Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct

The item can be seen at 7:26 min in the video.

In the "Making of Moth into Flame", he plugged his Snakebyte into a Mini Rectifier 0:28

James Hetfield used AT M50x while recording the album 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct'.

In Metallica's "The Making Of Hardwired... To Self Destruct" Video at 27:44, James can be seen playing an Unpainted Guitar with the ESP Vulture Bodyshape and a differently shapped Headstock, this is the Prototype Version of his Signature Vulture Guitar.

On the KHDK website, Kirk says:

"I plug it in when I want an over-the-top sound that dominates everything. It's a tornado."

"This is the ultimate pedal for gain freaks."

In this article with Guitar World he adds:

“I plugged it in and the name Dark Blood came to me right away. At that moment, I knew this pedal was going on the new album (Hardwired... to Self Destruct)."

Kirk Hammet exchanged a remake of Greeny with Jack White on Jan. 6, 2025. source: Guitar World.

Also, at 37:29 in this interview with Dean Delray, when asked if he used Greeny on a record, Kirk responded by saying:

It's all over Hardwired to Self Destruct. And it's really funny because when we started doing tracks for that I thought, you know, I know Greeny sounds great, but is it just me or what? So what we did is we got this one track and I played four different guitars, basically my best four sounding guitars and Greeny, and we did the Pepsi challenge. We did a blind test, and we trucked in four different people, and I picked out Greeny every single time, and so did everyone else, as the best sound.

Lars Ulrich has been known to prefer Sabian HH 15'' Rock Hats, particularly evident in the "Making of 'Atlas, Rise!'" video by Metallica on YouTube. He initially began using these hi-hats during the "And Justice for All" era, prominently featuring them in the "Black Album" sessions. Although he switched to Zildjian Z Custom 14'' Dyno-Beat Hats for "Death Magnetic," he returned to the Sabian 15'' hi-hats for "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" in 2015-16. Notably, this period also marked his first use of Zildjian K cymbals as his primary crashes.

For the recording of their last album, HTSD, Lars used exclusively Dark cymbals. He used traditional Zildjian K's (Dark) 17, 18 & 19 '' Thin Crashes. Moreover, his Hi-Hats (Sabian HH) and China (Zildjian Oriental) are too. He has kept his Zildjian A Custom 19 '' Projection for Crash / Riding Mode and a 17 '' Medium-Thin for his need to have a Bright accent.