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Metallica – Sad But True
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The fifth and final single released from Metallica’s seminal self-titled album, “Sad But True” is about a person’s darker side taking control.
Influenced by the 1978 horror film
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Metallica – Screaming Suicide
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[Verse 1] / Welcome to this life / Born into the fight / Here to claim your dream / Look you in the eye / Patch the broken sky / Craving dopamine / Then my voice appears / Teaching
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Metallica – I Disappear
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Formally releasing on May 9th, 2000 (and later on June 2nd as a single), “I Disappear” was a single by Metallica written for the Mission: Impossible 2 soundtrack, the last song by
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Metallica – Sleepwalk My Life Away
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[Verse 1] / Take a deep, waking breath / Hope the blood arrives / Burn my eyes with the sun / And pretend I'm alive / It never will appear / Strong as past desire / Light warming
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Metallica – One
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The fourth track on Metallica’s …And Justice for All, is based on the novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. There, Joe Bonham, a soldier in World War I, is hit by a landmine
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Metallica – Battery
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The opening track on “Master of Puppets,” widely regarded as the apex of the thrash genre, “Battery” begins with a menacing, ascending classical guitar riff. It escalates from
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Metallica – Fade to Black
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“Fade to Black” is a powerful ballad about a man that wants to commit suicide, and eventually does it. The depressive lyrics regarding someone with suicidal desires were inspired
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Metallica – Whiskey in the Jar
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Cover of Thin Lizzy’s version of a traditional Irish drinking song.
It is one of the most popular traditional Irish songs, widely covered and made famous by The Dubliners, who
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I hate sex (Ft. Chad Fougere) – One by Metallica
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[Verse 1: Nicole Boychuk] / Empty wall / Shadows in the hall / Ghosts in the window / Chills in the home, though you left the candle burning / Wolves scratching at the back door
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Metallica – Escape
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This song from the Metallica’s second album was one that largely went unnoticed.
This is James Hetfield’s single most hated Metallica song, because the record company had forced
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Metallica – Turn the Page
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A cover of the song originally by Bob Seger, about the difficulties of life on the road as a rock musician.
Lars Ulrich discovered the track when he was driving, and felt it fit
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Metallica – Fight Fire with Fire
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“Fight Fire with Fire” is the first track on Metallica’s 1984 album Ride the Lightning. It talks about the world’s impending apocalypse caused by nuclear warfare and bloodshed. It
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Black Sheep Wall – Metallica
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Slower than life itself, Jon opened his eyes / And Karen beamed back with the same fake optimism / She'd had since Bible study / When she was nine / "Rise and shine, love" / Jon
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Metallica – Harvester of Sorrow
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This song is about a man who suffers abuse during his childhood, something that has traumatised him throughout his adulthood. The aforementioned trauma descends him into madness
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Metallica (Ft. Marianne Faithfull) – The Memory Remains
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This song was ReLoad’s first single, released on November 11, 1997. It was very successful, hitting #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song features singer Marianne Faithfull doing
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Metallica – The Thing That Should Not Be
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This song references H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, something Metallica has done a number of times.
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Metallica – Disposable Heroes
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This song from Metallica’s third album is an anti-war song. It is one of the most intense songs Metallica has ever written, with certain sections performed at 220 beats per minute.
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Metallica – All Nightmare Long
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“All Nightmare Long” was released as Metallica’s fifth single from Death Magnetic. The single was released on December 15, 2008.
It was nominated for the Kerrang! Award for Best
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Metallica – King Nothing
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“King Nothing” is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album Load.
The song King Nothing, written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett
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Metallica – Creeping Death
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Based on the story of the first Passover from the Book of Exodus, “Creeping Death” is a brutal retelling of the story of the Angel Of Death. When the Pharaoh refused to release the
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Metallica – Trapped Under Ice
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“Trapped Under Ice” is the fifth song on Metallica’s second album Ride the Lightning, released in 1984. Its lyrics tell the tale of someone who was cryogenically frozen and woke up
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Metallica – The Unforgiven
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A metal ballad co-written by Ulrich, Hammett and Hetfield. This song is about the struggles he had with religion-related to his mom’s death. His relatives did not want to give
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Metallica – The Day That Never Comes
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The fourth song on Metallica’s 2008 album, Death Magnetic, is accompanied by quite the music video. The song starts off clean and then builds up in tempo and heaviness, much like
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Korn – One (Live from "MTV ICON: Metallica")
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“One” is a Metallica cover that Korn played live (and continues to now) at MTV’s Icon: Metallica, which featured many current rock acts covering classic Metallica songs
Though “
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Metallica – Jump in the Fire
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“Jump in the Fire” is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second and final single from their debut album, Kill ‘Em All. The single was accompanied
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Metallica – Lux Æterna
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Lux Æterna (Latin for “Eternal Light”) is the first single from Metallica’s 11th studio album 72 Seasons which was released on April 14, 2023.
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Metallica – Of Wolf and Man
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The ninth track on Metallica’s fifth studio album “Metallica”, or, dubbed by fans, “The Black Album”.
“Of Wolf and Man” follows a human shapeshifting into a wolf at full moon
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Metallica (Ft. San Francisco Symphony) – No Leaf Clover
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“No Leaf Clover” is one of the new tracks in the concert album S&M by Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony, along with “Minus Human”. The songs title refers to bad luck: a four
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Metallica – Frantic
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The opening track to Metallica’s 2003 album St. Anger, and the second single from the album. “Frantic,” like many songs in the album, is about the band members' struggles with past
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Metallica – Leper Messiah
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This song is a blistering take on corruption in religion. The preacher, the Leper Messiah, uses the tactics of a carnival barker to draw in crowds, and uses their money to feed his
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Metallica – Hit the Lights
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“Hit the Lights” (as we know it) was written in 1982, and is the opening song on the album Kill ‘Em All. In the early years “Hit the Lights” was the song to kick off most of their
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Metallica – Mama Said
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This song is written by James Hetfield for his mother who died of cancer in 1979 when he was 16 years old. It’s notable for having quite a bit of country influence in its
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Metallica – Damage, Inc.
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“Damage, Inc.” is the eighth and final song on the Master of Puppets album, released in 1986. It details the titular savage and vicious corporation that enslaves the population and
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Metallica – Low Man's Lyric
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[Intro] / One, two, three, one / [Verse 1] / My eyes seek reality / My fingers seek my veins / There's a dog at your back step / He must come in from the rain / I fall 'cause I let
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Metallica – My Friend of Misery
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“My Friend of Misery” is a track about an outsider’s view of someone wandering in self-pity and having a very pessimistic view of the rest of the world.
This song was supposed to
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Metallica – Slither
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[Chorus 1] / Don't go looking for snakes you might find them / Don't send your eyes to the sun you might blind them / Haven't I seen you here before? / [Verse 1] / Ohh, watch the
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Metallica – Holier Than Thou
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Although described by James Hetfield as “one of the sillier songs” by the band, “Holier Than Thou” deals with the issue of a self-righteous person, paraphrasing Jesus in the book
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Metallica – Devil's Dance
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This song is about the Devil who tries to tempt a person to follow him. He tries to bring out your inner and darkest desires.
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