rollingstone.com - 5/15/2008
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Metallica got extra loud in its first live set in a year on Wednesday, headlining a benefit concert in Los Angeles for Flea’s music school for kids, the Silverlake Conservatory. That meant no ballads and no new songs from the band’s upcoming Rick Rubin-produced album. Instead, for nearly two hours at the Wiltern Theater, Metallica erupted with big sludgy riffs and epic speed ...
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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD On New Album: 'The Direction Is Embracing Our Past In The Now'
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RollingStone.com conducted an interview with METALLICA frontman James Hetfield on Wedneday (May 14), a few hours before the band's performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. RollingStone.com : Does the new METALLICA album have a title yet? Hetfield : It's got a title and we're still playing with it to see if we like it. But I guess the album's done. It's still got to be mixed. All the singing, all the recording is pretty much done. And we're pleased with it. RollingStone.com : What brought you to Rick Rubin ? Hetfield : ...
Metallica in the aftermath of an intimate LA gig, revelas new album info
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... Before the set, however, our fellow blogging colleagues from Rolling Stone’s Rock Daily, caught up with Metallica for a quick set of interesting questions, that shed some light on the new album, its name, Rick Rubin (the new producer), the concert itself and a few more. Here’s an excerpt. Check out the rest of the interview at RS. ...
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