Metallica Finishing Pre-Production On New Album

posted Feb 11, 2007 at 11:52 PM by deathbringer. (51 Comments)

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Metallica, who haven't been heard from since announcing last year that they were working on a new album with super-producer Rick Rubin, expect to begin laying down finished tracks for the set next month.

"We are finishing up the last couple weeks of pre-production on the album and ... really ... seriously ... (drumroll) ... we're going to start recording on March 12th," reads a message posted Friday (2/9) at the band's website. "We're pretty f---in' psyched about it and pretty f---in' psyched to be sharing this experience with Rick."

The message goes on to say that, for the second summer in a row, the group will take a break from the studio to play some summer festivals.

"The plan right now is to head out in late June and hang out for a couple/three weeks," the message continued. "We might even do a certain festival that we've played 19 times in July that starts with a 'W,' maybe hit a certain band member's home turf ... blah, blah, blah. It's a start ...."

Source: Live Daily

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1. AscendTrivium writes:

bashing starts in 3.....2.....1....

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 12:11 AM ET | IP Logged

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2. Cynic writes:

No more festivals for you, get back to work!

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 1:30 AM ET | IP Logged

3. exzoomer writes:

did someone just fart in the shape of a metallicash article?

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 3:25 AM ET | IP Logged

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4. M3talH3ad writes:

I think you should all listen to this version of st anger ahahahaha http://www.sinister.com.au/_dloads/ms_stanger/ms_stanger.php#

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 4:37 AM ET | IP Logged

5. Spirit In Black writes:

Touché!!!! Nothing more needs to be said the link covers it nicely. Thanks for the link M3talH3ad...that's so funny

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 6:13 AM ET | IP Logged

6. Jazza writes:

I LOVE METALLICA!!

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 7:46 AM ET | IP Logged

7. Wrath_5316 writes:

Well cant wait to hear the new cd, and that mp3 is freakin stupid! lol but funny!

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 12:12 PM ET | IP Logged

8. hippiedrow666 writes:

I have heard that htey are trying to make it sound just like mop. It should be better then St. anger at least...

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 1:37 PM ET | IP Logged

9. dmasa writes:

M3talH3ad hahahahhahahahahahahhaha that was f***in amazing!!!!the snare was amazing and true!!!

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 3:19 PM ET | IP Logged

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10. metal2death writes:

dude this is gonna blow. i can tell you now. and also why wont they tour the US.

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 3:34 PM ET | IP Logged

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11. metal2death writes:

haha that song is soooooooo funny ahahahha rofl double bass ahhhhhhhhh goin back to our roots

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 3:41 PM ET | IP Logged

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12. Azazel_Begotten writes:

"We might even do a certain festival that we've played 19 times in July that starts with a 'W,'..."

Oooo! Let me guess, WACKEN? Oh please, like no one could've guessed that.

Anyway, the album better not suck

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 3:58 PM ET | IP Logged

13. BodomBastard writes:

Megadeth is way better than Metallica... Thank god Dave Mustaine left those losers to make actual good music...

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 5:15 PM ET | IP Logged

14. Public Execution writes:

lmfao, post four that is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time.

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 6:34 PM ET | IP Logged

15. Zach writes:

all u METALLICA haters out the suck my goddamn d***

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 9:13 PM ET | IP Logged

16. zach writes:

METALLICA invented thrash

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 9:15 PM ET | IP Logged

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17. Azazel_Begotten writes:

they may have invented it, but they sure had some sh1tty ideas after they made thrash

# Feb 12, 2007 @ 9:32 PM ET | IP Logged

18. MikeC writes:

Since When did Metallica invent thrash? There were longer established bands like Exodus and Overkill on the scene before Metallica.

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 3:51 AM ET | IP Logged

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19. Bulletformyvalentine writes:

just put it this way they suck!!!

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 8:58 AM ET | IP Logged

20. mtl3ha writes:

no let me put it this way..U SUCK..metallica rocks

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 1:05 PM ET | IP Logged

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21. slayerdisciple writes:

in there career bad or good i can justify anything they have ever done (load, reload, napster, there haircuts) except kicking out Mustaine in the 80s, playin with an orchestra on S&M, and St. Anger, i believe this will be a redemption for st. anger

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 1:17 PM ET | IP Logged

22. Caliber?! writes:

heh, someone called "Bulletformyvalentine" saying anyone sucks...

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 4:27 PM ET | IP Logged

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23. Azazel_Begotten writes:

you better be right slayerdisciple

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 6:08 PM ET | IP Logged

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24. jnsguts writes:

if they want thier original fanbase, they better go back to the original sound. anything less would be unacceptable...HIMMM!!!!

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 6:59 PM ET | IP Logged

25. ZT writes:

Being a true fan, this album will definitely please me.

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 7:27 PM ET | IP Logged

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26. Pantellica writes:

I am extremely excited about this...I am very much hoping its better than St Anger, but i'm sure they know that everyone thought it sucked so I don't think they will make that mistake again. Even if it does suck, I will still buy it...just like I did St Anger

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 10:10 PM ET | IP Logged

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27. slayerdisciple writes:

there is no way it can be worse then st. anger, thats like sayin u can be gayer then the guy from Will and Grace

# Feb 13, 2007 @ 10:24 PM ET | IP Logged

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28. Azazel_Begotten writes:

but slayerdisciple, you CAN be gayer than the guy from Will and Grace, REALLY

# Feb 14, 2007 @ 9:01 AM ET | IP Logged

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29. slayerdisciple writes:

maybe but you still cant create an album worse then st. anger

# Feb 14, 2007 @ 10:40 AM ET | IP Logged

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30. Azazel_Begotten writes:

Korn creates worse albums than St. Anger all the time though slayerdisple.

# Feb 17, 2007 @ 9:53 AM ET | IP Logged

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31. slayerdisciple writes:

i dunno id rather listen to SYOTOS the st. anger and metallica is my fav. band also

# Feb 17, 2007 @ 1:21 PM ET | IP Logged

32. Diamond Oz writes:

Indeeds. Technically if you're a male that enjoyed Will and Grace your gayer than that guy

# Feb 17, 2007 @ 2:53 PM ET | IP Logged

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33. Azazel_Begotten writes:

slayer, I wouldn't go as far as saying I'd listen to SYOTOS...Maybe Untouchables, but ew...

Oz, honestly, the gay guy from Will and Grace ISN'T the GAYEST thing ever...He was just the average effeminate gay guy...Now, hardcore gay is like Rob Halford (he still rocks), but the extremely flaming gay is like wearing cowboy outfits, and rocking rainbow pride sh!te.

I swear, if I was gay, I'd never go to a pride parade because then I'd be associated with the idiots wearing cowboy clothes without pants or something and I know plenty of gay people that actually HATE the pride parades because the idiots raunching around in stupid clothes ain't what most gays are like. Gay people in general are just people that do the regular sh** straight people do. They don't all act like the tards in parades. It pisses me off looking at them...An odd comparison, but its alot like when you see how blacks are depicted in television...It shames my people to see the most ignorant niggas on TV. Ghetto as all hell, making all my people look bad...Or its like the difference between straight-edge white people and rednecks...

# Feb 17, 2007 @ 7:08 PM ET | IP Logged

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34. slayerdisciple writes:

oz i dont watch will and grace, ive seen the show and i thought it was the stupidest thing ive ever watched

Azazel_Begotten im not even a fan of anythin korn so i would never listen to SYOTOS after the first wave of hell i had to endure from it and it still was better then St. Anger

# Feb 17, 2007 @ 11:03 PM ET | IP Logged

35. Inapepe writes:

Ok, I think I heard somewhere that Kirk was bringing back the solo for this album. I'm really not sure if that's true though, and I was wondering if anyone could confirm that for me.

Also, Rick Rubin said that he wants to make the band sound like "the Metallica that made them Metallica without going backward."

That's sounding good to me, I mean, Rick Rubin is a great producer, so I've got high hopes for this album.

Oh, and to hell with all this "Will and Grace" sh**, I don't wanna hear it!

# Feb 17, 2007 @ 11:59 PM ET | IP Logged

36. Diamond Oz writes:

Yo slayerdisciple I don't watch it either, I had a girl that made me watch an episode once and I'm with you, stupidest thing ever. Steaming pile of monkey crap to be fair

# Feb 18, 2007 @ 1:49 PM ET | IP Logged

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37. RememberMetal? writes:

Does anyone here actually LIKE St. Anger?....I think it's garbage but I want to know what someone who likes it thinks. I want to know how someone defends that album.

I think in the 3 years i've been visiting this site noone has flatout stated "I love/like St. Anger".

# Feb 18, 2007 @ 5:17 PM ET | IP Logged

38. me writes:

i actually DO LOVE st.anger!!!!

# Feb 18, 2007 @ 7:48 PM ET | IP Logged

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39. Azazel_Begotten writes:

post #38, you have no taste

# Feb 19, 2007 @ 9:50 PM ET | IP Logged

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40. RememberMetal? writes:

OK so I'm up to one out of the 1 million who picked out that album, admiting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

Could you be so kind as to tell me why, like specific songs and stuff, just curious.

# Feb 19, 2007 @ 10:53 PM ET | IP Logged

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41. slayerdisciple writes:

^ 2nd

# Feb 19, 2007 @ 10:55 PM ET | IP Logged

42. me writes:

specific songs? i actually pretty much like the whole cd, of course the cd is a piece of sh** compared to their other stuff, but i stick by it because it is by metallica and i've always been a fan of them.
oh yah and i do admit i have lots of problems........ so am i recovering by now?

# Feb 20, 2007 @ 12:26 PM ET | IP Logged

43. me writes:

ok i just went and listened to that album.... my ears started to bleed.
i hate to say this but im gonna have to change my mind and agree with you guys......and throw out that album.

# Feb 20, 2007 @ 2:07 PM ET | IP Logged

44. Miss. Sarcastic writes:

Wow! I can't wait for the new metal lica album. I hope it's just as good as st. anger the best album they've ever made! metal lica is so cool like totally!

# Feb 21, 2007 @ 3:49 AM ET | IP Logged

45. Mister Sarcastic writes:

Wow! Like, you are like, so right! Like, I think you should maybe like, eat sh** and die! Because like, just because Metallica like made a mistake by like, making that album, Metallica will come back with like a kick a$$ album, and like, I'm sure like, you have NEVER like made any mistakes in YOUR life! Like, I wish we could all like be like as perfect as like you!

# Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:26 AM ET | IP Logged

46. st.anger rocks writes:

i love st. anger. it was such an awesome album unlike the gay kill em all and MOP. thier was some true sh** in that. only true headbangers would get!!! Live on Metallica!!!!! OMG i cant believe this..........kirks c*** is huge!!!

# Mar 2, 2007 @ 1:54 AM ET | IP Logged

47. Danny Wright writes:

You guys are amazing especially on the Justice and Master Album and the new song has a solo finally. Thanks Kirk

# Mar 2, 2007 @ 12:02 PM ET | IP Logged

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48. Valentine_no_more writes:

Metallica is the best band ever. end of story.............

# Mar 2, 2007 @ 1:02 PM ET | IP Logged

49. Up your a** writes:

Valentine No More I have to agree
Metallica is the best band ever

# Mar 2, 2007 @ 8:27 PM ET | IP Logged

50. Aj writes:

nooo...linkin park is.

# Mar 8, 2007 @ 7:14 PM ET | IP Logged

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51. Azazel_Begotten writes:

post #46, how did you come to find that Kirk's c0ck is huge?

# Mar 8, 2007 @ 7:30 PM ET | IP Logged

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