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The Unforgiven by Metallica

The Unforgiven by Metallica runs at 140 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
140 BPM
Key
A minor
Length
6:27
Genre
hard rock
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender hard rock track blending metal with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 140 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and melodic lead, built on lush ninth and eleventh chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
140
Chords
lush ninth and eleventh
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
hard rock
Second genre
metal
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
clap-layered
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 warm male vocal

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This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Metallica. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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