MAY’Tallica Day 10 – A Metallica Power Ballad
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 02: Metallica (L-R) Robert Trujillo, James Hetfield, perform at the 5th Annual Revolver Golden Gods Award Show at Club Nokia on May 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
I cringe to even use the phrase “power balled”, but I guess it might be. Fade To Black took Metallica fans aback when it came out on Ride The Lightning in 1984. I mean, an acoustic guitar on a Metallica song? Yes, and it’s become one of their biggest songs. It’s one song they play at just about every concert they perform.
I recall playing it as the last song on a heavy metal radio station in 1991. Classic Metallica!
Fade To Black
Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further, every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters, no one else I have lost the will to live Simply nothing more to give There is nothing more for me Need the end to set me freeThings not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me Deathly loss, this can’t be real I cannot stand this hell I feel Emptiness is filling me To the point of agony Growing darkness, taking dawn I was me, but now he’s goneNo one but me
Can save myself But it’s too late Now I can’t think Think why I should even tryYesterday seems as though
It never existed Death greets me warm Now I will just say goodbyehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcoUvu0mGog
-Meltdown-
Flashback: Metallica at the Pontiac Silverdome in 2003
Meltdown started on the mighty WRIF on the evening of Halloween, 1995. Technically, his first on-air shift was the morning of November 1st. Moving to the Motor City from Buffalo, N.Y., he has built a career and family. Over his almost three-decade stint at RIFF, he's had the privilege to work with some of the biggest personalities in Detroit radio history. He boasts of being just the second-afternoon drive jock in the station's illustrious 53-year history.
Along with his love for rock music and attending concerts, he's also an avid Harley-Davidson enthusiast and hockey player. He plays year-round and manages to squeeze in a few charity games throughout the year. Meltdown writes about the Detroit Red Wings, rock music, and Detroit concert venues.
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