Picking a single Metallica tune as your favourite is a reasonably daunting job, so narrowing it down to 3 might make issues a bit simpler. Disturbed’s David Draiman took on the problem after wishing James Hetfield a cheerful birthday on social media.
“Happy birthday to one of my idols,” Draiman wrote within the put up, which featured an image of him with Hetfield, who turned 60 in the present day (Aug. 3).
Metallica have launched 11 studio albums over their profession to this point, with the latest being this yr’s 72 Seasons. They additionally put out just a few EPs, a canopy album (1998’s Garage Inc.) and a collaborative album with the late Lou Reed, Lulu, in 2011. In sum, they’ve a really in depth catalog of songs.
In the replies to Draiman’s put up with Hetfield, the singer was requested by metallic podcaster Mitch Lafon whether or not he thinks “Blackened,” from Metallica’s 1988 album …And Justice for All, is the band’s finest tune.
“False lol,” the vocalist responded, including that he thinks “Master of Puppets,” “Creeping Death” and “Fade to Black” are their three finest songs, in that order. Thus, plainly Draiman is a much bigger fan of Metallica’s earlier materials, since two of the songs are from Ride the Lightning and one is, clearly, from Master of Puppets.
In truth, the Disturbed frontman spoke intimately about how a lot he loves Ride the Lightning again in 2016 throughout a section with Kerrang!.
“The power, the complexity, the aggression… there’s so many things that would attract anyone to Metallica. I think that they’re the prime example of a metal band,” he stated, including that “Creeping Death” was a particular tune to him as a child particularly due to its Jewish references.
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(*3*) he continued.
It’s additionally straightforward to see why Draiman named “Master of Puppets” his No. 1. According to Setlist.fm, it is the band’s most-played tune ever, and it even entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the primary time final summer season after it appeared within the season finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things. It’s the type of tune that transcends time.
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