Kill 'Em All was released in 1983, and it set Metallica on the path to "world domination," as drummer Lars Ulrich would put it in the following year.
According to some music critics[citation needed] the album is acclaimed for combining high-tempo (discounting the Cliff Burton bass solo "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth") and a tribute to the band's early influences: Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Motörhead and Venom, all English bands who combined the heaviness and technicality of Black Sabbath with the speed and aggression of hardcore punk.
The two album closers, Am I Evil? and Blitzkrieg are covers.
My mother was a witch, she was burned alive. Thankless little bitch, for the tears I cried. Take her down now, don't want to see her face All blistered and burnt, can't hide my disgrace.
Twenty-seven, everyone was nice. Gotta see 'em make 'em pay the price. See their bodies out on the ice. Take my time.
Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man, yes I am.
As I watched my mother die, I lost my head. Revenge now I sought, to break with my bread. Taking no chances, you come with me. I'll split you to the bone, help set you free.
Twenty-seven, everyone was nice. Gotta see 'em make 'em pay the price. See their bodies out on the ice. Take my time.
Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man, yes I am.
On with the action now, I'll strip your pride. I'll spread your blood around, I'll see you ride. Your face is scarred with steel, wounds deep and neat. Like a double dozen before ya, smells so sweet.
Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man.
I'll make my residence, I'll watch your fire. You can come with me, sweet desire. My face is long forgot, my face not my own. Sweet and timely whore, take me home.
Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man.
My soul is longing for, await my heir. Sent to avenge my mother, sweep myself. My face is long forgot, my face not my own. Sweet and timely whore, take me home.
Am I evil? Yes I am. Am I evil? I am man.
Am I evil? Yes I fuc*ing am. Am I evil? I am man, yeah.
Thunder and lightning the gods take revenge senseless destruction Victims of fury are cowardly now Running for safety Stabbing the harlot to pay for her sins Leaving the virgin suicide running as if it were free Ripping and Tearing
Oh through the mist and the Madness We are trying to get the message To you Metal milita Metal milita Metal milita
Chained and shadowed to be left behind Nine and one thousand Metal milita for your sacrifice Iron clad soldiers Join or be conquered the law of the land Whay will befall you The metalization of your inner soul Twisting and running
Oh through the mist and the Madness We are trying to get the message To you Metal milita Metal milita Metal milita
We are as one as we all are the same Fighting for one cause Leather and metal are our uniforms protecting what we are Joining together to take on the world With our heavy metal Spreading the message to everyone here Come let yourself go
Oh through the mist and the Madness We are trying to get the message To you Metal milita Metal milita Metal milita
We are scanning the scene In the city tonight We are looking for you To start up a fight There is an evil feeling In our brains But it is nothing new You know it drives us insane
Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy
There is no escape And that is for sure This is the end we won't take any more Say goodbye To the world you live in You have always been talking But now your giving
Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy
Our brains are on fire With the feeling to kill And it will not go away Until our dreams are fulfilled There is only one thing on our minds Don't try running away Cause you're the one we will find
Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Running, On our way Hiding, You will pay Dying, One thousand deaths Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy Searching, Seek and Destroy
No mercy for what we are doing
No thought to even what we have done
We don't need to feel the sorrow
No remorse for the helpless one
War without end
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath
Boold feeds the war machine
As it eats its way across the land
We don't need to feel the sorrow
No remorse is the one command
War without end
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath
Only the strong survive
No will to save the weaker race
We are ready to kill all comers
Like a loaded gun right at your face
War without end
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath
Attack
Bullets are flying
People are dying
With madness surrounding all hell's
Breaking loose
Soldiers are hounding
bodies are mounting
Cannons are shouting to take their abuse
With war machines going
Blood starts to flowing
No mercy given to anyone hear
The furious fighting
Swords are like lighting
It all becomes frightening you
Know death is near
No remorse
Sound is ripping through your ears The deafening sound of metal nears Your body waiting for his whips The taste of leather on your lips
Hear the cry of war Louder than before With his sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the phantom lord
Victims falling under chains You hear them crying dying pains The fist of terrors breaking through Now there's nothing you can do
Hear the cry of war Louder than before With his sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the phantom lord
the leathered armies have prevailed The phantom lord has never failed Smoke is lifting from the ground The rising volume metal sound
Hear the cry of war Louder than before With his sword in hand To control the land Crushing metal strikes On this frightening night Fall onto your knees For the phantom lord
Late at night all systems go
You have come to see the show
We do our best you're the best
You make it real you know
There is a feeling deep inside
That drives you fuckin' mad
A feeling of a hemmerhead
You need it oh so bad
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're trashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Bang your head against the stage
Like you never did before
Make it ring make it bleed
Make it really sore
In a frenzied madness
With your leathers and your spikes
Heads are bobbing around
It is hot as hell tonight
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're trashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Here on stage the marshal noise
Is piercing through you ears
It kicks your ass kick your face
Exploding feeling nears
Now is the time to let it rip
To let it fuckin' loose
We are gathered here to maim and kill
Cause this is what we choose
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're trashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
The show is through the metal is gone
It is time to hit the road
Another town another gig
Again we will explode
Hotel rooms and motorways
Life out here is raw
but we will never stop
We will never quit
Cause we are Metallica
Adrenalin starts to flow
You're trashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Anesthesia is from the Metallica album, Kill 'Em All.
"(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" is a bass solo by Cliff Burton. An instrumental track, with some accompaniment on drums by Ulrich, it features Burton's distinctive "lead bass" style of playing, incorporating heavy distortion, use of the wah-wah pedal, and tapping.
At the beginning of Anesthesia, James Hetfield says, "Bass solo, take one," likely to inform fans that the song is, in fact, played on bass guitar.
Down in the depth of my firey home
the summons bell will chime
Tempting you and all the earth
To join our sinful kind
There is a job to be done and I'm the one
You people make me do it
Now it is time for your fate and I won't
Hesitate
To pull you down into this pit
So come on
Jump in the fire
So come on
Jump in the fire
With hell in my eyes and with death in my veins
The end is closing in
Feeding on the minds of man
And from their souls within
My disciples all shout to search out
And the always shall obey
Follow me now my child not the meek or
The mild
But do just as I say
So come on
Jump in the fire
So come on
Jump in the fire
Jump by your will or be taken by force
I'll get you either way
Traying to keep the hellfire lit
I am stalking you as prey
Living your life as me I am you you see
There is part of me in everyone
So reach down grab my hand walk with me
Through the land
Come home where you belong
Living and dying laughing and crying
Once you have seen it you will never
Be the same
Life in the fast lane is just how it seems
Hard and it is heavy dirty and mean
Motorbreath
Its how I live my life
I can't take it any other way
Motorbreath
The sign of living fast
It is going to take
Your breath away
Don't stop for nothing its full speed
Or nothing
I am taking down you know whatever it is
In my way
Getting your kicks as you are shooting
The line
Sending the shivers up and down your spine
Motorbreath
It's how I live my life
I can't take it any other way
Motorbreath
The sign of living fast
It is going to take
Your breath away
Those people who tell you not to
Take chances
They are all missing on what life is about
You only live once so take hold of the chance
Don't end up like others the same song
And dance
Motorbreath
It's how I live my life
I can't take it any other way
Motorbreath
The sign of living fast
It is going to take
Your breath away
The title of the song is a direct reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse which are described in the last the bibles chapter, Revelations at 6:1-8. The chapter tells of a scroll in God's right hand that is sealed with seven seals. J
esus Christ opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons forth the four beasts that ride on white, red, black, and pale-green horses symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death, respectively.
In effect these horsemen are set to wreak hell on earth as punishment for mankind's sins.
Metallica's The Four Horsemen Lyrics:
By the last breath of the fourth winds blow
Better raise your ears
The sound of hooves knock at your door
Lock up your wife and children now
It's time to wield the blade
For now you have got some company
The horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four horsemen ride
Or choose your fate and die
You have been dying since the day
you were born
You know it has all been planned
The quartet of deliverence rides
A sinner once a sinner twice
No need for confession now
Cause now you have got the fight of your life
The horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four horsemen ride
Or choose your fate and die
Time
Has taken its tool on you
The lines that crack your face
Famine
Your body it has torn through
Withered in every placed
Pestilence
For what you have had to endure
And what you have put others through
Death
Deliverance for you for sure
There is nothing you can do
So gather round young warriors now
And saddle up your steeds
Killing scores with demon swords
Now is the death of doers of wrong
Swing the judgement hammer down
Safely inside armor blood guts and sweat
The horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four horsemen ride
Or choose your fate and die
No life till leather
We are gonna kick some ass tonight
We got the metal madness
When out fans start screaming
It's right well alright
When we start to rock
We never want to stop again
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
You know our fans are insane
We are gonna blow this place away
With volume higher
Than anything today the only way
When we start to rock
We never want to stop again
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Without all out screaming
We are gonna rip right through your brain
We got the lethal power
It is causing you sweet pain oh sweet pain
When we start to rock
We never want to stop again
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Hit the lights
Here's the lyrics to the first Metallica album, Kill 'Em All... An original press run of 1500 records was made, it's now sold over 3 million copies.
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