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Am I Evil? is a song by British heavy metal band Diamond Head released on their 1980 debut album Lightning to the Nations. The song was written by vocalist Sean Harris and guitarist Brian Tatler and released via Happy Face Records, a label owned by the producer Muff Murfin of The Old Smithy studio of Worcester, England. The song was immediately popular among heavy metal circles in the United Kingdom around the time of its release, but only rose to international prominence after Metallica covered it as a B-side on their Creeping Death single in 1984; the cover was re-released on their 1998 covers album Garage Inc. The song was influenced by the Black Sabbath song Symptom of the Universe.
The song was originally released on Diamond Head's 1980 debut Lightning to the Nations, but then also re-recorded for their second album Borrowed Time. It remains a live favourite and is still included in the band's setlist to this day. However, Sean Harris has gotten fed up with continually playing Am I Evil?, one of the reasons he took the stage dressed as the Grim Reaper during their performance at the National Bowl.
The song has roots with Gustav Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War (from The Planets Suite) and used a riff, that was used earlier on Ring of Fire by The Eric Burdon Band in 1974.
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