Listen Now
The final Metallica studio album, and the final episode of our Metallica discography block. Episode 23 covers the 2016 album “Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct” by the Bay Area trash/heavy metal band Metallica.
Subscribe, Rate, and Review:
Quick Reviews
Mark Definitely pushing higher – a stock on the rise album, Metallica does Circus Maximus of all bands.
Chris James is back (great in your face riffing). Solid side one (as strong as anything from their classic era). Not so much on side two. As long as it is, doesn’t feel as arduous as the last couple records.
Alex Ditto to Kevin’s statement below. Production is stronger here than Death Magnetic. Very strong Disc 1, not so much Disc 2.
Kevin The best combination of Metallica on an album – you can get a taste of every era.
Love It or Flush It
| M | C | A | K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hardwired" | L | L | B | L | ||
| 2 | "Atlas, Rise!" | L | L | L | B | ||
| 3 | "Now That We're Dead" | F | B | L | L | ||
| 4 | "Moth Into Flame" | L | L | L | L | ||
| 5 | "Dream No More" | L | L | B | L | ||
| 6 | "Halo on Fire" | B | L | L | L | ||
| 7 | "Confusion" | L | T | L | F | ||
| 8 | "ManUNkind" | L | F | F | L | ||
| 9 | "Here Comes Revenge" | F | F | F | T | ||
| 10 | "Am I Savage?" | L | L | L | L | ||
| 11 | "Murder One" | T | F | T | F | ||
| 12 | "Spit Out the Bone" | L | B | L | L |
Love It or Flush It Legend
L = Love. As many as you like.
F = Flush. Must flush at least one track per album.
B = Buy. Purchased for the ultimate LTS “Best Of” playlist for each of us. One per album.
T = Terminate. Should have never even existed. One per album.
The Rules
Each of us must Love, Flush, Buy, and Terminate AT LEAST ONE track on an album, no matter how great or terrible the album is. Whoever wins the “7 for the Buy” section gets an extra Buy or Terminate to use on the album. Because Chris hosts this section and thus cannot win, he gets an extra Buy or Terminate every 4 albums.
Album Information
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 their vanity label Blackened Recordings. It is 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 Blackened. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct was produced by Greg Fidelman, who engineered and mixed Death Magnetic.
The album was Metallica’s sixth consecutive studio album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 291,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, and topping the charts in 57 countries. Having this album number one 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.
In 2020, Lars Ulrich ranked Hardwired…to Self-Destruct as his favorite Metallica album.[1]
