They order her out of the car, but she approaches the protagonist, who keeps holding her at gunpoint. The group, suspecting it might be an ambush, circles around the car and keeps the man at gunpoint, only to find a woman in chador in the back seat. The video then forwards to another situation involving the remaining Marine in another group riding a HMMWV and getting stopped in the road by a Yugo and a civilian in front of it holding a jumper cable in the air. The other Marine provides first aid and calls for help, and while he's eventually medevaced by a helicopter, it is implied that he fainted. After they take cover and look for the attacker, one of them reveals that he suffered a wound. The video depicts two Marines riding a HMMWV in a desert and getting hit by an explosion. It was premiered on the band's official page at midnight on September 1, 2008. The ending of the song, like the previously mentioned ballads, is purely instrumental, featuring numerous solos and chord progressions.Ī music video for the song was filmed in the desert outside Los Angeles on July 31, 2008, directed by Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. The bridge speeds up gradually and eventually leads into fast-paced harmony between the guitars and a long guitar solo by Hammett, a build-up comparable to that of ' One', 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)' and ' Fade to Black'.

The intro starts out with clean guitars that carry into the verses, while the choruses are backed with heavily distorted guitars. Rock Sound has also compared the song to the likes of Thin Lizzy.

Like previous ballads and downbeat songs by Metallica, it is the fourth track of the album. The working title of the song was 'Casper', as shown in the Mission: Metallica videos and in Demo Magnetic. The song was released to the radio and for digital download on August 21, 2008. ' The Day That Never Comes' is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica, and the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic.

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