Metallica (S & M) - For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part 15)

S&M (an abbreviation of 'Symphony and Metallica' as well as a play-on-words for sadomasochism) is a live album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. It was recorded on April 21-22, 1999 at The Berkeley Community Theatre. This is the final Metallica release to feature Jason Newsted as the current bassist (as he later appeared on the Six Feet Down Under EP, though not as the current bassist).

S&M contains performances of Metallica songs with additional symphonic accompaniment, which was composed by Michael Kamen, who also conducted the orchestra during the concert. The idea to combine heavy metal with an epic classical approach, as James Hetfield has stated repeatedly, was an idea of Cliff Burton. Burton's love of classical music, especially of Johann Sebastian Bach, can be traced back to many instrumental parts and melodic characteristics in Metallica's songwriting including songs from Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets. The other inspiration was Deep Purple's 1969 Concerto for Group and Orchestra. Purple revived their hybrid musical performance in 1999's Live at the Royal Albert Hall after being notified that Metallica were doing theirs earlier that year.
In addition to songs from previous albums spanning Ride the Lightning through ReLoad, there are two new compositions: "No Leaf Clover" and "−Human", as well as a symphonic cover of "The Ecstasy of Gold" by Ennio Morricone. "No Leaf Clover" has since been performed by Metallica in concert, using a recording of the orchestral prelude. "−Human", credited as "Minus Human", was included in the soundtrack of the Electronic Arts game NHL 99, but has never subsequently been performed.
Several other songs, including "Wasting My Hate", "The Unforgiven", and "Fade to Black", were considered for selection, but were eventually dropped as it was decided by both Metallica and Kamen that they weren't well suited for symphonic accompaniment. On the S&M DVD documentary, Metallica and Kamen can be seen and heard discussing the orchestration for the Anti-Nowhere League and Metallica favourite cover-song "So What", though it's obvious both parties were enjoying a good joke and had no intentions of performing the song.
Changes were made to the lyrics of some songs, most notably the removal of the second verse and chorus of "The Thing That Should Not Be" and playing the third verse in its place.
The "S" in the stylized "S&M" on the album cover is a backwards treble clef, while the "M" is taken from Metallica's logo.

Track listing

Disc one:
1. "The Ecstasy of Gold"
2. "The Call of Ktulu"
3. "Master of Puppets"
4. "Of Wolf and Man"
5. "The Thing That Should Not Be"
6. "Fuel"
7. "The Memory Remains"
8. "No Leaf Clover" (previously unreleased)
9. "Hero of the Day"
10. "Devil's Dance"
11. "Bleeding Me"

Disc two:
1. "Nothing Else Matters"
2. "Until It Sleeps"
3. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
4. "-Human" (previously unreleased)
5. "Wherever I May Roam"
6. "The Outlaw Torn"
7. "Sad But True"
8. "One"
9. "Enter Sandman"
10. "Battery"

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[carson101able1]

lyrics MAKE HIS FIGHT ON THE HILLS IN THE EARLY DAY,CONSTANT CHILL DEEP INSIDE. SHOUTING GUN ON THE RUN THROUGH THE ENDLESS GRAY, ON THEY FIGHT, FOR THAY ARE RIGHT, YES, BUT WHOS TO SAY. FOR A HILL MEN WOULD KILL, WHY? THEY DO KNOW STIFFENED WOUNDS TEST THEIR PRID. MEN OF FIVE STILL ALIVE THROUGH THE RAGING GLOW GONE INSANE FROM THE PAIN THAT THEY SURELY KNOW. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS TIME MARCHES ON. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

[Powerslave94]

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

...and from the female perspective, James looks pretty sexy in this ;3

[espantapajaros33]

3:40 she has no idea of what theyre saying XD

[espantapajaros33]

@Powerslave94 Yeah xD

[Powerslave94]

@espantapajaros33 You know it :D

[espantapajaros33]

@Powerslave94 agreed

[EvilFartHead69]

You know this is good stuff when You're getting chills.

Metallica forever! \m/

[rad458]

F**** Yeah!

[DalleDayul]

@masterofcartons It's Metallica! What did you expect?

[masterofcartons]

Epic !

[MrChaosblitz]

I thinh it tolls for metallica