Straight from Blabbermouth.com
When asked how work is progressing on METALLICA’s long-awaited new album, Hammett said, “It’s coming along fairly well. We wrote 22 songs with the intention of recording 12 or 14, with the intention of putting maybe nine or ten 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 — surprise, surprise — very, very progressive; 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 [SLIPKNOT, AUDIOSLAVE, …read more

From Blabbermouth.com
Sweden’s TV4 interviewed METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich earlier today (July 12) approximately two hours before the band’s headlining performance at Stadion in Stockholm. Watch the 12-minute unedited question-and-answer session at this location.
When asked about METALLICA’s upcoming studio album, which the group has been working on for the past few months, Ulrich replied, “It’s the first time in almost 20 years that we’re working with a producer other than Bob Rock. We’re working with Rick Rubin, who’s made records with everybody from the CHILI PEPPERS to JOHNNY CASH to SLIPKNOT to whatever… So we’re excited to be working with a …read more

Lets face it, if it wasn’t for make-ups, break-ups, and line-up changes in bands we wouldn’t have a lot of the great music we have today from different bands. Line up changes is often a necessity for a band to survive and thrive. Metallica is the band that everyone loves to hate and hates to love. I hope Rick Rubin can bring them back to there roots. With all the trash I’m talking about the band you’d expect me to want them to fail miserably but that’s just not the case.

I’m going to touch base on a band, no wait, The band that always gets people fired up and that’s exactly what I plan on doing right now. Metallica. Perhaps one of the greatest heavy metal bands of our time that pioneered the way for metal to go more mainstream and to gain enormous popularity. We all know the history so I need not explain.
Anyway, here we are in 2007. In March Metallica finally starts recording the as always highly anticipated new record. Exit Bob Rock (been a long time coming if you ask me), enter Rick Rubin. Where will …read more