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"The Unforgiven" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second single from their eponymous fifth album Metallica (also known as The Black Album ). The song deals with the theme of the struggle of the individual against the efforts of those who would subjugate him.
"The Unforgiven II" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica from their 1997 studio album, Reload. It was written by James Hetfield , Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett and is the sequel to " The Unforgiven ", a song from their 1991 self-titled album .
The Videos 1989–2004 is a video album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on DVD in December 2006. [1] It features all of the band's videos from 1989 to 2004. In its first week of release, the DVD sold 28,000 copies.
"One" was the first Metallica song for which a music video was created. The music video, directed by Bill Pope and Michael Salomon , debuted on MTV on January 20, 1989. The video, shot in Long Beach, California on December 7, 1988, is almost entirely in black and white , and features the band performing the song in a warehouse.
Metallica's fifth, self-titled album, often called The Black Album, was released in 1991 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. [4] The band embarked on a two-year tour in support of the album. Metallica has since been certified 16 times platinum by the RIAA. [3] Metallica followed with the release of Load and Reload, respectively. [5]
Throughout the music video, Jason Newsted fingerpicks his bass, despite almost exclusively playing with a pick throughout his career. According to Encyclopedia Metallica, the video was shot at the Van Nuys Airport and cost $400,000, with the large platform costing over $100,000. The video premiered on MTV's Mattrock on November 15, 1997. [2]
The video as well highlights tensions between Bob Rock and Metallica. The infamous exchange between Kirk Hammett and Bob Rock during the recording of "The Unforgiven" guitar solo is documented. This video also includes three of the music videos the band shot for that album: "Enter Sandman" "The Unforgiven" "Nothing Else Matters"
"The Unforgiven III" is a thrash metal power ballad that serves as a continuation of the band's past singles "The Unforgiven" and "The Unforgiven II". [5] In comparison to those its predecessors, "The Unforgiven III" features a softer composition; Brady Gerber of Vulture described the song as the most "reflective" in the trilogy, and compared it to another song from the album, "The Day That ...