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Metal songs use themes from the New Testament Book of Revelation which focus on apocalypse (e.g., Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast"). The metal subgenre with the most emphasis on apocalyptic themes is thrash metal. [29] Black metal song lyrics usually " attack Christianity" using "...apocalyptic language" and "Satanic" elements.
"Mother" is a song by American heavy metal band Danzig. It was originally released in August 1988 as the lead single from their debut album, Danzig. In 1993–1994, almost six years after its original release, a remixed version of the song titled "Mother '93" became a hit on radio and earned Buzz Bin rotation on MTV [1] after a music video incorporating live footage was created to promote the ...
[a] An 8-minute-20-second edit of the song was included in the soundtrack to the 1986 film Manhunter. [14] In 2009, it was named the 24th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. [15] It is also often regarded as an influence on heavy metal music and one of the firsts of the genre. [16] [17]
The lyrics discuss control of anger over one's behavior. However, the theme of the song is based around the San Francisco thrash scene in the 1980s. The most prominent club played by Metallica was the Old Waldorf at 444 Battery Street in downtown San Francisco. [5]
"Born to Be Wild" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first released as a single by Steppenwolf. Although the lyrics do not specifically mention motorcycles, the song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude since being featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider.
"Angel of Death" is the opening track on American thrash metal band Slayer's 1986 album Reign in Blood. The lyrics and music were written by guitarist Jeff Hanneman.They detail the Nazi physician Josef Mengele's human experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
We played that song in front of 30 local kids, like, every weekend. We played that song 30 times. It was a laugh. [5] Nicholas Bullen, writer of the song's four-word lyrics, said that the brevity of "You Suffer" was inspired by Wehrmacht's 1985 song "E!". [6] The song has since been recognized by Guinness World Records as the shortest ever ...
"One" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica, [2] released as the third and final single from the band's fourth studio album, ...And Justice for All (1988). Written by band members James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich , the song portrays a World War I soldier who is severely wounded—arms, legs and jaw blown off by a landmine, blind, deaf ...