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creeping death
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"Creeping Death" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released as the lead and only commercial single from their second studio album Ride the Lightning (1984).
metallica moses james thrash
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Since 1988 guitarist and vocalist.
I was born in Soncino, an ancient village in Northern Italy on June the 20th 1973. Since the childhood, I was interested in playing musical instruments, but until the age of 13 I didn't begin to play any., My music teacher at the middle school was used to play:”The final countdown” from the band “Europe” on the accordion. I really like that song. My father is an accordionist, so I asked him to teach me how to play it. I practised the accordion for about two years, learning some kind of waltz, too. In the meantime some of my peers begun listening to metal bands. A couple of them were living closer and listening at extreme volume their favourite songs. I got interested and went to my neighbours asking to borrow a music-cassette. I chose: “The number of the Beast” by Iron Maiden and “Ride the lightning” of Metallica. I loved that music immediately, choosing to leave the accordion to play the guitar. Firstly I bought a classical guitar and learned the basic techniques within a method created for the Commodore 64. At the age of 17, I bought my first electric guitar, a very used Kaway Aquarius Custom. It was impossible to find out musicians in my surroundings to play metal, so I've joined some cover bands. With the “Nessuno” I played my first gig. Afterwards, I recorded my first demo tape, helped by a classmate who created drums and bass through his Commodore AMIGA. In that age, there were just a few ways of promotion. In late 1993 I formed the band Castigo youtu.be/cBBhRG3cpkg . We recorded a 3 tracks demo tape, but after a quarrel, I quitted the band. Then I joined the death metal band “Aphelion” to play this gig youtu.be/QYvKdm8DlDs . After a couple of years and some gigs the band decided to change his musical style and I disagreed ... So I tried to play a different kind of music, but I felt it more challenging and less satisfactory. In the middle of 1999 I began with my home recording solo project. It has been quite a disaster. So in 2003, I retired. I turned back to the classical guitar and dedicated myself to it completely, selling part of my electric instrumentation. Five years later I changed my mind again, but I didn't want to make the same previous mistakes. Registering on the Facebook network I got in touch with old friends, members of the “Aphelion” band. Talking with them about my desire to record again some tracks I was surprised to understand they wished to help me...and that's it.
Song Info
Genre
Metal Cover Songs
Charts
Peak #3
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Hetfield Ulrich Burton Hammet
Rights
Yes
Uploaded
December 29, 2016
Track Files
MP3
MP3 7.6 MB 160 kbps 6:40
Story behind the song
The song is being told from the point of view of the "destroyer," as described Moses' Book of Exodus, chapter 12. Throughout the song, some of the ten plagues are mentioned, all from the story of the "Hagadah".
Lyrics
Slaves Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh Heed To his every word, live in fear Faith Of the unknown one, the deliverer Wait Something must be done, four hundred years So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharaoh son I'm creeping death Now Let my people go, land of Goshen Go I will be with thee, bush of fire Blood Running red and strong, down the Nile Plague Darkness three days long, hail to fire So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharaoh son I'm creeping death Die by my hand (die) I creep across the land (die) Killing first born man (die) Die by my hand (die) I creep across the land (die) Killing first born man (die) I Rule the midnight air the destroyer Born I shall soon be there, deadly mass I Creep the steps and floor final darkness Blood Lambs blood painted door, I shall pass So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done To kill the first born pharaoh son I'm creeping death
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