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Metallica - Mini-Site Online For Streaming New Material


Metallica has established a mini-site to promote the group's forthcoming studio effort. "Mission Metallica" will go live in May for the sole purpose of giving the fans a chance to "experience the new album before it's done."

Check it out at missionmetallica.com.

The band has been hard at 'work' recording the as-yet-untitled, long-awaited new album in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin. Motor-mouth Napster-hater Lars Ulrich recently announced that the group's follow-up to 2003's "St Anger" will be released this September.

While speaking with Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson on Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, Ulrich said, "We're just finishing up a record, we've got six weeks left and it should be out in September, that's the idea right now." He embellishes further, saying, "I like what I've heard so far. I'm not one of the great sellers of 'the new record's the best thing we've ever done and it shits all over the last record and it's way heavier'. I'm not a great believer in all that horseshit." To finish up, he adds a classic Lars statement that could easily have been taken from the St. Anger period; "I like it and I'm one of Metallica's harshest critics. So far it feels pretty good but there's still plenty of time to fuck it up, so let's see what happens."

Lars told Revolver magazine that the group's new material "is certainly a lot more dynamic and a lot more varied than the last couple of go-rounds," adding, "There's a lot of light and shade in these songs. There's heavy, fast, nutty stuff, and then there's some slowdowns and musical interludes." Ulrich also said that the album has more in common with some of the group's '80s releases than more recent offerings like "St. Anger" and "Load".
Ulrich wouldn't agree that the yet-to-be-titled disc is a total return to their thrashed up 'widdley-widdley leads' past, saying, "I hate to be that specific, because six months from now people are gonna go, 'What the fuck? Lars lied to us!' But it feels that way to me. It's been no secret that Rick [Rubin, producer] suggested to us that we use a couple of those records as reference points ? that we spend some time kind of accessing that headspace. So when we would come to forks in the road, sometimes the exercise became, 'What would we have done at this point in 1985?"

The drummer also revealed that producer Rick Rubin, working with the band for the first time, wanted Metallica to use classics like "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets" as points of reference and comparison for the album's new songs.

Source: metallicabb.com
Band profile: Metallica
Posted: 19.04.2008 by Ether


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19.04.2008 - 15:43
Jonnz of Steel

Sounds interesting
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19.04.2008 - 15:50
YoreLore

not looking forward to the album, they have sucked for about 17 years but ill give it a shot
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19.04.2008 - 15:59
THE_BLACK_GOD
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Written by YoreLore on 19.04.2008 at 15:50

not looking forward to the album, they have sucked for about 17 years but ill give it a shot

cause u dont have any chance cause they r the gods
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19.04.2008 - 17:50
Justice

oh
I am sure that new album will be fuckin' better than st'anger & load
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19.04.2008 - 18:02
Stalker
Lone wanderer
May... So no songs right now... OK, well wait... I dont see myself buying that album, but at least I can hear than is it any good...
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19.04.2008 - 20:24
Evil Chip

i will buy the album for sure. I will always have faith in metallica.
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19.04.2008 - 21:10
Warman
Erotic Stains
Hell yeah! I've signed up!
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19.04.2008 - 22:39
Muhannad Saleh
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i will wait i just hope that metallica dont let us down this time too
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20.04.2008 - 01:16
Inlé

they haven't released an album worth buying since justice... I guess it'll be an interesting listen though
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20.04.2008 - 02:51
iMorphball

Meh, Don't care. Metallica sold out a while ago...
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20.04.2008 - 06:03
Mr_Satay
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Written by iMorphball on 20.04.2008 at 02:51

Meh, Don't care. Metallica sold out a while ago...


haha, sold out

your jelous that metallica are allowed to make and write and play whatever music they want, if you dont like it, dont listen to it. All bands change, even slightly.
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20.04.2008 - 12:56
THE_BLACK_GOD
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so they r not working only for money they workin for their fans too and yeS they Respect their fans
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20.04.2008 - 14:38
matthioso

can't wait to hear the new songs
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20.04.2008 - 14:49
DrunkenFuck
Thrasher!
Wow, can't wait!
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THRASH!!!
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20.04.2008 - 16:59
Stigma
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Cool, I'll be checking it out.
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20.04.2008 - 17:21
ß
Problem?
Er.. this is interesting I suppose
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20.04.2008 - 22:23
Plaguebearer

i like all their music, but i am looking foreward to seeing some older influenced metallica songs. I hope Lars isn't shitting us
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21.04.2008 - 00:06
4death4

metallica the best.can't wait to september.!!!
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21.04.2008 - 05:18
Mechanixxxx

this is great!! 2008 will be a memorable year for metal
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21.04.2008 - 16:24
GT
Coffee!!
This might be interesting.
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21.04.2008 - 17:22
-Soulreaper-

At least they have Rick Rubin working on it instead of Bob Rock, so there might just be a chance that this album will be decent.
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21.04.2008 - 19:13
Nyxgrinder

Written by Guest on 19.04.2008 at 15:59

Written by YoreLore on 19.04.2008 at 15:50

not looking forward to the album, they have sucked for about 17 years but ill give it a shot

cause u dont have any chance cause they r the gods


right!!!!! the GODS OF DISSAPIONT AND LET-DOWN
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21.04.2008 - 19:18
THE_BLACK_GOD
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Written by Nyxgrinder on 21.04.2008 at 19:13

Written by Guest on 19.04.2008 at 15:59

Written by YoreLore on 19.04.2008 at 15:50

not looking forward to the album, they have sucked for about 17 years but ill give it a shot

cause u dont have any chance cause they r the gods


right!!!!! the GODS OF DISSAPIONT AND LET-DOWN

well its ur opinion .
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