METALLICA ARE GOING TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM LATER THIS YEAR
James Hetfield has confirmed that METALLICA has completed the recording phase of its long-awaited tenth studio album for a late 2016 release. He told NBC Sports on June 6 before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the San Jose Sharks andPittsburgh Penguins in San Jose, California (see video below): “We’re mixing it now, so hopefully by fall it’ll be out and hitting people’s ears. We’re super stoked about it. It’s been a long time coming, and, you know, this is what we do. We love playing. And the next album is exactly what it’s supposed to be. So we’re excited about it.”
Drummer Lars Ulrich said in a recent interview with Metal Forces that June is the month in which the band will begin deciding on what to call the album and how they plan to release it to the public. The disc will follow up 2008’s “Death Magnetic” and marks the longest gap between studio albums in the band’s 33-year recording history.
Ulrich : “If we had to sit there and, ‘Okay, boys, now you write for the rest of the year and then you spend the next year after that recording’ — I would pull what seven hairs I have left, I’d pull those out and rather just stab myself in the eye with nails or whatever,” he said. “I just, I couldn’t do it. I mean, we love the position that we’re in to be able to come and go between all these different projects. That’s what keeps us alive.”
