new song maybe?!???? hey, a guy can dream! Posted by Tipper @ 06/11/2008 12:19 AM EST

I am dreaming with ya, Tipper. Posted by D-J @ 06/11/2008 01:37 AM EST

I think the new logo has to do with Bonnaroo. Look at the magnets... they are just like the n's in the Bonnaroo logo. Just a guess, I could be wrong.... I do like it tho. Posted by Nick @ 06/11/2008 04:41 AM EST

Yeah, that could be right Nick.. Some guy at metallicabb.com had the same thoughts along with some good arguments. I do like it too! Posted by Juztice @ 06/11/2008 07:43 AM EST

that contest was pretty vague. MM asked two trivia questions that could get you chosen to be at this "metallica appearence" with a few hours to kill on Thursday. Guess I didnt win since I havent heard anything. As far as music shops, there are a few, but nothing that would stand out as the "go to" place where they would show. Maybe somewhere downtown, at one of the little bars. Who knows. Posted by The General @ 06/11/2008 09:21 AM EST

Am I the only one who sees the arrows in the Metallica mystery image? Posted by IS-JD @ 06/11/2008 12:55 PM EST

Im gonna call it right now...new song Posted by Mark @ 06/11/2008 01:07 PM EST

Ahhhh JD good call. Maybe its arrows pointing and saying hey were playing new shit at Bonnaroo so get ready! I think the puzzle is put together now..... Posted by Nick @ 06/11/2008 02:31 PM EST

You know, we STILL haven't seen a posting in the Riffs and Excerpts category... Unless Platinum users are seeing that. Is ANYONE paying for Platinum? Posted by D-J @ 06/11/2008 02:43 PM EST

its just a radio tower symbol with the metallica M's http://region14rpc.googlepages.com/radio-tower.bmp/radio-tower-full;blend:clouds2,64;effect:autolevels,42;brt:42.jpg Posted by sean @ 06/11/2008 04:15 PM EST

Posted by sean @ 06/11/2008 04:21 PM EST

D-J, I'm in the platinum thing and theres nothing in the riff and excerpt part. Hopefully they'll have some stuff on there soon. There is a new fly on the wall video today and I must say I like what I heard on it...a lot!! Posted by MONSTER @ 06/11/2008 04:32 PM EST

There is now a new image on Mission Metallica, they added and EI, not sure what it means Posted by Mark @ 06/11/2008 04:37 PM EST

Yeah, I agree. That new riff kicks. Posted by D-J @ 06/11/2008 04:48 PM EST

Yeah, whats up with the new image? Just think about it. Someone, somewhere is spending there day coming up with images to mess with our heads. Posted by D-J @ 06/11/2008 04:50 PM EST

Well it's obviously going to spell something soon. I think we can all at least agree on that. I bet they add letters everyday. But what will it mean? Album title? Song name? ugh.... Posted by Nick @ 06/11/2008 05:00 PM EST

O yeah, that new riff kicks ass!!! The drums really add to it. Posted by Nick @ 06/11/2008 05:00 PM EST

yeah new riff is decent, lars should add a little more to it..nothing amazing tho..essentially 0000 0 0 0000 0 0 little dirty windowish Posted by sean @ 06/11/2008 05:20 PM EST

It's DEICIDE. The album title. Posted by Deicide @ 06/11/2008 08:16 PM EST

Hey guys. When did New Song #1 and New Song #2 come out. I can't remember if it was 2006 or 2007? I'm not being a smart-ass. It's just been a while I know. Posted by Tipper @ 06/11/2008 08:18 PM EST

myspace.com/daveyboy1973 Posted by DEICIDE @ 06/11/2008 08:18 PM EST

Also notice there are 7 question marks above the pic on mission metallica. ??? ??? ? How many letters are in Deicide? Posted by DEICIDE @ 06/11/2008 08:27 PM EST

I doubt DEICIDE would be the album title since James seems to have found a certain way in faith, deicide have something to do with killing a god... maybe another god than he's? And it seems to began with a D and end with a C... Posted by Bleeding @ 06/11/2008 09:35 PM EST

lame. Posted by The General @ 06/11/2008 09:36 PM EST

Yeah Bleeding I see your point. In time we will know what the true word or meaning is. Who knows........ Posted by Deicide @ 06/11/2008 09:58 PM EST

Tipper, New songs #1 & 2 came out in '06. If memory serves me correct in my old age, New Song #1 came out on 6-6-06. Listened to some Reload, Rehearse and Request yesterday. New Fly on the Wall riff was pretty cool! Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/12/2008 01:09 AM EST

looks like a fear factory album cover or mnemic..not metallica's style. Posted by sean @ 06/12/2008 09:16 AM EST

i dont think its gonna be the album cover...prob the album name or single name? Posted by xino @ 06/12/2008 10:01 AM EST

What if DEIC is an acronym for the album title???? What could DEIC possibly stand for? Any ideas? Posted by D-J @ 06/12/2008 10:03 AM EST

anyone know anything about Metallica in Nashville today? they are going to be somewhere in the city and I need to find out where. A paypal $$$ reward to anyone with credible info. Posted by The General @ 06/12/2008 10:11 AM EST

Guys, I've figured it out...it's gotta be "deictic". Taken from wikipedia: In pragmatics and linguistics, deixis[1] is collectively the orientational features of human languages to have reference to points in time, space, and the speaking event between interlocutors. A word that depends on deictic clues is called a deictic or a deictic word. Deictic words are bound to a context — either a linguistic or extralinguistic context — for their interpretation. Some English deictic words include, for example, the following: now vs. then here vs. there this vs. that me vs. you vs. him/her go vs. come Makes sense, no? Their reputation vs. current expectations? I figured it out! Posted by joey @ 06/12/2008 10:13 AM EST

I have been thinking about it and have a number of ways of interpreting these clues... 1. If the Metallica M's are sideways, what if the outer letters are not a D and a C, but rather U turned sideways? 2. What if the E and I are put together? It could be an 8. Or it could be a B. 3. Everything up there, except the E, is a Roman numeral: the Ms, D, C, and I. What if they are slowly revealing the album release date via Roman numerals? I just figured I'd throw out some ideas to you guys so we can decipher this. Posted by D-J @ 06/12/2008 10:27 AM EST

From Metalla's site, Metallica reacts to the album reviews or blogging: Reviews . . . While we occasionally enjoy reading the various comments, rumors, speculation, reviews, gossip and all the good that the internet brings, rarely do we feel the desire/need to respond to the "blogosphere" . . . hey, everyone is entitled to have their thoughts and opinions, right? However, once we re-surfaced on Tuesday after a few weeks on tour in Europe, we were informed that someone at Q Prime (our managers) had made the error of asking a few publications to take down reviews of the rough mixes from the new record that were posted on their sites. Our response was "WHY?!!! Why take down mostly positive reviews of the new material and prevent people from getting psyched about the next record. . . that makes no sense to us!”" So after a few rounds of managerial ear spank and sentencing everyone at Q Prime to 20 push-ups each, we figured why not take matters into our own hands and just post the links here on our site. Kerrang, Metal Hammer, The Quietus. You see, we have maintained an "in the press" section here on Metallica.com for many years now, posting links to reviews of shows, album and DVD releases, and various other tidbits we've come across while surfing around. Some good, some not so good, but we put 'em all up . . . sort of the same way we treat our message boards on this site . . . welcoming all feedback. So in the spirit of keeping this section current, we've put as many of the reviews of the rough mixes of the new record up here as we could find. If we missed any, let us know . . . and in the meantime, we're always adding, so peruse at your leisure. Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/12/2008 11:00 AM EST

Metal Hammer audio review-starts around 8 minutes in and runs to 14. Sounds promising!http://mos.futurenet.com/resources/metalhammer/mhp006.mp3 Posted by The Thing that should not be @ 06/12/2008 12:24 PM EST

Im really tired of the business/promotional aspect of this album..just release the thing already. MUSIC SPEAKS FOR ITSELF Posted by sean @ 06/12/2008 12:52 PM EST

Based on all the reviews, the only two things I am concerned about on this album are the lyrics being diverse enough (as opposed to a small amount just being repeated a lot), and the songs' riffs feeling continous, whereas with The New Song and The Other New Song, it felt like a lot of good riffs that don't really belong in the same song together, thus, making the song sound "forced." Did any of you get that feeling with The New Song and The Other New Song? Posted by D-J @ 06/12/2008 01:27 PM EST

The business/promotional aspect of music is always present- no matter what band you're listening to. All bands have labels that hype the album, whether online, or in print. The best thing to do is accept the business side of music as reality (because it is a business, just like everything else) and then you won't get so pissed. Music does exist for music's sake- but the music industry exists to make a profit. All bands are money grubbing- all bands want to get paid for the work that they do. I don't care if it's a crappy band at your local pub trying to get their 400 bucks for playing last Friday night, or Metallica trying to get royalties for songs released on the internet- it's all the same, just on a different scale. Posted by Chris @ 06/12/2008 01:28 PM EST

Well at least people can stop bitching about this topic. Of course, the legions of bashers will say the reviews were only put back up in response to the negativity. And then they will find something else to complain about, and then complain on top of that. At 36 yoa, I simply don't bother with stuff I don't like anymore, and I think most people in my general age group do the same. Thus, my thoughts are most of these bashers are youngsters that first discovered the band post TBA(and thus are full of shit when they start talking about the old days). Posted by kurt @ 06/12/2008 01:37 PM EST

It DOES seem some people put a ridiculous amount of energy into hating. Maybe they need to listen to Wasting My Hate a little more closely... Posted by D-J @ 06/12/2008 01:44 PM EST

I think you guys are looking into these letters waaayyy too much. You can't tell me you even know for sure that the first two are for sure a D and a C. The speculation on these letters has gotten a bit ridiculous. p.s. When is Metallica going to play Fixxxer live!!!!!!!!!??????????? Posted by Nick @ 06/12/2008 02:38 PM EST

Another update on the logo!!!! Two more letters. This helps prove my point... Posted by Nick @ 06/12/2008 03:17 PM EST

I'm not even trying to figure it out. I've heard One about 500 times in the last couple of weeks. Both of my sons(5 and 8) love it from Guitar hero III and make me play it constantly in the car. I had to make a mix of the original, Binge and Purge, S&M and some bootlegs of it just to mix it up some. Posted by kurt @ 06/12/2008 03:25 PM EST

Maybe something with the word, "Deep". Posted by Ice Nine @ 06/12/2008 04:10 PM EST

Ugh enough already.... there is no i in deep. Anyways, new vids up on MM. We actually get to hear some dueling solo!!!! Reminds me of ...And Justice For All (Album in general)!!!! Posted by Nick @ 06/12/2008 04:53 PM EST

Its gotta be the album title. Does anyone else here feel like they are playing Wheel Of Fortune? I just want to get to the point where we can solve the puzzle. Not sure about the latest riffage in the Fly On The Wall video. Sounds like harmonized leads going on, but still not sure I like the sound... Posted by D-J @ 06/12/2008 04:57 PM EST

The album was described as 9 epics and one song. So maybe it could be a word play on the epic bit...but hell, it could be a word play on the EET FUK bit for all I know--lol! This is like Wheel of fucking Fortune. Posted by EET FUK @ 06/12/2008 04:58 PM EST

Did anybody else think Lars was gonna start playing All Within My Hands at the start of that vid. Posted by EET FUK @ 06/12/2008 05:01 PM EST

I bet it's the name of the new single which they will play this weekend in Bonnaroo... that's just me... Posted by NoCreativeNameGuy @ 06/12/2008 05:16 PM EST

Well, I'm glad that Metallica slapped their management around a bit. The "Deetic" thing is pretty interesting, too; no idea what it means, though; I just hope it's not the album cover :D Posted by caspian @ 06/12/2008 05:48 PM EST

Well, I'm glad that Metallica slapped their management around a bit. The "Deetic" thing is pretty interesting, too; no idea what it means, though; I just hope it's not the album cover :D Posted by caspian @ 06/12/2008 05:49 PM EST

DOUBLE POST FOR THE WIN!!!!? Also: man, wish I was at Bonnaroo. Metallica (possibly) playing a new song and Sigur Ros (definitely) playing their new album? THAT WOULD BE SO AWESOME. Posted by caspian @ 06/12/2008 05:57 PM EST

What if the mystery image spells out ECLECTIC? Perhaps the 'D' at the beginning is a backwards 'C'. Plus, there could be a pretty good meaning with the new album being called Eclectic. Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 08:54 AM EST

i'm putting money on no new song at Bonnaroo. Posted by The General @ 06/13/2008 10:03 AM EST

I agree. It has always seemed most logical (geez, I sound like Spock) to me that they will get through Bonnaroo, then use the month off they have from mid-June to mid-July to practice new songs and then play them when they resume touring. BUT, Lars DID say they were hoping to have some new songs ready by the time Bonnaroo came around... Who knows? Tonight could be the night. They should just practice that 5-minute song and play it tonight. You know, we haven't heard one thing about the 11th song that was cut from the album. When we will hear it? On the b-side of a single? Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 10:19 AM EST

Deceit!! Posted by njustis4all @ 06/13/2008 12:44 PM EST

...Deceive! Decide just what you believe! Sorry, I couldn't resist... Posted by D-J @ 06/13/2008 09:04 PM EST