@@cliffanderson7544 and that is hilariously low compared to so many other bands around for just as long. Metallica’s heroes, Rush, recorded 23 albums in the same amount of time. How about iron maiden? 16. Metallica have been hilariously unproductive particularly after the black album when they became so dysfunctional bc of james.
I totally agree me as a Wanabee guitar player have gotten good at palm building at the right time and even picking. The bad part for me and the reason I don’t have a RUclips channel with me playing if my left hand is injured and it can’t keep up with my right hand. However it doesn’t stop me from loving music that’s made by bands like Metallica iron maiden Megadeth And so on.lol. I guess I’m stuck singing horribly in my car when no one’s looking and playing air Guitar with one hand while rocking out to amazing metal music. LOL
It's an awesome riff. Although after listening to the Justice riff tapes I realized James did two little but recognizable changes to the riff: he added one more note to the "tail" of the riff (as Lars would call it), making it sound thicker/tighter (you have to alternate on the 5th string really fast when you play it haha, kinda tricky to get it fully right) and the Bb on the second run of the riff (6th fret on the 6th string, those of you who have played the riff on guitar will know which note I'm referring to) avoiding the riff getting too repetitive. I also feel the way James played it is slightly different, more aggresive, maybe because Jason wrote the riff kinda "goofing around" with his bass and the guys liked it, so probably that's why it has that more "joyable" feeling on the riff tape played by Jason. Anyway, Jason's best musical contribution to Metallica in my opinion. What a riff!
@@epso9944 when i edit my videos, i turn on a microphone for the playstation and the one i actually use together, then i clap 4 times and turn off the one of the play, that way in premiere i sync the claps and i know the rest will be synced
Raise your hand if you were confused as to why the snare didn't start, EVEN THOUGH you knew you clicked on a video with isolated guitars. Thats called training.
For those learning: Main riff: 0:37 Verse Riff: 1:14 Chorus Riff: 1:44 Bridge Start: 2:34 Call and Answer Part: 3:07 Harmony solo (J. Hetfield) : 4:07 Main Solo (K. Hammer): 4:31 Main solo (Fast part): 5:02
That's why he is my idol. With all due respect to mister Dave Mustaine (and without taking his credit off) who is also a great musician, but James is a great guitarrist and a great singer and songwriter and plays guitar so perfectly that it 'hurts'. Probably the Lord Cliff Burton also has credit on his teachings to him. 😆😆💪
I'll say it and i don't care what anyone says. Jason could've be a perfect replacement for Cliff, if only Metallica gave more space to him at the time and he didnt left the band
I'm laying in bed, dead ass tired and this riff still makes me want to go out, find an arrow-straight road and hold the gas to the floor for a very long time.
@@TempleGuitars 'Cause he broke his voice on the next record and had to adapt it and not get hurt. After the Black Album they turned down 1/2 step their tuning for studio/live
@@surfinsatch7096 doesnt really have anything to do with their guitar tone. Yeah in Load onwards theyre half a step down. Their guitar amps changed from iic+/quad preamp to mkiv
They played it higher then standard like 445hz why when you try to play with the album in standard it sounded off even worse on ride the lightning they played even higher in pitch on for whom the bell tolls to match the pitch of the bell lol
its in the combination of those fire breathing Mesa Boogie MarkII C+s they had + EMGs pickups + James' tight af playing and palm muting + a lot of overdubbing. this can make anything sound heavy as all hell regardless of tuning!
To be fair he didn't sing and play at the same time when recording and he obviously isn't as tight when doing both but yeah just the fact that he *can* do both and still be tight af with such complex riffs is amazing
@@settratheimperishable4093 “isn’t as tight when doing both” lmao what? Have you seen them play this song at literally any live show? Hetfield does it flawlessly
@@nick_terrorx I’m confused by what you mean by “focused”, of course he’s not gonna sound the same as the studio recording but I have yet to hear someone play it live better than het, Im not a guitar player myself so I may not be hearing something that you are but hetfield does it pretty amazing in my opinion
@@Kyled78 oh yeah of course he does it better than anyone, I’m a guitarist myself and I’d say I can play the song pretty well but Hetfield nails all the hidden stuff I can’t pick out in the recording
The harmony guitar part in the middle is probably my favorite harmony of all time. In what is a dark song, it's like a ray of light coming through the clouds.
@Andrew Le big : Way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and cheap azz Mellenials could not steal music, you actually had to buy it. I bought the CD in 1988 when it was released. My buddy and I both agreed "the new guy is ripping it up". The bass is an accent and not meant to be the focus of a song. Unless the band is Iron Maiden or Rush, the bass is not the star of the show.
Agreed. It’s fucking sublime. For some reason the riff reminds me of an instrumental track by In Flames, “The Jester’s Dance”. Something about the melody and picking. You might enjoy it, check it out. It’s from the era when In Flames was actually a good band too :)
Metallica was always a better song writing band than their comparison of Megadeth who to me was all technique and frenetic energy. Metallica wrote songs that would make you wanna bash somebody and in that same song, share a beer with.
Agreed! One reason Justice is my favorite album is the guitar harmonies. The harmonies on Eye of the Beholder, Frayed Ends, To Live is to Die... I love when great metal bands can write songs so heavy yet so emotive.
The most precise playing I love it. I love listening to hetfields rhythm tracks. There’s these little connecter riffs and notes that are so easily missed.
Singing along in my head, it becomes clear just how difficult it would be to simultaneously play the guitar whilst doing so. Respect to James for that 🤯
There’s a couple short parts where James screws up a little bit on one of the layered guitar tracks that I’m just now hearing for the first time. This is awesome. Thank you for this video
jonny j The only mistake I’ve noticed in James’ track is right after the third guitar comes in for the main riff (0:57). The rest of that take must have just been so good that he decided to keep it.
I hear a slight mistake at :47. Sounds like there are too many notes in the tail of the riff at that part, which could mean James’ layering wasn’t exactly water tight during that particular part, so it just ever so slightly didn’t match up. Or maybe it’s just the picking that he screwed up. Possibly lost control for a split second and struck one of the strings one or two times more than he intended during that little triplet, and just decided to leave it. This can be heard in the full studio version too though.
5:32 that part is just perfect. The secret (other than the drum beat) is to the start that riff on the E from the 5th string, then since the second time play it normally starting on the open 6th string.
It's possibly the greatest moment of musicality in all of Metallica's back catalogue. So fucking simple, but such a profound effect on the groove - whilst still requiring you to pay attention so you can sink back into the original emphasis when they switch it back. The riff sounds so different by just switching it by half a beat. It's unbelievably satisfying. Bach would be proud.
Always loved this part as well, but I think it came about for them more by accident than anything else. Here's why: The riff is in 7/4, but Lars seems to keep a 4/4 drum over it the entire time. So by the time they "play through" the part twice, Lars is a beat off from the "1" if you will, causing the feel to change completely. They probably fell into it by accident, liked it, and kept it that way. And we all are the better for it.
That part fucked me up so bad for a while because it's the same EXACT riff but sounds totally opposite. When I play along with the song I dont try to play it normally like every other time its played. I cant ignore the drum switch at all so I just said screw it and relearned it by the way it sounds (playing it backwards? Idk it's hard to describe lol)
I've been going through my favorite classics, listening to isolated guitar tracks. As a drummer from a very young age, i've always naturally had drums as the focus point for my ears with every song. Doing this has completely changed some songs for me.
Interesting, I'm a drummer too and have always been able to listen to the music as a whole rather than isolating just my drums. I think that's why drummers have such a good ear for what the rest of the band are playing , or not!
I just added this Kirk solo on a Lynyrd Skynyrd site , and everyone is like... WTF is this? This my Friends is epitome of tight Musicianship. RIP Cliff, and Hope Jason is doing well...
Disclaimer: I think a lot of people might be confused, this isn’t me playing this is me just sharing what a amazing guitarist James is. I found this sound. Please no more hate on me.
you can still hear master of puppets era in his playing, its not as noticeable in the full mix but its actually more reminiscent of the old stuff than immediately apparent
@Akhenaton it really lacks when you put it on good speakers, because the lsck of bass kills the heavyness and the fullness, still one of my favourite albums
I think this proves that the bass is still important on AJFA, without it the guitars sound really dry and fizzy, but in the original recording they sound really colorful and heavy, and the recording is also a lot tighter than this, so this just proves that the bass actually does make a big difference in the sound of ...And Justice For All, and just because you can't hear the bass's distinct playing like you can with Cliff doesn't mean that the bass sounds bad. It serves the songs perfectly, and you people need to stop hating and making false assumptions because Metallica decided to do something slightly different.
Maybe, but I think the reason the guitars sound drier and fizzier here is due to compression and lost bits from the uploading and reuploading onto youtube
IMO I think Metallica was better off with Jason with tighter songs , mostly because I think that Cliffs playing style wouldn’t have been tight enough since he used finger style opposed to pick.
There is basically no bass on AJFA. I wish people would stop trying to force themselves to hear it. There's an interview with the sound engineer who confirms how Ulrich deliberately asked him to keep the bass very low to basically inaudible. You can either accept that or keep pretending the low ends of the rhythm guitars are bass. "without it the guitars sound really dry and fizzy" They sound equally dry and fizzy on the record. "the recording is a lot tighter than this" It's not surprising that you perceive an unplugged guitar track as less grounded and tight than the full track with drums. "slightly different" Killing the bass is not "slightly different." It's entirely shitting on the efforts of an undeserving member in the coldest way possible because they were not mature enough to deal with their problems and decided to take it out on the poor newbie. AJFA is a masterpiece even in its final baseless state, but what they (specifically Lars) did to Jason Newsted was shameful.
Ihsahn Åkerfeldt one thing that I can be thankful for the album tone is how albums shouldn’t me mixed and produced. 90s experimentation in metal imo is better than 80s tone wise since they were still produced well enough so that nothing sounds overpowering or underpowering. Gothenburg and Stockholm DM scene is what I could think of with experimentation that doesn’t ruin the album since it fits so well
@@ihsahnakerfeldt9280 most metal records you can hardly hear the bass so I don't know why so many people have an issue with the record, sounds bloody awesome to me.
Ayberk Öztürk I got an automatic copyright claim when I first uploaded this but apparently it’s ok under fair use (at least for now.) If it gets removed, it gets removed. Just thought I would try reuploading because it’s a useful track and sounds so great.
i had a video taken down for having metallica music on it. it was me and my friend reviewing St Anger. we gave commentary the whole time, with songs playing quietly in the background. Metallica had it taken down.
Those e5 power chord chugs are just fucking pure brutality. Everybody plays them but nobody makes them sound like hetfields. He's got the perfect amount of touch on his palm mutes.
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The whole album is an isolated guitar track
And its worth it.
There's drums
The whole album is a bass backing track
@@Wind-nj5xz oh hey it’s you! Remember me?
@@Magma-33 Who are you
Who here has listened to this song so much that even with the guitar track they hear the entire song together in their head?
Yup
I kept filling in the drums where I could lol
You know it!!
im hearing James in my head, and those tasty drums Lars had for a lil while.
I bought this album when it was released so yup, I can hear the entire song with just the guitar track.
This is also the bass track
😂😂😂😂😂😂
bass *guitar*
But I can’t hear the bass at all...
bwgti I don’t wanna get wooshed but that is the point
@@adenarrington7607 woosh
Some of Metallica’s best riffs are on this record
Yes, so many great riffs
They dont exactly have a lot of albums lmao
Metallica has recorded 10 studio albums.
@@cliffanderson7544 and that is hilariously low compared to so many other bands around for just as long. Metallica’s heroes, Rush, recorded 23 albums in the same amount of time. How about iron maiden? 16. Metallica have been hilariously unproductive particularly after the black album when they became so dysfunctional bc of james.
@@cliffanderson7544 seriously, 10 freakin albums in 40 years. Unbelievable.
2:34 is the brutal sound of pure metal!
It's the sound of a Mesa Boogie Mark IIC++ to be precise.
@@andrew6978 …and quadtracking for all
The sound of no mids lmao
@@Hieraldrich Scooped mids gives the best toan
@@chadfreeman5283 *depends
The palm mutes are literally ear porn
Yess, I love them so much.
Lol
The 0s in the verse riff just fucks my head
The dun dun dun dun (when James sings "Humanity!) Too
Hetfield is a guitar God, plain and simple.
I totally agree me as a Wanabee guitar player have gotten good at palm building at the right time and even picking. The bad part for me and the reason I don’t have a RUclips channel with me playing if my left hand is injured and it can’t keep up with my right hand. However it doesn’t stop me from loving music that’s made by bands like Metallica iron maiden Megadeth And so on.lol. I guess I’m stuck singing horribly in my car when no one’s looking and playing air Guitar with one hand while rocking out to amazing metal music. LOL
My favorite Metallica riff, written by Jason, played best by James.
It's an awesome riff. Although after listening to the Justice riff tapes I realized James did two little but recognizable changes to the riff: he added one more note to the "tail" of the riff (as Lars would call it), making it sound thicker/tighter (you have to alternate on the 5th string really fast when you play it haha, kinda tricky to get it fully right) and the Bb on the second run of the riff (6th fret on the 6th string, those of you who have played the riff on guitar will know which note I'm referring to) avoiding the riff getting too repetitive. I also feel the way James played it is slightly different, more aggresive, maybe because Jason wrote the riff kinda "goofing around" with his bass and the guys liked it, so probably that's why it has that more "joyable" feeling on the riff tape played by Jason.
Anyway, Jason's best musical contribution to Metallica in my opinion. What a riff!
RodHammett95 by far Jason’s best contribution, the main riff is way too fucking sick.
This riff gets your adrenaline rushing the the extreme
@@RodHammett95 j
@@RodHammett95 j
0:11 drums were like: oh shit i wasnt supposed to be here
😂
Hi Hats are there so you can quantize this track over drums if you wanted to remix it. Kinda like the slate in film. still funny tho
@@epso9944 when i edit my videos, i turn on a microphone for the playstation and the one i actually use together, then i clap 4 times and turn off the one of the play, that way in premiere i sync the claps and i know the rest will be synced
@@epso9944 I'm pretty sure those are added in by Harmonix, to count the player and fret board in for the user interface. (Rock Band)
I was thinking it was a que for when to stop holding that fade in note and start the harmonized melody of the intro
Raise your hand if you were confused as to why the snare didn't start, EVEN THOUGH you knew you clicked on a video with isolated guitars. Thats called training.
Yooo same
😏
Yep it got me too lol
It just got me actually, as I was reading this comment.
🙌
For those learning:
Main riff: 0:37
Verse Riff: 1:14
Chorus Riff: 1:44
Bridge Start: 2:34
Call and Answer Part: 3:07
Harmony solo (J. Hetfield) : 4:07
Main Solo (K. Hammer): 4:31
Main solo (Fast part): 5:02
Thanks a lot man!!!!
@@FlyingV555 no problem
This should be pinned!!!
The harmony solo is probably my favorite guitar lick of anything.
5:33 Main riffs (offbeat)
The intro still gives me goosebumps after all those years...
It's so beautiful.
Cant believe how fuuuukn thight James plays. Always. So solid. He is a metronome reincarnated as human.
Easily the best part of the band
"The Human Metronome" also sings over this.
That's why he is my idol. With all due respect to mister Dave Mustaine (and without taking his credit off) who is also a great musician, but James is a great guitarrist and a great singer and songwriter and plays guitar so perfectly that it 'hurts'. Probably the Lord Cliff Burton also has credit on his teachings to him. 😆😆💪
he is not a metronome this is all made in the studio.
@@steveryder8499 haha no shit what a logic...back then you had to play guitar all the way through in time
4:07 just sounds godly omfg
Kirks best I think. It’s like a build up
@@AndJusticeForAll...1985 its a harmony, James written it
Harmonies in AJFA are something different. Hits hardest in To Live Is To Die
ZerefeL makes me shed a tear every. Fucking. Time
One Man Tent are you sure about that? So James wrote it and Kirk recorded it?
I could listen to 4:07 for hours, seriously one of their best harmonies
I especially like 4:32
chills everytime man
@@DyersEve2022 ong
Can someone loop this shit??
Just add the drums, and you'll have the finished product.
The vocals are not part of the finished product.
@@tonysandwiches7298 you're right, but he's making a joke about the bass line
@@tonysandwiches7298 I wish they weren't.
Abinav Venkatagiri Vocals are not part of the finished product?
Dave DD Neverrrahhhh!
This is one of, if not, the best metal riffs ever created and played. The tempo and everything is just too brilliant
believe it or not, it's actually Jason's riff. And James turned it into the song
@@elpelotero why wouldn't someone believe it? jasons a beast!
I'll say it and i don't care what anyone says.
Jason could've be a perfect replacement for Cliff, if only Metallica gave more space to him at the time and he didnt left the band
But in my opinion he still remains a perfect replacement for cliff, my favorite bassist so far
@@ExecutionerOfPoserstrue
I'm laying in bed, dead ass tired and this riff still makes me want to go out, find an arrow-straight road and hold the gas to the floor for a very long time.
Sorry to hear that, hope you get well enough to get out of bed.
@@bronson1392 I'm good, thanks. Just returned from a wedding
Jeremy Murphy amen
its been 3 days, are you out of the bed?
I got that same blood in me
That Mesa sound though! Best Guitar tone Metallica ever had and never got back
I really miss that era of their tone. I just do not understand why they changed it.
@@TempleGuitars 'Cause he broke his voice on the next record and had to adapt it and not get hurt. After the Black Album they turned down 1/2 step their tuning for studio/live
@@surfinsatch7096 doesnt really have anything to do with their guitar tone. Yeah in Load onwards theyre half a step down. Their guitar amps changed from iic+/quad preamp to mkiv
@@Jez3134 This is not me saying that, just James Hetfield in a video documentary while he tried to warm up his voice before live
Master of Puppets and AJFA have Metallica's heaviest guitar tones, and I would even put the Garage Days Re-visited EP right up there too.
It’s amazing how heavy and menacing they made their tone sound in standard tuning.Blows my mind every time
They played it higher then standard like 445hz why when you try to play with the album in standard it sounded off even worse on ride the lightning they played even higher in pitch on for whom the bell tolls to match the pitch of the bell lol
its in the combination of those fire breathing Mesa Boogie MarkII C+s they had + EMGs pickups + James' tight af playing and palm muting + a lot of overdubbing. this can make anything sound heavy as all hell regardless of tuning!
Could you imagine being good enough to play this and SING?! Het is a god
To be fair he didn't sing and play at the same time when recording and he obviously isn't as tight when doing both but yeah just the fact that he *can* do both and still be tight af with such complex riffs is amazing
@@settratheimperishable4093 “isn’t as tight when doing both” lmao what? Have you seen them play this song at literally any live show? Hetfield does it flawlessly
@@Kyled78 well yeah he is tight playing live but no where near as focused as on this recording
@@nick_terrorx I’m confused by what you mean by “focused”, of course he’s not gonna sound the same as the studio recording but I have yet to hear someone play it live better than het, Im not a guitar player myself so I may not be hearing something that you are but hetfield does it pretty amazing in my opinion
@@Kyled78 oh yeah of course he does it better than anyone, I’m a guitarist myself and I’d say I can play the song pretty well but Hetfield nails all the hidden stuff I can’t pick out in the recording
when that riff comes in around 2:40 I could cry it’s so brutal
Metallica was so influential in our era that I believe this music will still be played 500 years from now
Definitely
lol my guy nobody will be around to appreciate this 500 years from now. The end of this century is even rosy.
@@MuscleDad420 the world will turn..... BLACKENED!!!
we aren't going to survive is what he is saying
Yea before the World turns Black.
This album was literally the first time I heard the true power of an EMG pickup. Turn the sound up and feel the attack of that sterile bliss.
The harmony guitar part in the middle is probably my favorite harmony of all time. In what is a dark song, it's like a ray of light coming through the clouds.
The finest right arm in metal.
I love videos like these. I just love hearing this loud ass crunch distortion blast my ears
Such a legendary tone
remember reading these lyrics once as a kid in the cassette sleeve, still know them word for word
Been playing for about 16 years and the main riff still sometimes messes my arm up. Love it.
For some reason I can hear the bass track even when i pause the song
Lol
Hmm.. Could it be cause the bass track sounds exactly the same, playing or paused?
I can even hear it when i go sleep
Horseshit this has been claimed for years now but Jason tore it up on this track. You people are deaf. You can hear the bass.
@Andrew Le big : Way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and cheap azz Mellenials could not steal music, you actually had to buy it.
I bought the CD in 1988 when it was released. My buddy and I both agreed "the new guy is ripping it up". The bass is an accent and not meant to be the focus of a song. Unless the band is Iron Maiden or Rush, the bass is not the star of the show.
I typed "Blackened isolated bass track" and it brought me here.
No shit
no it hasnt you cringelord
Do you want silence
@@KyleDesharnais it’s supposed to be a joke lmao
@@bunghole1968 ik
Love the riff James plays behind the fast part of the solo.
YES!!
Insanity!!! Most people miss how a rhythm track helps define the solo
My most favorite chugging riff, ever!!
4.07 is the best thing ever written
Agreed. It’s fucking sublime.
For some reason the riff reminds me of an instrumental track by In Flames, “The Jester’s Dance”. Something about the melody and picking. You might enjoy it, check it out. It’s from the era when In Flames was actually a good band too :)
Its like the best clasical music you ever heard :)
Metallica was always a better song writing band than their comparison of Megadeth who to me was all technique and frenetic energy. Metallica wrote songs that would make you wanna bash somebody and in that same song, share a beer with.
@@gabee3993 well said mate.
I love both bands but you are right .
Agreed! One reason Justice is my favorite album is the guitar harmonies. The harmonies on Eye of the Beholder, Frayed Ends, To Live is to Die... I love when great metal bands can write songs so heavy yet so emotive.
It's amazing how simple and straightforward it sounds in the mix, but alot more nuanced in the track
This has always been what really sets Metallica apart from everything else.
The solo always puts a smile on my face
Thanks for this, the blackened tracks always get deleted
Blackened. ...next to Pantera Domination ..Best Breakdown....Heavy as Fuk
Jason has made it his mission
The most precise playing I love it. I love listening to hetfields rhythm tracks. There’s these little connecter riffs and notes that are so easily missed.
James was the metronome for Lars. Fact. The guy was an absolute machine on rhythm guitar in those days.
Singing along in my head, it becomes clear just how difficult it would be to simultaneously play the guitar whilst doing so. Respect to James for that 🤯
4.57 - 5.00 that echo you can hear between the chords sounds so awesome
The compression is iconic!
There’s a couple short parts where James screws up a little bit on one of the layered guitar tracks that I’m just now hearing for the first time. This is awesome. Thank you for this video
Well he's human. The other instruments cover it up.
Diapason Dlvg timestamp? This sounds damn tight to me
I didnt hear any mistakes on james guitar tracks tho.
jonny j The only mistake I’ve noticed in James’ track is right after the third guitar comes in for the main riff (0:57). The rest of that take must have just been so good that he decided to keep it.
I hear a slight mistake at :47. Sounds like there are too many notes in the tail of the riff at that part, which could mean James’ layering wasn’t exactly water tight during that particular part, so it just ever so slightly didn’t match up.
Or maybe it’s just the picking that he screwed up. Possibly lost control for a split second and struck one of the strings one or two times more than he intended during that little triplet, and just decided to leave it.
This can be heard in the full studio version too though.
Now thats a picture of a real artist right there.
Can still remember hearing this song for the first time in middle school and it still amazes me 30 years later. A master work of metal music for sure.
The opening 30 seconds is a masterpiece within itself!
5:32 that part is just perfect. The secret (other than the drum beat) is to the start that riff on the E from the 5th string, then since the second time play it normally starting on the open 6th string.
all those years i knew it but thought i heard it wrong, he really starts on 7th fret that just relieved me
That riffing is the reason why Hetfield is one of the greatest rhythms
I mean the main riff is written by Jason
@KnozLo yeah but this track doesn't have a single weak riff.
something about this chord 3:28 the sound of that is js insane🙏🏽😭
Too good. If any human being can be described as metal incarnate, it’s James Hatfield. None other can play write and sing like him combined. The man.
I like this ending slide on verse riff 2:13
Love isolated Justice guitars. Wish I had access to these back in the 80s as a kid learning how to play these songs from a cassette.
Best show opener ever. Hands down.
5:04, the rhythm in the back behind the solo is so mean ffuucccckkkk
Amazing ,beautifull,Dark composition and one of my dearest songs from Metallica,pure art of shreding
Thanks so much for this, amazing stuff! Finally I could really hear a couple of bits everyone seems to miss on the solo.
5:33 this part is such mindfuckery to play. i want to play it so right!
It's possibly the greatest moment of musicality in all of Metallica's back catalogue. So fucking simple, but such a profound effect on the groove - whilst still requiring you to pay attention so you can sink back into the original emphasis when they switch it back. The riff sounds so different by just switching it by half a beat. It's unbelievably satisfying. Bach would be proud.
ACADIA the guitar is the same as the main riff. The issue comes from Lars swapping the down beat half way through then back again.
@@MetConcerts100 exact same thing happens right at the end of Battery right?
Always loved this part as well, but I think it came about for them more by accident than anything else. Here's why: The riff is in 7/4, but Lars seems to keep a 4/4 drum over it the entire time. So by the time they "play through" the part twice, Lars is a beat off from the "1" if you will, causing the feel to change completely. They probably fell into it by accident, liked it, and kept it that way. And we all are the better for it.
That part fucked me up so bad for a while because it's the same EXACT riff but sounds totally opposite. When I play along with the song I dont try to play it normally like every other time its played. I cant ignore the drum switch at all so I just said screw it and relearned it by the way it sounds (playing it backwards? Idk it's hard to describe lol)
4:07 perfection.
I've been going through my favorite classics, listening to isolated guitar tracks. As a drummer from a very young age, i've always naturally had drums as the focus point for my ears with every song. Doing this has completely changed some songs for me.
Interesting, I'm a drummer too and have always been able to listen to the music as a whole rather than isolating just my drums. I think that's why drummers have such a good ear for what the rest of the band are playing , or not!
I just stared at a picture of James for 6 minutes and 42 seconds and I’m not complaining
This is the best Lars has ever played
LMAO
You could isolate everything on this track and I would still break my neck!!! Absolute fire! 🔥
Wow 0:46 to 0:47 a small extra detail that I've never noticed before.
James is a beast 🤘
I just added this Kirk solo on a Lynyrd Skynyrd site , and everyone is like... WTF is this? This my Friends is epitome of tight Musicianship. RIP Cliff, and Hope Jason is doing well...
Jason is well. I just saw him Saturday night. He performed in Florida. I got to see the show and meet him. Still the same Jason!!
after so much time we finally have the guitar track
Thanks bro
how u feel the coldness in your life? how many ways you reached in the end and die from yourself just how?😔🙋💙💖
It’s crazy the parts that James doesn’t pick that I thought he did behind the snare hits. He just leaves em hanging
Disclaimer: I think a lot of people might be confused, this isn’t me playing this is me just sharing what a amazing guitarist James is.
I found this sound.
Please no more hate on me.
you can still hear master of puppets era in his playing, its not as noticeable in the full mix but its actually more reminiscent of the old stuff than immediately apparent
no shit, almost like its the same guy 2 years later l
@@yessir6427 you mother and you sisters
Its amazing to hear what the missing drum beat did to the riff coming out of if the solo.
One of my favorite all time intros!! 🤘🏼
My favourite metal album. Period.
The comments:
10% appreciating the track
90% OmG lE bAsS tRaCk JokE
The iq of the people that make these jokes is equal to the bass in AjFa
@@Dav6922 You done did yourself dirty
@@mypenisisunbelievablysmall6897 no,ironic
@Akhenaton it really lacks when you put it on good speakers, because the lsck of bass kills the heavyness and the fullness, still one of my favourite albums
@@Dav6922 I dont know whether to like your reply or not. You did the joke, but you also are right.
The best metal intro in history. So glorious and epic
What about cemetery gates?
Could listen to that album for the rest of my life
The complete riff and the bridge is what gives me goosebumps
Damn those palm muted are gold
This sounds so sweet to my ears, James is so frickin tight dude!
I think this proves that the bass is still important on AJFA, without it the guitars sound really dry and fizzy, but in the original recording they sound really colorful and heavy, and the recording is also a lot tighter than this, so this just proves that the bass actually does make a big difference in the sound of ...And Justice For All, and just because you can't hear the bass's distinct playing like you can with Cliff doesn't mean that the bass sounds bad. It serves the songs perfectly, and you people need to stop hating and making false assumptions because Metallica decided to do something slightly different.
Maybe, but I think the reason the guitars sound drier and fizzier here is due to compression and lost bits from the uploading and reuploading onto youtube
IMO I think Metallica was better off with Jason with tighter songs , mostly because I think that Cliffs playing style wouldn’t have been tight enough since he used finger style opposed to pick.
There is basically no bass on AJFA. I wish people would stop trying to force themselves to hear it. There's an interview with the sound engineer who confirms how Ulrich deliberately asked him to keep the bass very low to basically inaudible. You can either accept that or keep pretending the low ends of the rhythm guitars are bass.
"without it the guitars sound really dry and fizzy"
They sound equally dry and fizzy on the record.
"the recording is a lot tighter than this"
It's not surprising that you perceive an unplugged guitar track as less grounded and tight than the full track with drums.
"slightly different"
Killing the bass is not "slightly different." It's entirely shitting on the efforts of an undeserving member in the coldest way possible because they were not mature enough to deal with their problems and decided to take it out on the poor newbie. AJFA is a masterpiece even in its final baseless state, but what they (specifically Lars) did to Jason Newsted was shameful.
Ihsahn Åkerfeldt one thing that I can be thankful for the album tone is how albums shouldn’t me mixed and produced. 90s experimentation in metal imo is better than 80s tone wise since they were still produced well enough so that nothing sounds overpowering or underpowering. Gothenburg and Stockholm DM scene is what I could think of with experimentation that doesn’t ruin the album since it fits so well
@@ihsahnakerfeldt9280 most metal records you can hardly hear the bass so I don't know why so many people have an issue with the record, sounds bloody awesome to me.
That timing change at 5:41. We all hear it. Best part of the song!
Damn. I love the guitar tone. Sound evil, and mean! Thanks to flemming
Flemming hated the justice guitar and drum sound. He just stuck with it cause it’s what James and Lars wanted.
Goosebumps. Literally.
This Guy could be a big Rockstar, some day... Keep it up!!! 😉🤘
the first part of kirks solo is so cool. the like tapping part especially, like it sounds kinda random but somehow not
Always catch a goosebumps because of beginning
So nice to hear Jason here as well !
This is the best version of this song I’ve ever heard...
Great thumbnail of the greatest songwriter of all time.
2:52.
Heaviest shit ever played on earth.
Probably one of my fav riffs from this album
I found out only recently from The Art of Guitar that the riff after the solo doesn't change like how it sounds with drums. That's crazy.
The best Metallica album of all time…
James is a riff GRAND MASTER.
you actually realise the effect of bass on original track after listening to this.
Bass? You mean the bass from drums? I miss these
Happy Birthday to you James !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! METALLICA RULES SINCE 1981!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
do they copyright these? all other isolated guitar tracks for blackened seems to be deleted from youtube. thanks for the upload.
Ayberk Öztürk I got an automatic copyright claim when I first uploaded this but apparently it’s ok under fair use (at least for now.) If it gets removed, it gets removed. Just thought I would try reuploading because it’s a useful track and sounds so great.
@@ozzman1997 add commentary through out the video. Like one or two is good nuff. Just comment on the solo or something.
i had a video taken down for having metallica music on it. it was me and my friend reviewing St Anger. we gave commentary the whole time, with songs playing quietly in the background. Metallica had it taken down.
@@yesnickcarter Metallica doesn't do that though... the artist can't control how their music is dictated, especially on RUclips.
@@catfightparadise Yeah, Metallica would never do that. They care too much about their fans.
Those e5 power chord chugs are just fucking pure brutality. Everybody plays them but nobody makes them sound like hetfields. He's got the perfect amount of touch on his palm mutes.
Gotta get Kirk's solo out of there. I'm here for James.
dunno man, I personally want the rhythm track out
I love the solo, but the rhythm behind the lead is a bit elusive. Can barely hear what's going on.
Go listen the rough mix , there's no Kirk on it at least in blackened and you can listen James track during the solo
Same
The rhythm behind the solo is brutal.
Awesome riff written by Jason
0:11 drums trying to get in
I wonder how many simultaneous rhythm tracks are just laid on top of each other to get that tone that over the top and powerful
I believe it was 3 guitars...Left, right and another quieter/less distorted one buried in the right channel.
@@ozzman1997 oh awesome. didn't know that. thanks.
@@metalnerd79 actually theres 3 or 4 for EACH channel right and left
3:08 oh my God, so hard! Wanna say evil almost!
Yeah, the grind of that open E chord is just glorious
It’s just palm muting
And distortion
@@JohnnyRoss407 with a monster tone
James Hetfield had the tightest guitar playing, so fast yet so incredibly accurate