Randy Blythe

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And I think that's actually a huge problem in our culture now.

Meditating on death, I think for some people it seems depressing or whatever.

And for me, it's just maintaining a firm grasp on reality and trying to... It encourages me to make the most of what time I have here, you know?

It really does because...

It's fleeting.

And the more you become aware of mortality, the less time you have to waste on frivolous things.

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. 2010, we were in Australia on tour with Metallica. And I woke up one day and I looked out on my hotel room balcony and I was like, I don't want to live anymore. It wasn't like I was suicidal. I just wanted to be erased from existence. James Hetfield and some of his guitar techs, who I knew were sober, they had talked to me.

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. 2010, we were in Australia on tour with Metallica. And I woke up one day and I looked out on my hotel room balcony and I was like, I don't want to live anymore. It wasn't like I was suicidal. I just wanted to be erased from existence. James Hetfield and some of his guitar techs, who I knew were sober, they had talked to me.

Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger Show. 2010, we were in Australia on tour with Metallica. And I woke up one day and I looked out on my hotel room balcony and I was like, I don't want to live anymore. It wasn't like I was suicidal. I just wanted to be erased from existence. James Hetfield and some of his guitar techs, who I knew were sober, they had talked to me.

Dude, you might want to dial it back a little bit. And then I was like, maybe you stop drinking and doing drugs, James. your life might get better.

Dude, you might want to dial it back a little bit. And then I was like, maybe you stop drinking and doing drugs, James. your life might get better.

Dude, you might want to dial it back a little bit. And then I was like, maybe you stop drinking and doing drugs, James. your life might get better.

I'm just astounded by constantly. I realize that we're heading into legacy territory, and it's super rare. A lot of the great bands that I listened to when I was younger lasted five, six years.

I'm just astounded by constantly. I realize that we're heading into legacy territory, and it's super rare. A lot of the great bands that I listened to when I was younger lasted five, six years.

I'm just astounded by constantly. I realize that we're heading into legacy territory, and it's super rare. A lot of the great bands that I listened to when I was younger lasted five, six years.

But they're eternal in your mind and in your sort of emotional connection to this music because it's so important to you.

But they're eternal in your mind and in your sort of emotional connection to this music because it's so important to you.

But they're eternal in your mind and in your sort of emotional connection to this music because it's so important to you.

Because everyone has their different sort of... It's just extreme metal, just descendant of thrash or whatever. Just extreme metal.