METALLICA has introduced Hit The Lights: The Making Of Metallica Through The Never, a series of short films that will tell you everything you need to know about the making of Metallica Through The Never and the groundbreaking stage production. Watch the first three episodes below:

Nanotech Entertainment has announced the first of several live streaming events from the upcoming 36th Annual Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) October 3rd-13th at venues throughout Marin County, California. In a special pre-festival kick-off event Metallica's James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, along with actor Dane DeHaan and director Nimród Antal will participate in an on-stage interview and audience Q&A; moderated by the California Film Institute Executive Director and Mill Valley Film Festival Founder, Mark Fishkin immediately following the U.S. Public Premiere of Metallica Through The Never at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA. This special kick-off event will be streamed live by NanoTech Entertainment over the NanoFlix network providing the stream to Televisions, Phones, Tablets and Computers. Viewers can go to here on Tuesday September 17, at 9:00pm PDT.

In this music-driven, 3D motion picture event, award-winning filmmaker Nimród Antal (Predators, Kontroll) immerses audiences in a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience with spectacular live performance footage of Metallica’s most iconic songs – created exclusively for film – combined with a bold, narrative story featuring imagery drawn from the band’s trailblazing iconography. Dane DeHaan portrays Trip, a young roadie sent on an urgent mission, during the Metallica’s roaring live set in front of a sold-out arena. The film features dazzling pyrotechnics, the most elaborate live-performance stage ever built and state-of-the-art 3-D photography, captured using up to 24 cameras simultaneously. Picturehouse will release Metallica Through The Never in North America on September 27th exclusively in over 300 IMAX 3D Theatres, and will expand into additional theaters on October 4th.

Metallica Through The Never official theatrical trailer and sample clips:

Metallica Through The Never (Music From The Motion Picture), the soundtrack companion to the forthcoming groundbreaking 3D feature film, Metallica Through The Never will be released on the band's own record label, Blackened Recordings, on September 24th and highlights last year's career spanning sets at Rexall Place in Edmonton and Rogers Arena in Vancouver, where the band filmed all performance footage featured in the film.

The soundtrack is available for digital pre-order tonight at midnight, EST here, and both the CD and digital album will be available September 24th at all retailers. There will also be a vinyl edition of the soundtrack album available in both 33 1/3 RPM and special limited numbered 45 RPM versions later in the fall. See below for a complete track listing.

"Let's hear it for the old school soundtrack!" said Metallica's Lars Ulrich. Not only are we beyond psyched about our movie coming your way shortly, but the fact that we get to share the music directly in all these formats is way fuckin' cool."

Metallica Through The Never (Music from the Motion Picture) tracklisting:

Disc 1:

'The Ecstasy Of Gold'

'Creeping Death'

'For Whom The Bell Tolls'

'Fuel'

'Ride The Lightning'

'One'

'The Memory Remains'

'Wherever I May Roam'

'Cyanide'

'...And Justice For All'

Disc 2:

'Master Of Puppets'

'Battery'

'Nothing Else Matters'

'Enter Sandman'

'Hit The Lights'

'Orion'