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"Creeping Death" | ||||
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Single by Metallica | ||||
from the album Ride the Lightning | ||||
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Released | November 23, 1984[1] | |||
Recorded | February–March 1984 | |||
Studio | Sweet Silence (Copenhagen) | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 6:36 | |||
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Creeping Death |
"Creeping Death" is a song by American thrash metal band Metallica. It was released on November 23, 1984, as the lead and only commercial single from their album Ride the Lightning ("Fade to Black" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls", from the same album, were issued as promotional singles). Written from the perspective of the Angel of Death, "Creeping Death" describes the tenth plague of Egypt. It is often thought of as one of the band’s most popular songs and is currently the second-most-played song live by them.