Metallica denies political content in new video

Metallica has denied in a new interview at MTV.com that the band's newly-shot video for the song "The Day That Never Comes" has a political message. Although the clip features footage of soldiers being wounded and helping both each other and foreign civilians, frontman James Hetfield said, "Metallica has never plugged into any current event visually, but this one is kind of a hotbed. People have very high opinions about this war, and we're trying to cut through all of that. The politics and the religion tend to separate people, and what we're trying to do is bring it together with the common thread of resentment and forgiveness."

Hetfield added that he hopes the video puts "the human element in what is an unfortunate part of life...There are people over there dealing with situations like this, and we're showing the human part of being there."

"The Day That Never Comes" is the first song that will arrive from Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic, which is due out worldwide on the unusual release date of Friday, September 12th. No reason was given for the date, although the band's 2003 effort, St. Anger, was also issued on a Friday to avoid leaked copies from getting online.

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich told us that the band's main objective is to get their music to fans in the best way possible: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "I mean, we're trying hard to, you know, just not fall into or kind of stay in, you know, just one particular way, and we have a bunch of people around us that are helping. The main thing really is just the fans. You know, it's like, how do you communicate with the fans, how do you get the music to the fans, how do you offer your fans the best Metallica experience that you can?"

Death Magnetic will be issued in a number of different configurations, ranging from a digital release to limited deluxe editions featuring both CDs and vinyl.

Metallica will co-headline the one-day Ozzfest with Ozzy Osbourne this Saturday (August 9th) at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas.
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