Enter Sandman by Metallica
Enter Sandman by Metallica runs at 122 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 122 BPM
- Key
- E major
- Length
- 5:32
- Genre
- metal
- Mood
- menacing
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A menacing metal track blending hard rock with high energy and a swung feel at 122 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a cracking and compressed snare and tight closed hats. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A gritty male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a dense and compressed style, foregrounding vocal clarity and melodic lead, built on extended seventh chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 122
- Chords
- extended seventh
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- metal
- Second genre
- hard rock
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- dense and compressed
- Mood
- menacing
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- cracking and compressed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- melodic lead
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a gritty male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Metallica. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.