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	Heavy metal, thrash metal
Length	7:56
Label	Warner Bros. Mercury
Composer(s)	James Hetfield Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo Lars Ulrich
Lyricist(s)	James Hetfield
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Metallica singles chronology
"Some Kind of Monster" (2004) "The Day That Never Comes" (2008) "My Apocalypse" (2008)
Music video
"The Day That Never Comes" on YouTube

"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.^[1]

The working title of the song was "Casper", as shown in the Mission: Metallica videos and in Demo Magnetic.