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Metallica – Fight Fire With Fire (4:45)

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Fight Fire With Fire is the first track off of Metallica’s 1984 album Ride the Lightning. The song discusses the end of the world from nuclear destruction (hence the lines, “nuclear warfare shall lay us to waste”). The song suggests to “fight fire with fire” to maybe stop it, or possibly the term has been used so much, it is causing the end of the world. The same topic is also explored in a song called Blackened, which is the opening track of Metallica’s fourth album. Fight Fire With Fire is also known to be one of Metallica’s fastest and heaviest songs to date, with the main riff consisting of all sixteenth notes, requiring incredibly fast playing.
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  • Ride the Lightning
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  • Live Before Death
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  • Metalknight88

    i don´t tink so...no.

    Sunday morning

  • Uncouth-Indust

    my friend played this in our 5th grade music class. it was awesome. this live version is awful though. wish it was the record version. the drums sound sloppy and terrible and the guitars are slower and sloppier as well. and the vox? painful.

    Thursday evening

  • veyita_88

    Almost as heavy as Slayer´s Reign in Blood.

    February 2012

  • rockandrolljoe

    We all shall die.

    February 2012

  • forenzer

    I've blown the universe into nothingness more than 100 times ...

    February 2012

  • MrRandomnezZ

    Not the best, awesome though, but in my opinion Metallica's most brutal song. In fact, their only brutal song...

    January 2012

  • bakhtnassar

    weallshalldie

    January 2012

  • Nieznajomy666

    THRASH... THRASH... THRASHTRASHTRASH !!! [7]

    January 2012

  • GolyJelen

    Old good Metallica \m/

    January 2012

  • kidofthe90s

    this solo blew me away.

    January 2012

  • Overthrash

    That's how math metal was born, I guess

    December 2011

  • isaaccobainer

    NOOKLIUR WORFARE SHAL LAE UZ TOO WREST...

    November 2011

  • Yjm89

    No sandman, no nem, no mop, THIS was my first metallica song. One of the best songs in thrash history.

    September 2011

  • KamonegiRed

    I love the intro!

    September 2011

  • ReptilianC0mplx

    Heavy fucking opener.

    September 2011

  • Joizo

    Not the best song in RTL, but great opener. Oh yes.

    August 2011

  • MrRandomnezZ

    Simply Metallica's heaviest and thrashiest song. It has tremolo-picked low E's, partydrums, yelled vocals, doublebass-with-ride and a high tempo. I headbang to all their songs, but this is probably the only one I'd really mosh to :P

    July 2011

  • Colony666

    FIGHT THRASH WITH THRASH

    July 2011

  • metal_burn

    agree with bottom lol

    July 2011

  • tmeriam

    Best 30 second syke introducing anyone to Metallica...Do Unto Others As They've Done To You!

    June 2011
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