Kwiiveki ezininzi kwavela ukuba amalungu e Metallica Bantywiliselwe kwinkqubo yokubhala icwecwe labo elilandelayo lestudiyo, eliya kuba lilandela lomsebenzi wabo wamva nje, i-Death Magnetic, eyakhutshwa kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo. Ngemihla yokugqibela, uLars Ulrich, umculi weqela, wanika iinkcukacha ezithe kratya malunga nokuphuhliswa kwecwecwe elitsha, etyhila kumaphephandaba ukuba sele beqambe amanqaku eengoma ezintsha, kwaye baya kungena kwinqanaba lokuvelisa kwangaphambili. ixesha elifutshane: "Siqinisekile ukuba siza kuligqiba icwecwe elitsha kungekudala. Sineengoma ezininzi kwaye ngoku silungisa kakuhle kwaye sifanelekile. Sisondele kakhulu ekubeni yonke into ilungele ukuyigqiba ".
Malunga nalo mba ULars Ulrich yongezwe: “Icandelo lokuyila, oko kukuthi, ukuqamba, sele lizimanya nayo yonke into esiyenzileyo kwaye sele liza kupheliswa. Xa ndisithi sisondele, oku kuthetha ukuba kwangethuba kwinyanga ezayo okanye ngaphezulu kancinci. Zininzi izinto eziqhubekayo njengoko silandela imihla ngemihla nemicimbi yentsapho neyobuqu. Kodwa siqamba kakhulu yonke imihla ".
Umdlali wegubu ukwabonisa ukuba bekusoloko kukho umahluko phakathi kwesigaba sokudala kunye nesigaba sokurekhoda: “Ngeli xesha sizama ukunxibelelana ngcono phakathi kwezi zigaba zozibini ukuze kuphume into ephilayo, visceral ngakumbi. Sifuna ukubona ukuba singawuthatha na lo mtsalane wokuyila, loo mpembelelo iphumayo kwaye ivakale xa udlala ingoma okokuqala kwisitudiyo. ".