The king of down picking. It wears me out just to watch him play so fast and hard. The beginning of "Blackened" on the legendary Seattle show and of course his non stop energy of my favorite Metallica song "Battery". To watch him play and sing "Holier Than Thou" on the Mexico show is amazing.
@@scottreynolds9902 Battery is easy to play compared to Blackened, Battery is alternate picking where Blackened is the pinnacle of downpicking speed without question.....that song is an absolute ass-kicker to play
@@imaKaiya Master Of Puppets is, arguably, but screw that, most definitely the Greatest Metal Album of All Time. Period. Imho, but I'm not the only one who thinks so.
10:46. Yes it’s an electric chair. The term “Ride the Lightning” was an old saying from the 1920’s about people being executed by electric chair. They said to he “riding the lightning”. The second song in the album is entitled “Ride the Lightning”, and is about a guy having a nightmare about being executed via electric chair for a crime he didn’t commit.
The string sounding part at the beginning of Damage Inc. is a bass solo by Cliff Burton. In addition to wah and distortion he’s also doing volume swells to achieve that string sound. The issue with what sounds like a hot mic in AJFA has to do with the production, that album has their strongest songwriting but the production is pretty universally derided for how low the bass is mixed and how tight and sterile the drums sound. And whatever Kirk was saying about yawning is total bs, concert footage proves otherwise and Lars has said they stopped playing it because it was complex making it a chore to play
The issue is that the songs you were recommended didn’t illustrate early Metallica’s importance to the thrash metal sub genre. Whiplash from Kill ‘Em All and Fight Fire With Fire from Ride the Lightning should be listened to as there weren’t really bands at that time that were playing stuff that fast and aggressive. Also give Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) a listen, Metallica put a nearly five minute long bass solo on their debut album. Also Metallica’s importance goes beyond the first four albums. While a lot of bands stuck to the same sound Metallica constantly evolved and changed sounds, playing what they wanted to play instead of playing the same thing over and over and over again.
Metallica has always been the grooviest of the Big 4 and that has intensified as they aged. Cliff brought a ton of classical musicianship to the band that has stayed in their arrangements and concepts. I taught myself drums to (& because of) Master of Puppets and have always considered Lars to be a model for playing to the song, and not making everything be about how much you can cram in (the Ctarlie Watts of metal, if you will). Also, bands are known as sell outs as soon as older fans have to deal with a bunch of people learning about their favorite band from the "radio."
Thanks for sharing! This is really good to know. I'm definitely planning on doing a Metallica part 2 - most likely a full album reaction to TBA, Puppets or Lightning I don't know which yet. I've learned a lot since posting this video. It's definitely a 50/50 mix with lovers and haters of the band but I am more curious about their evolution in sound and how it evolved (or devolved to some) and how it influenced the genre as a whole. You're comment definitely highlights that better for me to understand. I definitely enjoyed what I heard, I think Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets held the best songs out of these 5 now that I listen back. Very curious about TBA I will honest. Thanks for watching!!
@@imaKaiya the fans who can appreciate the entirety of Metallica can point you in the right direction. I personally love all of their music, it doesn't matter the mood I'm in I can always count on Metallica. I could give a list of songs off every album spanning their entire career that would give you an idea of their impact and why they are still going strong and on top.
Yeah Metallica has some great stuff. Their newer stuff isn't bad, just different and you can tell that they've matured a lot as both musicians and people. I would recommend Master of Puppets if you want to do a full-album reaction :)
I came here to say the same stuff. The Black album has some great music on it. It was their first record with ol Bob. Load and Reload were completley commercial. However, there were some solid rock songs in the mix. St. Anger was ... since then, I've just kinda heard songs.
Welcome to Metallica. Listen to their entire discography. Judge for yourself vs taking others word and ignoring the rest of their music. There are some gems on all their albums. The style changed as they matured, but it's still good stuff if you keep an open mind.
@@spencerhansen2927 that would imply that they never really liked being a thrash band to begin with, and I don't buy that. I honestly think that Hardwired was their first album since Justice where they really had full creative control again
When she said "they let fame go to their heads" I was like WHAT??? love to see others write nothing but hit songs for 40 years without having a few dips now and then.
Dave had nothing to do with Creeping Death. To my knowledge it was a riff Kirk had for his old band exodus then used it in Metallica I would also recommend the band Metal Church. Their first two albums “Metal Church” and “The Dark” are amazing.
@@rattlehead_dude yeah I think I read a comment saying he wrote the riff at 16, but yeah probably around that time. Crazy to think a young kid wrote that
It's interesting cuz I would've recommended 5 different songs from the first 4 albums. The only one I would've even considered is Creeping Death. FWIW my five would be: 1- Seek & Destroy 2- Fade to Black 3- Battery 4- Orion 5- One
I love all of their albums!... It's like riding on a rollercoaster, you're never gonna know where they're gonna go, but no matter what, they always still sound like Metallica and it's absolutely badass!! 🤘
You deserve way more subscribers, I can tell you feel the music. This is the same reaction I have while listening to Metallica after being a fan for 15 years.
I wouldn’t say they got worse. They just changed and their sound evolved with them and the times. Their earliest stuff is the most accessible and most classic of Thrash metal so they’re easier for people to take in when giving metal a chance. And for that I do give them credit for introducing a lot of people to metal and sending them on their journey into more extreme versions should they desire more.
@@d_man_beats that seems to be the general consensus for that album. I have a few buddies who think they did ok with that album as opposed to some of their other later work. One thing I can say for certain though is any performance or live album of their that involves an orchestra I absolutely hate with a passion.
After doing more research on this band, and asking my Discord - I came to find out that Metallica is one of those bands that's either super loved or super hated. Obviously a band that grows in popularity as much as Metallica is going to get this reaction. Fame and success can have such an interesting affect on an artists creativity (I mean just look at Kanye lol). This was something I noticed but even so, they made me almost cry lol. I am definitely interested in doing an album review and reaction of one of their albums if y'all want. I want to know - who is your favorite of The Big 4? Technically The Big 8... I think once our Thrash Daddy journey is complete we'll have a video where we rate them. Is Metallica the best of the Thrash Daddies? Let me know what you think! Thank you SO much to Alonso for recommending the songs in today's video! I appreciate y'all watching and I'll see you soon! Love ya!
reaction of one of their albums? I kinda feel it almost has to be the Black Album (aka "Metallica"). of course there are other great albums. Master of Puppets, Lightning, Justice, Load, and Reload are all historic. But the black album is like... the centerpiece of what Metallica was and is. It's not the garage thrash of Kill 'Em All, it's not the new wave of St. Anger, it rather sits right at the point where they have all the youthful power and creativity but were also experienced and renowned enough to have everything they needed to get what was in their heads onto the disc. veer off to one side or the other and one of those aspects diminishes in favor of the other, so for me there's no doubt it's just the highlight of their career. 12 songs, and at least 10 of them are undeniable bangers. aftertought: my personal second would be Master of Puppets. but you already listened to two songs from it in this video, which leaves only six more songs on this short album (and those two were two of the best four in my opinion).
I'm more on the hate side 🤣 But not really. I find them a tiny bit boring now, that's all. It's still fun to revisit the old stuff through these means! I loved your reaction. And I'd definitely check out your reaction to Master of Puppets, or Ride the Lightening. I played the old records to death, and Black album on I'm not a fan. I enjoyed Metallica in my teens, but that's about it.
You are welcome Kaiya, These are the metallica songs I love, I would have suggested One, Master of Pupoets, Enter Sandman, Fade to Black, or Seek and Destroy, but theres already so many other channels reacting to those songs, and you are right, Metallica is very polarizing, some love them, some hate them, I love their first four albums, the rest are ok
The mic thing you're hearing on And Justice for All is likely not a mic issue, but an EQ setting issue. Lars famously handed their mixing engineer a note with his preferred EQ settings for his drum kit, and as a result there's this overpowering booming noise on every kick drum hit. It's likely cause he wanted a massive sub 100hz shelf boost. Basically the only way for his kick drum to be noticeable in the mix was to turn the sub 100hz frequency way up, and everything above 8k way up. That's why there's a very pronounced click on every kick hit as well. They did this cause the guitar is mixed so incredibly aggressive with lots of lows and lots of highs, and barely any mids. The issue really isn't helped by the guitar mix, cause every single open E or muted E string also has that same booming sub 100hz thump. Listening to AJFA gives you ear fatigue very fast for this reason.
My recommendation would be to check out the Live ‘89 Seattle Concert! Any performance from that show is 11/10. Creeping Death, for example, is absolutely massive and Jason Newsted’s (bassist who replaced Cliff) backing vocals are insane.
I have the whole Live Binge and Purge set. The 92 San Diego concert was their best imo. That concert sounded insane and has one of the greatest guitar and bass jam sessions/solos I’ve ever heard when they play My Friend Of Misery and Orion together
I believe one of the things that drive people to the band is the fact there’s so much diversity and what is good or what may be considered to be good or not good with the band but I feel like to fully understand them or to dive deep into them is their live shows; out of all the times I’ve seen their live concerts I feel it doesn’t matter what albums including Saint anger they play, they kill it and sound amazing live. With that being said it’s all about each persons perspective and what they like. 🤘🏼
Its so cool, watching young(er) people listening (and obviously enjoying) to Metallica the first time. Looking forward to watch more videos of your channel! cool!
AJFA is a GREAT album, and their last one that was thrashy & the last one they wrote 7-8 minute songs for, for like 13 years. It was their 4th album and was released in fall of 1988.
I’d say it the last really complex Metallica album, long songs, changing tempos mid song from very fast to slow then back to fast, long solos, and lastly the lyrics
Great reaction. But here's some more unmissable gems: 1. Creeping Death, live Moscow 1991 (huge!) 2. Fade to Black [studio version] (you gonna cry...) 3. Master of Puppets (the masterpiece..) 4. One (all versions are unforgettable..) 5. Orion [studio version] (amazing experience and you'll cry one more time) 6. For Whom the Bell Tolls (to come back to life again!) Just to get started...
Creeping death is one of the best Metallica songs ever written!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘We used to skip school and smoke Mary Jane and crank it! It was great stuff to grow up to! Glad you liked it!
I started listening to them when i was 13 and i fell in love. Now i'm 46 and still thinking they made the best metal shit out there in those just few years (1983-1988). Amazing!
Every record they make has a very distinct sound which makes them stand out in their discography for multiple reasons. You could very well do a song from all of their albums, cause this rabbit hole goes deep. I would suggest: Black Album (1991): Wherever I May Roam Load (1996): Bleeding Me Reload (1997): Fuel or Low Man's Lyric S&M (their live concert with the San Francisco Symphony) (1999): No Leaf Clover St. Anger (2003): Frantic or The Unnamed Feeling Death Magnetic (2008): That Was Just Your Life Hardwired To Self Destruct (2016): Atlas, Rise!
Master of puppets is Metallicas Rust in Peace. I didn't hear this album when it first came out, but for this album to be in that era, it was before its time but was accepted at the time. This album is probably the blue print for all heavy music possibilities.
it's really nice and refreshing to see non metal music fans moving and grooving to our music. No headbanging, yet they feel it so well! never thought I'd enjoy seeing something like this...
For me it’s their lyrics and seeing them play live that makes them my favorite. Studio tracks/albums do not fully capture what makes them great. Especially the Kill ‘Em All album. I saw them play the album live and it’s night and day difference.
Super-fan, here. I've never thought they "sold out", they just felt more comfortable doing what they wanted. They listened to different types of music (including country) in the eighties. "Puppets" is my favorite album, with the song "Orion" being my favorite of all-time. PLEASE listen to it. It'll make you sob. Yes, they are still extremely active. If you want true old school feel, listen to "Hardwired" from their 2016 record. Also "Master of Puppets", the song. Also tears. "Nothing else Matters", "Unforgiven": tears. I like you insight. Please give them more of a chance - especially "Orion". I cry.
you have reason in everything except for the part when they didnt sold out, they definitely did but not like many people think, the point where they sold out wasnt black album actually, it was on Load, you can base that on the fact that the black album still has that huge metal sound and they just went polished and changed for a softer sound for that album to reach public but its not a sellout album by any means even if it got one of their biggest sellings, you cant tell they were still pretty savage live in 91-93, But Load and the following stuff was just and awful punch to their roots and their fans, even if thats what they wanted to do ( and it was great , like a lot of those songs).
1:17:32 People definitely consider Justice to still be one of the greats. The majority of the fanbase's opinions are that they started going downhill when the black album (their self-titled one) released, which is definitely more simplified and made for radio play. I still like it, but a lot of people don't. Although, many people also don't like the fact that the bass is so low in the mix. IMO it's one of the things that makes the album so unique, but I'd still give a listen to a few of the fan remixes that are going around on youtube. Ahdy Khairat is the guy that I think does those best.
Nah dude, the majority of the fan base come to the shows and love ALL of the music. The majority of loudmouth, internet winers are who You’re thinking of.
Yes! Do full Master of Puppets. Its exciting, thrilling and full of emotions. Btw, I loved Damage Inc reaction, so genuine and UP TO POINT! First Song is Battery, and its opening the same way the album is closing so XD
Ugh now I will actually need a box of tissues if the opener is the same 😭 I won't be prepared. Damage inc. was beautiful and I was not ready. Puppets is definitely high on the list for the next video on them. I'm thinking The Black Album too. Thank you for watching! 🙏🙏
@@imaKaiya Yup, Black Album is a good choice too. Dont mind the positive or negative critique, just listen with an unbiased opinion. Alot of fans are polarized for this or that reason, I personally love the album and it strikes a good balance between old and new.
The first minute of Sanitarium might just be the greatest ever. I don’t think Slayer, Megadeath or any other band could write an intro as beautiful as Sanitarium
I know you're young but, how did you go from listening to Death Metal and skipping over thrash metal first. Metallica was the first thrash metal band that broke through the gates. My first metal band that broke me through was Iron Maiden then came thrash & Death Metal.
To see you get so emotional…gets me emotional!! Lol. God bless you…these boys(Metallica) have had an impact on so many lives…and have pulled at heart strings…for decades. I love their music…ALL their music…yes, some of them are better than others…but they’re all so POWERFUL!
There's a fan made video somewhere on YT of Welcome Home (Sanitarium) with footage from the movie that inspired it, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, it's really well edited with the scenes fitting the lyrics.
Can you do testament next? They are another legendary thrash band. In order I would do burnt offerings or over the wall off of the legacy, new order off the album of the same name, practice what you preach off the album of the same name, souls of black off the album of the same name, and D.N.R off of the gathering (Dave Lombardo from slayer is drumming on the gathering album). Also testament has an interesting connection to exodus as well cause the founding vocalist of testament was a vocalist for exodus (the vocalist doesn't appear on any testament albums only the original demos of the songs)
Creeping death is not only my favorite Metallica song of all time, it’s my favorite song in general of all time, it’s about the 10 plagues of Egypt in the book of exodus
I agree though I've heard from a lot of people that after the Black album next few albums weren't as loved nearly as much as their first five albums. Reload, Garage Inc., St. Anger off the top of my head, though I always really liked Death Magnetic.
Whoever told you AJFA was Metallica’s last good album is just Lying, the black album, load and reload are brilliant. They may not be thrash metal but the writing and overall quality of the albums are still amazing.
Thanks for letting me know! Yeah there's such a mix of people who are die hard fans and then haters lol so it's always hard to tell with bands that are as polarizing as Metallica. I experienced the same with Slipknot. I always come to every reaction with a total open mind and no opinion whatsoever. I just appreciate music and what to hear more. I was more drawn to what I heard on Lightning and Puppets in my own personal opinion but I would be down to listen to AJFA in full on the channel eventually. Honestly though, TBA is definitely one I want to check out first. Intuitionally I feel like that album is going to slap for me haha. Thanks for watching! 🙏🙏🙏
@@imaKaiya yeah it’s really hard to know who to believe. IMO AJFA is more a fans favourite than an overall higher quality album, overall I’d say reacting to lots of stuff from ride the lightning is the best place to start. Thanks for the reply!
Metallica is still my favorite band, they opened the doors to allot of heavier stuff. That said, Load and Reload actually play more often than the first albums on my playlist nowadays
The Black Album was the last one from Metallica that I really liked. I think Bob Rock as their producer "tamed" them way too much. They tried too hard to take metal "mainstream", and in the process became a heavy version of a "boy band". Yes, their music matured, but it lost the raw grit that made them so appealing early on. They lost their "thrash", and I think that's sad. Then again, my favorite band of all time is Iron Maiden, and they've moved away from their "punk" roots quite a bit over the years, too. (Have you experienced Maiden yet? If not, I'd love to see your reaction.)
what makes metallica pioneers is they were the first to do it putting out their first album in 1983 - nobody before them was making that music in the US. They incorporated elements of different european bands like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath to shape their sound - all other american and european bands in thrash followed metallica and copied elements from them.
They never fell off. They always did what they wanted and that is as metal as you can get. They do that to this day. You are awesome and need to continue the Metallica journey.
Listen to all their songs live . That's where the real kick is and shows how awesome of a band they are. They add different parts to their live songs that really bring out the awesomeness !!
Great reaction. The only band I know you can be 30 songs in and still haven't found your favorite one yet. Please do Metallica Disposable Hero's (with lyrics).
Anyone who said stuff after justice is bad was fooling you. The black album, despite being completely different, is possibly the most perfect sounding album ever. The performances, writing, mixing are just unreal. Sad but true - might be their heaviest song, the god that failed is also incredibly heavy and has a killer solo, struggle within is fast and underrated, the unforgiven is beautiful and depressing, wherever i may roam is just plain awesome. Oh and the other songs are great too
You just entered the greatest and most seductive rabbit hole in all music…Metallica’s 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥. You have at least 60 Metallica bangers ahead of you. They are the greatest band ever and it is close to otherworldly neglectance not to dig deep into Metallica. They are musical geniuses and to this date they sell out every arena worldwide no matter the size faster than you can sell drinking water in a desert. Metallica outshines Megadeth and Slayer anytime….period
Metallica certainly changed styles after 1988 but the Black album is a masterpiece and they have some great songs from their 90's output. There is also a lot of solid songs on their last 2 albums but you have to not expect the hear the same band you heard here.
You really need to hear their 1996 release Load where they completely reinvented themselves. A lot of fans claim that this is a commercial release but it's anything but that. It's more of an example of a band following their muse and avoiding needless repetition.
Imo what makes them the best is their live performances, especially in the late 80s and early 90s. The way they take control of a building/stadium is unparalleled. It’s pure energy. I think watching their Moscow 1991 appearance will show you why people love them so much. Over 1 million people were there to see it.
Metallica probably saved my life. When I was a teen I had pretty bad depression, and Metallica was what I listened to when I was feeling really depressed. There music, particularly Sanitarium, always calmed me and put me in a better head space. 1:29 1000% agree. After the first 4 albums, Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice For All, it was all down hill IMO. You can add Garage Days to the first 4, but that was a cover album. The live S&M album was good with the San Francisco Symphony. I have a hard time choosing between Ride the Lightning and Master of puppets as my favorite album. It really depends on the mood I'm in at the time. You really need to treat yourself to the first 4 albums in there entirety. They are absolute musts for any metalhead. All 4 are true masterworks and even if your not a metalhead you still need to listen to them at least once. 27:08 YES! People always forget about those. Behind Metallica, Testament is my second favorite metal band.
Master of Puppets is their masterpiece. The whole album is awesome. Orion is my favorite song from that album and the band period. And Justice for All was the first album after the death of Cliff Burton in a buss crash. They rushed to replace him. They were very fortunate to pick up Jason Newstead as his replacement. The mixing in this album is so diffent than what they had done before. The best song off this album is "One". Watch "A year and a half in the life of Metallica" and you get a good feel for the guys in the band. Also the movie "Some Kind of Monster" is a good telling of the trouble they had that nearly ended the band. Lot's of back story in those.
Reasons Metallica are hated: 1) the black album, because they "sold out man!", which they spent a million dollars (1990 money), a year and a half to make and 2 of 3 marriages ended to create an album so awesome that droves of new audiences flocked to thrash and other heavy music. All successful metal bands after that record owe a debt of gratitude, So stop hating. Apparently making something great is terrible. I love you guys, but if you make a buck you're dead to me! 2) They sued Napster for giving their music away for free. They should spend all that time and money making records and not make anything back. They should work for free. How dare they. I assume every one one who hates Metallica for wanting to get something back for their work always only works for free and refuses to accept a paycheck. 3) St. Anger album sucked! This one's legit, they tried to stay relavent and go more nu-metal and failed. I can't criticize someone for trying to stay on top, and it was axtually a very important record that just missed the mark. Every band puts out a dud eventually tho if they stay together long enough. 4) Hating Metallica is simply the trend. For all the reasons above, its considered uncool to like anything after and justice for all. These people are essentially cowards too scared of what their friends think by having their own opinion. They claim to love the nonconformity message of songs like damage inc, but themselves conform in opposition. Totally not metal, dude. Go ahead and hate me for being honest and pointing out the stupidity of hating one of the most influential and important metal bands ever. I don't care. I love Metallica and always will. Megadeth too!
Great summation of all valid points. It's sad that "true fans" decided to follow the herd and start bashing them.I have been with Metallica since day one. I was the first person in my hometown to buy "Kill Em All" about 4 months after it came out. I had to order it from a local record store. But like you said they grew as people and musicians.I stayed with them through everything. After all you can't stay 19 and pissed at the world forever. Too many bands find a formula and all their albums sound the same. Don't waste my time if you aren't gonna put the work in.The biggest compliment to Metallica is they tour relentlessly and always sell out every venue.Nothing beats a Metallica show. They deliver every night!
I will alway defend st anger, some of Metallica's angriest albums they have made. You even hear James voice crack on frantic I think it is if memory serves. Bands try something new and people hate it, this is why music hasn't changed in year's people just try to recreate the same sound over and over... Now load and reload wasn't a good album, one or two good song's. Those two albums was the addition album's
@@mingmerci6103 I totally applaud your courage to defend their most unpopular record. I always tell people it has some bright spots on it like sweet Amber and the unnamed feeling. I ran across a re-recorded version of St. anger on UA-cam where some unknown band redid the album note for note, only mixed it right and I realized it was actually a much better record than we realized. They ruined it in production. I don't have a link, but look for it. Also, load and reload had a lot of really good material, but if it they were just one record with only the best sings, it would have been a freakin monster in my opinion.
My thoughts, in order: 1) It's very interesting to hear the band talk about the Black Album 30 years later. They all mostly agree that after AJFA if they were to continue "upping the ante" on song speed and complexity they would have ended up producing a Dream Theater album. So they decided to go heavier instead of faster as a course correction. 2) The number of bands who allegedly "thanked them" for being the fall guys on that issue behind closed doors because they didn't want to hurt their own standing with their fans. lol 3) St Anger is truly a tragedy. The subject matter, as is often the case when coming from such a real and dark place, is some of James best work. Although some of the lyrical implementation left a bit to be desired.(Looking at you "Frantic") Ultimately, Kirk had Bob and Lars dead to rights: they were too focused on ego and being trendy. At the end St Anger ends up being a piece of fine art that takes a bit of an acquired taste to stomach. There's a strong argument for the dysfunctional sound of the arrangements matching the subject matter perfectly, but to the average listener it's far too jarring to move past. 4) Jason Newstead has a great quote on this. "Did we sell out? Yes. Absolutely. We sold out Stadiums!" If that's not the perfect "Go fuck yourself" I don't know what is.
I think the riff Hetfield's alluding to in the notes to Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is perhaps by Metal Church, from the song "Watch the Children Pray." John Marshall, Metal Church's guitarist, was also a guitar tech for Metallica's Kirk Hammett, and John filled in for James Hetfield as Metallica's rhythm guitarist a couple of times when Hetfield was injured (1986, after Hetfield broke his wrist while skateboarding, and 1992, when Hetfield suffered burn injuries from stage pyrotechnics at a Canadian concert with Guns N' Roses). I think Kaiya would like that song and others from Metal Church.
Wait what is an analphabet? 🤣🤣🤣 I've heard the Black album is good and I'm definitely curious about that one and the reviews for their 2016 release seem good. What's your take? I think I'm going to do Master of Puppets or the Black album next. Thanks for watching!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@imaKaiya black album? YEAYEAH Load? Wack (apart from some of the songs) Reload? Wack (read above) Garage Inc.? That's pretty good St. Anger? Megawack Death Magnetic? Pretty good Lulu? Crime against humanity Hardwired? Pretty good
@@imaKaiya Master of puppets, both the song as well as the album, are universally regarded as the best thrash metal music ever written and produced. The black album, then, is one of the best heavy metal records ever made, and is the best selling album of the last 30 years of all genres. Metallica is pretty much in the League of their own, and if there was anyone to thank besides Hetfield and Ulrich, it would be Cliff Burton not Mustaine. Thanks to him they explore a plethora of styles and mold em into their own music, which makes em unique and not one trick pony. Megadeth or Slayer could never make albums like Load or Reload, offering many great rock tunes with a touch of country, and make em commercially successful! Every Metallica album has some great music in it, which is a clear testament of their mastery of musicianship, and one thing they have no other band does is the greatest Melody Maker and frontman in the history of metal
The best of it is that among metallicas songs there is about 30 other songs that are better than 4 of the 5 songs that you listened to.Jump on the fire is great but whiplash or seek and destroy are on different levels. DAMAGE INC is awsome but Master of Puppets or Orion is closer to Bethoveen level hehe but creeping death is in the universe of its own
@@thejoshman3843 it seemed to me by how she picked up so well with nuance, they were good selections FOR HER to hear. Jump in the Fire is a great comparison to Creeping Death from just the next album. AJFA was the most musical choice cuz it suited her best. Maybe yes theres better songs in general on each disc but good choices whoever did chose carefully knowing her musical taste.
I’m commenting as I watch this and want to say that it is great to see a younger generation appreciate great metal music. Master of Puppets is usually voted 1 or 2 as best thrash metal albums of all time lists. It usually trades spaces with Slayer Reign on Blood.
Just FYI, metallica was NOT influenced by Dave M. He was kicked out of Metallica I think before the kill' em all album was finished. Never the less, Lars and James had ideas to go one direction and Dave was going another. Kirk's and James riffs and Kirk solos are all original. If anything Dave was possibly influenced by them. Metallica and Megadeth are both still bad ass!
This is the most garbage comment I've ever seen. At least tell the girl the truth. They weren't influenced by him how? He wrote all the original solos on Kill em All. Wrote all the music for Jump In the Fire (including lyrics which she listened to) Metal Militia, Four Horseman (Mechanix) he wrote when he was like 15 and Phantom Lord. Its all a matter of record at this point. He had as much influence on them jumping into the light. He was the star. He was the one who talked to the crowd. James didn't even play guitar in their very beginning shows. Dave Mustaine is all over their first work. Next album after was gone for almost 2 years at this point they used the main riff he wrote for the TITLE TRACK Ride the Lightning wrote the scales and intro for Call of Ktulu which originally was When Hell Freezes Over. Next album which is in debate is the riff In Leper Messiah on Master of Puppets which Dave' says it was a song in work called The Hills Ran Red. Lars has never really refuted it but its the only one that Dave doesn't have official credit for through. After that. Cliff dies. Dave's ideas were long gone. I will give them credit they did write some cool very classic on them first 4 albums. But, in the end after that it was all pretty forgettable after Justice. Generic sounding metal into county metal then finally into trying thrash again but it all sounds like are just writing something to write something. Nothing else. Dave collects royalties from Metallica every time they sell his work with them. Dave is the one to decided to say fuck you Lars you can't remaster and release No Life Til Leather which was the original Kill em All with Dave on the recording which is way fucking better. Its not just polished in a studio. Lars wanted credits on shit he had nothing to do with. No influence? They influenced him? Not even close. The proof is on the pudding. "The Walmart of Metal" Metallica was cool for 5 years in the 80s. Thats about it. The industry is weird. They were at the right place at the right time.
The general consensus is that once they hit the Black Album it became mainstream music. It's still all pretty good, it's that the older stuff is just grittier. "One" remains my favorite song.
I absolutely love your videos and appreciate how much detail you go into when your listening to metal songs. I really do love it and have enjoyed your previous metal reactions especially Opeth and Morbid Angel. Cannot wait foe the next one dear. 🤘🏽🤘🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I don't know if I'd say that Metallica hasn't made any good music in ages. That seems like something some metal chud would say, like some soyjak type that would have an aneurysm if you called Slipknot metal or brought up metalcore. Metallica definitely fell off, but they're not terrible. Their last album, Hardwired, was pretty good imo and so was Death Magnetic (just don't bring up the mixing) their 90's albums were a bit hit and miss tho Also kinda unrelated but their lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett, released a solo EP this year, and its really fuckin good
The "woofing" sound that you're attributing to the mics, is a result of artificially extending the low end of the guitars. Because all the bass guitar tracks were removed. James, Lars, and Kirk hadn't come to terms with the death of Cliff Burton, and couldn't stand to hear Jason Newstead's bass tracks. P.S. "And Justice for All" is the worst song on that album, in my opinion.
I actually quite enjoy the "woofing". That really sucks that they did that to Jason in all, but it is what it is and I wouldn't have it any way... Plus in my opinion it sounds pretty damn sweet if you have a decent car stereo.
I feel Metallica is a gateway band. It's a bridge to more extreme metal. It also has the most mainstream sound out of all of the thrash bands, which is why they gained much more popularity.
a gateway band indeed. as a kid I never liked listening to any music. music was dumb, and a weird thing "cool kids" and parents do. but one day on TV they played a music video for this brand new song called The Unforgiven II... my young brain kind of short circuited for a few minutes and I finally *got* what everyone was always on about with this music thing. for the next week I would always switch the channel to any charts shows I found in the TV guide (the internet wasn't really a thing yet) hoping to catch that magic again. within a year I had bought my very first CD (Rammstein - Sehnsucht) and started to let my hair grow out.
"Bridge to more extreme metal" I wouldn't classify them as such, Metallica is pretty much 99.9% of peoples first exposure to Metal. Metallica is literally just peoples bridge to Metal itself. Bands that are a bridge to more extreme metal would probably be stuff like Opeth, Death, Dimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom, InsertShittyDeathcoreBandHere etc, since these bands are extreme but their extremity is not unpalatable to the average music listener, say for example something like Gorgoroth is.
@@VonuhABlack Thrash is in the extreme metal category. Metallica started as thrash. They were extreme metal in their time until they sold out. Metallica introduce you to it, and you start discovering similar bands as a result. And to me, thrash bridges over to death metal fairly easily. And from death metal comes Black metal. Deathcore, etc.
Metallica definitely did not fall off and are still looked highly upon by the metal community. In my opinion they dont have a bad album except for st. anger. And you can't argue that the first 4 maybe even 5 albums are the best work Metallica has put out. You should definitely listen to the first 5 albums because this is peek Metallica. Btw there isnt much drama between the bands themselves. Its more of the fanbases that "fight"
I totally disagree that Metallica stopped putting out good albums after 1988. There were things I didn't like as much and some that I disliked, but, hey, megadeth had a suck-phase too. They got less thrashy in the 90's, but came back to their roots with their last two records, death magnetic and hardwired to self destruct. The later is actually a really good record. And they are still together and very active.
@@picklesmcmillan217 i consider it to be the most important metal album of all time. It drew masses of people to thrash and other heavy music. All thrash bands enjpyed an enormous increase in their own audiences because of that record. Every successfull metal band that came after the black album owes their success to it. I played the absolute shit out of that record - we all did. I hate when people trash it, and Metallica in general. Do I enjoy it aa much as their previous records? No. But you can't deny that it put that kind of music on the map in really big way.
What made you emotional at the end of ‘Creeping Death’ was the power of neo-Classical arrangement and performance, which was something about which bassist Cliff Burton was very enthusiastic and at which he was adept. It is incredibly good at evoking feelings directly from the gut.
I agree that ..And justice for all is their last good album, but it's also my favorite album. Although it's pretty close to Master of puppets. They're both well worth to listen to from start to finish, absolutely brilliant.
Wow someone lied to you. Yes, they earned their fans in the 80s. But they earned WAY MORE fans in the 90s so their 80s fans cried out saying "They sold out!!" but they were way more popular in the 90s. Then they re-invented yet again in the 2000's. You either decide you are a "purist" or you move around enjoying all their stuff. It's more a reflection of you than of them. They're still great if you ask millions of fans still going to their shows. I seen them with Ozzy in 1986 for the Master of Puppets tour and to this day I would go see them again. It's really up to you whether you listen to hate or love. I give you my love and support. Earned your "sub" this day.
Don't listen to these nitwits. They are the Kings of Rock and Metal forever. The black album is where they kicked the door down and proved you can slow heavy fast it doesn't matter. Slayer aren't even in Metallica's league. It's not even close. Master of puppets is not where these idiots say they sold out it was the black album. They are the Kings
Slayer are in a whole other league. Thrash genre is where the comparison ends. Their approach to song/lyric writing and signature styles/sounds though are completely different. Megadeth is more in Metallicas league, relying heavily on technicality and drawn out solos and less controversial lyricism than Slayer. Anthrax, though influential, are gimmicky and shouldn't be in the Big 4 IMO. Sepultura or Dark Angel or Forbidden were far more thrashy and highly influential but a bit late on the scene I guess. Overall though I agree Metallica are the Kings of Metal genre. Longevity, iconic albums, incredible live shows, polarising, (not always a bad thing) diversity in sound. Legends!
I have been enjoying your journey with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer albums it brings me back to when I first discovered them. A recommendation I have to further make your thrash metal journey complete is listening to Sepultura’s album Arise. This album will not disappoint. Thanks for your great reactions!
i wish i could listen to metallica for very 1st time again. That was like musicaly best times of my youth, discovering the band. Many years ago, i am here and watching other people do it for first time, it make my memories more alive😎 thanks
I am 54 y.o. and I get gusebumps every time I listen to Sanatarium... I can't fathom how you felt listening to it for the first time.... and YES, you have to listen to the whole MOP album!
Back when Master of Puppets came out, Throwing kids into hospitals was the answer for everything when it came to society. I know because I was one of the kids who had to deal with that nightmare. Some of us didn't make it out, My best friend Burnie was in a hospital getting help to stop partying, his brother Jason who had just begun getting his life together, Was on his way to work, got Killed by a drunk driver. and when Burnie found out about it he killed himself. He was in there to get help and they are supposed to be supervising their patients 24/7 and they didn't do that. His loss still affects me.
I happen to believe The Black Album from 1991 and Hardwired to Self Destruct from 2016 are incredible, but Load and Reload are wonderful also. Wonderful reaction.
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James is not just vocalist. He is also greatest rhythm guitarist of all time. Best right hand ever🤘
The king of down picking. It wears me out just to watch him play so fast and hard. The beginning of "Blackened" on the legendary Seattle show and of course his non stop energy of my favorite Metallica song "Battery". To watch him play and sing "Holier Than Thou" on the Mexico show is amazing.
And one of the best lyricist.
@@scottreynolds9902 Seattle 89’ is legitimately one of the greatest concerts ever filmed in rock history. 1,000%.
@@sadboi7537 Man I'd give all my concerts I have been to just to be there.It is definetly the best concert ever recorded.
@@scottreynolds9902 Battery is easy to play compared to Blackened, Battery is alternate picking where Blackened is the pinnacle of downpicking speed without question.....that song is an absolute ass-kicker to play
Yes! You absolutely have to do the entire Puppets album. It’s a no brainer in your metal journey
You will cry 😉
Planning on it :) I am ready for the tears to flow! Thanks for watching!
@@imaKaiya No, do all albums in order. Metallica's music grows with each album, you wont regret it and your channel will grow too
@@imaKaiya If you tear up on the Creeping Death final, than i really shout listen to the next song of the Ride the Lightning: Call of Ktulu
Yes and Master of Puppets is the first and only metal album to be inducted into the Library of Congress national registry...
@@imaKaiya Master Of Puppets is, arguably, but screw that, most definitely the Greatest Metal Album of All Time. Period. Imho, but I'm not the only one who thinks so.
10:46. Yes it’s an electric chair. The term “Ride the Lightning” was an old saying from the 1920’s about people being executed by electric chair. They said to he “riding the lightning”.
The second song in the album is entitled “Ride the Lightning”, and is about a guy having a nightmare about being executed via electric chair for a crime he didn’t commit.
The string sounding part at the beginning of Damage Inc. is a bass solo by Cliff Burton. In addition to wah and distortion he’s also doing volume swells to achieve that string sound. The issue with what sounds like a hot mic in AJFA has to do with the production, that album has their strongest songwriting but the production is pretty universally derided for how low the bass is mixed and how tight and sterile the drums sound. And whatever Kirk was saying about yawning is total bs, concert footage proves otherwise and Lars has said they stopped playing it because it was complex making it a chore to play
The intro is based on a JS Bach composition “Come Sweet Death”. Cliff influenced Metallica and Bach influenced Cliff.
@@beatmet2355 I was going to say that but you beat me to it!
Why you talking bout Damage Incorporated Willis?🤟
Kirk saying about yawning?? What are you referring to?
Bass solo take one
The issue is that the songs you were recommended didn’t illustrate early Metallica’s importance to the thrash metal sub genre. Whiplash from Kill ‘Em All and Fight Fire With Fire from Ride the Lightning should be listened to as there weren’t really bands at that time that were playing stuff that fast and aggressive. Also give Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) a listen, Metallica put a nearly five minute long bass solo on their debut album.
Also Metallica’s importance goes beyond the first four albums. While a lot of bands stuck to the same sound Metallica constantly evolved and changed sounds, playing what they wanted to play instead of playing the same thing over and over and over again.
I was hoping someone said this. Couldn't have said it better myself.
yes...jump in the fire was one of the worst songs on kill em all & does not present 1983 metallica properly. Bad song selector!
Metallica has always been the grooviest of the Big 4 and that has intensified as they aged. Cliff brought a ton of classical musicianship to the band that has stayed in their arrangements and concepts.
I taught myself drums to (& because of) Master of Puppets and have always considered Lars to be a model for playing to the song, and not making everything be about how much you can cram in (the Ctarlie Watts of metal, if you will).
Also, bands are known as sell outs as soon as older fans have to deal with a bunch of people learning about their favorite band from the "radio."
Thanks for sharing! This is really good to know. I'm definitely planning on doing a Metallica part 2 - most likely a full album reaction to TBA, Puppets or Lightning I don't know which yet. I've learned a lot since posting this video. It's definitely a 50/50 mix with lovers and haters of the band but I am more curious about their evolution in sound and how it evolved (or devolved to some) and how it influenced the genre as a whole. You're comment definitely highlights that better for me to understand. I definitely enjoyed what I heard, I think Ride The Lightning and Master of Puppets held the best songs out of these 5 now that I listen back. Very curious about TBA I will honest. Thanks for watching!!
@@imaKaiya the fans who can appreciate the entirety of Metallica can point you in the right direction. I personally love all of their music, it doesn't matter the mood I'm in I can always count on Metallica. I could give a list of songs off every album spanning their entire career that would give you an idea of their impact and why they are still going strong and on top.
Yeah Metallica has some great stuff. Their newer stuff isn't bad, just different and you can tell that they've matured a lot as both musicians and people. I would recommend Master of Puppets if you want to do a full-album reaction :)
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I came here to say the same stuff. The Black album has some great music on it. It was their first record with ol Bob. Load and Reload were completley commercial. However, there were some solid rock songs in the mix. St. Anger was ... since then, I've just kinda heard songs.
@@chriswooldridge1301 If you haven't, you may be interested to check out hardwired to self destruct. Spit out the Bone is crazy good.
@@spencerhansen2927 I dig some of the stuff on Hardwired. Oldschool thrash. 100%
they stopped being snot-nosed kids decades ago. they grew up. a lot of the fan base didn't.
One of the best reactors I've seen on this platform. Amazed really on how not only you play the whole song but find out the lyrics after.
Except when she pauses during critical moments of the songs
I can't lie, this is the weeirdest song choice for a first time Metallica listen xD
Welcome to Metallica. Listen to their entire discography. Judge for yourself vs taking others word and ignoring the rest of their music. There are some gems on all their albums. The style changed as they matured, but it's still good stuff if you keep an open mind.
Thank you! I couldn’t agree more. Each album is a progression from the previous one. Loving Hardwired! Even years after its release
This so much. They never sold out, they became commercially successful and started making what they really wanted.
@@spencerhansen2927 that would imply that they never really liked being a thrash band to begin with, and I don't buy that. I honestly think that Hardwired was their first album since Justice where they really had full creative control again
When she said "they let fame go to their heads" I was like WHAT??? love to see others write nothing but hit songs for 40 years without having a few dips now and then.
@@FirebirdCamaro1220 sorry, they continued making what they wanted, but what they wanted to make changed over time.
your enthusiasm is awesome !! i was a teenager when all of this came out
Dave had nothing to do with Creeping Death. To my knowledge it was a riff Kirk had for his old band exodus then used it in Metallica
I would also recommend the band Metal Church. Their first two albums “Metal Church” and “The Dark” are amazing.
You are 100% correct!
Didn't he write the riff when he was 14
@@rattlehead_dude something like that
@@rattlehead_dude yeah I think I read a comment saying he wrote the riff at 16, but yeah probably around that time. Crazy to think a young kid wrote that
It's interesting cuz I would've recommended 5 different songs from the first 4 albums. The only one I would've even considered is Creeping Death. FWIW my five would be:
1- Seek & Destroy
2- Fade to Black
3- Battery
4- Orion
5- One
Fair, but I like the selection. Everyone does those more popular songs. I think this gives a more unique first listen.
blackened or frayed ends of sanity from AJFA for me
I'd go metal militia, fight fire with fire, disposable heroes, blackened and frayed ends possibly eye of the beholder.
Four Horsemen, Call of Ktulu, Battery, Master Of Puppets, Blackened
1. Phantom lord
2. For whom the bell tolls
3. battery
4. Blackend
5. Through the never
Definitely need to do a part 2, metallica changed a lot over the years so there is plenty of variety to appreciate across the many albums.
I love all of their albums!... It's like riding on a rollercoaster, you're never gonna know where they're gonna go, but no matter what, they always still sound like Metallica and it's absolutely badass!! 🤘
Btw... Check out Spit Out The Bone and Halo On Fire on their last album!... Definitely reminiscent of their older stuff! 🤘
Lou lou?
@@rattlehead_dude I am the table
Whiplash'Seattle89' fastest I've ever heard it Live ...Awesome..
You deserve way more subscribers, I can tell you feel the music. This is the same reaction I have while listening to Metallica after being a fan for 15 years.
I wouldn’t say they got worse. They just changed and their sound evolved with them and the times. Their earliest stuff is the most accessible and most classic of Thrash metal so they’re easier for people to take in when giving metal a chance. And for that I do give them credit for introducing a lot of people to metal and sending them on their journey into more extreme versions should they desire more.
I will always stand by their older discography, but Death Magnetic was not bad at all, for a bunch of old guys.
@@d_man_beats that seems to be the general consensus for that album. I have a few buddies who think they did ok with that album as opposed to some of their other later work. One thing I can say for certain though is any performance or live album of their that involves an orchestra I absolutely hate with a passion.
@@44.caliberbrainsurgery63 I agree
@@44.caliberbrainsurgery63 I'll be a fan until the end. Their 80s shit rocks hard, some of their 90s grunge does too. But Death Magnetic was nice too.
Hardwired was decent too.
After doing more research on this band, and asking my Discord - I came to find out that Metallica is one of those bands that's either super loved or super hated. Obviously a band that grows in popularity as much as Metallica is going to get this reaction. Fame and success can have such an interesting affect on an artists creativity (I mean just look at Kanye lol). This was something I noticed but even so, they made me almost cry lol. I am definitely interested in doing an album review and reaction of one of their albums if y'all want. I want to know - who is your favorite of The Big 4? Technically The Big 8...
I think once our Thrash Daddy journey is complete we'll have a video where we rate them. Is Metallica the best of the Thrash Daddies? Let me know what you think!
Thank you SO much to Alonso for recommending the songs in today's video! I appreciate y'all watching and I'll see you soon! Love ya!
reaction of one of their albums? I kinda feel it almost has to be the Black Album (aka "Metallica"). of course there are other great albums. Master of Puppets, Lightning, Justice, Load, and Reload are all historic. But the black album is like... the centerpiece of what Metallica was and is. It's not the garage thrash of Kill 'Em All, it's not the new wave of St. Anger, it rather sits right at the point where they have all the youthful power and creativity but were also experienced and renowned enough to have everything they needed to get what was in their heads onto the disc. veer off to one side or the other and one of those aspects diminishes in favor of the other, so for me there's no doubt it's just the highlight of their career. 12 songs, and at least 10 of them are undeniable bangers.
aftertought: my personal second would be Master of Puppets. but you already listened to two songs from it in this video, which leaves only six more songs on this short album (and those two were two of the best four in my opinion).
In one sentence.. They're the biggest and greatest Band in History
I'm more on the hate side 🤣 But not really. I find them a tiny bit boring now, that's all. It's still fun to revisit the old stuff through these means! I loved your reaction. And I'd definitely check out your reaction to Master of Puppets, or Ride the Lightening. I played the old records to death, and Black album on I'm not a fan. I enjoyed Metallica in my teens, but that's about it.
Yes, a full Master of Puppets reaction should be in order, thank you Kaiya. Love ya too!
You are welcome Kaiya, These are the metallica songs I love, I would have suggested One, Master of Pupoets, Enter Sandman, Fade to Black, or Seek and Destroy, but theres already so many other channels reacting to those songs, and you are right, Metallica is very polarizing, some love them, some hate them, I love their first four albums, the rest are ok
The mic thing you're hearing on And Justice for All is likely not a mic issue, but an EQ setting issue. Lars famously handed their mixing engineer a note with his preferred EQ settings for his drum kit, and as a result there's this overpowering booming noise on every kick drum hit. It's likely cause he wanted a massive sub 100hz shelf boost.
Basically the only way for his kick drum to be noticeable in the mix was to turn the sub 100hz frequency way up, and everything above 8k way up. That's why there's a very pronounced click on every kick hit as well. They did this cause the guitar is mixed so incredibly aggressive with lots of lows and lots of highs, and barely any mids.
The issue really isn't helped by the guitar mix, cause every single open E or muted E string also has that same booming sub 100hz thump. Listening to AJFA gives you ear fatigue very fast for this reason.
My recommendation would be to check out the Live ‘89 Seattle Concert! Any performance from that show is 11/10. Creeping Death, for example, is absolutely massive and Jason Newsted’s (bassist who replaced Cliff) backing vocals are insane.
Agreed, I watched this a few weeks ago, absolutely mind blowing performances all round!
I have the whole Live Binge and Purge set. The 92 San Diego concert was their best imo. That concert sounded insane and has one of the greatest guitar and bass jam sessions/solos I’ve ever heard when they play My Friend Of Misery and Orion together
The album Master of Puppets was the first heavy metal album to be into the library of Congress for it's cultural significance.
I believe one of the things that drive people to the band is the fact there’s so much diversity and what is good or what may be considered to be good or not good with the band but I feel like to fully understand them or to dive deep into them is their live shows; out of all the times I’ve seen their live concerts I feel it doesn’t matter what albums including Saint anger they play, they kill it and sound amazing live. With that being said it’s all about each persons perspective and what they like. 🤘🏼
Its so cool, watching young(er) people listening (and obviously enjoying) to Metallica the first time. Looking forward to watch more videos of your channel! cool!
AJFA is a GREAT album, and their last one that was thrashy & the last one they wrote 7-8 minute songs for, for like 13 years.
It was their 4th album and was released in fall of 1988.
I’d say it the last really complex Metallica album, long songs, changing tempos mid song from very fast to slow then back to fast, long solos, and lastly the lyrics
There was multiple 7-9 min songs on load and reload. They're great albums just different and not thrash but still great.
Great reaction. But here's some more unmissable gems:
1. Creeping Death, live Moscow 1991 (huge!)
2. Fade to Black [studio version] (you gonna cry...)
3. Master of Puppets (the masterpiece..)
4. One (all versions are unforgettable..)
5. Orion [studio version] (amazing experience and you'll cry one more time)
6. For Whom the Bell Tolls (to come back to life again!)
Just to get started...
Ride the Lightning also!
Creeping death is one of the best Metallica songs ever written!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘We used to skip school and smoke Mary Jane and crank it! It was great stuff to grow up to! Glad you liked it!
I started listening to them when i was 13 and i fell in love. Now i'm 46 and still thinking they made the best metal shit out there in those just few years (1983-1988). Amazing!
Damage inc gives chills to me every time I listen to it.
Every record they make has a very distinct sound which makes them stand out in their discography for multiple reasons. You could very well do a song from all of their albums, cause this rabbit hole goes deep. I would suggest:
Black Album (1991): Wherever I May Roam
Load (1996): Bleeding Me
Reload (1997): Fuel or Low Man's Lyric
S&M (their live concert with the San Francisco Symphony) (1999): No Leaf Clover
St. Anger (2003): Frantic or The Unnamed Feeling
Death Magnetic (2008): That Was Just Your Life
Hardwired To Self Destruct (2016): Atlas, Rise!
I wish you would react to their entire discography. It's quite a journey.
Apparently she’s not a ‘Ten Commandments’ fan … “So let it be written… so let it be done…,”
Master of puppets is Metallicas Rust in Peace. I didn't hear this album when it first came out, but for this album to be in that era, it was before its time but was accepted at the time. This album is probably the blue print for all heavy music possibilities.
it's really nice and refreshing to see non metal music fans moving and grooving to our music. No headbanging, yet they feel it so well! never thought I'd enjoy seeing something like this...
For me it’s their lyrics and seeing them play live that makes them my favorite. Studio tracks/albums do not fully capture what makes them great. Especially the Kill ‘Em All album. I saw them play the album live and it’s night and day difference.
I think my favourite thing about their music is James vocals. His voice is just so iconic now.
i like that she listens to more than one and especially from different albums to get a full taste of what they had over the years.
Super-fan, here. I've never thought they "sold out", they just felt more comfortable doing what they wanted. They listened to different types of music (including country) in the eighties. "Puppets" is my favorite album, with the song "Orion" being my favorite of all-time. PLEASE listen to it. It'll make you sob. Yes, they are still extremely active. If you want true old school feel, listen to "Hardwired" from their 2016 record. Also "Master of Puppets", the song. Also tears. "Nothing else Matters", "Unforgiven": tears. I like you insight. Please give them more of a chance - especially "Orion". I cry.
you have reason in everything except for the part when they didnt sold out, they definitely did but not like many people think, the point where they sold out wasnt black album actually, it was on Load, you can base that on the fact that the black album still has that huge metal sound and they just went polished and changed for a softer sound for that album to reach public but its not a sellout album by any means even if it got one of their biggest sellings, you cant tell they were still pretty savage live in 91-93, But Load and the following stuff was just and awful punch to their roots and their fans, even if thats what they wanted to do ( and it was great , like a lot of those songs).
Agreed, they’re so versatile and can do anything
1:17:32 People definitely consider Justice to still be one of the greats. The majority of the fanbase's opinions are that they started going downhill when the black album (their self-titled one) released, which is definitely more simplified and made for radio play. I still like it, but a lot of people don't.
Although, many people also don't like the fact that the bass is so low in the mix. IMO it's one of the things that makes the album so unique, but I'd still give a listen to a few of the fan remixes that are going around on youtube. Ahdy Khairat is the guy that I think does those best.
Nah dude, the majority of the fan base come to the shows and love ALL of the music.
The majority of loudmouth, internet winers are who You’re thinking of.
the word is "titular album"
Yes! Do full Master of Puppets. Its exciting, thrilling and full of emotions. Btw, I loved Damage Inc reaction, so genuine and UP TO POINT!
First Song is Battery, and its opening the same way the album is closing so XD
Ugh now I will actually need a box of tissues if the opener is the same 😭 I won't be prepared. Damage inc. was beautiful and I was not ready. Puppets is definitely high on the list for the next video on them. I'm thinking The Black Album too. Thank you for watching! 🙏🙏
@@imaKaiya Yup, Black Album is a good choice too. Dont mind the positive or negative critique, just listen with an unbiased opinion. Alot of fans are polarized for this or that reason, I personally love the album and it strikes a good balance between old and new.
Master of Puppets is one of the greatest albums EVER! Full play is awesome.
The first minute of Sanitarium might just be the greatest ever. I don’t think Slayer, Megadeath or any other band could write an intro as beautiful as Sanitarium
I know you're young but, how did you go from listening to Death Metal and skipping over thrash metal first. Metallica was the first thrash metal band that broke through the gates. My first metal band that broke me through was Iron Maiden then came thrash & Death Metal.
To see you get so emotional…gets me emotional!! Lol. God bless you…these boys(Metallica) have had an impact on so many lives…and have pulled at heart strings…for decades. I love their music…ALL their music…yes, some of them are better than others…but they’re all so POWERFUL!
YES, please do a full album listen of Puppets. It is my favorite album ever. EVER.
There's a fan made video somewhere on YT of Welcome Home (Sanitarium) with footage from the movie that inspired it, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, it's really well edited with the scenes fitting the lyrics.
Can you do testament next? They are another legendary thrash band.
In order I would do burnt offerings or over the wall off of the legacy, new order off the album of the same name, practice what you preach off the album of the same name, souls of black off the album of the same name, and D.N.R off of the gathering (Dave Lombardo from slayer is drumming on the gathering album). Also testament has an interesting connection to exodus as well cause the founding vocalist of testament was a vocalist for exodus (the vocalist doesn't appear on any testament albums only the original demos of the songs)
Creeping death is not only my favorite Metallica song of all time, it’s my favorite song in general of all time, it’s about the 10 plagues of Egypt in the book of exodus
That was funny at the end of Sanitarium! She said the solo was delicious!😂😂👍👍 It is tho!
Metallica never fell off they just made some new sounds and experimented I love their new and old stuff.
I agree though I've heard from a lot of people that after the Black album next few albums weren't as loved nearly as much as their first five albums. Reload, Garage Inc., St. Anger off the top of my head, though I always really liked Death Magnetic.
Whoever told you AJFA was Metallica’s last good album is just Lying, the black album, load and reload are brilliant. They may not be thrash metal but the writing and overall quality of the albums are still amazing.
Thanks for letting me know! Yeah there's such a mix of people who are die hard fans and then haters lol so it's always hard to tell with bands that are as polarizing as Metallica. I experienced the same with Slipknot. I always come to every reaction with a total open mind and no opinion whatsoever. I just appreciate music and what to hear more. I was more drawn to what I heard on Lightning and Puppets in my own personal opinion but I would be down to listen to AJFA in full on the channel eventually. Honestly though, TBA is definitely one I want to check out first. Intuitionally I feel like that album is going to slap for me haha. Thanks for watching! 🙏🙏🙏
@@imaKaiya yeah it’s really hard to know who to believe. IMO AJFA is more a fans favourite than an overall higher quality album, overall I’d say reacting to lots of stuff from ride the lightning is the best place to start. Thanks for the reply!
@@Chazzs I agree. I love 80's and 90's Metallica almost equally, though they're very different sounds.
Metallica is still my favorite band, they opened the doors to allot of heavier stuff. That said, Load and Reload actually play more often than the first albums on my playlist nowadays
The Black Album was the last one from Metallica that I really liked.
I think Bob Rock as their producer "tamed" them way too much. They tried too hard to take metal "mainstream", and in the process became a heavy version of a "boy band".
Yes, their music matured, but it lost the raw grit that made them so appealing early on. They lost their "thrash", and I think that's sad.
Then again, my favorite band of all time is Iron Maiden, and they've moved away from their "punk" roots quite a bit over the years, too. (Have you experienced Maiden yet? If not, I'd love to see your reaction.)
what makes metallica pioneers is they were the first to do it putting out their first album in 1983 - nobody before them was making that music in the US. They incorporated elements of different european bands like Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath to shape their sound - all other american and european bands in thrash followed metallica and copied elements from them.
Metallica changed up and made style choices that some hardcore fans disliked but they are still good and all their albums are worth listening to .
First time viewer. Loved your review of my favorite band of all time. Keep up the amazing work. Subbed. 😌
They never fell off. They always did what they wanted and that is as metal as you can get. They do that to this day. You are awesome and need to continue the Metallica journey.
They absolutely fell off. Nobody who's serious cares about anything they wrote after 1990.
@@cdsmetalhead99Death magnetic and beyond aren't half bad. But they were very underwhelming for a while
Listen to all their songs live . That's where the real kick is and shows how awesome of a band they are. They add different parts to their live songs that really bring out the awesomeness !!
I saw them 8 Times live. First in 1986. And every gig was a Highlight in my life.
Great reaction. The only band I know you can be 30 songs in and still haven't found your favorite one yet. Please do Metallica Disposable Hero's (with lyrics).
Anyone who said stuff after justice is bad was fooling you. The black album, despite being completely different, is possibly the most perfect sounding album ever. The performances, writing, mixing are just unreal. Sad but true - might be their heaviest song, the god that failed is also incredibly heavy and has a killer solo, struggle within is fast and underrated, the unforgiven is beautiful and depressing, wherever i may roam is just plain awesome. Oh and the other songs are great too
You just entered the greatest and most seductive rabbit hole in all music…Metallica’s 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥. You have at least 60 Metallica bangers ahead of you. They are the greatest band ever and it is close to otherworldly neglectance not to dig deep into Metallica. They are musical geniuses and to this date they sell out every arena worldwide no matter the size faster than you can sell drinking water in a desert. Metallica outshines Megadeth and Slayer anytime….period
The next song after "And Justice For All" is such a crusher. "Eye Of the Beholder" is one of my All Time favorites!
Metallica certainly changed styles after 1988 but the Black album is a masterpiece and they have some great songs from their 90's output. There is also a lot of solid songs on their last 2 albums but you have to not expect the hear the same band you heard here.
I pretty much ignore Black, Load, Reload and St Anger, so I go straight from Justice to Death Magnetic for their discography
First song is Battery and it starts mellow and then blows your ear out with a killer fast riff and lightning solo! You’ll love it!
The album Master of Puppets is absolutely a masterpiece
You really need to hear their 1996 release Load where they completely reinvented themselves. A lot of fans claim that this is a commercial release but it's anything but that. It's more of an example of a band following their muse and avoiding needless repetition.
For more Thrash either Testament or Exodus
Imo what makes them the best is their live performances, especially in the late 80s and early 90s. The way they take control of a building/stadium is unparalleled. It’s pure energy.
I think watching their Moscow 1991 appearance will show you why people love them so much. Over 1 million people were there to see it.
You're not wrong that is definitely an electric chair Dave wrote some of ride as well
Thank you kaiya love you 😍
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Dave had like 1 or 2 riffs on ride and they weren't even main riffs just stuff like the spider chord
Did you know that Dave also wrote The Bible?
@@HollowG_ yea and also Romeo and Julliet
Metallica probably saved my life. When I was a teen I had pretty bad depression, and Metallica was what I listened to when I was feeling really depressed. There music, particularly Sanitarium, always calmed me and put me in a better head space.
1:29 1000% agree. After the first 4 albums, Kill 'em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice For All, it was all down hill IMO. You can add Garage Days to the first 4, but that was a cover album. The live S&M album was good with the San Francisco Symphony.
I have a hard time choosing between Ride the Lightning and Master of puppets as my favorite album. It really depends on the mood I'm in at the time. You really need to treat yourself to the first 4 albums in there entirety. They are absolute musts for any metalhead. All 4 are true masterworks and even if your not a metalhead you still need to listen to them at least once.
27:08 YES! People always forget about those. Behind Metallica, Testament is my second favorite metal band.
Master of Puppets is their masterpiece. The whole album is awesome. Orion is my favorite song from that album and the band period. And Justice for All was the first album after the death of Cliff Burton in a buss crash. They rushed to replace him. They were very fortunate to pick up Jason Newstead as his replacement. The mixing in this album is so diffent than what they had done before. The best song off this album is "One". Watch "A year and a half in the life of Metallica" and you get a good feel for the guys in the band. Also the movie "Some Kind of Monster" is a good telling of the trouble they had that nearly ended the band. Lot's of back story in those.
Yes but did you see the part 2 of A year and a half in the life of Metallica that I never knew existed until recently
@@ChickenatorJr Yes I bought it on DVD a long time ago.
I liked Master less than their first too,i'ts about taste😐
The reason I love metal is because for me, guitars (specifically guitar solos) can say so much more then words ever could
Reasons Metallica are hated:
1) the black album, because they "sold out man!", which they spent a million dollars (1990 money), a year and a half to make and 2 of 3 marriages ended to create an album so awesome that droves of new audiences flocked to thrash and other heavy music. All successful metal bands after that record owe a debt of gratitude, So stop hating. Apparently making something great is terrible. I love you guys, but if you make a buck you're dead to me!
2) They sued Napster for giving their music away for free. They should spend all that time and money making records and not make anything back. They should work for free. How dare they. I assume every one one who hates Metallica for wanting to get something back for their work always only works for free and refuses to accept a paycheck.
3) St. Anger album sucked!
This one's legit, they tried to stay relavent and go more nu-metal and failed. I can't criticize someone for trying to stay on top, and it was axtually a very important record that just missed the mark. Every band puts out a dud eventually tho if they stay together long enough.
4) Hating Metallica is simply the trend. For all the reasons above, its considered uncool to like anything after and justice for all. These people are essentially cowards too scared of what their friends think by having their own opinion. They claim to love the nonconformity message of songs like damage inc, but themselves conform in opposition. Totally not metal, dude.
Go ahead and hate me for being honest and pointing out the stupidity of hating one of the most influential and important metal bands ever. I don't care.
I love Metallica and always will. Megadeth too!
Great summation of all valid points. It's sad that "true fans" decided to follow the herd and start bashing them.I have been with Metallica since day one. I was the first person in my hometown to buy "Kill Em All" about 4 months after it came out. I had to order it from a local record store.
But like you said they grew as people and musicians.I stayed with them through everything. After all you can't stay 19 and pissed at the world forever. Too many bands find a formula and all their albums sound the same. Don't waste my time if you aren't gonna put the work in.The biggest compliment to Metallica is they tour relentlessly and always sell out every venue.Nothing beats a Metallica show. They deliver every night!
I will alway defend st anger, some of Metallica's angriest albums they have made. You even hear James voice crack on frantic I think it is if memory serves. Bands try something new and people hate it, this is why music hasn't changed in year's people just try to recreate the same sound over and over... Now load and reload wasn't a good album, one or two good song's. Those two albums was the addition album's
@@mingmerci6103 I totally applaud your courage to defend their most unpopular record. I always tell people it has some bright spots on it like sweet Amber and the unnamed feeling.
I ran across a re-recorded version of St. anger on UA-cam where some unknown band redid the album note for note, only mixed it right and I realized it was actually a much better record than we realized. They ruined it in production. I don't have a link, but look for it.
Also, load and reload had a lot of really good material, but if it they were just one record with only the best sings, it would have been a freakin monster in my opinion.
My thoughts, in order:
1) It's very interesting to hear the band talk about the Black Album 30 years later. They all mostly agree that after AJFA if they were to continue "upping the ante" on song speed and complexity they would have ended up producing a Dream Theater album. So they decided to go heavier instead of faster as a course correction.
2) The number of bands who allegedly "thanked them" for being the fall guys on that issue behind closed doors because they didn't want to hurt their own standing with their fans. lol
3) St Anger is truly a tragedy. The subject matter, as is often the case when coming from such a real and dark place, is some of James best work. Although some of the lyrical implementation left a bit to be desired.(Looking at you "Frantic") Ultimately, Kirk had Bob and Lars dead to rights: they were too focused on ego and being trendy. At the end St Anger ends up being a piece of fine art that takes a bit of an acquired taste to stomach. There's a strong argument for the dysfunctional sound of the arrangements matching the subject matter perfectly, but to the average listener it's far too jarring to move past.
4) Jason Newstead has a great quote on this. "Did we sell out? Yes. Absolutely. We sold out Stadiums!" If that's not the perfect "Go fuck yourself" I don't know what is.
Yeah.. st anger suck
I think the riff Hetfield's alluding to in the notes to Welcome Home (Sanitarium) is perhaps by Metal Church, from the song "Watch the Children Pray." John Marshall, Metal Church's guitarist, was also a guitar tech for Metallica's Kirk Hammett, and John filled in for James Hetfield as Metallica's rhythm guitarist a couple of times when Hetfield was injured (1986, after Hetfield broke his wrist while skateboarding, and 1992, when Hetfield suffered burn injuries from stage pyrotechnics at a Canadian concert with Guns N' Roses).
I think Kaiya would like that song and others from Metal Church.
Anybody claiming that Metallica didn't put out any good music after 88 is a musical analphabet
Wait what is an analphabet? 🤣🤣🤣 I've heard the Black album is good and I'm definitely curious about that one and the reviews for their 2016 release seem good. What's your take? I think I'm going to do Master of Puppets or the Black album next. Thanks for watching!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@imaKaiya the black album is really good also 2008 death magnetic is better then their 2016 album imo
@@imaKaiya black album? YEAYEAH
Load? Wack (apart from some of the songs)
Reload? Wack (read above)
Garage Inc.? That's pretty good
St. Anger? Megawack
Death Magnetic? Pretty good
Lulu? Crime against humanity
Hardwired? Pretty good
@@imaKaiya Master of puppets, both the song as well as the album, are universally regarded as the best thrash metal music ever written and produced. The black album, then, is one of the best heavy metal records ever made, and is the best selling album of the last 30 years of all genres. Metallica is pretty much in the League of their own, and if there was anyone to thank besides Hetfield and Ulrich, it would be Cliff Burton not Mustaine. Thanks to him they explore a plethora of styles and mold em into their own music, which makes em unique and not one trick pony. Megadeth or Slayer could never make albums like Load or Reload, offering many great rock tunes with a touch of country, and make em commercially successful! Every Metallica album has some great music in it, which is a clear testament of their mastery of musicianship, and one thing they have no other band does is the greatest Melody Maker and frontman in the history of metal
Sanitarium is just a kind of track you can get lost in. Just absorb the music and the atmosphere.
The best of it is that among metallicas songs there is about 30 other songs that are better than 4 of the 5 songs that you listened to.Jump on the fire is great but whiplash or seek and destroy are on different levels. DAMAGE INC is awsome but Master of Puppets or Orion is closer to Bethoveen level hehe but creeping death is in the universe of its own
yes the person who selected the songs for this reaction blew it. what was he or she thinking.
@@thejoshman3843 it seemed to me by how she picked up so well with nuance, they were good selections FOR HER to hear. Jump in the Fire is a great comparison to Creeping Death from just the next album. AJFA was the most musical choice cuz it suited her best. Maybe yes theres better songs in general on each disc but good choices whoever did chose carefully knowing her musical taste.
I’m commenting as I watch this and want to say that it is great to see a younger generation appreciate great metal music. Master of Puppets is usually voted 1 or 2 as best thrash metal albums of all time lists. It usually trades spaces with Slayer Reign on Blood.
Just FYI, metallica was NOT influenced by Dave M. He was kicked out of Metallica I think before the kill' em all album was finished. Never the less, Lars and James had ideas to go one direction and Dave was going another. Kirk's and James riffs and Kirk solos are all original. If anything Dave was possibly influenced by them. Metallica and Megadeth are both still bad ass!
This is the most garbage comment I've ever seen. At least tell the girl the truth.
They weren't influenced by him how? He wrote all the original solos on Kill em All. Wrote all the music for Jump In the Fire (including lyrics which she listened to) Metal Militia, Four Horseman (Mechanix) he wrote when he was like 15 and Phantom Lord. Its all a matter of record at this point. He had as much influence on them jumping into the light. He was the star. He was the one who talked to the crowd. James didn't even play guitar in their very beginning shows. Dave Mustaine is all over their first work.
Next album after was gone for almost 2 years at this point they used the main riff he wrote for the TITLE TRACK Ride the Lightning wrote the scales and intro for Call of Ktulu which originally was When Hell Freezes Over.
Next album which is in debate is the riff In Leper Messiah on Master of Puppets which Dave' says it was a song in work called The Hills Ran Red. Lars has never really refuted it but its the only one that Dave doesn't have official credit for through.
After that. Cliff dies. Dave's ideas were long gone. I will give them credit they did write some cool very classic on them first 4 albums. But, in the end after that it was all pretty forgettable after Justice. Generic sounding metal into county metal then finally into trying thrash again but it all sounds like are just writing something to write something. Nothing else.
Dave collects royalties from Metallica every time they sell his work with them. Dave is the one to decided to say fuck you Lars you can't remaster and release No Life Til Leather which was the original Kill em All with Dave on the recording which is way fucking better. Its not just polished in a studio. Lars wanted credits on shit he had nothing to do with.
No influence? They influenced him? Not even close. The proof is on the pudding. "The Walmart of Metal" Metallica was cool for 5 years in the 80s. Thats about it. The industry is weird. They were at the right place at the right time.
The general consensus is that once they hit the Black Album it became mainstream music. It's still all pretty good, it's that the older stuff is just grittier. "One" remains my favorite song.
Death Magnetic and Hardwired are fairly thrash again
Hardwired to self destruct (2016) is IMO a great album with damn good tracks harking back to some of their earlier classics
I absolutely love your videos and appreciate how much detail you go into when your listening to metal songs. I really do love it and have enjoyed your previous metal reactions especially Opeth and Morbid Angel. Cannot wait foe the next one dear. 🤘🏽🤘🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I don't know if I'd say that Metallica hasn't made any good music in ages. That seems like something some metal chud would say, like some soyjak type that would have an aneurysm if you called Slipknot metal or brought up metalcore.
Metallica definitely fell off, but they're not terrible. Their last album, Hardwired, was pretty good imo and so was Death Magnetic (just don't bring up the mixing) their 90's albums were a bit hit and miss tho
Also kinda unrelated but their lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett, released a solo EP this year, and its really fuckin good
2:58. Very old school indeed. That album (Kill em all) is from 1983.
Master of puppets?
This is a girl after my own heart. She's smart, pretty AND loves Metallica? Who could ask for more!
The "woofing" sound that you're attributing to the mics, is a result of artificially extending the low end of the guitars. Because all the bass guitar tracks were removed. James, Lars, and Kirk hadn't come to terms with the death of Cliff Burton, and couldn't stand to hear Jason Newstead's bass tracks. P.S. "And Justice for All" is the worst song on that album, in my opinion.
I actually quite enjoy the "woofing". That really sucks that they did that to Jason in all, but it is what it is and I wouldn't have it any way... Plus in my opinion it sounds pretty damn sweet if you have a decent car stereo.
The bass wasn't "removed" just turned down.
@@midnight347 The bass was "removed" from anyone's ability to hear it.
"all these super quick notes" this girl is such an academic
I feel Metallica is a gateway band. It's a bridge to more extreme metal. It also has the most mainstream sound out of all of the thrash bands, which is why they gained much more popularity.
a gateway band indeed. as a kid I never liked listening to any music. music was dumb, and a weird thing "cool kids" and parents do. but one day on TV they played a music video for this brand new song called The Unforgiven II... my young brain kind of short circuited for a few minutes and I finally *got* what everyone was always on about with this music thing. for the next week I would always switch the channel to any charts shows I found in the TV guide (the internet wasn't really a thing yet) hoping to catch that magic again. within a year I had bought my very first CD (Rammstein - Sehnsucht) and started to let my hair grow out.
"Bridge to more extreme metal"
I wouldn't classify them as such, Metallica is pretty much 99.9% of peoples first exposure to Metal. Metallica is literally just peoples bridge to Metal itself.
Bands that are a bridge to more extreme metal would probably be stuff like Opeth, Death, Dimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom, InsertShittyDeathcoreBandHere etc, since these bands are extreme but their extremity is not unpalatable to the average music listener, say for example something like Gorgoroth is.
No.. They're very successful because they play unique and great music better than any band out there
@@VonuhABlack Thrash is in the extreme metal category. Metallica started as thrash. They were extreme metal in their time until they sold out. Metallica introduce you to it, and you start discovering similar bands as a result. And to me, thrash bridges over to death metal fairly easily. And from death metal comes Black metal. Deathcore, etc.
@@Fraxxxi That's an awesome share. I couldn't imagine life without music.
Metallica definitely did not fall off and are still looked highly upon by the metal community. In my opinion they dont have a bad album except for st. anger. And you can't argue that the first 4 maybe even 5 albums are the best work Metallica has put out. You should definitely listen to the first 5 albums because this is peek Metallica. Btw there isnt much drama between the bands themselves. Its more of the fanbases that "fight"
I can’t think of a band who’s fame went to their head less than Metallica.
GnR ?
Made me cry. Thanks🤘
I totally disagree that Metallica stopped putting out good albums after 1988. There were things I didn't like as much and some that I disliked, but, hey, megadeth had a suck-phase too.
They got less thrashy in the 90's, but came back to their roots with their last two records, death magnetic and hardwired to self destruct. The later is actually a really good record.
And they are still together and very active.
The name checks out. The black album is great as well.
@@picklesmcmillan217 i consider it to be the most important metal album of all time. It drew masses of people to thrash and other heavy music. All thrash bands enjpyed an enormous increase in their own audiences because of that record. Every successfull metal band that came after the black album owes their success to it.
I played the absolute shit out of that record - we all did. I hate when people trash it, and Metallica in general. Do I enjoy it aa much as their previous records? No. But you can't deny that it put that kind of music on the map in really big way.
What made you emotional at the end of ‘Creeping Death’ was the power of neo-Classical arrangement and performance, which was something about which bassist Cliff Burton was very enthusiastic and at which he was adept. It is incredibly good at evoking feelings directly from the gut.
I agree that ..And justice for all is their last good album, but it's also my favorite album. Although it's pretty close to Master of puppets. They're both well worth to listen to from start to finish, absolutely brilliant.
Wow someone lied to you. Yes, they earned their fans in the 80s. But they earned WAY MORE fans in the 90s so their 80s fans cried out saying "They sold out!!" but they were way more popular in the 90s. Then they re-invented yet again in the 2000's. You either decide you are a "purist" or you move around enjoying all their stuff. It's more a reflection of you than of them. They're still great if you ask millions of fans still going to their shows. I seen them with Ozzy in 1986 for the Master of Puppets tour and to this day I would go see them again. It's really up to you whether you listen to hate or love. I give you my love and support. Earned your "sub" this day.
Don't listen to these nitwits. They are the Kings of Rock and Metal forever. The black album is where they kicked the door down and proved you can slow heavy fast it doesn't matter. Slayer aren't even in Metallica's league. It's not even close. Master of puppets is not where these idiots say they sold out it was the black album. They are the Kings
Slayer are in a whole other league. Thrash genre is where the comparison ends. Their approach to song/lyric writing and signature styles/sounds though are completely different. Megadeth is more in Metallicas league, relying heavily on technicality and drawn out solos and less controversial lyricism than Slayer. Anthrax, though influential, are gimmicky and shouldn't be in the Big 4 IMO. Sepultura or Dark Angel or Forbidden were far more thrashy and highly influential but a bit late on the scene I guess. Overall though I agree Metallica are the Kings of Metal genre. Longevity, iconic albums, incredible live shows, polarising, (not always a bad thing) diversity in sound. Legends!
I have been enjoying your journey with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer albums it brings me back to when I first discovered them. A recommendation I have to further make your thrash metal journey complete is listening to Sepultura’s album Arise. This album will not disappoint. Thanks for your great reactions!
First time to the channel, youtube recommendations did me right for a change. Great reaction \,,/
i wish i could listen to metallica for very 1st time again. That was like musicaly best times of my youth, discovering the band. Many years ago, i am here and watching other people do it for first time, it make my memories more alive😎 thanks
I am 54 y.o. and I get gusebumps every time I listen to Sanatarium... I can't fathom how you felt listening to it for the first time.... and YES, you have to listen to the whole MOP album!
Creeping death to me is one of those holy grail metal songs. Practically as perfect that a metal song can get
Back when Master of Puppets came out, Throwing kids into hospitals was the answer for everything when it came to society. I know because I was one of the kids who had to deal with that nightmare. Some of us didn't make it out, My best friend Burnie was in a hospital getting help to stop partying, his brother Jason who had just begun getting his life together, Was on his way to work, got Killed by a drunk driver. and when Burnie found out about it he killed himself. He was in there to get help and they are supposed to be supervising their patients 24/7 and they didn't do that. His loss still affects me.
You're epic, as always :)
It's tough to pick a handful from all these bands' classics. So I can only hope more will follow from each band :)
I happen to believe The Black Album from 1991 and Hardwired to Self Destruct from 2016 are incredible, but Load and Reload are wonderful also. Wonderful reaction.
Enjoy. Thanks for your reaction 👍