The TRUTH behind METALLICA'S Most EVIL TRACK!!

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  • The TRUTH behind METALLICA'S Most EVIL TRACK is quite shocking. The song is called, "The Thing That Should Not Be." The lyrics are based on an HP Lovecraft novella called, "The Shadow over Innsmouth." According to the story, Innsmouth is a coastal town with a dark secret. The people in this town are hybrid humans, having interbred with "The Deep Ones" from a city beneath the sea. Terrifying creatures like the Cthulhu arise from the depths and raise havoc on the town inhabitants. This is one reason why James Hetfield writes amazing songs....it's all about a good storyline! The music accents the story with brooding chromaticism and evil line cliches using tritone intervals.
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  • @ShredmasterScott
    @ShredmasterScott  2 года назад +7

    🔴 FREE TABS! Music Theory Newsletter
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    • @Cebt07
      @Cebt07 2 года назад

      Hello lord shred how art thou

    • @MorrisChannel4
      @MorrisChannel4 2 года назад

      Hey shred, do you have telegram? If not you have someone that is acting as you using telegram

  • @thescream1868
    @thescream1868 2 года назад +49

    for all the kids that know James from today....this is the badass that influenced 99% of the metal world in those days....what a fucking frontman

  • @adamgardner2244
    @adamgardner2244 2 года назад +65

    I think Harvester of Sorrow is their most dark and evil track. Those riffs. So heavy

    • @scipio8866
      @scipio8866 2 года назад +4

      Id say that or Thing That Should Not Be. Both are twisted.

    • @EgoChip
      @EgoChip 2 года назад +5

      No way. Nothing Else Matters is.

    • @uome20bukz
      @uome20bukz 2 года назад +3

      @@scipio8866 i think the title definitely goes to Harvester. Harvester is dealing with real life evil. Not fictional supernatural evil like The Thing That Should Not Be.
      Is “Thing” dark? Yes. Heavy? Yes. Evil? I guess to a small extent, but the song doesn’t give off evil vibes.
      Harvester is dark, heavy, and evil as fuck.

    • @bkn4
      @bkn4 2 года назад +1

      Kick ass song

    • @adamgardner2244
      @adamgardner2244 2 года назад

      @@bkn4 absolutely 💯 🤘

  • @annstevens6223
    @annstevens6223 2 года назад +27

    Harvester is also an epic evil tune.
    I love when Jason barks “language of the mad”.

    • @adamgardner2244
      @adamgardner2244 2 года назад

      Agreed. I think its their most dark, evil and heavy track. It's my favorite song

  • @gallifreyanjedi1628
    @gallifreyanjedi1628 2 года назад +23

    I made my metal journey backwards. When I was in middle school I was heavy into Iron Maiden, which then got me into H.P. Lovecraft, which then got me into Metallica.

    • @jyejye1077
      @jyejye1077 2 года назад +2

      That’s really cool man I’m the opposite cos I’m young. Had no clue what who H.P. Love Craft was until looking into call of kthulu. I wonder how much they actually read or just liked the theme. Cos got damn I love that mystical dark magic spiritual theme Metallica took great inspiration from Maiden

  • @OIRM0830
    @OIRM0830 2 года назад +29

    Man, I would’ve absolutely loved your opinion/reaction to the S&M version, the orchestra really adds to it.

    • @annstevens6223
      @annstevens6223 2 года назад +1

      Personally I’m not crazy about the S&M stuff. I watched the S&M 2 concert and it was just too many things going on at once. I really like what Apocolyptica did years ago, but the full orchestra with the boys playing is distracting in my opinion.

    • @lilpoopstain9627
      @lilpoopstain9627 2 года назад +5

      @@annstevens6223 s and m 2 was not of the same quality. The first sounds great

    • @dan082476
      @dan082476 2 года назад +3

      @@annstevens6223 to me S&M two was not good at all. The first was amazing. The concert in a small concert hall. Just seems like the sound is huge compared to the second which to me has more of a tinny sound.

  • @TimaiosGottfried
    @TimaiosGottfried 2 года назад +10

    Just gotta love "The Thing That Should Not Be". One of my favourite songs from the....album I shall not name.

  • @TheNothing6
    @TheNothing6 2 года назад +39

    Kirk's solo is one of the most evil and eerie solos ever!

    • @Cosmefulanito2812
      @Cosmefulanito2812 2 года назад +11

      For real, and it's really complex. Phrygian Dominant mixed with harmonic minor and random chromatic notes. Pretty cool

    • @TheNothing6
      @TheNothing6 2 года назад +3

      @@Cosmefulanito2812 Yep. Harmonic minor. 👍🏼🤘🏼

    • @blunderless
      @blunderless 4 месяца назад +2

      sounds so much like dimebag!

  • @sphynx108
    @sphynx108 2 года назад +31

    Favorite Metallica song hands down

    • @fabio4910
      @fabio4910 2 года назад +1

      Yeah

    • @nickmeini6697
      @nickmeini6697 2 года назад +1

      This is the only track on MoP that I don't like

    • @NotZahidatall
      @NotZahidatall 2 года назад +1

      @@nickmeini6697 I like the intro of this song i dont like the whole song but it doesn't mean it's not good I am new in this genre so i will grow up on this song in future 👍

    • @saulman12
      @saulman12 2 года назад

      @@nickmeini6697 kinda same. it ain’t bad but it’s the song on mop that i don’t usually replay.

    • @blunderless
      @blunderless 5 месяцев назад

      a lot of people don't like it because it repeats the same phrases to almost a comedic degree, but funnily enough, this is the song i replay the most. this is a very great track and heavy song.
      all the riffs in this song are simply amazing. this song actually got me to read a book!

  • @kockarSO
    @kockarSO 2 года назад +4

    Everything was perfect, Het vocals, no sloppy Kirks solos, Lord Newsted, even Lars did it decently.

  • @monsieurmitosis
    @monsieurmitosis 2 года назад +14

    Amazing track, and this live version is the best I’m aware of. Heavy heavy heavy.

    • @pimpfriedrice
      @pimpfriedrice 2 года назад

      I think it's their best concert ever

    • @chrisjl84
      @chrisjl84 2 года назад

      The S&M version is pretty dope!

  • @ShaunLodwig1987
    @ShaunLodwig1987 2 года назад +2

    this is the gig where Hetfield starts turning into a warewolf during havester of sorrow.

  • @MorrisChannel4
    @MorrisChannel4 2 года назад +2

    Damn...hearing this song with the black album sound is more brutal

  • @lostipod12
    @lostipod12 2 года назад +5

    Got introduced to Metallica in 1987 in 7th grade. That same year I discovered Steven King. I listened to both sides of Puppets over and over and over while reading 'The Dead Zone', 'Rage', and 'The Long Walk'.
    All three stories are kind of bleak, sinister, darker than anything I'd ever read before.
    When I listen to The 'Thing That Could Not Be', I'm immediately transported back to 1987 reading those books; it is bleak, sinister, darker than any of the other tunes on the album. I didn't like it very much back then, but as an adult I can dig the riffs, theme, atmosphere.
    Great tune.

    • @mikegallagher2732
      @mikegallagher2732 2 года назад +1

      Stephen King is THE man !!!! THE STAND is MY favorite book from Him and I've read them ALL .... A MUST READ.... AS IS "IT" and the " TOMMYKNOCKERS"

    • @lostipod12
      @lostipod12 2 года назад +1

      @@mikegallagher2732 Ha ha I read all three a few years later. Really enjoyed The Stand and Tommyknockers.

    • @mikegallagher2732
      @mikegallagher2732 2 года назад

      @@lostipod12 which has been your FAVORITE ???

    • @lostipod12
      @lostipod12 2 года назад +1

      @@mikegallagher2732 Definitely "Rage", "Dolan's Cadillac". I'm a sucker for revenge stories.

    • @mikegallagher2732
      @mikegallagher2732 2 года назад

      I'm Also a MASSIVE fan of how ANTHRAX was inspired by him as well !!!! AMONG THE LIVING is probably THE HEAVIEST EVER in its time...( ASIDE FROM S.O.D.)
      HOLY SHIT..😳😳😳

  • @weisswurstfruhstuck8523
    @weisswurstfruhstuck8523 Год назад +1

    Actually the lyrics are a medley of Lovecraft stories in total. 😊

  • @mikegallagher2732
    @mikegallagher2732 2 года назад +4

    THIS was THE Heaviest back in the day ... And i Fucking LOVE LOVE LOVE That MESA tone they had... BEST EVER..

  • @Kiltzombie
    @Kiltzombie 2 года назад +3

    The Dodgers Giants game just had a guitar rendition of the National Anthem. The guy probably needs to join your cult of music theory

  • @MrToband
    @MrToband 2 года назад +1

    I saw them on this tour in Lubbock, Texas 1989, I think it was January 20th, Queensryche opened for them.

  • @ajaystephen869
    @ajaystephen869 2 года назад +2

    I love the primus version of the song even more

  • @lapinus
    @lapinus 2 года назад +1

    6:00 it's a Fernandes Stratocaster copy in red. Apparently he routed out the space for the humbuckers and the Floyd Rose.

  • @nim4464
    @nim4464 Год назад +1

    The Shadow Over Innsmouth is an amazing story.

  • @rigobertomuratalla1126
    @rigobertomuratalla1126 2 года назад +4

    Lovecraft stories are very good reads! It’s an entirely different beast in terms of horror.

    • @ShredmasterScott
      @ShredmasterScott  2 года назад

      reminds me of stephen king

    • @fireadept007
      @fireadept007 2 года назад

      @@ShredmasterScott is most probable king was influenced by HPL.

  • @superchi31
    @superchi31 2 года назад +1

    Check Primus cover! Is also heavy

  • @dan8402
    @dan8402 2 года назад +2

    Is it just me or is the key different than the studio recording? Seems like the guitars were tuned differently since this was the Justice for all tour.

    • @arthurvesuvio
      @arthurvesuvio 2 года назад +1

      On this tour they tuned their guitars to C# instead of D when playing this song.

    • @dan8402
      @dan8402 2 года назад +2

      @@arthurvesuvio Ok now I feel vindicated that my ears are not totally shot! 😂😂

  • @valoryt1297
    @valoryt1297 2 года назад +1

    The version played in 2019 barcelona is very heavy too.

  • @EM-zj1xm
    @EM-zj1xm Год назад

    The clean guitar parts during the verse intensify sinister mood

  • @charlesstevens4275
    @charlesstevens4275 2 года назад +1

    The dropped "D"tuning makes it sound super heavy, do they have separate guitars or do they just tune the top string down for that one song?

    • @jamese7867
      @jamese7867 2 года назад +1

      Each string is dropped down a whole step.

    • @DeadRingerMachine
      @DeadRingerMachine 2 года назад +2

      Dude it's Metallica. They each have a bunch separate guitars backstage tuned to variously and they just grab the one they need for the song they're playing. And backup guitars to those guitars. These guys don't mess with jacking around w their tuning keys on stage.

    • @bobnewton1064
      @bobnewton1064 2 года назад +1

      Yeah that’s why Kirks playing that red guitar that shred said he’d never seen before. That’s his d guitar

  • @bear1084
    @bear1084 2 года назад

    SHREEEED! New subscriber, really enjoying the channel. Fkn love your tone bro! What's your rig setup? #muahaha 🤘🤘

  • @Cosmefulanito2812
    @Cosmefulanito2812 2 года назад +3

    One of the best Metallica songs ever. The solo kicks ass too

  • @levinwolf1593
    @levinwolf1593 2 года назад +2

    Trust me the life recording of Metallica's welcome home sanitarium.... (early ones)

  • @adamvigil8320
    @adamvigil8320 2 года назад

    I saw the Justice tour at Red Rocks. Holy moly. They started this one, and wow. You could feel it.

  • @pastorofmuppets9346
    @pastorofmuppets9346 2 года назад

    Oh i remember that innsmouth thing, a quest in oblivion is a reference to it

  • @seancapri
    @seancapri 2 года назад +1

    I can literally hear Shred say the title of the video before I click on it. It makes me want to eat my horns. Muahahahaha

  • @weisswurstfruhstuck8523
    @weisswurstfruhstuck8523 Год назад +1

    Innsmith is the correct pronounciation seemingly. 😅😂

  • @eldewgzborracho7653
    @eldewgzborracho7653 2 года назад

    I knew it, I thought it was about the movie "DAGON" Which is based on Lovecraft's work.

  • @HellionSol
    @HellionSol 2 года назад +2

    HP Lovecraft is some Evil stuff Lord Shred.
    Id be eager to hear how reading it inspires your demonic ear.

  • @user-pt3xp2qr5j
    @user-pt3xp2qr5j 2 года назад

    Shred, what do you think about the new megadeth album

  • @mrspgp
    @mrspgp 2 года назад +1

    MOP is my one album I take if I am stranded on desert island, already a perfect record (imo) only way it could be better is if Fade To Black was on it 🤘🏻🥰I have read some H.P. Lovecraft stuff, it's super interesting
    edit: you and your the "WAP juice" has me laughing like a mental patient every time 🤣

  • @psywarltd.1984
    @psywarltd.1984 Год назад

    Chromatic 4th interval? Lol. I wish I was on the level to hear that and know what it is.
    I feel like Serpents of the Light by Deicide is way more evil, could you give that one the same treatment Lord Shred?

  • @waynetmusic9474
    @waynetmusic9474 2 года назад

    The guitar is a strat made by the company that made his black and white one from the master of puppets tour

  • @excuse.me.sir.
    @excuse.me.sir. 2 года назад +1

    "Dave mustaine wrote this song" - Megadeth fans

  • @wuphat
    @wuphat 2 года назад

    Kirk is playing a red Jackson Soloist with black pick guard for this little diddy

  • @bojangles1695
    @bojangles1695 2 года назад

    How do you convert mp3 to mp4? Is it possible?

  • @denomdemon
    @denomdemon 2 года назад

    So many staches back then.

  • @creekroad
    @creekroad 2 года назад

    Great choice, my most 666 of men. I don’t know what a 4th or a Tritone is, but this song is evil AF and epic. I’m 42 and have enjoyed this tune immensely ever since I discovered it in 1991.

  • @HamsterCrusher13
    @HamsterCrusher13 2 года назад

    People often criticize Kirk for only using pentatonic, but this solo is phrygian dominant and 666 level metal

  • @uome20bukz
    @uome20bukz 2 года назад

    When you order Rob Zombie on Wish:

  • @DeadRingerMachine
    @DeadRingerMachine 2 года назад

    Regarding Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulu is an interesting read but it jumps the shark in some places too, gets kind of ridiculous, like when the guy drives his boat through the thing's head and craters it towards the end. Just wasn't necessary. I'm pretty sure this particular story is directly related to Cthulu, I think the cult this story is talking about is the one that worships Cthulu. I could be wrong.

  • @KluhlHloo
    @KluhlHloo 2 года назад

    Excellent explanation, Shred!

  • @a77ackeranimations20
    @a77ackeranimations20 Год назад

    I thought it was about Godzilla

  • @bionet4198
    @bionet4198 2 года назад +1

    H.P. Lovecraft's ouvre is incredible! 669 grams of WAP protein preceding the evil!

  • @pkdude5334
    @pkdude5334 2 года назад

    that's a good beer. got me into IPA's

  • @ShaunLodwig1987
    @ShaunLodwig1987 2 года назад +1

    yeah that gig was the one in seattle right? this was my favourite Metallica gig.Starts with Blackened which is the best version, yeah this gig was the best of Metallica.

  • @hexed8749
    @hexed8749 2 года назад +1

    "WAPIAN FLATULENCE" .....lmfaooooo...... Ey man....the random words he writes above the videos... fucking hilarious

  • @deathintheair844
    @deathintheair844 2 года назад

    One of their most bad ass and greatest and heavy as fuck songs and that ending Is fuckin imortal!🤘💀💀

  • @jeromebrookter1743
    @jeromebrookter1743 2 года назад

    I love the way u break down music.. very insightful.. Rock on Shred.. Your the man...

  • @ILLRICARDO
    @ILLRICARDO 2 года назад +4

    Metallica before they went down the country metal road, nothing will ever beat the first 4 Metallica albums.

    • @monsieurmitosis
      @monsieurmitosis 2 года назад +1

      Agreed! I can’t split between any of them, but if someone held a gun to my head, it would probably be MOP.
      It was all down hill after Justice, unfortunately.

  • @chadvannord6235
    @chadvannord6235 2 года назад

    My guy, the H.P. Lovecraft stories are pretty legit, but they have an older filter to them you have to read through. Like The Divine Comedy, it's riddled with old terms n makes it harder to read at first

  • @DeadRingerMachine
    @DeadRingerMachine 2 года назад

    Shred, you need to break down the heaviest song ever recorded - WARZONE by Slayer.

  • @alexfox5834
    @alexfox5834 2 года назад +1

    What is the wap juice thing all about 😂 only just found this channel

  • @MrToband
    @MrToband 2 года назад +1

    Definitely their heaviest song

  • @zacharyluhman9022
    @zacharyluhman9022 2 года назад

    This thing is brutal

  • @i.haul.ass_
    @i.haul.ass_ 2 года назад

    Kirks playin a Fernandes strat

  • @coletonmarino1310
    @coletonmarino1310 2 года назад

    I read all these video titles in his voice and it’s hilarious

  • @jessejames8162
    @jessejames8162 2 года назад

    Badass riff tbh 🤘🏽

  • @gandalf8216
    @gandalf8216 2 года назад +1

    E-F#
    E-F#
    A HUNDRED CHILDREN WATCH THE SEA
    PRAY FOR FATHER
    ROAMING FREEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @SALTYDATTO
    @SALTYDATTO 2 года назад

    #1. Laguanitas is fucking mint. #2. This song is my absolute favorite from them. And C. (cunterpoint) Keep krushing it, Shred!

  • @deathmetal0073
    @deathmetal0073 2 года назад

    Best Papa Het vocals

  • @tak8481
    @tak8481 2 года назад

    Ok, now do "Dream No More"

  • @LegendofTheCosmic7
    @LegendofTheCosmic7 Год назад

    The Cthulhu!!!!!

  • @chriswilson9331
    @chriswilson9331 Год назад

    Angry Lion Hetfield is best Hetfield.

  • @STS4747
    @STS4747 Год назад

    Honestly thought you were rob zombie 😂

  • @annstevens6223
    @annstevens6223 2 года назад

    I don’t know too much about guitars, but is Kirk playing a BC Rich maybe? That’s just a guess.

    • @annstevens6223
      @annstevens6223 2 года назад

      Actually second thought, I think it’s an ESP. don’t recall if he had his custom Karloff mummy esp back then.

    • @bandolierboy1908
      @bandolierboy1908 2 года назад +2

      @@annstevens6223 Jackson soloist

    • @annstevens6223
      @annstevens6223 2 года назад

      @@bandolierboy1908 cool, thanks!

  • @FiLipiNoJezus
    @FiLipiNoJezus 8 месяцев назад

    6:04

  • @williamcozart8158
    @williamcozart8158 2 года назад

    "Good job Lars.."

  • @dudehuh5491
    @dudehuh5491 2 года назад

    .... and justice for all set saw that tour 4 times met at its best loved when lucy blew up and fell apart

  • @KAOTSOUKI
    @KAOTSOUKI 2 года назад

    Evil St flanger

  • @seamusmclaughlin5916
    @seamusmclaughlin5916 2 года назад

    If it is looked at in context. It really is about the lost soul. As I see it. It's not trying to create evil. It speaks of it. Just saying.

  • @patrickshannon4516
    @patrickshannon4516 3 месяца назад

    Shouldn't Metallica be giving the credits of this song to Dave mustaine??mustaine wrote the guitar part's.

  • @ozlemelih
    @ozlemelih 2 года назад

    Fuck that’s evil

  • @k2bny
    @k2bny 2 года назад +1

    The song is better than the story...

  • @timmussmann5143
    @timmussmann5143 2 года назад

    Sounds like the nephilim

  • @NothingCompares2U
    @NothingCompares2U 11 месяцев назад

    They should make a sweetener free and hops free beer for men who wanna gain testosterone, i like red wine best. I love this song because we tend to stick to outside of the unseen realm too much in life nowadays with all of this technology that hinders us down.

    • @NothingCompares2U
      @NothingCompares2U 11 месяцев назад

      Truer word has never been spoken hashtag 2024 In madness we dwell, I hope they do finally shut off the cellular phones and free the people from this technological nightmare.

  • @davidrief5351
    @davidrief5351 2 года назад

    "the old ones" as you said there is 4 that have been bounded for a long time. this song is just repeating what the bible says about "the old ones" nothing new. just like their song creeping death. Now just to finish.......... those "old ones" will be released soon on earth when the end of the earth has come.

  • @74Rasel
    @74Rasel 2 года назад

    🤘

  • @jconner3891
    @jconner3891 2 года назад

    Newsted was a monster 🤘✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @suprisel4061
    @suprisel4061 2 года назад

    Don't.

  • @slayer91340
    @slayer91340 2 года назад

    Something about this song....maybe its the tuning. I just don't like this song. Especially the pace of the rest of the album, it just doesn't belong in MOP for me.... of course its subjective

  • @metalslinger
    @metalslinger 2 года назад

    The movie Dagon is based on Shadow Over Innsmouth. However, it's a bad movie.

  • @johnperini3428
    @johnperini3428 2 года назад

    nice

  • @Doyledeth
    @Doyledeth 2 года назад

    You look like Rob Zombie. lol

  • @Cy-fiCity
    @Cy-fiCity 2 года назад

    Totally off subject here Master shredder I know a chick right now that could smoke any other female guitarist in the world and pretty much you'd bow down to hers your Lord and Master

  • @jyejye1077
    @jyejye1077 2 года назад

    LOL not possessed just Metallica on Coke

  • @squared4962
    @squared4962 2 года назад

    The thing that should not be = jesus, but most of our
    beloved bands hide this, cleverly: they're all teaching
    Gnostic christianity, i.e., the seeking, and attainment,
    of enlightenment, rather than mere 'belief in'. These
    are true rock gods, Sabbath, Metallica, Motley, etc.,
    pretending to be employing "evil lyrics."

  • @guins99
    @guins99 2 года назад +2

    This guy tries way too hard…

  • @weisswurstfruhstuck8523
    @weisswurstfruhstuck8523 Год назад +1

    Wow. They had power back then! Now I remembered why I once was a big Metallica fan. Now it’s just a joke live. Nothing works live anymore really. Terrible to watch them.
    Was at a concert in Munich and left after 20 minutes. It was annoying for a fan of their music to listen and see this shit show! Better I remember them like this now!