Metallica's new album is (finally?) right on schedule. Lars promised the album would be finished this summer, and it seems like after years of promises, it looks like we're at the final stretch of production.
Lambgoat reports that a new interview with a member of Metallica's staff posted to the band's website reveals that the thrash legends are in the mixing phase of the follow-up to 2008's Death Magnetic:
The news comes via an interview conduced by a member of Metallica's staff for an article on the band's official website. Within the piece, which was posted on June 9, its auther stated this: "I managed to corner Lars and James at HQ before they locked themselves in the control room with Greg Fidelman to start mixing the new album."
While it's unclear when the interview actually took place, it's likely safe to say that mixing for the new album is underway.
If Lars is a man of his word, then the new Metallica album will be out in the second half of the year, which means we could be hearing some new music this summer.
This has been the longest amount of time between Metallica releases. Are you looking forward to hearing new Metallica?
