Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo were recently interviewed by Metal Hammer and discussed Metallica’s new album “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct,” which is set in released on November 18. According to them, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield were the ones who had the most say in regards to the effort.
Trujillo commented:
“Lars focused more on simplifying the creative journey, and locking into James and really bringing him in for this album. It’s Lars’s vision, and I’m happy to support whatever we need to do.”
Hammett added that it was “bitter pill to swallow.” He also said the following:
“For me, being in this band, I always want to contribute. I always have a lot of musical concepts and ideas to bring to the table. Obviously, that was not meant to be this time, and I had to accept that fact. So I focused on my solos, just making sure that my playing on the album was at its best – at its full potential. Hopefully I can bring my ideas to the next Metallica album. I just hope it’s not another eight years.”
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