DJ.Parker
02-04-2007, 02:50 PM
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Metallica's yet to be titled 9th studio album, is tentatively planned for a summer 2007 release, At a press conference at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in Estonia on Tuesday June 13, 2006, James Hetfield said that the songwriting is "coming along exactly as [it] should. We're not rushing too much. [We're] taking our time. We want this to be just really good. We have a lot of material, which is better than the other way around. We're going to be [at it] a little while." Drummer Lars Ulrich recently told BBC Radio 1 that the new album will be in stores in the summer or early fall of 2007. [1] Previously contradicting this was the "Holiday Wishes" [1] video, where Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo seem to announce that it is due for release in early 2008.[2]
The producer for this album will be Rick Rubin, known for his work with The Beastie Boys, Slayer, Johnny Cash, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Danzig.[3] Bob Rock will not be producing this album, after producing all albums from Metallica through St. Anger. According to frontman James Hetfield, the mood is much more relaxed than the recording of St. Anger.[4] This will be the first studio album by Metallica released on Warner Bros. Records. Their last album with Elektra was the Some Kind of Monster EP. Drummer Lars Ulrich has also stated that the sound of the new album is more similar to Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets than their later albums such as St. Anger.[5] It will also be the first studio album to feature Robert Trujillo as the new bass player.
Songs
Starting with St. Anger, Metallica began writing more songs than would normally fit on an album. During their Escape from the Studio '06 tour, the band debuted two songs, temporarily titled "The New Song" and "The Other New Song". Notably, the two songs mark the first official writing credit for bassist Robert Trujillo on any Metallica song.[6] Trujillo was hired after the recording of St. Anger; producer Bob Rock played bass for the entire album and shared writing credit on all the songs. In another hint of the album's direction, Ulrich mentions that the album will be more organic, and that Pro Tools would most likely not be used at all, like it had been for their last studio album. [7]
"The New Song" debuted on the European leg of the tour on June 6, 2006 in Berlin, Germany. The song clocks in at around eight minutes, with Hetfield repeatedly singing "Death is not the end." "The Other New Song" debuted August 12, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan, and is much shorter, at just over three minutes.[8] The possible name of the song might be "Volturous".
Both songs are fast-paced and feature solos from Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, ending fan and critic belief that there would not be any future guitar solos from Metallica. Hetfield and Ulrich both stated on the Some Kind of Monster movie that they were bored with traditional guitar solos, as proven on the St. Anger album.
According to Hammett, the band has written about fifteen songs for the new album.[9] Trujillo adds that the band has about 50 hours of music and riffs to sift through for the next album.[10]
Metallica's yet to be titled 9th studio album, is tentatively planned for a summer 2007 release, At a press conference at Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in Estonia on Tuesday June 13, 2006, James Hetfield said that the songwriting is "coming along exactly as [it] should. We're not rushing too much. [We're] taking our time. We want this to be just really good. We have a lot of material, which is better than the other way around. We're going to be [at it] a little while." Drummer Lars Ulrich recently told BBC Radio 1 that the new album will be in stores in the summer or early fall of 2007. [1] Previously contradicting this was the "Holiday Wishes" [1] video, where Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo seem to announce that it is due for release in early 2008.[2]
The producer for this album will be Rick Rubin, known for his work with The Beastie Boys, Slayer, Johnny Cash, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Danzig.[3] Bob Rock will not be producing this album, after producing all albums from Metallica through St. Anger. According to frontman James Hetfield, the mood is much more relaxed than the recording of St. Anger.[4] This will be the first studio album by Metallica released on Warner Bros. Records. Their last album with Elektra was the Some Kind of Monster EP. Drummer Lars Ulrich has also stated that the sound of the new album is more similar to Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets than their later albums such as St. Anger.[5] It will also be the first studio album to feature Robert Trujillo as the new bass player.
Songs
Starting with St. Anger, Metallica began writing more songs than would normally fit on an album. During their Escape from the Studio '06 tour, the band debuted two songs, temporarily titled "The New Song" and "The Other New Song". Notably, the two songs mark the first official writing credit for bassist Robert Trujillo on any Metallica song.[6] Trujillo was hired after the recording of St. Anger; producer Bob Rock played bass for the entire album and shared writing credit on all the songs. In another hint of the album's direction, Ulrich mentions that the album will be more organic, and that Pro Tools would most likely not be used at all, like it had been for their last studio album. [7]
"The New Song" debuted on the European leg of the tour on June 6, 2006 in Berlin, Germany. The song clocks in at around eight minutes, with Hetfield repeatedly singing "Death is not the end." "The Other New Song" debuted August 12, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan, and is much shorter, at just over three minutes.[8] The possible name of the song might be "Volturous".
Both songs are fast-paced and feature solos from Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, ending fan and critic belief that there would not be any future guitar solos from Metallica. Hetfield and Ulrich both stated on the Some Kind of Monster movie that they were bored with traditional guitar solos, as proven on the St. Anger album.
According to Hammett, the band has written about fifteen songs for the new album.[9] Trujillo adds that the band has about 50 hours of music and riffs to sift through for the next album.[10]