| "Blackened" | |
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| Song by Metallica from the album ...And Justice for All | |
| Released | 1988 |
| Recorded | January 28–May 1, 1988 at One on One Studios in Los Angeles, California[1] |
| Genre | Thrash metal |
| Length | 6:41 |
| Label | Elektra, Vertigo |
| Writer | James Hetfield / Lars Ulrich / Jason Newsted |
| Producer | Metallica, Flemming Rasmussen |
| ...And Justice for All track listing | |
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"Blackened" is a song by the American thrash metal band Metallica. It is the opening track on its fourth studio album, ...And Justice for All.
It was bassist Jason Newsted's first co-writing effort on a Metallica album. The song's intro is a minute long dual-guitar harmony that is played in reverse. During live performances, the intro is played from a recording before the band takes over.
The song's lyrics are about the end of the world and human civilization, prominently through destruction and pollution of the environment. Parts of the lyrics may hint of a nuclear holocaust, such as the lines "Blackened is the end, winter it will send", and "Millions of our years in minutes disappears".
Between the Buried and Me have covered the song in its cover album, The Anatomy Of.
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