![]() ![]() All the live stapes from Ride the Lightening deals with death of some form of death. Lars has revealed that when Kill 'Em All was finished, band was obsessed with the concept of death. It was also the first time the band stepped out of the conventional thrash metal roots, and distinguished themselves from the rest. This was the first of many power ballads to be released by Metallica. This song, unlike their previous material on the debut album, has both light and shade with a great mixture of blues rock and heavy metal. "Fade to Black" played a major part in adding a new dimension to Metallica who always enjoyed making heavy noise. ![]() Their first album, Kill 'Em All, gave them great recognition among 'underground' heavy metal movement, but it is their next album, Ride the Lightening, that would help them land on a major record label. ![]() So the group was really feeling down on themselves, and James Hetfield put their experience into words in the form a metal song. To give a little bit of context on the timing, song was written when Metallica's gear was stolen ( this was the first of many times it they went through this ), and they were also thrown off of their manager's house for drinking and partying too much. The song pretty much deals with a person who's about to give up on life. But today the song is considered to be one of the best ballads in the history of rock n' roll. ![]() First power ballad by the legendary heavy metal band Metallica, "Fade to Black" generated much controversy among hardcore thrash metal fans for its "bluesier", acoustic sound. ![]()
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