Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
Studio album by Metallica
Released	November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18)
Recorded	May 2015 – August 2016
Studio	Metallica's HQ (San Rafael, California)
Genre	Heavy metal thrash metal
Length	77:42
Label	Blackened
Producer	Greg Fidelman James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Metallica chronology
Metallica: Through the Never (2013) Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016) S&M2 (2020)
Metallica studio album chronology
Death Magnetic (2008) Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016) 72 Seasons (2023)
Singles from Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
"Hardwired" Released: August 18, 2016 "Moth into Flame" Released: September 26, 2016 "Atlas, Rise!" Released: October 31, 2016 "Now That We're Dead" Released: April 18, 2017 "Spit Out the Bone" Released: November 14, 2017

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct is the tenth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released as a double album on November 18, 2016, by the band's record label Blackened Recordings. It was Metallica's first studio album in eight years following Death Magnetic (2008), marking the longest gap between studio albums in the band's career, and its first studio album released through Blackened. The album was produced by Greg Fidelman, who engineered and mixed Death Magnetic.

Hardwired... to Self-Destruct was Metallica's sixth consecutive studio album to debut at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 291,000 album-equivalent units 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 had six consecutive albums debut at number one, following Dave Matthews Band. Hardwired... to Self-Destruct received generally positive reviews from critics, and in 2020, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich ranked the album as the band's best.^[1]