If you registered for this Mission Metallica website you probably got the same e-mail I got yesterday. It was basically an e-mail saying that Mission Metallica is now live and running and that if you can’t get enough then you can get the “platinum package”.
Just when I thought this was a genuine attempt for the band to let you in and experience the making of the new record….it’s all a marketing ploy. They lure you in with the “Check out the making of..” and then try to hook you into buying merchandise like a heroin dealer giving you a …read more

From blabbermouth:
Lars Ulrich revealed last week in Los Angeles that the band has all but finished recording its ninth studio effort, with only a few touch-ups to be completed this week before mixing begins. As for what the band’s first CD since 2003’s “St. Anger” sounds like, Ulrich told The Pulse of Radio it’s hard for him to put a finger on it. “It’s METALLICA, that I can tell you,” he said. “My dad was up at the house a couple, three, four weeks ago so I played him a couple, three, four songs and I said, ‘Well?’ And …read more

Some people are asking, “Why do you show such undying hatred towards Metallica, yet post so much news and interviews of them?” Well the answer is quite simple. I don’t hate Metallica, I never have. What I hate is the garbage they have put out in the last 11 years. The only thing I have liked that they have released since the Black album (and the bBlack album isn’t that high on my list of Metallica’s great achievements) is Garage Inc.

Here is an interview conducted by Norway’s NRK on July 10th with James Hetfield of Metallica. James discusses working with Rick Rubin and the whole vibe around recording the new record. Click on “Read More” to see the video here!