St. Anger was released on June 3, 2003.
St. Anger is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica , released on June 5 , 2003 , by Elektra Records . St. Anger was originally intended for release on June 10 , 2003 , but was released five days earlier due to concerns over unlicensed distribution through peer-to-peer file sharing networks . St. Anger (song) . It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from their eighth studio album of the same name .