METALLICA have been working with "Death Magnetic" producer Greg Fidelman at their headquarters in San Rafael, California.

Ulrich adds: “Greg Fidelman is 24/7 on this record and has been since last summer. He’s doing an insanely great job and has been putting his heart and soul in it pretty much every waking moment of his life in helping us engineer and produce this record."

He continues: “If the record doesn’t come out this year then it won’t be because it’s not done. It will be because there’s some sort of cosmic reason that it would be smarter to hold onto it until next year. But the record will be done this summer."

METALLICA perform at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August 20.

(Source: www.teamrock.com)