Metallica Recording New Album (No Lou)

[Sanitarium78]

Originally Posted by Maidenmagic

I'm predicting that both the album and tour should happen no sooner than 2013.

I could see it coming out sometime next year actually. Besides the Lou Reed debacle and some shows here and there this year, they've been pretty quiet otherwise. There's no reason to think a new album couldn't be ready for 2012.

[Maidenmagic]

I just know they like to do "Escape from the studio" tours which seems to slow down the making of an album.

[Epidemic Reign]

Originally Posted by Maidenmagic

Metallica was the first band I saw live so a new album would mean a North American tour.

That's correct, a new album would mean a new tour because they were the first band you saw live.

[MPF]

I was wrong earlier, here's the album cover for the new album. I guess they are trying to find some underlying message here:

[Nater]

If they play the TD Garden again I might drop a lil bit of money to see them. Not a huge fan of them these days but I figure why not?

[AnthG]

Originally Posted by powerslave_85

You'd think that at this point, Metallica would have enough clout to tell any record label to fuck off if they mess with the album.

Yeah, because when I think of artistic integrity, Metallica is the first band to come to mind.

[Christen]

Originally Posted by Maidenmagic

I hope you do friend. Like I said, their show is worth the money.

Out of my all time favorite bands, Metallica is the only one I really have left to see.

[Sinister_Chalupa666]

I really liked Death Magnetic

Hopefully new tour soon and hope the support is good again like last tour.

[Fe Maiden]

Originally Posted by ravenheart

Mixing was fine, production was fine. They need to stop the record company fucking with it after they've handed it over. That's the problem.

Too much compression and they tried to make it loud.

[BloodoftheKings]

According to this article Kirk and Lars are saying the new album will sound like a "heavier version of the black album" and will have shorter songs (Lars used Harvester of Sorrow and Fuel as examples of short Metallica songs).