Just Because You Know Umpteen

Metallica Is Like The Phoenix Rising From The Ashes. We Set Everything On Fire, And This Is What Has Risen From It - St. Anger Being The Fire And Death Magnetic Being The Phoenix.

Musically, There's A Movement Called The Flatted Fifth That's Really Evil-sounding. It Was Outlawed By The Catholic Church During The Middle Ages. That Movement Is What Gives You A Real Evil Sound That Conjures Up Dark, Fantastic Images. It's Like An Audio Horror Movie. It Personifies What A Horror Movie Is About.

The Main Riff For 'sandman' Was Just Something I Wrote One Night.

For The 'load' Album, I Was Experimenting So Much With Tone That I Had To Keep Journals On What Equipment I Was Using. For 'hero Of The Day', I Know I Used A 1958 Les Paul Standard With A Matchless Chieftain, Some Boogie Amps And A Vox Amp - Again, They're All Blended.

For A While I Was Collecting Satan And Devil Stuff - You Know, Anything That Had To Do With Old Beelzebub Or Lucifer. But I Had To Put The Brakes On It, Because There's A Lot Of Stuff Out There, And The Collection Was Just Growing Too Quickly.