Metallica's next album will contain lazier songs

Alteredmindeath · January 9th, 2012, 12:02 AM

I'm starting to get bad vibes for the next Metallica record.

Last fall, METALLICA started writing the studio follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic", working from riffs and licks taped during the band's tuning-room jams over the past three years of touring.

"We're about seven, eight songs into it," METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich tells Rolling Stone magazine about the record, which will once again be produced by Rick Rubin. "We do it in rounds. We come up with something, we leave it, go to the next thing, come up with something basic, leave it and circle back around. Next month we'll go back and start embellishing: 'Let's double that one part and come up with a middle bit.'"

"If 'Death Magnetic' was a logical successor to [1988's] '…And Justice For All', the next album will be a heavier Black Album," METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett tells Rolling Stone, using the popular nickname for 1991's "Metallica". "We're not going to the depths of complexity that we did for 'Death Magnetic'. The stuff we're coming up with is more groove-oriented, a heavier version of what we were doing in the early Nineties."

"When people talk about the old stuff, they think 'Justice'," Ulrich tells Rolling Stone. "But look at 'Harvester Of Sorrow' on that album. It's a fairly simple five-minute song. And 'Fuel' [on 1997's 'Reload'] is an absolute scorcher live. Right now, I'm thinking shorter, more to-the-point."

A 3D movie starring METALLICA is in the early stages of production, with a projected release date of summer 2013. The film does not have a title yet, a finished script or a director. "Imagine if you took 'The Song Remains The Same'," Ulrich tells Rolling Stone, referring to the 1976 LED ZEPPELIN movie, "which is 75 percent concert, 25 percent other stuff, and flipped it around. And all the nonconcert footage, instead of being about the band members, is a story that unfolds, set against the backdrop of the concert."

According to Ulrich, the METALLICA members are financing the film production on their own. "We tend to pay for these things ourselves," he says. "The minute you take somebody else's money, you have to consider their opinions. And that's no fun."

"We didn't want to do it at first," Hammett tells Rolling Stone about the 3D flick. "We were sold on it by our managers, that it would be a lot of fun and we would have a big-ass stage to play on — the biggest METALLICA live show we've ever done, next-level stuff."

METALLICA will release a physical CD edition of its current digital EP, "Beyond Magnetic", on January 31. The four-song EP, which featured songs recorded during the sessions for "Death Magnetic", was issued digitally on December 13, shortly after the band premiered all four songs live during its quartet of 30th anniversary shows in San Francisco earlier that month.

The tracks are "Hate Train", "Just A Bullet Away", "Hell And Back" and "Rebel Of Babylon".

METALLICA issued a collaborative album with Lou Reed called "Lulu" in November, but the conceptual disc was a commercial and critical flop.

The band is scheduled to perform the Black Album in its entirety at several European festivals this summer, and has hinted at several other big events

Revell · January 9th, 2012, 12:34 AM

Heavier version of The Black Album? I strongly doubt that, but I like the sound of 'shorter and to the point'. Death Magnetic dragged out quite a bit, and they tend to play certain riffs longer than neccessary.

Ocelot2010 · January 9th, 2012, 02:40 AM

If a "heavier black album" is what it turns out to be, I will jizz myself.

...watch them tune to C# and play sludge...

Chipmonkcheeks · January 9th, 2012, 03:13 AM

'IF it was the logical successor to Justice...' which is wasn't so in theory it has no bearing on it being heavier than the Black Album.

Also I don't want to was Lars talking for hours he is so purile and hilarious.

Keenan · January 9th, 2012, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revell

Heavier version of The Black Album? I strongly doubt that, but I like the sound of 'shorter and to the point'. Death Magnetic dragged out quite a bit, and they tend to play certain riffs longer than neccessary.

My thoughts exactly.

thrasherdave · January 9th, 2012, 04:55 AM

Heavier 90's Metallica = St Anger

ThatOneDude · January 9th, 2012, 10:57 AM

I saw that 3d Movie article. That pissed me off for some odd reason more than anything else...

Keenan · January 9th, 2012, 01:10 PM

Because you hate the 3D fad, and hope it will end soon? Me too!

ThatOneDude · January 9th, 2012, 01:19 PM

Because 1) I think anything coming out of that band, especially involving Lars, just annoys me...
2) A 3d MOVIE?! Hey Metallica, so I heard you like showin yer dick off...

Alteredmindeath · January 9th, 2012, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thrasherdave

Heavier 90's Metallica = St Anger

The new record will probably sound like St Anger mixed with the riffs of a black album and I really hope they don't go hardcore, groove metal. That would really suck, but if they can put out songs like Harvester of Sorrow I'd be ok with it.

zerostatic · January 9th, 2012, 11:32 PM

Pass...Metallica stopped being relevant to Metal about 15 years ago...their last good release was Garage Inc and that was a bunch of cover songs.

thrasherdave · January 9th, 2012, 11:33 PM

I second that. I'll avoid this like the musical tumour it will most likely be.

Vedicardi · January 9th, 2012, 11:48 PM

how about shorter and to the point like fucking kill em all.

Kaspr · January 10th, 2012, 12:10 AM

Sounds alright to me I guess. Some songs on DM I thought would have worked better if they were shorter. I guess they are getting too old to play fast now.

As for the 3D thing...I love Metallica but...meh. I'd be fine with just a standard movie

thrasherdave · January 10th, 2012, 04:20 AM

'Too old to play fast'? Sorry, that's bullshit. All the lads in bands like Exodus, Sodom etc. are around the same age and they manage to play fast music just fine - not to mention Dave Mustaine, who bear in mind only release Endgame short of three years ago.

Kaspr · January 11th, 2012, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thrasherdave

'Too old to play fast'? Sorry, that's bullshit. All the lads in bands like Exodus, Sodom etc. are around the same age and they manage to play fast music just fine - not to mention Dave Mustaine, who bear in mind only release Endgame short of three years ago.

Well there you go. I guess they still play the old shit pretty well live though. Except for Lars because...yeah no need for explanation there.

Otherwise they're just unfit

thrasherdave · January 12th, 2012, 12:21 AM

And rubbish

Kaspr · January 12th, 2012, 03:01 AM

Wow, never heard someone say that before about Metallica :P

thrasherdave · January 12th, 2012, 03:09 AM

Killer From The Deep · January 12th, 2012, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thrasherdave

And rubbish

Alteredmindeath · January 12th, 2012, 05:59 PM

I had a feeling they were going to make another black album. I knew Lars of Kirk would start whining about long songs, they are just too much brain power for them to play anymore. They want to make an album that makes lots of money, and easier to play.... just like with Mustaines abrupt songs on "13". They are slowing down, but they are not so old they can't play fast. The day they can't play fast anymore is the day they will retire because it's required for their music.

thrasherdave · January 13th, 2012, 12:32 AM

Table jokes never get old

Kaspr · January 14th, 2012, 04:55 AM

http://loudwire.com/files/2011/12/Wikitable.jpg

Damn technology, can't work out how to post the actual picture, not just the link!

ThatOneDude · January 14th, 2012, 07:01 AM

Just select the yellow thing, the post the link of the image, and you get your image.

Snyde · January 14th, 2012, 09:42 AM

Just counting the stuff he says he is on The View and Sad but True, Hetfield is a ton of stuff. He is:

The root
The progress
The aggressor
The tablet
The view
The table
All this
The ten stories
---
Your life
The one who takes you there
Your only true friend
Your hate
Your life
Your dream
Your eyes
Your pain
Your truth
Your reasoned alibis
YOU!

January 9th, 2012, 12:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Alteredmindeath Pathfinder Chronicler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Underneath your bed Posts: 6,651	Metallica's next album will contain lazier songs I'm starting to get bad vibes for the next Metallica record. Last fall, METALLICA started writing the studio follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic", working from riffs and licks taped during the band's tuning-room jams over the past three years of touring. "We're about seven, eight songs into it," METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich tells Rolling Stone magazine about the record, which will once again be produced by Rick Rubin. "We do it in rounds. We come up with something, we leave it, go to the next thing, come up with something basic, leave it and circle back around. Next month we'll go back and start embellishing: 'Let's double that one part and come up with a middle bit.'" "If 'Death Magnetic' was a logical successor to [1988's] '…And Justice For All', the next album will be a heavier Black Album," METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett tells Rolling Stone, using the popular nickname for 1991's "Metallica". "We're not going to the depths of complexity that we did for 'Death Magnetic'. The stuff we're coming up with is more groove-oriented, a heavier version of what we were doing in the early Nineties." "When people talk about the old stuff, they think 'Justice'," Ulrich tells Rolling Stone. "But look at 'Harvester Of Sorrow' on that album. It's a fairly simple five-minute song. And 'Fuel' [on 1997's 'Reload'] is an absolute scorcher live. Right now, I'm thinking shorter, more to-the-point." A 3D movie starring METALLICA is in the early stages of production, with a projected release date of summer 2013. The film does not have a title yet, a finished script or a director. "Imagine if you took 'The Song Remains The Same'," Ulrich tells Rolling Stone, referring to the 1976 LED ZEPPELIN movie, "which is 75 percent concert, 25 percent other stuff, and flipped it around. And all the nonconcert footage, instead of being about the band members, is a story that unfolds, set against the backdrop of the concert." According to Ulrich, the METALLICA members are financing the film production on their own. "We tend to pay for these things ourselves," he says. "The minute you take somebody else's money, you have to consider their opinions. And that's no fun." "We didn't want to do it at first," Hammett tells Rolling Stone about the 3D flick. "We were sold on it by our managers, that it would be a lot of fun and we would have a big-ass stage to play on — the biggest METALLICA live show we've ever done, next-level stuff." METALLICA will release a physical CD edition of its current digital EP, "Beyond Magnetic", on January 31. The four-song EP, which featured songs recorded during the sessions for "Death Magnetic", was issued digitally on December 13, shortly after the band premiered all four songs live during its quartet of 30th anniversary shows in San Francisco earlier that month. The tracks are "Hate Train", "Just A Bullet Away", "Hell And Back" and "Rebel Of Babylon". METALLICA issued a collaborative album with Lou Reed called "Lulu" in November, but the conceptual disc was a commercial and critical flop. The band is scheduled to perform the Black Album in its entirety at several European festivals this summer, and has hinted at several other big events __________________ http://paizo.com/pathfinder http://eclipsephase.com/ http://palladiumbooks.com/ http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ed...te.asp?eidm=50

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thrasherdave Deadpan Snarker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom. Posts: 11,947	I second that. I'll avoid this like the musical tumour it will most likely be. __________________ www.facebook.com/vindingram www.facebook.com/vindicatorukofficial www.facebook.com/nefasturrisuk

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Revell Mother Puncher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 655	Heavier version of The Black Album? I strongly doubt that, but I like the sound of 'shorter and to the point'. Death Magnetic dragged out quite a bit, and they tend to play certain riffs longer than neccessary.

January 9th, 2012, 11:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
zerostatic Damned in Flames Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 3,155	Pass...Metallica stopped being relevant to Metal about 15 years ago...their last good release was Garage Inc and that was a bunch of cover songs.

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Vedicardi Huge Weeaboo Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 652	how about shorter and to the point like fucking kill em all. __________________

January 10th, 2012, 12:10 AM	#14 (permalink)
Kaspr Bow down to the thrasher! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 538	Sounds alright to me I guess. Some songs on DM I thought would have worked better if they were shorter. I guess they are getting too old to play fast now. As for the 3D thing...I love Metallica but...meh. I'd be fine with just a standard movie

January 10th, 2012, 04:20 AM	#15 (permalink)
thrasherdave Deadpan Snarker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom. Posts: 11,947	'Too old to play fast'? Sorry, that's bullshit. All the lads in bands like Exodus, Sodom etc. are around the same age and they manage to play fast music just fine - not to mention Dave Mustaine, who bear in mind only release Endgame short of three years ago. __________________ www.facebook.com/vindingram www.facebook.com/vindicatorukofficial www.facebook.com/nefasturrisuk

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thrasherdave Deadpan Snarker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom. Posts: 11,947	And rubbish __________________ www.facebook.com/vindingram www.facebook.com/vindicatorukofficial www.facebook.com/nefasturrisuk

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Kaspr Bow down to the thrasher! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 538	Wow, never heard someone say that before about Metallica :P

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Alteredmindeath Pathfinder Chronicler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Underneath your bed Posts: 6,651	I had a feeling they were going to make another black album. I knew Lars of Kirk would start whining about long songs, they are just too much brain power for them to play anymore. They want to make an album that makes lots of money, and easier to play.... just like with Mustaines abrupt songs on "13". They are slowing down, but they are not so old they can't play fast. The day they can't play fast anymore is the day they will retire because it's required for their music. __________________ http://paizo.com/pathfinder http://eclipsephase.com/ http://palladiumbooks.com/ http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ed...te.asp?eidm=50

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Kaspr Bow down to the thrasher! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 538	http://loudwire.com/files/2011/12/Wikitable.jpg Damn technology, can't work out how to post the actual picture, not just the link! Last edited by Kaspr : January 14th, 2012 at 04:59 AM.