Metallica

Released: September 12, 2008

Songwriter: Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett Robert Trujillo James Hetfield

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Claustrophobic
Crawl out of this skin
Hard explosive
Reach in, pull that pin

[Bridge 1]
Feel thy name, extermination
Desecrate, inhale the fire

[Chorus 1]
So we cross that line
Into the grips
Total eclipse
Suffer unto my apocalypse

[Verse 2]
Deadly vision
Prophecy reveal
Death magnetic
Pulling closer still

[Bridge 2]
Fear thy name, annihilation
Desolate, inhale the fire

[Chorus 2]
So we cross that line
Into the grips
Total eclipse
Suffer unto my apocalypse
My apocalypse

Go

[Bridge 3]
Crushing metal, ripping skin
Tossing body mannequin
Spilling blood, bleeding gas
Mangle flesh, snapping spine
Dripping bloody valentine
Shattered face, spitting glass
Split apart
Split apart
Split apart
Split
Spit it out!

[Verse 3]
What makes me drift a little bit closer?
Dead man takes the steering wheel
What makes me know it's time to cross over?
Worn to repeat until I feel

See through the skin the bones they all rattle
Future and past they disagree
Flesh falls away the bones they all shatter
I start to see the end in me
See the end in me

[Verse 4]
Claustrophobic
Climb out of this skin
Hard explosive
Reach in, pull that pin

Violate, annihilate
Wounds unto my eyes
Obliterate, exterminate
Life itself denied

[Bridge 4]
Fear thy name as hell awakens
Destiny, inhale the fire

[Chorus 3]
But we've crossed that line
Into the grips
Total eclipse
Suffer unto my apocalypse

[Outro]
Tyrant awaken my apocalypse
Demon awaken my apocalypse
Heaven awaken my apocalypse
Suffer forever my apocalypse

Like Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden before, Metallica has managed to transcend the genre from which it was originated. To their metal fanbase they are considered one of the Big Four bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer; however Metallica is also one of the most commercially successful bands in all of rock music, having sold 110 million records including the 16x platinum Metallica, which stands as both the highest selling metal album of all time and most successful album of the past 25 years.

Metallica was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles after drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advert in the classifieds newspaper The Recycler, which was answered by singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield. They were soon joined by lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, who later formed Megadeth after being kicked out of the band because of his substance and alchohol abuse, and bassist Ron McGovney, a childhood friend of Hetfield. These two early members were replaced with Cliff Burton (who relocated the band to San Francisco) and ex-Exodus lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett to form the band’s classic line-up.

The band released three albums, 1983’s Kill ‘Em All, 1984’s Ride The Lightning and 1986’s Master of Puppets before the tragic and untimely death of Cliff Burton on September 27th, 1986.

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