Metallica frontman James Hetfield has commented on whether the band will ever write another ‘Unforgiven’ song.
In 1991, metal icons Metallica released ‘The Unforgiven’ as the second single from their acclaimed self-titled album. Six years later, ‘The Unforgiven II’ arrived as part of the ‘Reload’ album. In 2008, the band dropped the last entry in the ‘Unforgiven’ saga to date with ‘The Unforgiven III’ as part of ‘Death Magnetic’.
Fans have been clamouring for a fourth track in the series ever since then. Now, James Hetfield has spoken about the trilogy and if the band will ever write another ‘Unforgiven’.
On a recent episode of The Metallica Report podcast, the frontman and guitarist responded to a fan’s question about ‘The Unforgiven IV’. When asked if the ‘Unforgiven’ saga is complete, Hetfield chuckled and replied: “I’m not dead! I’m not dead yet, so it’s not finished.”
He added: “I don’t know if we’re going to have ‘Unforgiven XII’ or not. I don’t know. If I say I know then it’ll be different.”
He went on to explain: “‘Unforgiven III’ is obviously about self-forgiveness and I didn’t have any of that, especially in the first one. ‘II’ was kind of the middle ground. ‘Unforgiven III’ [was about] ‘How can I forgive you if I can’t forgive myself?’ That is kind of the wrap-up to that, but there could be more. I don’t know.”
NME also spoke with the band last year, where drummer Lars Ulrich opened up about the impact of Stranger Things on their fanbase. The show used ‘Master of Puppets’ during a key scene in the show’s season 4 finale.
