“You are not alone.”
Metallicaare raising their voices and the volume on their speakers in the fight against suicide.
“The intention is to communicate about the darkness we feel inside,” Hetfield wrote.
Metallica singer James Hetfield.Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images
“It’s ridiculous to think we should deny that we have these thoughts.
At one point or another I believe most people have thought about it.”
The frontman continued, “To face it is to speak the unspoken.
If it’s a human experience, we should be able to talk about it.
You are not alone.”
“Don’t ever speak my name / Remember you’re to blame,” Hetfield snarls.
“Keep me inside / My name is suicide.”
“And now you speak my name / You’ve given back the blame,” Hetfield sings.
Metallica have never shied away from tackling difficult subject matter in their 42-year career.
Hetfieldgave a poignant speechabout suicide prevention before playing that song during the band’s concert in Pittsburgh last August.
We’re not supposed to talk about suicide, right?
‘Cause it’s scary.
It’s really scary," he said.
“Everyone here’s been touched by it one way or another.
We all know what darkness is.
And if you are feeling like you oughta take your own life, kindly do not.
yo talk to somebody.
Somebody loves you always.
There is someone who will listen.
And I love you!
No matter what you’ve done, you’re not alone.”
Metallica’s new album,72 Seasons, drops April 14.
Watch the video for “Screaming Suicide” above.
