Metallica - Frantic

"Frantic" is the opening track and second single by heavy metal band Metallica off their 2003 album St. Anger. This song, like many others on St. Anger, is about the band's past struggles with addictions, particularly lead singer James Hetfield's alcohol problem, for which he spent many months in rehab. The lyrics also draw on zen axioms, most notably the Buddhist concept of dukkha brought up by Kirk Hammett: "Birth is pain. Life is pain. Death is pain." These lines may als be a reference to the Samhain song "Macabre" from their Initium album, as the band are fans of Glenn Danzig, Samhain frontman.

During the 2003 live show in Orlando James Hetfield said about Frantic: "This song's about life. Like right fucking now." This show is available as a free download on livemetallica.com. In the DVD "Some Kind of Monster" Lars reveals he wanted to name the band's then untitled album "Frantic". In the end, the album was named St.Anger.

The song was played live at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and debuted in May of that year at the MTV Icon ceremony.

"Frantic" is one of three songs to be played after the "Madly In Anger With The World Tour". The other two are "All Within My Hands" and "St. Anger".
In this song, Lars Ulrich sings this part "Birth is pain, Life is pain, Death is pain, It's all the same".

The song was used in the third season premiere of Smallville, "Exile", during a scene where Clark Kent robs a bank.

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• Metallica
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• Hammett
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[icanbeatyouout]

most people say that St. Anger album sucked, but I fucking love it!!!

I will always have St. Anger on my top list of Albums.

[converseblingbling]

Amazing song <3

[Moshy1Moshy]

I´m sorry, but you guys have to understand that you were born yesterday. Metallica used to be great, It´s nobody´s fault that you live in a time where music has very low standarts. As this crap over here...

[onemillionfluffycats]

vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas

tempus fugit, aeternitas manet

[coldoaisis]

uma das melhores musicas do Metallica, me deixa alucinadao

[Ricardo21188]

this is better than Chuck Norris!

[icanbeatyouout]

@LookTheRiot i agree, first albums are good, idk if all of their tracks are good, but most of them are better than the latest ones, still st. anger is what started me into metal at age of 7, so i loved and will love it forever. I like death magnetic, but as much as i hate to say this, metallica is going through the same that happened to ac/dc "more of the same", even if its their style, i just get tired of the same sound that repeats itself between tracks.

still love them.

[vitaondemand]

singer seems Earl of "My name is Earl" XD

[BoDoMian666]

@zxmmetalfzx how much about art and music do you know? :D ...i think that nothing :P

[MBvolcom92]

@icanbeatyouout lol..... metallica is one of my favorite bands, and thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard!!