Metallica — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 117 songs across 12 albums by Metallica. They use 2,852 unique words out of 14,311 (lexical richness MATTR 0.67), with an average of 122 content words per song. Emotional tone: 21% of songs positive, 36% neutral, 44% negative.
Most used words by Metallica
- see (151)
- one (120)
- take (111)
- life (98)
- away (94)
- let (90)
- kill (90)
- come (86)
- back (85)
- time (83)
- want (83)
- man (81)
- fire (78)
- know (70)
- way (70)
- feel (70)
- world (69)
- hear (69)
- say (68)
- make (68)
Signature phrases
- “within hands” (28)
- “invisible kid” (17)
- “wrath man” (16)
- “fight fire fire” (14)
- “back front” (14)
- “frantic tick tick” (13)
- “st anger round” (13)
- “anger round neck” (13)
- “anger madly anger” (13)
- “madly anger madly” (13)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (19)
- white (13)
- red (12)
- gold (7)
- amber (5)
- green (4)
- blue (2)
- crimson (1)
Albums analyzed
- Kill ’Em All (1983)
- Ride the Lightning (1984)
- Master of Puppets (1986)
- …And Justice for All (1988)
- Metallica (1991)
- Load (1996)
- Reload (1997)
- St. Anger (2003)
- Death Magnetic (2008)
- Lulu (2011)
- Hardwired… to Self‐Destruct (2016)
- 72 Seasons (2023)