Guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed a bunch of quite interesting facts regarding the highly anticipated new Metallica album:
“We wrote 22 songs with the intention of recording 12 or 14, with the intention of putting maybe 9 or 10 tracksВ on the new album, depending on how they all turn out once they’re all finally recorded and mixed and done.”
“The music is really heavy, different from anything we’ve ever done before again. Yes, there are guitar solos. Yes, the production will be slightly better. We’re using producer Rick Rubin (a.o. Slipknot, Slayer, System of a Down, Audioslave).”
“The material, we feel, is very, very strong. I like that to think that it sits somewhere between “…And Justice for All” (1988) and the “black” album (1991) – that little niche right there.”
“We’re actually shooting for an early 2008 release. I would be extremely surprised if it comes out sooner than that. But I would be extremely disappointed if it came out later than that, let’s just say.”
If that’s not good news…