Whose son provided the child's spoken voice in Metallica's song "Enter Sandman"?

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

The spoken section appears near the end of the song, where a child recites the bedtime prayer “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.” The prayer creates an unsettling contrast with the song’s heavy guitar riff and its subject matter involving sleep, dreams, and fear.

Bob Rock produced Metallica and was closely involved in shaping the recording. His son’s participation is one of the small production details that listeners often notice only after learning about the song’s creation. It is not a separate guest vocal performance in the usual rock-song sense; it is a brief spoken part integrated into the track.

“Enter Sandman” was the first song written for the album and became its lead single. The song’s opening riff, compact structure, and memorable chorus helped introduce the album to a broad audience. The child’s prayer remains one of its most recognizable atmospheric touches.