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Legendary producer Rick Rubin (SLAYER, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, AUDIOSLAVE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS), who was named "Producer of the Year" at this past weekend's Grammy Awards, spoke to MTV.com about his work with METALLICA on their much-anticipated follow-up to 2003's "St. Anger", tentatively due before the end of the year via Warner Bros.

"I saw [the warts-and-all METALLICA documentary 'Some Kind of Monster'], and it made me really nervous," Rubin said. "Then we started working, and it's the opposite direction of that. They're really productive, really communicative — it seems like they really like being in the room together. It's a great process. They say they're more excited than they have been in a long time about making music. We're going to start recording in March. I asked them not to reinvent themselves so much as to make a defining album, like the purest of what METALLICA is. That's the aim, so we'll see what happens."

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told Rolling Stone magazine that Rubin said that he wants to make the group sound "like the METALLICA that made them METALLICA without going backward" — and that he's doing it by challenging old habits.

"He's questioning what key we should play in," Ulrich told Rolling Stone. "We've played in E flat since the beginning of the '90s. Nobody questioned it. All of a sudden, Rick is going, 'Maybe the stuff has more energy and Hetfield's voice sounds better in E.' He's forced us to rethink big-picture stuff, something we haven't done in years."

Rubin also insisted that METALLICA rehearse and learn the material until, as Ulrich puts it, "we can play these songs in our sleep, standing on our heads. "With Bob [Rock, METALLICA's longtime producer], we'd go into the studio when we had some concrete ideas. But Rick wants us to take care of all the creative elements first. He wants us to capture these songs in a recording environment instead of creating them there."

playing back in the key of ' E '...............interesting ..............

i have a TINY little bit of hope that this might be good, but not much. if anybody can fix metallica, it is rick ruben.

ya know what would fix metallicrap? about 20 lbs of TNT under their bus.

true , but can metallica fix metallica ................

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ya know what would fix metallicrap? about 20 lbs of TNT under their bus.

Naw man..... alcohol is the answer


If they let loose, drank, and went back to their Alcohollica days of ass kicking thrash metal... they'd be all set IMO.

i hope they can make a comeback. they wherent in E flat in st. anger...they changed to drop C i think


hes right about the E key... more like their old school stuff.

amen to the alcahol lmfao

i think you guys may be on to something , banging sluts , and being a drunk all the time makes you a better band .........

so drink up james , and we wanna see you in an arm brace again lol

they put the voodoo on themself after the whole napster fiasco..karma is a bitch and its sticking to their ass like dried shit..lol

and i dont think they gunna make any serious come back in the actual metal scene after abandoning all its TRUE fans for the sake of the radio and mtv dollar...some things are not forgivin so easily.

mr.sandman...the end...

yeah I think Dave has it right here

it would be nice if Metallica made a kick ass comeback, but lets come back from la-la fantasy land for a moment and realize that has about as much of a chance of happening as Ossama Bin Laden getting elected president or some shit

yeah I don't foresee Mettalicrap making any noteworthy comebacks any time soon

yeah basically what i think too

HEY, YEAH....ALCOHOL WILL HELP METALLICA.....SO GIVE ME SOME SO I CAN FORGET I READ THIS BULLSHIT. METALLICA HAS BEEN DEAD TO MOST OF US FOR 15 YEARS OR MORE, NO REASON TO EXPECT ANY DIFFERENT FROM ROCKTALLICA. I'M SURE THEY'LL PUT OUT NIFTY LITTLE ROCK TUNES THAT MAINSTREAM FANS WILL OOGLE OVER, BUT NO REASON FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LONG SINCE BEEN FORGOTTEN BY METALLICA TO EVEN CONSIDER GETTING THIS NEW EFFORT.

AS AN EXAMPLE OF MY DISDAIN FOR THESE BITCHES, I RIPPED THEIR GOOD DISCS (EXCEPT FOR PUPPETS) OFFLINE. JUST TO SHOW THAT I HATE METALLICA TEN TIMES MORE THAN I HATE RIPPING.

OK , so i think this is what will save em .


lars - should shave his mellon , and start wearing goth face paint , he will look like a skinny version , of dimmu borgir's drummer - cool

Kirk just needs to sit there as always . and just say , yes master to lars and james .

the bassist - who gives a fuck - its metallica ?!?!?!?!

james needs to grow his hair , and stop looking like edges homo lover / brother .

and start drinking , and playing his old beat up gibsons , V's and explorer's - they sounded more raw - chainsaw , and must plug directly into his old marshall stacks - throw those boogies in the garbage - they sound numetal .

NOPE, SORRY, EVEN ALL OF THAT WON'T HELP. IT'S JUST NOT GENETICALLY POSSIBLE FOR METALLICA TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC ANYMORE.

LMFAO i kind a agree with that!but now seriously i think Metallica have to stop makin music coz every new album stinks more and more!!!