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Encyclopedia > Fade to Black (song)
"Fade to Black"
Single by Metallica
from the album Ride the Lightning
Released 1984
Recorded Sweet Silence Studios Copenhagen, Denmark, 1984
Genre Thrash metal
Length 6:57
Label Elektra Records
Writer(s) Kirk Hammett
James Hetfield
Cliff Burton
Lars Ulrich
Producer(s) Metallica
Flemming Rasmussen
Mark Whitaker
Metallica singles chronology
"Jump in the Fire"
(1984)
"Fade to Black"
(1984)
"Creeping Death"
(1984)
Music sample
" Fade to Black"
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"Fade to Black" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica from their second album, Ride the Lightning (1984). It was the first musical ballad released by the band. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ... See also: // January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its signature high speed and aggression. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Kirk Lee Hammett (born on November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist in the band Metallica. ... James Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ... Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was a bass guitarist, best known for his work with the thrash/heavy metal band Metallica from 1982-86. ... Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Flemming Razz Rasmussen (born in Denmark in 1958) is a engineer, producer and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Mark Whitaker is the editor of Newsweek since November 1998. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Jump in the Fire is the fourth track on Metallicas 1983 album Kill Em All. ... Creeping Death is a song by Metallica and is the seventh track on their album Ride the Lightning. ... Image File history File links Metallica_FadeToBlack_sample. ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Ride the Lightning is American thrash metal band Metallicas second album, released in August 1984 on Elektra Records. ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. ...


In an interview with lead vocalist James Hetfield on the set of the production "MTV Icon: Metallica" in 2005, he does recall how himself and bandmate Lars Ulrich were obsessed with death at the time the album and song were produced. It was written after almost all of their equipment, including a very rare amplifier, given to singer/rhythm guitarist James Hetfield by his mother just before she died, was stolen in Boston, MA, following a gig at the Channel Club on 14th January 1984. This event forced Metallica to borrow equipment from fellow tour band and friends, Anthrax, for the remainder of the tour. James Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ... Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. ... For the British rock band of the same name, see Amplifier (band). ... James Alan Hetfield (born 3 August 1963, Downey, California[1]) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... youth hang out in the Channels parking lot before an all-ages show The Channel was a music venue in Boston located at 25 Necco Street. ...


It begins with an acoustic guitar introduction and becomes progressively heavier as the song goes on. A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ...


At the time, some of the more extreme elements of fans deemed the song a "sell out" as it was such a departure from Metallica's then-normal style, but since its release, "Fade to Black" has been a fan favorite and a fixture in Metallica's live performances. It was also the last song that Metallica performed live with Jason Newsted. Jason's last gig was at the VH1 Music Awards on November 30, 2000. It was one of Newsted's favorite Metallica songs, and was said to be of great sentimental value to him, although it had been written before he had joined the band. Interestingly, Jason Newsted's old band, Flotsam And Jetsam, performed a song called 'Fade To Black' on their 1986 album, Doomsday For The Deceiver before Jason left to join Metallica, although it bears little to no resemblance to the Metallica version. Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American bass guitarist currently a member of Voivod and Rock Star Supernova, but is best known as a former member of the band Metallica from 1986-2001. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American bass guitarist currently a member of Voivod and Rock Star Supernova, but is best known as a former member of the band Metallica from 1986-2001. ... Flotsam and Jetsam is a thrash metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1983. ... Doomsday for the Deceiver is the debut album by Flotsam and Jetsam. ...


This was also the song that Metallica had been playing the opening of during their infamous concert at Montreal's Olympic Stadium in 1992, when James Hetfield suffered second-and-third degree burns from a pyrotechnic accident.


The song's title is never mentioned in the lyrics. However, the song's title is mentioned in the track "The Memory Remains" off the band's 1997 album, ReLoad. The Memory Remains is a song by Metallica in their 1997 album Reload. ... ReLoad is the seventh album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released in 1997. ...


The song has been covered by: Disturbed, on their live album Music As A Weapon II, but without the heavier second half of the song; Apoptygma Berzerk, on their studio album Welcome to Earth; finnish band Apocalyptica and the power metal band Sonata Arctica. Look up disturbed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Music As A Weapon II is a live album and DVD of the hard rock/metal tour of the same name, created by the band Disturbed. ... Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian synthpop/futurepop/alternative rock musical group. ... Apocalyptica is a Finnish musical group consisting of three, formerly four, classically trained cellists and, since 2005, a drummer. ... Power metal is a style of heavy metal music typically with the aim of evoking an epic feel, combining characteristics of traditional metal with thrash metal or speed metal, often within symphonic context. ... Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. ...


In 1996, Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir released "Master of Disharmony" in their EP Devil's Path (1996), a song contains 30 seconds of the last riffs / solo of "Fade to Black" as last bridge. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Dimmu Borgir (pronounced Dim-moo-bore-gear ) is a symphonic black metal band from Norway. ... Devils Path is an EP by Norwegian Symphonic Black Metal band Dimmu Borgir. ...


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  Results from FactBites:
 
METALLICA - Encyclopedia Metallica - Song Info - Fade To Black (609 words)
The song "Fade To Black" was Metallica's first ballad and was released as a promo LP.
James got burned during "Fade To Black" on a gig in Montreal on the 8th August '92 when the pyros to the song set in.
It's a suicide song, and we got a lot of flack for it; kids were killing themselves because of the song.
Fade To Black by Metallica Songfacts (4670 words)
This song to me is about loseing somebody close, and wondering how to go on living in one of the verses it said i was me but know he's gone that was to me saying this person had so much of him and when they died or left it took alot of him to.
First of all Fade to Black is about contemplating suicide; it has nothing to do with the '84 equipment robbery (which by the way James' first amp was not stolen it is in the HQ studio, and they didn't almost give up they just went around the country trying to find amps that sounded similar).
Fade to fl is song with many feelings and I have learned it to play with my guitar.
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