Metallica are paying tribute to their legendary late bassist Cliff Burton with a newly launched exhibit on the band’s on-line museum.
“Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton” is now accessible to view by way of the Metallica Black Field museum on the band’s official web site for members of the steel act’s Fifth Member fan membership (it’s free to enroll).
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Metallica said the next of “Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton” by way of an announcement posted Tuesday (July twenty third) on Metallica.com:
“Introducing ‘Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton,’ honoring the life and legacy of the person and the musician. Although Cliff’s time with Metallica was temporary, his influence and affect stay monumental by means of his music, our reminiscences, and tales. To have a good time our brother, we’ve dipped into our vault to share items of him that we’ve hung onto all these years. And since the ‘Metallica Cliff’ is only one facet of him, we’ve recruited his associates, friends, and followers to hitch us in telling his story. We’d like to increase an enormous thanks to the Burton household for sharing reminiscences that go way back to Cliff’s childhood. The primary of 4 releases on this exhibit, at present’s drop comprises all the things from outdated images and private letters to new unique video interviews. So dig in and take your time with this content material — there might be extra the place that got here from! Come again on August 13 to take a look at the subsequent launch.”
Burton was a member of Metallica from 1982 till his tragic loss of life on the younger age of 24 in a bus accident in September 1986. He appeared on the band’s iconic first three albums: Kill ‘Em All, Trip the Lightning, and Grasp of Puppets. In a retrospective titled “The Legend of Metallica’s Cliff Burton Lives On,” Heavy Consequence chronicled his life and profession, in addition to his lasting affect.
A pair years in the past, a brick-and-mortar Cliff Burton museum opened in Ljungby, Sweden, close to the location of the aforementioned bus accident that took his life.
In the meantime, Metallica’s ongoing “M72 World Tour” kicks off a brand new North American leg on August 2nd and 4th in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Tickets to their upcoming reveals can be found right here.
Orion: A Tribute to Cliff Burton, by way of Metallica.com