All Nightmare Long

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"I like to keep it as vague as possible, so it can plug into your life. It almost didn't make it. The chorus is a leftover from St. Anger. It was an attempt to get back to the H. P. Lovecraft mythos with Thing That Should Not Be, Call of Ktulu.[ sic ] This was about the Hounds of Tindalos, which was another crazy mindfuck about these wolves that hunt through their nightmares and the only way you can get away from them is stay within angles. You can't even escape through sleep."

Release versions

The single is available in a three-disc collectors set. [2] The first disc was released as a digipack to store the remaining two discs with the album version of "All Nightmare Long", along with the songs "Wherever I May Roam" and "Master of Puppets", recorded live in Berlin at the Death Magnetic release bash at the O2 Arena in September 2008. [2] The second disc also has the studio version of "All Nightmare Long", along with the songs "Blackened" and "Seek & Destroy", also recorded at the Berlin O2 Arena. [2] The third disc is a DVD, which, along with the album version of the song as audio, includes a ten-minute-long mini-documentary about the bands' day in Berlin, along with twenty minutes' worth of live tracks from that night's album release party, as well a fifteen-minute-long movie from the tuning room at the Rock im Park. [2]

In pop culture

Track listing

"All Nightmare Long"
Metallica - All Nightmare Long cover 1.jpg
Disc 1 cover
Single by Metallica
from the album Death Magnetic
B-side "Wherever I May Roam" (Live)
ReleasedDecember 15, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre Thrash metal [1]
Length7:58
Label Warner Bros.
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) James Hetfield
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Metallica singles chronology
"The Judas Kiss"
(2008)
"All Nightmare Long"
(2008)
"Broken, Beat & Scarred"
(2009)
Music video
"All Nightmare Long" on YouTube
International Single Part 1
No.TitleLength
1."All Nightmare Long"7:58
2."Wherever I May Roam" (Live)6:37
3."Master of Puppets" (Live)8:20
International Single Part 2
No.TitleLength
1."All Nightmare Long"7:58
2."Blackened" (Live)6:29
3."Seek & Destroy" (Live)7:45
International Single Part 3 (DVD)
No.TitleLength
1."All Nightmare Long"7:58
2."Berlin Magnetic" (Documentary)31:51
3."Rock Im Park "Containter" Rehearsal"14:46
Japanese EP
No.TitleLength
1."All Nightmare Long"7:58
2."Wherever I May Roam" (Live)6:37
3."Master of Puppets" (Live)8:20
4."Blackened" (Live)6:29
5."Seek & Destroy" (Live)7:45
Australian single
No.TitleLength
1."All Nightmare Long"7:58
2."Master of Puppets" (Live)8:20
3."Blackened" (Live)6:29
4."Seek & Destroy" (Live)7:45

Personnel

Metallica
Production

Charts

Chart performance for "All Nightmare Long"
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 90
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 51
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 27
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [11] 18
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 11
France (SNEP) [13] 55
Germany (GfK) [14] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] 7
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [16] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 44
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [18] 28
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [19] 9

References

  1. "Metallica: "All Nightmare Long"". December 9, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "METALLICA: 'All Nightmare Long' Single Details Revealed". Blabbermouth. November 15, 2008.
  3. "Metallica video director EXCLUSIVE pic and interview". Metal Hammer.
  4. "Metallica 'All Nightmare Long' Video". rockdirt.com. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  5. "Metallica's "All Nightmare Long" Video Premieres". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008.
  6. "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Metallica : Interview with James Hetfield". Jam.canoe.ca. December 8, 2008. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  7. "METALLICA's 'All Nightmare Long' is NO MERCY's Theme Song". Blabbermouth. September 12, 2008.
  8. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 185.
  9. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  10. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  11. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  12. "Metallica: All Nightmare Long" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  13. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  14. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  15. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  16. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  17. "Metallica – All Nightmare Long". Singles Top 100. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  18. "Metallica Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  19. "Metallica Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2022.