Firstly, let me just say that I do not like this song. at all. Easily the worst song on the CD, if not the worst Metallica song. I like the riffs and the energy it has, but frankly its some of James' worst lyrical and vocal work ever. I was very tempted to leave this out of my edits and pretend it never existed and just have a nice 10 track edited CD. What stopped me though is the fact that while its a horrible song, its still a Metallica song and still a St. Anger song, and I decided to at least give it a little love and see what it turned in to. That being said I'm pretty pleased with the result. Still a bad song but I can tolerate it now.
There was a lot to cut from this one; mainly just in the form of riffs. This song had way to many pointless repeating riff parts that go nowhere and do nothing; the epitome of what people give this album shit for. And the kicker is it was only a 5 minute song! First thing I did was clean up the riffs, then created a new ending. The old one was just a waste. I then shortened the first 2 choruses and through the magic of editing removed that vocal bit after both chrouses where James screams (horridly) "PURIFYYyYyyy". What we have left over is a close to 4 minute punkish sounding song. Shitty lyrics yes, but now it actually flows and has more power to it. From total shit, to bad but enjoyable if you're in the right mood, I suppose. Original track length: 5:14. New length: 3:50
i like metallica but this sucks
TheGonzalopunk 11 months ago 4
the end of the song is way better than the original
ArtQuakedoom95x4 1 year ago 4