Miley Cyrus’ love for Metallica has inspired a new covers album

Lately, Miley Cyrus has been showing off her rock side in anticipation of her forthcoming rock album. Now, it looks like she is diving deeper into her love for Metallica for this new musical era.

This week, the former Disney star confirmed that she is recording a Metallica covers album.

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Back in 2019, Cyrus truly showed off her appreciation for rock and metal music. In January, she performed the Temple of the Dog classic “Say Hello 2 Heaven” at Chris Cornell’s tribute concert. The performance “stunned” Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich who gave Cyrus a shout out on Instagram.

Later that year, Cyrus performed at Glastonbury, one of the world’s largest music festivals. During her performance, she played hits including “Party In The USA” and even “Old Town Road” with Lil Nas X and her father Billy Ray Cyrus.

As well, she threw in an unexpected cover of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters.” The song appears on the band’s self-titled 1991 LP.

Now, it looks like her love for Metallica has inspired a new covers album. During an interview with Interview Magazine, she reveals that she is currently in the studio working on the record.

“We’ve been working on a Metallica covers album and I’m here working on that," she says.

Cyrus also shares that she felt rather uninspired at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but is happy to finally be back in the studio.

“We’re so lucky to be able to continue to work on our art during all of this [the coronavirus pandemic],” she says. “At first, it felt uninspiring and now I’ve been totally ignited.”

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Metallica is one of the inspirations for Cyrus' next album which is completely rock-inspired. Back in September, she revealed that the new release is reflective of who she is and what she listens to.

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“I actually used making this record as a threat to my team at one point,” she shared on the Zach Sang Show. “Like, after the last record, I was like, ‘Listen, I’m gonna try pop one more time. If I feel like I just can’t sleep at night with it, I’m gonna make a rock record.’ And they were like, ‘Well, then why are you waiting, you never wait, just do it,’ and so I was like, ‘You’re right. I don’t know, I don’t know why I’m, like, threatening you with a record that feels like the right next step to me.’”

Cyrus' cover of Metallica's “Nothing Else Matters” from Glastonbury is available to listen to below.

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