Washington
(ANI):
American
heavy
metal
band
Metallica
has
revealed
that
their
next
studio
album
would
be
called
'Death
Magnetic'.
Produced
by
Rick
Rubin,
Death
Magnetic
is
due
for
release
in
September
this
year.
The
album
has
already
created
its
share
of
controversy
for
the
band,
as
several
British
bloggers
have
heard
rough
mixes
of
six
of
its
untitled
songs.
"Once
we
resurfaced
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," E!online
quoted
the
band
as
saying
in
a
statement
posted
on
its
website.
"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!"
the
statement
added.
The
band
continued
saying:
"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." A
British
blog
called
the
Quietus
has
praised
Metallica
for
their
"magnanimous
behaviour".
"We'd
like
to
apologize
for
suggesting
that
they
were
insane
and
for
claiming
that
they
hadn't
done
a
good
album
since
the
tragic
death
of
(bassist)
Cliff
Burton—arrant
nonsense
by
anyone's
standards,
let
alone
our
own," says
a
posting
on
the
site.
Death
Magnetic
is
Metallica's
first
studio
effort
since
2003's
St.
Anger.