"Creeping Death"@en . . . "\"Creeping Death\" is a song by the American thrash metal band Metallica, released as the lead and only single from their second studio album, Ride the Lightning (1984). Written from the perspective of the Angel of Death, it describes the Plague of the Death of the Firstborn (Exodus 12:29)."@en . . "1984-11-23Z"^^ . . . . "396.0"^^ .