Who provided the child’s spoken voice in Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”?

Bob Rock’s son provided the child’s spoken voice in Metallica’s “Enter Sandman.”

Near the end of the song, a child recites the bedtime prayer commonly known as “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.” The spoken passage intensifies the contrast between an ordinary bedtime ritual and the song’s frightening imagery.

The voice belongs to the son of producer Bob Rock, who worked with Metallica on the album. His contribution is brief but memorable, helping establish the childhood-nightmare atmosphere that runs through both the recording and its music video.

Listeners sometimes assume that one of the band members’ children supplied the voice because Metallica members performed the song and wrote its lyrics. However, the recording credits identify Rock’s son. The prayer is part of the song’s studio arrangement, not a separate guest vocal performance.