Metallica's new album should be out this year.

[D (A/V) ID]

I don't see how it follows from the point of them having a new bassist/producer that they've therefore got "a lot of things working for them at the moment".

 

[work in progress]

Absolutely. The "One" video was very much artistically merited, but it also opened up pandora's box, so to speak, they got a glimpse of their potential future success as "sellouts" and couldn't resist the temptation. What pisses me off is that they went to such extent as to actually enlisted Veteran pop-metal producer Mick Rock to produce the black album with the intent to have shorter catchier songs that were more accessible to a broader audience. That move alone showed how deliberate their sudden loss of integrity actually was.

 

[rockchick]

I would be excited if it were still the 80's. Same thing, I'll listen to it, but I'm not expecting much.

 

[iluvcrazeekats2]

I'm hoping they'll follow Machine Head and Iron Maiden and release something with a progressive bent. Old dogs can learn new tricks :thurab:

 

[Cruiser]

Who knows, we may all be surprised. I heard they got their inspiration from Ride The Lightning, so who knows?

 

[Aimee M]

Rick Rubin is a producing god.

 

[cowboysfanstevenson]

Iron Maiden have always had an underlying Prog sound going on.

 

[Brandi McGranahan]

Hmmm I don't know. Trujillo is a brilliant bassist and if he's given enough creative license, it could make things interesting.

 

[CatsDogsFrogs]

Agreed. Priest went a bit into that territory with Sad Wings of Destiny.

 

[Jupiter Mission:]

I'm not a big Priest fan, but this is my favourite album of theirs and it could quite possibly sneak into my top 100.

 

[ompelle]

I don't think St anger was ****, jus different and not as good as previous albums. Metallica will not put anything out like their ol' **** haha. I don't think it works like that...