Ngemuva kwesikhashana eside somculo seminyaka eyi-8, UMetallica umemezele usuku lokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yabo elandelayo: 'Hardwired… To self-destruct'. Ngomyalezo kuTwitter kwenziwa kwaba semthethweni ukuthi i-albhamu yabo entsha izoqala ukudayiswa ngoNovemba 18, eyokuqala abayikhiphe selokhu kwathiwa 'Death Magnetic', eyashicilelwa ngo-2008.
Umlayezo umemezele izindaba ezinjengalezi: "Siyazi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi eside, kodwa namhlanje siyaziqhenya ngokwethula i-'Hardwired… Ukuzilimaza '". Lo msebenzi yi-albhamu yeshumi nanye yesitudiyo ku-discography yelinye lamaqembu esimbi aphumelela kakhulu futhi, ngokwamalungu ayo, "Imelela isahluko esisha sohambo lweMetallica".
Iqembu elinomculi oshayayo uJames Hetfield, umshayi wesigubhu uLars Ulrich, umdlali wesigingci uKirk Hammett no-bassist uRobert Trujillo badalule ukuthi lo msebenzi omusha uzokhishwa njenge-albhamu ephindwe kabili equkethe cishe imizuzu engama-80 yomculo. Eyokuqala, 'uHardwired', iqale ukubonakala ngoLwesine olwedlule (25) emsakazweni eMinneapolis (e-USA), kanti eyodwa iyatholakala ukulanda ku-inthanethi, kanye nevidyo kliphu eyenziwe ngombala omnyama nomhlophe. Amalungu eqembu akhiqize i-albhamu entsha ehamba noGreg Fidelman, onguphrojusa owaziwayo osebenzisane nabaculi abadumile abanjengo-Adele, U2, Neil Diamond noRed Hot Chili Pepper.
Futhi kulezi zinsuku kukhishwe ingxenye yokuqala yedokhumentari ethi 'Metallica: The early years', ifilimu efakiwe eyenza uhambo ngokuqala kwebhendi laseCalifornia futhi iqukethe izingxoxo ezikhethekile zeqembu, okokugcina umlando kanye nohlu lwadlalwayo olunezihloko. Idokhumentari ihlanganisa izikhathi ezibalulekile njengokuxhumana kwabalandeli kokuqala nokuzalwa kwensimbi, ekhombisa ngaphezu nje kwehora imvelaphi yelinye lamaqembu esimbi anamandla emhlabeni. Isahluko sokuqala sabane esakha le filimu sibizwa nge- 'Metal militia'.
"I-Hardwired… Yokuzilimaza" - Itholakala Yonke Indawo Novemba 18 https://t.co/EP30XC0iPV pic.twitter.com/gYJTfi6kns
- Metallica (@Metallica) 19 Agasti 2016