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== Critical reception ==

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|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=[[AnyDecentMusic?]] |access-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225543/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8387/Metallica-HardwiredTo-Self-Destruct.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

|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>

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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 [[AnyDecentMusic?]], that collates critical reviews from more than 50 media sources, the album scored 6.8 points out of 10, based on 27 reviews.<ref name="ADM" />

[[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" />