rick rubin producing new metallica album

pearl jam rules

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002035228

this is pretty interesting. i still think it'll suck. but it's interesting

whatsthefreezer

They've been out of good ideas since the Black Album.

dCowboyPJ

I'm pretty excited over this. With Rob Trujillo and Rick Rubin in the mix we can see a real metal album hopefully.

AxlUlrich

yeh read this last Thursday..Rick is definitely the best thing to happen to MetallicA in a long time.
lets hope this works

avail4one

I can't think of anything sucky that Rick Rubin had his hand in. He is truly a brilliant man.

Take care,

MCG

Rick Rubin is a genius! But realistically, any new Metallica album had damn well be better than St. Anger (what a catastrophe).

trappedinmyradio

King Nothing wrote:

I'm pretty excited over this. With Rob Trujillo and Rick Rubin in the mix we can see a real metal album hopefully.

yeah, because trujillo is so amazing!

Señor Bo

Will we finally get them back???? This is probably the best move Metallica has made in a long time (along with hiring Trujillo). But what troubles me is reading that Rubin is also involved in the new Justin Timberlake and new Linkin Park albums...

Klumpie

I think this is the best choice Metallica made in the last 15 years. I hope Rick Rubin helps Metallica in good shape, because i've got 2 tickets for Metallica in Gelredome Arnhem on 8 june of this year.

pearl jam rules

you know, part of the reason this is very interesting is because metallica hasn't used a producer other than bob rock since the black album, correct? and the albums since the black album have gotten progressively worse. i know a lot of huge metallica fans who think he's partly responsible for their demise

so i don't know, maybe rick rubin will be able to tell them that something sucks if it sucks

mookie blaylock 10

King Nothing wrote:

I'm pretty excited over this. With Rob Trujillo and Rick Rubin in the mix we can see a real metal album hopefully.

i'm excited too. no more bob rock! this should be a good collaboration.

prljam85

whatsthefreezer wrote:

They've been out of good ideas since the Black Album.

true, with every album, they just get worse

Echoes

producer I don't care for + band I don't like much anymore = thumbs down

Drifting Away

I like Load and reload they are my fav metallica albums

Jennytree

Rick Rubin has also chosen to produce the new Neil Diamond album... they're trying to do a Johnny Cash on him! Go Rick though, at least he's not picky!!!

reeferchief

prljam85 wrote:

true, with every album, they just get worse

i thought St Anger was an improvement on the Load/Reload albums personally.

"place arse above the fire, and waits to feel the flames"

mookie blaylock 10

reeferchief wrote:

i thought St Anger was an improvement on the Load/Reload albums personally.

"place arse above the fire, and waits to feel the flames"

i liked a few tunes on each of these albums. when you have metal masterpieces in your library, it's difficult to live up to that kind of pressure. songs like bleeding me, hero of the day, king nothing, the memory remains and low man's lyric are some really good tunes that i liked on load and reload. i don't think they live up to kill 'em all or puppets, obviously, but i don't think they are the trash people make them out to be. i think bob rock was a big problem when it came to getting a solid cover to cover album together.

songs like frantic, st. anger, sweet amber, and some kind of monster were pretty solid tunes too, i thought...but again not a cover to cover masterpiece by any means. at the very least st. anger was an attempt to experiment with a new, heavier and dirtier sound that load and reload didn't have.

AxlUlrich

i thought Load was pretty good..Re-Load was average and St Anger have some nice moments.
"The Unnamed Feeling" is one of me fave songs ever.
i think if any other band released Load and St Anger..it would have gotten better reviews...people expect too much from MetallicA

reeferchief

got to agree with you on the expectations Axl, and yeah i dont hate Load or Reload, songs like Hero of the Day, King Nothing and The Memory Remains are great live and on the cd, but as albums go i prefer St Angeras a whole.

As for the expectations, its kind of similar with Pearl Jam and how a lot of people say Riot Act and Binaural dont live up to the earlier work, people are hoiping for a No Code with every release.

AxlUlrich

with Rick Rubin producing...i think there's gonna be a huge expectation as well cos that guy can apparently do no wrong
i like the fact that MetallicA experimented although it wasn't as successful as we'd like.
whatever said..noone can take away the fact that MetallicA are one of the greatest live bands that ever existed.

mookie blaylock 10

in agreement over here reeferchief and axl.