On August 30, 2017, the band announced on their Instagram page that they were in the process of demoing material for their upcoming eighth studio album.
On August 24, the band released the second single “The Heart From Your Hate” and revealed the track listing and release date of their new album.
The day after the show in Tilburg, Netherlands, the band announced a headline European tour with In Flames and Of Mice & Men in late 2017. Later that same day, the band released a statement addressing what happened at the show via their Facebook page, stating that bands that tour…
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On 10 August 2017, the band announced that they would be releasing a 25th-anniversary edition of Land of the Free .
On August 7, 2017, Metallica was invited by the San Francisco Giants again for the fifth annual “Metallica Night” with Hammett and Hetfield performing the national anthem.
In August 2017, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary of Hysteria by releasing a collector’s edition box. The singles were also re-released on vinyl.
On August 1, 2017, the band released the new single “The Sin and the Sentence”, accompanied with a music video for their forthcoming new album, which aimed to be released later that year.
On July 26, 2017, the band began teasing on their web page with the message “VIII. I.”, indicating the date “August 1”.
The band began their Heaven Upside Down Tour on July 20, 2017, in Budapest .
In a video Q&A session with fans on July 2, 2017, Shavo Odadjian was asked about the status of the next album and he responded, “I’m waiting for a new album too. It’s not happening. I don’t know. I don’t know when it’s gonna be. Not right now.”