Metallica’s comic book on sale
Available now, fans are able to pick one of two cover designs illustrated by Avenged Sevenfold artist David A. Frizell. An extract published online shows the first few pages for frontman James Hetfield’s story.
“Sabbath was everything that the 60s werent, you know?” his speech bubble reads. “Their music was cool because it was completely anti-hippie. Completely. I hated The Beatles. Jethro Tull. And all that other hippie shit. Life’s not like that.”
Speaking in April this year, the band confirmed they were quarter of the way through a new album. Guitarist Kirk Hammett said that while the band have “a lot of good songs” and hundreds of riffs available, they are still yet to begin recording in earnest.
“The songs are ever-changing at this point, Hammett said. “Nothing is etched in stone. We still have a lot of material we have to sift through, still. We have well over a dozen songs and we still have well over two or three hundred riffs, too, so it’s hard to say at what point we actually are in in the project. I don’t think we hit the middle point yet. I would say we’re at the 25 percent point, maybe 30 percent point. It’s hard to say, but I mean we are working on it and there are songs and we’re making plans to write more songs and record.”
Source: NME
Image credit: Michael L. Frizell
