Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta recently caught up with Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett for his official podcast, The Jasta Show, which can be heard below. Hammett discusses the making of Metallica's highly anticipated new album, revealing that he lost his iPhone "containing 250 musical ideas."

Speaking with Sirius XM’s Jose Mangin, Metallica’s Kirk Hammet discussed his inspiration for recording the band’s upcoming new album, and touches on what the new release could sound like.

Talking about inspiration to record a new album, Kirk says: “I always go back to the stuff that influenced me when I was younger and first starting out, ’cause that stuff is still inspiring. And then, you know, I look around to see what’s going on in present day, what bands are sounding like these days, ‘cause I’m always curious. I like to see what’s going on, and I like to see how our sound fits in with what’s going on. It’s really just a day-to-day thing. I’ll throw on the radio, start hitting the stations, and if I hear a piece of music that I think is particularly interesting I’ll listen to it, and maybe I’ll listen and catch something.”

Asked if the new material is along the lines of last year’s “Lords Of Summer” release, Hammett replies: “I would say some of the stuff is similar to “Lords Of Summer”. “Lords Of Summer” is pretty accessible… I think it’s one of the more accessible sounding riffs, and there’s a really cool melody. A lot of the other material is a little bit more progressive, kind of along the lines of what Death Magnetic turned out to be. I would say that there’s some really, really hooky stuff coming through, really, really catchy stuff. I’m really psyched on the direction of how things are sounding. If I could compare it to anything, it might be remotely similar to the approach we took on …And Justice For All, but it doesn’t sound like …And Justice For All, sonically. It doesn’t have that sound that …And Justice For All had, which I thought was very unique at the time.”

During Kirk’s Fear FestEvil on April 12th in San Jose, Meshuggah performed at the RockBar Theater. Hammett joined the band on stage during their set for "Bleed"; fan-filmed video can be viewed below.