Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct: Ranking Every Song From Worst To Best

12. Now That We're Dead

The album's third track is also the first to disappoint: Now That We're Dead is pure, generic Metallica at their most uninspired (it almost feels like a tribute band at times), and of the several songs on this record that blend together through familiarity, this feels the most simplistic and unmemorable.

Yes, there's a pretty savage solo near the end which nearly saves it, but the riffs and lyrics basically go nowhere, making this track feel mostly like filler, even if it's still totally tolerable.

The Load vibe is strong... but the lesser side of Load, of course. It's corny and very straight-forward, though it does occasionally manage a few diverting moments.