Controversy has reared its ugly head at a time when America's one of the most popular heavy metal bands Metallica is about to release its latest music album, Death Magnetic.  There still was some time to go before Death Magnetic hit the music stores, but a strong buzz came up that the album has leaked online. As per reports, the leak happened after Metallica's music album was said to have been sold at a record store in France.

Speaking to the San Francisco radio station Live 105, the band's drummer Lars Ulrich however said that they are not in the least perturbed even if such a thing has really happened. Their last music album St. Anger in 2003 had got brutally panned by critics as well as fans. The leak of Death Magnetic follows the arrest of Kevin Cogill for leaking nine unreleased Guns N’ Roses songs previous week.