Metallica borrowed the title “Ride the Lightning,” about a possessed death-row inmate, from Stephen King’s The Stand, and a few riffs for the song from one of founding lead guitarist Dave Mustaine’s leftover
The lyrics to "The God That Failed" are his reaction to the circumstances of her death and the overall theme of faith. "My Friend of Misery" On Metallica’s prior album ...And Justice For All, Jason Newsted’s bass is almost inaudible. Bob Rock changed that, beefing it up considerably...
Metallica’s members have survived some of the dark themes — death, destruction and desolation — that threads through its music, and their induction was a chance to celebrate their legacy as perhaps the hardest band to ever walk the earth. The event also served as a reunion as bassist Jaso...
After years of wild thrash metal, Metallica simplified everything and became the biggest band in the world. The Black Album’s dark, muscular sound would permanently alter the course of heavy music.经过多年的敲击金属,金属乐队简化了一切,成为当时世界上最成功的乐队。《The Black Album(Metallica同名...
With engineer Greg Fidelman doing day-to-day sessions as Rubin oversaw everything, Death Magnetic was released on September 12, 2008. A more organically made album, it was the perfect fusion of Metallica’s early past and their increasingly experimental future, and the popular response was ...
Eight years ago I reviewed Metallica’s last album, Death Magnetic in RC, giving it three stars and suggesting more disciplined self-editing was needed. The same still applies now – do they not read Record Collector…? Album,Reviews
James Hetfield wrote a song about his mom’s death. She had died from cancer when James was still a teenager refusing medical assistance, thinking that God would save her. The anger, sadness, isolation, and pain caused by his family’s extreme religious beliefs are reflected in the song ‘...
‘We’re going to get a cab for the band.’ And when he said ‘the band,’ it was like ‘Oh, God, the band? We’re not a band right now.”‘ In truth, Metallica had no intentions of breaking up after Burton’s death. “If we had hung it up,” says Hammett, “Cliff would...
“Shoot Me Again” is crying out for an explosive lead break, if only to distract from the worrisome nu-metal lurch of Hetfield’s “Shoot me again, I ain’t dead yet...” refrain. (DL) 100. The Unforgiven III - Death Magnetic (2008) Warner Bros. 100. "The Unforgiven III" - ...
Free Essays from Bartleby | The History of Metallica As the nineteen seventies came to a close so did many of the musical styles of that decade. While some...