ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: METALLICA'S LARS ULRICH ANSWERS OUR STUPID QUESTIONS

BY DAN SNIERSON • @DANSNIERSON

Metallica has returned with their first studio album in eight years, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct. And when the metal gods go heavy, we go light: EW asked drummer Lars Ulrich to trade his sticks for shtick and play along with a few Stupid Questions.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tell me some things about the new album that could be applied to every other album you’ve released.
LARS ULRICH: The new album is the best album we’ve ever done. It’s destined to make lots of people happy — and a few people upset.

Rank these Metallica songs in order of their hopefulness: “Creeping Death,” “Harvester of Sorrow,” “To Live Is to Die,” “Broken, Beat & Scarred”
They’re all tied for last… “Creeping Death” is actually partially inspired by the OG Ten Commandments movie, the one with Charlton Heston in it, which somehow, in some perverse way, has some sort of message of hope buried in there somewhere. That’s second-to-last.

In 1981, James Hetfield responded to your ad in the Recycler that was seeking people to jam with. What were the other ads you placed in that issue? Were you selling an Atari?
I did not have anything of that status at the time. I can tell you what I wasn’t selling, which was soap, because Hetfield’s standard story when he describes our first meeting in the wake of the ad was that he thought I smelled very European and hadn’t washed in years.

THE EDGE: REVIEW: METALLICA – HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT

How does one go about trying to condense all of Metallica’s achievements, accolades and back story into just a few short sentences? Quite simply, you can’t. There’s never been a band quite like the simply monolithic Metallica – perhaps the most enduring musical force on the planet, they are never short on heavy riffs, fist pounding drums, and bad-ass metal music. With tenth LP Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, the band aims high with its first ever double album, clocking in at nearly 80 minutes in total. After a resurgence with 2008’s critically acclaimed Death Magnetic, Metallica’s return is yet another epic and rousing (if a little over-stuffed) piece of heavy goodness.

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GIG SOUP: METALLICA ‘HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT’

It’s been eight years since ‘Death Magnetic’, the longest gap there’s been between non-collaborative Metallica studio albums. For a lot of fans and critics, a return to form is a necessity, after being underwhelmed by most of what the metal heavyweights have released over the past fifteen-or-so years. Is double album ‘Hardwired…to Self-Destruct’ that return to form?

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GIGWISE: LIVE REVIEW: METALLICA LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF VANS, LONDON, 18/11/16

Tonight marks the release of Metallica’s 10th studio album since Kill ‘Em All way back in 1983. The band have chosen to play a exclusive launch show in the sort of venue they might well have started out in - cramped, packed, sweaty and crumbling in places. But this is no Los Angeles dive bar. This is The House Of Vans, the skate shoe brand’s custom built skatepark/music venue in the Old Vic Railway Tunnels near Waterloo.

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ROLLING STONE: SEE METALLICA THUNDER THROUGH 'HARDWIRED' CUTS IN FIRST EVER BBC SESSION

Metallica visited London's Maida Vale Studios to lay down their first ever BBC session. The heavy metal legends delivered a five-song in-studio performance for BBC Radio 1's Rock Show With Daniel P. Carter.
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THE GUARDIAN: METALLICA: HARDWIRED… TO SELF-DESTRUCT REVIEW – THRILLINGLY DIRECT

It’s testament to the enduring appeal of Metallica’s early work that in recent years their live setlists have included almost nothing recorded after 1991’s Black Album. To that end, their 10th album is an attempt (and a more successful one than 2008’s patchy Death Magnetic) to replicate the glories of their first three.

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‘HARDWIRED…TO SELF-DESTRUCT’ ALBUM IN NOVEMBER

Metallica will release its long-awaited new album, “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct”, on November 18 via Blackened Recordings. The two-CD/two-vinyl set is Metallica’s first studio album since 2008’s multi-platinum “Death Magnetic”. “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” is available for pre-order at Metallica.com starting today in various configurations, including CD, vinyl, digital, deluxe, and deluxe deluxe versions. The album is produced by Greg Fidelman, who engineered and mixed “Death Magnetic”.



Disc One

01. Hardwired
02. Atlas, Rise!
03. Now That We’re Dead
04. Moth Into Flame
05. Am I Savage?
06. Halo On Fire

Disc Two

01. Confusion
02. Dream No More
03. ManUNkind
04. Here Comes Revenge
05. Murder One
06. Spit Out The Bone

Disc Three (Deluxe Edition Only)

01. Lords Of Summer
02. Riff Charge (Riff Origins)
03. N.W.O.B.H.M. A.T.M. (Riff Origins)
04. Tin Shot (Riff Origins)
05. Plow (Riff Origins)
06. Sawblade (Riff Origins)
07. RIP (Riff Origins)
08. Lima (Riff Origins)
09. 91 (Riff Origins)
10. MTO (Riff Origins)
11. RL72 (Riff Origins)
12. Frankenstein (Riff Origins)
13. CHI (Riff Origins)
14. X Dust (Riff Origins)

Metallica Unleashed

WHAT A remarkable Metallica concert in Helsinki’s Hartwell Arena 14 June. The band was more alive then ever opening up with That Was Just Your Life, followed by The End of the Line, the first two tracks off the new album Death Magnetic.

Singer and guitarist James Hetfield comments that “what goes well with the new stuff … is the old stuff,” as he pounded the stage with electric presence and high powered energy. Kirk Hammett continues to prove that he’s more than just a thrasher - he’s an extremely talented musician as lead guitarist. This was the first time I’ve seen bassist Rob Trujillo performing in person, and he was equally impressive matching the intensity of Hetfield.

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Metallica playing benefit for Rock Museum exhibit

Metallica will play a benefit concert for the Marin County Museum in San Rafael, California this September, according to the Contra Costa Times. The announcement was made by frontman James Hetfield in a video screened at a museum gala last week for the "Marin Rocks" exhibition, where attendees paid $200 a ticket to raise funds for the project. The Museum pulled the project from its original intended location in a downtown space owned by the local Masonic Lodge, citing concerns over the cost of renovating the space, its size, and the length of the lease that the Lodge was offering.

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Jason Newsted On Leaving Metallica: “I Have Never Looked Back”

Jason Newsted’s 15-year stint playing bass for one of heavy metal’s biggest acts came to an end nine years ago, when he exited Metallica for “private and personal reasons and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love.” On April 4th, when Metallica are inducted into Cleveland, Ohio’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Newsted will be there to accept rock’s highest honor, and he’s even agreed to reunite with drummer Lars Ulrich, frontman James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett for an impromptu set he promises will include “at least one song about Satan.”
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Ask LARS ULRICH A Question

Blender.com is offering its readers the chance to submit questions for METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich's answer to the questions may appear in a future issue of Blender magazine.

To submit your question for Lars, go to this location.

http://www.metsanitarium.com/index.php?m=single&id=163

death magnetic leaked yesterday

all 10 tracks of death magnetic unfortunately leaked yesterday
like unforgiven 3 , all nightmares long , the judas kiss etc

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New studio photos available

A bunch of new photos of Metallica rehearsing and writing material for its upcoming album have been posted online at Photobucket (courtesy of trailblazer666).

Lars Ulrich Presents 'Future Sounds' Award At MTV EMA: Photos Available

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich presented the "Future Sounds" award to GNARLS BARKLEY at last night's (Nov. 2) 13th annual MTV Europe Music Awards, held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Check out pictures of Ulrich at the event:

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According to Billboard, MTV this year extended the coverage of its flagship European awards gala across its new media platforms. The network streamed three concurrent feeds on its dedicated MTV EMA web site, and delivered a mobile TV simulcast which was accessible, it boasts, to more than 20 million European 3G users.

As previously reported, Spanish METALLICA fan site CyberMETALLICA has uploaded several new photos taken during METALLICA's songwriting sessions for their upcoming album, tentatively due next summer/fall. Check them out at this location.

METALLICA's follow-up to 2003's "St. Anger" is being produced by Rick Rubin, who has previously worked with AUDIOSLAVE, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS.

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'The Videos 1989-2004' DVD Details Revealed

METALLICA will release a DVD collection of all the promotional videos it has made, entitled "The Videos 1989-2004", on December 5 in North America (one day earlier internationally).

Commented the band in a posting on its web site: "We've been getting requests for many years to release all the promotional videos on DVD and it's finally happening! In addition to every video we've ever made, for the first time ever, the '2 of One' release (which up until now has only been available on VHS) will be available on DVD. Also included is 'Mama Said', which never aired in North America, maybe not even anywhere in the world, and a few little extras such as 'The Unforgiven' theatrical version and the 'Some Kind Of Monster' film trailer. Plus, all the audio has been re-mixed in 5.1 surround sound.

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Cliff Burton 'Memorial Day' To Be Held In Sweden

A "memorial day" for late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton has been scheduled for Saturday, September 30 at the at Gyllene Rasten restaurant/bar (web site) in Ljungby, Dörarp, Sweden. It was on September 27, 1986 — 20 years ago this Wednesday— that Burton died in a tragic bus accident in Sweden, just over the road from where Gyllene Rasten is located. The restaurant/bar will be playing METALLICA music from their early days when Cliff was in the band. Live videos will also be aired, including the "Cliff 'Em All" DVD. In addition, several bands will be performing Cliff-era METALLICA tunes, including AGE OF FURY (from Hillerstorp, Sweden), THE HAZE (Helsingborg, Sweden) and MORBID INSULTER (Gothenburg, Sweden). The first band will take the stage at 6:00 p.m.

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LARS ULRICH With IAN GILLAN in San Francisco

A photo of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich on stage with Ian Gillan during the DEEP PURPLE frontman's solo gig Monday night (September 11) at Slim's in San Francisco has been posted online (courtesy of Nadir/asterothe). According to one eyewitness report at the Metclub.com forum, "Ian invited Lars to the stage and said Lars kept him drinking untill 4:00 a.m. in the morning the night before... Lars sat behind the drums and they played 'Smoke On The Water' just before the encore. It was a great treat! We all know what kind of an impact DEEP PURPLE had in Lars' life. I feel very lucky to witness him playing a DEEP PURPLE song with Ian Gillan. And I think Lars did a great job. Well done, Lars!"

MetallicA orchestral tribute due in october

Vitamin Records has set an October 10 release date for "Scorched Earth Orchestra Plays Metallica's Master of Puppets", an orchestral tribute to METALLICA's classic 1986 album.

"Master of Puppets" came out in the spring of 1986 and was METALLICA's first gold album and mainstream success. It featured staples of the band's live set such as "Battery", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and the title track.

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Kirk Jams With Tool In Hawaii

Kirk Hammett reportedly joined TOOL onstage during their headlining appearance at the Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday (August 18 ). According to one TOOL fan's eyewitness account posted at the ToolNavy.com web site, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan introduced Hammett by saying, "We have a special guest tonight. He's not [unintelligible], and he's not Elvis. Well, maybe he's their bastard son, Mr. Kirk Hammett." "[Kirk] then proceeded to come out and play guitar on 'Sober'. I've never been partial to METALLICA, and for those of you who are, I'm sorry to report that Kirk damn near butchered the song. His drunken so-called 'solo' was particularly sloppy and completely extraneous.
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'Booming Good Time'

Cathy Rose A. Garcia of The Korea Times has issued the following report:

Heavy metal fans came out in full force for METALLICA's concert Tuesday night (August 15), at the Olympic Main Stadium, southern Seoul. Thousands of Korean and foreign fans braved the scorching summer heat for a chance to rock the night away with METALLICA.

"Did you miss METALLICA?" James Hetfield asked the crowd, who responded with a resounding cheer. "It's good to be back," he said. METALLICA last came to Seoul for a concert in 1998.

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