In what is sure to be one of the most talked-about alliances of the year, New York king of avant-rock LOU REED has teamed up with best-selling hard rock band METALLICA to record a brand-new album, entitled Lulu, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on November 1st in North America (October 31st elsewhere).

The album was co-produced by Reed, Metallica, Hal Willner who has produced albums for Reed, MARIANNE FAITHFUL, and LAURIE ANDERSON, among others and Greg Fidelman. Fidelman also mixed the record.

The artwork has just been revealed below: