Metallica

thumb|James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California. Metallica was formed in 1981 when vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield responded to an advertisement posted by drummer Lars Ulrich in a local newspaper. The band's current line-up comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Lead guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band. Metallica collaborated over a long period with producer Bob Rock, who produced all of the band's albums from 1990 to 2003 and served as a temporary bassist between the departure of Newsted and the hiring of Trujillo. thumb|I, JimboWales, confess to listening to almost no other music than MetallicA.~ 12 February 2001 Song lyrics thumb|No life 'til leatherWe're gonna kick some ass tonight! All lyrics written by James Hetfield unless noted. Kill 'Em All (1983) No life 'til leatherWe're gonna kick some ass tonight! Hit the Lights When we start to rock we never wanna stop again! Hit the Lights TimeHas taken it's toll on youThe lines that crack your faceFamineYour body it has torn throughWithered in every placePestilenceFor what you had to endureAnd what you have put others throughDeathDeliverance for you for sureThere is nothing you can do The Four Horsemen Living and dying, laughing and cryingOnce you have seen it you will never be the same. Motorbreath So come onJump in the fire! Jump in the Fire, lyrics by James Hetfield and Dave Mustaine Jump by your will or be taken by forceI'll get you either way. Jump in the Fire thumb|But we'll never stopWe'll never quit'Cause we're Metallica But we'll never stopWe'll never quit'Cause we're Metallica Whiplash The leathered armies have prevailedThe Phantom Lord has never failedSmoke is lifting from the groundThe riding volume Metal sound Phantom Lord No mercy for what we are doingNo thought to even what we have doneWe don't need to feel the sorrowNo remorse for the helpless one No Remorse Another day, another deathAnother sorrow, another breath No Remorse Scanning the scene in the city tonightWe're looking for you to start up a fight Seek & Destroy SearchingSeek and destroy! Seek & Destroy Joining together to take on the world with our heavy metalSpreading the message to everyone here, Come let yourself go Metal Militia Ride the Lightning (1984) Do unto others as they have done to you, but what the hell is this world coming to? Fight Fire with Fire Blow the universe into nothingness Fight Fire with Fire Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest Fight Fire with Fire Fight fire with fireEnding is nearFight fire with fireBursting with fear... We all shall die Fight Fire with Fire Who made you God to sayI'll take your life from you Ride the Lightning Guilty as chargedBut damn itThat ain't right! Ride the Lightning Flash before my eyesNow it's time to die Ride the Lightning Burning in my brainI can feel the flame Ride the Lightning Take a look to the skyJust before you dieIt's the last time he will For Whom the Bell Tolls Yesterday seems as though it never existedDeath greets me warmNow I will just say good-bye Fade to Black Life it seems to fade awayDrifting further everydayGetting lost within myselfnothing matters no one else Fade to Black No one but meCan save myselfBut it's too late Fade to Black From deep sleep, I have broken awayNo one knows, no one hears what I say Trapped Under Ice Life is for my own, to live my own way. Escape No damn chains can hold me to the ground! Escape So let it be writtenSo let it be doneI'm sent here by the Chosen oneSo let it be writtenSo let it be doneTo kill the first born Pharaoh's SonI'm Creeping Death! Creeping Death, lyrics by James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett Master of Puppets (1986) Crushing all deceivers, mashing non-believers! Battery thumb|Smashing through the boundariesLunacy has found mecannot stop the battery! Smashing through the boundariesLunacy has found mecannot stop the battery! Battery Taste me, you will see, more is all you need Master of Puppets Master of puppetsI'm pulling your stringsTwisting your mind and smashing your dreams Master of Puppets Master, MasterWhere's the dreams that I've been after? Master, MasterYou promised only liesLaughter, LaughterAll I hear and see is laughterLaughter, LaughterLaughing at my cries Master of Puppets Hell is worth all thatNatural habitatJust a rhyme without a reasonNever-ending mazeDrift on numbered daysNow your life is out of season Master of Puppets Messenger of fear in sightDark deception kills the light! The Thing That Should Not Be Not dead which eternal lieStranger eons death may die! (from H.P. Lovecraft. First appeared in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu" as a line from the book of the dead, "Necronomicon".) The Thing That Should Not Be Fearless wretch, insanityHe watches, lurking beneath the seaGreat old one, forbidden sightHe searches, hunter of the shadows is rising. The Thing That Should Not Be Fearless wretch, insanityHe watches, lurking beneath the seaTime of sleep, has been upsetHis waiting, hunter of the shadows is rising. The Thing That Should Not Be Dream the same thing every night, I see our freedom in my sight, no locked doors, no windows barred, no things to make my brain seem scarred. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) They keep me locked up in this cage, can't they see it's why my brain says rage? Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Mirror stares back hardKill, it's such a friendly word, seems the only way for reaching out again. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Got some death to do! Welcome Home (Sanitarium) No more can they keep us inlisten, damn it! We will win Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Mutiny in the air! Welcome Home (Sanitarium) I was born for dying! Disposable Heroes Back to the front!You will do, what I say, when I sayBack to the front!You will die, when I say, you must dieBack to the Front!You coward, you servant...you blindman. Disposable Heroes Soldier boyMade of clayNow an empty shellTwenty-oneOnly sonbut he served us wellbred to killnot to careDo just as we sayFinished hereGreetings deathHe's yours to take away Disposable Heroes Life planned out before my birth, nothing could I sayhad no chance to see myself, molded day by dayLooking back I realize, nothing have I doneleft to die with only friend.Alone I clench my gun Disposable Heroes Spineless from the start Leper Messiah Send me money, send me greenHeaven you will meetMake a contributionAnd you'll get a better seatBow to leper messiah Leper Messiah Lie! Lie! Lie! Lie! Leper Messiah Honesty is my only Excuse Damage Inc. Slamming throughdon't fuck with razorbackStepping out?You'll feel our hell on your back! Damage Inc. Blood will follow bloodDying time is here(whispering) Damage, Incorporated. Damage Inc. Fuck it all and fucking no regrets! Damage Inc. ...And Justice for All (1988) Blackened is the endWinter it will send Blackened See our motherPut to deathSee our mother die! Blackened FireIs the outcome of hypocrisyDarkest potencyTo the exit of humanityColor our world blackened! Blackened Hammer of Justice crushes youOverpower ...And Justice for All Seeking no truthWinning is allFighting so grim, so true, so real! ...And Justice for All Nothing can save us! ...And Justice for All Freedom of choice is made for you my friendFreedom of speech is words that they will bendFreedom no longer frees you! Eye of the Beholder Truths to you are lies to me Eye of the Beholder I can't remember anything, can't tell if this is true or dream, deep down inside I feel to scream, this terrible silence stops me. One Hold my breath as I wish for deathoh please God wake me! One DarknessImprisoning meAll that I seeAbsolute horrorI cannot liveI cannot dieTrapped in myselfBody, my holding cell...LandmineHas taken my sightTaken my speechTaken my hearingTaken my armsTaken my legsTaken my soulLeft me with life in hell One Suspicion is your nameYour honesty to blamePut dignity to shameDishonor! The Shortest Straw Anger, MiseryYou'll suffer unto me Harvester of Sorrow Drink upShoot inLet the beatings begin Harvester of Sorrow Old habits reappear, fighting the fear of fear, growing conspiracy, everyone's after me, frayed ends of sanity, hear them calling.... hear them calling me! The Frayed Ends of Sanity Twisting under schizophrenia! Falling deep into dementia! The Frayed Ends of Sanity When a man lies he murders some part of the worldThese are the pale deaths which men miscall their livesAll this I cannot bear to witness any longerCannot the kingdom of salvation take me home - borrowed from the chronicles of Thomas the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson To Live Is to Die Dear mother, dear fatherYou clipped my wings before I learned to flyUnspoiled, outspokenI've outgrown that fucking lullaby! Dyers Eve Same thing I've always heard from youdo as I say not as I do! Dyers Eve Innocence, torn from me without your shelterBarred reality, I'm living blindly Dyers Eve I'm in hell without youCannot cope without you twoShocked at the world that I seeInnocent victim please rescue me! Dyers Eve Metallica (1991) Exit lightEnter nightTake my handWe’re off to never never land! Enter Sandman Dreams of warDreams of LiarsDreams of Dragon's FireAnd of things that will bite! Enter Sandman I'm your dream, make you realI'm your eyes when you must stealI'm your pain when you can't feelsad but true Sad but True Hate! I'm you're hate! I'm your hate when you want love! Sad but True You lie so much, you believe yourselfJudge not, lest ye be judged yourself! Holier Than Thou What I've felt, what I've known, never shined through in what I've shownNever be, never see, won't see what might have beenWhat I've felt, what I've known, never shined through in what I've shownNever free, never me, so I dub thee Unforgiven The Unforgiven The Old Man then preparesTo die regretfullyThe old man here is me The Unforgiven Rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond / call me what you will! Wherever I May Roam But I'll take my time anywhereI'm free to speak my mind anywhereAnd I'll redefine anywhere. Anywhere I roamWhere I lay my head is homeCarved upon my stoneMy body lies but still I roam Wherever I May Roam Love it or leave it Don't Tread on Me On through the neverWe must goOn through the neverOut to theEdge of foreverWe must goOn through the neverThen never comes Through the Never "Forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters Nothing Else Matters Never cared for what they sayNever cared for games they playNever cared for what they doNever cared for what they knowAnd I know Nothing Else Matters Wildness is the preservation of the worldso seek the wolf in thyself! Of Wolf and Man Pride you tookPride you feelPride that you felt when you'd kneel The God That Failed Broken is the promise, betrayalThe healing hand, held back by the deepened nailFollow the God that failed! The God That Failed You just stood there screamingFearing no one would listen to you My Friend of Misery You insist that the weight of the world, it should be on your shoulders My Friend of Misery Home is not a home, it becomes a hellTurning it into your prison cell The Struggle Within Load (1996) Outta my wayOutta my dayOut of your mind and into mineInto no oneInto not oneInto your step but out of time Ain't My Bitch Damn it all downDamn it unboundDamn it all down to hell again Ain't My Bitch I'm gonna make you, shake you, take youI'm gonna be the one who breaks you 2 X 4 Friction, fusion, retribution! 2 X 4 The higher you arethe farther you fallthe longer the walkthe farther you crawl The House Jack Built Open my eyes just to have them closed again. The House Jack Built thumb|It hates you so hold meuntil it sleeps It hates you so hold meuntil it sleeps Until It Sleeps So tear me open, but beware! There's things inside without a care. Until It Sleeps Then it all crashes downAnd you break your crownAnd you point your finger but there's no one around!Just want one thing, just to play the kingThen the castles crumble and you're left with just a nameWhere's your crown, King Nothing! King Nothing Careful what you wishCareful what you sayCareful what you wish, you may regret itCareful what you wish, you just might get it! King Nothing Mama they try and break me Hero of the Day The window burnsTo light the way back home Hero of the Day Caught under wheels rollOh the bleeding of me Bleeding Me I'm diggin' my way... I'm digging my way to something better. Bleeding Me The man takes another bulletHe's been fooled again Cure I drown without a seaLungs fill with sorrowLungs fill with misery Poor Twisted Me Ain't gonna waste my hateBut I'm so greedy when they sayBetter to give than to receive Wasting My Hate Son, your life's an open book, don't close it 'fore it's done Mama Said) The brightest flame burns quickest Mama Said Mama, now I'm coming home, I'm not all you wished of me Mama Said Forgive me father for I have sinnedFind me guilty of the life I feel within Thorn Within All things wash awayBut blood stained the sun red today Ronnie The more I search, the more my needFor youThe more I bless, the more I bleedFor you The Outlaw Torn Reload (1997) thumb|Gimme fuelGimme fireGimme that which I desire Gimme fuelGimme fireGimme that which I desire Fuel Fuck'em manWhite knuckle tight Fuel Fortune fame, mirror vain, gone insaneBut the Memory Remains The Memory Remains Ash to ashdust to dustfade to black The Memory Remains Snake! I am the snake!Tempting, that bite you take! Devil's Dance Black heart scarring darker still The Unforgiven II I take this key and I bury it in you, because you're Unforgiven too The Unforgiven II Oh, can't stop this train from rollingOh, no, nothing brings me downNo, I couldn't stop this train from rolling on and on onNo, no, forever holding on Better Than You Don't go looking for snakes Slither See you crawling in Slither Draw leadPiss wineSink teethAll mineStoke fireBreak neckSuffer through thisCheat on death Carpe Diem Baby Live to winDare to fail Carpe Diem Baby Swing the noose againPierce the apple skinYou bit more than you needNow you're choking on the bad seed Bad Seed Off the veil, stand revealedBring it on, break the sealAt the mercy, the cat is outSpit it up, spit it out Bad Seed Steal dream and give to youShoplift a thought or two Where the Wild Things Are I'm the filthy one on Bourbon Street, you walk on byI'm the little boy that pushes hard and makes him cry Prince Charming My eyes seek realityMy fingers seek my veins Low Man's Lyric So I cry to the alley way, confess all to the rain, but I lie, straight to the mirror, one I've broken to match my face. Low Man's Lyric The trash fire is warm, but nowhere safe from the storm, and I can't bear to see, what I've let me be, so wicked and worn Low Man's Lyric Throw all your bullets in the fireAnd run like hell Attitude Why cure the fever? Whatever happened to sweat? Attitude Renew our faith which way we canTo fall in love with life again Fixxxer St. Anger (2003) My life-style determines my death-style Frantic Birth is painLife is painDeath is painIt's all the same Frantic You live it or lie it. Frantic Fuck it all and fucking no regrets. St. Anger I'm madly in anger with you! St. Anger This is the voice of silence no more Some Kind of Monster Are we the peopleSome kind of monster Some Kind of Monster This monster lives! Some Kind of Monster Ominous, I am in us! Some Kind of Monster My court is in session and now I slam my gravel down! Dirty Window I'm judge and I'm jury and I'm executioner too. Dirty Window I'm ok, just go awayInto distance let me fadeI'm ok, just go awayI'm ok, but please don't stray too far Invisible Kid The motherfuckers got in my headtried to make me someone else instead My World Not only do I not know the answerI don't even know what the question is My World Shoot me again, I ain't dead yet. Shoot Me Again All the shots I takeI spit back at you.All the shit you fakeComes back to haunt you.All the shots, all the shots.All the shots I takeWhat difference did I make?All the shots I takeI spit back at you. Shoot Me Again She holds my hand and I lie to get a smile Sweet Amber Wash your back so you don't stab mine. Sweet Amber Cross my heart hope not to dieSwallow evil, ride the skyI lose myself in a crowded roomYou fool, you fool, it'll be here soon The Unnamed Feeling Get the fuck out of hereI just wanna get the fuckaway from meI rage, I glazeI hurt I hateI hate it allwhy why why me? The Unnamed Feeling Tear it down! Strip the layers off! Purify Truth and darePeeling back the skinAcid washGhost whiteUltra cleanWanna be skeletonClear eyesDiamond eyesStrip the past of mineMy sweet turpentineSuper white bonesBones of you and I Purify I'll die if I let gocontrol is lovelove is control All Within My Hands I will only let you breatheMy air that you receiveThen we'll see if I let you love me All Within My Hands Death Magnetic (2008) Almost like your lifealmost like your endless fightcurse the day is longrealize you don't belongdisconnect somehownever stop the bleeding nowalmost like your fightand there it wentalmost like your life! That Was Just Your Life Drop the hourglass of timeSpilling sand, we will not findAs we gather here todayWe bid farewellThe slave becomes the master The End of the Line Death Contagious Deity The End of the Line They scratch meThey scrape meThey cut and rape me! Broken, Beat & Scarred You riseYou fallYou're down and you rise againWhat dont kill ya make ya more strong Broken, Beat & Scarred Love is a four-letter wordAnd never spoken hereLove is a four-letter wordhere in this prison. The Day That Never Comes I suffer this no longerI'll put an end toThis I swearThis I swearthe sun will shineThis I swear!This I swear! ThisISwear! The Day That Never Comes We hunt you down without mercyhunt you down all nightmare long All Nightmare Long Still liesimmolationstill liesinfamyHallucinationHeresyStill you runWhat's to comeWhat's to be? All Nightmare Long SuicideI've already diedyou're just the funeral I've been waiting forCyanideLiving dead insidebreak this empty shell forever more. Cyanide Say is that rain, or are they tears?They stain your concrete face for yearsThe crying weeping shedding strifeYear after year, life after life Cyanide How can I be lost if I've got nowhere to go?Search for Seas of Gold, how come it's got so cold?How can I be lost? In remembrance I reliveSo how can I blame you, when it's me I can't forgive? The Unforgiven III Forgive me...Forgive me not...Forgive me...Forgive me not...Forgive me...Forgive me not...Forgive me...Forgive me! Why can't I forgive me! The Unforgiven III Judas lives recite this vowI’ve become your new god now! The Judas Kiss Deadly visionProphecy revealDeath MagneticPulling closer still My Apocalypse Tyrant awaken my apocalypse!Demon awaken my apocalypse!Heaven awaken my apocalypse!Suffer foreverMy apocalypse! My Apocalypse Other Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train comin' your way No Leaf Clover Squeeze the world, and drip it down my throat again! -Human, from the 1999 live album S&M Coming up for air! -Human Do you bury me when I'm gone? Do you teach me while I'm here? Just as soon as I belong, then it's time I disappear! I Disappear Hey hey hey, here I go now, here I go into new days. I Disappear Quotes about Metallica If there’s one band that’s had both an astronomically massive impact on metal and heavy music, and is also the single biggest band in the heavy metal genre, it’s Metallica. [...] To date, no other metal band has achieved the same popularity and widespread critical acclaim as Metallica. [...] Metallica’s achievements are so far and above any other metal act that it would be seen as controversial to not consider them as a part of heavy metal’s Mount Rushmore. As long as metal music continues to exists, Metallica have and always will be one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Quentin Thane Singer of Forbes In the 37 years since Metallica’s explosive 1983 debut, Kill ’Em All, Hammett and Hetfield have established themselves as metal’s quintessential guitar tar alliance. [...] Hetfield played buzz-saw guitar like a disgruntled logger jacked on Jägermeister. And although Hammett’s internecine solos seemed, at times, to have been beamed from Mars, the point was clear: a Metallica that played together nicely would be a lie. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield showcase two of the most important qualities that make up superb metal songwriter — air-tight rhythm playing and intricate yet memorable guitar leads. [...] From a guitar standpoint, much of Metallica’s influences come from early Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, and in many ways these acts walked so Metallica could run. There’s are a number of reasons as to why Metallica are the biggest metal band in the world, but for the most part it all comes down to their songs and more specifically Hetfield’s and Hammett’s approach to the guitar. Quentin Thane Singer of Forbes External links Metallica Official Website Official Metallica Merchandise Metallica Category:Thrash metal Category:Heavy metal bands Category:NME Awards winners