Metallica New Single "Atlas, Rise!" Music Video

Metallica have shared their new single "Atlas, Rise!" This song is the third track of their new album "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct", release date: November 28, 2016. The video is quite simple, showing the band in the studio recording. https://youtu.be/JFAcOnhcpGA Song lyrics: Metallica - Atlas, Rise!

Bitterness and burden Curses rest on thee Solitaire and sorrow All eternity Save the Earth and claim perfection Deem the mass and blame rejection Hold the pose, fein perception Grudges break your back All you bear All you carry All you bear Place it right on Right on me Die as you suffer in vain Own all the grief and the pain Die as you hold up the skies Atlas, rise! How does it feel on your own? Bound by the world all alone Crushed under heavy skies Atlas, rise! Crucify and witness Circling the sun Bastardized in ruin What have you become? Blame the world and blame your maker Wish 'em to the undertaker Crown yourself the other savior So you carry on All you bear All you carry All you bear Place it right on Right on me Die as you suffer in vain Own all the grief and the pain Die as you hold up the skies Atlas, rise! How does it feel on your own? Bound by the world all alone Crushed under heavy skies Crushed under heavy skies Atlas, rise!   Masquerade as maker Heavy is the crown Beaten down and broken Drama wears you down Overload, the martyr stumbles Hit the ground and Heaven crumbles All alone the fear shall humble Swallow all your pride All you bear All you carry All you bear Place it right on Right on me Die as you suffer in vain Own all the grief and the pain Die as you hold up the skies Atlas, rise! How does it feel on your own? Bound by the world all alone Crushed under heavy skies Crushed under heavy skies Atlas, rise!

What I really love about Metallica right now is that they are not beholden to anyone anymore. No one can tell them they need to have a song like this or play a verse like that anymore. They own their own "master recordings" (something extremely few artists actually have!), they have their own record label now, and they don't NEED to sell ANYTHING if they don't want to. They are literally making music for the sake of making music and having fun - and you can tell when you listen to it. They are just rocking out! They have achieved what many, many musicians have not been able to: to be completely in control of their own fate and musical choices. They have truly succeeded. And you would think that when they became radio-friendly on the Black album, Load and Reload, that those fans would disappear now since Death Magnetic, that they have returned to their heavier roots - but they haven't. They are still debuting albums at number one. This means they have literally taken people who only originally liked songs like Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters, and they have turned many of those people into Metalheads. If that's not success, nothing is! - Review by Justin Honse