Hardwired... To Self-Destruct

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The ongoing heavy-metal evolution of Metallica continues with their long-awaited new album: a double dose of new tracks overflowing with power and emotion that clocks in at nearly 80 minutes. The 2-CD album (also available on triple 180-gram vinyl) includes "Hardwired," "Atlas, Rise!," "Moth into Flame," "Dream No More," "Halo on Fire," "Murder One" and more. Deluxe edition adds the songs "Lords of Summer," `"When a Blind Man Cries," "Remember Tomorrow," live (at Rasputin Music) performances of "Helpless," "Hit the Lights," "Fade to Black," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Metal Militia," "Ride the Lightning" and more. Finally, there’s the big boxed set: three 180-gram vinyl LPs (one blue, one yellow and one red), a CD (featuring the deluxe-addition bonus content), digital download of the album, a lithograph photo print and "Hardwired" buttons you can wear with Metallica-fan pride! Rhino/Blackened Recordings.858978005783 Metallica moves full steam ahead with their reissue series, this time resurrecting the album that lifted them from heavy-metal heroes to full-on pop stars: 1988’s #6 smash "…And Justice for All." Even as the band got incredibly complex with their compositions and heavier than Hades with their guitar riffs ("Blackened," "Harvester of Sorrow," "Eye of the Beholder," the title track…) they also became owners of a Top 40 pop hit with the epic metal ballad "One." The original album has been remastered and returns here on CD, double 180-gram vinyl or cassette. A 3-CD expanded edition adds unreleased demos ("Blackened," "The Frayed Ends of Sanity," "Dyers Eve"), work-in-progress rough mixes ("Harvester of Sorrow," "To Live Is to Die," "One") and live cuts ("For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Leper Messiah," "Seek and Destroy," "Creeping Death," "Whiplash" and more from ’88 and ’89 in California, London, Seattle and Texas). And the deluxe box? Let’s start with its vinyl: the complete album on two 180-gram LPs plus a 10" picture disc ("One" plus a live-in-Dallas recording of "Seek and Destroy" from ’89) and 3 LPs drawn from the band’s August 29 and 30, 1989 shows in Seattle: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)," "Master of Puppets," "The Four Horsemen," "Fade to Black," "Battery," "One," "Am I Evil?," "Breadfan," "Whiplash" and more). On the CDs: the remastered album, interviews, a wealth of demos, work-in-progress rough mixes, 1986–88 recordings from "James’ Riff Tapes" and live 1988–89 recordings from West Hollywood, Dallas, Seattle, London, Long Beach and Chicago. Finally, the DVDs include previously unreleased footage shot on Lars’ camcorder in Barcelona, San Francisco, Auckland, Osaka, Philadelphia and more, their 1989 Mountain View, California concert (previously unreleased), never-before-seen fan footage from Delaware in ’89, their "Justice on Wheels" tour documentary, interviews and previously unseen raw 1988–89 concert footage from Philly, NY and Ontario. This lavish set rounds out with a 120-page hardcover book full of essays and unpublished photos plus patches, a tour laminate, lyric sheets and more including a download card for everything here! Rhino/Blackened.