Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo told LiveDaily.com in a new interview that the band is "already jamming on new ideas and new riffs," although he did not indicate how long he thought it might be before Metallica returns to the studio. Trujillo explained, "To me, (latest album) Death Magnetic is only a launch pad. We're already jamming on new ideas and new riffs. There's a rhythm-section thing that I'm feeling with Lars (Ulrich, drummer) that I'd like to dive into even more so with the future. It's great to be playing thrashy, heavy riffs again, too. That's one of the things with this band -- there's no shortage of musical ideas."
Trujillo, who joined Metallica in 2003 shortly after the band finished making its St. Anger album, played a bigger role in the recording of Death Magnetic. He told us one of his strategies for becoming part of the creative process: "The whole thing is, when we're being creative, when Metallica's creative, the last thing you want to do is interfere with the flow that happens between Lars and James (Hetfield, frontman), 'cause these guys bump heads and they get on a roll with things, and you really gotta let them do their thing, 'cause it is magic, and let them be productive when that's clicking."
Trujillo also told LiveDaily, "When I first joined the band, I was kind of like the boy in the bubble. I really had to focus on being a part of this band and learning over 23 years of catalog at the time ... which was really crazy."
Death Magnetic is Metallica's final album on its current contract with Warner Bros. Records. The band has not indicated how it will release future projects.
Metallica closed out the latest leg of its North American tour on Sunday (February 2nd) in New Jersey and heads to Europe at the end of this month.
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