Metallica - St. Anger

Metallica - St. Anger

Metallica finally gets to express their musical desires with St. Anger. With guitars dropped to C tuning, and louder drums, Metallica gets what they have wanted for a long time.

"St. Anger" was the first single from Metallica's 8th studio album, St. Anger.
Lyrically, the song deals with controlling anger and channeling it into positive energy. Interestingly, the lines "Fuck it all, fucking no regrets; I hit the lights on these dark sets" are loosely recycled from the song "Damage, Inc." (from the Master of Puppets album) and also reference "Hit The Lights", the opening track for their debut album Kill 'Em All.
The "St. Anger" video, directed by The Malloys, was shot in San Quentin State Prison, California. The band played at various locations in the area to hundreds of enthusiastic inmates. It is also the first Metallica video to feature bassist Robert Trujillo who joined just prior to filming. This song was used as the theme for WWE's SummerSlam in 2003 (the music video was included in the pay-per-view DVD).
The song was also nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in 2003, but lost to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong".

ST. ANGER

Saint Anger 'round my neck
Saint Anger 'round my neck
He never gets respect
Saint Anger 'round my neck

You flush it out, you flush it out
Saint Anger 'round my neck
You flush it out, you flush it out
He never gets respect

Fuck it all and no regrets
I hit the lights on these dark sets
I need a voice to let myself
To let myself go free
Fuck it all and fuckin' no regrets
I hit the lights on these dark sets
Medallion noose, I hang myself
Saint Anger 'round my neck

I feel my world shake
Like an earth quake
It's hard to see clear
Is it me? Is it fear?

I'm madly in anger with you

And I want my anger to be healthy
And I want my anger just for me
And I need my anger not to control
And I want my anger to be me

And I need to set my anger free

Set it free

Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich,
Kirk Hammett, and Bob Rock
Copyright © 2003 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
and EMI Blackwood Music, INC./Mahina Hoku Publishing
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

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• St.
• Anger
• Thrash
• Metal
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• Sound
• Thrash-Metal

[LandoMan09]

St. Anger to me is the album that makes me feel better when i'm in a shit mood anyone else agree?

[ryguy2790]

how can you NOT like St. Anger? album AND song

[PRAVILNIIPACAN777]

That "you flush it out" part is performed by... no, not Trujillo or Hammett. HULK HOGAN HIMSELF.

Deal with it.

[ajocean]

fellow Metallica fans let me say this: St. Anger is an awesome album compared to the res of the stuff that is being released by other in this genre HOWEVER by Metallica standards it is SHIT. I worship the ground Metallica walks upon this is an opinion I am not dissing this magnificent band but just look at their past, every single album was fantastic Well you cant have a track record like that and then come up with this crap. I hope we can put this album behind us and have more of the usual. .W.

[Randomness84726]

@machwon Dude, your good. I didn't realize how much this sounds like SOAD

[Randomness84726]

@laeneization Fuck you hater. This is amazing stuff

[Rellik117]

@landoman09 thats almost everything by metallica

[asethgreeniz]

WTF this sounds as nu metal ._.

[annoythefish]

@machwon holy shit mind=blown

[ronan32]

st. anger is fucking awesome how can you think this is bad

[freedwert1]

@komarats me2 bro, me2.

[komarats]

This intro made me think my right headphone is broken.