"Eye of the Beholder"
Cover of ...And Justice for All
Song by Metallica
from the album ..And Justice for All
Released	September 6, 1988
Recorded	January-May, 1988
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	6:25
Label	Elektra Records
Producer(s)	Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen
..And Justice for All track listing
"Blackened" "...And Justice for All" "Eye of the Beholder" "One" "The Shortest Straw" "Harvester of Sorrow" "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" "To Live is to Die" "Dyers Eve"

Eye of the Beholder is the 3rd track from Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice For All. Metallica - ...And_Justice_for_All_(album) cover. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... ...And Justice for All is Metallicas fourth studio album released August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres, that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... Flemming Razz Rasmussen (born in Denmark in 1958) was the engineer and producer of heavy metal act Metallicas albums Ride The Lightning (1984), Master Of Puppets (1986) and . ... ...And Justice for All is Metallicas fourth studio album released August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... ...And Justice for All is the second track on Metallicas 1988 album . ... One is a song performed by thrash metal band Metallica. ... The Shortest Straw is the fifth track on Metallicas 1988 album . ... Harvester of Sorrow is the sixth song from the Metallica album . ... The Frayed Ends of Sanity is the seventh track on Metallicas 1988 album . ... To Live Is To Die is an instrumental song found on Metallicas fourth major label release . ... Dyers Eve is the final song from the Metallicas 1988 album . ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band, formed on October 28, 1981. ... See also: 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. ... ...And Justice for All is Metallicas fourth studio album released August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records. ...

Lyrically, the song is about the lack of freedom of speech. Eye of the Beholder is notable for its chorus section containing 12/8 time played, not as an ordinary compound quadruple time, but as a syncopated rhythm. The rest of the song is a more conventional 4/4 rhythm at a slower tempo than seen on Metallica's previous three albums. In music, syncopation is the stressing of a normally unstressed beat in a bar or the failure to sound a tone on an accented beat. ... For the popular Tamil film, see Rhythm (film) Rhythm (Greek = flow, or in Modern Greek, style) is the variation of the accentuation of sounds or other events over time. ...

Eye of the Beholder was released as a single in place of Harvester of Sorrow in the United States (actually coming before the One single) but failed to chart. The B-side of the Eye of the Beholder single was a cover of the Budgie song Breadfan. One is a song performed by thrash metal band Metallica. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Budgie is a hard rock band from Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. ...

The song has never been played live in its entirety. However, Eye of the Beholder always formed part of the medleys of songs from ...And Justice For All often played by the band in concert during the 1990s as an alternative to playing full songs that seen as too difficult because of the numerous guitar parts. One such "Justice Medley" was recorded on their 1993 live album Live Shit: Binge & Purge . A medley is a collection of related but different things, served as one. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993) is Metallicas live album containing 3 CDs and 2 VHS tapes (new version: 2 DVDs) from concerts in Mexico City, Seattle and San Diego. ...

Covers

In Flames recorded a cover of Eye of the Beholder on A Metal Tribute to Metallica, a tribute album recorded by various artists besides In Flames. In Flames are a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ... In Flames are a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg. ...