New Metallica Album Underway
The proper follow-up to Death Magnetic is being written
Speaking to Gulfnews.com, bassist Robert Trujillo revealed that the band had already been in the studio with producer Rick Rubin: "We've been busy writing and recording. We've got a couple of new songs we have been working on the past couple of weeks. The writing process for the new Metallica album has begun. We’ve been in the studio with Rick Rubin, working on a couple of things, and we're going to be recording during the most of next year. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us."
The band don't expect to the release the album until 2013, though, meaning that it will be five years since Death Magnetic.