Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
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| "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" | ||
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| Cover of Master of Puppets | ||
| Song by Metallica | ||
| from the album Master of Puppets | ||
| Released | February 21, 1986 | |
| Recorded | Sweet Silence Studios Copenhagen, Denmark September-December, 1985 | |
| Genre | Thrash metal | |
| Length | 6:27 | |
| Label | Elektra Records | |
| Producer(s) | Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen | |
| Master of Puppets track listing | ||
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"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is the 4th song from Metallica's 1986 album Master Of Puppets. It was inspired by the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest from 1975.
Keeping with the theme of powerlessness of Master of Puppets, the lyrics portray one being trapped in insanity, or perhaps incarcerated in a mental asylum. The song is guided by powerful and moving riffs that give the song a cold, gloomy atmosphere, which goes well with the lyrics. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is widely regarded as one of Metallica's best songs and is a metal classic.[citation needed]
[edit] Covers
- Anthrax
- Apocalyptica
- Ugly Kid Joe & Metal Church
- Limp Bizkit (for the Metallica Tribute Concert and MTV Metallica Icon feature in 2003 and Summer Sanitarium Tour 2003)
- Dream Theater (from Master of Metallica album)
- This song was covered by the band Bullet for My Valentine for Kerrang!'s Master Of Puppets: Remastered.
- Razed In Black
| Metallica |
| Members |
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| James Hetfield - Kirk Hammett - Robert Trujillo - Lars Ulrich |
| Former members: Cliff Burton - Dave Mustaine - Ron McGovney - Jason Newsted |
| Discography |
| Albums and extended plays: No Life 'Til Leather - Kill 'Em All - Ride the Lightning - Master of Puppets - Garage Days Re-Revisited - ...And Justice for All - Metallica - Load - ReLoad - Garage Inc. - S&M - St. Anger - Some Kind of Monster - Ninth studio album |
| Videography |
| DVDs and videos: Cliff 'em All - 2 of One - A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica - Live Shit: Binge & Purge - Cunning Stunts - S&M - Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album - Some Kind of Monster - The Videos 1989-2004 |
