There were multiple rapes and deaths at this concert. Unfortunately, the Russian police and military at that time did not know what a mosh pit was and took things too far.
Fuck me! The greatest metal band of all time. Hetfields voice probably woke the dead back in the early to mid 90's. He was like a fucking bear. No heavy band will ever come close to what these guys have created. I'll worship this band until the day I die.
What?!! 80's was the day of metallica the 90's gave way to the greatest metal band ever and that is pantera. Phils voice overpowers all, dimebag was 2 notches up on skill from kirk, rex gave the pounding bass line, tho i will say cliff was a better bassist and lets not forget vinny who would and could dominate larz anyday of the week on drums. Metallica was and is great but pantera rules all.
MadLane ill laugh at that lil one. They had way better songs and range. And phil carried on with even better music, down, superjoint ritual etc. All in all its opinions but the pantera shows were way more intense then Metallica shows lol
A well-known fact among the Polish fans: In the late 80s Metallica came to play in Poland. A couple of fans wanted to meet the band so, despite a very limited budget, they booked a hotel room in the same hotel where Metallica stayed (they didn't know if Metallica stayed there - the hotel was located near the concert venue so they guessed that Metallica would stay there). They decided to wait and see whether the band would arrive. Indeed, they met the members of the band at that very hotel and invited them for a drink in their hotel room. James said that they would come. Now, the boys had to get hold of some booze. At the last moment, they bought some very, very crappy vodka (again, limited budget and supply shortages in Poland at that time). The Polish boys were waiting well into the night...until they heard knocking on their door. It was indeed Metallica, willing to drink vodka with their Polish fans. They stayed with them for some hours and had a good time. Now, that's what I call being cool and down to earth.
Thanks for the Intel. Pretty cool info my friend and another fun fact about the down to earth dudes from Metallica! They were just looking to hang out and have fun like normal people after a concert. Like everyone else.
Lars actually bashed his finger on the snare drum binding at 5:04 if you listen closely, Lars doesn't hit the snare with his stick, he hits it with his finger. He missed the snare because that little pause they do during the song was accidentally cut a bit too short by James, and Lars quickly had to hit the snare while leaning over his drum kit. His finger bled all over the kit for the rest of the show, he still has this snare with the bloodstains still on it. He wrote "Bleedin' for Moscow 1991" as a little reminder of this awesome show :)
@@RM-mf2di than Jasons monster back up vocals,Lars playing the drums like a boss,Kirk shredding the fuck out of his guitar Metallica really headlined Monsters Of Rock 91.
Love how James always plays the guitar perfectly while singing. Even though there's many people who are good at singing and playing guitar at the same time, James is the one who actually got me awestruck first as a kid with how he played those riffs that contrasted to his vocal melodies.
+Rabin Miguel They actually asked one great guitarist (cant remeber who was it) is it hard for him to sing and play the guitar and he responded: not really, parts where i play and sing are not complicated but there is one man whose songs i cant imagine playing and singing at the same time and that is james hetfield james is a fucking beast as far as that is concerned :D
+Ivan kovačević Especially those staccato riffs where the guitar is chugging along, have no earthly idea how he plays that well while singing...James is always flawless.
It's years of practise. I am the second guitarist and singer of my band and it's really hard to sing over the complicated riffs I like to produce :D but you just have to always try to do your best. If you want play and sing well at the same time I recommend you to take a complicated riff like Metallica's Jump in the Fire (in my opinion it's complicated, but no hard) and try to pronounce some strange poems at the same time. It's good practise.
+ Omar Ali No matter how many try to dispute that fact. It will never be spiritually validated. Unless one can headbang their way into death! and make it back to life still headbanging. In sequence with the rhythm of death making that life coincide with the significance of the truth. That we can restore the youth. From the significance of the pain.
+Josh Hunter There is sort of truth in that.Between quadruple vodkas Boris Jeltsin asked his ex-Apperatjiks what the young people wanted. They answered "probably AC/DC" who happened to be on tour with Pantera, Metallica and for fuck's sake Motley Crue?????
@Goat I think most of this has to do with Hetfield's vocal execution. Early to mid 80's were actually relatively weak for him. His voice was brutal, but very out of tune. '86 till '92 was when he found his godlike form. It took a huge toll, and he lost that edge after blowing his voice out performing like this every other night for 3 years.
The new album is pretty good, for their age now, it wasn't disappointing to me! Two thrash song, few heavy classics and rest was load reload but amped up, and a song dedicated to Lemmy! I been listening non stop to it
for their age there are bands out there who are even older and been rocking it still the same as before, but they still have all of my respect for what they put in metal
At their best. All wearing black, all with long hair. This was when Hetfield was THE metal god. He looked like a lion and had the growl to match....those were the days.
2:40 always gets me. Come On!!!!! So much aggression. This version is my fav. Metallica at their absolute prime. Jason days. Can we go back in time please ?....
One of the best Metallica songs ever. Every riff in this song is hard not to move to. The fucking verse riff is just nasty. It's so simple, but it has a mean groove to it. I think people died this day if I'm not mistaken. The Russian police didn't know this is how fans "release" at a metal show and thought they were rioting. They weren't of course, they were just excited and into the music. Metallica was oblivious to this until after the show, or they would've stopped and explained to officials that this was just normal. At least that was the story I remember. They are still going strong, but this was in their prime...although I saw them in 2009 and was shocked they played for almost 3 hours at a very a high energy level at their age. They've still got it. One of the best heavy bands of all time, without a doubt. I'm sure diehard Megadeth fans would disagree, I think there is room for both bands. I have "Master of Puppets" and "Peace Sells..." in my top 15 metal albums ever. "Ride The Lightning" and "Rust In Peace" are in my top 25. I've just never liked Priest or Maiden, never seen what the big deal was. Black Sabbath are the gods of metal. "Paranoid" - "Sabotage" are in my top 30. I'm biased, I'm a HUGE Sabbath fan...early Sabbath. Nothing against Dio, I just preferred Ozzy. I was thinking a few days ago on the 28th anniversary of Cliff's death, what would Metallica be like today if Mustaine had gotten a 2nd chance, stayed with the band, Cliff never passed away and both were still in the band? Most talented metal band in history? Ok Lars isn't Neil Peart or Dave Lombardo...but still. That would've been a hell of a line up. Egos may have gotten in the way eventually. Sorry for the rant. This was around the time I started getting into heavy music, I was 10 or so...good times.
@@alexanderdimitrov9045 ESPECIALLY during this show! He also smacked his finger on the snare instead of the stick during a pause in this song, blood everywhere. ( 5:02 ) when James starts singing again you can hear a thud which shouldve been the snare but he missed because he misgauged the pause
There's something about that shot of the chopper that pans back to the chug of the Harvester riff that is just so... for lack of a better word... HEAVY! That shot just suits the song, and the particular part of the song, so perfectly. It's almost as if the rotor blades are thudding along with the riff. The strange dystopian atmosphere really fits with the mood of the song.
Rare fact: In the end of the song, Lars cut his finger and ran to help, well that time. Kirk and Jason kept doing solos of guitar and bass, respectively
Leafgreen1976 without a doubt the best version. I can only thank my buddy Trent for faking me to 2 shows. Bear concerts of my life..wicked amd there was no one even close in the day to compare....if I could turn back time...man Ohhh fucken man.
This is the best performance I've seen from them so far. It gives me chills. So much energy. I love how towards the end some of the guards were like, "eff it" and started rocking out. That's the power of Metallica.
When Jason comes in at 1:24, the first time I watched this, I'd never heard Metallica sound like that. Jason was finally mixed in where you couldn't just hear him, he was mixed at equal levels, and it sounded like he was slightly detuned so there's just a little bit of flat dissonance and the dirty purity of that growl was magnificent. I had to stop, rewind, turn volume up, watch again. Stop, rewind, listen, etc. I never wanted to give up rhythm guitar and pick up bass as much as I did hearing that one growl. It was so satisfying to me.
James between Seattle 89 and Moscow 91 was fuckin intimidating. That's metal in the most agressive way. Not only the way they sound, but the way he performe's. Best mode... And Jason, maybe the 3rd in terms of talent between the bass players of Metallica, but live... the best.
On the one hand I am so pissed that I was born 1996 so I had no chance to see those perfomances live, moscow 91, seattle 89 etc. But on the other hand I feel blessed because I can hear and watch Metallica nonstop whereever I may roam (pun intended). During car and train drives, during lesson (lol), during walks, during grocery shopping, during studying, during workout etc. I focking love it. Imagine dying 1980 without hearing anything from Metallica, rip
My favorite Metallica's live song ;) I wish I was in Moscow that time :) the full concert and the crowd kicks ass :) that's what I fuckin' love :) METALLICA FOR EVER :)
One of my favorite performances by Metallica - I wish I was at that show. I've been to about 7 or 8 Metallica shows- but the level of energy those fans brought was clearly reciprocated by the band. Harvester of Sorrow is my favorite off of AJFA and one of my favorite songs by the band. It's one of those songs I learned to play on guitar as soon as I heard it... great stuff.
Whatever Metallica is now there is no denying the pure fucking power that can never be taken away from them. This show has so much passion and force that I can feel it through the screen.
Usually kirk doesnt headbang or get that into the music when he plays but when he was all pumped up at 1:24 i got goosebumps just because of the pure energy from this song
Metallica at their best in front of 500.000- 1.000.000 (+) people, while flags of U.S.A., Great Britain and others were waving in Moscow. No hate, man, just pure rock and heavy metal music despite the brutality of military. Is this the best concert of Metallica? Hell yeah! At this epic concert Metallica were the real headliners in my opinion, not AC/DC.
Could have been better if it followed the rhythm and tempo more. It doesn't really linger too much on stuff that is happening and instead edited into a mess. Long and steady shot could've been cool when they stopped for couple of seconds. It would be awesome if they have the original footage of the concert on public and edit it out to polish it. Overall, seems like one of the best concerts in the world, too bad the editing was the only mess and it would be awesome to convert it to 4k.
Wow. Как жаль, что я была совсем мелкая. Это просто трушный поток потрясающей Энергии. Спасибо, Господи, что они приезжают снова! Хоть я не пойду, но всем желаю офигеннеееейшего настроения и хороших, богатых впечатлений!! Трясаните хаером за меня там, ребз!!!
If James and Lars watched that video now, they'd be like: "Oh man, why did we cut out the bass lines from the Justice album, it would have sounded even better"
Even when he says stuff like “yeah” and “thank you!” Black era James makes it badass. He was the total package. The Long haired Wild man up for anything! No beer or woman was safe! Lol This is seriously my fav James. Best era to me was the Master/Justice era (with some great one offs like this concert in the Black era) Best James Black era James Cliff and Jason both were always cool and all ways will be
I have maybe seen this Harverster Of Sorrow version a thousand times, but I can"t help it it so intense and so good that it always brings tears to my eyes. Hall hail Metallica (at least until 91 ...)
+metalmusician6798 did youtube even excist then? do you think? but still, it was a chock to the rulers that so many came to tushino air field that day. the old guys in the kremlin didn´t know who metallica was!
+Hördur Vallur Sigfridson actually everyone knew what western music sounded like, we just smuggled it all through radio recorders or some sort of black market. it was iliegal to play music not aproved by the goverment (most of the western music)
There are two reasons why metallica changed the way they did after the black album. 1. james blew his voice out and 2. look at this concert, they played infront of 1.6 mil people. As a band thats a clear cut way to say you have reached your peak. After the black album and WIMR tour, they dont need to make triple platinum albums anymore, they did what they wanted to do as a band and still made great albums. Respect the band and what they want to do. Thats why metallica is the best!
One of the most brutal concerts in history
Especially for those in the crowd who were baton'd.
@@Dangerous2099 I mean it was free so...
@@falafel2964 11 people died.. but eh. It was free. So what the hell.. right?
Wit Seattle '89
There were multiple rapes and deaths at this concert. Unfortunately, the Russian police and military at that time did not know what a mosh pit was and took things too far.
Fuck me! The greatest metal band of all time. Hetfields voice probably woke the dead back in the early to mid 90's. He was like a fucking bear. No heavy band will ever come close to what these guys have created. I'll worship this band until the day I die.
Totally right...
Dave B Agree with you bro! Pantera and Sepultura are very close tho :) thoughts?
Tee Mon sepultura were close indeed!!!! Awesomeness personified
What?!! 80's was the day of metallica the 90's gave way to the greatest metal band ever and that is pantera. Phils voice overpowers all, dimebag was 2 notches up on skill from kirk, rex gave the pounding bass line, tho i will say cliff was a better bassist and lets not forget vinny who would and could dominate larz anyday of the week on drums. Metallica was and is great but pantera rules all.
MadLane ill laugh at that lil one. They had way better songs and range. And phil carried on with even better music, down, superjoint ritual etc. All in all its opinions but the pantera shows were way more intense then Metallica shows lol
I swear man, Jason is ridiculously badass
yeah. Im always focused on him the entire time
Makes my neck hurt just looking
He left the fucking band.
Especially his vocals on Creeping Death at this concert
"DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIIIIE"
his timing and delivery was too perfect
hes is excellent
One million fuckers all in tune. At the end, even the police said fuck it, let's rock.
1.6 million fuckers to be exact.
Sam Baker its fucking amazing
Glen Downs one of the guitars is out of tune though you can hear it
A well-known fact among the Polish fans: In the late 80s Metallica came to play in Poland. A couple of fans wanted to meet the band so, despite a very limited budget, they booked a hotel room in the same hotel where Metallica stayed (they didn't know if Metallica stayed there - the hotel was located near the concert venue so they guessed that Metallica would stay there). They decided to wait and see whether the band would arrive. Indeed, they met the members of the band at that very hotel and invited them for a drink in their hotel room. James said that they would come. Now, the boys had to get hold of some booze. At the last moment, they bought some very, very crappy vodka (again, limited budget and supply shortages in Poland at that time). The Polish boys were waiting well into the night...until they heard knocking on their door. It was indeed Metallica, willing to drink vodka with their Polish fans. They stayed with them for some hours and had a good time. Now, that's what I call being cool and down to earth.
Metallica was not in Poland in the late 80s, that's a myth. Edit: I was wrong
@@aileaiho768 ua-cam.com/video/QvB_VBKgOpA/v-deo.html
Thanks for the Intel. Pretty cool info my friend and another fun fact about the down to earth dudes from Metallica! They were just looking to hang out and have fun like normal people after a concert.
Like everyone else.
@@aileaiho768 do you mean Mythallica ?
Prove it
The best live performance Harvester of Sorrow of ALL TIME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Probably my favourite metallica song ever, this being the best version
No question
I concur
Lars actually bashed his finger on the snare drum binding at 5:04 if you listen closely, Lars doesn't hit the snare with his stick, he hits it with his finger. He missed the snare because that little pause they do during the song was accidentally cut a bit too short by James, and Lars quickly had to hit the snare while leaning over his drum kit. His finger bled all over the kit for the rest of the show, he still has this snare with the bloodstains still on it. He wrote "Bleedin' for Moscow 1991" as a little reminder of this awesome show :)
woow
isaac white "Bleeding for Moscow".........that's fucking metal.
gotta love lars for that
SO FUCKING WHAT WERE YOU THE ONE PLAYING HARVESTER OF SORR0W!?!?!?
Karim Gharbaoui my dude, what?
This concert was the inspiration for Metalocalypse. The helicopter, the beatings, the ungodly amount of people.
Do you folks like coffee? Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle!
James Bayly I think I read that two million people showed up to this concert.
haha heinz your profile picture made me laugh so hard
One word BRUTAL
Nick Nolte 500,000 people
I love that some of the military guys were like "Fuck this policing people. Its time to rock out!".
i love how the cameraman record the people beaten by soldiers
@MonoChronicle 5:40
@MonoChronicle a few of them watched it
Quiett.. they are moshing..
It’s a Russian mosh pit.
They were feelin it
@3:13 even the ants don't cross Russian police lines.
Lmao
I bet Chuck Norris would have.
Hahaha, best comment ever.
Ants are crazy bastards they'll fuck you up big time
im so glad i read this comment before watching was no good when it got to that part
1.2 million people went to this concert. Mind blown!
+danilo fernandez 1.6 !!
5th biggest concert in history, Epic!
+danilo fernandez It's not the first?
no, rod stewart in copacabana had 3.5 million. some others were bigger but this one was immense
danilo fernandez Well i didn't know that
2:39 is the greatest "Come on!" of all time.
eere3343 you can feel the anger releasing from James. Fucking awesome
Cali Sav And lars lol
@@zachcline7555 Lars went hard as fuck on those drums
@@RM-mf2di than Jasons monster back up vocals,Lars playing the drums like a boss,Kirk shredding the fuck out of his guitar Metallica really headlined Monsters Of Rock 91.
Overkill-Shine on
Love how James always plays the guitar perfectly while singing. Even though there's many people who are good at singing and playing guitar at the same time, James is the one who actually got me awestruck first as a kid with how he played those riffs that contrasted to his vocal melodies.
+Rabin Miguel he doesnt even look at the guitar most of the time. lol so crazyy
+Rabin Miguel They actually asked one great guitarist (cant remeber who was it) is it hard for him to sing and play the guitar and he responded: not really, parts where i play and sing are not complicated but there is one man whose songs i cant imagine playing and singing at the same time and that is james hetfield
james is a fucking beast as far as that is concerned :D
+Ivan kovačević Especially those staccato riffs where the guitar is chugging along, have no earthly idea how he plays that well while singing...James is always flawless.
Ivan Kovačević Look up Matt Heafy from Trivium. He recently did a livestream where he played lead stuff while singing. Simply astonishing
It's years of practise. I am the second guitarist and singer of my band and it's really hard to sing over the complicated riffs I like to produce :D but you just have to always try to do your best. If you want play and sing well at the same time I recommend you to take a complicated riff like Metallica's Jump in the Fire (in my opinion it's complicated, but no hard) and try to pronounce some strange poems at the same time. It's good practise.
best heavy metal of all time of all time
big fan from iraq
The head bangers so close to those being @ ashora'a Day :D
*Thrash metal
+NekoKawaii - Chan *who cares
+ Omar Ali No matter how many try to dispute that fact. It will never be spiritually validated. Unless one can headbang their way into death! and make it back to life still headbanging. In sequence with the rhythm of death making that life coincide with the significance of the truth. That we can restore the youth. From the significance of the pain.
+The Chosen Undead dude in an interview they hate being called that
Contrary to popular belief, this song actually knocked down the Berlin Wall.
Yeah they actually refurbished the wall in '91 and sent it to Moscow so that the loudest guitars in history could break it down once more.
+Josh Hunter There is sort of truth in that.Between quadruple vodkas Boris Jeltsin asked his ex-Apperatjiks what the young people wanted. They answered "probably AC/DC" who happened to be on tour with Pantera, Metallica and for fuck's sake Motley Crue?????
+Josh Hunter even tho it came down 2 years before hahah
+Josh Hunter Was also the harbinger of the end of the USSR!
This song was released in 1986...
I wish I could go back in time and fly to Moscow just to hear this song.
The Witch-King of Angmar ..and miss million people crowd shouting "DIE!" on Creeping Death?
Yeah
1990s...the golden era. ahhhh...i miss those days.
Mr. Kite Flier Nah I prefer 80's for Metallica
Halfway 93 they were over their prime
Wish I could say the same
@Goat I think most of this has to do with Hetfield's vocal execution. Early to mid 80's were actually relatively weak for him. His voice was brutal, but very out of tune. '86 till '92 was when he found his godlike form. It took a huge toll, and he lost that edge after blowing his voice out performing like this every other night for 3 years.
2:38 gives me chills everytime
Holy shit I just got goosebumps
My favorite part of this video and song. It just goes INSANELY hard.
This is Metallica at their ferocious best. They were a force to be reckoned with back in the day.
metalfanatic they're def making a come back with their new album, especially Atlas Rise and Moth Into Flame
Yes bro i love the new songs a lot! Can't wait to get the album. It will be fucking awesome. \m/
sadly, now that album is here, is a disappointment...sad to say that
The new album is pretty good, for their age now, it wasn't disappointing to me! Two thrash song, few heavy classics and rest was load reload but amped up, and a song dedicated to Lemmy! I been listening non stop to it
for their age there are bands out there who are even older and been rocking it still the same as before, but they still have all of my respect for what they put in metal
The guitar tone here is ridiculous... between this and Pantera’s breakdown in Domination this could be the most badass show of all time
This is the Metallica I remember.
At their best. All wearing black, all with long hair. This was when Hetfield was THE metal god. He looked like a lion and had the growl to match....those were the days.
Richard Skipper the road is it drawing near metllica will play four many more years show what fucking ass hole knows
Tennek Trey now they sing with lady gaga😭😢
Facts 👏👏👏
No this is one direction
2:35 through 2:50 almost made me flip my desk over at work and start doing cartwheels through the office screaming.
Just look at Lars headbanging behind the drums. I wonder how many sticks and drum skins he broke during that show.
What you doin watching this at work??
@@morcus6962 Making work enjoyable
newsted is a totally metal badass. fucking rocks
Maybe one of the greatest live videos of all time!!!
2:40 always gets me. Come On!!!!! So much aggression. This version is my fav. Metallica at their absolute prime. Jason days. Can we go back in time please ?....
the energy is surreal. i can feel it through the speakers and see it in this video. metallica at their prime.
me too and the drumming sounds tribal in places!!
James screaming "COME ON!" at 2:39 is the most brutal thing ever
5:40 that guard let himself go
This performance gave me chills, it sounds better than the studio version😍
5:05 one of the greatest transitions into a riff ever created
One of the best Metallica songs ever. Every riff in this song is hard not to move to. The fucking verse riff is just nasty. It's so simple, but it has a mean groove to it. I think people died this day if I'm not mistaken. The Russian police didn't know this is how fans "release" at a metal show and thought they were rioting. They weren't of course, they were just excited and into the music. Metallica was oblivious to this until after the show, or they would've stopped and explained to officials that this was just normal. At least that was the story I remember. They are still going strong, but this was in their prime...although I saw them in 2009 and was shocked they played for almost 3 hours at a very a high energy level at their age. They've still got it. One of the best heavy bands of all time, without a doubt. I'm sure diehard Megadeth fans would disagree, I think there is room for both bands. I have "Master of Puppets" and "Peace Sells..." in my top 15 metal albums ever. "Ride The Lightning" and "Rust In Peace" are in my top 25. I've just never liked Priest or Maiden, never seen what the big deal was. Black Sabbath are the gods of metal. "Paranoid" - "Sabotage" are in my top 30. I'm biased, I'm a HUGE Sabbath fan...early Sabbath. Nothing against Dio, I just preferred Ozzy. I was thinking a few days ago on the 28th anniversary of Cliff's death, what would Metallica be like today if Mustaine had gotten a 2nd chance, stayed with the band, Cliff never passed away and both were still in the band? Most talented metal band in history? Ok Lars isn't Neil Peart or Dave Lombardo...but still. That would've been a hell of a line up. Egos may have gotten in the way eventually. Sorry for the rant. This was around the time I started getting into heavy music, I was 10 or so...good times.
02:38 best come on ever!
+Amalokch and best metal groove ever too!!
+Amalokch *goosebumps*
3:11 I understand him, I don't like garbage on the floor either...
OMG XD I'M DYING!#
Netjak lmao 😂
LOL
🤣
I bet this Moscow gig back in 91 was fucking great, Metallica, AC/DC, and Pantera all on the same bill, amazing.
3:12-3:15 DIE DIE DIE BAD BOTTLE!
Legend has it he is still attacking it.
hahahahahahahahahaha wtf
Yeah wtf was that? He turned to beast listening to the song.
Greca Intifada actually he was killing the ants
Everyone went crazy!The audiences,the soliders,Lars...everyone
Right?? I miss this Lars! He was still a little prick but he definitely had a cool arrogance about him that made it more acceptable.
This was probably one of the best concerts ever filmed. Metallica,Pantera,and AC/DC in their prime.
I bet Lars hates it when James punches his cymbal during a song.
Don´t think so. James did it ever by this Song.
I BET HE LOVES IT.. ADDS ENERGY
that's hilarious! I'm sure he does.
He likes it, it is a help for him as he is physical exhausted
@@alexanderdimitrov9045 ESPECIALLY during this show! He also smacked his finger on the snare instead of the stick during a pause in this song, blood everywhere. ( 5:02 ) when James starts singing again you can hear a thud which shouldve been the snare but he missed because he misgauged the pause
legend frontman
This had to have been the best concert in history. Moscow is so lucky!
There's something about that shot of the chopper that pans back to the chug of the Harvester riff that is just so... for lack of a better word... HEAVY! That shot just suits the song, and the particular part of the song, so perfectly. It's almost as if the rotor blades are thudding along with the riff. The strange dystopian atmosphere really fits with the mood of the song.
Rare fact: In the end of the song, Lars cut his finger and ran to help, well that time. Kirk and Jason kept doing solos of guitar and bass, respectively
Dio Brando he then sued the sharp object
You know it's good music when listening in 2018 and still head banging to it.
Quite possibly the best version of this tune out there!
Leafgreen1976 without a doubt the best version. I can only thank my buddy Trent for faking me to 2 shows. Bear concerts of my life..wicked amd there was no one even close in the day to compare....if I could turn back time...man Ohhh fucken man.
Epic live performance. One of their best.
This is the best performance I've seen from them so far. It gives me chills. So much energy. I love how towards the end some of the guards were like, "eff it" and started rocking out. That's the power of Metallica.
Best harvester live performance ever
by far...
When Jason comes in at 1:24, the first time I watched this, I'd never heard Metallica sound like that. Jason was finally mixed in where you couldn't just hear him, he was mixed at equal levels, and it sounded like he was slightly detuned so there's just a little bit of flat dissonance and the dirty purity of that growl was magnificent. I had to stop, rewind, turn volume up, watch again. Stop, rewind, listen, etc. I never wanted to give up rhythm guitar and pick up bass as much as I did hearing that one growl. It was so satisfying to me.
James between Seattle 89 and Moscow 91 was fuckin intimidating. That's metal in the most agressive way. Not only the way they sound, but the way he performe's. Best mode... And Jason, maybe the 3rd in terms of talent between the bass players of Metallica, but live... the best.
One of my favorite videos ever
When Elton john says you've written one of the best songs of all time,yeah you know you pulled on his heart strings 💔
BEST LIVE VERSION EVER!
I've had heard this since was released and 22 years later still not found any one better.
23 years on and I still get goosebumps watching this clip, never was a song more appropriate for its time and place delivered with sheer brute force.
best version of harvester of sorrow I've ever watched or heard!
The roars of James make lions look like pussycats...
Well the fact that he looked like a lion helped lol
Hahaha good one!
ACDC must have had a hell of a time trying to follow these guys that day!! O.o
+DimebagVision this is 90s
I see you everywhere
Why do they need to follow Metallica? They are best on their own.
AC/DC are their own beast... Once Angus came out and started playing Thunderstruck people went crazy....Pantera were there too
And these guys had to follow after PANTERA!
3:13 vladimir look at that spider! blyat *smack smack*
XoneSpecials he’s smashing bottles so they can’t be thrown on the stage
On the one hand I am so pissed that I was born 1996 so I had no chance to see those perfomances live, moscow 91, seattle 89 etc.
But on the other hand I feel blessed because I can hear and watch Metallica nonstop whereever I may roam (pun intended). During car and train drives, during lesson (lol), during walks, during grocery shopping, during studying, during workout etc. I focking love it.
Imagine dying 1980 without hearing anything from Metallica, rip
Man I love 2:39, don't see Lars rockin' out like that anymore!
hes gettin' old man. ):
Yeah man!
+James Bayly Cocaine is a helluva drug man.
+manco82
hahahaha
Dat crash tho..... :)
My favorite Metallica's live song ;) I wish I was in Moscow that time :) the full concert and the crowd kicks ass :) that's what I fuckin' love :) METALLICA FOR EVER :)
One of my favorite performances by Metallica - I wish I was at that show. I've been to about 7 or 8 Metallica shows- but the level of energy those fans brought was clearly reciprocated by the band. Harvester of Sorrow is my favorite off of AJFA and one of my favorite songs by the band. It's one of those songs I learned to play on guitar as soon as I heard it... great stuff.
you would go to Moscow? Kewl..!
Whatever Metallica is now there is no denying the pure fucking power that can never be taken away from them. This show has so much passion and force that I can feel it through the screen.
That is one big ass crowd.
Johnny Boy yep over half million.
TheWrathOfBibby I read it was 1.6 million.
TheWrathOfBibby lol half a million, your short about 1.2 million dude.
Johnny Boy The crowd that every band wants
Caretheis67 when Pantera was playing it was 500.000 only grew bigger from there
Usually kirk doesnt headbang or get that into the music when he plays but when he was all pumped up at 1:24 i got goosebumps just because of the pure energy from this song
There is som much darkness and anger in this song that it makes me happy
Fucking power.
Absolutely fucking complete power, damn it.
Probably the only song which makes me squat 20 pounds more than my usual. This is the pinnacle of metal and metallica.
I agree 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Can we all just appreciate whoever made the decision to send in Soviet army helicopters?
This song helps me with my ptsd, thank you Metallica
When the song comes back and Jason’s headbanging syncs perfectly is exactly why they should of never let him walk away from the band
Always awesome to hear this song LIVE! One of my favorites! Sounds FANTASTIC!
The best execution of this song ever!
Metallica at their best in front of 500.000- 1.000.000 (+) people, while flags of U.S.A., Great Britain and others were waving in Moscow. No hate, man, just pure rock and heavy metal music despite the brutality of military. Is this the best concert of Metallica? Hell yeah! At this epic concert Metallica were the real headliners in my opinion, not AC/DC.
I saw in an interview that Jason said it was like 1.5 million
+Christian Dinero I heard it was around 3 million estimated because a lot of people were unaccounted for because they broke in or something
+spoonwitz official is 1.6 million, but yeah a lot broke in so it's probably higher
John McLellan Bunch of badasses lol
Papa Het at his best. The stache, the hair, the riffs, the voice. Legend
don't know what kind of son of a bitch did this video, but it is edited brilliantly, LOVE IT !!!
+itkojecockot Word!
I mean, for 1991 Communist Russia, the audio isn't that bad
Dylan Bailey haha classic
Could have been better if it followed the rhythm and tempo more. It doesn't really linger too much on stuff that is happening and instead edited into a mess. Long and steady shot could've been cool when they stopped for couple of seconds. It would be awesome if they have the original footage of the concert on public and edit it out to polish it. Overall, seems like one of the best concerts in the world, too bad the editing was the only mess and it would be awesome to convert it to 4k.
Wtf are you talking about? its edited perfectly. Btw there is full version of this concert online, its edited lot less and it sucks!
On this day, I think the sound crew turned every knob to max and said fuck it!
David Harlow probably had to with so many people lol
Metallica, you make me feel good!!!🤘🤘❤❤
fucking awesome
Dudes!! Fucking many years ago and the energy stills there!
Wow. Как жаль, что я была совсем мелкая. Это просто трушный поток потрясающей Энергии. Спасибо, Господи, что они приезжают снова! Хоть я не пойду, но всем желаю офигеннеееейшего настроения и хороших, богатых впечатлений!! Трясаните хаером за меня там, ребз!!!
Metallica at its best.
So amazing voice james have :)
If James and Lars watched that video now, they'd be like: "Oh man, why did we cut out the bass lines from the Justice album, it would have sounded even better"
Even when he says stuff like “yeah” and “thank you!” Black era James makes it badass. He was the total package. The Long haired Wild man up for anything! No beer or woman was safe! Lol
This is seriously my fav James.
Best era to me was the Master/Justice era (with some great one offs like this concert in the Black era)
Best James Black era James
Cliff and Jason both were always cool and all ways will be
Still gives me goosebumps. Metallica. . . at their finest!
I have maybe seen this Harverster Of Sorrow version a thousand times, but I can"t help it it so intense and so good that it always brings tears to my eyes. Hall hail Metallica (at least until 91 ...)
I love how the Russians show so much respect to the boys waving the American flag. So cool. Much respect to the Russian metal scene.
Dean Youngblood Russians are pretty cool, they also wave a glorious UK banner
@@condor7430 a bunch of people went to that show as much as Woodstock 69
I'd like to see any concert top this one in today's music. Honestly really would, because than I could actually be apart of something so intense.
2:39 will never not be the most adrenaline pumping moment ever!!! gives me chills every time
I believe this is the most insane live they played ever.
Listening since early 80s metallica rocks
230 of those Russian Police Officers made UA-cam accounts and disliked this video.
lol
+metalmusician6798 did youtube even excist then? do you think? but still, it was a chock to the rulers that so many came to tushino air field that day. the old guys in the kremlin didn´t know who metallica was!
+Hördur Vallur Sigfridson actually everyone knew what western music sounded like, we just smuggled it all through radio recorders or some sort of black market. it was iliegal to play music not aproved by the goverment (most of the western music)
+metalmusician6798 hahaha
+metalmusician6798 in soviet russia youtube video dislike you
Kirk may enforce the law !! But its James who lays down the law !!0
2:35 RELEASE THE KRAKEN
TheTorri98 the heaviest thing I’ve ever heard/seen
Yah
Release the kraken, 🤟 👍
I feel an incredible emotion i cant describe watching/ listening to this. Especially with headphones
There are two reasons why metallica changed the way they did after the black album. 1. james blew his voice out and 2. look at this concert, they played infront of 1.6 mil people. As a band thats a clear cut way to say you have reached your peak. After the black album and WIMR tour, they dont need to make triple platinum albums anymore, they did what they wanted to do as a band and still made great albums. Respect the band and what they want to do. Thats why metallica is the best!
I was born in the wrong decade, i will always thank my dad for introducing me to one of the best Metal bands of all time.
Best concert ever
Seeing this & Pantera's Domination live at this show my life would be complete!