A cikin hirar kwanan nan, robert trujillo, bassist ga Metallica, ya sanar da cewa thrash-metal band ya riga ya fara aiki a kan kundi na gaba, kuma aikin yana ɗaukar matakai na farko, yana jiran wannan aikin ya fito a cikin shekara ta gaba. Trujillo ya fadawa manema labarai na Amurka: “Muna zana dukkan kundin a yanzu. Muna da ra'ayoyi da yawa, tushe mai yawa don sababbin waƙoƙi, yanzu dole ne mu zurfafa cikin tsari. Da kaina, na yi matukar farin ciki don ganin abin da za mu iya samu ».
Shahararren bassist shima ya kara da cewa: «Ba na son yin tsinkaya, amma dole ne in yarda cewa ina matukar farin ciki da abin da ke fitowa a matakin kayan aiki. Don haka bari mu ga yadda wannan sabuwar tafiya da muka shiga tare da kungiyar ta ci gaba. Shirya waƙar Metallica hakika tafiya ce, tsari ne na kirkire-kirkire na gaskiya wanda ke daukar lokaci. Amma wannan kuma shine na musamman. Metallica yana son haɓaka waƙoƙin su a hankali tare da haɓaka shirye-shiryen su a cikin su ». Album na ƙarshe da ƙungiyar ta San Francisco (Amurka) ta fitar shine Death Magnetic a 2008, kundi na tara ya zuwa yanzu.