"The Unnamed Feeling" is the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 by heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

 from their 2003 album

Album

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 St. Anger

St. Anger

St. Anger is the eighth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on June 5, 2003 through Elektra Records. It was the band's last album released through Elektra. The album marked the end of the longest timespan between studio albums from Metallica, with nearly six...

. The song is about an unnamed feeling (anxiety, according to Hetfield) a person feels when they are close to the edge of losing control, just before he or she panics.

Along with a music video

Music video

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, the song was released as a single exclusively to Australia

Australia

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. It was released as part of an E.P.

Extended play

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 in the UK. The unique video, directed by The Malloys

The Malloys

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, featured the band performing in a virtually empty room that gradually closed in on them throughout the song. This was accompanied by visual stories of several people all experiencing that "unnamed feeling" in their own way.

The front cover for the basic singles depicts the "monster" from their other St. Anger single, "Some Kind of Monster." However, cover art for the Australia-exclusive CD single for "The Unnamed Feeling" was chosen by Metallica through a contest where Australian fans could submit their own original artwork. The winning piece by Louis Claveria depicts an isolated illustration of a black heart roughly outlined in white with a black background. Claveria's artwork was autographed by the band and framed, and all four finalists were featured in an exclusive poster insert included in the single. Exclusive live B-sides from Metallica's first show at the Big Day Out

Big Day Out

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 festival in Brisbane

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 were featured on the Australian single.

Track listing

International EP

1. "The Unnamed Feeling" - 7:10
2. "The Four Horsemen (Live)" - 5:21
3. "Damage, Inc. (Live)" - 5:00
4. "Leper Messiah (Live)" - 5:56
5. "Motorbreath (Live)" - 3:20
6. "Ride the Lightning (Live)" - 6:41
7. "Hit the Lights (Live)" - 4:14
8. "The Unnamed Feeling (Video)"

International Single Part 1

1. "The Unnamed Feeling" - 7:10
2. "The Four Horsemen (Live)" - 5:21
3. "Damage, Inc. (Live)" - 5:00
4. "The Unnamed Feeling (Video)"

International Single Part 2

1. "The Unnamed Feeling" - 7:10
2. "Hit the Lights (Live) - 4:14
3. "Ride the Lightning (Live)" - 6:41
4. "Motorbreath (Live)" - 3:20

International Vinyl Picture Disc

1. "The Unnamed Feeling" - 7:10
2. "Leper Messiah (Live)" - 5:56

International Pocket Single

1. "The Unnamed Feeling" - 7:10
2. "Frantic (UNKLE Reconstruction - Artifical Confidence)" - 6:51

Australian Single

1. "The Unnamed Feeling"
2. "Dirty Window (Live)"
3. "Master of Puppets
   Master of Puppets (song)
   "Master of Puppets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the title track and was released as the first single from their album of the same name....
   
    (Live)"
4. "Battery
   Battery (song)
   "Battery" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the opening track and was released as the second single from their third album, Master of Puppets.-Structure:...
   
   (Live)"