04) Metallica – “Sad But True”
James loves to introduce this song as one of ‘Tallica’s heaviest, and even if we disagree, the down tuning and the ample space around the riffs certainly anchor it as a contender. But there’s one particular moment that gets us every time, and that’s the beginning of the third verse – “Hate? I’m your Hate!” Especially on the S&M version of the song, padded beforehand by a couple of crushing seconds of silence and Lars’ drum fill, James roars “Aaaaahhhh’m your hate” with a venom unmatched almost anywhere else in the discography. Was that the last recorded instance of a pre-rehab Hetfield enjoying his demons?
