Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct

Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct
Metallica studio album
Publication (s)	18th November 2016
admission	May 2015 - August 2016
Label (s)	Blackened, Universal Music Group
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Heavy metal , thrash metal
Title (number)	12/26
running time	77:22
occupation	Vocals , guitar : James Hetfield Guitar : Kirk Hammett Bass , backing vocals ( Dream No More ): Robert Trujillo Drums : Lars Ulrich
production	Greg Fidelman James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Studio (s)	HQ in San Rafael, California (USA)
chronology Death Magnetic (2008) Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct -
Single releases 18th August 2016 Hardwired 26th September 2016 Moth Into Flame October 31, 2016 Atlas, Rise! April 18, 2017 Now That We're Dead

Hardwired ... to self-destruct (English for. " Predisposed to self-destruction ") is the tenth studio album by the US heavy metal band Metallica . It was released on November 18, 2016 on the Blackened and Universal Music Group labels . With a gap of eight years to Death Magnetic , it marks the longest period between two studio releases of the band.

production

The double album was produced by the music producer Greg Fidelman and the two band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich . It was recorded at HQ Studios in San Rafael, California from May 2015 to August 2016 . Hetfield and Ulrich also wrote the music for all the songs, only the song ManUNkind also was Robert Trujillo involved. For the first time, Kirk Hammett was not involved in songwriting. The lyrics are from James Hetfield.

Cover design

The album cover shows the faces of the four band members morphed into a head and their mouths open aggressively. The Metallica logo in black is at the top of the picture and at the bottom of the picture is the title Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct in white. The background is kept white.

Versions

In addition to the standard edition of the album, which contains twelve songs on two CDs, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was also released as a deluxe edition. This contains a third CD with 14 songs. In addition to the track Lords of Summer, there are three cover versions and ten live recordings that were recorded on April 16, 2016 at the Record Store Day concert in Berkeley , California. Only the live version of Hardwired was recorded on August 20, 2016 at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis , Minnesota.

Track list

CD 1

1. Hardwired - 3:09
2. Atlas, Rise! - 6:31
3. Now That We're Dead - 6:59
4. Moth Into Flame - 5:50
5. Dream No More - 6:29
6. Halo on Fire - 8:15

CD 2

1. Confusion - 6:41
2. ManUNkind - 6:55
3. Here Comes Revenge - 7:17
4. Am I Savage? - 6:29
5. Murder One - 5:45
6. Spit Out the Bone - 7:09 am

Deluxe Edition bonus CD

1. Lords of Summer - 7:10
2. Ronnie Rising Medley ( Rainbow Cover Medley) - 9:03
3. When a Blind Man Cries ( Deep Purple Cover) - 4:35
4. Remember Tomorrow ( Iron Maiden Cover) - 5:50
5. Helpless (live) - 3:08
6. Hit the Lights (live) - 4:06
7. The Four Horsemen (live) - 5:19
8. Ride the Lightning (live) - 6:56
9. Fade to Black (live) - 7:24
10. Jump in the Fire (live) - 5:13
11. For Whom the Bell Tolls (live) - 4:32
12. Creeping Death (live) - 6:43
13. Metal Militia (live) - 6:07
14. Hardwired (live) - 3:30

Singles

The first single Hardwired was released on August 18, 2016 , followed by the songs Moth Into Flame on September 26 and Atlas, Rise! (DE # 100) on October 31, 2016. In addition to the three music videos for the singles, videos for all the other nine songs on the album were released every two hours on November 16 and 17, 2016.

reception

Reviews

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	73%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct received mostly positive reviews from critics. The side Metacritic calculated from 29 Reviews of English-language media is a section of 73%.

Sven Kabelitz from laut.de rated the album with four out of a possible five points. He sums it up as a “cross-section through their first six long players and the most diverse metal styles”. After the experiments on the previous albums, Metallica would go back to their roots. Especially the last song Spit Out the Bone is positively highlighted and described as "hard, intense, simply brilliant, without losing sight of the melody". Only Kirk Hammett is seen as "the biggest weak point" as he pulls some songs down with his guitar solos .

Chart successes

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct   DE 1 11/25/2016 (45 weeks)   AT 1 12/02/2016 (29 weeks)   CH 1 11/27/2016 (23 weeks)   UK 2 11/25/2016 (9 weeks)   US 1 December 10, 2016 (48 weeks)

Singles

Atlas, Rise!   DE 100 11/25/2016 (1 week)

Hardwired… to Self-Destruct entered the German album charts on November 25, 2016 at number one . The album also reached the top position in the German vinyl charts in December and was in second place in the annual vinyl charts at the end of the year . Other countries in which the album reached the top of the charts include the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. In the German album charts of 2016 it was ranked 3rd and in 2017 it was 50th.

Sales figures and awards

The album was awarded a double platinum record in Germany for more than 400,000 sales . In Austria it also received double platinum for over 30,000 copies sold.

Worldwide sales are over 2.2 million.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	30,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	400,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	240,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	3 × platinum	180,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	20,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	30,000
Poland (ZPAV)	4 × platinum	80,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	20,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	platinum	2,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	8 × gold 18 × platinum	2,294,500

Main article: Metallica / Music Sales Awards

At the Grammy Awards in 2018 was Hardwired ... to self-destruct in the category rock Best Album nominated, but lost A Deeper Understanding of The War on Drugs .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct | Metallica.com. Retrieved May 6, 2020 . 
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ Videos for all songs on the album
4. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
5. ↑ Rating: laut.de
6. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
7. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
8. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
9. ↑ Chart tracking Hardwired… to Self-Destruct on officialcharts.de
10. ↑ Michael Schmich: Format and Genre Charts 2016: David Bowie, Jonas Kaufmann and Böhse Onkelz clear away. radioszene.de, January 15, 2017, accessed on February 2, 2019 . 
11. ↑ international chart tracking Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
12. ^ German annual album charts 2016
13. ↑ German album annual charts 2017
14. ↑ Record awards : DE AT CH UK US