METALLICA Drummer Lars Ulrich On New Album - "It's More Progressive And Nuttier, And The Songs Are Longer And Have Lots Of Crazy Guitar Solos"
October 25, 2007, 16 years ago
METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to Shay Quillen from Mercurynews.com recently about a number of topics including this weekend's Bridge School Benefit. Lars also provided an update on the band's ninth studio album and working with producer Rick Rubin. It's a change of pace for the band after recording its last four albums with Bob Rock.
"Rick has, obviously, a very different way of doing it," Ulrich says. "Everything about him is about the vibe, how we play with each other, how we connect to each other. He couldn't give a . . . [damn] what the individual sounds are like, or how perfect."Ulrich says the change has "reinvigorated" the band, which now includes ex-OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Robert Trujillo.
"You know, when you get a little older, you get kind of set in your own ways," says Ulrich, 43. "It's good when the safety net and that whole thing is stripped away from you."The next album, which Ulrich hopes to have completed by Christmas, follows St. Anger, a 2003 release that divided fans with its harsh, unrelenting sound and its lack of guitar solos.
"Certainly compared to the last record, there's a lot more dynamics and different shades - fast and slow, heavy and lighter," Ulrich says. He adds that the new material has more in common with the band's groundbreaking speed metal of the '80s than its bluesier offerings of the '90s. "It's more progressive and nuttier, and the songs are longer and have lots of crazy guitar solos."Read more here.
