While it has been a while since Metallica has released an album, the band is now reportedly busy gearing up for a new one.
Compared to their previous albums, the new record will reportedly contain heavier sounds, bassist Robert Trujillo revealed in an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock.
"I can tell you that what we're doing sounds heavy, but again, each album is its own little experience," Trujillo said. "So we'll just have to wait and see."
But while everything seems to be right on track, guitarist Kirk Hammett revealed that guitar riffs that should be included in the new album are lost together with his phone.
In an interview with Blabbermouth, the 52-year-old musician shared that details of the unfortunate event.
"I put riffs on my iPhone, but something very unfortunate happened to me about six months ago," Hammett previously said. "I lost my iPhone [containing] 250 musical ideas. And I was crushed. It didn't get backed up. And when it happened, I was bummed out for about two or three days."
"I lost [the phone]. I just plain lost it. I can't find it. I'm still looking for it to this day. I just set it somewhere and... It still might turn up. I'm hoping it will. To try to remember those riffs? I can only remember, like, eight of 'em. So I just chalked it down to maybe it just wasn't meant to be and I'll just move forward with it."
And while Hammett lost hope in finding his phone and remembering all the riffs he made, he said in an interview with Tim Virgin of Chicago's WLUP-FM 97.9 that it may be somekind of a sign that he needed to make new riffs for the new Metallica album instead.
"I ask myself, maybe the universe is trying to tell me something," he explained. "Maybe those bits of music were just not meant to be heard by anyone else. I don't know. Maybe my karma is just bad and I'm paying for bad behavior in the past. I don't know."
Drummer Lars Ulrich also had his share of thoughts in regard to the band's new album. Talking to Rolling Stone, Ulrich reiterated what Trujillo first claimed, saying that Metallica's upcoming record will definitely feature a heavier sound.
"In our world, there's been a distinct difference between the creative phase and the recording phase," Ulrich said. "With this project, we're trying to bridge the two a little more organically and not have there be such a great divide between the processes. We want to see if we can bring some of the creative curiosity, the impulsive stuff that happens when you're first playing a song into the studio."
"Compared to the age of the earth and the age of man populating this wonderful planet, it is very close by. I wouldn't hold my breath or skip going to the bathroom, but it's coming."
The new album's launch has yet to be discussed by the Metallica band members though.
