Metallica unleashed full track of cover Deep Purple "'When A Blind Man Cries"

Cover of Deep Purple's 'When A Blind Man Cries' have been unveiled by Metallica. The full track is available online to listen.

The track which is taken from a new Deep Purple tribute album, which is titled 'Re-Machined:A Tribute to Machine Head', and will see a selection of acts including Iron Maiden, Chickenfoot and The Flaming Lips covering each of the tracks on Deep Purple's classic 1972 album 'Machine Head'.

Also confirmed to appear are Black Label Society, guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana and rock supergroup Chickenfoot.

As well as this, a series of one-off collaborators will join forces to record some of the tracks. Among the musicians set to take part are Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, ex-Guns N' Roses men Matt Sorum and Duff MacKagan, Def Leppard's Joe Elliott and Steve Vai.