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“Trapped Under Ice” - song by American thrash metal band Metallica which appears on their album “Ride the Lightning” from 1984.
The song is 4:03 minutes long and is the shortest on the album, its composers are James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett. Inspiration to write the text of the song was the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The text is written in first person who talks about what horror he is going through being trapped under the ice.
This is one of the few songs from the album “Ride the Lightning” which contains rapidly changing rhythms of songs in the style of previous album by Metallica, “Kill ‘Em All”. This is also one of the rarely played songs by Metallica at concerts.
Riff, which is heard at the beginning of the song was created by Kirk Hammett, when he was still a member of Exodus. He played the riff in demo song called “Impaler” (which was later transformed and enclosed on the Exodus album, “Tempo of the Damned”).
The song is 4:03 minutes long and is the shortest on the album, its composers are James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett. Inspiration to write the text of the song was the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The text is written in first person who talks about what horror he is going through being trapped under the ice.
This is one of the few songs from the album “Ride the Lightning” which contains rapidly changing rhythms of songs in the style of previous album by Metallica, “Kill ‘Em All”. This is also one of the rarely played songs by Metallica at concerts.
Riff, which is heard at the beginning of the song was created by Kirk Hammett, when he was still a member of Exodus. He played the riff in demo song called “Impaler” (which was later transformed and enclosed on the Exodus album, “Tempo of the Damned”).
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xSaladfingersx wrote:
REAL Metallica.
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GolyJelen wrote:
The best Metallca's album
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SLivik wrote:
amazing solo!
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Frankenboo wrote:
Fav track on this album by far
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METALLlCA wrote:
Appereantly Metallicas was used to be better than any thrash metal band. Too bad they decided to make crap. [2]
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KChippie1 wrote:
This Is When They THRASHED! Sold Out after Black Album
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dAziks wrote:
Appereantly Metallicas was used to be better than any thrash metal band. Too bad they decided to make crap.
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Metalknight88 wrote:
thrash killer!!!
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Joizo wrote:
Austrian Death Machine made good cover from this.
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lee-olphert wrote:
Always forget the power of this track ...thrashy as fuck
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Gabriel_Opeth wrote:
Epic!
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tmeriam wrote:
My absolute favorite Metallica song (and I love Metallica). Should be Bear Grylls' theme song.
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Wolfmoss wrote:
Yeah the bass motors along on this one hey
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vehelits wrote:
This song and Stranglehold must have bass guitarists that have iron fingers.
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PartySanCTG wrote:
I like the reverb they used to make James' voice sound scarier and claustrophobic.
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Natymichalzuk wrote:
Metallica's best song. Also the best album. [2]
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Frostdaddy wrote:
"lol @ runningwith bees, this song was released 4 years before wake up dead" Doesn't matter, Mustaine was in the band before this song was made.
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Metalteifel wrote:
There is nothing to say!
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srm90 wrote:
@_NoHavenNow_ I'll have to disagree with you there. Wake Up Dead is my favorite Megadeth song.
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_NoHavenNow_ wrote:
I love Megadeth, but Trapped Under Ice is not only older, it's a better song than Wake Up Dead.
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