Metallica and Lou Reed post first Lulu audio clip

Look closely at her face and she looks a bit like Lars. Seriously.

The first fruits of album sessions that saw James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett reduced to tears have been released.

The 30-second teaser clip of The View, which you can hear in the YouTube video above, proves to a) be nothing to do with the Scottish indie band of the same name, and b) sound almost exactly like you imagined it would.

Lulu, the 10-song studio collaboration between Metallica and Lou Reed, is set for release in the UK on 31 October. Here's the tracklisting:

Brandenburg Gate
The View
Pumping Blood
Mistress Dread
Iced Honey
Cheat On Me
Frustration
Little Dog
Dragon
Junior Dad

Visit the official Lulu site for more.

Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

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