“The metallica stole the ‘Enter Sandman’ riff!”

The frontman and founder of the Megadeth Dave Mustaine, among those who have marked the history of Thrash Metal, already from his militancy in the metal, of which he was part in the 1980s, recently returned to talk about his former bandmates. In addition to having claimed its authorship of a lot of “successful music” of the group of “Kill’Em All”, Mustaine also has accused I Four Horsemen to have stolen the riff of one of their greatest successes from another band.

Guest of the “The Shawn Ryan Show” program, Dave Mustaine claimed that “Enter Sandman“, Among the battle horses of the metal, originally contained in their classic eponymous album of 1991, also known as” The Black Album “, It would be based on Un Riff borrowed – without authorization – by another band.

The group in question to which Mustaine refers is that ofExcelThrash Crossover of Venice, California, founded by singer Dan Clements and guitarist Adam Siegel in 1983. According to the Megadeth frontman, the song that would have been copied by James Hetfield and members is “Tapping Into the Emotional Void“, released in 1989. Some listeners have in fact noticed similarities between the two songs, not only in the guitar riff, but also in the construction of the initial part with the battery.

Mustine’s comments on “Enter Sandman” emerged while he spoke of his exit from the metal. “I always secured I never say that I left, because I wanted people to know that I was unjustly chased and that I didn’t give a damn,” said the 63 -year -old musician, adding:

“Maybe we megadeth are not as big as the metallic. But, in the meantime, their most famous piece, ‘Enter Sandman’ is very similar to another song: look for the Excels immediately”.

It is not the first time that it is suspected that the famous metal song borrowed the riff from the Excel. The comparisons between the two pieces circulate since “Enter Sandman” was published in 1991, within the famous “The Black Album”. Mustaine himself had already underlined these similarities twenty years ago, and the “consequent” website recalls how in 2003 some members of the Excel had even evaluated to take legal actions against Hetfield and his companions. Even if nothing was done.