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Moth into Flame

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Wikipedia article




"'Moth into Flame'" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica and the second single from their tenth studio album, 'Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'. The song debuted during the band's appearance on 'The Howard Stern Show' on September 26, 2016, with the official music video being uploaded to the band's official YouTube page hours later. The song made its live debut at Webster Hall on September 27, 2016, the 30th anniversary of former bassist Cliff Burton's death.

The song was used as the official theme song for American television company TBS's 'ELeague', for both the second season of the program and the ELeague 'Counter-Strike' Major. Metallica performed the song with Lady Gaga at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2017, which was fraught with difficulties as Hetfield's microphone was not functional for almost half of the performance. Hetfield threw down his guitar in anger as the band left the stage. With permission from the Grammys and CBS, both artists were allowed to upload the rehearsal performance, which did not include any technical difficulties, as well as a "fixed" version of the original performance, which included the soundboard recording mixed in with the broadcast version.

Background



James Hetfield stated that Amy Winehouse had served as inspiration for the song after he had watched the 2015 documentary film 'Amy'. "The song was somewhat inspired by the Amy Winehouse documentary, 'Amy'. When I watched it, it really made me sad that a talented person like that fell for the fame part of it. But, to some degree, I see that mentality reflected in daily lives".

Personnel



*James Hetfield lead vocals, rhythm guitar

*Kirk Hammett lead guitar

*Robert Trujillo bass, backing vocals

*Lars Ulrich drums

Charts



References



Category:2016 songs

Category:Metallica songs

Category:2016 singles

Category:Songs written by James Hetfield

Category:Songs written by Lars Ulrich

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