2. Motorbreath (Kill Em All, 1983)
http://youtu.be/TWKJmbmOOf4 Although played live often, Motorbreath is not afforded the full credit it deserves by generally being stuck inside a medley of tracks from their first two albums. Metallicas musical origins lie in the harsh sounds of American hardcore punk and NWOBHM. This track is one of the most concise artefacts of such philosophies. Those people who tell you not to take chances/They are all missing on what lifes about intones Hetfield, praising the lifestyle of forebears and heroes such as Lemmy and the rest of Motorhead. To paraphrase a lyric from the song itself: Once you have heard it youll never be the same.
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