"Atlas, Rise!" is a song by
heavy metal band
Metallica, and the third single from their tenth studio album, ''
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct''. It was released on October 31, 2016. The song was nominated for
Best Rock Song
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre. Honors in several ...
at the
60th Annual Grammy Awards
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.
Promotion
"Atlas, Rise!" was released on October 31, 2016, and received a
Halloween-themed promotion. The single's release was promoted with a limited-edition free Hardwired Halloween mask at participating record stores that contained a special download code to be able to access the track 30 minutes earlier than the full public release. It was performed live for the first time in
Bogotá,
Colombia, on November 1, 2016.
Personnel
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James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
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Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, ...
– lead guitar
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Robert Trujillo
Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash ban ...
– bass
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Lars Ulrich – drums
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
2016 singles
Metallica songs
2016 songs
Songs written by Lars Ulrich
Songs written by James Hetfield
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