Metallica, I Still Trust You.. 2007-12-07 by Trey STAFF | 23 Comments | In the latest issue of the Metallica Club (the group's official fan club) members-only magazine "So What!" Metallica's 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 good, we want excellent and [producer] Rick Rubin is getting us to try and achieve that," Hetfield is quoted as saying. "He's [Rick] very good at getting the essence of an artist out and bringing that back to the top again. It's the 'Master of Puppets' mentality again. You need to prove the world that you're good, you need to be hungry again — you need to [put on] a showcase that says, 'Here we are, just like the first time we did it.'"
Added Hammett: "It's about doing the best that you possibly can. I have difficulty wading through all the ideas because I'm biased — I think everything we do has a lot of merit to it. In that regard Rick Rubin is great because he will just say, 'Such and such a part is not good, so come up with something else.' He just leaves the problem up to us and we just solve it between ourselves without too much interference from his side, which is completely different from [longtime Metallica producer] Bob Rock whose musical thinking would permeate the record. Rick Rubin leaves a lot of the musical problem solving to ourselves, which keeps it more pure."
Lars commented: "A lot of the work we did after the band nearly broke up [during the making of 2003's 'St. Anger'] was not going to be so evident on the record we made at the time, but more evident on the next record, which is the one weré making now. This has been a much more enjoyable experience, much more fun, creatively stimulating and working with Rick is helping a lot."
Ulrich told Examiner.com in October that the band's upcoming album will be "heavier" yet more "melodic" than "St. Anger". Ulrich explained, "Whereas 'St. Anger' was an exercise in over-pummeling 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." When asked whether the new songs will be shorter, in the four-to-five minute range, Ulrich said, "Well, the most of the intros are four to five minutes. I don't know — Metallica and short songs just don't go that well together."
The new Metallica album is tentatively due in the spring.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=86333
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I couldn't think of a title that fits within the tiny amount of space we have... so I just used one of the first thoughts that came to mind... they've never actuallly lied about what the album they're working on is going to sound like in the past... here's hoping it still holds true.This Message Edited On 12.07.07
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So you're telling me they said that Load, Reload, and St. Anger were going to sound like a**?
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No... but they did say that Load was going to be more Rock and more "bluesy" which it was... and they said re-load was basically Load Pt 2... and they said that St. Anger was was going to be a very gritty album, but with a return to more aggressive elements, which it was too... now, how you like those albums is up to individual interpretation (something they couldn't guess at).
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They may have the "Master of Puppets" mentality again, but I seriously doubt they'll write songs like that again.
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Didn't Rick Rubin produce Minutes to Midnight? Hopefully he doesn't ruin more music that seems to be a significant change for another band. Although Linkin Park don't amount to half the talent that Metallica has (obviously).
I'll admit nothing after the Black Album has interested me enough to listen to it more than once.This Message Edited On 12.07.07
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I really really hope this turns out good. Otherwise I can forsee Metallica calling it quits on the terms they "just can't write another good record."
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I hope it'll be good to, but I don't think its gonna happen. :/
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This is easily the most promising news I've heard about this band and its new record in almost a decade.This Message Edited On 12.07.07
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I hope something good comes of this...
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I am not confident. They may be better off not getting peoples' hopes up and just letting the material speak for itself.
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Looking forward to this.
Rick Rubin has never set a foot wrong in my opinion.
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Metallica is a band full of ups and downs, if they can overcome their streak of bad releases they should be fine.
I hope that this album will bring back some glory to this band.
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the said EXACTLY the same thing when recording the black album about their then producer.
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you're all forgetting that this is the first time rob trujillo's been part of the writing process. judging from some of his previous bands (suicidal tendencies, and jerry cantrell's band come to mind), he'll be bringing some good shit to the table here...
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I think Rick Rubin is Metallica's best chance of making the album thier fans deserve
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Didn't Rick Rubin produce Minutes to Midnight?
Yes he did and judging from his shitty track record over the last few years, he will make this album worse than what it could be!
It's the 'Master of Puppets' mentality again.
Yeah fucking right. Please Metallic, take your heads out of your asses and realize its time to grind the hype train to a halt, and stop making music. Jesus Christ!
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Looking forward to this.
Rick Rubin has never set a foot wrong in my opinion. ahahaha you must have the worst taste in music ever then
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^^^^Slipknot, Linkin Park.........nope, no bad music to be found there!
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@the_wizard
:lol: yeah pretty much, i hate basically everything Rubin has done
the part where Lars says it'll be "long, epic journeys through different musical landscapes" makes me think he'll include that "tribal" drum part from the Some Kind of Monster DVD, the one he showed to his dad and his dad was like "no i don't think you should put that on the album".This Message Edited On 12.09.07
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the part where Lars says it'll be "long, epic journeys through different musical landscapes" makes me think he'll include that "tribal" drum part from the Some Kind of Monster DVD, the one he showed to his dad and his dad was like "no i don't think you should put that on the album".
Maybe Lars should take a note from his dad! Hopefully his dad says "they shouldn't break up" and use a bit of reverse psychology with his retarded son.
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I'm surprised anyone has any faith in this band anymore. They need to just call it quits. Trujillo might be the bassist for metallica, but he's not going to be allowed any insight into the songwriting process. Ultimately, I expect an album better than St. Anger (not saying much), and worse than anything else they've written.
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rleechb,
You are my new hero. Ive been saying this since their S/T album.
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[quote=]Maybe Lars should take a note from his dad! Hopefully his dad says "they shouldn't break up" and use a bit of reverse psychology with his retarded son. [/quote]
Harsh... But maybe the truth :D
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