It is not listed with an actual title on the track listing for SAP. While it just appears as an unlisted Track 5, I'd say that counts as a bonus track.

I was a huge, huge, huge fan of the Bush era. I was disgusted when they tossed him aside and brought back Belladonna for a reunion tour, especially since they had just one year prior recorded The Greater of Two Evils. It was just such a blatant cash grab, and it really bothered me as a Bush fan, considering all of the…

Not much of the actual writing, but James does show his 4 track recorder where he wrote and recorded most of the demos. And if you search Youtube for the making of Load/Reload you'll see more of that demoing process in the studio, just James and Lars jamming together. And Hammett explains how he had that "Enter…

Honestly, The Black Album is one of the best sounding metal albums of all-time. Does it have that commercial sheen to it? Absolutely, but at the same time, it's still really heavy. "Sad But True" produced by Fleming Rasmussen would sound pretty empty. The little touches of extra instrumentation and mixing that Bob…

And you're saying on the CD pressings of Garage Inc. it's there? Interesting. I never caught that.

Lars takes riffs that James and Kirk write and essentially puts them in order and tells James where the song should be, structure-wise, and then James demos them and puts the lyrics to them. The only exception to that was St. Anger when they all collaborated together on every part of the process, and it's widely…

The beats and patterns on And Justice For All were inventive and sound really technically impressive. The problem is that Lars had to record them bar by bar, essentially. Those songs have never sounded as good live, barring maybe the actual And Justice For All tour, because Lars decided after 1993 that he didn't need…

Where is that plaque? He's not buried there, FYI, but I'd like to find that plaque while I'm in San Francisco on business this week.

James at least is still very ON when it comes to his rhythm guitar chops. Hell, he HAS to be, because Lars tends to play everything 20 times faster live than the album, except Lars misses every other cymbal and double bass hit, so it sounds like garbage for the most part.

I love Drew, but he has to realize that that whole "not paying" part of that video was completely, obviously staged, right?

Death Magnetic was Rick Rubin telling Metallica to listen to old Metallica albums and try to write songs that sound exactly like that, for the most part. It's successful on that front, but at least Anthrax always continues to expand their horizons on each release. They never sound like they're retreading the past,…

I'm also curious what Anthrax releases you're referring to. I think Megadeth's Endgame was pretty solid, as was The System Has Failed, but obviously neither are as good as their earlier output. I also think World Painted Blood is a fucking awesome Slayer album. Christ Illusion was okay, and God Hates Us All has 3-4…

Bob Rock also helped them become the biggest rock band in the world and create the highest selling heavy metal album of all-time, so I'd say they don't regret their decision to enlist him.

I still think "No Leaf Clover" and "-Human" are great songs. That riff from "-Human" is heavy and groovy as hell, and "No Leaf Clover" was a great choice for a song to debut with a symphony.

What do you mean, jumbled? The ending part with the intentionally awful sounding "Run to the Hills" riff? That's always been on there.

The music was written partially when James was on the road with an acoustic guitar on his lap. He'd be holding the phone to his ear talking to his wife with his left hand, and he'd pick the intro to the song with his right hand. Fun fact! And the lyrics were also supposedly about his wife and their relationship.

I would recommend everyone who is a fan of HH to listen to both Box Angeles episodes where Hayes and Sean are the respective guests. They are so humble and down to earth, and led pretty fascinating lives before pursuing comedy and writing.

I knew I was at least half-wrong in my assumptions about the track, thanks for the correction. And yes, "NFB" is hilarious.

"Songs for the Deaf! You can't even hear 'em!"

Wow, that's a great story. Thanks!