Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has given Rollingstone.com an update on where the band are at with their long-awaited new studio album. According to Ulrich, the band have around 20 new songs written and expect to begin pre-production in the not too distant future. A producer for the album has yet to be decided upon. Ulrich said of their progress:
“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.”
He further elaborated on their songwriting process as well:
“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.”
If you missed the news, the band will be revisiting an early demo for this years ‘Record Store Day‘.
