English is an incredibly rich language, but when it comes to songwriting, many artists tend to rely on a limited selection of words that frequently appear in their music. A fan of Metallica conducted an analysis of the words most commonly used throughout the band’s discography and shared the findings on Reddit.
According to this fan, the term that appears most often in the tracks of the Californian group is “never,” which is mentioned 146 times. This includes not only titles like “Through the Never” and “The Day That Never Comes” but also lyrics from songs such as “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Don’t Tread on Me,” “Whenever I May Roam,” and “Master of Puppets,” among others.
The top five most frequently used words by the iconic thrash metal band include “one” (127 occurrences), “see” (124), “away” (95), and “take” (92). They are closely followed by “life” (89), “let/back” (87), “time” (84), and “way” (78).
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