KIRK HAMMETT Says He Has ‘A Ton Of Material’ For METALLICA’s Next Album

Kirk Hammett

In a new interview with Australia’s Mixdown magazine, guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed that he has “a ton of material” written for next METALLICA album.

He said:

“When I was 13-14 years old, bands put out albums every year. Seriously, KISS put out an album every eight months. None of this eight years between albums.

“None of us are very comfortable with the fact it’s been so long, because that is a long time,” he continued. “We’re hoping to avoid that this time around.

“We’re in our third year since ‘Hardwired’. Maybe we can get a bit more focus and go into the studio a bit sooner. I have a ton of material. I’ve over-compensated, so I’m ready to go anytime.”

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo recently said the band’s next studio album would arrive “a lot sooner than the previous two did:

“This time around, I think we’ll be able to jump on it a lot quicker and jump in the studio and start working. We’ve all vowed to get this one going sooner than later. Now, how soon? I don’t know. We’ve been touring non-stop. It’s been over two years now. At some point, sure, we’ll need to take a little bit of a break. It’s sort of the right thing for us to do because we’ve been going so hard.”