James Hetfield Says Metallica Are Recording “Right Now”
In a new video interview for EMGtv, Metallica frontman James Hetfield confirms that the band are in the studio recording new music.
In a discussion about his guitars and pickups, Hetfield says: "We're recording right now, and there's the number one guitar, there's the number two guitar, there's the number three...and here's the third-track guitars that just sound different..."
Metallica's in-the-works studio album will be the followup to 2008's Death Magnetic.
Watch the full video below.
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