Enter Sandman

Enter Sandman is a song of the group heavy metal of the the United States Metallica, this song begins their very new album left in 1991. It was composed by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, the words were written only by James Hetfield. With this individual first , 15 million copies of their album was sold everywhere throughout the world, which makes Metallica even more popular and more known. The song has a gold status in the United States for these 500.000 copies. Enter Sandman became so popular that in all the live DVD or CD of Metallica the song is played thus when in ceremonies and the concerts benefit. The group Motörhead taken again one Enter Sandman and one gained with the Grammy Award in 2000.

The song

After the realization of a very complex album musicalement … And Justice for All, Metallica wanted to compose of the songs simpler for their album éponyme. The song starts with a guitar " clean" who plays the same front as with the refrain. The battery embarks with only the toms and the other guitar plays the agreement semi (E) with a pédal Wah-wah. The guitars with the distortion arrive for played the partition played by the guitar of the beginning. After the first verse, a bridge is played but passes from the semi note to F for finally arriving at the refrain. After the refrain, Kirk Hammett makes its solo of guitar with its pedal wah-wah, the last continuous note played to sound and the guitar of the introduction returns. During this calmer part, one hears an adult who took with a child and the voice of James returns as well as the refrain. The front principal is played until time that it is not heard plus.
At the beginning, " Holier Than Thou" had been selected to begin the album and to be the first individual one of Metallica. In documentary a " has off Year and Half in the Life Metallica " , Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield discuss with the Bob Rock producer who says that the album will contain five to six songs and its last will be " classique" , i.e. calmer than their usual song. Lars Ulrich explains to Bob Rock why even before the recording d'" Enter Sandman" it had had the idea that this song went the meiller for the individual first . The beater of the group explained why " Enter Sandman" should be the first individual one with the other members of the groups and the song will become the first song and the first individual one of the album.

The recording

" Enter Sandman" written for their album éponyme left in 1991 was the first song. The guitarist Kirk Hammett as well as the bass player Jason Newsted made a cassette with an idea of a future song and one given to the rhythmic guitarist James Hetfield and with the beater Lars Ulrich, James and Lars then worked on the music and the words at the beater Lars Ulrich, with Berkeley in California. " Enter Sandman" comes from a " riff" that the guitarist Kirk Hammett created. The words refer to the " family; parfaite" as well as the suicide in the young people. Lars Ulrich as well as the producer Bob Rock have dient with the singer whom the weather could be better of words, everyone was of agreement with the beater and the producer. A demonstration instrumental was recorded the September 13rd 1990. The album was recorded with Los Angeles, between October 90 June and 91. They also recorded during one week with a studio with Vancouver with the Canada at the end of ego of April 1991. A new way of recorded were proposed to them, Bob Rock recommended recorded all to them to the place of recorded at the same time separately like front. The singer and rhythmic guitarist James Hetfield consider " Enter Sandman" like " the wall of the guitares": three tracks of rhythmic guitar played by James creates a " wall of the son". The recording of the battery was to complicate, the engineers have had recorded the piece of the battery in several parts, was very hard because the piece was to keep the same intensity. 40 to 50 microphonous for the battery only, the microphones was placed a little everywhere in the part to collect all the sounds. The same technique was used for the guitars. " Enter Sandman" taken approximately 10 days before the mixing is finished, Metallica and Bob Rock sought the good sound.

Words and criticisms

For the words, they relate to the nightmares and all which touches there, according to Chris True of " All Music Guide". Tim Grierson of the magazine Blender , known as that the words relate to the prayers, ritual for the nightmares. Cris True of the magazine All Music Guide congratulates the group to have put a calmer part after the solo of Kirt, True says that it is brilliant. Several other journalists one of the good comments in connection with the words and the music. The individual one left the August 2nd 1991, 11 days before the exit of their new album. The album was a success in the trade of the music begin with the first position with the US charts and above 15 million copies everywhere throughout the world, " Enter Sandman" became one of the greatest songs of the history. This individual will go until the 16^e position to the US Hot 100 to the #5 to the U.K. Individual Chart . The September 30th 1991, the second individual one of Metallica obtains gold the statute having sold more than 500.000 copies. The song also received a Grammy Awrad in 1992 in the " categories; Best Rock'n'roll Song " (better song rock'n'roll). The famous one stores Rolling Stone place the song " Enter Sandman" in 399^e position in the " 500 better songs of the histoire" and VH1 placed it #22 in the " 40 better songs metal". In other newspapers or stores, criticisms towards the song are all or almost positive and " Enter Sandman" is classified like the most famous song.

Video Clip

" Enter Sandman" is their second Vidéo clip, recorded the July 3rd 1991 with Los Angeles. Of six vidéos clips with the director " was the first; Wayne Isham". The video has a direct link with the words of the song, one can see the child who took and who makes a nightmare and an old man. The video clip gained a price for " Better Video Rock" Hardware; with the " Video MTV Music Awards" in 1992 and was nominated in " better cinématographique" and " better modification".

Personnel

Bonds

Interns

External

This article is a translation of the english language version of Wikipédia
Official site of Metallica
Vidéo official clip of the song
" Enter Sandman" played with the concert " S&M"

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