Progress on New Metallica Album Not So Good, Ulrich Says
January 27, 2021 11:05AM EST
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 16: (EDITORS NOTE: This image has been digitally altered) Lars Ulrich of Metallica during a portrait session at The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2013 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
At least Metallica deserves credit for being honest.
While most bands tend to brag about the progress of an upcoming album, Lars Ulrich says work on Metallica’s new project is moving at a “glacial” pace. “There’s a little bit of movement, but it’s hard to do a lot when we’re not together,” the drummer says. “These are the craziest of times and nothing is letting up.”
A year after the follow-up to 2016’s “Hardwired to Self-Destruct” was announced, Ulrich says the album still doesn’t have even a tentative release date. “Being a rock and roll band and working virtually is not super-easy,” Ulrich says. “Time delays, all these things make it really hard.”
When a band’s members record their parts in different locations, is the music affected?
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