In an interview with Metalforces, Metallica drummer and co-founder Lars Ulrich released details regarding their upcoming album. With Lars saying that the album might not be released this calendar year.

“If the record doesn’t come out this year then it won’t be because it’s not done,” he stated. “It will be because there’s some sort of cosmic reason that it would be smarter to hold onto it until next year.”

However no fear Metallica fans, he also confirmed that the album, seemingly no matter what, is set to be completed this year; with Lars saying that:

“But the record will be done this summer”.

We first heard news of an upcoming album from Metallica back in February when lead guitarist Kirk Hammett confirmed reports that the legendary thrash band were releasing new material; see our article on that here.

Metallica’s last album came eight years ago in 2008 with ‘Death Magnetic’, which was met with more critical acclaim than perhaps expected. Whilst still a household name and a phenomenally significant band, Metallica struggled to please both fans and critics with past albums ‘Reload’ and ‘St. Anger’. ‘Death Magnetic’ worked as well as it did as it was more of a throwback to what Metallica so often did best, with pacey, heavy metal and long complex guitar solos.

Hopefully with the new album we’ll see more material similar to the incredible ‘Ride The Lightning’, ‘…And Justice for All’ and ‘Master of Puppets’.

Listen to one of Metallica’s most famous songs ‘Nothing Else Matters’ below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj75Arhq5ho