METALLICA: Watch Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'Now That We're Dead' Video

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of METALLICA's official video for the song "Now That We're Dead" can be seen below. The track is taken from METALLICA's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart on November 27, selling 291,000 copies in its first week of release.

The "Now That We're Dead" clip was directed by the Brooklyn-based high-art photography duo Herring and Herring, who photographed METALLICA for the "Hadwired… To Self-Destruct" album package, and also helmed videos for "Halo On Fire" and "Am I Savage?"

"Now That We're Dead" sees METALLICA frontman James Hetfield singing of someone whose lover has died, and he is looking forward to them being reunited in the afterlife.

When METALLICA started tracking the song, they found they were overthinking it and were forced to use one of the pre-production rehearsal takes. Drummer Lars Ulrich explained to Rolling Stone: "With 'Now That We're Dead', we recorded it and everything kept getting tighter and precise, and all of a sudden you go, wait a minute, I think we just beat all the life out of this thing. [Laughs] We went back and listened to the pre-production floor takes — almost like the last rehearsals — and it's like, 'Hey, wait a minute. There's a completely different vibe there. It sounds like a living, breathing entity rather than something put together by a drill sergeant.' [Laughs] So we went with a version that was a little bit looser."

As previously reported, METALLICA will play a special intimate show next Thursday (December 15) at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California.

All proceeds from the sale of tickets to this show will be donated to Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Fans are also encouraged to bring canned foods and non-perishable items to the show for donation as well. METALLICA just played a similar show in Toronto, with proceeds also going to a food bank in that city.