Metal Anarchy

Lars Ulrich has given an update on the new Metallica album. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, he revealed that the band has close to 20 songs written and that the “creative elements are getting close to being done.” However, he did warn that they’re still working in “Metallica Time.”

Ulrich said the following:

“We’re fucking in it. We’ve got lots of songs and we’re honing them and tweaking them.”

“The creative elements are getting close to being done. Just remember, this is still ‘Metallica time.’ When I say we’re close to being done, it means the next month or so. There’s a lot of stuff going on as life continues with family and personal events…. But we are certainly down there [writing] pretty much every day.”

“In our world, there’s been a distinct difference between the creative phase and the recording phase. With this project, we’re trying to bridge the two a little more organically and not have there be such a great divide between the processes. We want to see if we can bring some of the creative curiosity, the impulsive stuff that happens when you’re first playing a song into the studio. You want to tweak it and get it good, but you also want to record it in a way where it doesn’t feel labored over and overthought. We’re trying to figure out where that line is.”