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- Summary: The 10th full-length studio release for the California metal band was produced by Greg Fidelman.
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- Record Label: Rhino
- Genre(s): Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
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Moth into Flame | |
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Blacked out Pop queen, amphetamine The screams crashed into silence Tapped out Doused in the gasoline The high times going timeless Decadence Death... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 29
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Mixed: 11 out of 29
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Negative: 1 out of 29
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Kerrang!Nov 2, 2016This is Metallica galvanised, refreshed, refocused and rediscovering themselves. Best thing they've done since The Black album? Yep. [5 Nov 2016, p.48]
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Nov 18, 2016If 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.
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Nov 21, 2016There’s plenty of returning to old ground, but this is not a derivative record, and neither is it a return to form. It finds Metallica rediscovering what makes them tick.
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Nov 17, 2016There’s no attempt to recapture their classic sound, no blatant radio single, and not even an attempt at performing more than what they’re comfortable with. If you’ve followed Metallica beyond the black album, you’ll find a very good, honest, release in Hardwired… To Self-Destruct.
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Jan 26, 2017Hardwired is a slightly less gripping version of the same, as is Moth Into Flame. There’s some sweet doom in the form of Dream No More, an obvious Sabbath homage, and a nod to their late mentor Lemmy with Murder One. In between, we’re treated to a lot of mid-tempo plodding.
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Nov 17, 2016Hardwired is two CDs, 12 tracks and 80 minutes of in-your-face, punch-to-the-guts, dense, harsh, shouty rage with absolutely no let-up. Frankly, if it was half as long it would be twice as effective.
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Nov 28, 2016By track five Hardwired has already showed off all its tricks, and I find myself quite tempted to show my discontent by going to listen to Slayer instead.
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Positive: 64 out of 83
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Mixed: 9 out of 83
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Negative: 10 out of 83
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