It’s taken Metallica longer than most bands to realize that selling your music is a good thing, but they’ve finally done it. The band made their work available through Apple’s iTunes digital music store for the first time on Tuesday, reports Reuters.

However, only the American and Canadian online stores are selling the tunes due to a dispute with Metallica’s overseas label, Mercury (the band is on Atlantic here).

Though downloads of full Metallica albums have been sold through other services like MSN Music, single songs could not be bought until now.

iTunes is selling the band’s first four albums — “Kill ‘Em All,” “Ride the Lightning,” “Master of Puppets” and “…And Justice for All” — along with previously unreleased live performances from 1989.

Though most major artists now have deals with iTunes to sell their music, a few of the big names still holding out include Radiohead, the Beatles, Garth Brooks and Led Zeppelin.






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