5. Poor Twisted Me (Load, 1995)
http://youtu.be/eyzLk81Wx7Y Here's a song that pays tribute to the so-called lowest form of wit. With Load poising them alongside their more alternative rock contemporaries and rivals, Metallica asserted themselves with a track that seems to make fun of the woe-is-me crowd that could dominate the genre. I feast on sympathy/I chew on suffer/I chew on agony moans Hetfield, before giving the proverbial wink by claiming its too good to be, all this misery. Hammetts delayed guitar chimes in and around the song to ethereal effect before a more energetic final act draws the curtain.
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