This song is about racing and the feeling you get from it.
The name ‘thrash metal’ actually originated from this song. When Malcolm Dome wrote about the album in the UK rock magazine Kerrang! in 1984, he used the term while referencing this song, which is what we still call the sub genre today.
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[Intro]
Woah-yeah!
[Verse 1]
Racing down the road
In a street machine of steel
Gears are jammed in full
I'm the madman at the wheel
[Chorus]
Got my foot pinned to the floor
You can feel the engine roar
I got thunder in my head
I'm metal thrashing mad, yeah!
Metal thrashing mad, yeah!
[Verse 2]
Driving like a maniac
I can't go any faster
I'm burning up the road
And headed for disaster
[Chorus]
Got my foot pinned to the floor
You can feel the engine roar
I got thunder in my head
I'm metal thrashing mad
Whoa-yeah!
[Guitar Solo: Dan Spitz]
[Bridge]
Woah-yeah!
[Verse 1]
Racing down the road
In a street machine of steel
Gears are jammed in full
I'm the madman at the wheel
[Chorus]
Got my foot pinned to the floor
You can feel the engine roar
I got thunder in my head
I'm metal thrashing mad
Got my foot pinned to the floor
You can feel the engine roar
I got thunder in my head
I'm metal thrashing mad
Metal Thrashing Mad was written by Danny Lilker & Charlie Benante & Scott Ian & Dan Spitz & Neil Turbin.
Metal Thrashing Mad was produced by Carl Canedy.