Metallica: Fade To Black (1984) - Song Review

The team that brought: 'Fade To Black' to life!

Growing up I have had a ton of musical interests, having grown up listening to almost everything... Including, 'Classical', 'Rock', 'Rap' & even, 'Country', but one of my favorite genre's that I have personally come to enjoy the most is probably, 'Heavy Metal'!

Besides the darker overtones (something that I have found the I have come to really enjoy in the books I read, and the movies I watch as well,) It also has an excitement to it, that I have to say that I really just have not felt with in the tempo of the music quite like I have with heavy metal!

Now you might be wondering why I mention this... Well the truth is, is, 'Metallica', helped get me interested in Heavy Metal, and the song, 'Fade to Black' from their album, 'Ride The Lightening' (1984) helped keep me in it!

From left: Cliff Burton, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett during their, 'Ride The Lightening' run!

What makes this song so great you ask? Well the truth is, is this song can be rather depressing if you let it... But it also has a sort of fiendish glee to it... What I mean... Is this song is sort of like watching a surrealist horror movie... Where everything is not quite right, and the world that you are watching it in is scary and stormy, but it is a total blast to watch, (or in this case of this album... Listen to!)

And with this being one of the albums that Cliff Burton (He is probably one of their most celebrated bassists,) worked on before he died, it makes this song one of the better ones to try out if you are planning on trying out there music!

And for the true fans, enjoy, lyrics to: Fade To Black, by: Metallica!

Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else

I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free

Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel

Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone

No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
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