Editing Creeping Death (section)

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{{short description|1984 single by Metallica}}{{Original research|date=August 2024|reason=}}{{Infobox song
| name       = Creeping Death
| cover      = Metallica - Creeping Death cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Metallica]]
| album      = [[Ride the Lightning]]
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Cliff Burton]]|[[James Hetfield]]|[[Lars Ulrich]]|[[Kirk Hammett]]}}
| B-side     = {{hlist|"[[Am I Evil?]]"|"Blitzkrieg"}}
| released   = November 23, 1984<ref name=creepingdeath>{{cite web|title=Creeping Death|url=https://www.metallica.com/releases/singles-eps/4288/creeping-death|publisher=Metallica|access-date=September 22, 2017}}</ref>
| recorded   = February–March 1984
| studio     = [[Sweet Silence Studios|Sweet Silence]] (Copenhagen)
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Thrash metal]]
| length     = 6:36
| label      = {{hlist|[[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]]|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]}}
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Flemming Rasmussen]]|Metallica}}
| prev_title = [[Fade to Black (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]]
| prev_year  = 1984
| next_title = [[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]
| next_year  = 1985
| misc       = 
{{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = Metallica - Creeping Death.ogg
 | description = Creeping Death
}}
}}

"'''Creeping Death'''" is a song by American [[Heavy metal music|thrash metal]] band [[Metallica]]. It was released on November 23, 1984, as the lead and only commercial single from their album ''[[Ride the Lightning]]'' ("[[Fade to Black (Metallica song)|Fade to Black]]" and "[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]", from the same album, were issued as promotional singles). Written from the perspective of the Angel of Death, "Creeping Death" describes the [[Plagues of Egypt#10. Death of firstborn (מַכַּת בְּכוֹרוֹת): Ex. 11:1–12:36|tenth plague of Egypt]]. It is often thought of as one of the band’s most popular songs and is currently the second-most-played song live by them.