Lars teased Metallica would be finding fun and unique ways to present themselves to you, and here is one of those ways. They have recorded a very cool, bluesy, acoustic-ish version of "Blackended," that they're calling "Blackened 2020."
Ultimately, it's just great to see and hear James Hetfield doing great after going back to rehab.
Ulrich joined Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff earlier this week for one of Benioff's livestreamed fireside chats earlier today, and when the discussion veered on the topic of a new album from the band while in quarantine, Lars said "if you and I and the rest of the world are sitting here six months from now or a year from now, I'd say there's a very good chance." Lars noted the band has a weekly meeting via Zoom and are itching to get creative. He noted all the members are in four different states right now, but if restrictions ease up in California, they may hunker down in their practice space to work on new music.
If they can't get together physically, Lars seemed very open to the idea of recording new music remotely and testing their creative limits with technology. Here's the full transcription.
