Music
Metallica Release a Music Video For Every Song on ‘Hardwired…To Self Destruct’
Tomorrow sees the release of Metallica‘s 10th studio album Hardwired…to Self Destruct, which I hailed as “…a celebration of their entire career.” It’s been eight long years since their last offering Death Magnetic and I feel like many fans will be thrilled with the final product, which takes inspiration and influence from pretty much every one of their albums over the years. As a way to celebrate this release, the band has done something they’ve never done before, which is produce and release a music video for every track on the album. Yes, every one.
What makes this stand out is that nearly every video is directed by someone different, so you really get a different take and style with each clip. For example, Jonas Åkerlund’s “ManUNkind” is a throwback to when corpsepainted black metal bands played small clubs. Jessica Cope’s animated “Here Comes Revenge” is a horror fan’s wet dream and features nods to Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn. There’s also “Spit Out The Bone” from BD favorite Phil Mucci, which is a post apocalyptic tale that feels essentially like a heavy metal version of The Terminator. If that elevator pitch doesn’t draw you in, I don’t know how I can help you out.
I’ve compiled the full series of videos below in order of the album, so you can listen to and watch everything the way it’s intended. Get your horns up, get that neck brace ready, and rock the fuck on!
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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