“Some Kind of Monster” (from the English - “Something like a monster”) is a song of the American heavy metal band Metallica . The fourth single from the eighth studio album St. Anger , released July 13, 2004. “Some Kind of Monster” was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2005, but lost to Velvet Revolver's “Slither”.
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| Single Metallica from the album St. Anger | ||||
| Side B | The Four Horsemen (Live) Damage Inc. (Live) Leper Messiah (Live) Motorbreath (Live) Ride the Lightning (Live) Hit the Lights (Live) | |||
| Released | July 13, 2004 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded by | May 2002 - April 2003 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Duration | 8:27 (landscape version) 4:16 (radio version) | |||
| Producer | Bob rock | |||
| Songwriters | Kirk Hammett , James Hetfield , Bob Rock , Lars Ulrich | |||
| Label | Elektra records | |||
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The documentary film “ Some Kind of Monster ” was released in 2004, and the song “Some Kind of Monster” was included in the soundtrack for this film along with some other songs [1] .
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The name “Some Kind of Monster” was coined by vocalist James Hetfield , who described Bob Rock ’s lyrics about Frankinshtein or “a kind of monster.” Thus, this name was also suitable for the 2004 documentary “ Some Kind of Monster, ” which featured a recording of St. Anger and the clutter surrounding her. Hetfield previously described the essence of Metallica - the burden of fame and life in general - as monstrous.
Composing and recording a song are shown in detail in the film of the same name. She was one of the first songs written for the album. It was later released as the last single and the last video clip from the album. The radio version is much shorter than the landscape one. The video contains footage from old Metallica concerts, as well as a song at the Metallica headquarters in San Francisco , which is fully included on DVD St. Anger In some regions (for example, in the USA), the single was equipped with a T-shirt with a cover image.
The documentary's DVDs have a couple of sections entitled “Tough Riff,” in which Hatfield shows one of the song’s main riffs to Kirk Hammett , who has trouble performing it.
List of Songs
All live recordings were made at a concert on June 11, 2003 in Paris .
| No. | Title | Author | Duration |
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| one. | "Some Kind of Monster" | Hatfield , Ulrich , Hammett , Rock | 8:27 a.m. |
| 2. | The Four Horsemen (Live) | Hatfield, Ulrich, Mustaine | 5:21 a.m. |
| 3. | Damage Inc (Live) | Hatfield, Ulrich, Burton , Hammett | 5 a.m. |
| four. | Leper Messiah (Live) | Hatfield, Ulrich | 5:56 |
| five. | Motorbreath (Live) | Hatfield | 3:20 |
| 6. | Ride the Lightning (Live) | Hatfield, Ulrich, Burton, Mustaine | 6:41 |
| 7. | Hit the Lights (Live) | Hatfield, Ulrich | 4:14 |
| eight. | “Some Kind of Monster” (Edit) | Hatfield, Ulrich, Hammett, Rock | 4:16 |
Record Members
- James Hetfield - vocals , rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett - Solo Guitar
- Robert Trujillo - bass guitar (on tracks 2-7)
- Lars Ulrich - drums
- Bob Rock - bass (on tracks 1 and 8)
Charts
| Charts (2004) | Top position |
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| Billboard 200 | 37 |
| Top canadian albums | eight |
| Top soundtracks | four |
Notes
- ↑ METALLICA.com | Some Kind of Monster . web.archive.org (January 22, 2013). Date accessed July 23, 2019.