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Metal Martyr

August 11th, 2008

Kirk Hammet Says Rick Ruben Was Never Around During Recording

Kirk Hammet said in a recent told MTV news that the great thing about Rick Ruben producing the labum was that he was never around. Maybe this is a good thing and maybe a bad thing. Maybe the reason Metallica have been all pussified out for the last 14 years is because Bob Rock was […]

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August 10th, 2008

Metallica Finish Mixing Death Magnetic

“Today we finished mixing and mastering our ninth studio album of original material, ‘Death Magnetic’, which hits the streets worldwide on Friday, September 12. Plus, you’ll be able to download every song from the album for ‘Guitar Hero III’ on the same day! Produced by Rick Rubin and recorded at Sound City Studios, Shangri […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Metal Shavings, Mourning Edition

Mourning edition? Yeah, I don’t know. It looked a lot cooler when I typed it up like that. Anyway, I took a day off from work so I’m going to be doing some updates throughout the day with some and I there is a lot of news to cover so instead of stretching it out […]

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April 11th, 2008

Some Kind Of Dog Crap! Why Do I Punish Myself With This Garbage?

I know I said awhile back that I wasn’t going to talk sh*t about Metallica until the new record came out, but once again I was flipping through the channels and what was on VH1 Classics but “Some Kind Of Monster“.
Every time this is on I get pissed off. I get tired of hearing […]

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March 29th, 2008

I Am Hated!!! Part 1

No, not me…but I’m sure there are people out there that do hate me and/or the things I say when I get a bit cynical. But this is not about me in general. As metal fans we are often one minded when it comes to our favorite artist and sometimes find ourselves turning on […]

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January 23rd, 2008

Metallica’s Management Says The New Record Will Be Released When Chinese Democracy Is Released

When is the new record coming out Lars?
<–Ah doon’t fockin’ know!
Metallica’s management Q-Prime, is now saying that the new record will be released when it is ready. They say the rumors of the February release delay until April…until September are bogus and there never was a solid release date. They say “You can’t have a […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Metallica Push New Record Release Date To September

So you’ll have to wait a few more months to be thoroughly disappointed. It was first said by Lars that it should be ready by February, and then they said April. So now it’s September. You know what they say. “Never push a turd out too fast.” So perhaps when it comes out the guitars […]

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December 8th, 2007

Metallica Members Talk About New Record In Official Fan Club Interview

Metallica frontman James Hetfield talks about the new record, the recording process and Rick Ruben in this interview from their official fan club online magazine “So What”. Here is an excerpts from Blabbermouth.net
James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich offer more insight into the songwriting process for the group’s forthcoming album. “We don’t want pretty […]

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October 24th, 2007

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Interview

From Blabbermouth.net
Tom Lanham of Examiner.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICALars Ulrich. A few excerpts from the chat follow: drummer
On the band’s decision to waive longtime producer Bob Rock for Rick Rubin for the new album (which is tentatively due in February):
“For our own sanity, our own creative survival, we needed to work with a […]

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September 3rd, 2007

Rick Ruben: The Mastermind Speaks Out

Rick Ruben, the mastermind behind producing some of the greatest metal and hip/hop records in history was written about in the NY Times September 2nd. Ruben the producer behind bands like Slayer, Danzig, Slipknot, RHCP and the Beastie Boys (Just to name a few) has been around awhile and doing what he does best. Producing […]

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