August 18 2016 and the band announced that their 10th studio album Hardwired… to Self Destruct would be out on November 18 2016 on their own independant label Blackened Recordings The track listing, album artwork and first single Hardwired were all revealed.
By April 2016 during the week leading up to Record Store Day of which the band were the ambassador for that particular year , Ulrich was telling Billboard that the bands new role within the music industry was partly to blame for the amount of time it was taking to…
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Fast forward to 2016 and Clive Davis ‘ annual pre-Grammy party , where Novoselic and Grohl reunited to perform a fantastic rendition of David Bowie ‘s ” The Man Who Sold the World ” ( a song that Nirvana had covered in their MTV Unplugged show a while back )…
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November 2 2015 saw Metallica announced to play The Night Before Super Bowl 50 at AT&T Park.
Late October 2015 and the band unveiled a spiffing new website with footage of them working on new material. You couldnt help but wonder what progress they were making…
On June 14 2015 Hetfield and Hammett took to the stage at Oracle Arena in Oakland California to play the Star Spangled Banner live on electric guitars before the game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors.
May 2 2015 saw Metallica perform their third annual Metallica Day at AT&T Park – had fun no doubt.
Then came January 2015 and Metallica announced a Metallica Night event with the San Jose Sharks. This included a Q&A session and a charity auction to raise money for the Sierra Club but no performances.
In November 2014 Metallica made an appearance at the closing ceremony of BlizzCon 2014.
And last but not least, a brand new song titled “Lords of Summer ” was written for the tour and released as a ” first take” demo back in June 2014.