Heart has confirmed that Metallica's James Hetfield will appear on their upcoming new album Beautiful Broken.

Hetfield will guest on the album's title track.


"It blows the previous version out of the water," Nancy Wilson said of the new song. "James just took the song on, and what he added was perfect with a bite and a rock accent."


"Those songs may have fallen through the cracks, in a way, because of where radio was at the time when they were first released," Ann Wilson said. "Rediscovering those songs, I found ways they emotionally still speak to me."


Beautiful Broken, Heart's 16th studio album, will be released on July 8.


"I felt these songs were poetic pieces that were lost in translation with the sounds of the '80s, which was harder and more digital," Nancy added. "We wanted to drape them in velvet, and make them shine."