yo i just wanted to take the time to appreciate the immense amount of support that has absolutely come out of nowhere. this video blew up around 2 weeks ago and seeing all the positivity really motivates me to keep on going forward with music as my career! Also, If any of you are into the new wave of hardcore punk that is taking over, my most recent post was a vocal cover of “cries of pleasure, heavenly pain” by Gulch. It hasn’t been getting much love so i’d appreciate any form of exposure/support for it. here’s the link for whoever’s interested : ruclips.net/video/IekVxZNCB0I/видео.html Also, im JUST SAYING, but i went hard as shit; you wouldn’t want to miss it ;)
@@viewycuquito4203 Dude that down picking was on point. 30 years ago I was your age (give or take) and banging out the same song. Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets was all day every day. I can tell by your guitar playing that you know the Metallica style and technique inside and out. Seriously great job, keep it up.
@@Filthy-Felon hell yeah dude, i’ve expanded my music taste a lot since this video was posted but at this time all i would play/practice to were all of those albums you named and the occasional iron maiden track haha. It would be an understatement to say that i was obsessed with metallica. Thank you for the encouragement and im glad you liked it 🖤 !
@@viewycuquito4203 If you still enjoy playing metal, please tell me you're familiar with Pantera?! The slim chance you aren't you need to listen to 'Cowboys From Hell' the song and album, 'Vulgar Display of Power' and 'Far Beyond Driven'. Honorable mention - If you like Blues, check out Stevie Ray Vaughan, loads of him on RUclips improvising. You can pick up a lot just watching him play. Keep expanding the tastes, learning new styles will make your guitar playing even better. I feel like dusting off the 30 year old Ibanez, the 30 year old Peavey Bandit 112 and making my neighbors either love me or hate me!! Thanks again for the video, good shit, good memories.
@@ikon4255 I dont need to prove it, you have ears or this generation is already living in idiocracy since you all believe that he played it. yes he did play few broken cords after interlude but since riffing started he stopped and faked it.
@@dekapitatorr he is literally playing the right notes plus his playing matches the guitar you hear from the amp since there are minuscule variations he throws in that you don’t hear in the studio recording in the background
playing the riff super tight, singing it really well and nailing the solo all in front of an audience without even a band, just on his own. fucking respect
@@dekapitatorr You can clearly differentiate the sound what is coming from backing track and what's from his amp. Also from his hands you can clearly see his comfortable playing the riffs and not looking tensed or struggling and has the technique for playing it. I take it that you don't play guitar yourself.
As a long time Metallibanger, it brings a tear to my eye to hear a new generation of Metallica-inspired musicians coming into their own. You fucking destroyed that! Keep that shit up! \m/ \m/
I wasn't sure during the song's intro how'z this gonna work out... but u killed it, man! 🤘 And I was feeling it when the crowd reacted so positively too 🥺👏
Yeah man in the beginning i tried hitting the harmonics on the 5th fret but failed miserably bc of how nervous my fingers were haha, thank you for the positivity 🖤!
i play and sing in a Metallica tribute act and I can verify that this is one of the toughest songs to play and sing at the same time ..... probably Metallicas toughest. They young fellas got big balls to even attempt this ! I'm suprised he can walk
Such a great performance! It would be hard enough to play this in front of a bunch of metalheads, never mind at a school show/assembly. You went all out and confidently delivered! It was a band at a school talent show playing a Nirvana song 25 years ago that got me into alternative/heavy music, so I wouldn't be surprised if you lit a fire in some people in the audience there! Well done!
It’s rumored this guy did the drum backings, but nobody can film that much awesome in one camera footage. Great job bro. You found a chance to shine and you too full advantage of it
This is HHHHHHEEECTTTTIIICCCCCCCCCC man. Absolutely well done. Been listening to Metallica religiously since I was about 8 😂😂😂. What you did is soooo incredibly difficult. And you nailed it. Keep playing, keep writing and keep going. I’ll buy your albums someday.
Dude! Nice vocals! and damn good guitar skills. You should try and smoothen the transition from clean to distorted vocals and vice versa. I noted that your high notes are being sung clean, like in the words "Found me". It's clear that you can reach those notes with distorted singing. Kickass job man!
Quick… somebody… WHAT YEAR IS IT? This is what our high school talent show was like in 93! I fucking love that 80s thrash made a comeback. Fuck yeah. Killer cover- that’s a fucking hard song!! Crazy time signatures and the solo ffs. Good job man!!! Now go get your left ear pierced and sew an Iron Maiden back patch on your jacket… you’ve earned it.
Yeeeeeeah. Bringing the metal to the kids and soccer moms. Love it. When I was in High School a band covered Warpigs and shocked everyone. This is so great because it’s just one guy.
Everytime I watch Highschool performances, especially of very complex bands like Metallica, I always expect the worst… but this was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!! Very very well done🤤
This is the most impressive baterry cover I've ever seen. Playing lead guitar, singing, headbanging and not losing the rhythm or the head. Congrats man🤘🏻
Attended Metallica show in 86 Long Beach sports arena. They just blew up after that album. It’s so cool that it’s still appreciated by new generations.
It takes huge cojones to get up on stage all alone & do this - there's a little bit of "fudge" in the performance but he commits to it - it's an aggressive, driving song that demands a confident and aggressive performance. This kid delivered with power and that's the most important thing. His screams got chuckles from the adults because they don't appreciate how musical that can be if done correctly in a metal context. This kid has got "it" when it comes to being a front-man in a metal band. never stop kiddo, you can do great things if you go about it the right way. That energetic & confident vibe of yours is key, never lose it.
Oh my god. You are my new hero. I’ve seen soooo many videos of talent show covers of Metallica songs that sound ok, but there’s always something missing. Or something they slightly messed up. Even though some of them were still great, they were never perfect. This is perfect. You’ve achieved absolute perfection. I don’t think there will ever be a cover of Battery this good again. You have completely blown my mind.
Glad to see kids still getting into metal. I was about 30 years late myself, never too late, found exodus last year, seen them twice in last 18 months. Amazing live, even made my #1 bucketlist item, to mosh at rage against the machine when i was 46
I started messing with my classmates guitar at the end of high school. Didn’t take me long to figure out how to play but I was nowhere near what this guy has achieved at this young age covering THIS PARTICULAR SONG!! It’s been over thirty years and I still can’t do what he does. Respect and all pride goes to this young man!
Growing up through school back in my time I wish I knew how to play better than I had known back then to do stuff like this. Hats off to you man, you’re a inspiration
I am a hard core metallica fans for 3 decades, playing battery is one of the most fun songs to play in guitar for me, the double triples on the galope on the riff makes me happy for some reason, and you not only nailed it but also singing on top on that riff takes so much practice and what to say about the leads with the solos, you did justice to that song at a such young age, what a joy was to come across your video, keep on going because you're not only talented but obviously you're a very dedicated and hard working guy and it shows. Congrats 🤘🤘
Being completely honest i completely forgot to talk them up my mind was too busy trying to head out of the auditorium bc quite literally everyone and their mother kept stopping me to try and talk to me haha, nothing wrong with that but it was a pretty wild experience
@@viewycuquito4203 Hey man, the fact you can play the way you did AND sing while in front of that many people as a teenager, overrides any little fails here and there.. you rock on brother
This was awesome man, good song choice for sure off that album. What a scream and you got a fast af right hand, geez. Super difficult song to play and sing at the same time, respect man. Ill go and check that song you posted about.
Goddamnit - that was awesome! I actually like these clean vocal parts in chorus - nice addition. Playing and singing at the same time - thats mad hard. Respect man :D
Haha thank you so much! My vocals have gotten WAY better since then and chuck is the singer that everyone compares me to. My harsh vocals were heavily inspired by him as Death was the first band i genuinely liked with extreme vocals. If it weren’t for him i wouldn’t be where im at right now. I owe it to him!
Gives me hope for the youth!!! Been Headbanging to this since it came out when I was in Highschool in 1986!! Great work young squire you make your elders proud! And a hint of SLAYER growl at the end capped it off ..lol
yo i just wanted to take the time to appreciate the immense amount of support that has absolutely come out of nowhere. this video blew up around 2 weeks ago and seeing all the positivity really motivates me to keep on going forward with music as my career!
Also, If any of you are into the new wave of hardcore punk that is taking over, my most recent post was a vocal cover of “cries of pleasure, heavenly pain” by Gulch. It hasn’t been getting much love so i’d appreciate any form of exposure/support for it. here’s the link for whoever’s interested : ruclips.net/video/IekVxZNCB0I/видео.html
Also, im JUST SAYING, but i went hard as shit; you wouldn’t want to miss it ;)
Dave mustaines guitar lmao
@@niggaaaaaa haha yeah it was the only one i could use at that time, my ibanez was messed up
@@viewycuquito4203 Dude that down picking was on point. 30 years ago I was your age (give or take) and banging out the same song. Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets was all day every day. I can tell by your guitar playing that you know the Metallica style and technique inside and out. Seriously great job, keep it up.
@@Filthy-Felon hell yeah dude, i’ve expanded my music taste a lot since this video was posted but at this time all i would play/practice to were all of those albums you named and the occasional iron maiden track haha. It would be an understatement to say that i was obsessed with metallica.
Thank you for the encouragement and im glad you liked it 🖤 !
@@viewycuquito4203 If you still enjoy playing metal, please tell me you're familiar with Pantera?! The slim chance you aren't you need to listen to 'Cowboys From Hell' the song and album, 'Vulgar Display of Power' and 'Far Beyond Driven'.
Honorable mention - If you like Blues, check out Stevie Ray Vaughan, loads of him on RUclips improvising. You can pick up a lot just watching him play.
Keep expanding the tastes, learning new styles will make your guitar playing even better.
I feel like dusting off the 30 year old Ibanez, the 30 year old Peavey Bandit 112 and making my neighbors either love me or hate me!!
Thanks again for the video, good shit, good memories.
no one in the audience understands how hard this actually is to pull off with not only the rhythm playing but ALSO the vocals AND leads!
The guy in this audience understands lol
he aint playing shit. its playback
@@dekapitatorr prove it LMAO
@@ikon4255 I dont need to prove it, you have ears or this generation is already living in idiocracy since you all believe that he played it. yes he did play few broken cords after interlude but since riffing started he stopped and faked it.
@@dekapitatorr he is literally playing the right notes plus his playing matches the guitar you hear from the amp since there are minuscule variations he throws in that you don’t hear in the studio recording in the background
bro got them Jason Newsted vocals
I can hear some early Hell Awaits Tom Araya honestly
Bro yes
That last scream, though.
sodom vocals
The yeah eh💀
4:14 is one of the best breakdowns in metal history. i love how he headbanged so hard his hat flew off lol he went HARD
The opening tracks on their first four albums are all bangers
Everyone's does.
@@justindc05 Try n do. 'K?
you can’t not headbang to that part. this guy is fucking awesome.
Wake up dead's breakdown is better
you are capable of playing it and singing it, not an easy feat, cheers bro!
playing the riff super tight, singing it really well and nailing the solo all in front of an audience without even a band, just on his own. fucking respect
I always say if you can play battery while singing you are a good guitarist
If you can play Battery you are a good guitarist.
are you seriously think he plays it. he played few cords in the begining and the rest is playback.
@@dekapitatorr You can clearly differentiate the sound what is coming from backing track and what's from his amp. Also from his hands you can clearly see his comfortable playing the riffs and not looking tensed or struggling and has the technique for playing it. I take it that you don't play guitar yourself.
This is the best high school talent show performance ive seen
he faked it man. he aint playing a shit.
someone did tornado of souls, look it up its crazy
I got a cool Orion junior high talent show VHS around 1989
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS dude you should post that if possible, sounds interesting!
@@kao9349 i’ve seen that one, its crazy asf
To play the leads, the solo, and sing it all, and only being in high school, that's mad impressive.
Dude you've killed it. Hats off to you. You sang it, did the solos, the rythim.
And hell, nice voice!
He was the first with the hat off :D
Literally
4:15 Hats off, Literally Lmao
As a long time Metallibanger, it brings a tear to my eye to hear a new generation of Metallica-inspired musicians coming into their own. You fucking destroyed that! Keep that shit up! \m/ \m/
Tissue? Crybaby
Metallica has inspired multiple generations of musicians. I’m an older fan as well. The reason I stared playing was the boys in old Metallica.
I wasn't sure during the song's intro how'z this gonna work out... but u killed it, man! 🤘 And I was feeling it when the crowd reacted so positively too 🥺👏
Yeah man in the beginning i tried hitting the harmonics on the 5th fret but failed miserably bc of how nervous my fingers were haha, thank you for the positivity 🖤!
Dude that was epic! Mad respect for that picking, you were up there with James at his peak!
Bruh💀💀💀
i play and sing in a Metallica tribute act and I can verify that this is one of the toughest songs to play and sing at the same time ..... probably Metallicas toughest. They young fellas got big balls to even attempt this ! I'm suprised he can walk
The kids in the crowd don't know how much of a finesse this is to pull, most adult rock musicians aren't technical enough to do this.
How does it feel having the best battery guitar/vocals cover on the internet and it was live? hahah
playback
@@dekapitatorr ah, I see you're in another thread spewing the same thing huh...
the courage, skill and hours put into mastering a song WITH vocals is a lot. Epic!
this is amazing bro great singing AND guitar playing
It takes alot of balls do vocals like that too.
bro is breaking the stage with roblox hat💀🔥🔥
@@vexerveverey LMAOOO bruh ts was funny af
Such a great performance! It would be hard enough to play this in front of a bunch of metalheads, never mind at a school show/assembly. You went all out and confidently delivered! It was a band at a school talent show playing a Nirvana song 25 years ago that got me into alternative/heavy music, so I wouldn't be surprised if you lit a fire in some people in the audience there! Well done!
“ You might not be ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.”
That crowd does not deserve you my man! Luckily there’s people who appreciate the talent and hard work you put in. Great job!!
It’s rumored this guy did the drum backings, but nobody can film that much awesome in one camera footage.
Great job bro. You found a chance to shine and you too full advantage of it
This is HHHHHHEEECTTTTIIICCCCCCCCCC man. Absolutely well done. Been listening to Metallica religiously since I was about 8 😂😂😂. What you did is soooo incredibly difficult. And you nailed it. Keep playing, keep writing and keep going. I’ll buy your albums someday.
singing while playing a song like battery takes serious talent, well done
Dude had 6 mins to show em what he had and he showed em
that was epic man, loved when you added that scream at the end.
Down picking , solo-playing, riffing, singing maniac!! Gotta love it.
Besides sounding awesome....best part.... he was having fun up there. Takes alot of courage to get up there and do that.
thats the best part, never stopped doing it ever
And still some people say rock/metal is dead. Its kids like you that keep the wheel rolling, you're awesome!
This is seriously one of the best things ive seen on the Internet. Metallica rules and so do you!
as a life long Metallica fan and a drummer - i fuckin love this mate
This was friggin AWESOME!!! Love them brutal ass vocals.
You absolutely nailed that, incredible work.
Such a great performance, trully filled with metall energy, you nailed it keep going!!!!
I can feel his enthusiasm upon this song and genre. Mad respect ❤
Dude! Nice vocals! and damn good guitar skills.
You should try and smoothen the transition from clean to distorted vocals and vice versa. I noted that your high notes are being sung clean, like in the words "Found me".
It's clear that you can reach those notes with distorted singing.
Kickass job man!
I must also add that the fact that you headbanged through the entire breakdown (twice) in a High School talent show, is fucking badass!
he didnt played guitar. its playback
@@dekapitatorr you must be blind to think that. Of course he used a backing track, but his guitar overlaps whatever is playing
@@HerondG I am not blind nor deaf. he is faking it.period
@@dekapitatorr he’s clearly playing it but also has a backing track no shit bruh
Found my new video to get psyched for the day. Absolutely brilliant, OMG 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Battery High School is one of my favourite Metallica songs
Quick… somebody… WHAT YEAR IS IT? This is what our high school talent show was like in 93! I fucking love that 80s thrash made a comeback. Fuck yeah. Killer cover- that’s a fucking hard song!! Crazy time signatures and the solo ffs. Good job man!!! Now go get your left ear pierced and sew an Iron Maiden back patch on your jacket… you’ve earned it.
James wants his ‘yeahs’ back
Honestly bro you killed it,
hats off
Yeeeeeeah. Bringing the metal to the kids and soccer moms. Love it. When I was in High School a band covered Warpigs and shocked everyone. This is so great because it’s just one guy.
Everytime I watch Highschool performances, especially of very complex bands like Metallica, I always expect the worst… but this was absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!! Very very well done🤤
It warms my heart to see the younger generation keeping metal alive. Keep rocking, Kid!
Awesome kid 🤘🔥🔥🤘
The head banging at the end of the solo was sickkkk!!💯
Dope seeing a fellow light skin waver shredding on the guitar.🖤🖤💯💯
It will take the audience years to appreciate what they just witnessed. That was brilliant. James should see this!
Dude. One of the hardest songs ever, downpicking it flawlessly AND singing?! There is hope!
This is the most impressive baterry cover I've ever seen. Playing lead guitar, singing, headbanging and not losing the rhythm or the head. Congrats man🤘🏻
Attended Metallica show in 86 Long Beach sports arena. They just blew up after that album. It’s so cool that it’s still appreciated by new generations.
I did not expect you to be singing as well. Super hard. Bitchin performance my guy!
All heart! Uncle James, Uncle Lars and Uncle Kirk are very proud
This is one of the best covers I've ever seen! Hell yeah! 🔥 No one in the crowd understood how hard that would have been to do
Awesome dude !!
I like how u kind of growl with ur evil inside and just kind of life urself into the "role"
It takes huge cojones to get up on stage all alone & do this - there's a little bit of "fudge" in the performance but he commits to it - it's an aggressive, driving song that demands a confident and aggressive performance. This kid delivered with power and that's the most important thing. His screams got chuckles from the adults because they don't appreciate how musical that can be if done correctly in a metal context. This kid has got "it" when it comes to being a front-man in a metal band. never stop kiddo, you can do great things if you go about it the right way. That energetic & confident vibe of yours is key, never lose it.
All batteries are here to stay. Not the ones that find you in court though.
Sticking his tongue out at the end was epic 🙌🏻
no way dude u killed this. love the little james laugh at the end hahaaa
Nailed it! Add the head banging and you are a complete master.
Oh my god. You are my new hero. I’ve seen soooo many videos of talent show covers of Metallica songs that sound ok, but there’s always something missing. Or something they slightly messed up. Even though some of them were still great, they were never perfect. This is perfect. You’ve achieved absolute perfection. I don’t think there will ever be a cover of Battery this good again. You have completely blown my mind.
12/10 plus bonus points for your Eddie the Head reference. Outstanding effort!
Incredibly brave and talented. Get this man a mosh!
this is literally so good great job man
Glad to see kids still getting into metal. I was about 30 years late myself, never too late, found exodus last year, seen them twice in last 18 months. Amazing live, even made my #1 bucketlist item, to mosh at rage against the machine when i was 46
Excellent job, please get into a band and bring the heavy!
I started messing with my classmates guitar at the end of high school. Didn’t take me long to figure out how to play but I was nowhere near what this guy has achieved at this young age covering THIS PARTICULAR SONG!! It’s been over thirty years and I still can’t do what he does. Respect and all pride goes to this young man!
Growing up through school back in my time I wish I knew how to play better than I had known back then to do stuff like this. Hats off to you man, you’re a inspiration
Wow, please never stop! That was metal af 🤘¡Tan orgullosa de ti mijo!
I am a hard core metallica fans for 3 decades, playing battery is one of the most fun songs to play in guitar for me, the double triples on the galope on the riff makes me happy for some reason, and you not only nailed it but also singing on top on that riff takes so much practice and what to say about the leads with the solos, you did justice to that song at a such young age, what a joy was to come across your video, keep on going because you're not only talented but obviously you're a very dedicated and hard working guy and it shows. Congrats 🤘🤘
You had me blown away man for real !!! Especially with your slayer screams 💀😅💪💪 and growls I'm always a metal head and I'm glad you are
Just incredible… easily the best thing I’ve seen on RUclips in quite a while. Thanks for bringing a giant smile to my face.
Excellent, excellent, EXCELLENT job man!!! That was fantastic!!! Thank you for sharing!
Being completely honest i completely forgot to talk them up my mind was too busy trying to head out of the auditorium bc quite literally everyone and their mother kept stopping me to try and talk to me haha, nothing wrong with that but it was a pretty wild experience
Bro even did the Hetfield laugh at the end, what a fucking legend
Will always be unsatisfied because of how shaky it was since i almost forgot to do it, but it is what it is haha
@@viewycuquito4203 Hey man, the fact you can play the way you did AND sing while in front of that many people as a teenager, overrides any little fails here and there.. you rock on brother
@@eddierabinovich779 haha thank you man i really appreciate it!
Hell yeah brotha! Good to see this generation rocking hard
This man made battery his own
This was awesome man, good song choice for sure off that album. What a scream and you got a fast af right hand, geez. Super difficult song to play and sing at the same time, respect man. Ill go and check that song you posted about.
And it's all downstrokes just like James. You are a god.
Whoever can sing and play this u get my respect. Awesome vox btw
This....this is really good. So so much harder than it looks. Well done. James and kirk would be proud.
I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.
Loved it, thought it was really good. But the darn parents were like.. oo wee he's having fun! You're cool as hell man.
This gives me hope for the future!!! Great job bud!!
Hell yeah good job kid. Glad to see the classics are still inspiring another generation of metal
Goddamnit - that was awesome! I actually like these clean vocal parts in chorus - nice addition. Playing and singing at the same time - thats mad hard. Respect man :D
What in the holy metal gods did I just see! Roar metal man, roar!
That is so Hard, singing this song, and playing it. Nice Job, don't ever give up playing, no matter what people say. Nice JOB
I love wen people just absolutely fuckin shred on the guitar
dude this is fire! Cuquito is a master of downpicking, amazing!
killed it bro, best cover ever
This was amazing. Vocals almost remind me of Chuck Schuldiner. Cool sound. Great job man!
Haha thank you so much! My vocals have gotten WAY better since then and chuck is the singer that everyone compares me to. My harsh vocals were heavily inspired by him as Death was the first band i genuinely liked with extreme vocals. If it weren’t for him i wouldn’t be where im at right now. I owe it to him!
I'm banging my head and I might be tearing up a little. AWESOME
Nailed it. Nailed it all.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Initially I thought he'd just play the song itself, but *singing* and *playing lead* is AWESOME. ROCK ON DUDE!
this was so fucking awesome. I enjoyed every second man, insane playing that was perfect, your voice is killer too!!
Always a treat when young kids play music from the past. Awesome!
My guy you got talent for decades man! That was beyond awesome!! Absolute 🔥!!
Gives me hope for the youth!!! Been Headbanging to this since it came out when I was in Highschool in 1986!! Great work young squire you make your elders proud! And a hint of SLAYER growl at the end capped it off ..lol
I've been playing this song on my axe since the 80's. Glad to see one sole has been saved from the puppets!
much respect for playing leads and rythms and vocals ???? lol hats off
James would be proud of those vocals dude!!!
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS ! damn man that was sickkkk