One [Single] - Metallica (CD 1993)

I fell in love with this song only when I started jamming in a band 10 years ago. Believe me, it is an incredibly difficult masterpiece to play. I would best describe ONE as a one big roller coaster ride. It starts off like a slow walk with its classical riffs, and soothing vocals fully disguised with a deadly plunge into hell right at the end with its angry speed guitars and double kick-pedals. Technically brilliant, it speaks volume of the talents of Metallica and clearly highlights the classical influence of its members (it seems more clear now with the recent collaboration in S

Opening up like a plain old boring ballad and then letting rip halfway through into a supreme piece of thrash, One is easily one of the best Metallica tracks, nay, the best ROCK tracks ever released. Written about a Vietnam veteran waking up from a coma to find is life shattered, One is an extremely powerful piece of music. Great lyrics, great riffs, adrenaline fuelled ending, this track is pumped full of the elements which make a classic track just superb. James' vocals are quite bad on the ballady bit, but then, ballads are not what Metallica are all about, and the sheer power behind the...

I bought this album back in 1998 after seeing the band perform the ONE video on MTV. I thought it was a good song because it tells a story about a guy that is injured by a land mine and loses everything(arms, legs, sight, speech, hearing, etc...)He is in torment and angry because all he can do is lay there and he does not know what is going on. He is trapped in his body in a sense. The song says that it has left him with life in Hell. This is quite true from my view. I love the way Ulrich gets down with the gituar and plays some heavy solo's by himself. It is awesome the way they all jump...

Machine guns rapidly fire in the background. Men scream: is it in agony, anticipation, or just the inhuman orders of the head general? We don't know, and we don't find out. Bombs go off, and the explosions send a chill down our spine. A helicopter races from one side to the other, giving the effect that we, the listener, are actually there. And suddenly, breaking the horrific sounds of war, is the light riff that seems to contradict to terrific fright of battle. A solo, executed perfectly, accents the guitar line. And then the guitars come together, as one, to form a somewhat-symphonic...