You can tell how hyped James was for this gig, as a musician I can totally relate to him. Being on stage as a teenager not giving a fuck bout anything but playing your stuff while people goes fucking nuts is a feeling completely unmatchable.
back when no one cared about how good are they playing, how good are the vocals and etc. they were enjoying that energy, the real thrash metal. the real ones just head bang and scream “fuck yeah”
@david hefner you read my mind.. I find Kill Ride and Master to be incredibly amazing and depending on the mood I may choose Master as the pinnacle however the one that is hands down the king of Metallica albums has to be Kill em All. Ride the Lightning is simply amazing but I'm not the biggest fan of trapped under ice
Hes palm muting the Low E string. Trust me, I actually play guitar, I can play every song on Kill em All and I guarantee you thats what hes doing. They do it alot on the KEA songs
Cliff Burton: Was way ahead of his time. Was the, by far, the most talented musician/song writer in Metallica history. Was THE EPITOME of a Metal head! Was the greatest head banger of all time. Was, arguably, the greatest Bassist in Heavy Metal history. Was why Metallica became so successful. Is loved and missed by millions of people.
@@MarySamsonite It's a shitty comment in the first place. Lars wasn't even good here. He was still learning. 2-3 years down the road, though, he was a beast. Love it when a generic human starts to talk about "keeping time" or other things that they have NO BUSINESS even trying to talk about. Get it, Swanson?
Phantom Lord is a hardcore, headbanging beast, comparable to a young, brutal Mike Tyson putting away a defenseless opponent. Thanks to the Chicago fan that filmed this treasured gift.
Wow! Really? This is awesome I agree. But, they only got better after this. This is great in the way that it sounds very raw. But, their more recent preformances sound way tighter. And the music lessons they took after this showed in Ride the lighting and Puppets. I know you didn't say that this was their best. But, how is this better than the more recent verisons of their older songs?
They definitely got better as the 80's progressed as you can tell with all the albums that followed right up until The Black Album, but I feel these days they don't play their classic material to it's full potential. Some of the drumming is simplified with fills not being played properly and a lack of awareness of what should be done to bring out the full potential of a song. Whereas back here, everything they play has a near perfect studio representation while still capturing that live energy.
@@darthanddedeu2580 most likely after the MTV 'One' video success in around 88 89.. they're a strange band in away.. their pop metal album in 1991 is way better unique than a lot of the pop metal of the day (if you're old enough to rmb ;)
I’m assuming every record company in the world were beating down these kids door to have them sign with them. These guys are and we’re ridiculously good. We are witnessing the greatest rock band ever folks, take it all in while you can.....
0:06 James: Get that shit outta my way! Love this man so damn much! Also, he’s getting drunk because his body is bright red. When your stage one drunk, your gonna feel super warm and hot. My dad told me this cause he’s a former alcoholic. Anyways, James is awesome and I love him!
I think that James' arm movements during the interlude at 3:14 are universal; it's something that a lot of people would start doing naturally without even thinking about it.
Why does no one talks about this V James is using? I remember that at the first time I saw this concert this guitar kept in my mind because of its particular look, the tape over the neck pickup, the color, it's so unusual for James, I'll make a replica of it someday
They had this and one other non-Gibson V (maybe a Fernandes??), black with one pickup…I guess those two were the backup guitars to the Electra and Gibson. There’s a photo of Lars holding both of those guitars with Cliff off-camera holding a hammer to his head
Back when metallica were young loud drunk and fast back when metallica were very special at this time cliff was still alive and metallica were true to metal and pure
@@jasonggabbott True, I do think they went back do their thrash roots with that one, but I just think the vocals make the songs loose a lot of energy. Obviously because they're aging but I'm just not a fan. Just my opinion of course
If you watch carefully, the present Hetfield resembles very much to that. I begin to suspect that in between (...and justice- black album) he took his image too seriously as the metal idol. We loved that.....Now he returned to be more loose again. We didn't know (at least me) that early period very well. Maybe things are not as they appear to be after all....
Yup. Dave Mustaine wrote most of Kill em All and part of Ride the Lightning. And he re-used quite a bit of parts he wrote for Metallica songs... including The Mechanix and at least a couple of riffs from The Call of Ktulu.
Who would have thought then that we would be witnessing the beginning of a legendary band that would dominate the heavy metal scene for the next 36 yrs and counting these boys have given us so much to appreciate even beyond the scope of music
yeah that's awesome, so real, just 4 guys playing music and fuck everything else just enjoyment and fun, Fame and Money are like cancer it totally messes you up and changes you for worse
Metallica at their best in the pre-Black album Era. They were young and full of piss and vinegar, not trying to prove they were the best but just thrashing. RIP Cliff you're always going to be the bass king.
You can tell how hyped James was for this gig, as a musician I can totally relate to him. Being on stage as a teenager not giving a fuck bout anything but playing your stuff while people goes fucking nuts is a feeling completely unmatchable.
back when no one cared about how good are they playing, how good are the vocals and etc. they were enjoying that energy, the real thrash metal. the real ones just head bang and scream “fuck yeah”
When James said "for whom?", i know that your mind completed it automatically with "the bell tolls"
Guilty as charged.
But damn it isn't right.
Those are the lyrics to Ride the Lightning, not for whom the bell tolls
Yep i did that
Hahahaha Awesome! Yup!
Metallica in this era was so raw, so original, so wild and so...metallica. Absolutely real metallica.
Tiger Lee anything but the original. Sounds a lot like Motörhead to me.
@david hefner you read my mind..
I find Kill Ride and Master to be incredibly amazing and depending on the mood I may choose Master as the pinnacle however the one that is hands down the king of Metallica albums has to be Kill em All. Ride the Lightning is simply amazing but I'm not the biggest fan of trapped under ice
Yup! Nothing like they are now.
There last album for me was black album.
Fuck the Load shit and beyond.
They had it all. For some years none or few bands could stand equal next to them
Kill em all was definately a revolution. It changed Metal music. Unbeatable
Holy Crap....I was there that night!!! I got to meet them and party with them!!!! R.I.P. Cliff...you are still missed to this day!!
Is this the Metro in Chicago? I wasn't there but all my friends were.
@@lkgean yes
I saw you! Did you see me?
I was there too, Cliff gave me a pick.
So did you think at the time that you were seeing what was going to be one of the biggest bands in history?
2:31 when you see something scary in the dark, but then realized it's your dog.
You win the comment section
Lol
This might actually be the first comment I've actually laughed out loud at! Great comment!
i just fucking died reading this comment
Lol I’ve had this happen to me I go from scared to laughing my fear away😂😂😂
This footage is a real treasure!
Someone should just erase all the other comments and keep yours.
Amazingly good quality for a night club in 1983.
And surprisingly good quality.
@@Peter_1986 do u know where this was at
@@killjoy6391 Metro Theatre, Chicago
0:05 The way he says this makes me crack up every time.
Gett dat shit outta ma wae.
Classic James Hetfeild pernounciation
Getdah shit outta ma wæ
This video is so 80's and metal, that even the camera lense was made of denim!!
😂😂😂
3:50 air guitar with a guitar
George Anaya 😂😂😂
Charalampos Tse the guy above means james moving his fretarm in the air like a guess what
Babis Tse nooooo look at his left hand he’s imitating Kirks solo
Hes palm muting the Low E string. Trust me, I actually play guitar, I can play every song on Kill em All and I guarantee you thats what hes doing. They do it alot on the KEA songs
r/iamverysmart
cliff is such a boss. just keeping that one head bang rythm in every song lmao
Lyndon McArthur lmao I was noticing that
His neck must have killed every night
No he’s a bass
Cliff’s father stated that Cliff would complain about his neck. His dad told him it’s because of the headbanging. Cliff laughed it off. 🤘
No.
0:05 "gEt thAt sHiT ouT of mY weErR"
James' pure, genuine expressions of joy at 3:50-4:04 are absolutely contagious.
Ikr he’s just so fucking cute I’m gonna die!!!
I sorta wish they kept this sound but I love RTL. But these punk sounding songs Dave brought was so cool.
That fucking breakdown sends chills up my spine, fucking love old metal
TU KØNČЯŌWL ÐØ LÆND
Its pure megadave..
3:02
sending the shivers up and down your spine huh?
Metallica never had breakdowns 💀😂 only slayer and sepultura
Without “Phantom Lord” I would never have been started to be addicted at age of 11 to heavy metal music! And I am still glad about it!
One of my favorites!
This is the only band that can sound this good while being this out of tune.
They are out of tune than "the motherfucker" as people like to say
Well, there's the Grateful Dead
Oh yes, it is 😈🤘🤘
LOL Jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaajajajajajajaja.
Out of tempo?
2:32
me: waiting for ' YEAH!!! '
James: ' Oh '
I could swear that Cliff's hair defies gravity
RaysGamez. don't find my secrets.
RaysGamez that’s why he headbands to try and bring it down
I swear I thought I saw Cliff's hair go in reverse.
Because Cliff is GOD.....
I could swear his fingers defy anatomy.
@2:14 Kirk " wtf is my guitar out of tune??, oh its james"
Cliff Burton:
Was way ahead of his time.
Was the, by far, the most talented musician/song writer in Metallica history.
Was THE EPITOME of a Metal head!
Was the greatest head banger of all time.
Was, arguably, the greatest Bassist in Heavy Metal history.
Was why Metallica became so successful.
Is loved and missed by millions of people.
They should do a 'first four albums only' tour.
Agree, those are the only Metallica i listen to
Dont think lars could handle that
First 5, everything after black album sucked
They've done this a lot in late 80s. 😅
James vocals simply won't handle that night after night full set list in the 2020s...
that main riff is so hardcore punk
Dave Mustaine.
You can thank Dave Mustaine for that.
Megadeth fanboys be like:
Guy: Wow that solo is cool
Him: yEaH bUt ItS dAvE's!!!
@@samvelasco9231 It's only the truth bro
Ra S none of the solos on kea were Daves
One of my favorite Metallica songs ever!
Colonel Killing same
That drummer can keep time. Way better than the one they’ve had for the last 30 years.
Filipino-loser r/whoooooosh
@@MarySamsonite It's a shitty comment in the first place. Lars wasn't even good here. He was still learning. 2-3 years down the road, though, he was a beast.
Love it when a generic human starts to talk about "keeping time" or other things that they have NO BUSINESS even trying to talk about. Get it, Swanson?
@@adameves5970 is gay
MrOwL is spittin fax
@@adameves5970 fuckin' loser/poser👎
Its such a shame we gotta get old..
No, it's a shame Metallica has to get old
Amen brother
Getting old is one thing selling out is another. When you spend your time selling whiskey watches and beer you don't have time to compose good music.
We are all getting there. There’s no escape from that. I just wish we can live 500 years 😭
So raw. So young. So hungry
Kirk's lead tone was so great during this period. It just sound so full and thick, but with such clarity - 2:55
Nobody else seemed to have sounded like that. It's perfect. Now they got 65,000 dollar rigs and sound like shit.
Matt M i agree they need to go back and study whatever they were doing here besides playing actual Gibson and fender guitars and get that sound back.
Dave F
Marshall JMP full Stacks that’s the sound.
No Wha and good tone
Matt M Still is imo👍
that energy...and kirk is spot on with his solos.great performance...
Cliff at his finest !!!
R I P brother , I'm 50 , I was 17 when he passed and yes I cried for days
Clif says to his dad "my neck hurts."
"Oh yeah? Well now your throats gonna hurt, cause you just pulled fellatio duty!".
He did have some issues with back pain.
cliffs dadio replies: you're a metal God son! it comes with the territory.
Whiplash....!
7 people didn't fall to their knees for the phantom lord
In-Depth Music Reviews LMAO
Is James wearing spandex?
3:51 Best part xDDD
5:10
leo calostros that’s be me😂🙈
No.
He's simulating wah wah
I love the part at the end when he is screaming
Wish I could go back in time and save Cliff's life.
Keep his memory alive is how you will save his life. Stay true to Cliff as he was different from all the rest and not a stitch of poser in that guy
Yo Lazerbeam correct me if im wrong but you probably don’t like anything past justice for all correct?
@@yolazerbeam3205 poser? Gtfo
2:22 Uh oh, I think Cliff’s possessed
Lol furreal bro
Always
That's the thing what beavis would say
that’s how he always was
1:56 James' downpicking is just KILLER.
Leo Messi that’s alternate picking pal
0:27 James: "For whom…"
I: *look at the date of concert*)
Phantom Lord is a hardcore, headbanging beast, comparable to a young, brutal Mike Tyson putting away a defenseless opponent. Thanks to the Chicago fan that filmed this treasured gift.
James was so drunk he didn't notice his guitar was out of tune
He used to drink a lot back then. He still does, but he used to as well.
Rob i had never heard about him
Javier Polo nice one Mitch!!!
Wes_hopwizard but how is he relevant with what i said?
@@javierpolo4681 he was a comedian, and his joke was "I used to do drugs, I still do, but I used to, too."
Sweet Jesus, I wish they were playing like that today!
Wow! Really? This is awesome I agree. But, they only got better after this.
This is great in the way that it sounds very raw. But, their more recent preformances sound way tighter.
And the music lessons they took after this showed in Ride the lighting and Puppets.
I know you didn't say that this was their best.
But, how is this better than the more recent verisons of their older songs?
They definitely got better as the 80's progressed as you can tell with all the albums that followed right up until The Black Album, but I feel these days they don't play their classic material to it's full potential. Some of the drumming is simplified with fills not being played properly and a lack of awareness of what should be done to bring out the full potential of a song. Whereas back here, everything they play has a near perfect studio representation while still capturing that live energy.
Have you not seen them in concert lately? I suggest you do and get as close as possible to the stage as you can afford.
Check out the official channel for recent live uploads - their performances lately are some of the strongest ever, definitely better than this.
They played this song in Cincinnati a couple weeks ago. Sounded awesome I was there and they killed this song. Look it up
This is the energy i needed.and damn kirk nailed that solo
Miss the old Times when we were young & wild 🤘you can feel the power in this clip👍no handys, only headbanging ❗
I think it's safe to say this band is going places.
0:25 The Bell Tolls !!!!! oh wait...
Must have been the only time they actually played the clean part live. Hate how they always skipped over that.
Mustaine never skips the interlude when he plays it live, there is a reason for that lol
Hope these guys get signed, they're really good
Kirk really nailed the solo...it sounds like the record
Kind of hard to believe there was a time when these dudes were the fiercest metal band in the world. Fast, loud, out of tune, fun!
I just want to know when they decided to become pop-metal
when MOP released is when people realized holy shit wait a minute this band might be on to something
@@darthanddedeu2580 most likely after the MTV 'One' video success in around 88 89.. they're a strange band in away.. their pop metal album in 1991 is way better unique than a lot of the pop metal of the day (if you're old enough to rmb ;)
When they blew me away in ‘85 I’d have never guessed I’d still be watching them in 2019🤘
Ahhhhh.....to be 11 years old again and hear Metallica for the first time.
Man, 40 years ain’t what it used to be
Awesome. Classic tune. Fall down and bow to Metallica.
2:23
What the fuck Cliff
He looks like he’s having a seizure
The famous full body bang
So young and powerful! Literally NOTHING in '83 sounded like this..PIONEERS OF METAL
YES definitely
Whoever filmed this in the past for us to treasure it in 2020, i hope you had and are still having a happy life \M/
Kirk plays amazing here.
No phones to be in sight
80s kırk is legend...
Kirk is playing guitar as bad as always. Kirk cant play guitar. But look at him dude godamm
@Corey Fisher no try to trolling. I am serious. This fella can't play a proper bending. But you're a fan. That's OK. Be happy
@@BurrenSHdrums just stfu u idiot
Oh, the days when we weren't afraid to put duct tape on our guitars.
I taped mine when the pickups fell out still turned up to 11
4 decades later, still most fun and enjoyable performance of Phantom Lord
Such an underrated song, I never gave this song a listen until a couple months ago! 🤟🏻
0:17 James' face LOL I can't stop laughing xD
“IS EVERYONE READY TO FALL TO THEIR KNEES?”
Yeah!
“FOR WHO?!”
‘M THE BELL TOLLS?
One of my favourite songs!! I love it! Greetings from Berlin/Germany
Thanks Dave for all your help...
that ending was hilarious ua-cam.com/video/lY4ZaJTyw_I/v-deo.html
"...the Phantom LoOorRrdD"
bow to your knees evree wh-o-o-o-n (sung like Jethro Tull)
Haha
Lol
@@kellyjackson7889 no it won't slow down
I broke a string playing along to this 😂
Phantom lord is just that good I guess
I focking broke my low e while playing this, and i play bass...
1Master1100: Wow this is probably the oldest and greatest live footage of the band from this era! Thanks for sharing!
Nope that’s Anesthesia I think, that one still had Mustaine
Crazy to think I've been listening to this for almost 40 years...🤘
I’m assuming every record company in the world were beating down these kids door to have them sign with them.
These guys are and we’re ridiculously good.
We are witnessing the greatest rock band ever folks, take it all in while you can.....
Kirk kicked so much ass back then
Thanks for putting this one out there.
Damn I thank you for having this. This 58 year old was 18 then.
Kirk's Guitar tone is great.
Thank you. This is rare goods
It's great to see these old Videos when they Didn't suck
I used to live down the street from the metro and think about this particular show all the time
0:06 James: Get that shit outta my way!
Love this man so damn much! Also, he’s getting drunk because his body is bright red. When your stage one drunk, your gonna feel super warm and hot. My dad told me this cause he’s a former alcoholic. Anyways, James is awesome and I love him!
They’ve always stated that Motörhead was a huge influence for them and it definitely comes through in this song.
Motorhead,venom&diamond head are the main influence of Metallica
I think that James' arm movements during the interlude at 3:14 are universal;
it's something that a lot of people would start doing naturally without even thinking about it.
Thank you for this rare and by me, never seen before video upload .
Kirk is killing it in his early years
Best metallica era
Why does no one talks about this V James is using? I remember that at the first time I saw this concert this guitar kept in my mind because of its particular look, the tape over the neck pickup, the color, it's so unusual for James, I'll make a replica of it someday
They had this and one other non-Gibson V (maybe a Fernandes??), black with one pickup…I guess those two were the backup guitars to the Electra and Gibson. There’s a photo of Lars holding both of those guitars with Cliff off-camera holding a hammer to his head
Cliff so bad ass with his Rickenbacker bass! James sounds just awesome. For being such young guys they really were excellent musicians.
Back when metallica were young loud drunk and fast back when metallica were very special at this time cliff was still alive and metallica were true to metal and pure
Not like the jackass salesman's they are today. Watches whiskey and beer.
The newest album is pretty damn fast!
@@jasonggabbott True, I do think they went back do their thrash roots with that one, but I just think the vocals make the songs loose a lot of energy. Obviously because they're aging but I'm just not a fan. Just my opinion of course
@@Jimb1264 well, its pretty hard to sound angry when you’re rich beyond believe and literally all your dreams are a reality.
If you watch carefully, the present Hetfield resembles very much to that. I begin to suspect that in between (...and justice- black album) he took his image too seriously as the metal idol. We loved that.....Now he returned to be more loose again. We didn't know (at least me) that early period very well. Maybe things are not as they appear to be after all....
He went through many image changes but the inbetween period went from 1988 to 1997 with the hair being cut in 1995-96.
This is the Metallica I miss... So much fun at these small gigs
The ending little riff is so killer!
Mustaine claimed he wrote the bridge to this song. He later uses that chord progression in This Was My Life.
Yup. Dave Mustaine wrote most of Kill em All and part of Ride the Lightning. And he re-used quite a bit of parts he wrote for Metallica songs... including The Mechanix and at least a couple of riffs from The Call of Ktulu.
4 out of 10 isn`t most of the album :P
But he definitely played a role in this song.
It is when those were some of the best songs!
He wrote the whole song,they stole most of the first albums ideas from dave.
and the main riff of this song was wrote by Vardis
James’ mother was an opera singer btw
Who would have thought then that we would be witnessing the beginning of a legendary band that would dominate the heavy metal scene for the next 36 yrs and counting these boys have given us so much to appreciate even beyond the scope of music
Damn this is freaking incredible footage!!! The beginning of thrash metal!!!
It recorded and mixed better than any Metallica recent album.
history of music.
awesome!! thanks
I love ❤️ those Tight Four 4️⃣ Metal Gear ⚙️ Guys Headbanging and Drumming in this Live Show Performance soo good 😊 well done boys
james's guitar is out tune
Totally. Heard it instantly.
I would rather the guitar out tune than his voice, as nowadays
yeah that's awesome, so real, just 4 guys playing music and fuck everything else just enjoyment and fun, Fame and Money are like cancer it totally messes you up and changes you for worse
no he just sucks at playing that riff he fucks its up
James hits the headstock of his guitar on the symbol stand on the way in "Get that shit out of my way" It would have knocked his guitar out of tune.
Always wondered how this song sounded live, and preformed. Interesting for sure.
this is much better quality than some of 90s thing
It's amazing this stuff was recorded back then!
Metallica at their best in the pre-Black album Era. They were young and full of piss and vinegar, not trying to prove they were the best but just thrashing. RIP Cliff you're always going to be the bass king.
0:35 god I can feel that sound in my throat
This video is crazy good quality for 1983.
Lenda viva!Não tem como não reconhecer .Todo respespeito é pouco por esse trabalho que essa banda ainda faz