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"Enter Sandman" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the opening track and lead single from their self-titled fifth album , released in 1991. The music was written by Kirk Hammett , James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich .
The lead single "Enter Sandman" was the first song to be written and the last to receive lyrics. [10] On October 4, 1990, a demo of " Sad but True " was recorded. In October 1990, Metallica began recording at One on One Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, to record the album, and also at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver ...
Metallica collaborated with Lou Reed for the concept album Lulu, which was released in 2011. Metallica have recorded cover versions of a number of songs by English group Diamond Head. "Die, Die My Darling" and "Last Caress/Green Hell" are Misfits covers originally written by Glenn Danzig.
"King Nothing" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1996 album Load, released on January 7, 1997. The song was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett. The song starts on a bass riff which develops into the main riff of the song. A single of "King Nothing" was released in the United States.
Cunning Stunts is a live album by heavy metal band Metallica.It was released in 1998 on DVD and VHS formats, and in Japan released on LaserDisc in 1999. [2]The DVD features concert footage, band interviews, a documentary, behind the scenes footage, and a photo gallery consisting of approximately 1,000 photos taken by Anton Corbijn, some of which were used in the album sleeves for Reload.
Changes were made to the lyrics of some songs, most notably the removal of the second verse and chorus of "The Thing That Should Not Be" and playing the third verse in its place. The "S" in the stylized "S&M" on the album cover is a backwards treble clef , while the "M" is taken from Metallica's logo.
The band had recorded songs on earlier albums in tunings lower than E: "The God That Failed" (Metallica) was in E♭, and "Sad but True" (Metallica) and "The Thing That Should Not Be" (Master of Puppets) were in D tuning. Hetfield also felt that the change to E♭ was a bonus, as it was easier to perform string bends in the riffs. [16]
Four of the songs from this particular session were later released as B-sides on various album singles. Contrary to popular belief, the demo for "The Unforgiven" was not from this session, as the song hadn’t been finished yet. The version of "Holier Than Thou" that appeared on the "Enter Sandman" single was not recorded at this session either ...