METALLICA IN THE STUDIO WRITING FOLLOW UP TO ST. ANGER

(VIDEO) Metallica are currently in the studio writing material for the bands follow up to St Anger. We talked with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett about how the process is going so far. Find out all the details, right here.rn

Metallica are currently in the studio writing material for the bands follow up to St Anger. The recording process is completely different than the bands last recording, St Anger. Gone are the Physchiatrists and Doctors and it’s just the four guys without distraction working on new material. Kirk Hammett stopped by the MAP Benefit Show honoring James Hetfield, and admitted the band is really hitting the song writing groove, even busting out two to three new songs per week.

James Hetfield also stopped by to talk about working with the legendary Rick Rubin who the band choose as producer and if the recording process is different on the upcoming new release, which as of press time doesn’t have a release date.

“It’s pretty early in the process. We have about fifteen songs or so and we’re just going to keep on writing songs until we feel we have the best dozen songs and get those into the studio. That’s when I think Rick (Rubin) comes in and does his thing. But it’s really really early still, we’re just writing the music and that’s going along really well. Sometimes we’re writing two or three songs per week, which is great. It’s just us four in the studio, which is really different now.”

Look for Metallica to finish up recording the album in 2006 and hopefully release an album of all new material by the end of the year or early 2007. Check the bands website for updates and details.

“Very much so, very much so. We have Rick Rubin working on the next project and Ricks reputation is true. He’s not showing up everyday at the studio. He’s there when needed and we are there flying on our own. It’s very different from the last record. St. Anger was hours and hours of talking, talking about what was going on, what’s going to happen, what will happen. All of that and going in and having coaches here and there. This one we’re pretty much on our own and it does it feels really free and really nice. There’s no pressure, it feels good. Sometimes it’s a little unfocused so we kind of have to crack the whip every once in a while to get everybody in there.”