For several weeks it emerged that the members of Metallica They are immersed in the process of writing their next studio album, which will be the successor to their latest work, Death Magnetic, released seven years ago. In the last few days, Lars Ulrich, the group's drummer, gave more details about the development of the new album, revealing to the press that they have already composed a score of new songs, and that they will enter the pre-production stage in a short time: "We are sure to finish the new album soon. We have a lot of songs and we are now fine-tuning and fitting. We are really close to having everything ready to finish it ".
About this issue Lars Ulrich He added: “The creative part, that is, the composition, is already joining with everything we have done and is close to ending. When I say that we are close, this means in time for the next month or a little more. There is a lot of material going on as we follow the day-to-day with family and personal matters. But we are composing a lot every day ".
The drummer also points out that there have always been differences between the creative phase and the recording phase: "This time we are trying to better link between both phases so that something more organic comes out, more visceral. We want to see if we can capture some of that creative curiosity, that impulse that comes out and is felt when you play a song for the first time in the studio. ".