The following is a post from Lars from the studio diary via the "Jump in the studio" section of their homepage, Metallica.com.
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LARS (01/29/2003 5:28:00 PM)
Not much to report today. Not much to report today??!! What the fuck kind of a site are we running here? Somebody give me some fucking information here. Oh..it is supposed to come from me/us. I forgot that part.
Boys and Girls, for helvede, welcome once again to what we in Metallica world affectionately call "CRUNCH TIME"! It's been a while since that crept up on us, actually about 3 1/2 years (since finishing up "S&M"), but the shit is flying off the wheel BIGTIME. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel on the record, in between what seems like endless meetings about tours, production, art work, bass dudes...it's all a bit overwhelming, but challenging and in rare moments of not pulling out what little hair I have left, pretty fucking exciting to be doing this all over again, or rather, being fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to do it all over again.
Sorry I haven't been as forthcoming with new information as I was before the holidays, but to be totally honest with you, I'm spending most of my time in the control room trying to put the best finishing touches on the latest "floods of vomit" (hint, not the title) or, maybe that should read, sonic vomit from your friendly neighborhood San Francisco Heavy Metal Band. Right now I would love to spend the next ten sentences spewing at you about how much this is going to blow your minds, heaviest record ever made, the best thing we ever done, all that horse shit, but I know you have faith and I will just leave it at "I think you will be very, very stoked". Once again, the rest of the time is spent gearing the 'Tallica monster up for some serious EAR SPANK on the road and everything that comes in the wake of that. Hence my time to post or go online is a little more limited than before, but Kirk is down there right now finishing up some guitar riffing, so I snuck out for a quick post and some love. We will share a lot of information in the very near future, as soon as the last few bits fall in to place. I know some of you are getting a little impatient and to be honest, so am I, but we're not much for spewing info out until it's pretty well set, and not much for answering silly rumours. There will be a tidal wave coming your way soon, OK! It's called METALLICA, motherfucker. Jump in, strap yourselves down and come along for the ride if you can handle it. Love from the Metal Factory on a Wednesday afternoon, LARS.
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I notice alot of the Metal community shuns Metallica, it's not difficult to notice why. My question is, are there any remaining last hopes among the remaining fans of Metallica (if any exist on tihs board!), regarding the anticipation of the latest record? Lars mentions it's the "heaviest" album to date and that it will make mudvayne sound like Celine Dion. Is this album going to serve as a sort of make or break record in what you guys think of them as far as being a real metal band anymore, or a chance for them to redeem themselves in hardcore fans eyes as being the Metal Gods they were once revered as?
I think Metallica will hold a significant part of history as to what they contributed to the Metal world, but I also think the cheese started falling off their cracker after the black album, weather by the test of time or their "experimental, we're metallica we play whatever we want, when we want," mentality. To me, if this album is another load session,...I fear they will have stained their reputation forever. But if it does in fact show a flash of their past genius,...alot of Metallica nay sayers just may return as fans.
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LARS (01/29/2003 5:28:00 PM)
Not much to report today. Not much to report today??!! What the fuck kind of a site are we running here? Somebody give me some fucking information here. Oh..it is supposed to come from me/us. I forgot that part.
Boys and Girls, for helvede, welcome once again to what we in Metallica world affectionately call "CRUNCH TIME"! It's been a while since that crept up on us, actually about 3 1/2 years (since finishing up "S&M"), but the shit is flying off the wheel BIGTIME. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel on the record, in between what seems like endless meetings about tours, production, art work, bass dudes...it's all a bit overwhelming, but challenging and in rare moments of not pulling out what little hair I have left, pretty fucking exciting to be doing this all over again, or rather, being fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to do it all over again.
Sorry I haven't been as forthcoming with new information as I was before the holidays, but to be totally honest with you, I'm spending most of my time in the control room trying to put the best finishing touches on the latest "floods of vomit" (hint, not the title) or, maybe that should read, sonic vomit from your friendly neighborhood San Francisco Heavy Metal Band. Right now I would love to spend the next ten sentences spewing at you about how much this is going to blow your minds, heaviest record ever made, the best thing we ever done, all that horse shit, but I know you have faith and I will just leave it at "I think you will be very, very stoked". Once again, the rest of the time is spent gearing the 'Tallica monster up for some serious EAR SPANK on the road and everything that comes in the wake of that. Hence my time to post or go online is a little more limited than before, but Kirk is down there right now finishing up some guitar riffing, so I snuck out for a quick post and some love. We will share a lot of information in the very near future, as soon as the last few bits fall in to place. I know some of you are getting a little impatient and to be honest, so am I, but we're not much for spewing info out until it's pretty well set, and not much for answering silly rumours. There will be a tidal wave coming your way soon, OK! It's called METALLICA, motherfucker. Jump in, strap yourselves down and come along for the ride if you can handle it. Love from the Metal Factory on a Wednesday afternoon, LARS.
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I notice alot of the Metal community shuns Metallica, it's not difficult to notice why. My question is, are there any remaining last hopes among the remaining fans of Metallica (if any exist on tihs board!), regarding the anticipation of the latest record? Lars mentions it's the "heaviest" album to date and that it will make mudvayne sound like Celine Dion. Is this album going to serve as a sort of make or break record in what you guys think of them as far as being a real metal band anymore, or a chance for them to redeem themselves in hardcore fans eyes as being the Metal Gods they were once revered as?
I think Metallica will hold a significant part of history as to what they contributed to the Metal world, but I also think the cheese started falling off their cracker after the black album, weather by the test of time or their "experimental, we're metallica we play whatever we want, when we want," mentality. To me, if this album is another load session,...I fear they will have stained their reputation forever. But if it does in fact show a flash of their past genius,...alot of Metallica nay sayers just may return as fans.
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