I-albhamu entsha kaMetallica ethi 'Hardwired… to Self-Destruct' ikhishwe ngesonto eledlule., Umsebenzi oza eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngemuva komsebenzi wakhe wangaphambilini, 'Dead Magnetic', ukulinda isikhathi eside obekukufanele ngokusho kwabagxeki abakhethekile.
'I-Hardwired… to Self-Destruct' ikhishwe njenge-albhamu ephindwe kabili ethi emizuzwini yayo engama-90 iqukethe izingoma eziyi-12, zonke ezaqanjwa nguJames Hetfield noLars Ulrich, yize enye yazo, 'ManUNkind', ifaka ukusebenzisana likaRobert Trujillo.
Le albhamu iqoshwe kwizitudiyo zaseSan Rafael (eCalifornia) futhi ikhiqizwe nguGreg Fidelman, naye osebenzisana naye kwi 'Death Magnetic' (2008). 'I-Hardwired ...' ikhishwe ilebula lerekhodi leqembu, iBlackened Recordings. Njengokubuka kuqala, emahoreni ngaphambi kokukhishwa, kwakhishwa amavidyo kliphu ayishumi nambili e-albhamu, ashicilelwa endaweni yesikhulumi se-YouTube. Phakathi kwazo kukhona ividiyo eqoshwe ngumqondisi odumile uJonas Akerlund, ongumshayi wesigubhu nowayeyilungu leBathory. Kusukela ngoJanuwari ozayo, iMetallica izoqala uhambo lwayo lomhlaba ukwethula i-'Hardwired… ', ezohambela i-Asia, iNingizimu Melika kanye neYurophu unyaka wonke wezi-2017.
Eminye imidiya isivele iveze: "Yi-albhamu yakhe emnandi kusukela 'i-Black Album'", futhi iningi lezindaba ezikhethekile liyilinganise kahle. UJames Hetfield uphawule ngokukhishwa kwe-albhamu entsha: “Sijabule kakhulu, sesiside isikhathi silinde lo mzuzu. Sihlukumeze abantu abaningi, sazihlukumeza thina, kodwa kumnandi ukwethula i-albhamu entsha nokuthi abantu bayayithanda ». URobert Trujillo naye uphawule ngalesi sigaba seqembu: “Noma kunjalo uma sithatha izinsimbi zethu sizizwa ngathi siyintsha futhi. Yilokho impela umlingo waleli qembu. Ngicabanga ukuthi lesi yisikhathi sethu esihle kakhulu sokudala. Siphila okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo ».
Kulezi zinsuku izigidi zabalandeli beqembu emhlabeni jikelele bagubha ukubuya kukaJames Hetfield, uLars Ulrich, uKirk Hammett noRobert Trujillo, ngale albhamu entsha eza ngemuva kweminyaka engama-35 yokusebenza, umzila omude obavumele ukuba bavune amarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-110 athengisiwe futhi awina ama-Grammy Awards ayi-9.