welcome home(sanitarium)
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" is the fourth song from Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets. It was inspired by Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Keeping with the theme of powerlessness of "Master of Puppets", the lyrics portray one being trapped in insanity, or perhaps incarcerated in a mental asylum. However, a sanitarium is usually a facility for treating tuberculosis and other chronic disease. It begins slowly with harmonics which lead into the main riff followed by the bass guitar, drums and solo. The lyrics progress and become more harsh as time moves on, backed by harsher vocals (in comparison to the cleaner vocals of the song) and heavily distorted guitars. The song ends with several solos and a few lyrics that hint about an uprising in the asylum. Altogether, the song is guided by powerful and moving riffs that give the song a cold, gloomy atmosphere, which goes well with the lyrics.
The original demo version of this song features an extended ending which is eventually used as bass and guitar solos in the song "Orion" [1].
The section of the song that begins at 4:06 ("Fear of living on/Natives getting restless now...") bears a resemblance to a main riff in the Rush song "Tom Sawyer." Metallica thanks Rush in the liner notes for the album, so the riff may have been an intentional tribute, but it has not been confirmed by either band.
The song is sometimes combined with "Master of Puppets" in concert; the combination is known as "Mastertarium".
sanitarium? whats the meaning? ahh.who gives a hell bout the meaning.but, anyone who know the meaning of sanitarium feel free to contributes or give comments.why this song attached me to my mp4 to keep on playing over it n over again?this happened when i watched dream theatre vids doin cover of this great metallica song. i really like dream theatre bcause of portnoy, petrucci and myung. vocalist? hahaha.. dont know.event the musician more popular that their vox. this diff than pop band like maroon 5.the vox keep other member drowning in their own sea.what am i talking bout? back to sanitarium matter. rap rock controversial band limp bizkit also doing a cover during mtv icon.they r doin pretty good, combine the element of rap blend with nu metal sound and mix with a little scratch from the turntable.the sound? nice to hear it loud. forget about the unmatured screaming of fred durst, i think, they have put the song to new level.as ahmad aidil comments bout the song" i like the bass riffs".
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