METALLICA To Work With Rick Rubin On Next Album - "I Know That We've Got Another Couple Of Records In Us" Says Robert Trujillo
April 24, 2011, 13 years ago
Kevin Conklin and Patrick Tish from Palm Springs, California's 93.7 KCLB Rocks! spoke with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo yesterday (Saturday, April 23) at the Big Four concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.
When asked about the "uproar with the mixing" around the sound of 2008's Death Magnetic, will the band work with Rick Rubin again?
"Yeah. I love working with Rick. Rick, to me, he's sort of a Zen guru spirit that Metallica needs right now. Not to say that we need it right now, 'cause we're getting along incredibly well. We're really excited to write some new music. There's no shortage of riffage in Metallica world right now. And I think it's only gonna get better. The first album with Rick was also the first album for me, so in a lot of ways, you're kind of testing the water. Now that we're comfortable with Rick and his incredible engineer, Greg Fidelman, who worked with SLAYER, actually, on this last record, it's a great team. It's only gonna better, I really believe that. So I'm super-excited. I know that we've got another couple of records in us. There's a demand and it seems like we've got some new fans, and they're waiting."Check out the entire chat below:
About the follow-up to Death Magnetic, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich told Australia's Thevine.com.au, "I look forward to getting back and creating, I look forward to just getting back and playing. I look forward to getting back to that side again. And we spent a lot of time and put a lot of effort into that record, and it was certainly worth it,. But I don't take for granted that we can top it - I will set out to top it. I hope we can - but it's a motherfucker of a record. So we'll see how it plays out."
