"Mission: Metallica"

Some time ago I wrote a blog about the Renaissance of heavy metal. In it I was discussing how two of leaders in modern metal - Megadeth and Metallica - had gone through similar phases of huge fame, lower standard albums to new beginnings. Megadeth have pulled through it with flying colours following the albums The System Has Failed and United Abominations. This year (finally) sees the release of Metallica's ninth studio album. Five years after 2003's St. Anger, expectations are high, especially given the teaser of The New Song in 06 and 07. To help with the hype build up for the Autumn release date - which will hopefully be before they perform in Marlay Park on August 20th - they have released a sister site to metallica.com called Mission Metallica - http://www.missionmetallica.com/ . They will be releasing details about the new album and showing us footage from the studio and so on. Below is the trailer for the website. At 2.23 onwards features new riffs, which sound promising. Interviews with Rick Rubin have revealed that there are 8-9 songs all of which are 8 minutes long, including new solos which were sadly absent in St. Anger. If this and The New Song are anything to go by, Metallica are sure to pull through their own renaissance too...



Bow down! Sell your soul to me....I will set you free...

It also seems they may have gone back to their old logo... :D

~The Damo