This is a song about the 10th plague God struck on Egypt, personifying the death of the firstborn son of every person who didn’t paint their door with blood; as you may recall in the book of Exodus as Moses leads Gods chosen out of slavery.
damage Inc. too.. Dyer's eve? they have a few fast tunes.. Dude needs more Metallica in his life. Creeping Death isn't even "fast" really. Then bring on the Slayer :)
People don't appreciate that this didn't get airplay in the day. It was fringe. MTV only played Metallica on Headbanger's Ball, and they never even made a music video until "One" from Justice For All. The major market rock station I listened to in 1990 only played them after 11pm. (Metallicks 105.9 KBPI Denver)
Fast? No, if you want fast - Battery live from Seattle 1989. That performance makes this feel like a Ford Pinto stuck in neutral. It is just an unreal performance and I am a Metallica fan from the 80's. I have been in many crowds at Metallica shows and when they play this song and get to the section where the crowd is chanting DIE DIE DIE it is just a totally next level energy!
If you want fast, then Battery or Ride the Lightning fits just fine, but if you really want to explore the death side of things, the best cut on this album is Fade To Black.
You definitely haven’t heard enough Metallica! They’re considered one of the big four bands who pioneered “thrash metal” including Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer.
Side 1 last song _Fade To Black_ Side 2 first song _Trapped Under Ice_ The dichotomy of someone wanting to die and someone desperately wanting to live always struck me as very profound.
For context - Jason Newsted (bass in this video) was a Metallica fan before joining the band. His energy is so high when he sings the final verse because he absolutely loves the song and is literally living out his dream in that moment.
Creeping Death was written and released in 1984 so they had plenty of time to know this song and back then we passed around copies of tapes to our friends and that’s how it spreads.
The Russian young people knew Metallica music the same way us Boomers knew music - you pass it between friends! Back in my day, you'd make "mix tapes" and pass them along to friends. It's like evangelism - spread to the faithful by word of mouth!
Ew, don’t make music sharing gross by association with evangelicals 😂 we all stole music off the radio with cassette and cd players 😂 boomers need to understand their bummers.
Besides tape-trading that launched the careers of many metal bands in the 80's - Anthrax, Overkill, Exodus, Testament, Slayer, Death Angel... from the USA... Voivod, Anvil, Exciter, Annihilator... from Canada ... Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Tankard, Running Wild... from (West) Germany... Iron Maiden, Saxon, Venom, Motorhead, Onslaught... from the UK... Metal fans also began publishing heavy metal fanzines that listed tape traders... reviews of bands and albums... interviews... And those publications circulated all over the world and many were printed in native languages. That was the world before the internet.
Just saw Metallica for the 3rd time. 1998, 92, and 2024. They are still so good! Maybe not as raw as they once were but they matured into something amazing.
@@duanes8209 cool my wife and youngest daughter (26) will be at the at the Houston show 25 as well it will be my 9 metallica concert. Me and my daughter are also going to the AWMH benefit concert in L.A in december the older stuff was great and awesome without question but they still put on an awesome show.
@@bigbigjohnlee666 thats great. its cool when you can go to concerts with your kids...my two boys, both adults now, went with me to see Iron Maiden a few years back. that was a great how too
Parents in the 70's and 80's: Metal music is Satanic. Metallica: Writes song about the book of Exodus 🤪😂 YEAH!!! I'm so psyched that you're finally doing Creeping Death!! I saw them for the 3rd and 4th time at Texas Stadium (I refuse to call it AT&T Stadium) in August of last year and it was MAGNIFICENT! There were 100k people there and Metallica played Creeping Death and I was right there screaming "DIE, DIE" along with the other 99,999 people. It was ELECTRIFYING! It was a 2 night concert and I yelled, sang and cheered myself hoarse. I couldn't talk above a hoarse whisper for 2 weeks! 😂 Abso-freaking-lutely worth it!!!! Unless they are doing a cover (like Turn the Page or So What) their songs always have a deep message/meaning/subject. They are a band you should dive deep into because of your appreciation of lyrics. 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
You have GOTTA do more Metallica!! They’re arguably the biggest band in metal. They really are more than just a metal band, though. They’ve ventured into quite a few other sounds and genres
Summer 1988(36yrs ago) Monsters Of Rock Tour was in Buffalo NY, Rich Stadium. Line up: Van Halen-Scorpions-Metallica-Dokken-Kingdomcome. I WAS THERE at 16yrs old. Metallica was brand new to our ears. A fan ever since😊
I was excited to see this one from you and glad you were able to experience it. Now, in the modern setting, think that this song (or generally Whiplash) is the start of their concert and sets the tone for the night. In regards to the speed of their playing, along with being one of the pioneering bands for the thrash movement, James Hetfield's down picking has always been regarded as S-Tier, nearly inhuman -- recommend Damage Inc off Master of Puppets if you would like to see the speed and precision along with him singing simultaneously. Side note, I just want to thank you for your work on this channel. It's something that my son and I get to share in with each other (even while we are separated until summers). It's brought a lot of joy and memories to the both of us. Truth be told, I'll be taking him to his first Metallica show this upcoming June in Houston, TX and taking my mom with us. She, who saw Metallica in 1988 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Germany while pregnant with me, later took me to my first show (Metallica and Godsmack) and now she'll be seeing them again with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies with her grandkids. Just to put a perspective on how long they have been going and how long they have been on top. Cheers good sir! Be well today.
I was at a Metallica concert where they had the snake pit ( Which is there mosh pit name) A female was accidently knocked into the pit. James ( The Lead singer) Jumped into the pit, not caring for his own safety rescued the girl, then got into a fist fight with three other guys for hitting her. It was amazing, He wasn't even concerned about the fact that Everyone was there to see them he was more concerned about her.
That’s the the thing with 80’s metal. So many people focused on key words or elements and used that to create an insane hysteria about metal. All these years later, so many people are finally catching up to it. Better late than never!
it was called the satanic panic in the 80s. As a D&Der and metal head back then, i was in the line of fire from these fk-tards who knew nothing about either RPGs or heavy metal. spouting off the stupidest ish ever.
Creeping Death, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Ride the Lightning opened the door for Metalica for me. I bought their EP cassette in the early 80’s, and the rest is history for me.
Funny that you mention that. I am married to a girl that is half Jewish on her fathers side. I would go to her fathers house for Passover though I am not Jewish. They appreciated that I would read with them the story of Passover. Her family was trying to make sure I knew the story and would ask me questions to make sure I was engaged. Her father thought I was very well informed, and asked me how I knew it so well. I told them well I have read the bible when I was younger and watched the ten commandments several times growing up with my family, but Creeping Death is my favorite Metallica Song. He asked why that mattered, when i told him it was about Passover he was excited. He listened to it at some point and expressed it was not his taste in music but thought it was very cool that the story of Passover reaches so many people even if they don't realize it.
@@somedude2440 Most don't realize that the 10th plague was out of the mouth of Pharoh who ordered the slaughter of every first-born Hebrew. But YHWH (Yehuwah) sent the angel of death to strike Egypt first.
@somedude2440 BTW, those questions are part of the tradition. Usually asked to the kids, but really all who attend. The adults/elders confirm and discuss thus furthering/affirming their knowledge.
Welcome to the Metallica family brother.....music, especially LIVE music, will never be the same. There's an appreciation to what they do even if you don't personally enjoy it. They are the best live band in the world!
I saw them live 3 times and they kicked my ass every time. 20,000 people yelling die is something you'll never forget 😅 For Whom the bell tolls live is my absolute favorite from them. Check out April Wine..Roller extended version 🙏 Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️BTW in Russia they would get bootlegged cassettes and pass them amongst the citizens..they did it will all music back in the day 😊 James grew up in a really strict religious upbringing and his lyrics reflect his life
This song came out in the 80s my friend, word gets out fast. Metallica took on the speed metal seen pretty early on in the 80s. Vinyl records my friend, they were sent all over the world 🤘🙏
There have been a bunch of amazing front men in rock history. But James is a boss ass front man! Not from flamboyance, but from sheer powerful presence!
Core concert memory for me was the "Die" chant at each of the five concerts I've seen. Each time I'd stop chanting just to experience the boom of everyone's voices. Amazing.
Bootleg metal tapes were out. Imagine the establishment saying that You can NOT hear this. That is what made it so powerful. Liberty and Freedom are like a beach ball. You can only hold it under water with great might and struggle. One little false move it will spring up out of the water. It cannot be denied. This is what made this Monsters of Rock so powerful. I am 58. The only time You heard a Metallic song was on between 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. I believe it was on Z-ROK in the Dallas area in the 80's.
this video... man, the whole moscow concert... just mind blowing.. I could not handle being amongst that many humans haha... like 13 is my limit. glad you read the lyrics... that was really cool..
I saw Metallica in concert in 1986 in Austin TX. they were so loud that 20’ x 20’ ceiling tiles started falling from the roof of the Colosseum they were playing in. It was total insanity.
History Man , never before ... never again Epic , Unice , METALLICA SPIT OUT best ever Folk- real Heavy Metal around the World *** Cliff took Place , never been forgotten *** ORION
I was 14 years old the first time I heard Metallica and I heard it on MTV! Back then, that was our go to , especially Friday nights at midnight on Headbangers Ball! Who remembers headbangers ball?
Dude, in 1991 Gorbachev was the Soviet president. He was replaced by Yeltsin in December, after the USSR collapsed. Putin was only 39 at the time and working for the mayor and went on to be the mayor of St Petersburg's Head of External Relations. He didn't become president until 2012 (excluding his brief appointment, by Yeltsin, as Prime Minister in 1991).
Creeping Death is from their album Ride the Lightning. Great album. But if you really want to do yourself a favor, eet aside an hour, put on a big pair of headphones, and listen through the album Master of Puppets to its entirety.
Glad you decided to do this one. The raw energy of the performance is still electrifying today. Once you dig into Metallica's lyrics, you'll probably be surprised at the subjects they cover. Can't wait to go see them next year.
There are SO many bangers by Metallica. 😁👍 10:19 - I was also 11 in 1991 😎 I didn't really start messing around with the internet until about 98 or 99 basically right after high school. Went all through hs with pretty much nobody talking about the internet 🤔
The next song on this show's playlist was "Harvester Of Sorrow"........a slow grind that has about as much energy as this one. Maybe one day you'll get to it. I'll be here for it!
Saw them when they were just 16/17 yrs old playing the Moore Theater in Seattle. I will never forget that experience and how they have grown! I was 16 at the time as well. Oh the memories!! ❤
@@SoloGamingZA Sorry if I was mistaken about their age. I was 17 in 1985 and that was what I was told as far as how old they were at that time. You see, I'm from the East Coast and I had only found out about Metallica by a friend of mine that I met when I moved there. I believed her. I never thought to look into their ages all this time. I really didn't think much of the age thing. I just always thought of them as being near my age. Accept was the opening act and, while we were waiting to get in, in a line around the building, something blew up in the back of a truck that was parked in the street. We were still picking glass out of our hair once we got inside. During Accept, the crowd started throwing things on the stage and James came out and stopped the show. He was not pleased by what was going on and threatened to stop the show entirely if the crowd didn't stop. That left quite the impression on this young girls mind.
How did we all know about this music before the internet? Word of mouth. Going to record stores and checking out the new albums. Hanging out in the schoolyard playing basketball with someone who had a boombox...
James Hetfield writes most of the lyrics for Metallica , Lars the drummer arranges the music , the other fellas also contribute but it's mainly James and Lars . They are also the original co founders of Metallica .
I don't know if Hetfield is "God Fearing", but he is a son of a preacher (i think Methodist), and his dad was horrible to his mom. So I think that veered him away from faith...maybe...he couldv'e came back too, I'm not 100% sure though. This song is bangin'!!!🤘😆..they do many songs with deeper meaning than most. Great reaction P! 40!
There are 2 camps for Metallica the people who like true Metallica and people who love artsy Metallica. True Metallica is hands down one of the greatest. Bootleg albums and AM radio brought Metallica and thrash across the globe. Zrock soldiers ftw.
When this concert was played, 1991 I was on a US Navy ship, comming back from the Gulf War. We went all over the Gulf. We were inundated with bootleg cassetts from all over SE Asia. We heard Metallica's "Black" album, before it hit the States, Just like Pink Floyd's "The Wall", which we heard in Europe before it came out in the US.
Yo comencé a oir Metallica en 1986 cuando tenía 17 años, y tengo 56 ahora, y aqui en Venezuela, no llegaban esos discos , nosotros lo llegamos a oir porque habian amigos que viajaban s USA y traian discosde vinilo
You need to check out their performance of "Battery" & " "Four Horsemen" live in Seattle 1989. There was this thing called the radio. They broadcasted music all across the world. And they sold these things called albums, cassettes, CD's.😁 Then throw in MTV too. And if you think this is fast you need to check out more of their songs from "Kill'em All" and "Ride the Lightening", "Master of Puppets" and "And Justice for All" albums.
This song was from their second album Ride The Lightning back when they were still thrash metal. This is actually the second big music festival in Moscow. The first was the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989
before James Hetfield started metallica, used to be an evangelical, so maintained his outlook and everything which is why their music is the way it is. Everyone used to think they were devil's music, until you get the messages of "don't do drugs" "don't involve yourself in war" "its ok to feel destroyed, but you'll be ok".
James parents were very strict Christian Scientists, to the point that when his mother was diagnosed with cancer, she declined treatment. She believed that praying to god would be enough to heal her, and ended up dying. So he had extensive religious education, but also a deep distrust for that life after loosing his mother. Much of his earlier career and music were driven by this bitterness. A lot of that comes through in the song Dyers Eve off of And Justice for All.
You should check out their cover album Garage Inc., they cover "Whiskey in the Jar", written by the same band that wrote your theme song, Thin Lizzy. James Hetfield regards Phil Lynnot as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and Phil was Ireland's first black celebrity!!!!
*Metallica didn't have a video on MTV until "One" (their choice) and never got any radio play until "Enter Sandman" because they were too heavy according to mainstream radio at the time. That should tell you a little about their popularity to have such a huge fan base all over the world without any of the typical ways of being heard to get there.* 🤘🤘🤘
Hearing that song live is an experience like no other. I've seen them twice. You can't tell in that video, but when you're in the crowd and everyone is yelling die die die.....you can barely hear the band. It's insane.
It's the story of Passover essentially (abridged) and "Creeping Death" refers to the 10th and final plague sent by G-D due to the defiance of the Pharaoh not wanting to free the Hebrew slaves. If you truly want to understand the reference... watch "The Ten Commandments" (1956) film. Take your shoes off and make extra popcorn, because it's a long one! Totally worth it though!
To answer your question regarding on how did they know the music - it was mostly shared by friends. Also there were music shops where you could buy cassettes and (later) CDs and the people working there would recommend stuff to you. If you read books like biography of Motorhead or bands like them you could tell those shops played a huge role in the way the rock culture grew. Additionally, since internet and social media weren't so big, young people used to hang out with people of similar interests on daily basis, especially within subcultures like rockers or metalheads and would exchange information between each other. Also, I don't know about the west but in the east the concept of piracy was not very much known at the time. I'm from Poland, born right after communism fell and I can tell you that in the 90s if you went to a street market (don't know how to call it but back then there were a lot of market with stalls where you could buy basically everything) you could buy all kinds of media that was illegally copied. This came to an end in the early 00s (there were more pressing matters to attend earlier). Another thing is that most of cassette players used to have the recording function so a lot of people would record the music from the radio of just straight up copy music from other cassettes and share them with friends.
This is a song about the 10th plague God struck on Egypt, personifying the death of the firstborn son of every person who didn’t paint their door with blood; as you may recall in the book of Exodus as Moses leads Gods chosen out of slavery.
"I didn't know they played this fast."
My sweet summer child. I envy the enlightenment that lies before you. Behold, "Battery," and ye shall know.
OR WHIPLASH
“Battery” Live in Seattle 1989 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Listen to Metal Miltia
damage Inc. too.. Dyer's eve? they have a few fast tunes.. Dude needs more Metallica in his life. Creeping Death isn't even "fast" really. Then bring on the Slayer :)
Listen to battery! the full song not the live versions where they skip the beginning
Old Metallica is Thrash Metal to the max. Hard and Fast.
Back then, it was true Heavy Metal on Headbangers Ball
Venom, I would consider the beginning of thrash metal
People don't appreciate that this didn't get airplay in the day. It was fringe. MTV only played Metallica on Headbanger's Ball, and they never even made a music video until "One" from Justice For All.
The major market rock station I listened to in 1990 only played them after 11pm. (Metallicks 105.9 KBPI Denver)
Fast? No, if you want fast - Battery live from Seattle 1989. That performance makes this feel like a Ford Pinto stuck in neutral. It is just an unreal performance and I am a Metallica fan from the 80's. I have been in many crowds at Metallica shows and when they play this song and get to the section where the crowd is chanting DIE DIE DIE it is just a totally next level energy!
If you want fast, then Battery or Ride the Lightning fits just fine, but if you really want to explore the death side of things, the best cut on this album is Fade To Black.
Awesome energy
Battery is by far the best song to pit to
@@bdarylk i may throw Whiplash in that conversation.
Whiplash is super fast! Off their 1st Album Kill 'Em all.
Straight outta The Bible, Folks..😇❤🎶🤙
Best Passover song ever ...
Fucking loved Jason's vocals and hype!
he always gave everything he had!!!
One of my favorite bassist next to Steve Harris
You definitely haven’t heard enough Metallica! They’re considered one of the big four bands who pioneered “thrash metal” including Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer.
I have been blessed to say I have seen them all live
Enter sandman is when they started to do heavy metal.
How did you post your comment 1 month ago, when this video just came out 2 hours ago here?
@@ranger51262 the members get the videos before being posted for everyone.
@@ranger51262 he a member
For whom the bell tolls, ride the lightning, and justice for all, blackened and wherever I may roam.
🔥🔥🎸🔥🔥
All these and dyer’s Eve
Battery, Metal Miltia, Whiplash faster then those, For Whom the Bells Toll is my #1 song, seen them do it live many times
Side 1 last song _Fade To Black_ Side 2 first song _Trapped Under Ice_
The dichotomy of someone wanting to die and someone desperately wanting to live always struck me as very profound.
For context - Jason Newsted (bass in this video) was a Metallica fan before joining the band. His energy is so high when he sings the final verse because he absolutely loves the song and is literally living out his dream in that moment.
No disrespect to Robert Trujillo, but I really miss Jason, he gave so much to their live shows.
@ he did for sure.
Creeping Death was written and released in 1984 so they had plenty of time to know this song and back then we passed around copies of tapes to our friends and that’s how it spreads.
The Russian young people knew Metallica music the same way us Boomers knew music - you pass it between friends! Back in my day, you'd make "mix tapes" and pass them along to friends. It's like evangelism - spread to the faithful by word of mouth!
Ew, don’t make music sharing gross by association with evangelicals 😂 we all stole music off the radio with cassette and cd players 😂 boomers need to understand their bummers.
Those tapes changed my life! Fellow old person, we may have touched the same tape!
Besides tape-trading that launched the careers of many metal bands in the 80's - Anthrax, Overkill, Exodus, Testament, Slayer, Death Angel... from the USA... Voivod, Anvil, Exciter, Annihilator... from Canada ... Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Tankard, Running Wild... from (West) Germany... Iron Maiden, Saxon, Venom, Motorhead, Onslaught... from the UK...
Metal fans also began publishing heavy metal fanzines that listed tape traders... reviews of bands and albums... interviews... And those publications circulated all over the world and many were printed in native languages.
That was the world before the internet.
Sepultuta from Brazil... thrash was a global phenomenon.
Just saw Metallica for the 3rd time. 1998, 92, and 2024. They are still so good! Maybe not as raw as they once were but they matured into something amazing.
my brother and I are going to the Houston Show next year.....cannot wait. He saw them in the 80's I have never seen them
@@duanes8209 it’s a great show!
@@duanes8209 cool my wife and youngest daughter (26) will be at the at the Houston show 25 as well it will be my 9 metallica concert. Me and my daughter are also going to the AWMH benefit concert in L.A in december the older stuff was great and awesome without question but they still put on an awesome show.
@@bigbigjohnlee666 thats great. its cool when you can go to concerts with your kids...my two boys, both adults now, went with me to see Iron Maiden a few years back. that was a great how too
@@duanes8209I'll be there
The enormity of that crowd still blows my mind🤘🔥
Gen X here and Metallica is one of my favorite all time bands! This is on my workout playlist when I’m doing cardio! Gets me going! 🏃🏼♀️➡️
1.6 million Metalheads chanting DIE at the top of their lungs and Jason's signature DIE MF'er DIE, most metal moment in history 🤘❤️🔥💀❤️🔥🤘
😂😂😂💯
Jason was a beast and he deserved better.
Parents in the 70's and 80's: Metal music is Satanic.
Metallica: Writes song about the book of Exodus 🤪😂
YEAH!!! I'm so psyched that you're finally doing Creeping Death!! I saw them for the 3rd and 4th time at Texas Stadium (I refuse to call it AT&T Stadium) in August of last year and it was MAGNIFICENT! There were 100k people there and Metallica played Creeping Death and I was right there screaming "DIE, DIE" along with the other 99,999 people. It was ELECTRIFYING! It was a 2 night concert and I yelled, sang and cheered myself hoarse. I couldn't talk above a hoarse whisper for 2 weeks! 😂 Abso-freaking-lutely worth it!!!!
Unless they are doing a cover (like Turn the Page or So What) their songs always have a deep message/meaning/subject. They are a band you should dive deep into because of your appreciation of lyrics. 🤘Rock on, Kelly 🤘
That's awesome! I'm from Toronto and will be seeing them in April at Skydome (I refuse to call it Rogers Centre) :))))
Back in 1989 I wrote a parody of _Leper Messiah_ called _Yeshuah Messiah_ and it tells the salvation story from Genesis onward.
Seattle 1989 the entire show is absolutely brilliant.. also Toronto 86(rip Cliff 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾)
You have GOTTA do more Metallica!! They’re arguably the biggest band in metal. They really are more than just a metal band, though. They’ve ventured into quite a few other sounds and genres
I second this 😎👍🏽
My youngest and I saw them twice in 2017, seeing my little ten year old chanting DIE DIE DIE with horns up warmed my heart
This is my favorite Metallica song!!!!
The bass slap from Jason after Kirk's solo is absolute 🔥🔥, cheers to the camera man for catching that and editing it in
Summer 1988(36yrs ago) Monsters Of Rock Tour was in Buffalo NY, Rich Stadium. Line up: Van Halen-Scorpions-Metallica-Dokken-Kingdomcome. I WAS THERE at 16yrs old. Metallica was brand new to our ears. A fan ever since😊
@@RaLeaChaddle-kq9gi same tour Foxboro🔥
Their first 4 albums are all heavy.. Excellent song writing and lyrics. The breakdown in this song is effing awesome 🤘🏼🔥
I was excited to see this one from you and glad you were able to experience it. Now, in the modern setting, think that this song (or generally Whiplash) is the start of their concert and sets the tone for the night. In regards to the speed of their playing, along with being one of the pioneering bands for the thrash movement, James Hetfield's down picking has always been regarded as S-Tier, nearly inhuman -- recommend Damage Inc off Master of Puppets if you would like to see the speed and precision along with him singing simultaneously.
Side note, I just want to thank you for your work on this channel. It's something that my son and I get to share in with each other (even while we are separated until summers). It's brought a lot of joy and memories to the both of us. Truth be told, I'll be taking him to his first Metallica show this upcoming June in Houston, TX and taking my mom with us. She, who saw Metallica in 1988 at the Monsters of Rock festival in Germany while pregnant with me, later took me to my first show (Metallica and Godsmack) and now she'll be seeing them again with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies with her grandkids. Just to put a perspective on how long they have been going and how long they have been on top.
Cheers good sir! Be well today.
I was at a Metallica concert where they had the snake pit ( Which is there mosh pit name) A female was accidently knocked into the pit. James ( The Lead singer) Jumped into the pit, not caring for his own safety rescued the girl, then got into a fist fight with three other guys for hitting her. It was amazing, He wasn't even concerned about the fact that Everyone was there to see them he was more concerned about her.
That’s the the thing with 80’s metal. So many people focused on key words or elements and used that to create an insane hysteria about metal.
All these years later, so many people are finally catching up to it. Better late than never!
it was called the satanic panic in the 80s. As a D&Der and metal head back then, i was in the line of fire from these fk-tards who knew nothing about either RPGs or heavy metal. spouting off the stupidest ish ever.
Oooh, ooh, ooh, welcome to early Thrash Metal!!! Glad you looked up the lyrics too.
Creeping Death, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Ride the Lightning opened the door for Metalica for me. I bought their EP cassette in the early 80’s, and the rest is history for me.
"I didn't know they played this fast",,, That's hilarious!
Your historical knowledge on this is just awesome dude. Thanks for the vid bro
One of my favorite M songs...go back to their old work, it's addictive.
Creeping Death=The Passover
^^ this. It's a brilliant piece of writing.
Funny that you mention that. I am married to a girl that is half Jewish on her fathers side. I would go to her fathers house for Passover though I am not Jewish. They appreciated that I would read with them the story of Passover. Her family was trying to make sure I knew the story and would ask me questions to make sure I was engaged. Her father thought I was very well informed, and asked me how I knew it so well. I told them well I have read the bible when I was younger and watched the ten commandments several times growing up with my family, but Creeping Death is my favorite Metallica Song. He asked why that mattered, when i told him it was about Passover he was excited. He listened to it at some point and expressed it was not his taste in music but thought it was very cool that the story of Passover reaches so many people even if they don't realize it.
@@somedude2440 Most don't realize that the 10th plague was out of the mouth of Pharoh who ordered the slaughter of every first-born Hebrew. But YHWH (Yehuwah) sent the angel of death to strike Egypt first.
@somedude2440 BTW, those questions are part of the tradition. Usually asked to the kids, but really all who attend. The adults/elders confirm and discuss thus furthering/affirming their knowledge.
BP, Harvester Of Sorrow is also performed at this same concert and needs its own reaction.
@@hk45c62 Yes, “Harvester of Sorrow” from this concert is awesome and crazy footage of the soldiers 🔥🔥🔥
I’ve seen of them play this live a tons of times. Never ceases to amaze me.
Welcome to the Metallica family brother.....music, especially LIVE music, will never be the same. There's an appreciation to what they do even if you don't personally enjoy it. They are the best live band in the world!
I saw them live 3 times and they kicked my ass every time. 20,000 people yelling die is something you'll never forget 😅 For Whom the bell tolls live is my absolute favorite from them. Check out April Wine..Roller extended version 🙏 Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️BTW in Russia they would get bootlegged cassettes and pass them amongst the citizens..they did it will all music back in the day 😊 James grew up in a really strict religious upbringing and his lyrics reflect his life
Anything from Seattle 1989 will blow your mind, even better, arguably the best show ever filmed by Metallica.
Absolutely 💯 “Battery” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
10:37 We had these things called albums.
😂😂😂💯truth 🤘🤘
This song came out in the 80s my friend, word gets out fast. Metallica took on the speed metal seen pretty early on in the 80s. Vinyl records my friend, they were sent all over the world 🤘🙏
There have been a bunch of amazing front men in rock history. But James is a boss ass front man! Not from flamboyance, but from sheer powerful presence!
Core concert memory for me was the "Die" chant at each of the five concerts I've seen.
Each time I'd stop chanting just to experience the boom of everyone's voices. Amazing.
Bootleg metal tapes were out. Imagine the establishment saying that You can NOT hear this. That is what made it so powerful. Liberty and Freedom are like a beach ball. You can only hold it under water with great might and struggle. One little false move it will spring up out of the water. It cannot be denied. This is what made this Monsters of Rock so powerful. I am 58. The only time You heard a Metallic song was on between 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. I believe it was on Z-ROK in the Dallas area in the 80's.
Crepping Death=Passover
this video... man, the whole moscow concert... just mind blowing.. I could not handle being amongst that many humans haha... like 13 is my limit. glad you read the lyrics... that was really cool..
I saw Metallica in concert in 1986 in Austin TX. they were so loud that 20’ x 20’ ceiling tiles started falling from the roof of the Colosseum they were playing in. It was total insanity.
History Man , never before ... never again Epic , Unice , METALLICA SPIT OUT best ever Folk- real Heavy Metal around the World *** Cliff took Place , never been forgotten *** ORION
This was one of the best reactions. He wasn't ready 😂.
I was 14 years old the first time I heard Metallica and I heard it on MTV! Back then, that was our go to , especially Friday nights at midnight on Headbangers Ball! Who remembers headbangers ball?
This is True SPEED METAL 🤘 the early music had a lot of the style of playing, just freaking fast 💯👊
Dude, in 1991 Gorbachev was the Soviet president. He was replaced by Yeltsin in December, after the USSR collapsed. Putin was only 39 at the time and working for the mayor and went on to be the mayor of St Petersburg's Head of External Relations. He didn't become president until 2012 (excluding his brief appointment, by Yeltsin, as Prime Minister in 1991).
Seek and destroy
Jump in the fire
Old metallica classics 🤘🤘
Creeping Death is from their album Ride the Lightning. Great album. But if you really want to do yourself a favor, eet aside an hour, put on a big pair of headphones, and listen through the album Master of Puppets to its entirety.
"I didn't know they played this fast"
Master of Puppets - Live in Japan 1986. It was 2 months after Cliff died. Fast can't even begin to describe it.
The crowd is effing insane!!!!🤘🤘🤘
Saw Metallica in 1988 in Philly part of Monsters of Rock Concert, to this day best 13 hours of music and fun
Anastasia Pulling Teeth live Chicago 1983 is one you need to check out. Cliff Burtons bass playing will blow your mind.
Metallica always tell a story brother. Proper band.
Glad you decided to do this one. The raw energy of the performance is still electrifying today. Once you dig into Metallica's lyrics, you'll probably be surprised at the subjects they cover. Can't wait to go see them next year.
when lars could still hit the double base that good!! they used to be my go to band for a long time. mad respect for the old stuff!!
\m/ METAL FINGERS UP!!! (Grandma is banging her head)
There are SO many bangers by Metallica. 😁👍
10:19 - I was also 11 in 1991 😎
I didn't really start messing around with the internet until about 98 or 99 basically right after high school. Went all through hs with pretty much nobody talking about the internet 🤔
I met them on my 18th birthday. Working at festival in Lisbon and my boss got me to meet the as a birthday present 😊 I'm 39 now
Massive Metallica fan
The next song on this show's playlist was "Harvester Of Sorrow"........a slow grind that has about as much energy as this one.
Maybe one day you'll get to it. I'll be here for it!
Saw them when they were just 16/17 yrs old playing the Moore Theater in Seattle. I will never forget that experience and how they have grown! I was 16 at the time as well. Oh the memories!! ❤
James Co founded Metalica at age 18 in 1981 so when they first ever played at The Moore theatre was in 1985 when he was 23.
@@SoloGamingZA Sorry if I was mistaken about their age. I was 17 in 1985 and that was what I was told as far as how old they were at that time. You see, I'm from the East Coast and I had only found out about Metallica by a friend of mine that I met when I moved there. I believed her. I never thought to look into their ages all this time. I really didn't think much of the age thing. I just always thought of them as being near my age. Accept was the opening act and, while we were waiting to get in, in a line around the building, something blew up in the back of a truck that was parked in the street. We were still picking glass out of our hair once we got inside. During Accept, the crowd started throwing things on the stage and James came out and stopped the show. He was not pleased by what was going on and threatened to stop the show entirely if the crowd didn't stop. That left quite the impression on this young girls mind.
@@mk719x3 No Problem.. Hope I did not come off as a know it all lol
Harvester Of Sorrow from this is so badass. Try that when you can.
3:14 "I would have taken it out of context if I did not read the lyrics" - Ah yes, the 90's Satanic Panic, I remember it well lol
"I didn't know they played this fast." before they were a rock band they were a thrash band, ahhh the good old days 🤘🤘
Music is the ultimate universal language bro.
LMAOOOO… your reaction, you’re gonna hurt yourself! My husband love love loves Metallica! He’s 63 now and still rocks out to them and others.
Coming from a military family, you MUST do Disposable Heroes…FASTER…and the lyrics & music will blow you AWAY….incredible song!
Seeing them June 20&22! Can't wait. My service dog is going too. He's seen them once before. Slept through must of it. 😂
How did we all know about this music before the internet? Word of mouth. Going to record stores and checking out the new albums. Hanging out in the schoolyard playing basketball with someone who had a boombox...
Battery in Seattle 1989 is what you are looking for
James Hetfield writes most of the lyrics for Metallica , Lars the drummer arranges the music , the other fellas also contribute but it's mainly James and Lars . They are also the original co founders of Metallica .
Fire reaction man 🔥
I don't know if Hetfield is "God Fearing", but he is a son of a preacher (i think Methodist), and his dad was horrible to his mom. So I think that veered him away from faith...maybe...he couldv'e came back too, I'm not 100% sure though. This song is bangin'!!!🤘😆..they do many songs with deeper meaning than most. Great reaction P! 40!
James is Christian, but his family growing up, were Christian Scientists, which he resented.
There are 2 camps for Metallica the people who like true Metallica and people who love artsy Metallica. True Metallica is hands down one of the greatest.
Bootleg albums and AM radio brought Metallica and thrash across the globe. Zrock soldiers ftw.
After Pantera left the stage, Dime smiled at Kirk and said "Follow THAT, boy!" Lolololol
When this concert was played, 1991 I was on a US Navy ship, comming back from the Gulf War. We went all over the Gulf. We were inundated with bootleg cassetts from all over SE Asia. We heard Metallica's "Black" album, before it hit the States, Just like Pink Floyd's "The Wall", which we heard in Europe before it came out in the US.
1991 seemed to be the year for massive outdoor concerts. Checkout "shoot to thrill" by AC/DC live at Donnington.
BP you cracked me up with your head movements it looked like you were having a fit 😂
Yo comencé a oir Metallica en 1986 cuando tenía 17 años, y tengo 56 ahora, y aqui en Venezuela, no llegaban esos discos , nosotros lo llegamos a oir porque habian amigos que viajaban s USA y traian discosde vinilo
Please do more Metallica!!! They were and are still amazing!
Hello, place yourself living it in real time. Thank you for your reaction
Battery live in Seattle '89 is something else man.
“Blackened” or “Battery” from the 1989 Seattle concert 🙏🏼 You will not be disappointed!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You need to check out their performance of "Battery" & " "Four Horsemen" live in Seattle 1989.
There was this thing called the radio. They broadcasted music all across the world. And they sold these things called albums, cassettes, CD's.😁 Then throw in MTV too.
And if you think this is fast you need to check out more of their songs from "Kill'em All" and "Ride the Lightening", "Master of Puppets" and "And Justice for All" albums.
Top 5 of my favorite songs from them
This song was from their second album Ride The Lightning back when they were still thrash metal. This is actually the second big music festival in Moscow. The first was the Moscow Music Peace Festival in 1989
before James Hetfield started metallica, used to be an evangelical, so maintained his outlook and everything which is why their music is the way it is. Everyone used to think they were devil's music, until you get the messages of "don't do drugs" "don't involve yourself in war" "its ok to feel destroyed, but you'll be ok".
Goosebumps every time!!!!
James parents were very strict Christian Scientists, to the point that when his mother was diagnosed with cancer, she declined treatment. She believed that praying to god would be enough to heal her, and ended up dying. So he had extensive religious education, but also a deep distrust for that life after loosing his mother. Much of his earlier career and music were driven by this bitterness. A lot of that comes through in the song Dyers Eve off of And Justice for All.
You should check out their cover album Garage Inc., they cover "Whiskey in the Jar", written by the same band that wrote your theme song, Thin Lizzy. James Hetfield regards Phil Lynnot as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and Phil was Ireland's first black celebrity!!!!
Seattle 89, 90. Etc. epic!
THE LEGENDS and TITANS OF MUSIC displaying their otherworldly skills and talents 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘….best stage performing band ever…period
“Creeping Death” is my favourite song about Easter / Passover.
*Metallica didn't have a video on MTV until "One" (their choice) and never got any radio play until "Enter Sandman" because they were too heavy according to mainstream radio at the time. That should tell you a little about their popularity to have such a huge fan base all over the world without any of the typical ways of being heard to get there.* 🤘🤘🤘
Hearing that song live is an experience like no other. I've seen them twice. You can't tell in that video, but when you're in the crowd and everyone is yelling die die die.....you can barely hear the band. It's insane.
It's the story of Passover essentially (abridged) and "Creeping Death" refers to the 10th and final plague sent by G-D due to the defiance of the Pharaoh not wanting to free the Hebrew slaves. If you truly want to understand the reference... watch "The Ten Commandments" (1956) film. Take your shoes off and make extra popcorn, because it's a long one!
Totally worth it though!
To answer your question regarding on how did they know the music - it was mostly shared by friends. Also there were music shops where you could buy cassettes and (later) CDs and the people working there would recommend stuff to you. If you read books like biography of Motorhead or bands like them you could tell those shops played a huge role in the way the rock culture grew.
Additionally, since internet and social media weren't so big, young people used to hang out with people of similar interests on daily basis, especially within subcultures like rockers or metalheads and would exchange information between each other.
Also, I don't know about the west but in the east the concept of piracy was not very much known at the time. I'm from Poland, born right after communism fell and I can tell you that in the 90s if you went to a street market (don't know how to call it but back then there were a lot of market with stalls where you could buy basically everything) you could buy all kinds of media that was illegally copied. This came to an end in the early 00s (there were more pressing matters to attend earlier).
Another thing is that most of cassette players used to have the recording function so a lot of people would record the music from the radio of just straight up copy music from other cassettes and share them with friends.