Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Revolver Magazine about the band’s much-anticipated new album, tentatively due in the spring via Warner Bros.:
“This stuff is certainly a lot more dynamic and a lot more varied than the last couple of go-rounds,” Lars said. “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.
“It’s pretty different from “St. Anger”, and it’s pretty different from the “Load” stuff. This stuff is not the one-dimensional punch in the face that “St. Anger” was. This is probably a little more like those couple of albums back there in the decade that begins with an 8.”
Metallica – “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” (live)