Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed that the band members are working hard on their new album.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Hammett said he and his bandmates were "slogging away".
"The band is moving at a pace that allows us to live our lives and not have our lifestyles change too much," the guitarist revealed, explaining that Metallica have "a bunch of songs, more than enough songs," but none are finished yet, reported NME.
"We're slogging away," he continued. "But you know, it's metal. It's heavy."
Meanwhile, Hammett has been working on his company KHDK Electronics, a business that conceptualizes and makes effects pedals for guitarists by hand. He described the endeavour as "super empowering" for his imagination.
"Starting a pedal company is a little unique, a little different," he said. "I didn't create it to make money, obviously, but to go into a creative direction I haven't been before and I feel like a lot of my peers have not done before.
"I can take on any concept or whim. I've discovered it's much, much cooler than I expected. It's super empowering for my imagination. I love the moment where, like, what can we do that no one has ever done before?"
According to Ultimate Guitar, Metallica has almost finished recording the majority of the instrumental parts of their highly anticipated new album.
As far as the new album's release date is concerned, Hammett had revealed in another interview that their album has a good chance of being released in 2016 or early 2017.
"I don't wanna say that we're a third into it, or two-thirds into it, or an eighth into it, 'cause anything could happen that'll just change that number," Hammett explained, according to Loudwire.
"But, eventually, you will see a new Metallica album, and it will most likely be in 2016, and at the very worst, at the beginning of 2017."
