Metallica

Released: November 23, 1999

Featuring: San Francisco Symphony

Songwriter: Lars Ulrich Kirk Hammett James Hetfield

Producer: Michael Kamen Lars Ulrich James Hetfield Bob Rock

[Intro]
1,2
1,2,3,4
Rurh![x16]

[Verse 1]
Off through the new day's mist I run
Out from the new day's mist I have come
I hunt
Therefore I am
Harvest the land
Taking of fallen lamb

Off through the new day's mist I run
Out from the new day's mist I have come
We shift
Pulsing with the earth
Company we keep
Roaming the land while you sleep

[Chorus]
Shapeshift, nose to the wind
Shapeshift, feeling I've been
Move swift, all senses clean
Earth's gift
Back to the meaning
(Back to the meaning) of life

[Verse 2]
Bright is the moon high in starlight
Chill is the air, cold as steel tonight
We shift
Call of the wild
Fear in your eyes
It's later than you realized

[Chorus]
Shapeshift, nose to the wind
Shapeshift, feeling I've been
Move swift, all senses clean, baby
Earth's gift
Back to the meaning
(Back to the meaning) of life

Rurh![x8]

Oooh!

[Guitar solo]

[Break]
Got any wolves out there?
Whooooo!
I feel a change
Back to a better day
(Shapeshift)
Hair stands on the back of my neck
(Move swift)
In wildness is the preservation of the world
So seek the wolf in thyself

[Outro]
Shapeshift, nose to the wind
Shapeshift, feeling I've been
Move swift all senses clean
Earth's gift
Back to the meaning
(Back to the meaning)
Of wolf and man

Oo yeah!

[Wolf call]

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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