Metallica's Two-Year Plan

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has told RollingStone.com that the band's massive world tour behind "Death Magnetic" is could very well last beyond next year. "We're booked up through August of next year, and right now we're sort of laying out fall of '09 and the spring of '10," he said. "We're waiting for a few other countries to be actually formalized as nations so we can be the first band in. We're also waiting for the polar caps to stabilize so we can go play there. There's talk about some other planets too."

Regarding the band's first American arena tour in four years, Lars said, "It's great to be back indoors. We're right in the thick of it in the middle of the arena. It completely exposes every nuance and that adds a real tone of vitality and excitement."

Ulrich recently hinted to RollingStone.com that the band's next album could well come out through the Internet. Ulrich explained, "We're free of our record contract. We have that element of complete freedom with the next record, so we can do whatever we want." Ulrich added that the band "could do an Internet thing" or issue a new disc independently. Ulrich's words are ironic since Metallica famously sued the original Napster several years ago for making the band's music available online without its permission.

As for when we are likely to see a follow-up to this year's "Death Magnetic", which came five years after 2003's "St. Anger", Ulrich told The Pulse of Radio he doesn't see the band picking up the pace. "I wouldn't hold my breath," he said. "I mean, I'd love to put records out more often, but I mean, it doesn't get any easier as you get older, and I don't want to miss my kids growing up. In 10 years from now when my kids are in college, maybe we'll spit a record out a year. But right now, I don't know what's gonna give in between touring and having some chill time with the family and how long it takes to, you know, make these records."

Metallica will wrap up the current leg of its North American tour on December 20 in Oakland.

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[axenoob]

Of course they will. Death Magnetic is selling like crazy, it debuted at #1 for two straight weeks and is actually pretty good. Plus the Metallica name is worth something. Even if they don't write amazing material I'll guarantee that they still pump out new albums beyond 10 years from now.

[RockerNo.21]

Please Come To Australia!!!!!

[boyan89]

They better come to Ottawa!

[joshua029]

sweet... i hope to see 'em!

[Ibanezsweep45]

im seeing them january 18th
its gonna be awesome

[vanshaya]

Come to India!!!!!

[Yerjam]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

I think they will be, but I can't see them pumping out albums every year by that time, if they're not doing it now, they never will.

Christ, guys like this should take advice from Motorhead - a new album every 1-2 years since 1977!

[VH4EVA]

lol waiting for the polar caps so we can play there. that would be funny if they did manage to play on the polar caps

[hiddeninromance]

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

[Guitarism12]

I really hope they dont go all new age if there guna be making more albums. Good old thrash metal is all we want. Nothing more.

[MXFNCK]

nutty old lars

[Stu18]

boyan89 :
They better come to Ottawa!

+1

[Soozy]

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

Yeah, but he's garbage live and the majority of his songs suck.

At least Metallica puts on a damn good show for being 40-somethings. I'd rather see them once every 5 years and have it be awesome than every year and be mediocre

[SGstriker]

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has told RollingStone.com that the band's massive world tour behind "Death Magnetic" is could very well last beyond next year.

They are have good gramer.

They were really good when I saw them on Monday.

[JakoSnako]

lol metallica will be around until they are all dead, well hopefully anyway, o and death magnetic was awesome

[sensfan151911]

boyan89 wrote:

They better come to Ottawa!

+1

[sXe170]

I don't get why some people bash them for writing. It's good stuff. Just because it's not technical doesnt mean its shit.

[Jeltz]

Gonna see them in June Can't wait!

[Shadowsoul]

Ulrich's words are ironic since Metallica famously sued the original Napster several years ago for making the band's music available online without its permission.

how is that ironic? if Metallica released an album online it would be with their permission, and we'd probably have to pay for it too which is fair, the napster thing was with illegal downloads...

Hope they make it to New Zealand in that time

[avacado]

aw man, I don't want there next album to be on the internet....

[.:st.anger:.]

thanks for not coming to georgia - hurry up and book a venue here damn it - I want to see you

[Siro78]

Their current schedule tour has had...what, 3 dates in Canada, and that was on the west coast. They need to come back to Eastern Canada in the Fall of 09 damnit.

Im tired of those stupid Europeans getting all the attention.

[ethan is hot]

i saw them a few weeks ago and i want them to come back to moline so i can see them

[beelaal85]

I love Metallica!

[MonsterOfRock]

be*

[Haris_rock]

are they comming to sarajevo...

[VikingMetalhead]

Gonna see them in Stockholm! Never got any tickets when they were here in 2007, so I stood outside and listened.

Checked

[TheEsupremacy]

Death Magnetic is selling like crazy, sounds VERY promising for the future. I don't see these guys going anywhere anytime soon. They still matter whether you can accept that or not. Metallica SMOKES!

[Wildchild92]

Lol Metallica should so be the first band to thrash out in SPACE! Imagine that?

Metallica in Zero Gravity, LOL!

MASTER JiMMY FTL...Metallica FTW!

[zakkwyldefan79]

I think they should tour less and record more. That would give them more time with their kids.

[str84ever]

The napster thing isn't ironic at all...

Napster distributed their music without their permission.

The internet thing is Metallica distributing their own records via the internet.

Way to try and warp the words article writer..

[MonsterOfRock]

^^^ you don't need a degree or sanity to write articles on UG.

[ImagineTheThorn]

Siro78 wrote:
Im tired of those stupid Europeans getting all the attention.

I agree, with the exception of the "Stupid Europeans" part. I do wish bands would do more over here though.

[backdoorsuprise]

Metallica in space would rock it would just be the craziest thing anyone has done for a while. And it's pretty funny their waiting for new countries to form just to be the first band to play there.

[str84ever]

backdoorsuprise wrote:

Metallica in space would rock it would just be the craziest thing anyone has done for a while. And it's pretty funny their waiting for new countries to form just to be the first band to play there.

Sound doesn't travel in a vacuum.

*dream crushed*

[Jackolas]

I'm so glad I saw them at Wembley STADIUM (seriously) last year and Reading festival this year before the new album, it was a peak IMHO playing all their old school tunes primarily!

[thsrayas]

str84ever wrote:

backdoorsuprise wrote:

Metallica in space would rock it would just be the craziest thing anyone has done for a while. And it's pretty funny their waiting for new countries to form just to be the first band to play there.

Sound doesn't travel in a vacuum.

*dream crushed*

That's why they would do it inside the international space station or something.

[Zirith]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

They beat ACDC by far, and what? are they like 200 now?

[AlexC15]

When the **** was the last time Metallica did an arena tour in Europe? Cunt.

Siro78 wrote:

Their current schedule tour has had...what, 3 dates in Canada, and that was on the west coast. They need to come back to Eastern Canada in the Fall of 09 damnit.

Im tired of those stupid Europeans getting all the attention.

[Illiad86]

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

[Mihyaeru]

On the internet doesnt mean jsut download, they oculd sell it directly form their site only ie order cd/vinyl etc as well as download it

[/-\liceNChains]

I know the records selling like crazy but thats because they are metallica and they are already famous and have a huge fanbase and have great marketing resources. They could keep selling albums till they die.

I think they are forcing it too much though the songs sound like a bunch of parts constructed together with lyrics just thrown in thier but theres no feeling. It sounds forced. They themselves know it. If you can bear to watch st anger ( the movie) you would be appauled at their current creative process. Its totally a job and their not enjoying it. This album sounds similar.

Im not knocking them though he siad it himself " its not easy when your older". Its hard to play and have passion like they did when they were young and dumb and full of it like when they were 20.

I just think the passion is gone and i dont like the new album. Kill Em All ,And justice For all and MOP those were good ****in albums.

[h3llh4mm3r]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

I think they will. Haven't they proven in the past 15 years that they can put out crappy albums and still outsell everyone?

[Setabominae336]

/-\liceNChains wrote:

I think they are forcing it too much though the songs sound like a bunch of parts constructed together with lyrics just thrown in thier but theres no feeling. It sounds forced. They themselves know it. If you can bear to watch st anger ( the movie) you would be appauled at their current creative process. Its totally a job and their not enjoying it. This album sounds similar.

While this was true during the writing of St Anger [both the movie and the album], they had a producer that sucked. His name was Bob Rock. That was why St anger sucked. He suggested they should write something that was NOT Metallica, that followed the newer traits of metal.

You should watch Some Kind of Monster. That explains the whole thing.

I do agree however that this album isn't as good as the KEM - AJFA days. At least they're back to the thrash days again.

[Slayerdeath]

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

did you miss the part that says he wants to see his kids grow up, ya MetallicA is cool and all but come on, your kid only grows up once.

and Death Magnetic is an alright album, it`s a HUGE improvment from the Black ablum on up, but it`s still not totaly MetallicA the way we want them to be, there not really thrash anymore, which sucks, but hey Slayer sure takes thrash to new levels every ablum almost, can`t wait till the next one, Psycopathy Red is a crazy song, Slayer is the true Thrash band

[cmstrike]

I think this really proves that they love what they're doing. If they didn't love getting on that stage almost every night, they wouldn't, because they don't have to anymore. They've already achieved more than most bands ever , and I think they're just gonna keep going until they're physically unable. Not for money, but because they enjoy it. And there are still million of people out there that have always supported Metallica, even when it became the cool thing to shit all over their name and trash their new material on the internet. Metallica for life.

[xtreme450]

The funniest part of all the MetallicA news posted on this website is the fact that everyone who claims to hate them STILL reads it and posts something bad about them...

Screw it...I love these guys.

[Orion999]

I find better grammar on a take-out menu from a Chinese restaurant than I do on this site.

[Orion999]

Ibanezsweep45 wrote:

im seeing them january 18th
its gonna be awesome

See you there BROTHER!

[primus_sucks]

Come to Bosnia Herzegowina...!!!

[SanJose]

cmstrike wrote:

I think this really proves that they love what they're doing. If they didn't love getting on that stage almost every night, they wouldn't, because they don't have to anymore. They've already achieved more than most bands ever , and I think they're just gonna keep going until they're physically unable. Not for money, but because they enjoy it. And there are still million of people out there that have always supported Metallica, even when it became the cool thing to shit all over their name and trash their new material on the internet. Metallica for life.

Yeah, exactly! They could take a The Beatles and just stop touring and just release albums, but they don't.

I think the reason they still is there and kicking some major asses is just not because of the chemistry in the band, but also their fans. Like looking on a 13-14 year old kid's face, it's his first time watching them, and he have the chance to meet them. Metallica have seen faces like that billions of times, but never gets tired of it. It's like the fans are their fuel.

[Orion999]

str84ever wrote:

backdoorsuprise wrote:

Metallica in space would rock it would just be the craziest thing anyone has done for a while. And it's pretty funny their waiting for new countries to form just to be the first band to play there.

Sound doesn't travel in a vacuum.

*dream crushed*

but it does travel under water...they should be the first non-animated band to make an album for fish

[Bleed Away]

Orion999 wrote:

I find better grammar on a take-out menu from a Chinese restaurant than I do on this site.

+1, same thing with YouTube.

[MASTER JiMMY]

Wildchild92 wrote:

Lol Metallica should so be the first band to thrash out in SPACE! Imagine that?

Metallica in Zero Gravity, LOL!

MASTER JiMMY FTL...Metallica FTW!

Do not pose child.
I love Metallica more than you.
Go listen to your BFMV and Trivium you toy and GTFO.

[MrDude]

If the next album is released exclusively on the internet, I'm not getting it. There's a special feeling about going out and buying that new record. Not to mention that lovely new record smell.

On another note, My bet is that Metallica will be the first metal band to perform on a stadium stage with all their members in wheelchairs.

[zapatista89]

Soozy wrote:

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

Yeah, but he's garbage live and the majority of his songs suck.

At least Metallica puts on a damn good show for being 40-somethings. I'd rather see them once every 5 years and have it be awesome than every year and be mediocre

are you deaf? bob dylan does not suck. without him there would be no watchtower (hendrix version) one of the most inspirational guitar pieces ever created.

[myearshurt]

Please come to Antarctica!

[crazyj]

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

[Bubbles516]

Come to Newfoundland!!!!! They'd sell out in seconds.

[lt22]

man... wtf? metallica cant come anywhere in the southeast besides new orleans and then they think they should go to other countries? COME TO ATLANTA!!!!!

[googleybear910]

how can me miss you metallica if you wont leave. i love them dont get me wrong but i think its time to leavw

['tallica_chik]

You got to come to Uruguay!! We love u here!!

Metallica 4ever!!!

[1201ZJ]

Metallica f*cking rocks!!!!! Typo: is could...

[aznrockerdude]

I hope they don't become as big as Dethklok...

[Luke200420]

If they come out with an online alblum that would make up for the whole napster fiasco.

[Down]

They should just take the Slayer route and quit when it's ****in' time.

[GUNIT!]

"We're waiting for a few other countries to be actually formalized as nations so we can be the first band in." weak as hell.
i've been wanting to go to a metallica concert for the longest time, but tickets are expensive as hell. i think i'm just going to keep listening to the old music; i'm not missing anything anyways.

[guitargodwannab]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

wanna bet? MetallicA r legeands!! best metal band ever

[98Timberwolf]

myearshurt wrote:

Please come to Antarctica!

+1

aznrockerdude wrote:

I hope they don't become as big as Dethklok...

Yeah, that would be kind of scary lol.

[rocker20]

aznrockerdude wrote:

I hope they don't become as big as Dethklok...

wtf are u on drugs. ur just gripping for attetion huh

[Cilla Black]

I hope that they don't come to Montreal. I just bought tickets for the show in Jersey!

[Metallicam]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

Wildchild92 wrote:

Lol Metallica should so be the first band to thrash out in SPACE! Imagine that?

Metallica in Zero Gravity, LOL!

MASTER JiMMY FTL...Metallica FTW!
Do not pose child.
I love Metallica more than you.
Go listen to your BFMV and Trivium you toy and GTFO.

Scroll upwards buddy, you just had 10 new arseholes torn for you. YOU can GTFO.
I can't believe these guys are still doing massive tours like this. I guess I can wait every five years for an album if it means them seeing their kids grow up.

[Tulkas]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

Dude, I'm no huge Metallica fan by any means, but what are you talking about? They've been around over 20 years NOW! Where do you think they're gonna go?

[_bacon_]

I pray to God they play on Jupiter. We never get any good bands out here.

[Drummer182]

Metallica was great back in the day but I watched some kind of monster and lost all respect for them. An 1 and a half bitch fit, thats all it was. Bad career choice releasing that movie.

[liam2309]

im seeing 'tallica on 3rd march next year.....GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!!

[guitarmaster77]

Siro78 wrote:

Their current schedule tour has had...what, 3 dates in Canada, and that was on the west coast. They need to come back to Eastern Canada in the Fall of 09 damnit.

Im tired of those stupid Europeans getting all the attention.

[phenom1991]

Shut up with all your "this sucks!" "no it doesnt you dont know shit about opinion or music" "go listen to your trivium, faggot". You are acting like 11 year old kids who don't get their damn NINTENDO SIXTYFOUUUUUR that they want. Who the **** do you think will actually be AFFECTED by your opinions and your stupid sense of certainty that it's the ONLY RIGHT THING?

You are all faggots who do this. I am sad to see how stupid people there actually are. No band can by fact suck, everyone has their opinion.

On-Topic:

Death Magnetic was a leap forward. Not a huge one but a certain one...i wish the next one will be some development again!

[KoRnfReaK1084]

i just saw them in calgary, they rocked the 'dome, it was phenomenal

[kevintimmers]

I remember seeing them back in 2004 on the St. Anger Tour (funny, they only played one song on that album) anyways, they better come back to the John Labatt Centre in London ON. that was a great show!

[elprimodejesus]

great. another worthless Metallica article that only hit front page cause it's about Metallica...

[misfit_lover]

wow! "we're going to play everywhere..."
and southamerica?
and china? LOL

[tom-the-lawn]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

Go listen to your BFMV and Trivium you toy and GTFO.

Fuck off you stuck up dick.

[Rock_Twist92]

Fucking Awsome!!!!
Please come to my city

nothing would stop me from going to your concert...

...Exept a chick of course!

[Yevrag35]

backdoorsuprise wrote:

"Metallica in space would rock it would just be the craziest thing anyone has done for a while..."

NASA needs get up off their asses and start doing something constructive. Like...figuring out a way to get Metallica up into space. Or at least let them be the first people to step foot on Mars or something.

[RUSTDOGG666]

yeah lars your gonna have to do alot of drumming to put those kids in college and get them out of the house so they dont come back. then you'll have to drum extra hard so you can replenish all that cash you'll lose to your kids. you'll drum fast, you'll lose weight, you'll have to eat alot so you actually have some weight on you and your not a walking stick lol. keep up on those drums.

[Jacksonsoad]

Only waiting for new nations to arise? What about bloody Australia!

[SideshowRaven24]

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

[Haunt3dAng3l]

I think you'd have to be crazy to spend that much time on the road. Wait, I mean, you'd have to be GREEDY to spend that much time on the road. I saw in their list of tour dates that Metallica is or was playing Copenhagen, Denmark for 7 days in a row! A band on "tour" does NOT need to play the same venue for a week! In my opinion, anyway.....

[randyaintdead82]

Orion999 wrote:

Ibanezsweep45 wrote:

im seeing them january 18th
its gonna be awesome

See you there BROTHER!

me toooo f**k yeah!!

[DBrooks0022]

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

that would be a good point if there were actual good bands mentioned. who the hell is Receiving End Of Sirens? Rush is good but thats about it. anyway, metallica ****in owns, keep selling every single ticket every single night.

[Set-Abominae]

xtreme450 wrote:

The funniest part of all the MetallicA news posted on this website is the fact that everyone who claims to hate them STILL reads it and posts something bad about them...

Screw it...I love these guys.

I despise it when people spell "Metallica" as "MetallicA."

[queenslander47]

RockerNo.21 :
Please Come To Australia!!!!!

o please please please com to Australia!!!!

[Chewy120]

plz come to mars !!!!!

[mtllica]

wow...5 years huh?
f**kin wonderful...

[shadow__666]

queenslander47 wrote:

RockerNo.21 :
Please Come To Australia!!!!!

o please please please com to Australia!!!!

Yeah, come here soon. Lars said in an interview that once they're done with America and Europe, they'll come everywhere else, and he mentioned Australia in particular.

[invaderzim31]

if their still around in 10 years that makes them all like fifty five. You gotta wonder if Hetfield's gonna have liver cirrhosis by then.

checked?

[diabolus]

They'd better fockin come to Ottawa or Toronto this coming year.....I really doubt that they'd be cranking out an album per year in ten years....if they did, they'd all be shit anyway

[3dd_bggst_fan]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

DO YOU HAVE SOME MENTAL ILLNESS YOU RETARD! Metallica has been one of the best UNIVERSAL bands since the 70's, notice i didnt keep that to national, but universal fame. How exactly do you explain there sudden disapearance? Metallica will be in history books. They are pioneers and still are going strong 3 decades later.

[GodbowstoMath]

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

add about 50 bucks to most major touring bands ticket prices and you have a Vegas ticket price. The last time Tool played in Vegas, two nights at a 8000(ish) seat venue and the cheap seats were 70 bucks, floor seats were 125. You're lucky to get a full two hour set in this city too. it's lame sauce. There's two venues you've got a chance to pay a reasonable price to see a gig, other than the lame bars here. uck...

[cmstrike]

elprimodejesus wrote:

great. another worthless Metallica article that only hit front page cause it's about Metallica...

Oh be quiet. I don't understand why people constantly feel the need to bash Metallica just because of the massive success they've become. I guess bands need to have full time jobs to make ends meet while giving you classic albums, right?

[[DookieShoes]]

metallicas been around for close to 30 years bro, why not? who the hell are you to say anything?

[MASTER JiMMY]

3dd_bggst_fan wrote:

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.
DO YOU HAVE SOME MENTAL ILLNESS YOU RETARD! Metallica has been one of the best UNIVERSAL bands since the 70's, notice i didnt keep that to national, but universal fame. How exactly do you explain there sudden disapearance? Metallica will be in history books. They are pioneers and still are going strong 3 decades later.

They started in the 80s smart ass.

[Smithsc]

wait the north american tour is over December 12? Im going to see them in Detroit January 13th!

[UFhobo]

SGstriker wrote:

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has told RollingStone.com that the band's massive world tour behind "Death Magnetic" is could very well last beyond next year.

They are have good gramer.

They were really good when I saw them on Monday.

Hell yeah man. Seattle, Key Arena, were you there? It was ****ing amazing. It being my first concert EVER and all... haha.

[acidfast]

Didn't everyone get the memo? Metallica is the new Kiss!!!

[RIP_bonham]

boyan89 wrote:

They better come to Ottawa!

+74656409851237546387295687425987

tota lly agree, we need em.

[RIP_bonham]

DBrooks0022 wrote:

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

that would be a good point if there were actual good bands mentioned. who the hell is Receiving End Of Sirens? Rush is good but thats about it. anyway, metallica ****in owns, keep selling every single ticket every single night.

wow way to be, d!ck. i know 4 of those bands, and theyre not even really my style. you need to expand ur musical horizons dude.

[goneshootin]

well shoot.. after seeing raw energy of Metallica right in front of my face at Ozzfest, i just HAVE to see them again!!

[shooterman]

metallica please come to New Zealand

[Ali-b912]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

It will. they have a huge fanbase, and lars is never gonna kill the cash cow

[death_magnetic]

Please come to India !!! there are a lot of Metallica fans here

[MASTER JiMMY]

Ali-b912 wrote:

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

It will. they have a huge fanbase, and lars is never gonna kill the cash cow

Fanbase means nothing. This is still the best argument anyone has presented to my statement. The rest were - "Metallica rule, you suck" "Yeah they will theyre the greatest band ever" "blah blah blah"

I honestly don't think Metallica can sustain another ten years.

[MetalliCarnage]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

Ali-b912 wrote:

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

It will. they have a huge fanbase, and lars is never gonna kill the cash cow
Fanbase means nothing. This is still the best argument anyone has presented to my statement. The rest were - "Metallica rule, you suck" "Yeah they will theyre the greatest band ever" "blah blah blah"

I honestly don't think Metallica can sustain another ten years.

I'm sure they will be around in some way, look at the stones..... Im sure in ten years time they'll still be doing the occasional show or releasing an album or two (maybe a greatest hits or something), but there is still a lot of money to be made from Metallica, and, like the other guy said, Lars wont kill the cash cow, he's gonna milk it for all its worth.

P.S I actually love Metallica, so dont bitch at me..... saw em @ GM Place December 2nd..... best concert ever.... so epic.... best night of my life

[saintjimmy924]

**** yea!!!
death magnetic is amazing!
too bad i can't afford a ticket

[beau05]

MASTER JiMMY wrote:

snore.
Don't kid yourself Ulrich, Metallica won't be around in ten years.

thats probably what someone said about the rolling stones 40 years ago

[shattamakar]

MASTER JiMMY , stop acting like you know more than everyone here.....your opinion is worth as much as everyone else's , i am aware .....but insulting someone cuz they like another band( eg. trivium), makes you look completely juvenile.....metallica has ,in my humble opinion 60% chance of being an active band in ten years.....oh yea...MEGADETH owns

[henkka_potku]

avacado wrote:

aw man, I don't want there next album to be on the internet....

it's their... and why? it would be cheaper compared to normal cd's....

[henkka_potku]

DBrooks0022 wrote:

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

that would be a good point if there were actual good bands mentioned. who the hell is Receiving End Of Sirens? Rush is good but thats about it. anyway, metallica ****in owns, keep selling every single ticket every single night.

there is also Tool, which beats Metallica

[The JesterHead]

They should put their guitars away and call it quits... They've done little right things after the Black Album, and don't be fooled by Death Magnetic... No matter how "heavy" it sounds, you can still feel it's not worth shit compared to an album like MoP... It'll never be the good old Metallica, these guys have simply lost it. A lot of fans won't agree with me, but I don't care. This is what I think. And I think almost everything they've done since 1993. was a road to ruin they became.

[The JesterHead]

ruin they've become, sorry - wrong tense lol...

[str84ever]

The JesterHead wrote:

They should put their guitars away and call it quits... They've done little right things after the Black Album, and don't be fooled by Death Magnetic... No matter how "heavy" it sounds, you can still feel it's not worth shit compared to an album like MoP... It'll never be the good old Metallica, these guys have simply lost it. A lot of fans won't agree with me, but I don't care. This is what I think. And I think almost everything they've done since 1993. was a road to ruin they became.

Like i always have to say in these articles...

ever occur to you that

METALLICA DOESN'T WANT TO RELEASE ANOTHER MASTER OF PUPPETS!?

DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?! THEY REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.

THEY WILL RELEASE WHATEVER THEY WANT.

i have to say this on every single metallica page cause some metallica fan is always whining about "its not old metallica".

and to answer the article.

They are getting old i doubt they will milk it like the stones.

[westvipor]

Soozy wrote:

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

Yeah, but he's garbage live and the majority of his songs suck.

At least Metallica puts on a damn good show for being 40-somethings. I'd rather see them once every 5 years and have it be awesome than every year and be mediocre

knockin on heavens door was prety good...

[Jacob6293]

they'll be almost 60 in ten years. i love metallica but i can't see them putting out a record every year. just release a greatest hits album and be done with it.

[Blackening]

so long story short.

metallica is like hitler only two times faster?

[JimBonJovi]

Lars mentioned a couple months ago that he wouldn't be able to play many of their "thrash" Metal songs when he's about 60 or so. The rolling stones could/can keep on going but mainly because their songs are mid-tempo, Metallica is all over the place with tempo's. I forsee Metallica either packing it in come 10 or 12 years from now or changing their style once again, but no one will adhere to that.

Check'd

[Axl_Explosion]

Haunt3dAng3l wrote:

I think you'd have to be crazy to spend that much time on the road. Wait, I mean, you'd have to be GREEDY to spend that much time on the road. I saw in their list of tour dates that Metallica is or was playing Copenhagen, Denmark for 7 days in a row! A band on "tour" does NOT need to play the same venue for a week! In my opinion, anyway.....

Dude, the fact that they are playing there for a week is because they are OBVIOUSLY in high demand, and plus, who is to say when the next time Metallica will play Denmark is? The fact is that they want to give everyone a chance to see them, and I bet you a hundred bucks that they will sell out every show they play there because, like it or not, Metallica is one of the last great bands in music and as long as they play shows, people will buy the tickets. Look at the St. Anger tour, that album was an abomination to music, yet they still sold out shows left and right. Metallica is a great band, and love them or hate them, you know deep down inside that they will be around forever.

[TheSilverBeatle]

Soozy wrote:

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

Yeah, but he's garbage live and the majority of his songs suck.

So your saying one of the legends of music known for his INCREDIBLE songs and known for being one of the best performers of all time...sucks?

I'm afraid you've lost all music credibility. Maybe if you said something like "his voice sucks now" or something that is subjective. But to say his songs suck...you must know nothing about music.

Bob Dylan works 100x harder than Metallica. Metallica goes out every 5 years on a tour...plays the standard old stuff and some tracks off the new record.

Dylan on the other hand, switches his set list every night and re-invents his songs with new arrangements and lyrics.

I'm not saying anything bad about Metallica as I am a fan and I love the new album, but that comment was just idiotic.

[Divadmils]

Uh December 20, dont think so...There here well into January.

[whiplash13]

great, now they can do an even longer European tour and make us wait another 5-6 years before they come back!

[PastaOfMuppets]

TheSilverBeatle wrote:

Soozy wrote:

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

Yeah, but he's garbage live and the majority of his songs suck.

So your saying one of the legends of music known for his INCREDIBLE songs and known for being one of the best performers of all time...sucks?

I'm afraid you've lost all music credibility. Maybe if you said something like "his voice sucks now" or something that is subjective. But to say his songs suck...you must know nothing about music.

Bob Dylan works 100x harder than Metallica. Metallica goes out every 5 years on a tour...plays the standard old stuff and some tracks off the new record.

Dylan on the other hand, switches his set list every night and re-invents his songs with new arrangements and lyrics.

I'm not saying anything bad about Metallica as I am a fan and I love the new album, but that comment was just idiotic.

Agreed, Metallica have nothing on Dylan as far as rock legends go.

[ringo23rsr]

We're also waiting for the polar caps to stabilize so we can go play there. There's talk about some other planets too."

haha that sounds like something Dethklok would do but everyone needs to just settle down and enjoy Metallica for what they are doing and whoever said bob dylan sucks, learn music history so you dont sound like a total dumbass!

[silent caution]

they need to headline here at madison square garden...that place still smells after madonna was here not long ago....

[MooshMooshMarc]

why are people discussing bob dylan on a metallica story? :s

[AlexRB]

Kirk in the picture,"I've got your testicles!"

[X_GuitaR_GoD_X]

look i love metallica and i really love there old shit but i gota say i wasnt too impressed with there newest album. it wasnt a waste of money to buy it but i just didnt really like it.

[X_GuitaR_GoD_X]

their*

[El-Senor]

I'll pay to see them when they start playing in E again.

[coquet]

Metallica's two-year plan should include getting Rogaine for Lars.

[mr. ...]

oakland CA on december 20th!!

[David_Bowie=GOD]

El-Senor wrote:

I'll pay to see them when they start playing in E again.

guess what, they started playing in E again(on the new album at least, for the most part at least)

[Goomba_92]

MrDude wrote:

If the next album is released exclusively on the internet, I'm not getting it. There's a special feeling about going out and buying that new record. Not to mention that lovely new record smell.

On another note, My bet is that Metallica will be the first metal band to perform on a stadium stage with all their members in wheelchairs.

Sorry dude, but I think AC/DC will beat them there

[kreyson]

Come to Brazil!!!

[rockerjesus]

. There's talk about some other planets too."

LOLOLOL TALLICA IN SPACE FTW GET ALIENS INTO REAL MUSIC

[Skittles135]

"We're also waiting for the polar caps to stabilize so we can go play there. There's talk about some other planets too."

Haha this made me LOL. Good stuff. I will see them again.

[ShredGuitar9]

can anybody tell me when theyre coming out to Australia???

[ShredGuitar9]

AlexRB wrote:

Kirk in the picture,"I've got your testicles!"

lol

[rasveer]

PastaOfMuppets wrote:

TheSilverBeatle wrote:

Soozy wrote:

hiddeninromance wrote:

they should do a bob dylan, he's been on the same tour playing at least 100 shows a year since the 80's and still has been more studio prolific than them! Hell, he has as many Bside cds as they do hit albums...though he has wrote 1000 songs :|

Yeah, but he's garbage live and the majority of his songs suck.

So your saying one of the legends of music known for his INCREDIBLE songs and known for being one of the best performers of all time...sucks?

I'm afraid you've lost all music credibility. Maybe if you said something like "his voice sucks now" or something that is subjective. But to say his songs suck...you must know nothing about music.

Bob Dylan works 100x harder than Metallica. Metallica goes out every 5 years on a tour...plays the standard old stuff and some tracks off the new record.

Dylan on the other hand, switches his set list every night and re-invents his songs with new arrangements and lyrics.

I'm not saying anything bad about Metallica as I am a fan and I love the new album, but that comment was just idiotic.
Agreed, Metallica have nothing on Dylan as far as rock legends go.

fail
1.they play metal, rock =/= metal
2.they play stuff that can not be compared to each other but are good in their own right
3.like that other guy said, they have different intentions like them wanting to be there for their kids and stuff

[pootoob]

Shadowsoul wrote:

Ulrich's words are ironic since Metallica famously sued the original Napster several years ago for making the band's music available online without its permission.

how is that ironic? if Metallica released an album online it would be with their permission, and we'd probably have to pay for it too which is fair, the napster thing was with illegal downloads...

Hope they make it to New Zealand in that time

I was going to say everything you just said. But you bet me to it.

[scaryness]

RockerNo.21 wrote:

Please Come To Australia!!!!!

[spitfire6860]

I saw them last night with lam of god and they sounded amazing.

[Teh Skisgaars]

Drummer182 wrote:

Metallica was great back in the day but I watched some kind of monster and lost all respect for them. An 1 and a half bitch fit, thats all it was. Bad career choice releasing that movie.

i loved skom the movie
it gave the world and the diehard fans a look at the real men
behind metallica
you go be in a band for 20 years with the same people
and see how many fights you get into
its a hard life
but theyve fought through it and released a kickass album
death magnetic
i will always be a metallica fanatic
im only 16 but i will always love their music
LONG LIVE METALLICA

Checked

[Phillitalian]

they better go into a longer tour. 4 canadian dates, but no toronto or ottawa?

come on Metallica, come on.
hell, id go just to see LoG support them. LoG and Metallica in one venue is well worth the $80 IMO

[Hertzsprung]

Pfft, I haven't even bothered to listen to Death Magnetic, a friend of mine vaguely described it to me and just sounded like another failure. St Anger, Load, ReLoad, all shitttt....MoP FTW

He said it was pretty good...so i lent him my phone full of system of a down, dark tranquility, opeth, disturbed, lamb of god, and stuff, he gave it back the next day and the day after he'd already bought the Hypnotize album.

[smithfor ak0]

I'm going to see them TOMORROW!
And I was wondering if anyone has heard The Sword, if they could tell me what they are like?

[High Reclaimer]

myearshurt wrote:

Please come to Antarctica!

Lol. Love it.

[High Reclaimer]

And The Sword are odd, good music though, more of an Alternative Metal, but they put on a good show.

[guy91]

man if they come 2 nz i will be the happiest bogan ever!

[Serjem]

SGstriker wrote:

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has told RollingStone.com that the band's massive world tour behind "Death Magnetic" is could very well last beyond next year.

They are have good gramer.

yeah that's what i thought

and it's grammar i think :P

[martinos101]

I hope they are around for a very long time. =)

[Thom Yorke]

DBrooks0022 wrote:

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

that would be a good point if there were actual good bands mentioned. who the hell is Receiving End Of Sirens? Rush is good but thats about it. anyway, metallica ****in owns, keep selling every single ticket every single night.

Sorry, did you just suggest that Tool aren't good?

[rohanrulz23]

India tour would be kick ass!!

[Out of Exile]

Please come to the Philippines!

[Levi79]

going to see htem live tonight with lamb of god! its gonna be sick!

[mitchgib93]

God I wish they would come to Texas or Louisiana, but it doesn't look like that will happen soon. If I don't see them before they stop touring my life will be wasted...

[randyaintdead82]

David_Bowie=GOD wrote:

El-Senor wrote:

I'll pay to see them when they start playing in E again.

guess what, they started playing in E again(on the new album at least, for the most part at least)

well youll never have that privelige if you want them to play in standard tuning live. james cant hit those high notes anymore, so you know what? be happy that they are still around playing the old stuff. its only a half step down any way

[David_Bowie=GOD]

Thom Yorke wrote:

DBrooks0022 wrote:

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

that would be a good point if there were actual good bands mentioned. who the hell is Receiving End Of Sirens? Rush is good but thats about it. anyway, metallica ****in owns, keep selling every single ticket every single night.

Sorry, did you just suggest that Tool aren't good?

Coheed and Cambria are good too if your not a closed-minded dick.

His tickets probably costed so much since he was so close to the stage.

[JamesxHetfield]

They'll need a new drummer in 10 years. Lars is having a hard time keeping up now.

[GibsonAR]

JamesxHetfield wrote:

They'll need a new drummer in 10 years. Lars is having a hard time keeping up now.

I Don't know i saw them couple weeks ago when they came 2 little rock and he was doing great he even stood up in some parts he actually looked restless

[Smithsc]

JamesxHetfield wrote:

They'll need a new drummer in 10 years. Lars is having a hard time keeping up now.

I dont know man, Lars seems pretty hyper, even now!

[MASTER JiMMY]

str84ever wrote:

The JesterHead wrote:

They should put their guitars away and call it quits... They've done little right things after the Black Album, and don't be fooled by Death Magnetic... No matter how "heavy" it sounds, you can still feel it's not worth shit compared to an album like MoP... It'll never be the good old Metallica, these guys have simply lost it. A lot of fans won't agree with me, but I don't care. This is what I think. And I think almost everything they've done since 1993. was a road to ruin they became.

Like i always have to say in these articles...

ever occur to you that

METALLICA DOESN'T WANT TO RELEASE ANOTHER MASTER OF PUPPETS!?

DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?! THEY REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.

THEY WILL RELEASE WHATEVER THEY WANT.

i have to say this on every single metallica page cause some metallica fan is always whining about "its not old metallica".

and to answer the article.

They are getting old i doubt they will milk it like the stones.

It's funny, because you're wrong.

[Scott_Zeppelin]

phenom1991 wrote:

Shut up with all your "this sucks!" "no it doesnt you dont know shit about opinion or music" "go listen to your trivium, faggot". You are acting like 11 year old kids who don't get their damn NINTENDO SIXTYFOUUUUUR that they want. Who the **** do you think will actually be AFFECTED by your opinions and your stupid sense of certainty that it's the ONLY RIGHT THING?

You are all faggots who do this. I am sad to see how stupid people there actually are. No band can by fact suck, everyone has their opinion.

And you think YOUR comment is going to affect aanyone? GTFO tard.

[druz15_UG]

I like to think of metallica as the "Britney Spears" of rock music, desperatley trying to fight their way back into the spotlight even though Paris and Lindsay have taken that a long time ago, and they don't really realize the whole world is laughing at their shenanigans

[druz15_UG]

SideshowRaven24 wrote:

crazyj wrote:

Illiad86 wrote:

nice, 2 years of people giving them from anywhere to $80-$200 to see them...I remember when I saw Metallica, Pantera, and some local crap band for $30 in 1993. I haven't seen them live since, but I highly doubt it's worth $80 to see them anymore

Dude I saw metallica in October for $85 and I was about 5 feet from the stage. They played a two hour plus set. How many bands do you know that can play a two hour set? Not many.

The Mars Volta (3 hours)- $25
Receiving End Of Sirens (3 hours)- $15
Rush (2.5 hours)- $35
Coheed and Cambria (2 hours)- $20
Sigur Ros- $35-40
Tool (2 hours)- $40

So yeah, $80 is a little steep to see a 2 hour set of Metallica in my opinion.

Foo Fighters 3+ hours including an hour-long acoustic set
cost $80NZ but I would pay twice that to see them again they were that amazing

[MASTER JiMMY]

druz15_UG wrote:

I like to think of metallica as the "Britney Spears" of rock music, desperatley trying to fight their way back into the spotlight even though Paris and Lindsay have taken that a long time ago, and they don't really realize the whole world is laughing at their shenanigans

The same way that we're laughing at you.

[51VH50]

all hail the mighty metallica

[Saikotic]

Just saw these guys live last night. I gotta say, another summer and spring would be pretty awesome for these guys.

[ThunderPX]

They should send all the arguing fans into space instead. Without oxygen, mind you.

[Astaldo]

51VH50 wrote:

all hail the mighty metallica

+1

[akhimakhi93]

c0m3 to india!!!!!11

checked.

[SmokeyMcStoner]

Christ, guys like this should take advice from Motorhead - a new album every 1-2 years since 1977!

Yeah...except Motorhead is the most terrible piece of crap since...I don't know actually, they're THAT bad.

[mjerue]

i wonder who there new bassist will be in ten years?lol

[The JesterHead]

str84ever wrote:

The JesterHead wrote:

They should put their guitars away and call it quits... They've done little right things after the Black Album, and don't be fooled by Death Magnetic... No matter how "heavy" it sounds, you can still feel it's not worth shit compared to an album like MoP... It'll never be the good old Metallica, these guys have simply lost it. A lot of fans won't agree with me, but I don't care. This is what I think. And I think almost everything they've done since 1993. was a road to ruin they became.

Like i always have to say in these articles...

ever occur to you that

METALLICA DOESN'T WANT TO RELEASE ANOTHER MASTER OF PUPPETS!?

DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?! THEY REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK.

THEY WILL RELEASE WHATEVER THEY WANT.

i have to say this on every single metallica page cause some metallica fan is always whining about "its not old metallica".

and to answer the article.

They are getting old i doubt they will milk it like the stones.

You misunderstood me. And there's no need for caps (that clearly state you're too easy to piss off). I didn't mean that they should release something like MoP or sounding like it... I meant - release something good, or worth labeling Metallica, worth being among the history they wrote. Something that's worth it. Death Magnetic was just an attempt to please both sides of the coin, the old stuff fans and the new stuff fans. Just seemed like they tried to get the runaway sheep back with this one. Look, it's better than anything they've done in the past 15-or-so years, but I just wanted to say that they've lost it. Sure, there are a couple of good songs (my personal opinion), but it just feels as if they should call it quits. They'll only simply cause even more arguements like this one with every new release...

[gunsnroses0619]

cmstrike wrote:

I think this really proves that they love what they're doing. If they didn't love getting on that stage almost every night, they wouldn't, because they don't have to anymore. They've already achieved more than most bands ever , and I think they're just gonna keep going until they're physically unable. Not for money, but because they enjoy it. And there are still million of people out there that have always supported Metallica, even when it became the cool thing to shit all over their name and trash their new material on the internet. Metallica for life.

you know i agree 100%. we all have shit all over their name especially when st anger came out cuz it wasnt the metallica we all knew and loved. thats what makes kill em all, justice for all, master of puppets, and ride the lightning classical heavy metal cuz it was raw and hardcore shit that nobody ever dreamed of. raw heavy guitar licks coming out of 1000 watt speakers, and the master of the double bass pedal and drum set itself, lars. the members of metallica is what keeps the band alive today. so what if they aint as good as they were. they are still out there producing more music for our ears. i respect them for that. Keep on rocking METALLICA!

[im2late2begod]

Shadowsoul wrote:

Ulrich's words are ironic since Metallica famously sued the original Napster several years ago for making the band's music available online without its permission.

how is that ironic? if Metallica released an album online it would be with their permission, and we'd probably have to pay for it too which is fair, the napster thing was with illegal downloads...

Hope they make it to New Zealand in that time

true man they havent been to NZ For years the last time they did was at big day out and i missed that!!!
hopefully they do come here that would be awsome