Metallica finish new album recording, announce new bonus material

by | Sep 15, 2016 | News, Releases, Updates | 1 comment

metallicahardwired

As we all know, Metallica is gearing up to release their new record Hardwired… To Self-Destruct and released the first single off it “Hardwired” to get us excited. When the first announcement came to light, we got the usual track listing information plus some of the bonus material consisting on several riff origins but, now that the album is fully recorded, we’re going to get more than that.

Metallica just posted the latest update on their highly-anticipated new record and they simply state that the recording of it is done! But wait, there’s more! Those “riff origins” we mentioned before have been scrapped from the release and, instead, we’ll get an insane amount of bonus material, including some covers from Ronnie James Dio, Deep Purple and Iron Maiden. The new information reads as follows:

Guess what?!? It’s DONE! We have put the finishing touches on our next album Hardwired…To Self-Destruct and are looking forward to the next phase of unleashing it to the world, waking the monster that is Metallica and hitting the road. As we were in the 11th hour of wrapping it up it dawned on us that we have never shared with you in any sort of cohesive “official” manner the extensive covers we have worked on since Death Magnetic. While digging into the bonus options to compliment the 12-song album with additional material, we realized that none of our versions of these songs from some of our favorite and most respected artists have been readily available on our very own Blackened Recordings. So with that said, we’re here to tell you about some changes we’ve made to the deluxe versions of Hardwired… in place of the previously announced “Riff Origins.”

The 2016 version of “Lords of Summer” from the studio in its full glory as originally promised is still included, but now we’ve added the “Ronnie Rising Medley,” originally only available only on the Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life tribute album, along with the Iron Maiden cover of “Remember Tomorrow” rounded out by Deep Purple’s “When A Blind Man Cries.” And by the way all of these tracks have been recently re-mastered for optimum 2016 sound quality. Just for fun (and because there was room!) the special set we did at Rasputin’s in Berkeley, CA on Record Store Day 2016 to celebrate the reissues of Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning is here all re-mixed and mastered.

Lastly we had such an amazing time being a part of the first weekend of events ever held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis last month. It was an honor and a thrill to test out “Hardwired” live there and we just had to commemorate the debut by including the recording from that night here.

Check out the new track listing below and pre-order your copy right here:

Deluxe Edition (Digital Download & CD)

Disc One

  1. Hardwired
  2. Atlas, Rise!
  3. Now That We’re Dead
  4. Moth Into Flame
  5. Dream No More
  6. Halo On Fire

Disc Two

  1. Confusion
  2. ManUNkind
  3. Here Comes Revenge
  4. Am I Savage?
  5. Murder One
  6. Spit Out the Bone

Disc Three (Bonus)

  1. Lords of Summer
  2. Ronnie Rising Medley
  3. When a Blind Man Cries
  4. Remember Tomorrow
  5. Helpless (Live at Rasputin Music)
  6. Hit the Lights (Live at Rasputin Music)
  7. The Four Horsemen (Live at Rasputin Music)
  8. Ride the Lightning (Live at Rasputin Music)
  9. Fade to Black (Live at Rasputin Music)
  10. Jump in the Fire (Live at Rasputin Music)
  11. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Rasputin Music)
  12. Creeping Death (Live at Rasputin Music)
  13. Metal Militia (Live at Rasputin Music)
  14. Hardwired (Live in Minneapolis)

Deluxe Box Set (3LP + 1CD)

Disc One Side A

  1. Hardwired
  2. Atlas, Rise!
  3. Now That We’re Dead

Disc One Side B

  1. Moth Into Flame
  2. Am I Savage?
  3. Halo On Fire

Disc Two Side C

  1. Confusion
  2. Dream No More
  3. ManUNkind

Disc Two Side D

  1. Here Comes Revenge
  2. Murder One
  3. Spit Out the Bone

Disc Three Side E (Bonus)

  1. Lords of Summer

Disc Three Side F (Bonus)

  1. Hardwired (Live in Minneapolis)

Bonus CD

  1. Ronnie Rising Medley
  2. When a Blind Man Cries
  3. Remember Tomorrow
  4. Helpless (Live at Rasputin Music)
  5. Hit the Lights (Live at Rasputin Music)
  6. The Four Horsemen (Live at Rasputin Music)
  7. Ride the Lightning (Live at Rasputin Music)
  8. Fade to Black (Live at Rasputin Music)
  9. Jump in the Fire (Live at Rasputin Music)
  10. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Rasputin Music)
  11. Creeping Death (Live at Rasputin Music)
  12. Metal Militia (Live at Rasputin Music)