Metallica, at X Games Austin, courtesy of ESPN

Kirk Hammett of Metallica gave an interview  to Tim Virgin of WLUP-FM 97.9 (Loop 97.9) radio recently where he updated fans on the status of the bands’ next album, tentatively due in 2016. The interview was a precursor to last weekend’s performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL and can be seen below:

Recently as a guest on Jamey Jasta’s podcast The Jasta Show, Hammett described the coming album:

“Let’s just say that the stuff that’s coming up is super riffy, super heavy… It’s a lot similar to [2008’s] ‘Death Magnetic’ but different in certain parts.”

“There’s a couple of songs that remind me of something on [1988’s] ‘…And Justice For All’, but the album doesn’t sound like ‘…And Justice For All’.”

Death Magnetic (Warner Bros/Vertigo), Metallica’s last studio album was released in 2009.