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Posted by Metallifreak on 05.11.2007 at18:16:

  Album to be released in February

Metallifans set your calendar for February as that looks like the target release date for Metallica's new studio album. The Examiner.com spoke with Lars just before the Bridge School benefit about a variety of topics including the new CD. It is almost finished; the band will be polishing up vocal mixes until December.

Fans may be stunned by the decision to waive longtime producer Bob Rock for Rubin. Lars Ulrich: "But for our own sanity, our own creative survival, we needed to work with a different set of circumstances and dynamics," Ulrich says. "So we've been stripped of our defense mechanisms, and it's been very invigorating to be challenged again. Rick's taken everything we've known about making records and completely turned it upside down."

And song titles? Ulrich says, "There's one called "19," "10," "German Soup," Glass Cow," and even "Black Squirrel." Just names that relate to where the idea came from, like Glasgow, Scotland became "Glass Cow." And when we don't have anything clever to call it, we just call it a number. They're just silly working titles."

Are the songs punchier, four or five minutes long? "Well, the most of the intros are four to five minutes," he says. "I don't know — Metallica and short songs just don't go that well together. But whereas 'St. Anger' was an exercise in over-pummelling the listener, these new songs echo some of our stuff from the '80s — long, epic journeys through different musical landscapes, heavier, but a lot more melodic."

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Posted by Marmetal on 05.11.2007 at18:29:

 

Just 3 months left, I can't wait! Hell yeah!

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Posted by Livestrong on 11.11.2007 at10:37:

  RE: Album to be released in February

Huuurrrayyy!!! I just can't wait!! What about a release party Jörg

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Posted by Marmetal on 11.11.2007 at13:16:

 

Party with girls? Why not .