For Whom the Bell Tolls (5:11)

Cover of Ride the Lightning

From Ride the Lightning and 305 other releases

Ernest Hemingway’s epic written work about the perils of war through the eyes of those sent into battle to witness it is set to the haunting tones of a chiming bell and then the massive sonic onslaught of Cliff Burton and Lars Ulrich’s driving relentless rhythm. And that’s just the intro before the manic yet precise riffing of James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett take over.

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Make his fight on the hills in the early day
Constant chill deep inside
Shouting gun on they run through the endless gray
On they fight for their right, yes, but who's to say?

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  • adam11i13

    ZupaZkefira nie tylko ty ;)

    19 May 11:51am Reply
  • Nesty714

    yeeeeess

    7 May 5:51pm Reply
  • ZupaZkefira

    Tylko ja marzę o tym,żeby puścić to w Kościele przez te ogromniaste głośniki?... ^^

    22 Apr 8:45pm Reply
  • takenasusual

    in the early dayz....

    20 Apr 10:22am Reply
  • Elturtle

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

    4 Apr 7:12pm Reply
  • toesfoote

    \m/.(><).\m/ Fuck ya!!!

    4 Apr 8:29am Reply
  • Idiots-Rule

    Perfect.

    2 Apr 12:54am Reply
  • Metal_head85

    @ericfg I see what you did there! (Sad but true). :)

    21 Mar 5:27pm Reply
  • pyschoklown2

    i personally like studio better but live is good tho

    14 Mar 12:34am Reply
  • elciscokid

    El Sordo's last stand in Hemingway's masterpiece. F*cking legendary song!!!!!

    12 Mar 12:14am Reply
  • NOUETC

    WTF with these live versions not being labeled as live

    4 Mar 6:36pm Reply
  • metalhorse525

    Burton should be the only one allowed to play this song, it should have never been played after his death. that man was fucking magic

    28 Feb 6:43am Reply
  • srdjstuka

    Agreed: this live version sucketh horridly so. Yawn.

    8 Feb 10:29am Reply
  • joshhoward3

    best running music

    5 Feb 2:44pm Reply
  • ackers07

    sick

    27 Jan 8:05pm Reply
  • ericfg

    > why does this live version sound so lazy? Maybe because the band themselves are? Sad but true.

    24 Jan 3:06am Reply
  • Gorgo_Mutt

    -_- why does this live version sound so lazy?

    18 Jan 6:13am Reply
  • lukasz_pulawski

    The intro was written by Burton before joining Metallica

    6 Jan 10:17pm Reply
  • IGGYTHOMAS

    UGH!!!!!!!!!!!! TOTALLY AGREE WITH BIGBEN989......

    28 Dec 2012 Reply
  • ericfg

    This live, 'say hello to my friend Lars' version is absolutly horrible; an abomination to all that once was the heaviest of the heavy. I almost literally weep for what once was. Two hundred metal thumbs down.

    28 Nov 2012 Reply
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