Following Kirk Hammett's viral "lost riffs" from his mobile phone, Metallica has now reportedly moved on as they are gearing up for a new album.
In an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, bassist Robert Trujillo said revealed that the American heavy metal band will feature heavier sound compared to their previous albums.
"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 before Metallica starts to work on their new album, guitarist Kirk Hammett has gladly shared the adventures of his lost riffs, which were 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."
Despite the frustrating situation, Hammett told Tim Virgin of Chicago's WLUP-FM 97.9 that he already took it as a sign that he should just move forward and make new riffs for their new album.
"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."
Talking to Rolling Stone, drummer Lars Ulrich also shared his thoughts about Metallica's upcoming album, claiming that the band is working really hard to try and combine the "creative" and "recording" phase of their music.
"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."
While everything seems to be right on track already, Metallica has yet to announce a release date for their new album.
