According to The Pulse Of Radio, METALLICA will not revert to their 10 year old "lost" sessions from Presidio in San Francisco for their forthcoming new album.

Drummer Lars Ulrich says the band did not use any of those recordings on Death Magnetic, nor do they wish to revisit them for their new material.

Says Ulrich, "There's certainly no plans right now. The Presidio was a real awkward time as we were kind of getting our feet wet again and when we were doing the whole Death Magnetic stuff, we didn't go back and wade through hours and hours of Presidio stuff to try and see what could be resurrected."

RollingStone.com's Andy Greene recently reported:

Metallica just wrapped up a grueling two-year tour behind 2008's Death Magnetic, but in May they'll head back into the studio to begin a new project.

"We want to record it in two weeks," guitarist Kirk Hammett tells Rolling Stone. "We had planned on doing it in March, but we pushed it back to May. I don't want to give too much away, but it's not really 100 percent a Metallica record. It's a recording project, let's put it that way. Without getting too deep into it, it's more a recording project than a bona fide Metallica album. Whether or not we can pull it off in just two weeks remains to be seen."

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Metallica‘s covers/compilation outing Garage Inc. is next in line for the vinyl treatment and is scheduled for a March 1st release date via Warner Bros. A standard three-LP pressing will be issued along with a six-LP 180 gram vinyl deluxe pressing. Included are recorded cover songs, all of their B-side covers released up to 1998, and the entire The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, which had gone out of print since its original release in 1987.

Features:

Three-LP Set: Standard Pkg - 140g regular weight black vinyl discs (33 1/3 rpm) pressed at Pallas in Stoughton gatefold jacket with two inserts.

Deluxe vinyl Box configuration: Six 180-gram black vinyl discs (45 rpm) pressed at Pallas, four single-pocket jackets with six panel folder, in box (print at Stoughton).

Tracks:

'Free Speech for the Dumb' (DISCHARGE, 1982)

'It's Electric' (DIAMOND HEAD, 1980)

'Sabbra Cadabra' (BLACK SABBATH, 1973)

'Turn the Page' (BOB SEGER, 1973)

'Die Die My Darling' (MISFITS, 1984)

'Loverman' (NICK CAVE, 1994)

'Mercyful Fate (medley)' (MERCYFUL FATE, 1982)

'Astronomy' (BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, 1974)

'Whiskey In the Jar' (THIN LIZZY, 1973)

'Tuesday's Gone' (LYNYRD SKYNYRD, 1973)

'The More I See' (Discharge, 1984)

'Helpless' (DIAMOND HEAD, 1980)

'The Small Hours' (HOLOCAUST, 1983)

'The Wait' (KILLING JOKE, 1980)

'Crash Course in Brain Surgery' (BUDGIE, 1971)

'Last Caress/Green Hell' (MISFITS, 1978/1983)

'Am I Evil?' (Diamond Head, 1980)

'Blitzkrieg' (BLITZKRIEG, 1981)

'Breadfan' (BUDGIE, 1973)

'The Prince' (Diamond Head, 1980)

'Stone Cold Crazy' (QUEEN, 1974)

'So What?' (ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, 1981)

'Killing Time' (SWEET SAVAGE, 1981)

'Overkill (MOTÖRHEAD, 1979)

'Damage Case' (Motörhead, 1979)

'Stone Dead Forever' (Motörhead, 1979)

'Too Late Too Late' (Motörhead, 1979)

Musicians:

James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (lead guitar on 'Whiskey In a Jar')

Kirk Hammett - lead guitar

Jason Newsted - bass, backing vocals

Cliff Burton - bass, backing vocals (on 'Am I Evil?' and 'Blitzkrieg')

Lars Ulrich - drums, percussion