The Story Behind Enter Sandman Video Online

terrybezer / News, Top Posts / 09/03/2010 15:22pm

Get the full story behind Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ as told by Swedish TV!

Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ is one of the greatest hard-rock songs of all time. That build up, the main riff, the chorus, the solo – every last second of Sandman is iconic and 100% classic.

It’s quite fitting then that Swedish TV channel SVT have told the full story behind this all-time great tune. Catch the full 4-part video below.

34 Comments


haha I actually saw this on SVT a few days ago.

WHO FUCKING CARES

Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ is one of the greatest hard-rock songs of all time.

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LIES – its commercial garbage, by what standards are we measuring greatness.. commercial appeal…almost every song prior to that pop rock sell out piece of shit album is superior.
Quite sad the MH have sold their souls and gone all commercial and will say whatever they need to say to get the $$$ in…

and get rid of all this airbourne shite that the labels are greasing your greedy palms to promote..

(Recession hitting hard)

YOU never promote real metal any more..only what RR tells u to …..

SELL OUTS

Lewis@Hammer

Best. Post. Ever.

Mustained undies

dave – you clearly need to get laid – stop pretending to be a hard-ass, leave the internet alone for a while, get a shower, then go outside and try talking to girls, that would be a good start.

dave – you are a twat of the highest order.
Do the world a favour and take a long run off a short pier.
Asshole.

got to agree with dave. MH dose seem to be premoting the more commercial music that the real metal that they used to premote

Perhaps Dave and James would like to tell us why the Black Album isn’t ‘real metal’? Songs like ‘Wherever I May Roam’, ‘Of Wolf And Man’, ‘Sad But True’ and ‘The God That Failed’ aren’t real metal?

Read the post fool….said the SONG Enter Sandman…not the album.. Go home and listen to thunderstruck

The Real Ollie

Its an iconic song and album. Get over it. What’d you say bout thunderstruck? Ass

going to agree with dave on this, Metallica clearly had 4 stand out albums and then the Black album came along where there were NO real METAL songs just some hard rock trash that everyone seems to eat up.
But if you want to pretend you love thrash metal go ahead and think the enter sandman and the black album are amazing

Moshtank

interesting stuff
i love peeking into the lives of my idols
also i think dave might be Mr Mustaine in a terrible cover name

Seriously stop insulting Dave, he beat me up last week and I beat up Howard Jones once.

Plus his post was right.

Anthony Woods

Dave is a dickhead. You looking Dave? You are a Dickhead.

Right now that in order, yes actually i agree with those who say more underground bands should get exposure in the mag and on the website… But i still side with the fact that commerce is the only way bands can make the big money… Its a tough industry and im not gonna be as shallow minded as that Dickhead Dave, and say bands like Metallica and Metal Hammer are sellouts. They bring us a medium of Metal music that suits the majority of the audience and makes the biggest profit possible. Its in their interest to do what is good for them and make the best choices they can to further their careers.

Metallica toured for 3 years straight in the early 90’s with the Black Album… The stress that put on them 4 lives in my opinion wasnt worth the success of the record… but then thats the price they paid to be famous and have their bands name known for the rest of time. Not many metal bands will leave that kind of legacy in this world… So good on them for making the most of it… I hope it continues.

…and with that im off to never-neverland \m/

Pffft, fuck off Dave

You said “Read the post fool….said the SONG Enter Sandman…not the album.. Go home and listen to thunderstruck”

However, u also said “LIES – its commercial garbage, by what standards are we measuring greatness.. commercial appeal…almost every song prior to that pop rock sell out piece of shit album is superior”

This is PROOF in writing that u can’t even tell what YOU are saying, u said u weren’t hating on the ALBUM, but u clearly did so in your first post. So why should anyone listen to your opinion?

Dumb prick, go jerk off to Cradle of filth and cattla decapitation.

Enter Sandman is awesome

Dave is my new hero. the rest of you blind metallifags can go suck a dick.

Laimonas

Dave.. you are seriuoslly retarded. You pretend do be expert metalhead , but know shit! Most great musicians and companies acknolewge Enter Sandman as one of the greatest metal songs and you know better than them? Go get a life you troll.. I guess you call metal that thing ( cant call it music) where are sick growling and some random notes?

- So, Dave, what constitutes “real metal” as you put it? If you dont like Enter Sandman or Metallica why are you bothering to read and even post on an article about it?

- James. You cant spell which clearly makes you stupid and stupid people dont have valid opinions so fuck off back to school! (Its spelled PROMOTE, dumbass!)

“Most great musicians and companies acknowledge Enter Sandman as one of the greatest metal songs ”

bwhahahahahahahahaa

Black album was a decent ROCK album….

Enter Sandman was SHITE rock song as well and is NOT a metal song… The rest of the of the album was at best a GOOD rock album but a SHITE metal album and NOT a real METALLICA album…

Sure i understand most of you only found out about them when they released enter sandman, just like you found out about Ac / Dc when they did thunderstruck…

If you call it metal then you are clueless and may as well listen to Avrils latest “metal” offering, then after that go listen to some Trivium, Airbourne or the Darkness some of the other GREAT “so called” metal acts being punted here.

Your opinion of me or of my opinion is wasted time cause i don’t give a fuck what a bunch of la la neverland sandheads think..

Read a REAL metal mag and you will know the difference FOOLS

you’ve been thunderstruck…………..

PS Mustained undies – i have been laid, otherwise you would not be here…

Oh dave, are you troo metullz? you fucking pathetic elitist metalhead fuck.

Preacher13

I’m off to never neverland!

Should write a song Hardcore Dave

i can tell that that dave guy is a person who says “aww, thats not metal”

Mustained undies

haha – dave that comeback is so shit its hilarious! That is definitely a reply from someone who aint been laid – blowing your daddy or shagging your hand doesn’t count.

Carry on posting though – you chat so much shit, but its the funniest stuff I’ve read all day.

Jop (Hybridsoldier01)

I love the Black Album!

I wish people would stop disrespecting Enter Sandman, that’s the song that got me in to metal!

Why, when Judas Priest release ‘British Steel’ they are hailed as metal gods, but when Metallica release ‘Metallica’ they are considered sellouts? They’re both fantastic albums, but I don’t understand why they are seen differently when they both did musically pretty much the same thing…

dangnabbit

it’s amazing how many people think that when a band releases an album that sells more than any of there previous ones everyone shouts “sellout!”is it not possible for a metal band to be as big as anyone else?come on.they are artists, they should be able to express themselves however they wish, if they fancy a change of direction then who the fuck care?either people will like it or hate it.but there is no denying the impact that song has had on music!it’s up there with Paranoid,Breaking the Law,Highway to Hell and suchlike.and saying it’s not metal?well…seeing as its heavier than most Judas Priest material pre-Painkiller, does that mean JP are not metal?Enter Sandman is a classic metal song, by one of the biggest bands on the planet, and just ‘coz a handfull of people think otherwise does not change that!there are many types of metal and rock, and at points they will cross paths, and it’s a bit narrow minded to say that sum’n aint metal if it aint as heavy as Behemoth,for example.rite.there you go, bak to ur bitching.

James PotFeild

Personally, i think Metallica are one of the GREATEST bands ever to exist. If you think about it… Metal would not be what it is today without them.

Enter Sandman… Is seriously a good track, not only is it simple but it has feeling. These guys… although im not a huge fan of lars… Are fucking Geniuses… seriously.. i would like to see any one of you knuckle babies to come up with a track that best’s it.

I love how everyone thinks that just because they have access to the internet, that means they have the right to let the whole world know their opinion, however shitty and retarded it may be…….

Fuckin’ whingers…

Hey Dave, not happy? write a better song.

dangnabbit

@DC
is that not the idea of a comments section?to leave your opinions?

lol at all this dave criticism…i don’t want to disrespect anybody, but if u hate something…keep it to urself…becoz u know people will start posting you replies like “Dude u suck how can u say that ur a dickhead” and all that and then u hv to waste time going behind them trying to prove that ur right…instead of wasting that time u wud rather listen to some type of metal music(eg. death metal, metalcore, whatever) that gets u pumped up and makes u feel good..
I like this song btw…..kinda hard to believe that most of metallica’s famous songs are from this album…but their first 4 were good.
The only metallica albums i don’t like are Load and Saint Anger(oh god i started another debate!!)

All right, I’m gonna hop on the band wagon and tell all of you guys how right Dave really is.
He’s right you know!
Metallica (aka Black Album) was a sell-out…
because let’s face it, as of March 19th, 2010, the Black Album never sold more albums than somewhere around 15,525,000 copies… Which certifies as Diamond (15x Platinum).
So yeah, you were right Dave: METALLICA SOLD OUT, ABOUT EVERY SINGLE COPY!
(haha, dumbass)

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