METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On New Songs:sessions for the new CD, which the band is planning on recording in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin, actually remind him of METALLICA's early years.[views:5712][posts:22]________________________________ [Jan 17,2007 9:56pm - zyklon ""] METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Revolver magazine (web site) about the writing process for the group's new album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Warner Bros. Records. "It's nice not to walk into the studio and all of sudden there's three cameras in your face and you have to sit down and talk for four hours about how you were feeling last night," he said, referring to the film crew that documented every detail of METALLICA's meltdown during the recording of 2003's "St. Anger". We're kind of past that phase. Everybody gets along now. These days, it's fun going down to the studio — it's actually something I look forward to instead of dreading it. And I think that's a reflection of how far we've come." Ulrich says that the sessions for the new CD, which the band is planning on recording in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLAYER, AUDIOSLAVE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), actually remind him of METALLICA's early years. "It's James [Hetfield] and me going through riff tapes and picking out the best riffs, and then molding songs around that," he explained. "There's two separate processes — a songwriting process and a recording process. 'St. Anger' was an experiment in writing and recording at the same time. But this is like what we used to do back in the day: sit down, write a bunch of songs, then uproot and go somewhere else and record them." Ulrich said that Rubin — whom the drummer remembers showing up backstage at METALLICA gigs in the mid-Eighties with rough mixes of SLAYER's "Reign in Blood", which producer — "doesn't want us to start recording until every song that we're gonna do is as close to 100 percent as we can get it." The band has roughly 25 new songs, a large pool Ulrich credits to jamming in the tuning room every night before they went onstage on the "St. Anger" tour. They're intent on whittling the final tracklist down to 12 or 14 tunes. "The amount of material is a little overwhelming," Ulrich admitted, "so we're trying to be as self-critical as possible. It's great with Rick, because he doesn't really have any baggage with us. He just comes in and says, 'That's great. That's not so great.' I think after 15 years with Bob [Rock], it was just time to kind of reinvent the wheel. I think what happened with Bob was it got to the point where we just knew each other too well. And we needed a different dynamic." Revolver's entire interview with Lars Ulrich can be found in the magazine's March 2007 issue, available on the newsstands now. More information is available at www.revolvermag.com. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 17,2007 10:05pm - Archaeon ""] He said the same thing before Stanger came out |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 17,2007 10:31pm - demondave ""] *yawn* It seems that their "process" is reminding him of the old days, not the actual songs. ... so it doesn't mean that there are any good stolen Mustaine riffs on there.....sigh.... |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 17,2007 10:36pm - Cecchini ""] i'm pretty sure every time they put out an album or do anything for that matter, they say its a throw back to the old days in some shape way or form. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 17,2007 10:36pm - RichHorror ""] This is the usual press junket they usually do, where they pleadingly claim that the new album will be like the old Metallica. Which makes you wonder why they just don't write good thrash songs, since they're acknowledging that's all the fans want. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 17,2007 10:39pm - tylerl ""] Archaeon said:He said the same thing before Stanger came out yup he also said that one of their main influences for that album was gonna be meshuggah |
| _______________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:35am - aeser ""] of course he's gonna compare it to their early work. people like their early work, they might buy it then. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 9:36am - FuckIsMySignature ""] they need to not put out another album. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 18,2007 10:51am - Yeti ""] as far as i am concerned, Metallica died in a plane crash after the black album, and we were stuck with these replacement boners. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 1:39pm - HailTheLeaf ""] I'm more optimistic about this one than the last few, but I'm not holding my breath. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 1:59pm - W3 nli ""] HailTheLeaf said:I'm more optimistic about this one than the last few, but I'm not holding my breath. liar, you'll suck them off till the day you die. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 2:02pm - HailTheLeaf ""] haha, hasn't a train fallen on you yet? |
| _________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 2:14pm - W3 nli ""] HailTheLeaf said:haha, hasn't a train fallen on you yet? no i told you i keep deporting all the illegal immigrants you hire to drop trains on people. GO PAY YOUR TAXES, FREE LOADER ! |
| _______________________________ [Jan 18,2007 2:20pm - Troll ""] Metallica is a joke. Washed up old dudes period. I hope when I get their age I'm smart enough to throw in the towel and just start a Bluegrass band. Why didn't they change their name to Rocktallica or something instead of taking a big shit on themselves? I still can't believe these are the same guys that made such a progressive and original album as In Justice... Their change to the black album "style" was too quick and forced for their own good. It wasn't like you heard their style evolve....theyjust brought in the 90s with a big old bag of feces ......and it hurt me man. I'm gonna go cry now. |
| _______________________________ [Jan 18,2007 2:22pm - Troll ""] *blows nose with tissue* I'm over it. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 2:44pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] ha Rocktallica |
| _____________________________ [Jan 18,2007 3:01pm - pam ""] Oh good...don't care. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 3:46pm - dreadkill ""] oots to that |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 4:35pm - BornSoVile ""] I've never really wanted to give up on Metallica.....but pound for pound, guitar vs. guitar, bass vs. bass, vokill vs. vokill - MEGADETH burys them. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 4:38pm - atreu77 ""] Why hasn't Lars died in a firey plane crash yet? |
| ____________________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 4:42pm - theaccurseddrummer ""] I'm sorry, I saw "Lars Ulrich..." and just immediately went temporarily blind. Fuch that Danish elf. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 6:49pm - niflheim ""] Metallica has completely tarnished their name but Master of Puppets and ...And Justice For All are immortal classics. |
| _________________________________ [Jan 18,2007 10:24pm - zyklon ""] Tho they may never go back to their roots, Metallica will and always be one of the greatest bands of all time. |