METALLICA's 'Hardwired' Continues Its Chart Climb

According to Billboard.com, METALLICA‘s new single, “Hardwired”, has landed at position No. 9 on Hot Rock Songs chart, which blends radio airplay, digital sales and streaming data. The song, which is taken from the band’s upcoming tenth studio album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, has also entered the Hard Rock Digital Songs chart at No. 1 and the Rock Digital Songs chart at No. 6, with 20,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music.

“Hardwired” has replaced DISTURBED‘s “The Sound Of Silence” at the top of the Hard Rock Digital Songs chart, ending “Silence”‘s 30-week reign on the chart. “Hardwired” also moved 14-3 on the Mainstream Rock Songs and 21-13 on the Rock Airplay (4.5 million in audience) charts.

“Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” will be released on November 18 via Blackened Recordings. The long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s “Death Magnetic” consists of two discs, containing a dozen songs and nearly 80 minutes of music.

“Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” was produced by Greg Fidelman with frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. The band recorded the disc at its own studio in San Rafael, California.

Ulrich talked to Rolling Stone about the creation of “Hardwired”. He said: “That’s actually the last song we wrote for the record. We started this album by throwing different ideas around. The shape of it, as a collection of songs, didn’t come into focus until we were deep into it. At that point, the songs were getting tighter, shorter and leaner.”

He continued: “A couple of months ago, we were sitting there taking stock of the record and thought maybe we should write one more fast, little crazy song, and that became ‘Hardwired’. It just kind of happened. I think James and I wrote and recorded it in less than a week, which, for us, is basically a nanosecond.”

“Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” will be issued on double CD, vinyl and digital download. A deluxe version will feature a bonus disc containing the riffs that formed the origins of the album along with “The Lords Of Summer”, which the band debuted on tour a couple of years ago.