"Lords of Summer" | ||||
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Single by Metallica | ||||
Released | March 19, 2014 | |||
Format | Vinyl, digital download | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 8:21 | |||
Label | Blackened | |||
Writer(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Greg Fidelman | |||
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"Lords of Summer" | |
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Song by Metallica from the album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | |
Released | November 17, 2016 |
Genre | |
Length | 7:10 |
Label | Blackened |
Writer(s) |
James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Robert Trujillo |
Producer(s) |
Greg Fidelman James Hetfield Lars Ulrich |
"Lords of Summer" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica. The song was released in 2014 as a digital single and a limited edition Black Friday vinyl single containing the studio version and a live version of the song, limited to 4,000 copies. In 2016, a re-recorded version was listed as a song on the deluxe edition of Metallica's tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, clocking in at over a minute shorter in length than the demo and first pass version.
A new re-recorded version of the song was released 2 years later for the deluxe editions of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct. It is a minute shorter in length and has improved production over the original single. On November 17, 2016 the band released the official music video on their website and YouTube page along with music videos for the 12 tracks of the standard edition on the 16th and 17th of November.