Death Magnetic

Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by heavy metal band Metallica. The album was released September 12, 2008 with the hits The Day That Never Comes, Cyanide, My Apocalypse, The Unforgiven III, and The Judas Kiss.

Death Magnetic
Studio album by Metallica
Released	September 12, 2008
Recorded	March 12, 2007–May 11, 2008 at Sound City in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California; Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California and Metallica's HQ in San Rafael, California
Genre	Thrash metal, heavy metal
Length	74:41
Label	Warner Bros., Vertigo, Mercury, Universal Music Japan
Producer	Rick Rubin
Metallica chronology
St. Anger (2003) Death Magnetic Hardwired... to Self-Destruct (2016)
Singles from Death Magnetic
"The Day That Never Comes" Released: August 21, 2008 "My Apocalypse" Released: August 26, 2008 "Cyanide" Released: September 1, 2008 "The Judas Kiss" Released: September 8, 2008

Track listing

1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End of the Line
3. Broken, Beat & Scarred
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven III
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide & Redemption
10. My Apocalypse

Awards

2009 Grammy nominations

Death Magnetic was nominated for four Grammy awards. Rick Rubin won "Producer of the Year, Non-Classical" for his work on Death Magnetic, as well as other albums this past year.

• Best Rock Album
• Best Metal Performance ("My Apocalypse")
• Best Rock Instrumental Performance ("Suicide & Redemption")
• Best Recording Package

The album won two Grammys for "Best Metal Performance" and "Best Recording Package" at the 51st Grammy Awards on February 8, 2009.

Chart performance

Album

Country	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/ shipments
Argentina[1]	CAPIF	1	Platinum[2]	40,000+[2]
Australia[3]	ARIA	1	2x Platinum[4]	140,000+[5]
Austria[6]	Music Control Europe	1
Belgium (Flanders)[7]	Ultratop	1	Platinum[8]	30,000[9]
Belgium (Wallonia)[10]	Ultratop	2	Platinum[11]	30,000[9]
Brazil[12]	ABPD		Gold[13]	30,000
Canada[14]	Nielsen SoundScan	1	3x Platinum[15]	240,000+[15]
Croatia[16]	HDU	1
Czech Republic[17]	All Records/IFPI	1	Platinum	20,000[18]
Denmark[19]	IFPI Danmark	1	Platinum[source?]	30,000
Europe[20]	IFPI	1	Platinum[21]	1,000,000[22]
Finland[23]	GLF	1	2x Platinum[24]	60,000
France[25]	SNEP/IFOP	1	Gold[26]	75,000[26]
Germany[27]	IFPI	1	2x Platinum[28]	400,000
Greece[29]	IFPI	1	Platinum[30]	15,000+
Hungary[31]	Mahasz	2	Platinum	6,000+
Ireland[32]	IRMA	1	Platinum	15,000
Italy[33]	FIMI	1	Platinum	118,000+
Japan[34]	Oricon	3	Gold[35]	83,000
Mexico[36]	AMPROFON	1	Gold[37]	60,000
Netherlands[38]	GFK/Dutch Charts	1	Gold[source?]	40,000
New Zealand[39]	RIANZ	1	Platinum[source?]	60,000
Norway[40]	VG Nett	1	2x Platinum[source?]	64,000
Poland[41]	ZPAV	1	2x Platinum[source?]	40,000
Portugal[42]	AFP	1	Platinum[source?]	20,000
Spain[43]	PROMUSICAE	2	Gold[source?]	40,000+
Sweden[44]	Sverigetopplistan	1	2x Platinum	80,000+
Switzerland[45]	Media Control Europe	1	Platinum[46]	30,000[46]
Turkey[47]	Mu-Yap Turkey		Gold[48]	8,500[46]
United Kingdom[49]	OCC	1	Gold[50]	175,000+
U.S. Billboard 200[51]	Billboard	1	Platinum[52]	1,770,000 [53]
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Albums
U.S. Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums
U.S. Billboard Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums

Singles

Single	Chart	Peak position
"The Day That Never Comes"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	31[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	5[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	18[54]
	UK Singles Chart	19[55]
	Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart	18[56]
"My Apocalypse"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	67[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	38[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	30[54]
	Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart	38[56]
	UK Singles Chart	51[55]
"Cyanide"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	50[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks	19[54]
	U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	22[54]
	UK Singles Chart	48[55]
"All Nightmare Long"	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	10[54]

Non-singles

Song	Chart	Peak
"The Unforgiven III"	Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart	41[56]
	Canadian Hot 100	89[57]
	U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	14[58]
	Greek Singles Chart	7[59]
	Norwegian Singles Chart	9[60]
	UK Singles Chart	120
"That Was Just Your Life"	Norway Singles Top 20	16[61]