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'''''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''''' is the tenth studio album by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]], released as a [[double album]] on November 18, 2016, by their own label Blackened Recordings. It was their first studio album in eight years following ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' (2008), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in the band's career. It is also their first studio album released through their record label Blackened Recordings. ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' was produced by [[Greg Fidelman]], who engineered and mixed ''Death Magnetic''.▼
▲'''''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''''' is the tenth studio album by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Metallica]], released as a [[double album]] on November 18, 2016, by
This was Metallica's sixth consecutive studio album to debut at number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 291,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s in its first week, and topping the charts in 57 countries. The number one ranking marked the second time in history that any band of any genre would have six consecutive albums debut at number one, following only [[Dave Matthews Band]]. ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' received generally positive reviews from critics, and in 2020 [[Lars Ulrich]] ranked it as his favorite Metallica album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elliott |first1=Paul |title=The Soundtrack Of My Life: Lars Ulrich |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-soundtrack-of-my-life-lars-ulrich |website=Louder Sound |date=November 10, 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224205606/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-soundtrack-of-my-life-lars-ulrich |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
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== Background ==
In October 2011, bassist [[Robert Trujillo]] said that the band had returned to the studio to begin writing new material. He said: "The writing process for the new Metallica album has begun. We've been in the studio with [[Rick Rubin]], working on a couple of things, and we're going to be recording during most of next year."<ref>{{cite web|last=Warner|first=Brett|url=http://ology.com/music/metallica-begin-work-their-next-studio-album|title=Metallica Begin Work on Their Next Studio Album|website=...ology|date=October 26, 2011|access-date=October 30, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106002222/http://ology.com/music/metallica-begin-work-their-next-studio-album|archive-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' on January 8, 2013, [[Lars Ulrich]] said regarding the album, "What we're doing now certainly sounds like a continuation [of ''Death Magnetic'']". He also said, "I love Rick [Rubin]. We all love Rick. We're in touch with Rick constantly. We'll see where it goes. It would stun me if the record came out in 2013."<ref>{{cite web|last=Barton|first=Geoff|title=Ulrich: Metallica 3D movie project influenced by Zeppelin|url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/ulrich-metallica-3d-movie-project-influenced-by-led-zeppelin/|website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|access-date=January 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113022730/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/ulrich-metallica-3d-movie-project-influenced-by-led-zeppelin/|archive-date=January 13, 2013}}</ref> In a July 2013 interview, Ulrich told ''Ultimate Guitar'', "2014 will be all about making a new Metallica record"; he said the album would most likely be released during 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metallica to Hit the Studio in 2014: 'We'll Run Out of Excuses for Not Doing It by Then'|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/metallica_to_hit_the_studio_in_2014_well_run_out_of_excuses_for_not_doing_it_by_then.html|website=Ultimate Guitar|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403080029/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/metallica_to_hit_the_studio_in_2014_well_run_out_of_excuses_for_not_doing_it_by_then.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Trujillo and [[Kirk Hammett]] later confirmed the band's intention to enter the studio.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dekel|first=Jon|title=Metallica to record new album in 2014|url=http://o.canada.com/entertainment/tiff13/metallica-to-record-new-album-in-2014/|publisher=[[Postmedia News]]|date=September 9, 2013|access-date=December 26, 2013|archive-date=December 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229153844/http://o.canada.com/entertainment/tiff13/metallica-to-record-new-album-in-2014/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In March 2014, Metallica began a tour called "Metallica By Request", in which fans requested songs for the band to perform,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/metallica-announce-final-round-request-summer-2014-tour-dates |title=Metallica Announce Final Round of 'By Request' Summer 2014 Tour Dates |
On February 6, 2016, during their "The Night Before" show at [[AT&T Park]] prior to [[Super Bowl 50]], [[James Hetfield]] said that the band was nearing the end of the recording process, and Ulrich said that the album would be released soon.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kennelty|first=Greg|title=Metallica Nearing The End Of Recording Process For New Album, Allude To A 2016 Release|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/metallica-says-new-record-is-almost-done-alludes-to-a-2016-release|work=Metal Injection|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=April 28, 2016|archive-date=May 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505073816/http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/metallica-says-new-record-is-almost-done-alludes-to-a-2016-release|url-status=live}}</ref> This was compounded by the band playing a new riff at the show, which ended up being from the song "Murder One". Ulrich further elaborated in March 2016, when he said that the band hoped to finish production of the album during the spring. "I think [2016] will be a pretty in-your-face year, at least the back half of it... hopefully we should be able to knock that on the head (finishing the album) this spring, I would guess".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kennelty|first=Greg|title=Metallica Hints At "Real, Heavy" New Album In The Second Half Of 2016|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/metallica-hints-at-real-heavy-new-album-in-the-second-half-of-2016|work=Metal Injection|date=March 11, 2016|access-date=April 28, 2016|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512205745/http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/metallica-hints-at-real-heavy-new-album-in-the-second-half-of-2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Hammett said that the band had worked with [[Greg Fidelman]], who engineered and mixed ''[[Death Magnetic]]'', as producer on the new album. "The title 'producer' itself is a bit ambiguous. It differs from person to person. You can call Rick Rubin a producer, but he's not the [same] type of producer as [[Bob Rock]], who is there for every note. At the same time, Rick Rubin gets stuff done. Greg Fidelman is a different type of producer in that he's with the engineer always looking to try and move the project forward."<ref>{{cite news|last=Downey|first=Ryan J.|title="This month I start writing my script" – Q&A with Kirk Hammett of Metallica|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/this_month_i_start_writing_my_script_qa_with_kirk_hammett_of_metallica|work=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=March 14, 2016|access-date=April 28, 2016|archive-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421030716/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/this_month_i_start_writing_my_script_qa_with_kirk_hammett_of_metallica|url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2016, during the week leading up to [[Record Store Day]], for which the band was its ambassador for 2016, Ulrich told ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' that the band's expanded role within the music industry had played a part in the amount of time that it had taken to write and record the album. "The way we do things now is very different than the way we did things back in the days of ''[[Kill 'Em All]]'' and ''[[Ride the Lightning]]''. Nowadays we like to do so many different things." Ulrich was also optimistic that production of the album had almost reached its completion. "Unless something radical happens it would be difficult for me to believe that it won't come out in 2016."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bienstock|first=Richard|title=Lars Ulrich Takes Us Inside Metallica's Record Store Day Vault, Teases New Album|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7326564/metallica-interview-lars-ulrich-record-store-day-2016-new-album|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=April 11, 2016|access-date=April 30, 2016|archive-date=May 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514070258/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7326564/metallica-interview-lars-ulrich-record-store-day-2016-new-album|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2016, Ulrich said in an interview with ''[[Metal Forces]]'' that the album would be released in the summer of 2016, and that details for the new album would be finalized in the next month. "If the record doesn't come out this year then it won't be because it's not done... it will be because there's some sort of cosmic reason that it would be smarter to hold onto it until next year. But the record ''will'' be done this summer".<ref>{{cite news|title=Metallica To Finalise Details Of New Studio Album In June, Says Lars Ulrich|url=http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/news-metallica-release-tenth-studio-album/|work=[[Metal Forces]]|date=May 28, 2016|access-date=June 4, 2016|archive-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603234040/http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/news-metallica-release-tenth-studio-album/|url-status=live}}</ref> Recording of the album was completed in June 2016 once the recording for the song "[[Hardwired (Metallica song)|Hardwired]]" was finished.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxFFAx3H9NU | title=Metallica "Hardwired" Live on the Howard Stern Show | publisher=[[The Howard Stern Show]] | date=September 2016 | access-date=October 2, 2016 | archive-date=September 29, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929184550/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxFFAx3H9NU&gl=US&hl=en | url-status=live }}</ref>
== Music ==
The lyrics follow a general theme of nihilism and pessimism. The title, "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct", came from an utterance Hetfield heard. "Somebody said to me the other day, and it stuck with me, 'Hardwired... Hardwired to Self-Destruct'. So it's like no matter what you do in your life you're really trying to not go down that path that you're maybe hard-wired to do."<ref>{{cite web|title=Metallica: Riff Charge (The Making of "Hardwired")|website=YouTube|date=November 26, 2016 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sFkXt_TB-QA&feature=youtu.be|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302150453/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=sFkXt_TB-QA&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live}}</ref> This theme unites disparate topics such as the dangers of fame on "Moth Into Flame" and [[cosmicism]] in "Dream No More".
''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' marks the first studio album by the band not to feature songwriting contributions from Hammett since he joined the band in 1983 prior to the recording of ''Kill 'Em All''. In
== Release and promotion ==
In a live [[Facebook]] event on August 18, 2016, Lars Ulrich said the album would be released in November 2016, and would contain twelve tracks. According to the announcement on the band's website, the CD version of the album would contain two discs with six tracks each, and that the album would contain nearly eighty minutes of new music. Metallica released the first single from the album, "Hardwired", that same day; those who pre-ordered the album through the band's official website received an instant download of the song. The album artwork, created by Herring & Herring,<ref>{{cite web|author=Herring & Herring|title=Metallica|url=http://www.herringandherring.com/projects/metallica-2/|publisher=HerringandHerring.com|access-date=September 29, 2016|archive-date=September 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928203217/http://www.herringandherring.com/projects/metallica-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the music video for "Hardwired" were also released.<ref name="Hardwired Augt 18 News">{{cite web|author=Metallica|title=Hardwired...To Self-Destruct Available November 18, 2016|url=https://metallica.com/blog/news/429181/hardwired-to-self-destruct-available-november-18-2|publisher=Metallica.com|date=August 18, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816022406/https://www.metallica.com/blog/news/429181/hardwired-to-self-destruct-available-november-18-2|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 15, 2016, the band announced that they had updated the track list for the deluxe edition of the album. In place of the thirteen "Riff Origins" songs that the band had initially included on the third disc, the band included "Ronnie Rising Medley", which the band had recorded for the [[Ronnie James Dio]] [[tribute album]] ''[[Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life]]'' in 2014, covers of [[Deep Purple]]'s "[[When a Blind Man Cries]]" and [[Iron Maiden]]'s "Remember Tomorrow", and remastered versions of the nine songs performed live at Record Store Day on April 16, 2016, along with a live version of "Hardwired".<ref>{{cite news|author=Metallica|title=Hardwired...To Self-Destruct is Finished!|url=https://metallica.com/blog/news/432106/hardwired-deluxe-sets-update|publisher=Metallica.com|date=September 15, 2016|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027192228/https://metallica.com/blog/news/432106/hardwired-deluxe-sets-update|archive-date=October 27, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On September 26, 2016, the band released the second single from the album, "Moth into Flame", along with a music video.<ref>{{cite web|author=Metallica|title=Track Two – Moth Into Flame|url=https://metallica.com/blog/news/433809/track-two-moth-into-flame|publisher=Metallica.com|date=September 26, 2016|access-date=September 27, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023103738/https://metallica.com/blog/news/433809/track-two-moth-into-flame|url-status=live}}</ref> The album's third single, "Atlas, Rise!", was released on October 31, 2016, with a music video composed of footage from the album's recording process.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fresh 'Tallica! Here's What New Metallica Song 'Atlas, Rise!' Sounds Like|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/fresh_tallica_heres_what_new_metallica_song_atlas_rise_sounds_like.html|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|date=October 28, 2016|access-date=October 29, 2016|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029045002/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/fresh_tallica_heres_what_new_metallica_song_atlas_rise_sounds_like.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Ulrich also told ''[[The Straits Times]]'' that same day that the band would be filming music videos for all twelve tracks on the album, using [[YouTube]] as their platform. "Now that YouTube is the world's biggest television station, we figured we may as well knock a video out for every song... the practicality of shooting twelve music videos is kind of crazy, especially when you're trying to promote your record, and you're all over the place, and trying to make sure it doesn't leak. It's crazy but, at the same time, fun."<ref>{{cite news|last=Raguraman|first=Anjali|title=Metallica shakes it up|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/metallica-shakes-it-up|work=[[The Straits Times]]|date=October 31, 2016|access-date=November 3, 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319113856/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/metallica-shakes-it-up|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 12, 2016, a local Walmart started selling the album in advance of the official release date of November 18. On November 16, the music videos for all nine remaining tracks (along with "Lords of Summer") were released.<ref>{{cite news|last=DiVita|first=Joe|title=Metallica Rolling Out Videos for Every Song Off 'Hardwired … To Self Destruct'; 'Dream No More' Out Now|url=http://loudwire.com/metallica-videos-every-song-hardwired-to-self-destruct-dream-no-more-out/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=November 16, 2016|access-date=November 16, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144601/http://loudwire.com/metallica-videos-every-song-hardwired-to-self-destruct-dream-no-more-out/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Italian city of [[Matera]] appears in the music video for "Spit Out the Bone".<ref>{{cite news|last=Mastronicola|first=Stefano|title=Metallica: la città di Matera nel video di "Spit Out The Bone"|url=http://www.metalinitaly.com/metallica-la-citta-matera-nel-video-spit-out-the-bone/|publisher=metalinitaly.com|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 22, 2016|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801005418/http://www.metalinitaly.com/metallica-la-citta-matera-nel-video-spit-out-the-bone/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Tour ===
[[File:WorldWired Tour.jpeg|thumb|Metallica performing at [[MetLife Stadium]] in May 2017]]
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Metallica promoted ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' with the [[WorldWired Tour]], which began in [[Puerto Rico]] on October 26, 2016, and concluded in [[Mannheim]] on August 25, 2019.
== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
|ADM=6.8/10<ref name="ADM">{{cite web |title=Metallica: Hardwired...To Self-Destruct |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8387/Metallica-HardwiredTo-Self-Destruct.aspx |website=
|MC = 73/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|title=Hardwired...To Self-Destruct|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/hardwiredto-self-destruct/metallica/critic-reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-date=November 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120062545/http://www.metacritic.com/music/hardwiredto-self-destruct/metallica/critic-reviews|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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|rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="NME">{{cite web|last=Bhagwandas|first=Anita|title=Metallica – 'Hardwired... To Self Destruct' Review|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/1860404|website=[[NME]]|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=November 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117213046/http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/1860404|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
|rev7Score = 6.5/10<ref name="Pitchfork review" />
|rev8 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
|rev8Score = 8/10<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|last=Begrand|first=Adrien|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct/|title=Metallica Hardwired... to Self Destruct|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118230805/http://www.popmatters.com/review/metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' received generally positive reviews. The album received an average score of 73/100 from 29 reviews on [[Metacritic]], indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="Metacritic" /> At
[[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] said although the album featured all of Metallica's core music elements, he thought the band did not sound as ferocious as it did in its '80s heyday.<ref name="AM" /> David Anthony of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' had a mixed impression, saying "77 minutes of endless thrashing gets tiring" and thought the songs would benefit from leaner songwriting. He did, however, praise the album's first three singles, saying they were some of the best songs the band has written since the 1980s.<ref name="AV">{{cite web|last=Anthony|first=David|title=Metallica's latest is quality thrash that gets a little tiring|url=https://www.avclub.com/review/metallicas-latest-quality-thrash-gets-little-tirin-245922|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=November 19, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118233230/http://www.avclub.com/review/metallicas-latest-quality-thrash-gets-little-tirin-245922|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[David Fricke]] said ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' reminded him of ''[[...And Justice for All (album)|...And Justice for All]]'' and ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'', having the "jagged apocalypse" of the first and the "focused brawn" of the second.<ref name="RS" />
''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Zoe Camp also felt that the album was "an attempt to revisit their early days", similar to ''Death Magnetic'', but adding that "the only difference is that this time they sound like they’re actually trying, and maybe even having a bit of fun".<ref name="Pitchfork review">{{Cite web |last=Camp |first=Zoe |date=November 22, 2016 |title=Metallica: Hardwired...to Self-Destruct |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22629-hardwiredto-self-destruct/ |access-date=July 25, 2020 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726004211/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22629-hardwiredto-self-destruct/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Greg Kot]] of ''[[The Chicago Tribune]]'' opined that ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' was not comparable to Metallica's finest work, and predicted the album will be quickly forgotten as its promotional tour is done.<ref name="Chicago" /> Dom Lawson of ''[[The Guardian]]'' had an opposite opinion, declaring ''Hardwired...'' Metallica's "finest record in 25 years". He criticized the second disc for not being on the same level as the first, and stopped short of calling the album a classic.<ref name="Guardian" />
Sputnikmusic's Trey Spencer wrote that, performance-wise, Hetfield's voice sounded reinvigorated, but complained on Ulrich's drumming for not "breaking a sweat" on most of the tracks. He concluded that Metallica was not attempting to recapture its trademark sound, but made this album "just for the love of playing".<ref name="Sputnik" /> Stephen Dalton of ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' said Metallica were still competent with the biggest pop stars in a climate where rock music was declining. Dalton liked the album's cover art, but his opinion on the music was "more mixed".<ref name="CS" /> Adrien Begrand of ''[[PopMatters]]'' complimented the band's concise songwriting and wise selection of songs for not including ballads and long instrumentals. He observed that Metallica was having fun again and made a record that will please old and new fans.<ref name="PopMatters" /> Neil McCormick of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' felt the album was "80 minutes of in-your-face shouty rage with absolutely no let-up", and that "if it was half as long, it would have been twice as effective".<ref name="Telegraph" />
=== Accolades ===
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|scope="row"| ''[[PopMatters]]''
| The Best Metal of 2016
| {{center|1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-best-metal-of-2016/|title=The Best Metal of 2016|website=[[PopMatters]]|date=December 2, 2016|access-date=December 2, 2016|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060738/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-best-metal-of-2016/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
|scope="row"| ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''
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|scope="row"|''Louder Sound''
| The 50 Best Rock Albums of the 2010s
| {{center|23<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-rock-albums-of-the-decade/3|title=The 50 best rock albums of the 2010s: 30-21
|-
|scope="row"|''[[MetalSucks]]''
| The 25 Best Metal Albums of
| {{center|12<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenberg|first=Axl|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2019/09/27/the-25-best-metal-albums-of-2010-2019-12-metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct/|title=The 25 Best Albums of
|-
|scope="row"| ''Revolver''
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=== Awards ===
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| International Album
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/metallica-black-star-riders-and-joe-bonamassa-among-winners-of-the-rocks-2017/|title=Metallica, Black Star Riders & Joe Bonamassa among winners of The Rocks 2017!|work=Planet Rock |access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053503/https://www.planetrock.com/news/rock-news/metallica-black-star-riders-and-joe-bonamassa-among-winners-of-the-rocks-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|scope="row"| [[2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards|iHeartRadio Music Awards]]
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|scope="row"| [[60th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]]
| {{nominated}}<ref>{{cite web|title=METALLICA, MESHUGGAH, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, CODE ORANGE Among Grammy Nominees For 2018|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/metal-in-the-mainstream/metallica-meshuggah-avenged-sevenfold-code-orange-among-grammy-nominees-for-2018|website=Metal Injection|date=November 28, 2017|access-date=January 21, 2018|archive-date=January 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072211/http://www.metalinjection.net/metal-in-the-mainstream/metallica-meshuggah-avenged-sevenfold-code-orange-among-grammy-nominees-for-2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Commercial performance ==
''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], selling 291,000 [[album-equivalent units]] in its first week, of which 282,000 were pure album sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7588880/billboard-200-metallica-no-1-album|title=Metallica Rocks With Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart|website=billboard.com|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223125909/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7588880/billboard-200-metallica-no-1-album|url-status=live}}</ref> The remaining 9,000 units comprised 34,000 song purchases and 9.3 million streams. It was the third-largest debut of the year in the US on pure sales, behind [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s ''[[Views (album)|Views]]'' and [[Beyoncé]]'s ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sinha-Roy|first=Piya|title=Metallica rocks to top of Billboard album chart|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-music-charts-metallica-idUKKBN13N246|work=[[Reuters]]|date=November 28, 2016|access-date=November 28, 2016|archive-date=November 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129003536/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-music-charts-metallica-idUKKBN13N246|url-status=
On April 12, 2017, the album went platinum.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIAA certification for Metallica albums|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=metallica#search_section|access-date=June 1, 2017|archive-date=January 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108002501/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=metallica#search_section|url-status=live}}</ref> Since July 7, 2017 the album officially sold more than 1,004,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Metallica's 'Hardwired' Hits 1 Million Sold in the U.S|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7857905/billboard-200-chart-metallica-hardwired|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709123812/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7857905/billboard-200-chart-metallica-hardwired|url-status=live}}</ref> The former No. 1 set is the band's 12th album to sell at least a million copies since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. The album earned gold certification in Netherlands on September 6, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BYtN1_8A54s/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/metallica/1597994328175910444 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Instagram post by Metallica • Sep 6, 2017 at 4:36pm UTC|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref> With 585,000 copies sold in the US during 2017, it finished as the country's ninth highest selling album of the year.<ref name="USsales2017End">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085932/ed-sheeran-divide-nielsen-music-top-album-2017 |first=Keith |last=Caulfield |title=Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' Is Nielsen Music's Top Album of 2017 in U.S |magazine=Billboard |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227232707/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8085932/ed-sheeran-divide-nielsen-music-top-album-2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[James Hetfield]] and [[Lars Ulrich]], except "ManUNkind", written by Hetfield, Ulrich and [[Robert Trujillo]]
| headline = Disc one
| title1 = [[Hardwired (Metallica song)|Hardwired]]
| music1 =
| length1 = 3:
| title2 = [[Atlas, Rise!]]
| music2 =
| length2 = 6:
| title3 = [[Now That We're Dead]]
| music3 =
| length3 =
| title4 = [[Moth into Flame]]
| music4 =
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| title5 = Dream No More
| music5 =
| length5 = 6:
| title6 = Halo on Fire
| music6 =
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=== Deluxe edition ===
All lyrics written by Hetfield, except where noted. Track 1 is a re-recorded version of the original demo, which was released in 2014, and is more than a minute shorter in length. Track 2 was recorded for the [[Ronnie James Dio]] tribute album ''[[Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life]]'' (2014). Track 3 was recorded for the [[Deep Purple]] tribute album ''[[Re-Machined: A Tribute to Deep Purple's Machine Head]]'' (2012). Track 4 was recorded for the [[Iron Maiden]] tribute album ''[[List of Iron Maiden tribute albums#Maiden Heaven|Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden]]'' (2008). Tracks 5–13 were recorded live at [[Rasputin Music]] in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], on April 16, 2016, for [[Record Store Day]]. Track 14 was recorded live at [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], on August 20, 2016.
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc three
| title1 =
| music1 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Trujillo}}
| length1 = 7:10
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| length7 = 5:19
| title8 = Ride the Lightning (Live)
| music8 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Mustaine|[[Cliff Burton]]
| length8 = 6:56
| title9 = [[Fade to Black (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]] (Live)
| music9 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Burton|[[Kirk Hammett]]
| length9 = 7:24
| title10 = [[Jump in the Fire]] (Live)
| music10 = {{hlist
| length10 = 5:13
| title11 = [[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]] (Live)
| music11 = {{hlist|
| length11 = 4:32
| title12 = [[Creeping Death]] (Live)
| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Hammett}}
| music12 = {{hlist|
| length12 = 6:43
| title13 = Metal Militia (Live)
| music13 = {{hlist
| length13 = 6:07
| title14 = Hardwired (Live)
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== Personnel ==
Credits adapted from [[AllMusic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hardwiredto-self-destruct-mw0002977037/credits|title=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
'''Metallica'''
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* Jim Monti – digital editing
== Charts ==
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=== Weekly charts ===
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|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''
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! scope="row"| Argentine Albums ([[Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|CAPIF]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos/ |title=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct de Metallica se quedo en el primer puesto, en la semana del 21 al 27 de noviembre |publisher=Diario de Cultura|language=es |access-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614193548/http://www.diariodecultura.com.ar/rankings/los-discos-mas-vendidos/ |archive-date=June 14, 2016 }}</ref>
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{{album chart|Brazil|1|artist=Metallica|album=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct|rowheader=true|access-date=November 26, 2016 {{
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{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Metallica|rowheader=true|access-date=February 11, 2021}}
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{{album chart|Finland|1|artist=Metallica|album=Hardwired
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{{album chart|France|1|artist=Metallica|album=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct|rowheader=true|access-date=February 11, 2021}}
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=== Year-end charts ===
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|+2016 year-end chart performance for ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''
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|-
! scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2016/0|title=Classifica annuale 2016 (dal
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=== Decade-end charts ===
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|+Decade-end chart performance for ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''
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== Certifications and sales ==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Czech Republic ([[IFPI Czech Republic]])|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BhE1b_IgZxd/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BhE1b_IgZxd |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Metallica on Instagram: "Hardwired is certified platinum in Czechia!|website=Instagram|date=April 2, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>|award=Platinum|nosales=true}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Hardwired … To Self-Destruct|artist=Metallica|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|access-date=September 17, 2017}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=album|title=Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct|artist=Metallica|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|access-date=March 2, 2017}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|artist=Metallica|title=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct|
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|award=Gold|artist=Metallica|title=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct|relyear=2016|certyear=2018|access-date=July 29, 2018}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Romania ([[Romanian Phonographic Industry|UFPR]])|certref=<ref name=Romania>{{cite news|url=https://www.infomusic.ro/2019/08/metallica-a-primit-discul-de-platina-in-romania-pentru-albumul-hardwired-to-self-destruct/|title=Metallica a primit discul de platină în România pentru albumul "Hardwired...to Self-Destruct"|trans-title=Metallica received a Platinum award in Romania for the album "Hardwired...to Self-Destruct"|language=ro|publisher=InfoMusic|date=August 20, 2019|author=Stănescu, Alex|access-date=January 12, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906193735/https://www.infomusic.ro/2019/08/metallica-a-primit-discul-de-platina-in-romania-pentru-albumul-hardwired-to-self-destruct/|archive-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref>|award=Platinum|number=4|salesamount=100,000|salesref=<ref name=Romania />}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Korea|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://up-1.cdn-fullscreendirect.com/production/photos/7549/large/20170111_154539_7549_965432.jpeg |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409201802/https://up-1.cdn-fullscreendirect.com/production/photos/7549/large/20170111_154539_7549_965432.jpeg |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>|nosales=true}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|award=Gold|title=Hardwired... to Self-Destruct|artist=Metallica|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|access-date=December 1, 2017|id=metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct}}
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*[https://www.metallica.com/releases/albums/release-4878.html ''Hardwired...to Self-Destruct''] on the official Metallica website.
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