Okay, this is for everyone's protection. I am making an official Metallica thread so I don't jump around and spew random metal militia knowledge.
Official Metallica news as follows:
New album, Death Magnetic, is scheduled to come out in September.
In recent interviews, Lars Ulrich has said that it will sound more like 80's and 90's Metallica.
For music samples go to metallica.com (http://metallica.com).