German magazine Bild have announced that thrash metal legends Metallica will be releasing a new album October 14th. Neither the band or their management have confirmed anything but given frontman James Hetfield has already rumoured it will be dropping this Autumn it makes sense. More details here at Metal Injection: http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/heres-the-rumored-release-date-for-the-new-metallica-album