The Four Horsemen (song)

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"The Four Horsemen"

Song by Metallica
from the album Kill 'Em All
Released	July 1983
Recorded	May 1983
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	7:09
Label	Megaforce Records
Writer(s)	Dave Mustaine James Hetfield Lars Ulrich
Producer(s)	Paul Curcio Jon Zazula
Kill 'Em All track listing
"Hit The Lights" "The Four Horsemen" "Motorbreath" "Jump in the Fire" "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" "Whiplash" "Phantom Lord" "No Remorse" "Seek & Destroy" "Metal Militia"

"The Four Horsemen" is the second track on Metallica's 1983 album Kill 'Em All. The original song, called "The Mechanix", had different lyrics, and was written during the time when Dave Mustaine was Metallica's guitarist. After Dave Mustaine was kicked out of the band, he included it on Megadeth's first album, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!, with the title slightly shortened to just "Mechanix", with the original lyrics, and a much faster tempo. After he left, James Hetfield rewrote the lyrics and Kirk Hammett added a new, melodic guitar solo in the middle of the song. This section is not played when Metallica performs this song live.

"The Four Horsemen" is a definite fan-favorite song of Metallica, and is commonly played live by the band. The title also served as a source for one of the band's nicknames.

The lyrics, as the title suggests, are about the end of the world and the apocalypse^{[citation needed]}. Referring to the biblical text about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.