''This is dated, this is a song you can't listen to it today'', sorry Vin but this song alone is worth more than all of Korn and Slipknot's discography.
Yeah. It's not dated AT ALL, it has more energy and raw adrenaline than anything from 2018 I've heard. Honestly, metal doesn't age at all. Ironically, some 90's albums sound olders than 70-80's stuff. That 1min30 Hammett solo still has the same adrenaline it had in 83.
Lol come on y’all, honestly, this can go on the radio right now? For real? “One” could. “Puppets” could. But this song? I don’t even think Hetfield would say that lol !
@@VinAndSori idk that would probably depend on where you live. For example, in my country I don't know of any radio station that aims for rock and metal which is really sad. But I'm pretty sure that a radio station that did that, would most likely play this, this album is still amazing
@@luisteixeira00 Actually Motorbreath. Phantom Lord was just the name of his former band. Mustaine wrote most of Phantom Lord, Hetfield wrote the lyrics
@@luisteixeira00 Phantom Lord was musically written by Dave. James wrote the lyrics. Don't know if he wrote the lyrics to the music or not. Also, Lights and Motor were largely written by Hugh Tanner, though the band never credited him.
It was great to be a teenager in the 80's, I was 18 when this came out and it totally blew me away and changed my life musically. My friends and I spent many a night in the garage drinking and thrashing out to all the new thrash metal that came out during that time. It was the greatest time to be alive!
Ahh yes. :) Back when James hadn't quite found his voice, Lars didn't use insane amount of fills, Kirk couldn't afford a wah wah pedal, And Cliff was just awesome as usual.
This was groundbreaking stuff. No one had heard anything like this before. I was into Maiden before this album came out. One of the older kids in my neighborhood came up to me one day and told me I had to check out this new band Metallica. This was the album. It blew my mind and to this day it’s probably my favorite Metallica album.
Same. I was into IM & JP, etc and my punk rock friend turned me onto this. It literally changed my view on what music should be. I saw them about a year later in’84 and it was insane!
Most of these early songs were written while Hetfield and Ron were still in high school. I think James was 18 when they recorded this album. Kirk and Cliff were early twenties or it was Lars was 18 and James was 19/20. I don't remember who's older. I mean shit, Kirk said in an interview the DIE part in Creeping Death was the first riff he ever wrote, and he was 16 when he wrote it. Pretty crazy to think such an iconic riff was written by a 16 year old.
Vin, I'm disappointed you haven't listened to Kill 'Em All. It might be their first, but it holds up well and is my favorite Metallica record. Sure, Ride The Lightning is a masterpiece and Master of Puppets is great (albeit a bit overrated in my opinion), but Kill 'Em All just has a fun thrashing energy that the others don't have. Now listen to Whiplash you fools. Also it's interesting you say they were really doing something different here because it's so different than Maiden and Priest and while that's true to an extent, keep in mind Motörhead and Venom were also major influences to Metallica and IMO you can hear that influence clear as day on this record in particular.
vins what you call a "fair weather, casual" metallica fan. he only likes their main hits really. i mean, anyone who calls themself a "metallica fan" but hasnt heard 80% of their material speaks volumes. lol. i mean this dudes metal knowledge is soooooooooooooo limited, its laughable. they refuse to do any sepultura. vin thinks slipknot is good? lol!!!! old school sepultura fucking CRUSHES anything slipknot has ever done. not even a debate. but yet, he just clings to that nu metal shit like its the gospel.
This was in 83... on vinyl only And thats why all old true metallica fans who made em what they became... hate everything that happens after the justice album. Korn? Just a Deftones rip off! All those new metal jerks are just Mainstream Kids... in 83 you really had to dig for your favorite music. And listening to metallica made you a fucking freak, and thats what we wanted to be.... different times, today no one can understand that
So funny.....I saw Deftones and Korn open for Ozzy in Oakland. I grew up with Stephen (guitarist of Deftones) and he got us back stage at that show. Years before that, he let me listen to their demo tape (Adrenalin) before they were signed to Maverick records. I believe it was Madonna's label. Completely different sound. Mellow with a much less distorted sound. Who ever their producer was on that album had a huge influence on how they sound today. We were huge Metallica fans and saw them and the rest of the Big Four...along with many other huge metal bands....during the club days. That's where it is all from. Korn is ok....but this Slipknot stuff is just crap. They would be a throwaway band back the day.
@@FreeMTrider that sounds great! Saw the Deftones with far on their european tour... Adrenaline changed everything! Amazing album... but i got their entire catalog in my cd collection ;) Korn? I mean life is peachy got some nice moments...but to be honest i dont remember right now... and than they wimped out. Soia have a new album out ;)
James wasn't even supposed to be a singer, he didn't even want to! And it was a temp thing that became, luckily for heavy metal, a permanent frontman. Also, James always joked about the lyrics of this album "I'm happy I could write something that could actually rhyme" 😅
MAJOR RAGER!!!! yea i know this. this was just a reply to Vin when he said, “i thought The Four Horseman was on this record.” just a clarification is all.
@@Boreal_Fiend Oh yeah, right haha. The effects of smoking bud so early. My bad. They should review "Phantom Lord" which is probably one of the most underrated metallica tracks
@@Forwhomthebelltolls24 I partially agree, Mustaine showed them how to play extremely fast cliff brought the bottom end sound and created an amazing melodic tone to the thrash metal sound. But the original lead guitarist for this song was Lloyd Grant .
I still think this song is pretty darn good - nothing wrong with being in your face and straightforward. I do not really think Metallica is THAT different between Killem All and Puppets...now Killem All or Puppets and Black - big difference. You listened to The Four Horsemen and that song is complicated/mature enough to fit on any future album.
I totally hear your point about the lyrics lacking all subtly, and the vast majority of the time I'd agree (as some bands are anvilicious even while trying to be poetic or clever, e.g. Cranberries, even though I like them)... but. This is Metallica. Part of their whole ethos is balls-to-the-wall. Granted, they later found their balladeering and thoughtful/emotive sides, but as far as establishing themselves at the start as a force to be reckoned with to be perhaps the greatest metal band, what other note could they start on?
The thing I liked about old Metallica the most is that they did their own thing during the horrible 80’s hair band era. They weren’t talking about girls or partying or whatever.
They rated St. Anger higher than this. I'll take your metal credibility cards now please. Though I like this song more than alot of songs its probably one of my least favorite songs on Kill Em All.
Personally I find Seek and destroy to be their most iconic song off Kill 'Em All myself. But I preferred the 99 Woodstock live version they used for Sting's entrance theme back in WCW.
Really don't want to think about Vin in the shower, but this is my favorite Rainbow song! :) Would LOVE to hear this one reviewed, I think they'd love it.
I don't think Vin even knows about this album. Sori would fu*king love it! Sori or Vin, if you see this post ..it came out between Masters and Justice. At their prime. Sound is awesome! Can find it on Garage inc as well but its on 2nd cd. Not as good but close enough.
James and Lars wrote it before the other had joined the band with the first Bass player before cliff joined before they recorded the album in very early 83. P.S. all the Solo's on the album is Kirk's except for the four horseman Dave's Solo is in most of the Solo's
Overkill by Motörhead might be the first thrash metal song, but Hit the lights is totally punk attitude song. I built a patio ground work in freezing weather while listening to Kill em all.
Mercyful Fate was a huge influence on Metallica. They rehearsed this album's material at Mercyful Fate's practice room in Copenhagen. ”The birth of Abigail would soon be realized. The second coming of a devil in disguise”... We need the full review of King Diamond’s Abigail album, right? You want to get the full story now that you’ve already heard song ”Abigail” 😉
Tjis was the first song Metallica wrote. The line up was Lars, James, a Black man Jamaican guitarrist called Lloyd Grant, who wrote the original solos,(Kirk re wrote months after) and in the bass guitar a boy who just was practicing and was a friend of James, he didn't play bass never before. You can see Mr. Lloyd Grant and Mr. Ron McGovney in the 30 years celebration concert in San Francisco.
My guitarist and I had a group called Slipknot. My guitarist somehow met and hung out with the manager of an unnamed band at that time and my guitarist was talking about his project Slipknot. This unnamed band basically stole our name a month later, so however they explained how they came up with that name, that's what really happened.
The scene was totaly different and speed and thrash fans just didnt want to hear ballads... so this was just normal... if you havent been there you cant understand, so... you will never know
@@jensbaumann6945 Amen! growing up in the 70's and early 80's I graduated class of 84! People that were born in the 80's and 90's will never understand our generation, we didn't have technology( well...we had ATARI HA!) So Music was our release! Us true metal heads took A LOT OF CRAP from the "mainstreamers"we were called HOODS, STONERS, EVIL, ETC..... NOW those same "mainstreamers" get what we were talking about back then & now listen to classic metal/rock radio LOL, funny is't it when people say this song isn't timeless ,will NEVER EVER UNDERSTAND US! So they can go ahead and listen to there mainstream radio play and I'll dig out my Nazareth, April Wine and old Def Leppard w/Pete Wilis and I'll enjoy it and giggle.........................
The Four Horsemen is on the first record Kill 'Em All along with this song. Hit The Lights is the first song on the album and The Four Horsemen is the second song.
I still remember when my brother handed me the cassette tape and said, you should listen to these guys. They are like Black Sabbath. And all I listened to in the early 80s was black Sabbath. This was the first song I listened to and it changed my life forever. Still to this day in 2023 , my favorite song ever is Master of Puppets by Metallica
Here's what Lars said about this song in a Metal Hammer interview. The version on Kill ’Em All was basically a marriage of two songs. Hetfield brought in the verses and the chorus, which came from something he had done in a band called Leather Charm, and I brought in the whole back half of it, which was from something I had done before. After three verses and three choruses, it goes into this whole other universe, with a new riff and a fucking half-hour-long jam out.
Band that were big musical influance back than in the 80s was British Punk bands Discharge and Disorder, Anti Nowhere League and stuff like that, specialy with the speed and the sound in the music.
As someone who first heard Metallica in mid '90 and some time later listening to Garage Inc. I got so much more appreciation for Metallica early songs. You can hear and understand ALL their early influences - Diamond Head etc.
I'm aware this isn't a good way to make suggestions but really quick. Type Of Negative- Nettie. Beautiful and heartfelt song about his mother. No anger or humor, all beauty
@Knasterreal1 what yo9u on about? James and Kirk play guitar on this recording. And Lloyd grant played the original solo on this song before Dave with in the band. So Mustaine doesn't have much to do with Hit The Lights.
CDs were not available back then.. it vinyl and cassette haha you guys seriously need to listen to Anesthesia Pulling Teeth! The legend Cliff Burton's RIP masterpiece!
You can also hear how they were punk influenced in their early sound. I remember watching a documentary where either James, Lars, or Dave (I can't remember who exactly) said that they were too metal for the punk clubs and too punk for the metal clubs.
I remember when Kirk was on That Metal Show and hearing him say that he didn't consider Kill'em All him and Cliffs first album with the band but rather Ride The Lightening.
No radio airplay until 'Sanitarium' their 3rd Album Master of Puppets. I just found my 'Metal up you're Ass' shirt. It's in bad shape, but it's 35 years old.
@ 1:13 No, you're right Vin - The Four Horsemen is indeed also from the first album. In fact, it's the second song, right after this one (Hit The Lights).
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First and foremost I hear Mötorhead influence here first, yet you didn't even mentioned them. Do your homework next time Vin....oh wait, you don''t do that :D You like to be surprised ..well SURPRISE :)
I remember it as if it were today the first time I heard Hit the Lights on a cassette tape, borrowed from an army friend. I was on guard at a general's house at dawn and put it on... It was like a punch in the mind that I wanted to feel and hear again and there's no turning back. Metallica is forever.
From when Metallica was authentic. Beautiful. Said it before. Early Metallica is way better for me than the newer stuff. Allegaeon - Grey matter mechanics The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers
Metal Militia was also on the Metal Massacre compilation before Kill 'Em All came out, so a lot of people sort of dub it the first thrash song. That was when their No Life Til Leather garage demos were being traded around and people were ravenous for this new sound in metal! It was a big like punk and the NWOBHM had a baby! :-D
Hi Vin actually the song that became the four horsemen was originally The Mechanix, it was on there ep no life till leather. NOT EP CORRECTION: DEMO TAPE
I will take the place of the Russian now, but this time with Fear Factory, and some of their best songs and then you will choose any of your preference: UPDATED LIST: -Pisschrist -Zero Signal -Replica -Martyr -Crash Test -Big God/Raped Souls -Freedom or Fire -Edgecrusher -Resurrection -Linchpin -What will become? -Invisible Wounds (Dark bodies) -Archetype -Drones -Slave Labor -Supernova -My Grave -540,000° Farenheit -Controlled Demolition -Final Exit -Powershifter -The Industrialist -Corporate Cloning -God Eater -Regenerate -Battle for Utopia -Expiration Date ONE MORE UPDATE: Do NOT react to FF live, vocalist Burton C. Bell isn't great when it comes to clean live vocals in their songs, so Studio versions only, all of the songs have industrial elements. To all comment readers, make your song suggestions too from this band, and insist Vin and Sori to notice me more xD
There are bands that kicked the doors in , for metal. Van Halen was one that comes to mind . I heard Metallica for the first time in 84 . They were an answer to the hair metal that was prevelant at the time. I was a Priest , Maiden , NWOBHM fan and saw a couple cassettes from Metallica in the local record store. I always took a chance on bands that released music on labels like Combat , Megaforce etc. My face melted when I heard Kill'Em All and Ride The Lightning . They kicked the door in and said fuck everybody....
First song of Metallica! Good choice ! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 I love this song !! Those riffs and that voice Unique!! Thank you for the reaction !!!! You made my day 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
How about Anthrax' "Who Cares Wins"? Anthrax is not only another early Thrash band, you are actually extremely likely to be both saddened by and appreciative of the song. But do watch the official video! The visuals ad a lot to the lyrics.
How in gods name have you not heard every song off this album? This album is freakin gold man, this is what started thrash metal. You need to react to the Kill 'em All tour in 1983. Its one of their first live shows recorded.
Every time I listen to this album I think of high school & waiting at the RTA bus stop with friends, cranking this on cassette from my big ole boom box. Iron Maiden's 'Killers' too, among others. Must've went through several boom boxes & a ton of batteries. lol
Metallica fans didn't open up any CD when they heard this. This was available only on vinyl LP record baby!
it was originally on the cd but they took it off glad i got mine before they did even if im not fond of this one
I guarantee you that lots of Metallica fans back in '83 first heard this on tape.
Yep kids of that generation mostly had cassettes. I still have a few hundred cassettes in my basement including this one...
Records were too bulky and delicate. Cassette tapes worked for me.
Fucking A Right the most awesome way to hear it
I don't always listen to Metallica but when I do, so do my neighbors.
Annihilated Canadian HaHa that is great.
''This is dated, this is a song you can't listen to it today'', sorry Vin but this song alone is worth more than all of Korn and Slipknot's discography.
Yeah. It's not dated AT ALL, it has more energy and raw adrenaline than anything from 2018 I've heard.
Honestly, metal doesn't age at all. Ironically, some 90's albums sound olders than 70-80's stuff. That 1min30 Hammett solo still has the same adrenaline it had in 83.
Vin is a nice guy but after I heard him say that now I think he is pretending to like metal. He doesn't make sense.
Lol come on y’all, honestly, this can go on the radio right now? For real? “One” could. “Puppets” could. But this song? I don’t even think Hetfield would say that lol !
That's the thing Vin, they didn't even need radio play back then to make it big!! We all in the underground knew them and loved them!
@@VinAndSori idk that would probably depend on where you live. For example, in my country I don't know of any radio station that aims for rock and metal which is really sad. But I'm pretty sure that a radio station that did that, would most likely play this, this album is still amazing
The first song James Hetfield ever wrote.
Pretty sure the first was Phantom Lord, from his former band
@@luisteixeira00 Actually Motorbreath. Phantom Lord was just the name of his former band. Mustaine wrote most of Phantom Lord, Hetfield wrote the lyrics
James Hetfield was always self-conscious of his vocals. So much of the fact that he actually considered John bush as a replacement
@@luisteixeira00 Phantom Lord was musically written by Dave. James wrote the lyrics. Don't know if he wrote the lyrics to the music or not. Also, Lights and Motor were largely written by Hugh Tanner, though the band never credited him.
@@lorenzkroh755 I was just getting ready to post that LOL
It was great to be a teenager in the 80's, I was 18 when this came out and it totally blew me away and changed my life musically. My friends and I spent many a night in the garage drinking and thrashing out to all the new thrash metal that came out during that time. It was the greatest time to be alive!
I was there...1982...14 years old, bying my first Metallica LP (vinyl) and i was blown away forever !
Ahh yes. :) Back when James hadn't quite found his voice, Lars didn't use insane amount of fills, Kirk couldn't afford a wah wah pedal, And Cliff was just awesome as usual.
This was groundbreaking stuff. No one had heard anything like this before. I was into Maiden before this album came out. One of the older kids in my neighborhood came up to me one day and told me I had to check out this new band Metallica. This was the album. It blew my mind and to this day it’s probably my favorite Metallica album.
Same. I was into IM & JP, etc and my punk rock friend turned me onto this. It literally changed my view on what music should be. I saw them about a year later in’84 and it was insane!
Megadeth - Five Magics
Original version. The remaster vocals are terrible.
Yes please!!!
dave was awesome , better in some aspects
DO WHIPLASH FROM THE SAME ALBUM
Or Phantom Lord. Awsome song!
Agreed
Metal Militia is a jam as well
The whole album
My favorite Metallica album
Most of these early songs were written while Hetfield and Ron were still in high school. I think James was 18 when they recorded this album. Kirk and Cliff were early twenties or it was Lars was 18 and James was 19/20. I don't remember who's older. I mean shit, Kirk said in an interview the DIE part in Creeping Death was the first riff he ever wrote, and he was 16 when he wrote it. Pretty crazy to think such an iconic riff was written by a 16 year old.
James Was not 18, He Was 20
Vin, I'm disappointed you haven't listened to Kill 'Em All. It might be their first, but it holds up well and is my favorite Metallica record. Sure, Ride The Lightning is a masterpiece and Master of Puppets is great (albeit a bit overrated in my opinion), but Kill 'Em All just has a fun thrashing energy that the others don't have. Now listen to Whiplash you fools. Also it's interesting you say they were really doing something different here because it's so different than Maiden and Priest and while that's true to an extent, keep in mind Motörhead and Venom were also major influences to Metallica and IMO you can hear that influence clear as day on this record in particular.
Love how well you can hear Cliff on Kill'em All.
vins what you call a "fair weather, casual" metallica fan. he only likes their main hits really. i mean, anyone who calls themself a "metallica fan" but hasnt heard 80% of their material speaks volumes. lol. i mean this dudes metal knowledge is soooooooooooooo limited, its laughable. they refuse to do any sepultura. vin thinks slipknot is good? lol!!!! old school sepultura fucking CRUSHES anything slipknot has ever done. not even a debate. but yet, he just clings to that nu metal shit like its the gospel.
Vin and Sori were completely unimpressed by Motorhead's 'Ace of Spades.'
The song that started it all! This is my party song no matter what! Great song! HELLOWEEN - KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS 🎃
Helloween - Departed!! God I love that song.
@@TerraNova8945 yeah the whole Dark Ride album is awesome 🤘🏻
I was introduced to them waaaaay back in 2000 - 2001. Pretty much like everything they've done..lol
This was in 83... on vinyl only
And thats why all old true metallica fans who made em what they became... hate everything that happens after the justice album. Korn? Just a Deftones rip off! All those new metal jerks are just Mainstream Kids... in 83 you really had to dig for your favorite music. And listening to metallica made you a fucking freak, and thats what we wanted to be.... different times, today no one can understand that
I agree i think metallica was never the same after cliff died their sound drastically changed, and not for the better!!
So funny.....I saw Deftones and Korn open for Ozzy in Oakland. I grew up with Stephen (guitarist of Deftones) and he got us back stage at that show. Years before that, he let me listen to their demo tape (Adrenalin) before they were signed to Maverick records. I believe it was Madonna's label. Completely different sound. Mellow with a much less distorted sound. Who ever their producer was on that album had a huge influence on how they sound today.
We were huge Metallica fans and saw them and the rest of the Big Four...along with many other huge metal bands....during the club days. That's where it is all from. Korn is ok....but this Slipknot stuff is just crap. They would be a throwaway band back the day.
@@FreeMTrider that sounds great! Saw the Deftones with far on their european tour... Adrenaline changed everything! Amazing album... but i got their entire catalog in my cd collection ;)
Korn? I mean life is peachy got some nice moments...but to be honest i dont remember right now... and than they wimped out.
Soia have a new album out ;)
They sold out on "Kill em All" man! I liked Metallica before James met Lars!
James wasn't even supposed to be a singer, he didn't even want to! And it was a temp thing that became, luckily for heavy metal, a permanent frontman.
Also, James always joked about the lyrics of this album "I'm happy I could write something that could actually rhyme" 😅
@Knasterreal1 alright.
the Four Horsemen is on Kill Em All
It’s the second song on the album, right after Hit the Lights
They have already reviewed four horseman
MAJOR RAGER!!!! yea i know this. this was just a reply to Vin when he said, “i thought The Four Horseman was on this record.” just a clarification is all.
@@Boreal_Fiend Oh yeah, right haha. The effects of smoking bud so early. My bad. They should review "Phantom Lord" which is probably one of the most underrated metallica tracks
MAJOR RAGER!!!! lol no worries man. but i totally agree. Phantom Lord along with Damage Inc. from Master of Puppets are overlooked far too often
As James said, “we’re gonna play louder, we’re gonna play faster. We wanted attention.”
Fuck yeah. They're fuckin nuts in the first first album
@@lunaticfringe2763 Thank goodness for Dave Mustaines craziness in how he played.he showed them how to be a THRASH BAND!
monicajean37 It was actually Cliff...Good Metallica ended with him
@@Forwhomthebelltolls24 I partially agree, Mustaine showed them how to play extremely fast cliff brought the bottom end sound and created an amazing melodic tone to the thrash metal sound. But the original lead guitarist for this song was Lloyd Grant .
Lars was 17, the other guys were 18 (maybe Cliff was 19) at the time of Kill 'Em All. They were so young!
The Four Horsemen is on Kill'em All. Hit the Lights...is the first song on their first album...pretty special song...kind of started it all.
I still think this song is pretty darn good - nothing wrong with being in your face and straightforward. I do not really think Metallica is THAT different between Killem All and Puppets...now Killem All or Puppets and Black - big difference. You listened to The Four Horsemen and that song is complicated/mature enough to fit on any future album.
They were young but they were good.
I get chills every time I hear this song. Especially the Solos.
Metallica- The Frayed Ends of Sanity
Metallica- The Unnamed Feeling
Metallica- Until it Sleeps
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Is your profile picture a picture of axis skin in rtcw multiplayer ? :D
I totally hear your point about the lyrics lacking all subtly, and the vast majority of the time I'd agree (as some bands are anvilicious even while trying to be poetic or clever, e.g. Cranberries, even though I like them)... but. This is Metallica. Part of their whole ethos is balls-to-the-wall. Granted, they later found their balladeering and thoughtful/emotive sides, but as far as establishing themselves at the start as a force to be reckoned with to be perhaps the greatest metal band, what other note could they start on?
The growth started with ride the lightning second album. More progressive,acoustic,... Cliff was a big influence because he knew harmony and theory.
The thing I liked about old Metallica the most is that they did their own thing during the horrible 80’s hair band era. They weren’t talking about girls or partying or whatever.
They rated St. Anger higher than this. I'll take your metal credibility cards now please.
Though I like this song more than alot of songs its probably one of my least favorite songs on Kill Em All.
Khellendross It’s the most Metallica song of their entire discography. This song IS Metallica.
i always felt that about whiplash/motorbreath
St. Anger is a piece of shit album.
Personally I find Seek and destroy to be their most iconic song off Kill 'Em All myself. But I preferred the 99 Woodstock live version they used for Sting's entrance theme back in WCW.
Off St Anger I only really liked The Unnamed Feeling, though I do like the riff in Some Kind of Monster
The Four Horsemen was in fact on the Kill'em all record. So was no remorse (you listened to it too)
Yup, Four Horsemen is song number two, right after Hit the lights
Vin needs a new shower song: Rainbow - Gates Of Babylon
And a song to shave...
Really don't want to think about Vin in the shower, but this is my favorite Rainbow song! :) Would LOVE to hear this one reviewed, I think they'd love it.
If you sleep with the Devil......
Stargazer and Gates of Babylon
I've suggested this one about 30 times. Awesome song.
No one ever asks about Metallica "Garage days" album. Loved that album! Going to listen to it now.
Green Hell FTW
Blitzkrieg!!!!!
I don't think Vin even knows about this album. Sori would fu*king love it! Sori or Vin, if you see this post ..it came out between Masters and Justice. At their prime. Sound is awesome! Can find it on Garage inc as well but its on 2nd cd. Not as good but close enough.
The song that changed my life! Metallica forever!
James and Lars wrote it before the other had joined the band with the first Bass player before cliff joined before they recorded the album in very early 83. P.S. all the Solo's on the album is Kirk's except for the four horseman Dave's Solo is in most of the Solo's
Overkill by Motörhead might be the first thrash metal song, but Hit the lights is totally punk attitude song. I built a patio ground work in freezing weather while listening to Kill em all.
The first speed metal song has to be 'Jaguar - Axe Crazy'
Mercyful Fate was a huge influence on Metallica. They rehearsed this album's material at Mercyful Fate's practice room in Copenhagen.
”The birth of Abigail would soon be realized. The second coming of a devil in disguise”...
We need the full review of King Diamond’s Abigail album, right?
You want to get the full story now that you’ve already heard song ”Abigail” 😉
James Hetfield was always self-conscious of his vocal abilities. So much so that he actually considered John bush as a replacement
Never would have happened John Bush was just starting armored saint
One of the greatest opening tracks evah.
the opening of all songs from kill em all to justice album is 🔥🔥🔥
React to Metallica - Damage inc.
Iron Maiden Dance Of Death from En Vivo!
Tjis was the first song Metallica wrote.
The line up was Lars, James, a Black man Jamaican guitarrist called Lloyd Grant, who wrote the original solos,(Kirk re wrote months after) and in the bass guitar a boy who just was practicing and was a friend of James, he didn't play bass never before.
You can see Mr. Lloyd Grant and Mr. Ron McGovney in the 30 years celebration concert in San Francisco.
My guitarist and I had a group called Slipknot. My guitarist somehow met and hung out with the manager of an unnamed band at that time and my guitarist was talking about his project Slipknot. This unnamed band basically stole our name a month later, so however they explained how they came up with that name, that's what really happened.
Plenty of Metallica fans in 1984 said they sold out after hearing Fade to Black for the first time. Shows how much "metal fans" know.
The scene was totaly different and speed and thrash fans just didnt want to hear ballads... so this was just normal... if you havent been there you cant understand, so... you will never know
@@jensbaumann6945 Amen! growing up in the 70's and early 80's I graduated class of 84! People that were born in the 80's and 90's will never understand our generation, we didn't have technology( well...we had ATARI HA!) So Music was our release! Us true metal heads took A LOT OF CRAP from the "mainstreamers"we were called HOODS, STONERS, EVIL, ETC..... NOW those same "mainstreamers" get what we were talking about back then & now listen to classic metal/rock radio LOL, funny is't it when people say this song isn't timeless ,will NEVER EVER UNDERSTAND US! So they can go ahead and listen to there mainstream radio play and I'll dig out my Nazareth, April Wine and old Def Leppard w/Pete Wilis and I'll enjoy it and giggle.........................
Megadeth - How The Story Ends, or This Was My Life. UP GUYS! \m/
The Four Horsemen is on the first record Kill 'Em All along with this song. Hit The Lights is the first song on the album and The Four Horsemen is the second song.
I still remember when my brother handed me the cassette tape and said, you should listen to these guys. They are like Black Sabbath. And all I listened to in the early 80s was black Sabbath. This was the first song I listened to and it changed my life forever. Still to this day in 2023 , my favorite song ever is Master of Puppets by Metallica
I absolutely hate when people say a band sold out because their sound evolved or they experimented and tried something new.
Do "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)/Whiplash".
The Donald Yes those need to be done together!👍
Anthrax - Keep it in the Family, In My World, Indians, Inside Out and What Doesn't Die
I'm the man is GREAT! I saw them back in 1986 perform it, I was LOLing the whole time!
@@monicajean37 Gung-ho moshpit and stagedive extasy!!
*React to Metallica - Suicide & Redemption. It's another instrumental I think you'll like*
0:50 - This is the very first song Metallica made!
metallica in its rawest form
Here's what Lars said about this song in a Metal Hammer interview. The version on Kill ’Em All was basically a marriage of two songs. Hetfield brought in the verses and the chorus, which came from something he had done in a band called Leather Charm, and I brought in the whole back half of it, which was from something I had done before. After three verses and three choruses, it goes into this whole other universe, with a new riff and a fucking half-hour-long jam out.
Vin is right. The songwriting and musicianship leap that occurred in the space of 1-2 years between Kill Em All and Ride the Lightning was massive.
Metal Church- Metal Church
Badlands
@@ShanePenn55 another great Aberdeen Wash band!
Band that were big musical influance back than in the 80s was British Punk bands Discharge and Disorder, Anti Nowhere League and stuff like that, specialy with the speed and the sound in the music.
As someone who first heard Metallica in mid '90 and some time later listening to Garage Inc. I got so much more appreciation for Metallica early songs. You can hear and understand ALL their early influences - Diamond Head etc.
I'm aware this isn't a good way to make suggestions but really quick. Type Of Negative- Nettie. Beautiful and heartfelt song about his mother. No anger or humor, all beauty
Please review Damage Inc. and leper Messiah
I knew I'd found the right city to live in when I heard this song ON THE RADIO.
The ghost of Dave Mustaine hangs heavily over this cracking tune
Cuz it was written by Hetfield/Ulrich?
@Knasterreal1 what yo9u on about? James and Kirk play guitar on this recording. And Lloyd grant played the original solo on this song before Dave with in the band. So Mustaine doesn't have much to do with Hit The Lights.
@Knasterreal1 you must of liked your own post, because everyone knows you have no idea what the fuck you're talking about.
The first song off their first album. Can’t get any better
CDs were not available back then.. it vinyl and cassette haha you guys seriously need to listen to Anesthesia Pulling Teeth! The legend Cliff Burton's RIP masterpiece!
The first line "No Life 'til Leather" was the title of their 1982 demo.
Was just listening to this a little bit ago, really helps me get my homework done! :P
🤘Now where talking🤘 My long awaited request.
*Whiplash*
*Trapped Under Ice*
You can also hear how they were punk influenced in their early sound. I remember watching a documentary where either James, Lars, or Dave (I can't remember who exactly) said that they were too metal for the punk clubs and too punk for the metal clubs.
Kill 'em all was recorded less than a mile from my house at America East Studios in Rochester, NY.
This was the opening song they played on the kill em all tour with raven. Fits perfectly for an opening song i.m.o.
When Metallica started, Motorhead was already famous and it was one of their influences. And Lemmy singing style was very unique as well.
This song was recorded 2 miles from my house in Rochester, NY.
Jump in the Fire and Hit the Lights--two best guitar-work songs.
And by the way this is timeless to this day for us that were there since the beginning of the most important groups of music
I remember when Kirk was on That Metal Show and hearing him say that he didn't consider Kill'em All him and Cliffs first album with the band but rather Ride The Lightening.
It's amazing to go back and listen to this again and hear how much their guitar tone has changed.
What an intro to a new wave of metal music and for their debut record 🙌
And with that, thrash was here to stay.
Very similar to Whiplash or Metal Militia from the same album.
Seek and Destroy or No Remorse from this record are timeless classics.
Still staggered how Vin can say Metallica are his favourite band but he's never heard Kill Em All. Just wow.
Huh? I’m pretty sure I LITERALLY said the opposite hahaha
My neighbors love this. Whether they like it or not.
No radio airplay until 'Sanitarium' their 3rd Album Master of Puppets. I just found my 'Metal up you're Ass' shirt. It's in bad shape, but it's 35 years old.
Nice reaction video guys as always and Vin you still crack me up lol
@ 1:13
No, you're right Vin - The Four Horsemen is indeed also from the first album. In fact, it's the second song, right after this one (Hit The Lights).
After Forever: Leaden Legacy
After Forever: Black Tomb
After Forever: Follow in the Cry Live @Pinkpop
Nightwish: Gethsemene
Nightwish: Dead Boys Poem
Nightwish: Yours is an Empty Hope
Nightwish: Pharoh sails to Orion
First and foremost I hear Mötorhead influence here first, yet you didn't even mentioned them. Do your homework next time Vin....oh wait, you don''t do that :D You like to be surprised ..well SURPRISE :)
Motorhead's version of Whiplash is even better than the original, infact it sounds like it is a Motorhead original.
Shredding, going fast, headbanging, jumping like crazy, don't giving a fuck, Kill em all is all about that, is just their prime, the best.
I remember it as if it were today the first time I heard Hit the Lights on a cassette tape, borrowed from an army friend. I was on guard at a general's house at dawn and put it on... It was like a punch in the mind that I wanted to feel and hear again and there's no turning back. Metallica is forever.
AVATAR - Let It Burn (live at Wacken)
Parkway Drive - Bottom Feeder
While She Sleeps - Silence Speaks
From when Metallica was authentic. Beautiful. Said it before. Early Metallica is way better for me than the newer stuff.
Allegaeon - Grey matter mechanics
The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers
Metal Militia was also on the Metal Massacre compilation before Kill 'Em All came out, so a lot of people sort of dub it the first thrash song. That was when their No Life Til Leather garage demos were being traded around and people were ravenous for this new sound in metal! It was a big like punk and the NWOBHM had a baby! :-D
They had 19 years old when they did Kill'em All... Fucking awsome.
This is dated?!
The hell you say, buddy!
Hi Vin actually the song that became the four horsemen was originally The Mechanix, it was on there ep no life till leather. NOT EP CORRECTION: DEMO TAPE
Great lead guitar and a riff to die for.....Shooting straight from the hip.
it's so adorable when vin get's exited about a song lol
Aww , but he's married
Gotta love how she tries so hard to contain herself 😂😂😂
I will take the place of the Russian now, but this time with Fear Factory, and some of their best songs and then you will choose any of your preference:
UPDATED LIST:
-Pisschrist
-Zero Signal
-Replica
-Martyr
-Crash Test
-Big God/Raped Souls
-Freedom or Fire
-Edgecrusher
-Resurrection
-Linchpin
-What will become?
-Invisible Wounds (Dark bodies)
-Archetype
-Drones
-Slave Labor
-Supernova
-My Grave
-540,000° Farenheit
-Controlled Demolition
-Final Exit
-Powershifter
-The Industrialist
-Corporate Cloning
-God Eater
-Regenerate
-Battle for Utopia
-Expiration Date
ONE MORE UPDATE:
Do NOT react to FF live, vocalist Burton C. Bell isn't great when it comes to clean live vocals in their songs, so Studio versions only, all of the songs have industrial elements.
To all comment readers, make your song suggestions too from this band, and insist Vin and Sori to notice me more xD
lol long list
@@LionMetalMusic-videochannel That's why it says "Choose any of your preference"
Demanufacture, unless they did that one already
@@caseycooke671 No, but that is a really burned out song for me personally
"frequency" !
There are bands that kicked the doors in , for metal. Van Halen was one that comes to mind . I heard Metallica for the first time in 84 . They were an answer to the hair metal that was prevelant at the time. I was a Priest , Maiden , NWOBHM fan and saw a couple cassettes from Metallica in the local record store. I always took a chance on bands that released music on labels like Combat , Megaforce etc. My face melted when I heard Kill'Em All and Ride The Lightning . They kicked the door in and said fuck everybody....
Opeth - Demon of the Fall!!
Please stop requesting this song, by their other Opeth reaction you should know they don't like the brutal side of Opeth.
@@TheAskald No :)
First song of Metallica! Good choice !
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I love this song !!
Those riffs and that voice
Unique!!
Thank you for the reaction !!!!
You made my day 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
How about Anthrax' "Who Cares Wins"? Anthrax is not only another early Thrash band, you are actually extremely likely to be both saddened by and appreciative of the song. But do watch the official video! The visuals ad a lot to the lyrics.
How in gods name have you not heard every song off this album? This album is freakin gold man, this is what started thrash metal. You need to react to the Kill 'em All tour in 1983. Its one of their first live shows recorded.
Every time I listen to this album I think of high school & waiting at the RTA bus stop with friends, cranking this on cassette from my big ole boom box. Iron Maiden's 'Killers' too, among others. Must've went through several boom boxes & a ton of batteries. lol
This song was their mission statement! Awesome album all around.
To see them live, back in the day, playing the first two records was incredible!!!