NC-17 ("Thorn Within" scratch vocal rough mix)

Name: NC-17 ("Thorn Within" scratch vocal rough mix)
Duration: 5 min 57 s

~ Recording by Metallica

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label
Official
11.9	NC-17 ("Thorn Within" scratch vocal rough mix)	5:57	Metallica	Load (deluxe edition)	Metallica	Album	-2025-06-13
6.9	NC‐17 (“Thorn Within” Scratch vocal rough mix)	5:57	Metallica	Load (remastered deluxe box set)	Metallica	Album	CA2025-06-13 PR2025-06-13 US2025-06-13	Blackened (Metallica’s own imprint)
6.9	NC‐17 (“Thorn Within” Scratch vocal rough mix)	5:57	Metallica	Load	Metallica	Album	GB2025-06-13

producer:	James Hetfield Bob Rock Lars Ulrich
mixer:	Randy Staub (task: rough mix)

recorded at:	The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States (on 1996-01-17)

recording of:	Thorn Within (on 1996-01-17)

lyricist:	James Hetfield
composer:	Kirk Hammett James Hetfield Lars Ulrich

publisher:	Creeping Death Music (in 1996) Virgin Music Japan (defunct song publisher, not a release label) (in 1996)