Editing Nothing Else Matters (section)

==Composition==
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Its intro is an E minor [[arpeggio]] (transposed one half-step lower on stage performances) beginning with the open low E followed by the open G, B and high E strings.

It is one of the few Metallica songs in which Hetfield plays the guitar solo. Lead guitarist [[Kirk Hammett]] does not play on the studio recording, making it one of the few in the whole Metallica repertoire, along with [[Cliff Burton]]'s "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth", in which he does not appear.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Epstein |first1=Dan |title=Metallica's Black Album: 10 Things You Didn't Know |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/metallicas-black-album-10-things-you-didnt-know-252307/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813073217/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/metallicas-black-album-10-things-you-didnt-know-252307/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  Hammett stated he did not learn how to play the song until they were well into the tour for the album.

The orchestral arrangements were written by award-winning composer [[Michael Kamen]].