Blitzkrieg is the seventh track from 1998’s album Garage, Inc. second disc. It was written by Ian Jones, Jim Sirotto and Brian Ross, with a length of 3:36.
Originally released by Blitzkrieg in 1981 as a B-side to the Buried Alive single, Metallica have already released their version in their 1984’s Creeping Death single (aka “Garage Days Revisited”). It also features in the Whiskey in the Jar single as a live version, recorded in 1997 in London, England.
Metallica first played “Blitzkrieg” live on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Los Angeles, California.
Since its live debut, the song has been performed 83 times live, the last time being on February 10, 2018, in Turin, Italy.