{"product_id":"metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct-180-gram-vinyl-digital-download-card-2-lps","title":"Metallica Hardwired... To Self-Destruct (180 Gram Vinyl, Digital Download Card) (2 Lp's)","description":"Metallica began their long journey back home some time after nearly imploding during the recording of 2003's St. Anger. Hardwired...To Self-Destruct arrives 13 years after that album but it, almost more than its 2008 predecessor Death Magnetic, feels like a repudiation of the band's '90s, the years when Metallica shined up, slowed down, and got a lot weirder. Sprawling over two discs when it could've fit onto one (an aesthetic choice certainly meant to evoke memories of 1988's double LP ...And Justice for All), Hardwired...To Self-Destruct does indeed rage, roaring out the gate with a title track where James Hetfield bellows \"We're so f***ed\/S*** out of luck.\" That palpable desperation recalls the free-floating angst that fueled Metallica's '80s, but Hardwired...To Self-Destruct doesn't find the quartet scrambling to sound as ferocious as they did during their heyday. Often, they do unleash the fury -- \"Moth into Flame\" gallops forward in a manner reminiscent of \"Battery\" -- but there's no denying that Metallica are an older band now, either incapable or uninterested in maintaining that intensity over the course of a full double album. When they slow down, it's not exclusively to churn and brood. \"Murder One,\" a salute to departed Mot?rhead leader Lemmy, may belong in that category, but \"Am I Savage?\" teeters between ominous dirge and intricate transitions, while \"Dream No More\" has a backbeat that nearly swings. \"ManUNKind\" also has a bit of buried funk in its rhythms and that, along with the preponderance of complicated suites, is a clue that Hardwired...To Self-Destruct is primarily the work of Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Kirk Hammett doesn't have a single songwriting credit -- allegedly, this is due to the guitarist losing an iPhone filled with riffs just prior to recording -- and he's also diminished in terms of solos, leaving Hardwired as a showcase for Metallica's musical constructions. If the riffs don't always sink in deeply -- and if the entire production feels slightly monochromatic -- what impresses here is the thought and musicality within the compositions and the performances, elements that have always been at the band's core and shine brightly on Hardwired...To Self-Destruct. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 11\/18\/2016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Metallica","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310136713470,"sku":"FYVYEP-JMVH-SN","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/7335\/6542\/files\/metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct-180-gram-vinyl-digital-download-card-2-lps_Lzx7K_247e4c95-88da-4ccb-b97e-6a38d2e651fd.jpg?v=1740709029","url":"https:\/\/conemagazine.myshopify.com\/products\/metallica-hardwired-to-self-destruct-180-gram-vinyl-digital-download-card-2-lps","provider":"CONE Mag Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}