The opening section contains percussive instruments performed by Ulrich, and also a small amount of keyboards. Instead of the standard melodic verse and heavy chorus – as evidenced on their previous ballads " Fade to Black", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and " One" – the band opted to reverse the dynamic, with heavy, distorted verses and a softer, melodic chorus, played with undistorted electric and acoustic guitars. Lars Ulrich explained that the band wanted to try something new with the idea of a ballad. The song has since spawned two sequels, in the form of " The Unforgiven II", from the album Reload, and " The Unforgiven III", from the album Death Magnetic. The song deals with the theme of the struggle of the individual against the efforts of those who would subjugate him. Though one of the slower tracks on the album, its chord progression is distinctly one of the heaviest ballads featured on the album. It was released as the second single from their eponymous fifth album Metallica (also known as The Black Album). " The Unforgiven" is a power ballad by American heavy metal band Metallica. 1991 single by Metallica "The Unforgiven"
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