Metallica frontman James Hetfield has confirmed that the band are currently in the studio recording their new album, Gigwise reports.

The band's last album, Death Magnetic, came out all the way back in 2008 but it's not like the band have been taking time to relax. Between their amazing Reading + Leeds headline shows and commissioning a comic book about their lives, the band have been rearing up for album number ten, Gigwise said.

Speaking in an interview with EMG guitars, Hetfield said: "we’re recording right now, and there’s the number one guitar, there’s the number two guitar, there’s the number three. And the third-track guitars that just sound different. They all sound different".