Artificial Intelligence Wrote This Fake Metallica Song

What would happen if you fed a computer a band’s entire catalogue of lyrics, then asked it to write its own song in that band’s style?

The website lyrics.rip operates on that very concept, and one endeavoring metalhead took the idea to the next level by having the tool generate a new song’s worth of “Metallica” lyrics, then writing his own Metallica-esque musical accompaniment. No fake Metallica song would be complete without a requisite James Hetfield impersonation, and Funk Turkey, as the musician is known, has got us covered there too with some mighty convincing “yeah-yeaaaahhhh!”s and trademark Papa Het snarls.

The song is called “Deliverance Rides,” and I’ve gotta hand it to whoever built lyrics.rip… these words really could be a Metallica song! What’s more, the music Mr. Turkey has written could easily slide right amongst any number of Metallica classics and your casual fan would be none the wiser. Here are the lyrics, followed by the full song underneath.

Beaten down and destroy
Dead sure she’ll never you betray
Hell is the one who waits for you
Now I roam the world all alone

Bound by leather steeds they ride
Crown yourself the world and tired
Dying, the one who waits for you
No, there’s no longer cares

I’m the sun, I’m insane
Yes she’ll never love
Never me, so let it be
Obey your eyes

Death! Deliverance rides!
Yeah-yeah, no!

Bound by minutes seemed like hours
Killing scores with the flame
Behind the pages turn the door
Die as you live in vanity

Curses rest on our brains
No, there’s an evil feeling in vain
I can’t believe I stand alone
Beast under wicked sky

I’m the sun, I’m insane
Yes she’ll never love
Never me, so let it be
Obey your eyes

Death! Deliverance rides!
Yeah!

Hold the door should I wish for death
The price all you say
Die as you be there when I’m the sun
Assuring me all eternity
I can’t believe the death of day
The dark of wretched pain
Where I see the one thousand deaths
Never free in vain

I’m the sun, I’m insane
Yes, she’ll never love
Never me, so let it be
Obey your eyes

Death! Deliverance rides!
Hey, hey!

[via Kerrang!]