Editing Nothing Else Matters (section)

==History==
Lead singer and rhythm guitarist [[James Hetfield]] wrote the song (credited to Hetfield/Ulrich)<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |title=Metallica - Metallica |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/metallica-mw0000311315 |website=Allmusic.com |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=March 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305132019/https://www.allmusic.com/album/metallica-mw0000311315 |url-status=live }}</ref> in 1990 while on tour, when Hetfield "was bumming out about being away from home."<ref name="Village Voice">{{cite web |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2012/06/22/james-hetfield-and-kirk-hammett-look-back-on-metallicas-black-album/ |title=James Hetfield And Kirk Hammett Look Back On Metallica's Black Album |last=Steffen |first=Chris |website=[[The Village Voice]] |date=June 22, 2012 |access-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101055816/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/06/metallica_black_album_interview.php |url-status=dead}}</ref> Initially, the song was not meant to be released, as Hetfield had written it for himself, but after drummer [[Lars Ulrich]] heard it, it was considered for the album.<ref name="Village Voice"/> Hetfield initially had reservations about presenting the song to the band: "I thought that Metallica could only be the four of us. These are songs about destroying things, head banging, bleeding for the crowd, whatever it is, as long as it wasn't about chicks and fast cars, even though that's what we liked. The song was about a girlfriend at the time. It turned out to be a pretty big song."<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-metallicas-nothing-else-matters |title=Metallica's Nothing Else Matters: the story behind the song |last=Hobson |first=Rich |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924234917/https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-behind-the-song-metallicas-nothing-else-matters |url-status=live }}</ref> It was one of four demo songs recorded by the band on August 13, 1990.<ref name="Metal Hammer"/>