Blackened

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Jason Newsted

Total Performances

First Performed Live

September 11, 1988

Most Recent Performance

Lyrics

                        Blackened is the end
Winter it will send
Throwing all you see
Into obscurity

Death of Mother Earth
Never a rebirth
Evolution’s end
Never will it mend

Never

Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color our world blackened

Blistering of earth
Terminate its worth
Deadly nicotine
Kills what might have been

Callous frigid chill
Nothing left to kill
Never seen before
Breathing nevermore

Never

Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Color our world blackened

Blackened

Opposition... contradiction... premonition... compromise
Agitation... violation... mutilation... planet dies

Darkest color
Blistered earth
True death of life

Termination... expiration... cancellation... human race
Expectation... liberation... population... lay to waste

See our mother
Put to death
See our mother die

Smoldering decay
Take her breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears

Darkening in vain
Decadence remains
All is said and done
Never is the sun

Never

Fire
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end
To begin whipping dance of the dead
Fire
Is the outcome of hypocrisy
Darkest potency
In the exit of humanity
Color our world blackened

Blackened

© 1988 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

November 5, 2023

St. Louis, MO, United States

Dome at America’s Center

September 9, 2023

Phoenix, AZ, United States

State Farm Stadium

August 6, 2023

East Rutherford, NJ, United States

MetLife Stadium

June 18, 2023

Gothenburg, Sweden

Ullevi Stadium

June 8, 2023

Castle Donington, England

Download Festival @ Donington Park

May 28, 2023

Hamburg, Germany

Volksparkstadion

May 17, 2023

Paris, France

Stade de France

April 12, 2023

Los Angeles, CA, United States

The Howard Stern Show @ SiriusXM Studios

December 16, 2022

Los Angeles, CA, United States

All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction @ Microsoft Theater

August 11, 2022

Buffalo, NY, United States

Highmark Stadium

May 5, 2022

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Estacionamento da FIERGS

November 6, 2021

Atlanta, GA, United States

ATLive @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium