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About This Track
“Hero of the Day” is a song by Metallica on their 1996 album Load. The song was first recorded on December 13 1995, and was the first song on Load to be recorded. The song was also Metallica’s second single release off of the album. A promotional video for the track was also filmed. It became their second consecutive number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It is one of the few Metallica songs written primarily in a major key.
The demo for the song is entitled “Mouldy” due to the main riff of this song being on a demo tape for many years. The demo was recorded on December 8, 1994, one of the earliest demo recordings for the Load sessions.
The song was played live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen), which is recorded on the album S&M.
The demo for the song is entitled “Mouldy” due to the main riff of this song being on a demo tape for many years. The demo was recorded on December 8, 1994, one of the earliest demo recordings for the Load sessions.
The song was played live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Michael Kamen), which is recorded on the album S&M.
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lorendefect wrote:
Cliff, is that you?
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turtle1970 wrote:
kool song
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Astheron_ wrote:
Great song!
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dth213 wrote:
lame, lame, lame. This band was once untouchable. Now, complete shit. My opinion.
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Karmageddonx wrote:
By far Metallica's best song between 1996 and 2003.
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str8_left wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [7]
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hammerstrikebg wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [6]
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alfonzoloya wrote:
Why a video about 9/11??
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nicolasbj wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [5]
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MET4EvEr wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [4]
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thekillingspree wrote:
"one of the few Metallica's songs on major key " I dunno what that is but I'd like to hear some more major key songs from Metallica, because this shit totally rocks my world <3
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
one of the few Metallica's songs on major key
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Alejo_Valdez wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [4]
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puffkins wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [3]
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Metalization wrote:
Boring
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Podigo wrote:
EPIC TRACK
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BruDamien wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome. [2]
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Maesky wrote:
Load version is very good, but S&M version is fuckin' awesome.
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alfonzoloya wrote:
LOAD & RELOAD aren't the worst albums!
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YourGetawayCar wrote:
This song is exactly what it means to be a teenager, in my experience.
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