Metallica album update (Part 2)

Metallica's are as we speak (type) currently working on the follow-up to 2003's 'St. Anger' - seen by many as a disasterous album for the legendary metallers.

From their own studio at Metallica HQ in San Rafael, California, drummer Lars Ulrich said "The last album was an unusual Metallica album in that no one brought ideas into the studio. Everything you hear on that album was given birth to in the studio. This time around we've each brought in ideas as we used to as well as working on some jams we had from from two summers ago and James [Hetfield] and I are sorting through our CDs of riffs to put together stuff as we did back in the day.

"The new stuff is much more organic, more old school. It certainly doesn't feel like 'St. Anger' Part Two. When we were rehearsing for our South African shows and started playing the 'St. Anger' stuff, it definitely felt very different to the rest of the set because of how the songs were put together. It was really important to make that record in the way we did because of the chaotic internal vibe at that time: 'St. Anger' was a statement, 55 minutes of brutality packed onto a CD, proving to ourselves that we still had the spark. 'St. Anger' was fun but we don't need to make that album again."

Ulrich says that the band have six or seven songs nearing completion, minus vocals and they are using producer Rick Rubin for the first time because longtime producer Bob Rock was unavailable (working on the new Motley Crue album).

Metallica's as-yet-untitled album is expected early next year.

Source: Metalhammer.co.uk

Ok few things i have to say about this:

1) The last album that they went out and recorded there own riffs then came back to stick together as a song was Black Album, meaning this could be along the same lines.

2) Early next year!!! thats ages away! i was told it was late this year.

3) Bob Rock producing a new Motley Crue album :puke2: