The Playlist of Life --- Trollheart's resurrected Journal

The Batlord · 10-28-2013, 10:21 AM

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The title track is up next, and it's one of those eight-minuters I mentioned. Big hard guitar intro with both Hetfield and Hammet working overtime, Lars Ulrich bashing out an energetic rhythm on the drumkit, a lot of energy and anger in the vocal when Hetfield comes in. Reminds me of a cross between Tank and Iron Maiden, then about halfway in with get a lovely laidback guitar piece that's classic Lizzy or Maiden, slowing everything down but still keeping the heavy aspect of the song. A very politically-charged lyric of course, and ties in nicely with the album artwork. A storming solo from, I assume, Kirk Hammet, and a big evil laugh at the end to bring it all to a close. Impressive.

It's about cocaine.

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I think it may be slide guitar that opens "The thing that should not be", then it marches along on the back of solid guitar and percussion and takes as its lyrical inspiration "The Lord of the Rings", instantly making Metallica a favourite with nerds, and also making being a nerd cool. Great grinding rhythm to this and it really suits the subject matter. Everything slows down then for "Welcome home (Sanitarium)" with some rising guitar work at the opening and a less frenzied vocal from Hetfield, though of course it does speed up and Hammet goes a little wild on the frets, which is all good. Great powerful dramatic ending too. On we go, into "Disposable heroes", another eight-minute epic. Again opening with a huge guitar fest, and it rattles along nicely with another heavy political lyric as you would expect.

Actually it's from H.P. Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulhu".

Trollheart · 10-28-2013, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

It's about cocaine.

Really? You're the expert but I thought it was, you know, generals sitting in their offices while ordering the troops to their deaths...

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Actually it's from H.P. Lovecraft's "Call of Cthulhu".

Then why do they keep talking about Mordor??

Engine · 10-28-2013, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Then why do they keep talking about Mordor??

They never mention Mordor in that song. Perhaps you mistook their use of the word "immortal"?

Trollheart · 10-28-2013, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

They never mention Mordor in that song. Perhaps you mistook their use of the word "immortal"?

Could very well be. Dammit! There goes a whole line of reasoning then. Like the time I mistook the line in Toto's "Africa" for "there's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do..." !!!

Ah, nuts!
Thanks though Engine: suppose I should check the lyrics before commenting on them.