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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 – Enter Sandman
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The lead single from Metallica’s commercially successful self-titled album, “Enter Sandman” was certified platinum, selling over 1 million copies. The song was Metallica’s biggest
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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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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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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 – 72 Seasons
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[Verse 1] / Feeding on the wrath of man / Shot down, traumatic / Time haunted by the past / Long gone, dogmatic / Although the die is cast / Shot down, volcanic / But what is gone
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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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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 – 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 – Through the Never
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A reflection upon the universe and how mankind has taken its place in it, along with its never ending appetite when it comes to thinking about the unknown and seeking knowledge and
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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 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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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – The Struggle Within
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Based on the the melancholy lyrics, it seems the narrator of the song has “A Struggle Within” himself that has consumed him and his mind, consisting of a feeling: probably anxiety
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Metallica – The God That Failed
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This entire song is about James Hetfield’s mother and her refusal of cancer treatment because of her Christian Science beliefs. The beliefs are that you should not be healed by
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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 – Fixxxer
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This song is about this father who did something he is willing to take back. This is what leads to the protagonist wanting to leave the Earth from what he did.
Also, from the
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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 – St. Anger
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“St. Anger” is about someone who’s been living with anger all their life and that person’s wish to be set free from its grasp.
It is the lead single and the second track on
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Metallica – Phantom Lord
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Despite being known as one of the band’s most underrated songs, “Phantom Lord” is a driving thrash classic from Metallica’s debut album, Kill ‘Em All. The Phantom Lord mentioned
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Metallica – Hero of the Day
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The sixth track from Metallica’s 1996 album, Load. Fittingly, its aggressive yet delicate sound reflect its sensitive and wrath-inducing subject matter. Although laden with
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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 – Until It Sleeps
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“Until It Sleeps” is the first single and the fourth song from Metallica’s 1996 album Load. It was written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. It was the band’s first number one
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