The Day that Never Comes - wikipedia The Day that Never Comes `` The Day That Never Comes '' Single by Metallica from the album Death Magnetic B - side `` No Remorse '' ( Live ) Released August 21, 2008 Recorded March 12, 2007 -- May 11, 2008 in Los Angeles Genre Thrash metal heavy metal Length 7 : 56 Label Warner Bros. Mercury Songwriter ( s ) James Hetfield Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo Lars Ulrich Producer ( s ) Rick Rubin Metallica singles chronology `` Some Kind of Monster '' ( 2004 ) `` The Day That Never Comes '' ( 2008 ) `` All Nightmare Long '' ( 2008 ) `` Some Kind of Monster '' ( 2004 ) `` The Day That Never Comes '' ( 2008 ) `` All Nightmare Long '' ( 2008 ) Music video `` The Day That Never Comes '' on YouTube ( Outside the US ) `` The Day That Never Comes '' on YouTube ( US ) `` The Day That Never Comes '' is a song by heavy metal band Metallica, and the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic. The song was released to the radio and for digital download on August 21, 2008. The working title of the song was `` Casper '', as shown in the Mission : Metallica videos and in `` Demo Magnetic ''. Contents 1 Composition 2 Music video 3 Concepts 4 In pop culture 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 6.1 Metallica 6.2 Production 7 Chart performance 7.1 Charts 8 References 9 External links Composition Like previous ballads and downbeat songs by Metallica, it is the fourth track of the album. Rock Sound has also compared the song to the likes of Thin Lizzy. The intro starts out with clean guitars that carry into the verses, while the choruses are backed with heavily distorted guitars. The bridge speeds up gradually and eventually leads into fast - paced harmony between the guitars and a long guitar solo by Hammett, a build - up comparable to that of `` One '', `` Welcome Home ( Sanitarium ) '' and `` Fade to Black ''. The ending of the song, like the previously mentioned ballads, is purely instrumental, featuring numerous solos and chord progressions. Music video A music video for the song was filmed in the desert outside Los Angeles on July 31, 2008, directed by Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. It was premiered on the band 's official page at midnight on September 1, 2008. The video depicts two Marines riding a HMMWV in a desert and getting hit by an explosion. After they take cover and look for the attacker, one of them reveals that he suffered a wound. The other Marine provides first aid and calls for help, and while he 's eventually medevaced by a helicopter, it is implied that he fainted. The video then forwards to another situation involving the remaining Marine in another group riding a HMMWV and getting stopped in the road by a car and a civilian in front of it holding a jumper cable in the air. The group, suspecting it might be an ambush, circles around the car and keeps the man at gunpoint, only to find a woman in chador in the back seat. They order her out of the car, but she approaches the protagonist, who keeps holding her at gunpoint. The video then climaxes when the Marines nervously look at each other, fearing that she might be a suicide bomber, but eventually the Marine lowers his weapon and signals to the rest to do the same. The Marines help the man to push start the car, and the protagonist remains looking at the sky. Scenes of the band performing in the desert are interspersed within the video. Concepts On August 4, 2008 ( 2008 - 08 - 04 ), in an MTV interview, the song lyrics were said to tackle the subject of forgiveness and resentment. The band 's drummer Lars Ulrich claimed that the lyrics were inspired by a father - son relationship. The content of the video itself is of a different theme or setting that what the lyrics themselves were written about, a second interpretation. The video is said to be in a war background in comparison to the `` One '' video, but will not make any modern day references as in the war in Iraq and the Middle East ( although the video depicts images of Middle East war in present day, they do not imply any political statement ). Frontman James Hetfield spoke on the lyrics of the song and also the radical difference of the song lyrics and vision intended to the music video. `` `` That 's the beauty, I think, of writing vague but powerful lyrics -- that someone like a movie director can interpret it in his own way and obviously, someone creative is able to take the metaphors and apply them to whatever he needs in his own life, '' the frontman explained. `` The main ( theme of the video ) is the human element of forgiveness and someone doing you wrong, you feeling resentment and you being able to see through that in the next situation that might be similar and not take your rage or resentment out on the next person and basically keep spreading the disease of that through life... The one thing that I was n't keen on here was Metallica plugging into a modern war or a current event ( that ) might be construed as some sort of political statement on our part... There are so many celebrities that soapbox their opinions, and people believe it 's more valid because they 're popular. For us, people are people -- you should all have your own opinion. We are hopefully putting the human element in what is an unfortunate part of life. There are people over there dealing with situations like this, and we 're showing the human part of being there. '' '' Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and Ulrich also commented by stating ultimately, the concept of the video deals with humanity and the relationships between human beings and how your basic sense of humanity can override any sort of politicized situation. In Pop culture `` The Day That Never Comes '' appears as part of the Death Magnetic album DLC for Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock and it was later optimized to be used for Guitar Hero : World Tour, Guitar Hero : Metallica, Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and Guitar Hero : Warriors of Rock. The song was used in the video game DJ Hero 2 mixed with Kanye West 's `` Love Lockdown. '' The song was featured in TV show Once Upon a Time and in the end credits to the documentary Paradise Lost 3 : Purgatory. Track listing CD single No. Title Length 1. `` The Day That Never Comes '' 7 : 56 2. `` No Remorse '' ( Live ) 5 : 33 `` No Remorse '' was recorded in Orlando, Florida in 2003. Personnel Metallica James Hetfield -- lead vocals, rhythm guitar Kirk Hammett -- lead guitar Robert Trujillo -- bass Lars Ulrich -- drums Production Rick Rubin -- producer Ted Jensen -- mastering Greg Fidelman -- mixing Thomas Vinterberg -- music video director Chart performance The song debuted and peaked on Billboard 's Hot 100 at number 31, giving the band their seventh top forty Hot 100 hit. It is also the band 's highest - charting single on the Hot 100 since 1997 's `` The Memory Remains '', which peaked at number 28. With less than four days of airplay, `` The Day That Never Comes '' debuted at number 7 on Billboards Mainstream Rock Chart, giving Metallica their sixteenth top ten hit on the chart. The next week it rose to number 2 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. In its third week, it reached number one on the chart, the band 's sixth song to top the chart, and first since 2000 's `` I Disappear ''. It also debuted at number 25 on Modern Rock Tracks, where it eventually peaked at number 5, giving the band their first top five hit on that chart. It debuted in the top ten on the Canadian Hot 100, at number 9. `` The Day That Never Comes '' has spent a total of nine weeks at number one on Hot Mainstream Rock Chart with its seven consecutive weeks at the top spot and two consecutive weeks prior. The song has been very successful internationally as well. On August 24, 2008, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 36 and peaked at number 19. In Ireland it has so far reached number 14. On the Australian ARIA Charts, the song has also reached the top twenty, at number 18. It has reached the top ten in New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. It was voted in at number 88 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008 which is Australia 's largest annual music poll. It was their only track off Death Magnetic to poll in the list. Charts Chart ( 2008 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 18 Austria Top 40 Charts 25 Belgium Singles Top 50 11 Brazil ( ABPD ) 38 Canadian Hot 100 9 Denmark Singles Chart Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) Irish Singles Chart 14 Italian Singles Chart 15 Netherlands Mega Top 100 20 New Zealand Singles Chart 14 Norwegian Singles Chart Polish Singles Chart Portuguese National Top 50 6 Swedish Singles Chart Triple J Hottest 100 88 Turkey Top 20 Chart 18 UK Singles Chart 19 European Hot 100 US Billboard Hot 100 31 US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 5 Venezuela Pop Rock ( Record Report ) References Jump up ^ `` Metallica.Com ''. Metallica.Com. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Blabbermouth.net June 5, 2008. Last accessed August 1, 2008 Jump up ^ Metallica.com : The Day That Never Comes... The Video Premiere ( September 1, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Metallica Tackle Forgiveness, Resentment In ' The Day That Never Comes ' Clip ''. News. MTVNews. August 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 08 - 04. Jump up ^ Single details on Metallica.com Jump up ^ Canadian Hot 100 Jump up ^ `` TILASTOT -- Suomen virallinen lista -- Singlet 35 / 2008 '' ( in Finnish ). ifpi.fi, Musiikkituottajat -- IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2011 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Metallica -- The Day That Never Comes -- Music Charts ''. Acharts.us. Retrieved 2014 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Brazil '' ( PDF ). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Metallica : Day That Never Comes, The '' ( in Finnish ). Musiikkituottajat -- IFPI Finland. Jump up ^ `` Polish Singles Chart ``. Jump up ^ Turkey Top 20 Chart Retrieved on 2008 - 10 - 20 Jump up ^ `` Pop Rock '' ( in Spanish ). Record Report. October 18, 2008. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. External links The Day That Never Comes ( the music video as QuickTime video via Warner Bros. Records ) Preceded by `` Bad Girlfriend '' by Theory of a Deadman Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number - one single ( first run ) September 20, 2008 -- September 27, 2008 Succeeded by `` Bad Girlfriend '' by Theory of a Deadman Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number - one single ( second run ) October 11, 2008 -- November 29, 2008 Succeeded by `` Rock ' n ' Roll Train '' by AC / DC Preceded by `` If A Song Could Get Me You '' by Marit Larsen Norwegian VG - lista number - one single September 2, 2008 -- September 9, 2008 Succeeded by `` Kids '' by MGMT Metallica James Hetfield Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo Ron McGovney Dave Mustaine Cliff Burton Jason Newsted Bob Rock Studio albums Kill ' Em All Ride the Lightning Master of Puppets... And Justice for All Metallica Load Reload St. Anger Death Magnetic Hardwired... to Self - Destruct Cover albums Garage Inc. Collaboration projects Lulu Extended plays The $5.98 E.P. : Garage Days Re-Revisited Beyond Magnetic Live albums S&M Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria : Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México Live at Grimey 's The Big Four : Live from Sofia, Bulgaria Through the Never Box sets The Good, the Bad & the Live Live Shit : Binge & Purge Limited - Edition Vinyl Box Set The Metallica Collection Singles `` Whiplash '' `` Jump in the Fire '' `` Creeping Death '' `` Master of Puppets '' `` Harvester of Sorrow '' `` Eye of the Beholder '' `` One '' `` Enter Sandman '' `` The Unforgiven '' `` Nothing Else Matters '' `` Wherever I May Roam '' `` Sad but True '' `` Until It Sleeps '' `` Hero of the Day '' `` Mama Said '' `` King Nothing '' `` The Memory Remains '' `` The Unforgiven II '' `` Fuel '' `` Turn the Page '' `` Whiskey in the Jar '' `` Die, Die My Darling '' `` Nothing Else Matters ' 99 '' `` No Leaf Clover '' `` I Disappear '' `` St. Anger '' `` Frantic '' `` The Unnamed Feeling '' `` Some Kind of Monster '' `` The Day That Never Comes '' `` All Nightmare Long '' `` Broken, Beat & Scarred '' `` The View '' `` Lords of Summer '' `` Hardwired '' `` Moth into Flame '' `` Atlas, Rise ! 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Question: what album is the day that never comes on
Answer: Death Magnetic