Product Description
Hardwired...To Self-Destruct - Metallica(#ad)
“Moth Into Flame” is a song by the Metallica, a heavy metal band and it is the second song from their tenth studio album Hardwired to Self-Destruct.
The song debuted on September 26, 2016, during the band’s appearance on The Howard Stern Show and the official music video uploaded to the band’s official YouTube page a few hours later.
The song also made a live debut at Webster Hall on 27th September 2016 at the 30th anniversary of the former bassist Cliff Burton’s death.
About seven months ago, news broke that Metallica had been served with a cease and desist letter from a metal band Opprobrium. This is on the grounds that “Moth Into Flame” was too close to “Hunger for Power” by Opprobrium the death metal band.
The song was recorded in 1988 when Opprobrium was known as Incubus (they changed their name in 1999 to avoid conflict with another band who had copyrighted the name).
However, Opprobrium denied sending the cease and desist letter saying that someone is spreading the lies behind their backs. The controversy began when Exclaim received documents from Micheal Howard of Brutal Records where he stated that the song was a close duplication of “Hunger for Power” which he claimed to own the copyright.
However, Opprobrium denied this saying they were fans of Metallica themselves and the person claiming to have copyright for their song is not true and they hold all the rights to their songs.
The song became more famous after this, and the popularity was increased when Metallica performed the song together with Lady Gaga at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on 12th February 2017.
The song was also used by TBS an American television company’s ELEAGUE for the second season of the program and it's Counter-Strike Major. The song currently has more than 25 million views on YouTube on their channel Metallica TV.
Metallica - Moth Into Flame - Lyrics
Release Date - September 26th, 2016
Album - Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
Blacked out pop queen, amphetamine
The screams crashed into silence
Tapped out doused in the gasoline
The high times going timeless
Decadence death of the innocence
The pathway starts to spiral
Infamy all for publicity
Destruction going viral
Light it up ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof ah, kill the truth
You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built a higher wall
Yesterday
Now you’re thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Twisted backstabbing wicked
The delusion absolution
Perjurer fame is the murderer
Seduce you into ruin
Light it up ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof ah, tell the truth
You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built a higher wall
Yesterday
Now you’re thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Burn!
Guarantee your name, you go and kill yourself
The vultures feast around you still
Overdose on shame and insecurity
If one won’t do that fistful will
Death scene black hearse the limousine
A grave filled with seduction
Vaccine fame does the murdering
She builds up for destruction
So light it up ah, light it up
Another hit erases all the pain
Bulletproof ah, no excuse
You’re falling, but you think you’re flying high
High again
Sold your soul
Built a higher wall
Yesterday
Now you’re thrown away
Same rise and fall
Who cares at all?
Seduced by fame
A moth into the flame
Addicted to the
Fame
Track Listings -
Disc 1
1, Hardwired [Explicit]
2, Atlas, Rise!
3, Now That We're Dead
4, Moth Into Flame
5, Dream No More
6, Halo On Fire
Disc 2
1, Confusion
2, ManUNkind
3, Here Comes Revenge
4, Am I Savage?
5, Murder One
6, Spit Out the Bone
Disc 3
1, Lords of Summer
2, Ronnie Rising Medley
3, When a Blind Man Cries
4, Remember Tomorrow
5, Helpless (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
6, Hit the Lights (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
7, The Four Horsemen (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
8, Ride the Lightning (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
9, Fade to Black (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
10, Jump in the Fire (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
11, For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
12, Creeping Death (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
13, Metal Militia (Live at Rasputin Music, Berkeley, CA)
14, Hardwired (Live at U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis,MN)
