Metallica and Tool Stars Have Running Joke About Album Delays

(Metal Hammer) Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo has revealed he's regularly joked with Tool counterpart Justin Chancellor about each band's album delays. The near-neighbours have both been under fire from their fans since their most recent studio works appeared several years ago.

Metallica will release 10th record Hardwired� To Self-Destruct on November 18, while the follow-up to Tool's 2006 album 10,000 Days is remains in production.

Trujillo tells Full Metal Jackie (via Loudwire): "Justin, the bass player of Tool, he's my neighbour pretty much, in the Santa Monica mountains, and we joke about that together.

"You know, 'Whose album is going to come out? How are you doing with your record? I don't know� how are you doing with yours?' And I guess we beat them out with this one." Read more here.

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