Metallica To Give Away New Album In Cereal Boxes?

Metallica have hinted that they may release their next album without a record label.

Drummer Lars Ulrich has confirmed that their partnership with Warner Music has ended, and that the band are contemplating moving forward without record label support. Ulrich said: "We're free and clear of our record contract. The world''s our oyster.

We can basically do whatever we want. And we're going to start figuring that out."

He also added that a new album is to be expected soon: "we're writing music and we're going to be recording very soon. At some point we're going to want to share that with people… we gotta figure out ways we want to do that, from giving it away in cereal boxes to getting people to do handstands for it.

We could come up with something wacky."

Metallica will headline Download Festival at Donington Park in the UK. This year its takes place between June 8-10.

The rockers confirmed that they will play their 1991 self-titled album, also known as The Black Album, in its entirety for the festival's tenth year.

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