What If To Live Is To Die Was On Ride The Lightning? | Metallica Album Crossovers [BEST]

Alternatively, without "To Live is to Die," Justice might have featured a completed version of a song like "Vulturus" or an entirely different instrumental epic that leaned further into the "Holy Wars" style of technical thrash. The Verdict

The guitars would carry the thick, saturated "wall of sound" heard on tracks like "Fight Fire with Fire." Alternatively, without "To Live is to Die," Justice

On Ride the Lightning , it would be a . Hearing Cliff speak (or James reciting Cliff’s words) while Cliff is still alive and playing would change the song from a funeral march to a philosophical statement on the band's integrity. 4. The "Butterfly Effect" on ...And Justice for All On Justice , it’s a eulogy

The band might have been forced to write a different tribute, perhaps something even more aggressive. would replace "The Call of Ktulu."

The poem spoken at the end of the track— “When a man lies, he murders some part of the world...” —was often attributed to Paul Gerhardt but was a favorite of Cliff’s. On Justice , it’s a eulogy.

Every classic Metallica album has a specific flow. To make this work, would replace "The Call of Ktulu."