If that was directed at my last post then my message came across wrong. I think james is an amazing player. To be able to play that fast and that solidly and sing at the same time is quite hard. Definitely and understated guitarist for sure. Are metallica bask in the studio now or is that just me?

ok to answer a few questions

YES METALLICA IS IN STUDIOS
JAMES DOES [I]NOT[/I] WRITE EVERY SOLO

he wrote Nothing Else Matters and several little solos. All those incredible solos you hear like in Fade to Black are all Hammett. How could you think Hammett didn't write the solos? Go to 15:18 on disc 2 (Mexico City) of Live Sh*t track 5.

I know what you mean, this happened earlier on in the thread, a bunch of people started saying james wrote all the solos, It happens every now and again lol. HE DID NOT

Cheers for the studio answer though, thanks.

Yeah, james dont write master solos.. but well the least he did was he wrote an awesome nothing else matters solo. It's all full of emotions, and purely just Nothing Else Matters. During the S&M concert, he did another improvised solo, so much better, so incredible.

Then again, he is also good at writting other catchy riffs.. and not to mention about the lyrics...

And now can someone answer me question?

how many songs will be on the next album?
my guess is north of 10, south of 15

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by the way, there's an edit button if you want to add something.

I'm not sure how were meant to know that. But in an IDEAL world I would say 8 nuggets of pure thrash gold

nah. the most likely thing is an early 90s black album type thing but with the obligitory E flat tuning. they've listened to the fans and the last thing theyll do is a "re-anger".
looking at all the rumours thats my conclusion.

Well you can only hope eh

[QUOTE=Metallica Rules]And now can someone answer me question?[/QUOTE]

what's your question?

i want 8 songs on this album, a classic RTL or MOP

why? how about 20 songs, classic RTL MoP or AJFA :thumb:

Not quite on the same train of thought. But does anyone here wish they would release a new straight (no fancy stuff) live Dvd with a bunch of their old stuff. Like a minimalized Live; **** (i.e one disc) Basically that kinda thing but with the better modern day sound quality. Plus a chance to see rob. Actually summit like the St. anger dvd would be amazing (But obviously NOT playing St. anger songs)

no. it would have to be a long one spanning their career, st. anger songs are awesome live because they put guitar solos in them.

[QUOTE=metalcritter666]no. it would have to be a long one spanning their career, st. anger songs are awesome live because they put guitar solos in them.[/QUOTE]
do you have any videos of the solos added? i really want to see it

Does anyone know what the tuning is going to be for the new album?

Why do you wanna know that? I mean, personally i dont care about tuning. Exodus downtuned for new stuff and it turned out killer

Cause there better stufff is in standard tuning.

James can no longer sing in the key of E, they have to move it down to E flat. Some songs sound better in E flat (puppetz) but some sound horrible (seek and destroy)

[QUOTE=metal guitar]NP: Dark Tranquility-White Noise/Black Silence[/QUOTE]

You quite like that song don't you?

[QUOTE=metalcritter666]James can no longer sing in the key of E, they have to move it down to E flat. Some songs sound better in E flat (puppetz) but some sound horrible (seek and destroy)[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he really killed his voice making Black Album.

ironic, considering he took singing lessons in 1990.

Not that it matters, but it would be cool if he grew his hair again

[QUOTE=metal guitar]Yeah I like it alot, I'm really glad you posted a link to it. Cheers man :)[/QUOTE]
You're on a dial-up aren't you?

[QUOTE=DisposableHeroes]Not that it matters, but it would be cool if he grew his hair again[/QUOTE]
actually there's quite a funny site about het's hair through the past 25 years or whatever. it is a bit het-bashing, but its quite good.
put in james hetfield on google and its the first one.

can somone explain how tuning can affect someones singing?

[QUOTE=metal guitar]'Fraid so :upset:[/QUOTE]
Ah, poor show. If you had broadband/cable I would've uploaded their newest album, Character, to yousendit for you.

[QUOTE=Carlos Santana]can somone explain how tuning can affect someones singing?[/QUOTE]
Different people have different ranges, so there's no point in playing with instruments tuned to E when your singers voice is most comfortable in Eb.

[QUOTE=metalcritter666]actually there's quite a funny site about het's hair through the past 25 years or whatever. it is a bit het-bashing, but its quite good.
put in james hetfield on google and its the first one.[/QUOTE]

Yeah i went there before, its pretty cool :thumb:

[QUOTE=Carlos Santana]can somone explain how tuning can affect someones singing?[/QUOTE]
it's very simple really and any good musician should know this.

if jaymz was singing as if the song was in E, but in actuality is was in E flat, it would sound out of key.
also, voices often deepen over time, and jaymz finds it more comfortable to sing in a lower pitch now.

[QUOTE=metal guitar]'Fraid so :upset:[/QUOTE]
haha i got dsl! :thumb: