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Metallica - Enter Sandman (Studio Version)

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Metallica - Enter Sandman.
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"Enter Sandman" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their self-titled 1991 album. It was written by guitarists Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield, along with drummer Lars Ulrich. The lyrics, written by Hetfield, deal with nightmares.
"Enter Sandman" was the first single of a successful album that sold over 15 million copies worldwide and dramatically increased Metallica's popularity worldwide. Acclaimed by critics, the song is featured on all of Metallica's live albums and DVDs released after 1991, including S &M which was recorded with the San Francisco Symphony in 1999.
"Enter Sandman" was the first song Metallica wrote for their self-titled album, released in 1991. Metallica's way of writing songs consisted of lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Jason Newsted submitting tapes with ideas for songs to rhythm guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, who would then combine them with their own and write songs in Ulrich's house in Berkeley, California. "Enter Sandman" evolved from a riff Hammett wrote. Originally, the riff had two bars, until Ulrich suggested that the first bar should be played three times before the last.The song was quickly finished, but Hetfield did not come up with vocal melodies and lyrics for a long time and the song was among the last to have lyrics. The lyrics featured in the song are not the original: Hetfield felt "Enter Sandman" sounded "catchy and kind of commercial" and to counteract, wrote lyrics about "destroy[ing] the perfect family; a huge horrible secret in a family" that included references to crib death. Ulrich and producer Bob Rock told him they felt he could write better lyrics, the first time anyone suggested that to him. According to Ulrich, even before the song had lyrics, it became the "foundation, the guide to the whole record".
An instrumental demo was recorded on 13 September 1990. The album Metallica was recorded in Los Angeles, between October 1990 and June 1991. Ulrich, Hetfield and Rock did also a week of recording in Vancouver, Canada at the end of April and beginning of May 1991. Being the first with Bob Rock producing, it was recorded differently than previous Metallica albums: Rock suggested the band members should record while playing together in studio instead of separately. "Enter Sandman" had what Hetfield described as a "wall of guitars": three equal rhythm guitar tracks played by himself to create a "wall of sound". According to engineer Randy Staub, "close to 50" takes of the drums were recorded, because Ulrich did not record the song in its entirety; instead recording each section of the song separately. Because it was difficult to get the "intensity" the band wanted in one take, the numerous takes were then selected and edited together. The producing team spent much time and used between 40 and 50 microphones for the drums with different combinations to get the sound out of each part of the room. The same techniques were used to record guitars. The bass guitar frequencies gained importance with Rock: Newsted stated that before him, Metallica's sound was "very guitar oriented" and that "when he came into the picture, bass frequencies also came into the picture". Being the first single, "Enter Sandman" was the first song to be mixed. It took roughly 10 days because the band and Bob Rock had to create "the sound" for the entire album while mixing the song.
There was also made a music-video by this song.
Maybe I'm gonna upload another one with the S &M version with more info about this song.
Enter Sandman
Say your prayers, little one
Don't forget, my son,
To include everyone
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
Till the sandman he comes
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit: light
Enter: night
Take my hand
We're off to never-never land
Something's wrong, shut the light
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren't of Snow White
Dreams of war, dreams of liars
Dreams of dragon's fire
And of things that will bite
Sleep with one eye open
Gripping your pillow tight
Exit: light
Enter: night
Take my hand
We're off to never-never land
Now I lay me down to sleep
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Pray the Lord my soul to take
Hush little baby, don't say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head
Exit: light
Enter: night
Grain of sand
Exit: light
Enter: night
Take my hand
We're off to never-never land
Words and Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett
Copyright © 1991 Creeping Death Music (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved

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