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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 .
For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow [1] is a 1992 film featuring live performances by rock and heavy metal bands AC/DC, Metallica, The Black Crowes, Pantera, and E.S.T. [] in the Tushino Airfield in Moscow, during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 December 2024. 1991 studio album by Metallica Metallica Studio album by Metallica Released August 12, 1991 (1991-08-12) Recorded October 6, 1990 – June 16, 1991 Studio One on One, Los Angeles Genre Heavy metal Length 62: 40 Label Elektra Producer James Hetfield Bob Rock Lars Ulrich Metallica ...
This 90-minute video shows how Metallica and their producer Bob Rock worked their way through making the Metallica album. It also includes the making of the video for "Enter Sandman" and also a listening party for invited fans to come and listen to the album in full. The video as well highlights tensions between Bob Rock and Metallica.
Metallica went on the festival tour a fourth time. The last concert of the tour, held on September 28 at Tushino Airfield in Moscow , was described as "the first free outdoor Western rock concert in Soviet history" and had a crowd estimated between 500,000 and 3,500,000 people, [ 29 ] [ 30 ] with some unofficial estimates as high over 2,000,000.
One of his riffs was used on "Enter Sandman" - which went on to become one of Metallica's most popular songs. It was the first track and the first single on the band's self-titled album (also known as The Black Album ), and was ranked 399th on Rolling Stone ' s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . [ 17 ]
The band was at a commercial peak, following the release of their fifth and most commercially successful album Metallica and its breakthrough hit "Enter Sandman". The leg of the tour overlapped with the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, at which Metallica performed a short set. The 1991 European leg was part of the Monsters of Rock festival.
The video contains old footage of Metallica concerts as well as a performance of the song in Metallica's San Francisco headquarters which is included in its entirety on the St. Anger DVD. In some regions, such as the US, the EP was bundled with a T-shirt featuring the artwork.