It's here! It's finally here! Metallica has announced it will be releasing its new double album (yes, double album) Hardwired… To Self-Destruct on November 18 via its Blackened Recordings, and has accompanied the announcement with its new song "Hardwired" via YouTube.
This is everything Metallica fans have wanted. A short track that hits hard and leaves you smiling the whole way through. Seriously, those riffs might as well have been on Kill 'Em All, and the James Hetfield just sounds as angry and powerful as ever. Kudos to Lars for breaking out the double bass too!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhBHL3v4d3I[/youtube]
What do you think of the new track?
Amazon is currently selling Hardwired…To Self Destruct on CD for only $9.99.
Keep up with all the music videos:
Disc One
Disc Two
- Confusion
- Dream No More
- ManUNkind
- Here Comes Revenge
- Murder One
- Spit Out The Bone
- The Lords of Summer
Here's the tracklist for the regular edition, though running times for the songs are absent and there's no confirmation that the above track is a radio edit or not.
Disc One
- Hardwired
- Atlas, Rise!
- Now That We’re Dead
- Moth Into Flame
- Am I Savage?
- Halo On Fire
Disc Two
- Confusion
- Dream No More
- ManUNkind
- Here Comes Revenge
- Murder One
- Spit Out The Bone
Disc Three (deluxe edition only)
- Lords Of Summer
- Riff Charge (Riff Origins)
- N.W.O.B.H.M. A.T.M. (Riff Origins)
- Tin Shot (Riff Origins)
- Plow (Riff Origins)
- Sawblade (Riff Origins)
- RIP (Riff Origins)
- Lima (Riff Origins)
- 91 (Riff Origins)
- MTO (Riff Origins)
- RL72 (Riff Origins)
- Frankenstein (Riff Origins)
- CHI (Riff Origins)
- X Dust (Riff Origins)
Here's what Metallica had to say about the release:
It really does exist! We know it's been a long time coming, but today we proudly introduce you to Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, the long awaited next Metallica studio album that is the follow-up to Death Magnetic! Two discs, nearly 80 minutes of music is coming your way on November 18, 2016… yes, THIS YEAR!
Hardwired… represents the next phase of our journey as Metallica and we are so excited to share it with you. If anyone was tuned into radio station 93X in Minneapolis earlier today, you heard the world debut of the first track, “Hardwired” and we’re hoping you’ll hear a lot more of it in the coming days. Produced by Greg Fidelman, along with James and Lars, this is our 11th studio album and is available for pre-order in a variety of configurations including 12 songs on a double CD, vinyl, digital download, as well as a deluxe version with the riffs that were the origins of the album.
You can pre-order the album on the band's website as a standard 2CD edition, deluxe 3CD edition with "Lords Of Summer" and a few other goodies, box sets, vinyl, digital, the whole deal.
