Here are the links to the videos I ranked: Metal Maniacs: ruclips.net/video/FBBk1geR86w/видео.html Hardwired: ruclips.net/video/zLNE79QfiXc/видео.html Hattallica: ruclips.net/video/MBaj_e1pRJc/видео.html Blistered Earth: ruclips.net/video/BNuz0ZlGI6o/видео.html Intrepid: ruclips.net/video/Xfce7ntAvDQ/видео.html
Check these guys out! Seen them live. And i think they would rank high if not #1. They do shows all over the U.S.A. And they advertise as the only album quality metallica cover band. ruclips.net/video/uOa-pc-F1kw/видео.htmlsi=K3zXvUdJ6HvJ3Fxu
@@TheArtofGuitarI think you may already know about this by now, but the reason they named themselves metal maniacs is because the person who gave Metallica their name asked Lars about what he should name his radio show he asked Lars either metal maniacs or Metallica and then Lars asked if he could have the name Metallica for his band (but I'm sure you already knew this. I was just making sure:)
Wow, thank you so much man for mention! We really appreciate it! It's amazing video and it's really cool to see so much great and talented Metallica tribute bands, some of them we saw earlier heh. It's big honor for us to be in Metallica family, thanks again and thank you all fans for supporting! 🤟🏻
Coming back to this video, it's funny that Blistered Earth got the gear score it did considering their history. A number of years ago now, the bands gear got stolen. Lars actually heard about this, and reached out to them since Metallica knows all too well what that feels like. The band was given trucks full of replacements and Metallica gear to use including guitars, amps, drums, etc. So, the gear is quite literally Metallica's gear.
One tribute band I really dig is The Four Horsemen, they’re out of Ohio and have been playing about 16 years or so, they’ve delivered every time I saw them live
The Four Horsemen absolutely kills it.. I've saw them twice and they definitely don't disappoint. On top of the music they are also some of the most humble dudes I've ever met ..Definitely worth checking out, it's the closest thing you'll ever get to Metallica. In my opinion they're just as good and on top of that if you can't afford a $400 dollar ticket you just spend $25 and worth every penny 🤘
They are the best of the best I saw them last year I'm gonna see them again in 2 weeks. They have a great originality that makes them feel like an original band, they don't try to be metallica. Perfect playing and attitude.
I have seen Metal Maniacs in our local club. There were about 20 listeners, and all of them were just sitting and listening, exept me. But beside that they were so energtic on the stage and played many cool songs, they also played orion and whiskey in the jar, which are very rare. That was a fantastic show
I saw them last month in the Dallas area. I've seen Metallica three times, and TFH did an excellent job of recreating that same ferocious stage energy that I remember from the 80's and 90's.
Great video, Mike. I’m really happy you talked about Hardwired. The girl guitarist Jessica Di Falchi is the rhythm guitarist in one of my favorite bands, Crytpa, an all-female death metal band from Brazil. If you want to see her headbang like crazy I suggest checking out videos of Crypta. She really goes crazy live.
Scream Inc is a FANTASTIC tribute band. They have said James has even heard them play. They have a RUclips channel. They are phenomenal. I think they are Ukrainian but not sure.
They have definitely great management, very polished and professional recordings, however I don't consider them as a tribute, but a cover band. I have feel from them like they are playing Metallica songs in somehow modern, metalcorish style.
@@filiprabenseifner8858 "I don't consider them as a tribute, but a cover band. I have feel from them like they are playing Metallica songs in somehow modern, metalcorish style." expand, sounds pretty 1 to 1
I saw Hardwired live in Brazil last August. They put on an amazing show. The female guitarist played blistering leads, and their stage presence was spot-on. It was a sold-out venue of about 500 people. I hung out with the band after the show.
The female guitarist from Hardwired is Jéssica di Falchi, she's really good. Last year she joined the death metal band Crypta and if you haven't heard them yet you definitely should. And Jéssica headbanging a lot in Crypta, her stage presence has improved significantly since that performance with Hardwired. Check out the video "Crypta - Live at Wacken Open Air 2022"
I saw one called Moretallica in the UK a few weeks ago, they played the entirety of Kill Em All and then did a second set of songs from all over the albums, honestly they were really good!
over in North East England there's a Metallica tribute called Metal Militia, I actually know their bassist personally and met their lead singer when he came to my college with his LTD Iron Cross in hand I've seen their performance of Ride the Lightning on YT, pretty darn good!
Here in the north of England we have a Metallica tribute named metal militia. They’ve played the whole MoP album live multiple times. Me and my band have opened for them multiple times, they’re really awesome!
There is a "new wave of old school death metal" band from Estonia also called Intrepid. I saw them live and was speechless about their performance! The best band I ever discovered by chance...
The lead guitarist from Hardwired is in an all female Brazilian death metal band called Crypta. Check them out. Also, check out the Australian Metallica tribute Damage Inc.
"Metal Maniacs" was one of the names on a list a friend of Ulrich's had who was asking Lars about possible names for a fanzine; Lars saw "Metallica" on the list and kept it for himself and suggested "Metal Maniacs" for the 'zine. I did read that somewhere ages ago, could be why one of the bands here went with that name.
There is a pretty good Met. tribute coming to my city this year called The Four Horsemen. They sound pretty legit too. The singer's voice sounds a LOT like KEA era James.
I’m watching this video because The four horsemen are playing close to where i live aug 3ed and i was doing research on them. With your suggestion i might have to check them out!
@jeffsanders7691 go watch them! You won't be disappointed. Seen them twice and will watch them anytime they come here again. They only play music from the Black album and older.
I saw Hardwired live in September, and they absolutely killed it! I think the lineup was a bit different than the one shown here, but I’m happy they’re on this list regardless
Blistered Earth - If I am not wrong, thin guys are (in previous) a Thrash metal band called Forced Entry. Their 1991 year album is a masterpiece! Check it out!
I got to see Blistered Earth at an outdoor festival in October 2023. Based on their youtube videos I was pretty apprehensive going in to the show. They need to invest in some new video footage because what's online really undersells the band. They were playing the secondary stage at the festival and they won over the crowd in a way I haven't seen before. When they came on stage there were maybe 75 people watching. It pretty quickly grew to about 750 within two songs. They were just killing it! Watching them and their energy it was really easy to see how Metallica must have been in clubs in the early 80s.
Dude you need to look up battery Masters of Metallica. They're the only band that actually toured with Metallica for short time and they have two different videos of playing disposable heroes on RUclips
🤘🏻love this. New word invention Metalliquotient, awesome. Congrats on 804k Subscribers. I got another great Metallica tribute band from the UK they're called Metallica Reloaded. I saw them in July last year and the guest bassist was Becky Baldwin, girl from my hometown and a few months ago she just finished touring as guest bassist for Mercyful Fate in the US.
Great video dude and greetings from Italy! We'll play at Walhalla Performing Arts Center in South Carolina next Oct 21st along with full symphony. We're very happy to share our passion with so many Metallica tribute bands all over the world! \,,/
Ah come on man! I wouldn't put gear as a point on my list. Gibson guitars are way to expensive for us tribute folk. I'm In a Van Halen Tribute (Next Halen) It takes a long time to build all the accurate equipment up. I think it's more impressive when someone gets the tone down with the equipment they have. Getting the best out of the hand you're dealt. I would judge tones and rank tones higher that are using non metallica equipment. I do get the single bass drum thing. But sometimes the stage doesn't have enough room or you have a very limited time to get everything off the stage. 1 kick makes it jist a little bit quicker. So that we can all get back to rocking out together just as soon as possible.
HATTARI means FAKE in Japanese so the name Hattarica is really good naming for Metallica copy band for us, Japanese. Thank you very much pick Hattarica up on your video.
If you want to see all the hard songs played note for note and vocals are 89 James, that would be The Four Horsemen. Vocals are unmatched, drums are spot on note for note fast as hell. Guitar solos are perfect and bass thunderous. And they are the biggest in the nation managed by Brian Wheat of Tesla. You’re missing out if you don’t know.
Before 3 months I was by a band called metacillla, another tribute to metallica from germany, where I come from to; they looks like James Hetfield and Kirk Hammet in 2015, maybe you could make a video about it! I find the best tribute in this video is blistered earth
@the-art-of-guitar, I hope you get a chance to see this and respond. Very glad you did this video. Did you happen to see Scream Inc? Wondering your thoughts on them compared to these others you reviewed.
Medal Militia from Jacksonville is really good. The name is obviously a play on Metal Militia, but all the band members are military veterans, hence medal. They don't try to go for the look, and I couldn't care less. I care about how they sound and perform; and for both, they're top notch.
An idea for a future video: best reinterpretations of metallica songs. For example, this is one of my favorites: ruclips.net/video/GB5e-qD5TOc/видео.html
Just watched the disposable heroes mexican Metallica tribute band in mexico. Freaking amazing. Vocalist both like James but completely unique. Would love to hear there own music.
Here are the links to the videos I ranked:
Metal Maniacs: ruclips.net/video/FBBk1geR86w/видео.html
Hardwired: ruclips.net/video/zLNE79QfiXc/видео.html
Hattallica: ruclips.net/video/MBaj_e1pRJc/видео.html
Blistered Earth: ruclips.net/video/BNuz0ZlGI6o/видео.html
Intrepid: ruclips.net/video/Xfce7ntAvDQ/видео.html
Check these guys out! Seen them live. And i think they would rank high if not #1. They do shows all over the U.S.A.
And they advertise as the only album quality metallica cover band. ruclips.net/video/uOa-pc-F1kw/видео.htmlsi=K3zXvUdJ6HvJ3Fxu
Thank you so much for mentioning our band in your video. We were happy about it. If interested, check out our new lineup. Greetings from Brazil 🤘🏻
Awesome hearing from you. If you're ever in MN I'll be there!
Me too!!
@@backstagecommunityforum Me three & I'm from New Jersey.
@@TheArtofGuitarI think you may already know about this by now, but the reason they named themselves metal maniacs is because the person who gave Metallica their name asked Lars about what he should name his radio show he asked Lars either metal maniacs or Metallica and then Lars asked if he could have the name Metallica for his band (but I'm sure you already knew this. I was just making sure:)
This video is not listing the top 5 Metallica tributes. Some people didn't catch my method of choosing these 5 particular bands.
Wow, thank you so much man for mention! We really appreciate it! It's amazing video and it's really cool to see so much great and talented Metallica tribute bands, some of them we saw earlier heh. It's big honor for us to be in Metallica family, thanks again and thank you all fans for supporting! 🤟🏻
🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Im glad Blistered Earth is on here!! They're my personal favorite Metallica tribute band
They really are great. Every time I see clips of their performances, for a split second I always think it's some Puppets tour footage I've never seen.
Coming back to this video, it's funny that Blistered Earth got the gear score it did considering their history. A number of years ago now, the bands gear got stolen. Lars actually heard about this, and reached out to them since Metallica knows all too well what that feels like. The band was given trucks full of replacements and Metallica gear to use including guitars, amps, drums, etc. So, the gear is quite literally Metallica's gear.
Check out "the four horsemen". They got alot of videos on youtube.
One tribute band I really dig is The Four Horsemen, they’re out of Ohio and have been playing about 16 years or so, they’ve delivered every time I saw them live
They are great. Seen them twice in Florida.
I’ll be there for their show this coming Friday 9/15. They’re awesome. Surprised they weren’t on this list
just saw them outside of Chicago WOW Four Horsemen kicked ass!! definitely one of the best i've seen
The Four Horsemen absolutely kills it.. I've saw them twice and they definitely don't disappoint. On top of the music they are also some of the most humble dudes I've ever met ..Definitely worth checking out, it's the closest thing you'll ever get to Metallica. In my opinion they're just as good and on top of that if you can't afford a $400 dollar ticket you just spend $25 and worth every penny 🤘
They are the best of the best I saw them last year I'm gonna see them again in 2 weeks. They have a great originality that makes them feel like an original band, they don't try to be metallica. Perfect playing and attitude.
I have seen Metal Maniacs in our local club. There were about 20 listeners, and all of them were just sitting and listening, exept me. But beside that they were so energtic on the stage and played many cool songs, they also played orion and whiskey in the jar, which are very rare. That was a fantastic show
The Four Horsemen are reeeeealy good too, if you just listen you could think it's Metallica
I was hoping to see them in this list. They are coming near where i live on aug 3ed so i was doing research here.
I agree. Seen them and they are awesome and I’m going to see them again this coming Friday
I saw them last month in the Dallas area. I've seen Metallica three times, and TFH did an excellent job of recreating that same ferocious stage energy that I remember from the 80's and 90's.
Going to see them Friday in Columbus, Ohio.
For me, they would occupy first place in this ranking
Great video, Mike. I’m really happy you talked about Hardwired. The girl guitarist Jessica Di Falchi is the rhythm guitarist in one of my favorite bands, Crytpa, an all-female death metal band from Brazil. If you want to see her headbang like crazy I suggest checking out videos of Crypta. She really goes crazy live.
If Crypta is one of your favorite bands, then you should know that Jessica is not a "rhythm guitarist": In Crypta both girls play lead parts.
Scream Inc is a FANTASTIC tribute band. They have said James has even heard them play. They have a RUclips channel. They are phenomenal. I think they are Ukrainian but not sure.
Yes, from Ukraine
They have definitely great management, very polished and professional recordings, however I don't consider them as a tribute, but a cover band. I have feel from them like they are playing Metallica songs in somehow modern, metalcorish style.
I do agree with you ! they also play with a classical orchestra ruclips.net/video/k-X8V6h4sag/видео.html
@@filiprabenseifner8858 "I don't consider them as a tribute, but a cover band. I have feel from them like they are playing Metallica songs in somehow modern, metalcorish style." expand, sounds pretty 1 to 1
Ya I thought for sure they would of been #1. Very good sounding band with a lot of production value as well
I saw Hardwired live in Brazil last August. They put on an amazing show.
The female guitarist played blistering leads, and their stage presence was spot-on. It was a sold-out venue of about 500 people.
I hung out with the band after the show.
Hey Mike what was your other channel? I thought it was cool that you mentioned your novella too
The female guitarist from Hardwired is Jéssica di Falchi, she's really good. Last year she joined the death metal band Crypta and if you haven't heard them yet you definitely should. And Jéssica headbanging a lot in Crypta, her stage presence has improved significantly since that performance with Hardwired. Check out the video "Crypta - Live at Wacken Open Air 2022"
I saw one called Moretallica in the UK a few weeks ago, they played the entirety of Kill Em All and then did a second set of songs from all over the albums, honestly they were really good!
Saw Moretallica bout 7 year ago in Rotherham, put on a good night 💪💪💪
We have Mentallica in Derbyshire. Saw them 8 years ago and they play the young 'Alcoholica' really well haha
over in North East England there's a Metallica tribute called Metal Militia, I actually know their bassist personally and met their lead singer when he came to my college with his LTD Iron Cross in hand
I've seen their performance of Ride the Lightning on YT, pretty darn good!
Here in the north of England we have a Metallica tribute named metal militia. They’ve played the whole MoP album live multiple times. Me and my band have opened for them multiple times, they’re really awesome!
Just seen blistered earth last night for my 50th birthday 🎉in Helena mt.
I like Blistered Earth, I've seen several of their videos and have shared a few as well. Cool video.
Beatallica, bro. Beatallica.
There is a "new wave of old school death metal" band from Estonia also called Intrepid.
I saw them live and was speechless about their performance! The best band I ever discovered by chance...
The lead guitarist from Hardwired is in an all female Brazilian death metal band called Crypta. Check them out.
Also, check out the Australian Metallica tribute Damage Inc.
This is an awesome idea. I'd love to see reviews of other Bands tribute acts like Ozzy, Pantera, etc...
Gonna be a cool series. 👍
"Metal Maniacs" was one of the names on a list a friend of Ulrich's had who was asking Lars about possible names for a fanzine; Lars saw "Metallica" on the list and kept it for himself and suggested "Metal Maniacs" for the 'zine. I did read that somewhere ages ago, could be why one of the bands here went with that name.
I was hoping to see sceam inc....They are very good
I've seen Mentallica a few times in the UK. 🤘🤘
Thank you for chosing HATTALLICA！I love their LOVE for METALLICA❤🔥
In Germany we got a tribute band called "Metakilla" and they are pretty good. I've seen them once and really enjoyed it.
There is a pretty good Met. tribute coming to my city this year called The Four Horsemen. They sound pretty legit too. The singer's voice sounds a LOT like KEA era James.
I’m watching this video because The four horsemen are playing close to where i live aug 3ed and i was doing research on them. With your suggestion i might have to check them out!
@jeffsanders7691 go watch them! You won't be disappointed. Seen them twice and will watch them anytime they come here again. They only play music from the Black album and older.
I saw Hardwired live in September, and they absolutely killed it! I think the lineup was a bit different than the one shown here, but I’m happy they’re on this list regardless
Hi, we have a Romanian metallica tribute band. They're called Masterpiece. I got the meet them after a gig and became friends. They are very kind.
What about Scream Inc. ?
Blistered Earth are great, glad to see them on here!
my band Envirusment played a few shows with Blistered Earth. They are the best by far.d
Blistered Earth - If I am not wrong, thin guys are (in previous) a Thrash metal band called Forced Entry. Their 1991 year album is a masterpiece! Check it out!
Forced Entry was amazing. Always wondered what happened to them 👍🏻
Blistered Earth FTW!
I would LOVE to see a part 2 feature the four horsemen, SAD Metallica tribute, and maybe plastica and some others!
"The Four Horsemen" is great
I liked this video. You should do Megadeth tribute bands next 🤘
Socal damage Inc. it’s a really really good tribute band! Definitely always fun to see them
Seen them recently, couldn’t believe how good they were, very polished, excellent stage presence, 20 years old tribute.
Going to see Four Horseman in Indy tomorrow night!
Blistered Earth is amazing! Just saw them last night... holy crap these guys bring it🤘🤘🤘
I got to see Blistered Earth at an outdoor festival in October 2023. Based on their youtube videos I was pretty apprehensive going in to the show. They need to invest in some new video footage because what's online really undersells the band. They were playing the secondary stage at the festival and they won over the crowd in a way I haven't seen before. When they came on stage there were maybe 75 people watching. It pretty quickly grew to about 750 within two songs. They were just killing it! Watching them and their energy it was really easy to see how Metallica must have been in clubs in the early 80s.
Dude you need to look up battery Masters of Metallica. They're the only band that actually toured with Metallica for short time and they have two different videos of playing disposable heroes on RUclips
Do a video ranking all the tab books you have from best to worst.
Damage Inc. from California is incredible. 20 year tribute, very polished. Great players.
Yaaaaay! You can not believe me, but i played "seek and destroy" with metal maniacs on stage in Moscow! Glad to see them on your chanel
Great vid Mike, but c’mon where’s SCREAM INC??!?!! head and shoulders above all these ones
Only missing the best tribute band from Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦 Alcoholica 🤘🤘🤘
Here in florida we had a metallica tribute also called hardwired and it's cool to see this and feel like it's a bigger thing
You are right, there is a band called metal militia here in the uk, young guys that sound fantastic
You forgot the tribute band Battery...
🤘🏻love this. New word invention Metalliquotient, awesome. Congrats on 804k Subscribers. I got another great Metallica tribute band from the UK they're called Metallica Reloaded. I saw them in July last year and the guest bassist was Becky Baldwin, girl from my hometown and a few months ago she just finished touring as guest bassist for Mercyful Fate in the US.
Love your vids, keep them up! 🎉🎉
Great video dude and greetings from Italy! We'll play at Walhalla Performing Arts Center in South Carolina next Oct 21st along with full symphony. We're very happy to share our passion with so many Metallica tribute bands all over the world! \,,/
I can't tell from that angle but the woman in Hardwired looks a bit like on of the guitarists in Crypta
Cool t-shirt Mike, I just watched the Teansformers Bumblebee movie this weekend... B would love it!!!
Ah come on man! I wouldn't put gear as a point on my list. Gibson guitars are way to expensive for us tribute folk. I'm In a Van Halen Tribute (Next Halen) It takes a long time to build all the accurate equipment up.
I think it's more impressive when someone gets the tone down with the equipment they have. Getting the best out of the hand you're dealt.
I would judge tones and rank tones higher that are using non metallica equipment.
I do get the single bass drum thing. But sometimes the stage doesn't have enough room or you have a very limited time to get everything off the stage. 1 kick makes it jist a little bit quicker. So that we can all get back to rocking out together just as soon as possible.
The Eastern European band Scream is my favorite Metallica tribute band.
HATTARI means FAKE in Japanese so the name Hattarica is really good naming for Metallica copy band for us, Japanese. Thank you very much pick Hattarica up on your video.
Scream Inc!!!
As a Soldier, Disposable Heroes has a special meaning to me.
If you want to see all the hard songs played note for note and vocals are 89 James, that would be The Four Horsemen. Vocals are unmatched, drums are spot on note for note fast as hell. Guitar solos are perfect and bass thunderous. And they are the biggest in the nation managed by Brian Wheat of Tesla. You’re missing out if you don’t know.
Before 3 months I was by a band called metacillla, another tribute to metallica from germany, where I come from to; they looks like James Hetfield and Kirk Hammet in 2015, maybe you could make a video about it!
I find the best tribute in this video is blistered earth
@the-art-of-guitar, I hope you get a chance to see this and respond. Very glad you did this video. Did you happen to see Scream Inc? Wondering your thoughts on them compared to these others you reviewed.
There is a tribute band called ONE and they are phenomenal!
If you ever wanna come up with a list within Minnesota - shit, Id love to see! Fellow Minnesoter here (shoutout from Buffalo)
METALLIFORNIA is the best!! Check them out when you get a chance.
Scream Inc.!!!!
My favorite Metallica tribute band I saw was "Blackened". Dude sounded just like James .
Funny you said that about Metal Militia, that was my band's name in highschool in the mid to late 90s. Lol
I saw Intrepid previous friday and they were amazing, could also talk with them after show.
Scream Inc.
I just saw Sandman the other night they are actually licensed by Metallica it was a sick show the band was on point.
Medal Militia from Jacksonville is really good. The name is obviously a play on Metal Militia, but all the band members are military veterans, hence medal. They don't try to go for the look, and I couldn't care less. I care about how they sound and perform; and for both, they're top notch.
The Four Horseman are awesome. Saw them last month. They kick ass!
You should check out Hardwired To Kill Em All!
I would recomend Motorbreath from Argentina, the singer is very close to Heatfield
Cool shirt, Mike.
Saw a Metallica tribute band last night called Obey Your Master, and they did play Disposable hHeroes. Super cool show.
Metal Maniacs ❤
You guys are awesome.
An idea for a future video: best reinterpretations of metallica songs. For example, this is one of my favorites:
ruclips.net/video/GB5e-qD5TOc/видео.html
HATTALLICA bass use MV-5 Sadowsky NYC 1998
Just watched the disposable heroes mexican Metallica tribute band in mexico. Freaking amazing. Vocalist both like James but completely unique. Would love to hear there own music.
Hardwired's cover of Fuel is the best cover of that song ive seen
Hardwired and Jessica from Crypta! Top!!
The four horseman are badass!!!
it will be cool if you're also going to do this with megadeth tribute bands, mimigadeth is for sure my favorite one
Hardwired ❤❤❤
Shout out to The Four Horsemen, great band east coast US
I suggest you to check out the Unforgivens, from italy. They are so so good. The frontman looks exactly like james hetfield.
Metalliquotient! Love that word!
The dude in the one video is playing that Hammett ESP Les Paul.
The Four Horsemen is the best Metallica tribute band I've seen. Very tight playing, great sound and musicianship.
Metal Militia is actually a norwegian metallica tributeband
Militia Tribute to Metallica from New Brunswick Canada is amazing! you should look them up.
Love this bro! Metallica!
Jessica DiFalchi 😍
There used to be "Creeping Death". They were great!
Check out Metakilla. They are freaking awesome, from a foreign country (Germany I think?) And they have the right gear!
Should react to Scream Inc. guys are insanely good!!
The Four Horseman are great!
There is one called The Four Horsemen that I reeeeeally like. They recreate the vibe a whole lot. Like Metallica if Lars could really play.
Hardwired to kill ‘em all is a great band as well