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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 theirits ownrecord label Blackened Recordings. It was theirMetallica's 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, alsoand theirits first studio album released through their record label Blackened Recordings. ''Hardwired...The to Self-Destruct''album was produced by [[Greg Fidelman]], who engineered and mixed ''Death Magnetic''.
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>
 
This''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' was Metallica's sixth consecutive studio album to debut at number one on the USU.S. [[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 only the second time in the chart's history that any band of any genre would havehad 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, Metallica drummer [[Lars Ulrich]] ranked itthe album as histhe favoriteband's Metallica albumbest.<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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