I found it searching newgroups for info about the new album. The guy that posted it said he didn't know if it was even real or where it was originally from. Let's just hope it's reputable!!!!!
"On the forthcoming METALLICA album, "St. Anger":
"I don't like the word 'going back', because I don't like it to get
nostalgic. I think we still have enough vitality and relevance. It's not
about going back, it's about moving forward, but we're moving forward with a
lot of elements of earlier stuff with us. It's almost like. We've done a lot
of, what I call 'musical exploration' in the last few years, and I think
that by continuing to find something to kind of be excited about, that path
took us almost, like, in a circle. So now we're sort of having a lot of fun
with playing some really, really fast stuff again. And when I say 'fast,' I
mean, like, fast fast. And really aggressive, aggro, a lot of the old starts
and stops, and the serious, dynamic changes, and a lot of songs north of
seven, eight minutes. So it's not about 'Hey, we're going back, dude,' but
it's more about, like. My analogy, which I'm actually getting sick of
hearing myself say, is that. It's sort of like that old pair of shoes over
in the closet that you haven't worn for a couple of years, but you put those
shoes on again, and they just feel really damn good to have on again, and
you kind of, when you put them back on, you sort of say, 'Why didn't I put
them on earlier?' But you realize that you have to wear all those other
pairs of shoes in order to feel comfortable in that pair of shoes again.
Playing, like, super-fast is sort of like. We've done 'Battery', we've done
'Damage [Inc.]', we've done 'Blackened'. Maybe there isn't anything else to
offer. But 10 years later, it sure seems like there's a lot more to offer in
that direction. And basically, the new album is about 70 minutes of that.
[laughs] It's not like there's three or four songs and then a couple of
ballads. It's basically around 11. somewhere between 10 and 12 songs of just
complete aggro, out-of-control earspank, as we call it."
"On the forthcoming METALLICA album, "St. Anger":
"I don't like the word 'going back', because I don't like it to get
nostalgic. I think we still have enough vitality and relevance. It's not
about going back, it's about moving forward, but we're moving forward with a
lot of elements of earlier stuff with us. It's almost like. We've done a lot
of, what I call 'musical exploration' in the last few years, and I think
that by continuing to find something to kind of be excited about, that path
took us almost, like, in a circle. So now we're sort of having a lot of fun
with playing some really, really fast stuff again. And when I say 'fast,' I
mean, like, fast fast. And really aggressive, aggro, a lot of the old starts
and stops, and the serious, dynamic changes, and a lot of songs north of
seven, eight minutes. So it's not about 'Hey, we're going back, dude,' but
it's more about, like. My analogy, which I'm actually getting sick of
hearing myself say, is that. It's sort of like that old pair of shoes over
in the closet that you haven't worn for a couple of years, but you put those
shoes on again, and they just feel really damn good to have on again, and
you kind of, when you put them back on, you sort of say, 'Why didn't I put
them on earlier?' But you realize that you have to wear all those other
pairs of shoes in order to feel comfortable in that pair of shoes again.
Playing, like, super-fast is sort of like. We've done 'Battery', we've done
'Damage [Inc.]', we've done 'Blackened'. Maybe there isn't anything else to
offer. But 10 years later, it sure seems like there's a lot more to offer in
that direction. And basically, the new album is about 70 minutes of that.
[laughs] It's not like there's three or four songs and then a couple of
ballads. It's basically around 11. somewhere between 10 and 12 songs of just
complete aggro, out-of-control earspank, as we call it."
