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"Lords of Summer" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was first released as a digital single in its demo form on March 19, 2014, with a 12-inch single for it being released as part of Record Store Day Black Friday later that year. In 2016, a re-recorded version was included on the deluxe edition of the band's tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct.

"Lords of Summer"
Single by Metallica
B-side	"Live version"
Released	March 19, 2014
Recorded	February and March 2014
Studio	Metallica's HQ (San Rafael, California)
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	8:21
Label	Blackened
Songwriter(s)	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Robert Trujillo
Producer(s)	Greg Fidelman
Metallica singles chronology
"The View" (2011) "Lords of Summer" (2014) "Hardwired" (2016)

"Lords of Summer"
Song by Metallica
from the album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
Released	November 17, 2016
Recorded	May and June 2015
Studio	Metallica's HQ (San Rafael, California)
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	7:10
Label	Blackened
Songwriter(s)	James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Robert Trujillo
Producer(s)	Greg Fidelman James Hetfield Lars Ulrich

Recording

In February 2014, Metallica began recording a new song at their HQ studio in San Rafael, California, with the working title "X-Dust", planning to premiere it at a March 16, 2014, show in Bogotá, Colombia. They finished it in March and premiered it at the show with the official song title "Lords of Summer".[1] The band re-recorded the song in May and June 2015 for their tenth studio album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016),[1] including it with the deluxe edition of the album. It is over a minute shorter in length than the demo and first pass versions.[2]

Content and style

According to drummer Lars Ulrich, the song was inspired by the band's then upcoming 2014 tour, as he explained in an interview given to Metal Hammer magazine: "It's about being outdoors and festivals and here we are again."[3] Being an uptempo thrash metal song much in the vein of Metallica's earlier works from the 1980s and being self-referential in nature in terms of its lyrical content, the song alludes to a number of now 'classic' tracks from that particular period, most notably "The Four Horsemen" and "No Remorse" (both from 'Kill 'em All', 1983): "Pounding, pounding, no remorse / Lords of summer set on course / Pushing, pushing horsemen ride / Lords of summer undenied".

Release

The band released the song digitally through the iTunes Store on March 19, 2014, in its demo form.[4] They eventually released the song in a more refined state, dubbed the "First Pass Version", digitally in June.[5] Later that year, they gave the song a physical release for Record Store Day Black Friday as a 12-inch single, with a live version of the song recorded in Rome being used as the B-side. The single was limited to 4,000 copies.[6] A remix of the song by The Glitch Mob was released on May 13, 2015, through YouTube.[7]

Track listing

Personnel

• James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
• Robert Trujillo – bass guitar
• Lars Ulrich – drums

References

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- [en] Lords of Summer

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[ru] Lords of Summer

«Lords of Summer» (с англ. — «Повелители лета») — песня американской хэви-метал-группы Metallica. Была выпущена в 2014 как цифровой сингл[1] и как ограниченное издание на Чёрную пятницу в виде LP со студийной и концертной версией песни тиражом в 4000 экземпляров[2]. В 2016 году перезаписанная версия песни была включена в делюкс-издание альбома Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, но была сокращена больше чем на минуту в отличие от изначальной версии[3]. Официальный ремикс песни группы The Glitch Mob вышел 13 мая 2015 года на видеосервисе Youtube[4].

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