HARDWIRED....TO SELF DESTRUCT ALBUM
When listening to this album for the first time, the feeling of reminiscences arises periodically and quite often: this is not about that Metallica quote verbatim their own early albums, however, some riffs on "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" definitely remind of the riffs from their early "hits". I do not have the heart to call it "self-plagiarism", although if someone has leveled such a charge against band (which, most likely, was the case), then I have nothing to say to the contrary. During subsequent listenings to this album, the deja vu sensation did not disappear, on the contrary, it became stronger.
For example, in the very first song "Hardwired" the chords from "... and Justice for All" and even "Kill 'Em All" are recognized, in the second "Atlas, Rise!" riffs from the debut album are heard more distinctly, you can even call the concrete song: "Whiplash". I suspect Metallica's desire to repeat / overcome / reconsider or whatever their evergreen "hit" "One" in the beginning of the sixth "Halo on Fire", as well as, by the way, in "Here Comes Revenge", the third song on the second disc. It should be further noted the last song on the album "Spit Out the Bone" – this is the most dynamic song on the second disc, – is consonant with "Dyers Eve" and in some way fulfills its role: closes the album on a bravura note. So, these are only the most striking examples.
The genres that are antithetical to my orthodox heart of black metaller (well...), are harder to recognize on this album, but it seemed that I spotted nu metal in the third "Now That We're Dead" and in the already mentioned "Here Comes Revenge". In the fourth "Am I Savage?" groove metal elements are presented (I can't help but notice, this is definitely the most unsuccessful composition on the second disc). It is possible that all this is also Metallica, it's just beyond my knowledge: I belong to the circle of their esteemers who, for obvious reasons, don't really like their albums "Load", "ReLoad" and "St. Anger". I also distance myself from "Death Magnetic", but maybe this is overkill. While we are at it, I really love "Lulu", but that's a different story.
One way or another, that's what I'm driving at: "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" is not an experimental album from the category listed above. This is some kind of retrospective album, and Metallica particularly did not try to hide it. From the other side, this work can be called "old material in a new package": it submits almost classic thrash metal (and heavy metal of course), modernized in such event, that is, mixed with other genres, recorded with modern sound, processed using modern technologies and so on. This is "Kill 'Em All" – "...and Justice for All" of XXI century. And this album excludes any "revolution" in the world of metal music, no innovations this time.
I can not ignore the "reverse side of the coin." Well, most likely, "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" is a commercial move. Metallica are good managers, they'd thought this album out properly: it would be possible with the help of this work to attract into the army of their fans followers of the new generation, as well as to revive the interest of the old ones. Well, it worked – at least as applied to me. I really like "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct", I listen to it quite often. Definitely it's not "Load" or "ReLoad" or "St. Anger" or... Ok then.
The strongest and most interesting side of this album is the choruses of songs, very melodic and often even penetrating. Yes, we are talking about metal music, not about pop music, but as I made it clear earlier, this album was designed for the masses, therefore it also tames pop music techniques. Nevertheless, the "good old" Metallica is recognized in choruses often, in particular, "Atlas, Rise!" – here is the refrain in the vein of "Master of Puppets". Sometimes only refrain saves song, as, for example, in the case of the third song "Now That We're Dead" – by the way, the most unfortunate song on the first disc, it only "hooks" with that it presses for a very long time, "hammers away at the same point." The bridges on "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" are also mostly gorgeous. Not but that I found this fragment as the best one, but I'll note the impressive bridge in the fifth song "Dream No More" – its effect is further enhanced by the fact that the song itself is rather gloomy, which is quite surprising for this album.
Theoretically, it would be possible to put all 12 songs of the album on one CD (and bootleggers do just that), but it seems to be a very good decision to split material into two discs – so you'll be not tired of long listening and it allows you to duly appreciate all the stuff. Well, the first disc is undoubtedly better than the second one, to take at least the fact that it contains the main "hits" of the album: the second "Atlas, Rise!" and the fourth "Moth into Flame". But the second disc, perhaps, requires a more thorough reflection. Right, if the first disc is "pop music", then the second is... hmm, "intelligent dance music"? Be that as it may, I do not recommend listening to both discs in a row – the second should be listened to in isolation from the first.
I have not yet come close to a final understanding of the second half, but I suspect it's more grunge than metal. Grunge has firmly infiltrated into metal here and customized it for itself. The most obvious example is "the very" second song "ManUNkind": the material of "Kill 'Em All" is somehow mixed with grunge here, but the latter dominates. I definitely don't like this song, although the introduction (thank you, Robert) and especially the chorus are good, – but it's grunge.
Regarding the video clip for this song, featuring footage from the movie "Lords of Chaos", because of which almost all orthodox black metallers erupted with righteous indignation. It was the proverbial "artistic provocation" and nothing more I think. Well, it worked. Metallica got it: even those who tried to ignore them started talking about them (I mean orthodox black metallers). I will not hide, the video amazed me, but didn't outrage me at all. It could be even said it amused me. (Just in case: I did not watch "Lords of Chaos".)
If the best song on the second disc is "Here Comes Revenge", then the fifth "Murder One" seems to me the most interesting. That's exactly how I feel. "Murder One" is some kind of thoughtful composition, here you can also hear "Master of Puppets" and "... and Justice for All", but in general there is more modernity here than "the breath of antiquity". But again, maybe this is the very same Metallica, which I don't know well enough to discuss. I can also say that I cannot get past the idea that the last song "Spit Out the Bone" begins the same way as the first "Confusion" – an alarming beat in a sort of military march manner, such a technique was / is very popular among old school metal bands. Although the main body of the one and the other composition sounds something modern.
Certain something presents in the second disc, but what, I can't say. As far as I know, the albums "Load" and "ReLoad" were originally supposed to be released as one double album, that is, it is the same material, although "ReLoad" is considered more experimental and diverse compared to "Load". Maybe the same thing happened here, and we are dealing with two albums. For example, "Hardwired" and "Self-Destruct". Maybe, of course, I have "multiplied entities without necessity", and Metallica just wanted to earn more money on a double release, and they covered up this matter with some intrigue. Well, it worked.
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1. Hardwired 03:09
In the name of desperation
In the name of wretched pain
In the name of all creation
Gone insane!
We're so fucked!
Shit out of luck!
Hardwired to self-destruct!
Go!
On the way to paranoia
On the crooked borderline
On the way to great destroyer
Doom design!
We're so fucked!
Shit out of luck!
Hardwired to self-destruct!
Once upon a planet burning
Once upon a flame
Once upon a fear returning all in vain
Do you feel that hope is fading?
Do you comprehend?
Do you feel it terminating in the end?
We're so fucked!
Shit out of luck!
Hardwired to self-destruct!
Hardwired to self-destruct!
Self-destruct!
Self-destruct!
Self-destruct!
2. Atlas, Rise! 06:28
Bitterness and burden
Curses rest on thee
Solitaire and sorrow
All Eternity
Save the Earth and claim perfection
Deem the mass and blame rejection
Hold the pose, reign perception
Grudges break your back
All you bear
All you carry
All you bear
Place it right on, right on me
Die as you suffer in vain
Own all the grief and the pain
Die as you hold up the skies
Atlas, Rise!
How does it feel on your own?
Bound by the world all alone
Crushed under heavy skies
Atlas, Rise!
Crucify and witness
Circling the sun
Bastardize and ruin
What have you become?
Blame the world, and blame your maker
Wish ‘em to the undertaker
Crown yourself the other savior
So you carry on
All you bear
All you carry
All you bear
Place it right on me, right on me
Die as you suffer in vain
Own all the grief and the pain
Die as you hold up the skies
Atlas, Rise!
How does it feel on your own?
Bound by the world all alone
Crushed under heavy skies
Crushed under heavy skies
Atlas, Rise!
Masquerade as maker
Heavy is the crown
Beaten down and broken
Drama wears you down
Overload, the martyr stumbles
Hit the ground and heaven crumbles
All alone, the fear shall humble
Swallow all your pride
All you bear
All you carry
All you bear
Place it right on, right on me
Die as you suffer in vain
Own all the grief and the pain
Die as you hold up the skies
Atlas, Rise!
How does it feel on your own?
Bound by the world all alone
Crushed under heavy skies
Crushed under heavy skies
Atlas, Rise!
3. Now That We're Dead 06:59
When darkness falls, may it be
That we should see the light
When reaper calls, may it be
That we walk straight and right
When doubt returns, may it be
That faith shall permeate our scars
When we’re seduced, then may it be
That we not deviate our cause
All sinners, a future
All saints, a past
Beginning, the ending
Return to ash
Now that we're dead, my dear
We can be together
Now that we're dead, my dear
We can live, we can live forever
When all is pain, may it be
It’s all we’ve ever known
When flame consumes, may it be
It warms our dying bones
When loss has won, may it be
It’s you I’m madly fighting for
When kingdom comes, may it be
We walk right through that open door
All sinners, a future
All saints, a past
Beginning, the ending
Return to ash
Now that we're dead, my dear
We can be together
Now that we're dead, my dear
We can live, we can live forever
All sinners, a future
All saints, a past
Beginning, the ending
Return to ash
Now that we're dead, my dear
We can be together
Now that we're dead, my dear
We can live, we can live forever
Return to ashes, shed this skin
Beyond the black, we rise again
We shall live forever
4. Moth into Flame 05:50
Blacked out
Pop queen, amphetamine
The screams crashed into silence
Tapped out
Doused in the gasoline
The high times going timeless
Decadence
Death of the innocence
The pathway starts to spiral
Infamy
All for publicity
Destruction going viral
Light it up
Ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof
Ah, kill the truth
You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built a higher wall
Yesterday
Now you’re thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Twisted
Backstabbing wicked
The delusion absolution
Perjurer
Fame is the murderer
Seduce you into ruin
Light it up
Ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof
Ah, tell the truth
You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built the higher wall
Yesterday
Now you’re thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Burn
Guarantee your name, you go and kill yourself
The vultures feast around you still
Overdose on shame and insecurity
If one won’t do that fistful will
Death scene
Black hearse the limousine
A grave filled with seduction
Vaccine
Fame does the murdering
She builds up for destruction
So light it up
Ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof
Ah, no excuse
You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built the higher wall
Yesterday
Now you’re thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Addicted to the
Fame
5. Dream No More 06:29
He sleeps under black seas waiting
Lies dreaming in death
He sleeps under cosmos shaking
Stars granting his breath
He wakes as the world dies screaming
All horrors arrive
He wakes giving Earth it's bleeding
Pure madness alive
And he haunts you
And he blinds your soul
And he loathes you
And reclaims it all
You turn to stone
Can't look away
You turn to stone
Madness, they say
Cthulhu awaken
He sways in abyss returning
Inhaling black skies
He shakes with a torture burning
All lost in his eyes
And he haunts you
And he blinds your soul
And he loathes you
And reclaims it all
You turn to stone
Can't look away
You turn to stone
Madness, they say
Cthulhu awaken
You turn to stone
Can't look away
You turn to stone
Madness, they say
Sanity taken
Seething damnation
Cthulhu awaken
(Wake) Winged Salvation
Death by creation
Cthulhu awaken
(Wake) Dreaming no more
Cthulhu awaken
(Wake) Dreaming no more
Cthulhu awaken
(Wake) Dreaming no more
6. Halo on Fire 08:15
Obey, obey
Come, won’t you stay?
Sincere, sincere
All ends in tears
Endure, endure
Thoughts most impure
Concede, concede
But both shall we bleed
Oh, halo on fire
The midnight knows it well
Fast, is desire
Creates another hell
I fear to turn on the light
For the darkness won't go away
Fast, is desire
Turn out the light
Halo on fire
Allure, allure
Sweetness obscure
Abide, abide
Secrets inside
Deprive, deprive
To feel so alive
Obey, obey
Just don't turn away
Oh, halo on fire
The midnight knows it well
Fast, is desire
Creates another hell
I fear to turn on the light
For the darkness won't go away
Fast, is desire
Turn out the light
Halo on fire
Prayers cannot get through
Return to sender
Unto which of you
Shall I surrender?
Twisting in disguise
Dark resurrection
Lighting up the skies
Wicked perfection...
Too dark too sleep
Can't slip away
Open or close
My eyes betray
Beyond the black
Come, won’t you stay?
Hello darkness, say goodbye...
Hello darkness, say goodbye...
Hello darkness, say goodbye...
7. Confusion 06:43
Wake to face the day
Grab this life and walk away
War is never done
Rub the patch and battle on
Make it go away
Please, make it go away
Confusion
All sanity is now beyond me
Delusion
All sanity is but a memory
My life ... the war that never ends
Leave the battlefield
Yet its horrors never heal
Coming home from war
Pieces don't fit anymore
Make it go away
Please, make it go away
Confusion
All sanity is now beyond me
Delusion
All sanity is but a memory
My life ... the war that never ends
Father, please come home
Shell shocked all I've known
Father, please come home
Label him a deadwood soldier now
Cast away and left to roam
Rapid is the road to sacrifice
Just takes longer to come home
Come home
Confusion
All sanity is now beyond me
Delusion
Crossfire ricochets inside me
Trapped in a memory forever
My life ... the war that never ends
8. ManUNkind 06:55
Chaos
Awaiting for Adam's return
Madness
Smiling, as we watch it burn
I've become hostage to my mind
Left myself behind
Blind lead blind
Quest to find
Faith in ManUnKind
Garden
Of Eden, so simple and pure
Greedy
Needy, must we have more?
I've become hostage to my mind
Left myself behind
Blind lead blind
Quest to find
Faith in ManUnKind
Fascinate
Partner of insanity
Decimate
Lessons we never learn
Dominate
Killing of the innocence
Deviate
And to dust you return
Yeah!
Seized by the day
Frozen captive by the night
Seized by the day
All the dark days of your life
Seized by the day
Frozen captive by the night
Led so astray
All the dark days of your life
Zero
Reset, creation of man
Foolish
Ready, to witness again?
I've become hostage to my mind
Left myself behind
Blind lead blind
Quest to find
Faith in ManUnKind
Faith in ManUnKind
Oh, faith in ManUnKind
Faith in ManUnKind
Oh, faith in ManUnKind
9. Here Comes Revenge 07:17
Little grave I'm grieving, I will mend you
Sweet revenge I'm dreaming, I will end you
I've been here since dawn of time
Countless hatreds built my shrine
I was born in anger's flame
He was Abel, I was Cain
I am here
I'm still hell unbound
Burn your kingdom to the ground
To the ground
Here comes revenge, just for you
Revenge, you can't undo
Revenge, it's killing me
Revenge, set me free
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
A life for a life, it's my burden of proof
Revenge, just for you
Revenge
You ask for forgiveness, I give you sweet revenge
I return this nightmare, I will find you
Sleepless, cloaked in despair, I'm behind you
Man has made me oh so strong
Blurring lines of right and wrong
Far too late for frail amends
Now it's come to sweet revenge
Desperate hands
That lose control
Have no mercy on your soul
On your soul
Here comes revenge, just for you
Revenge, you can't undo
Revenge, it's killing me
Revenge, set me free
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
A life for a life, it's my burden of proof
Revenge, just for you
Revenge
You ask for forgiveness, I give you sweet revenge
Here comes revenge, just for you
Revenge, you can't undo
Revenge, it's killing me
Revenge, set me free
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
A life for a life, it's my burden of proof
Revenge, just for you
Revenge
You ask for forgiveness, I give you sweet revenge
Sweet revenge
10. Am I Savage? 06:29
Ooooh
Run away, the past will bite again
Ooooh
No matter where you dwell
You
Here again, a captive of the howl
You
Welcome back to hell
Faithful, as the full moon is rising
Beauty and the beast are colliding
Sharpened edge touch liquid flame
Deepened seed soaks anger's reign
Arching back, shape-shift derange
Father, how I watched you change
Am I savage?
Scratching at the door
Am I savage?
I don't recognize you anymore
Ooooh
Tooth is fang, twisting under skin
Ooooh
Foul tongue, black breath
Change
Snap inside, the beast about complete
Change
Soon infects the rest
Faithful, as the full moon is rising
Beauty and the beast are colliding
Sharpened edge touch liquid flame
Deepened seed soaks anger's reign
Arching back, shape-shift derange
Father, how I watched you change
Am I savage?
Scratching at the door
Am I savage?
I don't recognize you anymore
Ooooh
Inheritance, the past has bit again
Ooooh
The next heir of anarchy
Feel
Stretching skin so far beyond belief
I feel
The ever changing, you, in me
Am I savage?
Scratching at the door
Am I savage?
Howling evermore
Am I savage?
I don't recognize me anymore
Anymore
Anymore... ha-ha-ha
Am I savage?
11. Murder One 05:45
One crown
Shines on through the sound
One crown
Born to lose
One man
Does not give a damn
One man
No excuse
Aces wild
Aces high
All the aces
Aces 'til you die
White lines fading
The iron horse rolls on and on and on
Hear your thunder
Still feeding back
Still hear your thunder
The man in black
Born to lose
Living to win
One fist
Hammers through the mist
One fist
Steady on
One heart
Die hard from the start
One heart
Beats its song
Murder all
Murder one
Gimme murder
Second class to none
Headlights fading
The iron horse rolls on and on and on
Still hear your thunder
Still feeding back
Still hear your thunder
The man in black
Born to lose
Living to win
Hear your thunder
Still feeding back
I still hear your thunder
The man in black
Born to lose
No excuse
'Til the end
Been living to win
Been living to win
12. Spit Out the Bone 07:09
Come unto me and you will feel perfection
Come unto me and dedicate
Come unto me, you'll never feel rejection
Come unto me and terminate
Remove your heart, it's only good for bleeding
Bleeding through your fragile skin
Remove your thought, 'cause it's only for deceiving
Deceiving thoughts destroy within
Disappear like man was never here
Long live machine
The future supreme
Man overthrown
Spit out the bone
Plug into me, I guarantee devotion
Plug into me and dedicate
Plug into me and I'll save you from emotion
Plug into me and terminate
Accelerate, utopian solution
Finally cure the Earth of man
Exterminate, speeding up the evolution
Set on course a master plan
Reinvent the Earth inhabitants
Long live machine
The future supreme
Man overthrown
Spit out the bone
The flesh betrays the flesh
Your man has had his time
We lay him down to rest
Machines the new divine
Stop breathing
And dedicate to me (dedicate to me)
Stop dreaming
And terminate for me (terminate for me)
All meaning
You dedicate to me (dedicate to me)
All feelings
You terminate for me
Disappear like man was never here
Long live machine
Our future supreme
Man overthrown
Spit out the bone, yeah
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