at officialcharts.de
  3. Rating: laut.de
  4. laut.de: Review of the sound carrier