According to prominent German publication
Bild, the new
Metallica album will surface on October 14. The band has been in the studio as-of-late mixing the effort with Greg Fidelman, though a release schedule has yet to be released via official sources. Early this morning, Bild had this to say regarding the album (roughly translated to English):
"As Bild found, the new album could appear on 14 October. This, however, has not been confirmed by their record company, Universal."
Take that for what you will.