Which Metallica album includes the instrumental "Suicide & Redemption"?

Metallica’s instrumental “Suicide & Redemption” appears on the 2008 album Death Magnetic. It is the album’s longest track and features guitar contributions from James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, with the full band performing the piece.

The song is notable because it became Metallica’s first instrumental since “Orion,” which appeared on Master of Puppets in 1986. That long gap made the track especially significant to longtime listeners, who often view it as a deliberate connection to the band’s earlier progressive and thrash-oriented writing.

Death Magnetic was Metallica’s ninth studio album and was produced by Rick Rubin, ending the band’s long production partnership with Bob Rock. It was also the first Metallica album to feature bassist Robert Trujillo, although Trujillo joined after the writing and recording process had begun.

Released on September 12, 2008, the album was widely described as a return to Metallica’s thrash-metal roots after the more divisive St. Anger. “Suicide & Redemption” is instrumental, so it has no sung lyrics; its title is sometimes confused with “The Unforgiven III,” another Death Magnetic track with a vocal performance.