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Metallica – Blitzkrieg
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[Verse 1] / Let us have peace, let us have life / Let us escape the cruel night / Let us have time, let the sun shine / Let us beware the deadly sign / [Chorus] / The day is coming
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Blitzkrieg – Blitzkrieg
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Let us have peace, let us have life / Let us escape the cruel night / Let us have time, let the sun shine / Let us beware the deadly signs / The day is coming / Armageddon's near
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Blitzkrieg – S&D (Seek and Destroy)
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We are scanning the scene / In the city tonite / We are looking for you / To start up a fight / There is an evil feeling / In our brains / But it is nothing new / You know it
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Metallica – Seek & Destroy Covers
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See all of “Seek & Destroy” by Metallica’s covers
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Metallica – Seek & Destroy Samples
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See all of “Seek & Destroy” by Metallica’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Metallica – Overkill
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[Verse 1] / Only way to feel the noise / Is when it is good and loud / So good I can't believe it / Screaming with the crowd / [Chorus] / Don't sweat it / Give it back to you / Don
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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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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 – Damage Case
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While Metallica rehearsed for Lemmy’s 50th Birthday Party at the Whiskey A Go-Go, Los Angeles, they recorded four Motörhead cover songs direct to two-track at The Plant Studios
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Metallica – Seek & Destroy
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The ninth track in Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All album. The song represents someone looking for victims, hence “Seek & Destroy.” The song creates some good beats and good tempo. It
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Metallica – Am I Evil?
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This is a cover version, the original of which is performed by Diamond Head, a largely obscure NWOBHM band that nonetheless had seminal influence on a number of metal acts – most
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Metallica – Too Late Too Late
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While Metallica rehearsed for Lemmy’s 50th Birthday Party at the Whiskey A Go-Go, Los Angeles, they recorded four Motörhead cover songs direct to two-track at The Plant Studios
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Metallica – Stone Dead Forever
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[Intro] / You think you see me in the glass / You think you hear me better listen fast / I think I see you gone to seed / Think your reason is your guilt and greed / [Verse 1
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Metallica – Stone Cold Crazy
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A cover from the proto-thrash Queen song, recorded in 1990 for the Elektra Records 40th Anniversary compilation Rubaiyat. It later received a Grammy Award for Best Metal
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Metallica – The More I See
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[Verse 1] / From where I stand I see / Pain, suffering, and misery / [Chorus] / The more I see (the more I see) / The less, the less I believe / [Verse 2] / From where I stand I
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Metallica – Killing Time
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[Chorus 1] / Sound of gunfire comes through the night / Killing and hatred, it is a terrible sight / Reports come in of the heavy attack / Message is seen, we are moving back / [
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Metallica – Helpless
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Cover of Diamond Head. Metallica played it a lot on the early days, leading to its inclusion in the Garage Days Re-Revisited EP. Years later, they would even perform the song along
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Metallica – Last Caress / Green Hell
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Two songs by The Misfits back-to-back. Both were originally released 3 years apart and thus are vastly different, but according to James Hetfield, they “were just two songs we
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Metallica – Mercyful Fate
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A medley of Mercyful Fate covers performed by Metallica for their 1999 cover double album Garage Inc. At 11:10, it is the longest song that Metallica has ever recorded on a studio
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Metallica – Am I Evil? (Live)
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[Instrumental intro] / [Hammett plays the riff from “Smoke on the Water”] / Ow! Ohoh! Yeah! Oh! / Bet you guys didn’t know we wrote that / [Hammett plays part of “Enter Sandman
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Metallica – Crash Course in Brain Surgery
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[Verse 1] / Look inside and you will see / The words are cutting deep inside my brain / Thunder burning, quickly burning / Knife of words is driving me insane / Insane, yeah / [
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Metallica – The Wait
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[Intro: Lars Ulrich] / 1, 2, 3, 4 / [Verse 1: James Hetfield] / Motives changing, day to day / The fire increases, masks decay / I look at the river, white foam floats down / The
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Metallica – Astronomy
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Originally released by Blue Öyster Cult in 1974 on the “Secret Treaties” album.
“Astronomy” has never been performed live
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Metallica – The Small Hours
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[Intro] / Suck on this / [Verse 1] / Look out at the darkness / And you will see / Just call my name and I'll be there / You cannot touch me / You would not dare / I am the chill
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Metallica – Sabbra Cadabra
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“Sabbra Cadabra” is a cover of Black Sabbath’s song from 1973’s Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath—while also adding part of another song from that album, “A National Acrobat,” during the
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Metallica – The Prince
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This cover of Diamond Head’s “The Prince” first appeared as the b-side to Metallica’s “One” cassette single. It was also included on the European “Harvester of Sorrow” 12" single
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Metallica – Loverman
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The most unexpected version in Garage Inc. – along with plenty of 70s\80s heavy metal and punk, here comes Australian Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, with a song barely 4 years old
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Metallica – Tuesday's Gone
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On December 18, 1997, Metallica went to San Jose’s KSJO, hosting the “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” radio show. They gave an unplugged concert, bootlegged as “Acoustic Metal
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Metallica – Free Speech for the Dumb
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[Guitar Solo] / [Chorus] / Free speech, free speech for the dumb / Free speech, free speech for the dumb / Free speech, free speech for the dumb / Free fucking speech / [Guitar
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The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil
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This song is sung in first person form, with Mick Jagger playing no one else but Satan himself. He documents events through history that could be seen as “works of the devil.” The
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