According to the German source Bild, Metallica may very well have a new album out this October. The translation comes out to, “…the new album could appear on 14 October. This, however, has not been confirmed by their record company, Universal.”
Ultimately, we’ll have to wait and see what happens but this is an interesting possibility. Further evidence comes from Metallica themselves as they’re reportedly mixing the new album right now:
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