Metallica - If Darkness Had a Son [Shortened]

Song belongs to Metallica
Started this as soon as the single was released so it probably doesn't sound the smoothest.
Edits:
- Overall shorter intro (except for Kirk's lead);
- Shorter instrumental section before each refrain;
- Shorter solo;
- Removed weird fill in-between the last chorus and the post-chorus (It adds nothing and sounds edited in, not natural);
- Shorter section in the outro.

[@jd0879]

I would’ve actually chopped the drums only intro and started right when all the instruments joined

[@koythomas9715]

Definitely better than the original. This makes it compete closer with screaming suicide. I would still chop some stuff, but definitely a big improvement.

[@Wie_Is_Deze_Gast]

A thing I noticed with the newer metallica songs is that they're not necessarily bad but they tend to be way to long for what they have to offer. Same with this one. I think It's an alright song overall but it's almost double the length that it should be. This version is way better

[@luisugalde6956]

That has been the case since St Anger I think. A lot of tracks on that record go longer that they should, and it carried on their writting approach since then.

[@MegaAndyGG]

I agree 100%. I mean Death Magnetic did that very well. That album have so many great riffs. But Hardwired and this new one are just too long and repetive. And it gets boring without twists and progressive elements.

[@Pubtomfoolery]

The last chorus from 4:21 is great the way you've done it. Surely this is what their engineer should've done. Cool rejig.

[@tombscoot9095]

This just proves the point that metallica needs an editor. I still think out of three this is best one in terms of riffs. It’s not a bad song but it could definitely be better with this kind of editing to make the song flow better. Keep it up and hopefully we don’t have to deal with this kind of stuff for the rest of the album and that’s not saying much lol.

[@jd0879]

It’ll clearly be the case for the rest of the album. It’s been like this since St.Anger

[@x-10silent61]

I think those long stuff make the song more cimetrical and interesting IMO.

[@tombscoot9095]

@@x-10silent61 that’s fair enough.

[@helenadzioba6653]

Super firecracker awesome album 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸😈😈😈😈🤘🤘🤘🖤🖤🖤🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pastorcameronmurphy6130]

Amen brother

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Cool but I like the original

[@robertomingo9822]

This song is such a missed opportunity. The intro immediately catches your attention, the main riff is good and the chorus is decent, but the song gets repetitive.
If they had added some harmonies, given it a faster pace and shortened it a bit, this would have been a top 5 song off 72 seasons

[@jamisonc7500]

God bless the internet for fixing this horrific song