This is a massive video and I want to let everyone know that the first half hour is mostly a discussion about future projects on the channel. Then we talk about Death Magnetic until we listen to track 1 right around the 1 hour mark!
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Pretty crazy how the dude knows right when to talk when every interesting transition or change happens in every single song. What a remarkable skill haha. I still like the videos tho.
It's just because they don't want to admit that Metallica is the best of making songs riffs and Solo's.And for me Kiss is the gayest and the pussiest band I ever heard.
Fun fact: Death Magnetic is the loudest album ever. It ended the loudness war. Fun fact 2: the "Warner Bros. [512119-1]" vinyl press sounds WAY better than the CD. Apparently it was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL), and the brickwall is less notorious. Much more enjoyable than the retail CD version.
I remember the day I heard it for the first time a friend of mine lended it to me and I thought my speakers had been damaged, then I plugged in my headphones and it still sounded terrible and I just could not understand why. then I played it in my uncles stereo that was a top notch sound system and still sounded bad. I was really surprised.
@@fatimapalacios2292 I remember not being able to put a Death Magnetic song in my playlist because once it came on it would jump scare me like "oh fuck turn it down" :D
@@charlesrocksIt did. The album is a pretty good heavy metal album. It's not exactly the thrash metal we expected from Metallica, but after their previous album, a return to form in heavy metal was pretty good. What has aged like milk is the production. The entire album is just 75 minutes of earrape. But then again, seeing how this type of noisy, compressed and brickwalled production has become almost the standard in metal nowadays, even that can be said to not have aged that bad.
1:52:02 The Day That Never Comes is NOT about war. The video uses military imagery (not sure why, but it's a bad video, anyway), but the lyrics are CLEARLY about a person in an abusive relationship. Lines like "You pull away, he hits the flesh, you hit the ground" and "Love is a four-letter word, and never spoken here" make it blatantly obvious. It's the tale of someone telling themselves that they should get out of the situation, but afraid to do so out of fear of the retaliation it might bring about. Even the end of the lyrics states "I'll put an end to this, I swear. The sun will shine, this I swear," but then musically, the song goes into the aggressive riffs and STAYS there, almost as if the violence is happening again. Because typically in these types of relationships, the person stays with their abuser for a multitude of reasons, but many of them are derived out of fear. The day that they finally find the bravery to leave is the actual day that never comes.
James likes to make his lyrics vague enough for anybody to attach their own thoughts to, one of the reasons I love 72 seasons is because he sings directly about how his trauma through life, everything up til then except for escape and dyers eve have been purposely very vague about his traumas
The dude next to him should prod patrick when hes talking through an integral part of the song cause he does it every single time... its like an anti-superpower.
I’m SOOOOO upset Patrick doesn’t like the break in All Nightmare Long. That’s arguably THE moment on the album maybe save for the solo in UN3. When he spoke during the silence it hurt me in my soul. Also not in a mean way: WAY too much talking during this. Missing a lot that’s going on during the songs when you’re having full conversations over it. Not saying you can’t talk but sometimes just shut it for a little so you can hear. Beyond that though, this album from a writing standpoint is top tier. The song are a touch long but everything is just so damn good. The riffs, the transitions, the harmonies. Phenomenal. If only the album sounded better. Hot take: if this production was really good on this album, it could possibly compete to be their best ever.
I agree we talked too much. We have decided to not do videos this long anymore. It is just too taxing on us mentally and on me editing wise. So we will cut Hardwired, S&M, and Garage Inc. in half. That should help us maintain focus and hopefully prove that we can NOT talk during a song!
@@PatrickMusilek He didn't mean that you have long videos, but that you have to be more careful during the song and talk afterwards because you're losing a lot of good detail
Love that Chris said at 2:22:51 he'd love to hear an EP of just James Hetfield playing... there exists a single cover of Waylon Jennings' Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got out of Hand where (I believe) James played everything: rhythm, lead, bass, drums and vocals
we have the exact same preference lol, best album by miles. just wish they could switch my apocolypse for a better closing song like a Damage Inc type song, or even something to partner with Sui. & Red.
This is my least favourite Metallica album by far, but it sounded better here than what I remembered. The Day That Never Comes was the song that brought this album down for me, I just had to skip that one every time. The latter half of the song is the worst thing they ever wrote.
1:06:32 - From the "third Metallica phase" Death Magnetic is by far my favorite...The songs aren't too simple, they have their complexity, they are flashy, they are heavy, they have good lyrics metrics (sentences end where they should) and they don't have weird vocal filters (the ones in there are from ok to nice). Hardwired is a mess on all those points... this is exactly why I mentioned these. 72 Seasons is too simple, too pop... too radio, made to be too accessible.
Chris - "Talked right through it", Patrick - "Yeah whatever I don't care." Sums up this dudes whole channel. If you don't care then why the hell are you even bothering with this?
Ah.. Death Magnetic. I was 13 in 2008 when this album came out, and at the time I only had '...And Justice' and the Black album in my Metallica CD collection. I remember very well hearing 'The Day That Never Comes' play on the radio for the first time and being convinced that the band actually had a new singer, having not heard James' vocal progression between 1991 and 2008. I was absolutely certain that it was a different guy!
Aaaaah nice, I was also 13 when this album released. Saw them for the World Magnetic tour which was mind bogglingly loud and it was obviously an instant classic. Started learning drums and playing Judas Kiss + End of the Line constantly.
It's a bit of a shame that you've heard 72 Seasons already. DM came out in 2008 so we'd been waiting since '91 or even '88, wondering if 'the old Metallica' would ever come back.. DM was an amazing surprise, and welcome 'return' and, although I really rate a lot of the Load stuff, that feeling of 'Finally, they're back!' was amazing.
@daniellysohirka4258oh are you from Quebec province? I would say labbatt blue only sells here? Or do they sell our beer in other parts of Canada since you seem to have been in Calgary?
It's funny that Vulgar Display of Power sounded REALLY strange when it came out. I remember reviews on Metal Hammer magazine that said the music is good but the production is so bad that they just couldn't listen to it. I had to listen to the songs a few times before I got used to it. Now the album sounds totally fine.
2:33:11 the piano plays the chord progression from the first 2 unforgivens but in E instead of A, so it's a pretty integral part of the song imo. Definitely should not be taken out.
Listening through with y'all changed my opinion on this album. I'd only listened to it once previously, and I wrote it off as simply an overcompressed wall of noise lacking bass. While I still have gripes about the production and mixing, this album really is Riff City.
Holy shit guys, THANK YOU for listening to the iTunes version. I was hoping against hope you would. It turns this record from a tragedy of what might have been into a very loud and raw, but very listenable record. As much as I would've liked a remix that made the sound a bit more dynamic, I think this version is a very good representation of what they were originally trying to achieve with the sound: It's directly in your face, 110% all the time. Maximum Metallica: The Album. They were absolutely shooting for the fences with this record and it's the greatest about-face career reset I've ever seen any band pull off. Whether it's their favorite or not, any fan should be able to respect and appreciate it for that reason alone. This is the sound of a band coming back to life, finding themselves again.
It was my favorite when it came out, then I kinda fell off with it for a few years, but nowadays I'd definitely say it's my personal favorite. It's just got it all, and especially now that we have this far superior remaster the only knock against it has been corrected.
Apparently not everywhere in the world you get the remastered version on iTunes. In Germany you still only get the original. If I saw it correctly you can distinguish which version you get by comparing the copyright note. The original is licenced to "Metallica, under exclusive licence to Universal" and the remastered is licensed to "Blackened Music"
I think you may be thinking of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" or "Fade to Black" with the fade out on the 'Ride the Lightning' album. The song "Ride the Lightning" does not fade out. When they play Bells or Fade live, they do have a definitive ending, and they are two of the better songs when played live. The solo that is being played in Fade as the song fades on the album is the solo Kirk closes out with live, and it's amazing.
My exact thought. He seems dead sure of himself…mentioning the intro riff, that it’s track #2 and the two distinct sections of the solo but then claims in fades out. I had to scroll back to make sure that’s what he said. If you remember the intro then you should remember the end because they are the same thing.
I'm not sure Patrick could ever sit and listen to bands like Misfits and Black Flag without pulling all his hair out. ...re-growing his hair and pulling it all out.
Parker hit the nail on the head in the solo part of Judas Kiss, that “Judas lives recite this vow, I’ve become your new god now” is absolutely my favorite part of the album (though I won’t hold it against you of course)
I have to, HAVE TO, recommend that you fellas listen to the demos for this album (they are all on youtube somewhere). They cut SO MUCH interesting stuff from the final mix, it's totally worth a listen on its own (keeping in mind the lyrics and solos are mostly just placeholders).
Bad mastering never bothered me that much. Im always more focused on song composition and guitar parts etc so I always loved the original Death Magnetic release.
Hey, Patrick, another great short is In Studio Chris's reaction to the original release of Broken Beat & Scarred when you guys compare the two releases of DM. It starts at 1:33:43. You have spurts of gold in these videos, brother. And, of course, you mocking James ,"What don't kill you make you more strong!" had me dead.
100% Agree. His playing on those 4 tracks were full of new levels of playing, ideas and cool passages that, I wish to God he expanded on 72S. The Maiden and the Monster and The Invocation are amazing. Full of music that, I wanted him to explore more of with MetallicA.
Your info is a little mixed up about the Beyond Magnetic and the post-St. Anger Live songs. A few tidbits: - "The New Song" (aka death is not the end) has riffs which turned into The End of the Line (track 2 on DM, maybe this was your confusion?) and All Nightmare Long - "Vulturous" (another new song of that era) has not really surfaced in any way - "Just a Bullet Away" was codenamed "Shine" and was a fan favorite in the pre-DM live studio prep video era. It finally showed up on Beyond Magnetic. - "Hate Train" has a middle riff which was featured also in these studio prep videos. - All 4 of the Beyond Magnetic songs were performed live in the 2011 SF 30th anniversary shows. Hell and Back was the only one to be played after that, over the next couple of years here and there. I'm impressed by your ability to string together some tidbits of information, get some of it wrong, but state things as hard cold facts. You're like ChatGPT in this way! Leave room for misinterpretation or study the history a bit more thoroughly before stating things as facts please.
This was my first Metallica album. I was a freshman in high school and bugged my dad to buy it for me. I kept up with all the Mission Metallica stuff, the online leaks, live versions of songs. I was obsessed with Death Magnetic. I also have the Moderus version (a fan mix) where the vocals are brought up front and have some reverb! I could share it with you if I can find it
In Suicide & Redemption, James does the first solo in the song. Not the interlude, but when it picks back up and gets heavy again. Dont know if anyone else mentioned that.
When this came out I listened to it over and over again, but listened to it mostly in my '88 Toyota Corolla that with a shit stereo and noisy engine, so I had no idea the masering was bad. I was like "what do you mean? This album sounds great!"
Chris' reaction to the original version is how I felt about the album for sooo long lol. I never really listened to the cleaned up version until this video, and it is night and day better. I may actually give the updated one a listen sometime. Original has to be one of the most overcompressed/loudened records, I've ever heard.
@@ronniep2005 Not the loudest one, but it's up there. Damn up there. All the albums that are louder than this are death metal, grindcore and harsh noise. But it is the loudest to be a top seller.
The guitar riffs at the start of Cyanide and at the end of the song, 3 fast 3 slow and 3 fast, is Morse Code for SOS. So the song begins and ends with an SOS call.
I think I'm discovering about myself that I'm really a masochist. Every time I see a video from Patrick I know I'm going to rage 10 to 20 times during the course of the reaction but as he talks over my favorite parts and ignores the things that we all love about Metallica, but I know every time you put out a video dude I'm going to listen to it. 🤷
I feel like this album doesn't get enough attention as some of their others. I share their sentiment of this album having some of the best transitions and guitar riffs. There's SO MANY guitar riffs packed into each song, and each song take you to so many different places! If this album had James' classic vocal and guitar tones, this probably would be their best album imo.
I've never heard the iTunes version. I ripped from the CD on day 1 and still have that on my iPhone. This sounds incredible so far. Very much looking forward to the OG reaction of BBS.
Yeah back when it was released it was almost immediately known that the mix was way too compressed to sound louder, luckily they released Guitar Hero: Metallica shortly after and people ripped the songs off of it and made way better mixes. FYI the version you want to look for is the digital download version off of Metallica's site not the one on itunes.
I genuinely think this album is right up there with Metallica's best. The classics stand on their own, but in terms of post-Black album this is possibly the best they've released. Thrashy, aggressive, has complexity in the arrangements without going full "Justice". It gets hate for the production, which I get, but the songwriting & performances are really strong.
Really enjoying your videos, Patrick, your chats with the two Chris's are fun and interesting to listen to. Death Magnetic is a solid album but have to agree that original mix is shocking.
@@kenny75photography2 thank you! We still have a few big Metallica videos to do, but we've had a hard time recently scheduling videos and there's been a lot of stuff going on in each of our respective lives. But we are still planning to do s&m and the second disc of garage Inc. then after that I really want us to sit down and talk about Metallica as a whole maybe make some lists do some rankings and things like that. So make sure to keep an eye out for stuff like that in the coming months!
I think for The Unforgiven III the best version is from S&M2. That version with the symphony is beautiful and it makes it one of the best Metallica songs.
Came for the reaction to the original version and wasnt disappointed 😄 When it first came out I listened to the first 30s and thought my headphones were broken, i went straight off to the shops to buy new headphones, came back and started again. It was so crushing to realise that was just how the album sounded.
How is it I cannot stand the person who’s channel it is, but love the other two guys. Really the only reason I tune in to these videos is for the Chris’s
If there's one Megadeth album to listen to in it's entirety it's probably Rust in Peace but "Holy Wars..." off it is practically a mandatory listening for tasting old Megadeth even though you/Patrick would probably like Countdown to Extinction the most (or maybe Risk cause it's like Dave's Load).
@@enerpro2955 I personally find Hangar more consistently good. At about 2:30 in Holy Wars it feels like a big drop in quality but it's also a more dynamic song and has less so solos which Pat will probably appreciate.
I have to agree, I am by no means a Megadeath fan, as for whatever reason I cannot get past the vocals, but I'll regularly listen to holy wars. It's a masterpiece
A music producer quote "well I don't know when the song ended" I suggest actually listening to the song instead of talking bullshit over the vocals. That way you will pick up on the SUBTLE!! cues of where the song is going.
2/15/2024 I compared a youtube upload of the itunes remaster to the spotify version and honestly I can't tell if there's even a difference. Maybe spotify switched versions? edit: with headphones I can hear more clipping on the spotify version but the overall sound is almost the same. I remember hearing this when it came out thinking the static was a faulty CD rip but no it's just the album, but I also think it was intentional almost like electro static or electro magnetic noise going with the theme of the album name.
It wasn't to go with the album name, that's digital clipping. A lot of bands around the mid-late 00s had that audio issue, but Metallica was the worst.
Saw them in jersey. Musically the only person that has aged is Lars. Kirks solo album is called Portals. Pretty damn good if you’re into solo guitar and more cinematic score-ish sounding stuff.
in response to you not finding how many times these songs were played live, they have details about that on their website. if you go to a specific album and click on a song it details when it was first played live, last played live, and how many times it was played live in total. hope this helps in future videos! 🤘
I wish they also checked out the Guitar Hero version. It has some vocal overdubs, the bass is so much more audible, and the James solo in Suicide and Redemption is far superior to Kirk's solo
Surprises me that Patrick hasn't listened to Iron Maiden, they're the first band someone would mention if you ask them about double harmonies Edit: Loving the content, keep it going!
1:34:15 “It’s because the riffs are so good” 😂 In retrospect, I believe Death Magnetic to be the last great Metallica album. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great numbers on both Hardwired and 72 Seasons, but this album is just epic. I never understood the hate this album gets from some people, well, except for the mixing, but this I got used to. All else - the riffs, the transitions, the presence of TWO great ballads on this album, one of which has probably the last great Kirk solo to date - is unbelievably good. I hope that this album will also get the re-release and a remastered version, though I understand that we’ll have to wait for it for a while (given that Load/Reload and St. Anger are not yet released).
I completely agree, but only because Hardwired has too many songs. There is a damn good 8-song-album in Hardwired, but also a bunch of really mediocre tracks. I wish they could go back to fewer tracks which receive more focus.
If you're using Winamp, you can bring up the Winamp window and hit Ctrl+V while the song is playing and it will stop before it plays the next song in the playlist.
That thing you said about watching all the way through your monetized metal CD unboxing video, I literally did that when it came out. I didnt really care about what you were doing, but I knew it would be nice to just set my phone down and "watch" it all the way through.
Patrick i respect your expertise ; however when you make a statement such as "they don't deserve the success they have " about a band that has inspired countless musicians and keeps on selling out huge stadiums around the globe at the age of 60 you need to back this up with very very solid arguments and not based on your personal taste/individual preferences at certain aspects , recording wise.Having said that , your videos are interesting to watch.
I'm sorry to correct you, but the part where you say that they wrote load and reload in the studio without ideas was false.... They had demos for both reload and load a year and a half before load came out. And not just a couple songs, but a BUNCH of songs. St anger is the only album that wasn't demoed first, because they pretty much canned half an albums worth of material that was written in studio. Another fact about the St. Anger snare that everyone else talks about, was actually used FIRST on the mission impossible soundtrack song they did in 2000 called I DISAPPEAR. check it out 😊
Do they even deserve...? Patrick, Metallica had released 5 critically acclaimed classics before you were even born, and built enormous following without any radio play or videos in the first 5 years of their journey. Not just because of the music but also the lyrical content, which you deliberately ignore. Their songs are composed in very particular ways and there is intent to every transition, rhythm change, time signature etc. But until you dive into the abyss of the musical theory so you could pick it up you'll remain just an audio engineer you are..
the Solo piano at the start of unforgiven III was important, its not obvious but its a slower version of what unforgiven I intro was. it is very similar.
K idk ab other ppl but over the years it’s been hitting me that this album is among metallica’s greatest albums, like I would go so far as to say I like this more then the black album
No mention of how often the guitar tone changes during Kirk’s solos, like he would be using different wahs or guitars during the solos. This really throws me off and was most noticeable during Judas Kiss.
Excited for this, production is terrible, but song-writing wise, it's my favorite modern metallica album. Guitar Hero mix is mandatory, would be cool if you guys talked about it.
Sonwriting is just better than the crappy Iron Maiden influenced stuff they have been doing in the last two albums.. Only Spit out the Bone can be saved from all that stuff..
I agree. By far my favorite of the 21st century trio albums. St. Anger doesn’t count. It’s kind of it’s own thing. :) If Hardwired had a more metal mix I’d probably have a harder time deciding. 72 Seasons was eh. Leftovers and third time doing the same thing.
2 things: My head almost exploded when present Chris declared that he doesn't listen to Dream Theater I also totally understand what present Chris was talkin about having a rift in your head and not knowing what song its from. The night hardwired came out, I downloaded the album and fell asleep listening to it but I had a rib stuck in my head. It was a good couple weeks before I figured out it is the riff at the four-minute mark from spit out the bone
Unforgiven III has heavy verse and pretty chorus, just like Unforgiven (and NOT Unforgiven II). This may have contributed to your confusion about which part was the chorus… even though it comes after the verse and has the same lyrics every time… I really think you should give that song another chance. Fantastic melodies and riffs and a killer vocal performance.
This is a massive video and I want to let everyone know that the first half hour is mostly a discussion about future projects on the channel. Then we talk about Death Magnetic until we listen to track 1 right around the 1 hour mark!
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excited to watch it!
Can't wait to see your reaction to this great album
Patrick do you have a Discord?
Pretty crazy how the dude knows right when to talk when every interesting transition or change happens in every single song. What a remarkable skill haha. I still like the videos tho.
It’s UNCANNY! Endlessly frustrating…yet here I still am.
Video call Chris now tells him to shutup when he's talking too much lmao
Exactly 💯 shit ... shut up n listen
@@lnterletthat made me laugh more than it should have
There really was a lot of talking lol. But I’m glad they dig the album. I love it.
"I haven't heard a second of this" so i'll talk over it like i always do
Patrick talking the whole time about how he wants the vocals to be louder but talks during the two best vocal parts of Judas Kiss. UNREAL!
It's just because they don't want to admit that Metallica is the best of making songs riffs and Solo's.And for me Kiss is the gayest and the pussiest band I ever heard.
Fun fact: Death Magnetic is the loudest album ever. It ended the loudness war.
Fun fact 2: the "Warner Bros. [512119-1]" vinyl press sounds WAY better than the CD. Apparently it was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL), and the brickwall is less notorious. Much more enjoyable than the retail CD version.
I remember the day I heard it for the first time a friend of mine lended it to me and I thought my speakers had been damaged, then I plugged in my headphones and it still sounded terrible and I just could not understand why. then I played it in my uncles stereo that was a top notch sound system and still sounded bad. I was really surprised.
It was the atomic bomb, metaphorically and sonically.
It was a sacrifice, for sure. But, it had to be done.
@@fatimapalacios2292 I remember not being able to put a Death Magnetic song in my playlist because once it came on it would jump scare me like "oh fuck turn it down" :D
@@wad316 yeah, the moment the guitar hero mixes got out was when I could finally play it on my stereo.
This album surprisingly aged really really well.
No
@@charlesrocksIt’s a great album but you’re free to live in denial.
Thata boy! Fine wine...
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@@charlesrocksIt did. The album is a pretty good heavy metal album. It's not exactly the thrash metal we expected from Metallica, but after their previous album, a return to form in heavy metal was pretty good.
What has aged like milk is the production. The entire album is just 75 minutes of earrape. But then again, seeing how this type of noisy, compressed and brickwalled production has become almost the standard in metal nowadays, even that can be said to not have aged that bad.
1:52:02 The Day That Never Comes is NOT about war.
The video uses military imagery (not sure why, but it's a bad video, anyway), but the lyrics are CLEARLY about a person in an abusive relationship. Lines like "You pull away, he hits the flesh, you hit the ground" and "Love is a four-letter word, and never spoken here" make it blatantly obvious. It's the tale of someone telling themselves that they should get out of the situation, but afraid to do so out of fear of the retaliation it might bring about. Even the end of the lyrics states "I'll put an end to this, I swear. The sun will shine, this I swear," but then musically, the song goes into the aggressive riffs and STAYS there, almost as if the violence is happening again.
Because typically in these types of relationships, the person stays with their abuser for a multitude of reasons, but many of them are derived out of fear. The day that they finally find the bravery to leave is the actual day that never comes.
So? still a good video, and song
James likes to make his lyrics vague enough for anybody to attach their own thoughts to, one of the reasons I love 72 seasons is because he sings directly about how his trauma through life, everything up til then except for escape and dyers eve have been purposely very vague about his traumas
The dude next to him should prod patrick when hes talking through an integral part of the song cause he does it every single time... its like an anti-superpower.
God damn imagine talking through every single amazing transition and guitar part.
I suppose you could listen to the album. This is a reaction video.
@@hanswestonhis point was the reactors missed the interesting parts cause they (mostly middle guy) were talking through the whole thing.
@@hanswestonWell, sure, but can you truly react if you’re constantly talking?
@@flightgravity7483 well I would get bored watching people's eyebrows for 2 hours
Cry about it breh. Make your own reaction
Patrick was a little difficult in this one, I definitely felt Chris’ pain during Broken, Beat and Scarred.
brutal
yup
@@beatjunky101
Patrick my guy….you just gotta let the songs breathe like Chris said 🤣🤣
Patrick’s favorite movie is “Speed”. If he says less than 50 words a minute he’ll explode.
Fun Fact: The beginning riff for Cyanide is actually morse code for SOS
Short-Short-Short
Long-Long-Long
Short-Short-Short
Chaga-chaga-chaga
I’m SOOOOO upset Patrick doesn’t like the break in All Nightmare Long. That’s arguably THE moment on the album maybe save for the solo in UN3.
When he spoke during the silence it hurt me in my soul.
Also not in a mean way: WAY too much talking during this. Missing a lot that’s going on during the songs when you’re having full conversations over it. Not saying you can’t talk but sometimes just shut it for a little so you can hear.
Beyond that though, this album from a writing standpoint is top tier. The song are a touch long but everything is just so damn good. The riffs, the transitions, the harmonies. Phenomenal.
If only the album sounded better.
Hot take: if this production was really good on this album, it could possibly compete to be their best ever.
I agree we talked too much. We have decided to not do videos this long anymore. It is just too taxing on us mentally and on me editing wise. So we will cut Hardwired, S&M, and Garage Inc. in half. That should help us maintain focus and hopefully prove that we can NOT talk during a song!
For me he is one of the best of all time. Of all Metallica's albums, Death Magnetic is perhaps the second I've listened to the most in my life.
@@PatrickMusilek He didn't mean that you have long videos, but that you have to be more careful during the song and talk afterwards because you're losing a lot of good detail
@@johnik2338 i know, but i think we talked more during the music because we weren't thinking straight.
pffff, dude thinks One is worse than Purify
Love that Chris said at 2:22:51 he'd love to hear an EP of just James Hetfield playing... there exists a single cover of Waylon Jennings' Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got out of Hand where (I believe) James played everything: rhythm, lead, bass, drums and vocals
1:48:04 Chris spoke for all of us with that one🤣
No, seriously though hahaha you're supposed to listen and react, not talk through the whole thing 😂
My absolute favourite Metallica album. Not a song on the entire album that I dislike.
Also...All Nightmare Long 🤩
Almost makes me wish they were watching the actual video for All Nightmare Long lol
Cyanide makes me cringe every time, but I like the rest.
@@DANCEDWATreally?
we have the exact same preference lol, best album by miles. just wish they could switch my apocolypse for a better closing song like a Damage Inc type song, or even something to partner with Sui. & Red.
This is my least favourite Metallica album by far, but it sounded better here than what I remembered. The Day That Never Comes was the song that brought this album down for me, I just had to skip that one every time. The latter half of the song is the worst thing they ever wrote.
This is a killer album. Best comeback ever. Especially after st.anger. The snare was still off a bit.
I can't listen to it anymore because of the sound of the drums so awful...
I mean I love it, st anger too, even with the drums
I wouldn’t go that far.
It’s better than St Anger and ReLoad and 72 Seasons.
@@shmick6079 72 seasons clears everything on that list except Death Magnetic
Patrick is “Old man yells at cloud….and complains about the sound of the kick and snare drum doing 67% of every song.”
1:06:32 - From the "third Metallica phase" Death Magnetic is by far my favorite...The songs aren't too simple, they have their complexity, they are flashy, they are heavy, they have good lyrics metrics (sentences end where they should) and they don't have weird vocal filters (the ones in there are from ok to nice). Hardwired is a mess on all those points... this is exactly why I mentioned these. 72 Seasons is too simple, too pop... too radio, made to be too accessible.
Chris - "Talked right through it", Patrick - "Yeah whatever I don't care." Sums up this dudes whole channel. If you don't care then why the hell are you even bothering with this?
He wants to sound like he knows something… then he talks about all the other music he likes and shows his ignorance…
Cause Metallica get views.
Ah.. Death Magnetic. I was 13 in 2008 when this album came out, and at the time I only had '...And Justice' and the Black album in my Metallica CD collection. I remember very well hearing 'The Day That Never Comes' play on the radio for the first time and being convinced that the band actually had a new singer, having not heard James' vocal progression between 1991 and 2008. I was absolutely certain that it was a different guy!
I agree it was so different
Aaaaah nice, I was also 13 when this album released. Saw them for the World Magnetic tour which was mind bogglingly loud and it was obviously an instant classic. Started learning drums and playing Judas Kiss + End of the Line constantly.
I was 21 and in the Navy doing my tech training. Had an Xbox 360 Elite, saved the songs to the hard drive and played COD4 every chance I could.
It's a bit of a shame that you've heard 72 Seasons already. DM came out in 2008 so we'd been waiting since '91 or even '88, wondering if 'the old Metallica' would ever come back.. DM was an amazing surprise, and welcome 'return' and, although I really rate a lot of the Load stuff, that feeling of 'Finally, they're back!' was amazing.
It was interesting hearing this AFTER 72 Seasons for sure. I bring that up a lot in the video!
@daniellysohirka4258oh are you from Quebec province? I would say labbatt blue only sells here? Or do they sell our beer in other parts of Canada since you seem to have been in Calgary?
If this album has a sound like vulgar display of power just would be a masterpiece
Yes
They did use a krankenstein quite a bit on this album.
I have a playlist of the remastered versions of the songs if you check my chnl
It's funny that Vulgar Display of Power sounded REALLY strange when it came out. I remember reviews on Metal Hammer magazine that said the music is good but the production is so bad that they just couldn't listen to it. I had to listen to the songs a few times before I got used to it. Now the album sounds totally fine.
Dude Vulgar's guitar tone is thin as hell. It's almost anti-James
2:33:11 the piano plays the chord progression from the first 2 unforgivens but in E instead of A, so it's a pretty integral part of the song imo. Definitely should not be taken out.
The guy in the middle just loves hearing his own voice!
Listening through with y'all changed my opinion on this album. I'd only listened to it once previously, and I wrote it off as simply an overcompressed wall of noise lacking bass. While I still have gripes about the production and mixing, this album really is Riff City.
Holy shit guys, THANK YOU for listening to the iTunes version. I was hoping against hope you would. It turns this record from a tragedy of what might have been into a very loud and raw, but very listenable record.
As much as I would've liked a remix that made the sound a bit more dynamic, I think this version is a very good representation of what they were originally trying to achieve with the sound: It's directly in your face, 110% all the time. Maximum Metallica: The Album. They were absolutely shooting for the fences with this record and it's the greatest about-face career reset I've ever seen any band pull off.
Whether it's their favorite or not, any fan should be able to respect and appreciate it for that reason alone. This is the sound of a band coming back to life, finding themselves again.
Although the Black album was my first Metallica and I have a soft spot for it, I think Death Magnetic is probably my favourite…
It was my favorite when it came out, then I kinda fell off with it for a few years, but nowadays I'd definitely say it's my personal favorite. It's just got it all, and especially now that we have this far superior remaster the only knock against it has been corrected.
@@Neo-Midgar I still dislike the drums, but it doesn't ruin it by any means.
I'm so glad that I'm not an audio engineer so the production of the album doesn't bother me 😂
Apparently not everywhere in the world you get the remastered version on iTunes. In Germany you still only get the original. If I saw it correctly you can distinguish which version you get by comparing the copyright note. The original is licenced to "Metallica, under exclusive licence to Universal" and the remastered is licensed to "Blackened Music"
Blackened records is also metallica so either one is official
@@derekgagnon1250 Of course, but that wasn't the issue.
@@derekgagnon1250Woooosh
I think you may be thinking of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" or "Fade to Black" with the fade out on the 'Ride the Lightning' album. The song "Ride the Lightning" does not fade out. When they play Bells or Fade live, they do have a definitive ending, and they are two of the better songs when played live. The solo that is being played in Fade as the song fades on the album is the solo Kirk closes out with live, and it's amazing.
My exact thought. He seems dead sure of himself…mentioning the intro riff, that it’s track #2 and the two distinct sections of the solo but then claims in fades out. I had to scroll back to make sure that’s what he said. If you remember the intro then you should remember the end because they are the same thing.
I'm not sure Patrick could ever sit and listen to bands like Misfits and Black Flag without pulling all his hair out. ...re-growing his hair and pulling it all out.
Parker hit the nail on the head in the solo part of Judas Kiss, that “Judas lives recite this vow, I’ve become your new god now” is absolutely my favorite part of the album (though I won’t hold it against you of course)
I have to, HAVE TO, recommend that you fellas listen to the demos for this album (they are all on youtube somewhere). They cut SO MUCH interesting stuff from the final mix, it's totally worth a listen on its own (keeping in mind the lyrics and solos are mostly just placeholders).
Bad mastering never bothered me that much. Im always more focused on song composition and guitar parts etc so I always loved the original Death Magnetic release.
Hey, Patrick, another great short is In Studio Chris's reaction to the original release of Broken Beat & Scarred when you guys compare the two releases of DM. It starts at 1:33:43. You have spurts of gold in these videos, brother. And, of course, you mocking James ,"What don't kill you make you more strong!" had me dead.
Guys.. guys.. Kirk Hammets Portals Ep he released last year is FANTASTIC. The most creative guitar playing he’s done in over 20 years.
100% Agree. His playing on those 4 tracks were full of new levels of playing, ideas and cool passages that, I wish to God he expanded on 72S. The Maiden and the Monster and The Invocation are amazing. Full of music that, I wanted him to explore more of with MetallicA.
Your info is a little mixed up about the Beyond Magnetic and the post-St. Anger Live songs. A few tidbits:
- "The New Song" (aka death is not the end) has riffs which turned into The End of the Line (track 2 on DM, maybe this was your confusion?) and All Nightmare Long
- "Vulturous" (another new song of that era) has not really surfaced in any way
- "Just a Bullet Away" was codenamed "Shine" and was a fan favorite in the pre-DM live studio prep video era. It finally showed up on Beyond Magnetic.
- "Hate Train" has a middle riff which was featured also in these studio prep videos.
- All 4 of the Beyond Magnetic songs were performed live in the 2011 SF 30th anniversary shows. Hell and Back was the only one to be played after that, over the next couple of years here and there.
I'm impressed by your ability to string together some tidbits of information, get some of it wrong, but state things as hard cold facts. You're like ChatGPT in this way! Leave room for misinterpretation or study the history a bit more thoroughly before stating things as facts please.
This was my first Metallica album. I was a freshman in high school and bugged my dad to buy it for me. I kept up with all the Mission Metallica stuff, the online leaks, live versions of songs. I was obsessed with Death Magnetic. I also have the Moderus version (a fan mix) where the vocals are brought up front and have some reverb! I could share it with you if I can find it
patrick and chris and chris back at it again with another BANGER
I didn’t know that they re released an official remastered version of death magnetic. Glad I clicked on this
Could you guys do Pantera records next? I bet you'd be facinated when you hear dimebag's guitar skills and phill's vocal range.
This is a great idea
The day that never comes is my all time favourite track they made. It’s soo good. This album is phenomenal
That was the only song I had to skip on this album 😅
In Suicide & Redemption, James does the first solo in the song. Not the interlude, but when it picks back up and gets heavy again. Dont know if anyone else mentioned that.
he did the interlude in the studio aswell, and Kirk plays the interlude live so that James can play the clean part under it
When this came out I listened to it over and over again, but listened to it mostly in my '88 Toyota Corolla that with a shit stereo and noisy engine, so I had no idea the masering was bad. I was like "what do you mean? This album sounds great!"
Chris' reaction to the original version is how I felt about the album for sooo long lol. I never really listened to the cleaned up version until this video, and it is night and day better. I may actually give the updated one a listen sometime. Original has to be one of the most overcompressed/loudened records, I've ever heard.
It is! It’s actually THE loudest album ever if the stories are true.
I love the Mark 3 mix based off the Guitar Hero rips.
@@ronniep2005 Not the loudest one, but it's up there. Damn up there. All the albums that are louder than this are death metal, grindcore and harsh noise. But it is the loudest to be a top seller.
The guitar riffs at the start of Cyanide and at the end of the song, 3 fast 3 slow and 3 fast, is Morse Code for SOS. So the song begins and ends with an SOS call.
I think I'm discovering about myself that I'm really a masochist. Every time I see a video from Patrick I know I'm going to rage 10 to 20 times during the course of the reaction but as he talks over my favorite parts and ignores the things that we all love about Metallica, but I know every time you put out a video dude I'm going to listen to it. 🤷
I feel like this album doesn't get enough attention as some of their others. I share their sentiment of this album having some of the best transitions and guitar riffs. There's SO MANY guitar riffs packed into each song, and each song take you to so many different places! If this album had James' classic vocal and guitar tones, this probably would be their best album imo.
You guys should check out "Beyond Magnetic" EP next time! Just nice 4 extra tracks left from Death Magnetic
lol "shut the hell up" I love this guy
I've never heard the iTunes version. I ripped from the CD on day 1 and still have that on my iPhone. This sounds incredible so far. Very much looking forward to the OG reaction of BBS.
Yeah back when it was released it was almost immediately known that the mix was way too compressed to sound louder, luckily they released Guitar Hero: Metallica shortly after and people ripped the songs off of it and made way better mixes. FYI the version you want to look for is the digital download version off of Metallica's site not the one on itunes.
I genuinely think this album is right up there with Metallica's best. The classics stand on their own, but in terms of post-Black album this is possibly the best they've released. Thrashy, aggressive, has complexity in the arrangements without going full "Justice". It gets hate for the production, which I get, but the songwriting & performances are really strong.
I always liked how the solo in My Apocalypse ends in a siren sound with a doppler shift as it drives past. Goes good with "car crash" symbolism.
Really enjoying your videos, Patrick, your chats with the two Chris's are fun and interesting to listen to. Death Magnetic is a solid album but have to agree that original mix is shocking.
@@kenny75photography2 thank you! We still have a few big Metallica videos to do, but we've had a hard time recently scheduling videos and there's been a lot of stuff going on in each of our respective lives. But we are still planning to do s&m and the second disc of garage Inc. then after that I really want us to sit down and talk about Metallica as a whole maybe make some lists do some rankings and things like that.
So make sure to keep an eye out for stuff like that in the coming months!
Holy shit! Patrick, if you would just listen, you'll find parts more awesome than you own voice!
I love this album.
Chris’s face when the original master started playing 😂
I think for The Unforgiven III the best version is from S&M2. That version with the symphony is beautiful and it makes it one of the best Metallica songs.
The S&M version transofrmed the song and the vocals of james on that one..were just delightful
Came for the reaction to the original version and wasnt disappointed 😄 When it first came out I listened to the first 30s and thought my headphones were broken, i went straight off to the shops to buy new headphones, came back and started again. It was so crushing to realise that was just how the album sounded.
How is it I cannot stand the person who’s channel it is, but love the other two guys. Really the only reason I tune in to these videos is for the Chris’s
Same.
If there's one Megadeth album to listen to in it's entirety it's probably Rust in Peace but "Holy Wars..." off it is practically a mandatory listening for tasting old Megadeth even though you/Patrick would probably like Countdown to Extinction the most (or maybe Risk cause it's like Dave's Load).
Never understood the appeal of that tune. Hangar is so much better
@@enerpro2955 I personally find Hangar more consistently good. At about 2:30 in Holy Wars it feels like a big drop in quality but it's also a more dynamic song and has less so solos which Pat will probably appreciate.
I have to agree, I am by no means a Megadeath fan, as for whatever reason I cannot get past the vocals, but I'll regularly listen to holy wars. It's a masterpiece
@@Deadlyspark Yea his vocals can be rough, especially early on in his career. It's a shame they never got a dedicated singer.
@NiacinWaterTaffy To be honest he sounds better in the last 2-3 albums than he does in Rust in Peace .
A music producer quote "well I don't know when the song ended" I suggest actually listening to the song instead of talking bullshit over the vocals. That way you will pick up on the SUBTLE!! cues of where the song is going.
You guys need to do a TOOL discography run through. Some of the best mixing ever
2/15/2024 I compared a youtube upload of the itunes remaster to the spotify version and honestly I can't tell if there's even a difference. Maybe spotify switched versions?
edit: with headphones I can hear more clipping on the spotify version but the overall sound is almost the same. I remember hearing this when it came out thinking the static was a faulty CD rip but no it's just the album, but I also think it was intentional almost like electro static or electro magnetic noise going with the theme of the album name.
It wasn't to go with the album name, that's digital clipping. A lot of bands around the mid-late 00s had that audio issue, but Metallica was the worst.
2:06:33. The signature moment of the album. All reigns after that breath \m/
and they didn't even hear it lmao
@@afgh1408the guy in the blue is so bad at talking over the music. In EVERY video they do.
That CD was in my player in my truck for 8 years! Soooo loud and I loved it!
I feel the dude on the right, telling blue tshirt dude to shut up haha! Man, be quite for more than 10 seconds and listen 😅
My fav album by them
Same here!
Saw them in jersey. Musically the only person that has aged is Lars.
Kirks solo album is called Portals. Pretty damn good if you’re into solo guitar and more cinematic score-ish sounding stuff.
Lars has gotten worse over the years, but in the last like 5 years, he has gotten better and better again
in response to you not finding how many times these songs were played live, they have details about that on their website. if you go to a specific album and click on a song it details when it was first played live, last played live, and how many times it was played live in total.
hope this helps in future videos! 🤘
I wish they also checked out the Guitar Hero version. It has some vocal overdubs, the bass is so much more audible, and the James solo in Suicide and Redemption is far superior to Kirk's solo
I agree. The GH version is the version I have burned to CD (I own the original, but obviously it sounds like trash, because of the mix).
"You're such a normie" comment had me spit out my coffe. I love it! haha
That's me! A Regular Randy!
Surprises me that Patrick hasn't listened to Iron Maiden, they're the first band someone would mention if you ask them about double harmonies
Edit: Loving the content, keep it going!
The main bendy riff on Suicide and redemption is so fire. It might be my favorite Metallica instrumental
1:34:15 “It’s because the riffs are so good” 😂
In retrospect, I believe Death Magnetic to be the last great Metallica album. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great numbers on both Hardwired and 72 Seasons, but this album is just epic. I never understood the hate this album gets from some people, well, except for the mixing, but this I got used to. All else - the riffs, the transitions, the presence of TWO great ballads on this album, one of which has probably the last great Kirk solo to date - is unbelievably good. I hope that this album will also get the re-release and a remastered version, though I understand that we’ll have to wait for it for a while (given that Load/Reload and St. Anger are not yet released).
I completely agree, but only because Hardwired has too many songs. There is a damn good 8-song-album in Hardwired, but also a bunch of really mediocre tracks. I wish they could go back to fewer tracks which receive more focus.
Room of mirrors is where kirk shined again imo
Agreed! Absolutely!
You do understand this album has already been fully remastered, and that's the version that was being listened to in this video, right?
If you're using Winamp, you can bring up the Winamp window and hit Ctrl+V while the song is playing and it will stop before it plays the next song in the playlist.
!!!!!!!!!
When he said Godsmack has been using wah before Metallica ever thought of using it I LOL'd. What a weenie
He says that every time, facetiously.
That thing you said about watching all the way through your monetized metal CD unboxing video, I literally did that when it came out. I didnt really care about what you were doing, but I knew it would be nice to just set my phone down and "watch" it all the way through.
Been waiting for this one for a while!
Patrick i respect your expertise ; however when you make a statement such as "they don't deserve the success they have " about a band that has inspired countless musicians and keeps on selling out huge stadiums around the globe at the age of 60 you need to back this up with very very solid arguments and not based on your personal taste/individual preferences at certain aspects , recording wise.Having said that , your videos are interesting to watch.
I'm sorry to correct you, but the part where you say that they wrote load and reload in the studio without ideas was false.... They had demos for both reload and load a year and a half before load came out. And not just a couple songs, but a BUNCH of songs. St anger is the only album that wasn't demoed first, because they pretty much canned half an albums worth of material that was written in studio.
Another fact about the St. Anger snare that everyone else talks about, was actually used FIRST on the mission impossible soundtrack song they did in 2000 called I DISAPPEAR. check it out 😊
I Disappear does not sound like the St. Anger snare though. Maybe because it's not as loud in the mix. I hear a slight ping, that's it.
@@pisserplunkerits simmilar, but I disappear also has better production I think
Do they even deserve...? Patrick, Metallica had released 5 critically acclaimed classics before you were even born, and built enormous following without any radio play or videos in the first 5 years of their journey. Not just because of the music but also the lyrical content, which you deliberately ignore. Their songs are composed in very particular ways and there is intent to every transition, rhythm change, time signature etc. But until you dive into the abyss of the musical theory so you could pick it up you'll remain just an audio engineer you are..
Thank you for the quick explanation of what mastering is. Finally helped me understand it better.
I appreciate long hair Chris so much.
3:10:02 funny fact. First solo right here in Suicide & Redemption is played by James before the wah kicks in.
I always loved Death Magnetic. It is one of my "listen on repeat all day" albums. LP's Hybrid Theory being one of my others.
the Solo piano at the start of unforgiven III was important, its not obvious but its a slower version of what unforgiven I intro was. it is very similar.
K idk ab other ppl but over the years it’s been hitting me that this album is among metallica’s greatest albums, like I would go so far as to say I like this more then the black album
Patrick ragging on S&R is breaking my fuckin heart 😂😭
Really nice research of the album recording
I honestly never knew there was a remaster. The only version i had ever heard was the album release version.
This album is definitely in my Metallica's top 5 :D
No mention of how often the guitar tone changes during Kirk’s solos, like he would be using different wahs or guitars during the solos. This really throws me off and was most noticeable during Judas Kiss.
Guys, ride the lightning doesn't fades out
Excited for this, production is terrible, but song-writing wise, it's my favorite modern metallica album.
Guitar Hero mix is mandatory, would be cool if you guys talked about it.
Sonwriting is just better than the crappy Iron Maiden influenced stuff they have been doing in the last two albums.. Only Spit out the Bone can be saved from all that stuff..
@@felipegiraldo8100Judas kiss rocks
I agree. By far my favorite of the 21st century trio albums. St. Anger doesn’t count. It’s kind of it’s own thing. :)
If Hardwired had a more metal mix I’d probably have a harder time deciding.
72 Seasons was eh. Leftovers and third time doing the same thing.
2 things:
My head almost exploded when present Chris declared that he doesn't listen to Dream Theater
I also totally understand what present Chris was talkin about having a rift in your head and not knowing what song its from. The night hardwired came out, I downloaded the album and fell asleep listening to it but I had a rib stuck in my head. It was a good couple weeks before I figured out it is the riff at the four-minute mark from spit out the bone
Unforgiven III has heavy verse and pretty chorus, just like Unforgiven (and NOT Unforgiven II). This may have contributed to your confusion about which part was the chorus… even though it comes after the verse and has the same lyrics every time… I really think you should give that song another chance. Fantastic melodies and riffs and a killer vocal performance.
dude never shuts up
Almost hilarious isn’t it
It makes me feel bad for his friends