TOP 10 METALLICA RIFFS OF ALL TIME

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  • @ridethelightning7979
    @ridethelightning7979 Год назад +77

    0:23 Harvester of Sorrow
    0:55 Seek & Destroy
    1:23 Creeping Death
    1:55 Fade to Black
    2:20 Enter Sandman
    2:57 For Whom The Bell Tolls
    3:24 Wherever I May Roam
    4:12 Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
    4:49 Sad But True
    5:37 Master of Puppets

    • @timbok83
      @timbok83 Месяц назад

      I want Rick to go to jail for not including Blackened and Battery 🙃

  • @EM-zj1xm
    @EM-zj1xm 2 года назад +258

    Battery is the bluntest, stupidly straight forward and ultra aggressive riff that still has hint of melody and mood in it. Sooo freaking effective! And Leper Messiah - probably the nastiest and filthiest riffs on this album!

    • @patriciaeamon1388
      @patriciaeamon1388 Год назад +3

      Bow to Leper Messiah!

    • @mattmassie2530
      @mattmassie2530 Год назад

      I'd known about Metallica for years and even listened to Black Album religiously as a kid, but but never really "discovered" them until I was mid 20's. I downloaded their entire disgography and just left it on repeat on a playlist, and the one I kept coming back to, the one I'd never really heard but that sunk its hooks in hard, was Battery. Not long after that I would become a permanent fan and still listen to them pretty regularly 20 some odd years later

    • @ippotsk
      @ippotsk 10 месяцев назад +1

      I'd say Blackened out-edges it by just a bit.

  • @zzzzzz69
    @zzzzzz69 2 года назад +212

    Under-appreciated Gems of Metallica Riffs:
    - The Frayed Ends of Sanity instrumental interlude (multiple riffs)
    - Damaged, Inc. breakdown/ending
    - Blackened verse + breakdown
    - That Was Just Your Life harmonized breakdown
    - Through the Never breakdown
    - Jump In the Fire intro/main riff (Dave Mustaine)
    As for the more recognizable ones, don't forget Orion and Disposable Heroes.

    • @LukezyM
      @LukezyM 2 года назад

      -The unforgiving , check the guitar only version.

    • @midnight347
      @midnight347 2 года назад +4

      @@LukezyM the unforgiven not the unforgiving

    • @xemanuelli
      @xemanuelli 2 года назад +1

      Frayed. By far 👌

    • @zoltanszigeti73
      @zoltanszigeti73 7 дней назад

      - The riff after Kirk's solo in The Struggle Within
      - The opening of My Apocalypse
      - The main riff in Atlas Rise

  • @KenoxProductions
    @KenoxProductions 2 года назад +240

    My favorites are:
    Battery (main riff)
    Dyer's Eve (main and chorus riffs)
    Sad But True (main riff)
    Ride The Lightning (the spider riff)
    To Live Is To Die (interlude - clean riff)
    Enter Sandman (main riff)
    One (THAT riff)
    Blackened (everything)
    The God That Failed (main riff)

    • @floydfreeman1318
      @floydfreeman1318 2 года назад +7

      Which riff is THAT riff
      Du du du duuuuu or dududududun dududududun dudududuuuuun

    • @anderschristensen4072
      @anderschristensen4072 2 года назад

      he can not play battery or dyers eve and so on

    • @jameshoulding8951
      @jameshoulding8951 2 года назад +4

      @@floydfreeman1318 somehow, I know what you meant. I prefer dudududududun dudududududun

    • @floydfreeman1318
      @floydfreeman1318 2 года назад +1

      @@jameshoulding8951 nice I agree with you

    • @mitchsmix269
      @mitchsmix269 2 года назад +1

      Battery is so bad ass. I love RTL too

  • @HawksNHabsPC
    @HawksNHabsPC 2 года назад +180

    Great list. I’d add a couple more:
    -Blackened Main Riff
    -That was just your life Main riff
    -Middle section of Leper Messiah when the song speeds up
    - Sweet Amber riff in the middle of the song

    • @lazarpetrovic1241
      @lazarpetrovic1241 2 года назад +7

      Death magnetic fantastic riffs and ofc st anger. Nice list

    • @shadowledastray
      @shadowledastray 2 года назад +4

      Hell, include the rest of Sweet Amber while were at it. That's a fun song to play.

    • @LeperMessiah1977
      @LeperMessiah1977 2 года назад +2

      I've been using this name and gamertag for some 20+ odd years because of that riff. Still love it

    • @playstrombacka6320
      @playstrombacka6320 2 года назад +3

      Agreed. Sweet Amber, and all the other St. Anger song is killer.

    • @imyoursuperbeast8220
      @imyoursuperbeast8220 2 года назад +1

      I feel like That was just your life doesn't get the love it deserves

  • @kafleashraya6589
    @kafleashraya6589 2 года назад +434

    'The Thing That Should Not Be' is the most underrated and heaviest riff of METALLICA

  • @erikamontiel2901
    @erikamontiel2901 2 года назад +593

    Disposable heroes has an incredible galloping riff so I think that riff definitely deserves a mention

  • @TheArtofGuitar
    @TheArtofGuitar 2 года назад +1657

    Rick rocking Met riffs. Gotta love it! 🤘

    • @thrash1337
      @thrash1337 2 года назад +3

      Hey Mike

    • @youWoNtLikeMe04
      @youWoNtLikeMe04 2 года назад +3

      Mr Beato bringing worlds together.

    • @prometheustv6558
      @prometheustv6558 2 года назад +3

      You’re everywhere mike

    • @urgodmen
      @urgodmen 2 года назад +10

      He def saw your how to play enter sandman correctly video haha, but missed the master of puppets one (didnt do the cromatic 2-1-0 at the end)😂

    • @marcocasati6953
      @marcocasati6953 2 года назад

      So wishing he interviews pap Hetfield 🥺

  • @LukezyM
    @LukezyM 2 года назад +41

    Lets not forget The unforgiven, the most heavy sounding metal ballad and the most touching lyric, a true masterpiece. Holier than you- great riff. And of course Where ever I may roam!

    • @metalboy5150
      @metalboy5150 Год назад +1

      Can't agree, honestly. I think "heaviest sounding metal ballad" has to go to Pantera's "This Love." Not to say that "The Unforgiven " is a bad song, it's a great song, just not really super heavy.

    • @michaelclark2458
      @michaelclark2458 Год назад

      My favorite song

  • @rickhamann
    @rickhamann 2 года назад +576

    I love your channel, you go through Metallica to jazz, sting and other genres without prejudice. Good music has no limits. Greetings from Brazil.

  • @kartikchandrasekhar2762
    @kartikchandrasekhar2762 2 года назад +152

    "HAMMETT: I’ll tell you how the main [descending] riff to “Master of Puppets” came about. On the Ride the Lightning tour, James would always play the riff in the dressing room, but on the D string, and I’d play it simultaneously on the G string as a parallel-fourths harmony line. It sounded really dorky and funny. Then one day at rehearsal, James said, “Let me show you this really heavy song intro,” and proceeded to play that exact riff on the low E string. I said, “Ah, so you finally found a use for that dorky little thing!” It’s anything but dorky now."

  • @RK_peace
    @RK_peace 2 года назад +437

    James and Kirk still, somehow manage to play Master of Puppets and Creeping Death with all down strokes even now as they approach 60 years of age🤯

    • @mitchsmix269
      @mitchsmix269 2 года назад +71

      I mean, they have had a couple years to practice

    • @Polarisus
      @Polarisus 2 года назад +17

      @@mitchsmix269 yeah just a couple

    • @suraceryan
      @suraceryan 2 года назад +3

      Ikr crazy

    • @alexschneider8494
      @alexschneider8494 Год назад +25

      Probably because their forearm muscles are so accustomed to it that it doesn’t even wear it out anymore

    • @RK_peace
      @RK_peace Год назад +1

      @@mitchsmix269 yeah just a few

  • @robintroy2059
    @robintroy2059 2 года назад +285

    The breakdown riff in "One" while James is singing "darkness imprisoning me" has got to be their most powerful and iconic riff. Not much to it, but very powerful.

    • @tepidtooth8539
      @tepidtooth8539 2 года назад +3

      How is that their most iconic lol, are you telling me that’s their most recognizable riff, not Master of Puppets, not Enter Sandman, but the bridge riff from One

    • @specmatt1001
      @specmatt1001 2 года назад +8

      It’s called “the double bass part”

    • @rocketsurgeon11
      @rocketsurgeon11 2 года назад +38

      @@specmatt1001 you mean the "machine gun" riff...

    • @doublestrokeroll
      @doublestrokeroll 2 года назад +6

      It's a cool part but too simple. What makes it great is the band locking together so everyone is doing the same thing. Good piece of arranging rather than song writing.

    • @rickbarr2209
      @rickbarr2209 2 года назад +1

      @@tepidtooth8539 --

  • @ThaArjen
    @ThaArjen 2 года назад +2138

    Does this mean there’s an interview with James Hetfield coming up? Would sure hope so!

    • @draetonalimoffatt8780
      @draetonalimoffatt8780 2 года назад +60

      I'd wouldn't mind the entire band - Lars. Lars is rather unlikable in every way possible, but Robert and Kirk seem nice.

    • @luisbras5344
      @luisbras5344 2 года назад +138

      @@draetonalimoffatt8780 have you heard Lars podcast? Dude is an amazing host

    • @kingloser4198
      @kingloser4198 2 года назад +64

      Hetfield's 58. Only two more years of downstokes left 😲

    • @patrickwayne9074
      @patrickwayne9074 2 года назад +11

      @@kingloser4198 cool. That gives me more than 15 years…what are downstokes and how do I use them? 😝

    • @kingloser4198
      @kingloser4198 2 года назад +24

      @@patrickwayne9074 When a cat comes near you move your hand from its head to its tail only - but not back the other way. Do that as fast as you can.

  • @jerryarmitage8904
    @jerryarmitage8904 2 года назад +23

    Love Metallica. I can't even put into words what this band did for me growing up. Some songs would bring to tears I thought were so good.

  • @Maggai
    @Maggai 2 года назад +58

    Great list, Rick! Here is mine.
    Damage Inc - The middle part riff
    Blackened - Main riff Newsted represent!
    Creeping death - Die riff
    Orion - Main riff
    Frayed ends - "That" gallop riff
    Spit out the bone
    No remorse - chorus riff
    Through the never - Breakdown riff
    Fixxxer - Main riff
    Master of puppets - Pre chorus riff
    There are so many amazing riffs. On all the albums. Even St. Anger has a bunch of really great riffs.

    • @tzvonar
      @tzvonar 2 года назад +5

      I like your list. We have similar taste. I would also put Lepper Messiah middle riff in it

    • @Maggai
      @Maggai 2 года назад +5

      @@tzvonar Nice!! I love that riff as well, there are so many! It's almost impossible to just choose 10!

    • @kellydickinson1773
      @kellydickinson1773 2 года назад +1

      Thank you for mentioning the Die riff from Creeping Death. I was surprised Rick didn't use that one, way more iconic. Have you seen Kirk being interviewed about writing that riff? Nutty...

    • @mrc404
      @mrc404 2 года назад +1

      Lol i would literally have this as my list + battery

    • @uknowme1811
      @uknowme1811 2 года назад +3

      Fixxxer has such a great groove. Great choice alot of people won't mention.

  • @MusicisWin
    @MusicisWin 2 года назад +1085

    I love the way your Rick'isms still shine through on these awesome riffs-great list man!!! My favorite tallica riff to play that is so easy yet so satisfying is the bridge of No Leaf Clover, right after the guitar solo... DUN DUN DUN, DUN, DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNN

    • @choowie92
      @choowie92 2 года назад +33

      You meant "DUN DUN DUN, DUN, DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN", right?

    • @rocketsurgeon11
      @rocketsurgeon11 2 года назад +16

      One of the most underrated, underplayed Metallica songs!

    • @michaelherscheid9709
      @michaelherscheid9709 2 года назад

      friends with the benedicts

    • @snoproblem
      @snoproblem 2 года назад

      And that machine-like hiss, damnnn.

    • @potatos_4_free
      @potatos_4_free 2 года назад +2

      Interesting hearing MoP with no palm mutes.

  • @jamesbeshears4512
    @jamesbeshears4512 2 года назад +17

    Two great bridge riffs: “Fade to Black” and “The Day That Never Comes”. Both so dang heavy and melodic.

  • @DevRSVR
    @DevRSVR 2 года назад +629

    Blackened all the way. To be fair, I was never able to get that one right myself. Killer riff though. Great work Rick. You have a great channel.

    • @CarlosFreitas99
      @CarlosFreitas99 2 года назад +39

      That for me is number 1. Honestly my top 10 would be half of And Justice For All

    • @ck5192
      @ck5192 2 года назад +11

      Blackened is sick. Should’ve made Rick’s top 10.

    • @gypate74
      @gypate74 2 года назад +2

      Agreed 👍

    • @doublenuts
      @doublenuts 2 года назад +7

      Yes! A perfect opening track. The haunting, melodic fade in, and then BAM! Buckle up, kids...

    • @Tuvok_Shakur
      @Tuvok_Shakur 2 года назад +7

      of wolf and man is my favorite metallica song but blackened has to be my next favorite. that song makes me want to kick my grandmother in the teeth

  • @benhernandez3853
    @benhernandez3853 2 года назад +132

    My personal favorite is the Dyers Eve riff. It’s so underrated yet it’s just such a cool riff

    • @reaverofsouls
      @reaverofsouls 2 года назад +1

      They played that live in 09, last time I saw em.

    • @kevinskogg2179
      @kevinskogg2179 2 года назад +1

      Yeah I like that too. That could be the only true "thrash" song on the album, not that genre classing matters, jut sayin.

    • @gypate74
      @gypate74 2 года назад +2

      Yes. Dyer's Eve is their most violent and dark song to me, and the riff is a big contribution to this

    • @joaquin8416
      @joaquin8416 2 года назад +3

      Dyers Eve is my favorite Metallica song!

    • @gypate74
      @gypate74 2 года назад

      @@reaverofsouls yes, I saw them in Nîmes, I was really surprised and happy that they played this one as they rarely played it until then

  • @davec1004
    @davec1004 2 года назад +11

    I discovered Metallica when I was 10 in 1988 a neighbor who was 4 or 5 years older than me was listening to The Master of Puppets album. When I heard "The thing that should not be" I was hooked. Still one of my favorite riffs.

    • @tmrevenge
      @tmrevenge 2 года назад

      I was around 12 on 1994 and it Motorbreath. My mind was blown

  • @maytons
    @maytons 2 года назад +88

    Call of Ktulu has long been one of my favorites but being an instrumental usually keeps it off of "iconic" lists. Great job on the riffology Rick!

    • @DylanL69
      @DylanL69 2 года назад +1

      That one's complicated

    • @kamodius
      @kamodius 2 года назад +8

      The Call of Ktulu, Orion and Suicide and Redemption are some of my favorite Metallica songs, bar none. You're not alone!

    • @reallyanti
      @reallyanti 2 года назад +3

      Glad you mentioned Call of Ktulu, that one is on my list for sure.

    • @AceFace50001
      @AceFace50001 2 года назад +5

      You could pretty much include the entirety of Ride the Lightning and you wouldn't be wrong.

    • @kamodius
      @kamodius 2 года назад +2

      @@AceFace50001 Or Master of Puppets for that matter...

  • @zobopup
    @zobopup 2 года назад +204

    Battery and Blackened are 2 of the greatest opening songs in album history.

    • @christebo7305
      @christebo7305 2 года назад +13

      Amen brother! But a lot of people have trouble playing Blackened... lol
      Battery is so brutal.

    • @eamonahern7495
      @eamonahern7495 2 года назад

      Good choice!

    • @turquoisetangerinebusiness7240
      @turquoisetangerinebusiness7240 2 года назад +1

      Rick should know better at least

    • @RastaganTheGreen
      @RastaganTheGreen 2 года назад +1

      @@christebo7305 that double picked note on the first fret of the fifth string is the one little part that kicks my ass, so infuriating!

    • @ViromonXD
      @ViromonXD 2 года назад +6

      Or fight fire with fire

  • @Eryk13
    @Eryk13 2 года назад +22

    Bleeding Me - many parts that are sheer joy to play.
    Halo on Fire - amazing chorus, and guitar during the verses is pretty damn good to boot.
    While I think you got it right mostly, there's some newer stuff that is worth the exploration. I say that as a AJFA guy.

  • @grinder2401
    @grinder2401 2 года назад +90

    "Searchiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! Seek and Destroy!!!" The whole song is sooooo fun to play, not just the main riff. It absolutely belongs to this list.

    • @Tuvok_Shakur
      @Tuvok_Shakur 2 года назад +3

      i used to play that song in a band, the jam part after the last verse always gave us an adrenaline kick

    • @midnight347
      @midnight347 2 года назад +2

      My ex band used to do a seek and destroy and four horsemen medly and we called it seeking the horseman on our set list lol. We played tune in d standard (down full step) and our rhythm section was top notch and made us sound super heavy. We would start seek and destroy like Nirmal and do 2 verses till the part where it does the fast part where the drum breakdown is and from there we would transition into four horseman and start the song and do 2 verses and at the part where it has the middle breakdown we would jump back into the end of seek and do the outro part on seek. It was very cool and worked well together that way you wouldn't know it was two different songs if you weren't familiar with the original songs. I am a pretty good rhythm player but not much of a lead guy and we did not have a lead at the time so we did it that way to avoid any crazy solos lol. It really did work well. we also did am I evil and creeping death we called it am I creeping we did it similar when we would jump to creeping death just before am I evil speeds up in the middle we would do one chorus section and go straight into the die die die part then we'd go back into the ending part of am I evil. Those songs really worked well together. I miss playing music I need to find some more guys to jam with.

    • @JT-ii9qn
      @JT-ii9qn 2 года назад

      It’s song number 9.

  • @GKFC
    @GKFC 2 года назад +55

    The harmonising between the bass and guitar parts during the Orion solo are a favourite for me. Really nice section of their music.

  • @banjomechanic
    @banjomechanic 2 года назад +6

    Great list! I’ve always been partial to Leper Messiah. The main riff and the one that leads into the faster middle part. I’d jam out to that song when is was a kid, just listen to it over and over. Thrashing bliss!

  • @MLBa636
    @MLBa636 2 года назад +176

    Solid list, Rick.
    "Through the Never" is a fun riff to play.

    • @davidhealy4534
      @davidhealy4534 2 года назад +4

      Leper Messiah and Trapped under ice are fun to play, so is Ktulu

    • @theKid87
      @theKid87 2 года назад

      So fun to play!

    • @punkfranco
      @punkfranco 2 года назад +2

      the bridge riff, it's the most fun to play imo

    • @SomeRandomPersonOnYoutube
      @SomeRandomPersonOnYoutube 2 года назад +3

      That is SUUUUUUUCH an underrated song

    • @lonniusmaximus3836
      @lonniusmaximus3836 2 года назад +1

      Such a great riff and an under appreciated song.

  • @desenova9135
    @desenova9135 2 года назад +25

    Lovely list. Load and Reload have so many simple, yet fun riffs that I feel get left out of people's lists, but they are fun to jam to: The Cure, Bad Seed, Fixxxer, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, Until it Sleeps, Attitude, Wasting My Hate, and on and on.

    • @punkfranco
      @punkfranco 2 года назад +1

      king nothing!

    • @rs3950
      @rs3950 2 года назад +2

      Reload sucks

    • @RAIDOVERMOSCOW1
      @RAIDOVERMOSCOW1 2 года назад

      There's a reason Rick didn't include anything post- Black Album.

    • @Countryboy78
      @Countryboy78 2 года назад

      I don't care what anyone says the load albums were good they weren't as good as Master of puppets or Ride the lightning

    • @jacobachorn4050
      @jacobachorn4050 2 года назад

      I didn't really like much of Load or Reload, but I do agree Bleeding Me is a great riff

  • @derryXDINES
    @derryXDINES 2 года назад +68

    Crazy how Hetfield plays the Puppets intro with all downstrokes.

  • @neilp6496
    @neilp6496 2 года назад +84

    These were ALL the Metallica songs my band played in high school, great fun to play. I think the only iconic riff we loved playing and missing here is JUMP IN THE FIRE

    • @Bass.sick.b1tch
      @Bass.sick.b1tch 2 года назад +3

      Battery was also missing lol

    • @arkeeper
      @arkeeper 2 года назад +1

      Yep Jump In The Fire is top tier.

    • @tvnorminstudio3080
      @tvnorminstudio3080 2 года назад

      Jump in the Fire was the first Metallica song I could play just because the main riff is just kinda the minor pentatonic scale.

  • @joshski85
    @joshski85 2 года назад +122

    Think a top 20 riffs is needed with this band. Great stuff as always, Rick.

    • @kellyzak2375
      @kellyzak2375 2 года назад +3

      At least

    • @michaelfrazia4569
      @michaelfrazia4569 2 года назад +6

      agree..Def could have gone 20..hell I'd watch 40 , but that's for us real fans

    • @Will-lh4lh
      @Will-lh4lh 2 года назад

      Yep def 20

    • @Tuvok_Shakur
      @Tuvok_Shakur 2 года назад

      i could probably think of 10 bad ass riffs off of every album except st. anger, might have to limit that one to 5. (frantic is a great song, fight me)

  • @m3morabilia
    @m3morabilia 2 года назад +44

    I personally think that Jasons bass solo and Kirks guitar solo in My Friend Of Misery are pretty underrated!

    • @midnight347
      @midnight347 2 года назад +7

      There is 2 guitar harmony part there that is both kirk and het it is so badass then it goes into just Kirk's solo that is such a great song. The entire black album is a classic album people just love to hate on it because it was popular and their style changed some

    • @m3morabilia
      @m3morabilia 2 года назад

      @@midnight347 yess! such an amazing album.

    • @snorkman2
      @snorkman2 Год назад +1

      That bass into is dark! That song gives me Castlevania vibes.

    • @m3morabilia
      @m3morabilia Год назад

      @@snorkman2 omg yess

  • @k1mbr01
    @k1mbr01 2 года назад +118

    For me personally, Master is their best album and there isn't a better intro to an album in that genre than Battery. So many great riffs on that album.

    • @dizzle7558
      @dizzle7558 2 года назад +3

      Best metal album period..Don't think anything is close..

    • @triad5766
      @triad5766 2 года назад +7

      @@dizzle7558 There are too many metal albums to say that one is the best ever, but MOP isn’t even as good as RTL and AJFA imo.
      Regardless I wouldn’t say any Metallica record is the best metal record of all time lol.

    • @andyaustin2824
      @andyaustin2824 2 года назад +2

      Ride the lightning is my favorite

    • @fernandocarneiro2327
      @fernandocarneiro2327 2 года назад

      Agree. Master is the best metal album ever!

    • @DariusKhan
      @DariusKhan 2 года назад +1

      Still remember hearing that on vinyl for the first time when it came out (Battery). Blew me away. Very very few albums I can say that about.

  • @johnabbottphotography
    @johnabbottphotography 2 года назад +9

    Brother,
    One of my favorite things about your channel is watching you completely jam out of the songs you love.
    For a man with the diverse musical background that you have, its so fun to see you apply it to metal.
    If you ever have someone on your channel to interview you, I'd like to reserve a spot in line.

  • @aayushsharma532
    @aayushsharma532 2 года назад +20

    *Four Horsemen* is the most under-appreciated riff of all time of Metallica.
    It's the "best" riff in my eyes, Dave mustaine is a beast

    • @aayushpandey6839
      @aayushpandey6839 Год назад

      dude Four Horsemen is my favourite riff ever (after Iron Maiden riffs ofcourse ;))

    • @aayushpandey6839
      @aayushpandey6839 Год назад

      small world huh aayush

  • @lynncampbell962
    @lynncampbell962 2 года назад +74

    The breakdown in Four Horsemen is one of the most badass riffs ever.

    • @jsalvatori
      @jsalvatori 2 года назад +6

      You mean Sweet Home Alabama? ;)

    • @MetalRob81
      @MetalRob81 2 года назад +3

      @@jsalvatori I think he means the great riff before the SHA. Do do do dadadada da da da

    • @alexc656
      @alexc656 2 года назад

      @@MetalRob81 yeah that riff is fire

    • @Wizpullz
      @Wizpullz 2 года назад +1

      Horsemen would have made my list. 🤘

  • @ek2719
    @ek2719 2 года назад +120

    As someone who learned guitar primarily to play Metallica riffs, this was great! Agree with number 1, stood the test of time for sure. Top 10 Metallica solos now Rick! ;)

    • @imac29
      @imac29 2 года назад +1

      Half of them are from Mustaine.

    • @FelipeGruberTV
      @FelipeGruberTV 2 года назад

      @@imac29 they are not!

    • @finnvanderbar3935
      @finnvanderbar3935 2 года назад +3

      @@imac29 your probably trolling but just in case, maybe one or two solos from kill em all would make it, and while they where layed out by Dave, Kirk played them differently on the record

    • @DylanL69
      @DylanL69 2 года назад

      Definitely number 1 I called that one pretty obvious

    • @DylanL69
      @DylanL69 2 года назад

      @@imac29 he wrote their first 2 albums only

  • @jordenperkins8735
    @jordenperkins8735 2 года назад +13

    One of my favorite Metallica riffs to play is “The Shortest Straw”

  • @rufus_mcdufus
    @rufus_mcdufus 2 года назад +38

    My favourite to play is probably the first I learnt - "Orion". Oh, and the quieter arpeggiated part in "Master of Puppets".

  • @MichelLamblin
    @MichelLamblin 2 года назад +118

    Honorable mention to the odd cousin of the Enter Sandman riff: King Nothing. Damn fun to play.

    • @Nghilifa
      @Nghilifa 2 года назад +8

      Also a Kirk Hammett riff :-)

    • @Tuvok_Shakur
      @Tuvok_Shakur 2 года назад +1

      that riff fits really well on bass too

    • @shadowledastray
      @shadowledastray 2 года назад

      I came here to suggest King Nothing as well. Nice. Such a groovy riff.

    • @MKDumas1981
      @MKDumas1981 2 года назад +2

      I jammed on the King Nothing bassline with my band the other day. The guitarist and a guest guitarist played random stuff over it for 45 minutes.

  • @fightforthemic9081
    @fightforthemic9081 2 года назад +20

    He cheated with puppets too. No shame, so do I. James plays it ALL down strokes, no pull offs. 220 bpm. Impossibly fast. Yet that's why it sounds so hot.

    • @kd-123-kd
      @kd-123-kd 3 месяца назад

      Also doesn’t sound palm muted to me, but Beato is such a beast on the guitar, I’ll give him a pass lol

  • @NovaCollision
    @NovaCollision 2 года назад +102

    I know that Load and Reload are considered the redheaded stepchildren of Metallica's library, but I think Load has some fantastic songs on it, and the riff at the end of Bleeding Me is one of my favourites.

    • @legends1979
      @legends1979 2 года назад +15

      The one thing I always loved about those two albums, is that they are some of the best audio quality records ever put to wax. They are recorded extremely well, amazing tones.

    • @TheDondoran
      @TheDondoran 2 года назад +16

      I'm glad someone else feels the same way. "Bleeding Me" is amazing.

    • @thedancingguy828
      @thedancingguy828 2 года назад +25

      Also outlaw Torn

    • @Luis-st4gq
      @Luis-st4gq 2 года назад +3

      @@thedancingguy828 there's a live performance of Outlaw Torn on RUclips that is absolutely bone-chilling.

    • @thedancingguy828
      @thedancingguy828 2 года назад +3

      @@Luis-st4gq the 2019 is my favorite performance

  • @brettfolkerth7612
    @brettfolkerth7612 2 года назад +70

    was there anyone else who, when Rick said "A lot of people will expect this to be #1...." was thinking "What!?!?! Master of Puppets is only #6????"

  • @likestoospooge
    @likestoospooge Год назад +2

    1:35. What I like about no. 8 is that you’re really showcasing how different it sounds when playing it that way and why down-stroking is so important. It sounds so different played like that and definitely doesn’t rock as hard.

  • @rhinoutopia
    @rhinoutopia 2 года назад +129

    Love that you can hear the bass in the mix. Sounds really cool. Someone should tell Metallica....

    • @alexandrumircea
      @alexandrumircea 2 года назад +2

      I noticed that too!

    • @MegaBadseed
      @MegaBadseed 2 года назад +1

      You can hear the bass in their songs, except one Album.

    • @alexandrumircea
      @alexandrumircea 2 года назад +1

      @@88_TROUBLE_88 I'm glad to see that 30 years later you have finally moved on from this issue which now gets no reaction from you anymore ;-P

    • @rhinoutopia
      @rhinoutopia 2 года назад

      @@88_TROUBLE_88 yeah I can't argue with that. It's old humor. It's just still that annoying and sad to me. That album was epic. Got it the day it was released. In fact I heard two songs live before release at 3 rivers in Pittsburgh. You could hear the bass then. That was a great show. Just still wish they'd remaster the album.. mabye with Rob. Probably never happen 😕

    • @eisenschmeisser3959
      @eisenschmeisser3959 2 года назад +1

      @@rhinoutopia Spotify, "...and justice for Jason"... then you have the bass.....

  • @Jayhawk3776
    @Jayhawk3776 2 года назад +126

    The four horseman, disposable heroes, frayed ends of sanity, welcome home (sanitarium), ride the lightning… top 10 just isn’t enough for Metallica

    • @cobrasys
      @cobrasys 2 года назад +10

      I very much second Four Horsemen and Frayed Ends of Sanity.

    • @kennethchartrand4251
      @kennethchartrand4251 2 года назад +10

      Disposable heroes is without doubt my fav Metallica song. The crescendo that Kirk plays during the solo is without doubt the highlight of his career.

    • @grahamdrummond2412
      @grahamdrummond2412 2 года назад +1

      As he said, there is a hell of a lot to choose from, mega Metallica fan non guitar player

    • @BridgeOps
      @BridgeOps 2 года назад +1

      Four horseman is not a Metallica riff, but a Mustaine one. Yes, he was in Metallica, but it will always be a Mustaine riff.

    • @brians9954
      @brians9954 2 года назад +1

      The Frayed Ends Of Sanity Bridge riff is awesome!

  • @menzasarma
    @menzasarma 2 года назад +6

    Great choice. Personally I find nice to listen and to play the main riff of King Nothing. Pretty groovy and pretty heavy. There are plenty of nice ideas in the Load/Reload sessions, often missed by the fans of "true metal".

  • @MattLovesVinyl
    @MattLovesVinyl 2 года назад +71

    This is a great list, Rick! The only riff I think I would've added somewhere is, "One." It's definitely not a fast thrash riff, but it totally iconic. Is it not necessarily fun to play? I guess maybe it's a little simplistic, but the sound of it is thoroughly haunting and beautiful.

    • @fbmch
      @fbmch 2 года назад +2

      Kind of similar to Fade to Black

    • @haraldessert
      @haraldessert 2 года назад +4

      I was just waiting for the moment when he'd play One, because I was sure it was on the list. To me it is very iconic, fun and heavy

    • @nickmonk7945
      @nickmonk7945 2 года назад

      Sanitarium?
      Oops I commented before hearing no.3

    • @Bender6amer
      @Bender6amer 2 года назад +3

      One is such a beautiful song to play. Especially when it gets to the machine gun 16th note triplet break....LANDMINE!!! HAS TAKEN MY ARMS...

    • @adityamohan1773
      @adityamohan1773 2 года назад

      The main riff isn't that impressive but the interlude riffs are beautiful

  • @KilledKenny01
    @KilledKenny01 2 года назад +75

    Agree on all. blackened… absolute killer riff for me. Missing here. I would take off one from the black album. But that’s personal preference. Metallica riffs are absolutely insane 🤘🤘

    • @ivanbarzani
      @ivanbarzani 2 года назад +2

      Agree, I miss this one too.

    • @DylanL69
      @DylanL69 2 года назад

      Hell no black album is when metallica sold out only the fan boys like black album and they aren't true metal heads

    • @acebernal6172
      @acebernal6172 2 года назад +1

      @@DylanL69 he said blackened from ajfa not black album

    • @DylanL69
      @DylanL69 2 года назад

      @@Cheddar_Wizard I bet you're not you listen to the black that's the 2nd worse metallica album ever their first 4 are the best always have been btw I listen to death metal I bet you dont

    • @CMHobbies
      @CMHobbies 2 года назад +1

      I would’ve added Blackened and dropped Sad But True. That one was forever tainted when Kid Rock sampled it.

  • @gonzaloallwin
    @gonzaloallwin 2 года назад +6

    Wow, all of this songs are of my favorites, the ones that made me wanted to learn guitar, and the ones that i enjoy playing the most from Metallica...

  • @TadeudosSantos
    @TadeudosSantos 2 года назад +21

    The rythm guitar during the solos in songs like Ride The Lightning, Fight Fire with Fire, The Frayed ends of Sanity, Battery, Disposable Heroes is amazing. IMO Metallica is unique when it comes to making the parts in their songs build up into epic solos.

    • @lanegunnell1218
      @lanegunnell1218 2 года назад

      Was hoping someone would mention Frayed Ends riff under the solo. When I first heard that isolated it blew my mind. An amazing riff, really wish it'd gotten a chance to shine outside the solo.

    • @gjb79ful
      @gjb79ful 2 года назад

      Absolutely. Glad someone pointed this out, Hetfields solo rhythm riffs are awesome

  • @El-Scorcho
    @El-Scorcho 2 года назад +29

    I always really enjoyed Blackened, the opening riffs to Ride The Lightning (the song), and All Nightmare Long

    • @Flzw
      @Flzw 2 года назад

      I think Blackened is the perfect example of it not being fun to play for him (or for me) it's an awesome riff though.

    • @jophusxakc3192
      @jophusxakc3192 2 года назад +2

      Yes! I'm right there with you on all three. All Nightmare Long is one of the few classics after the Bob Rock desolation.

  • @adiian_008
    @adiian_008 7 месяцев назад +1

    i love how he mixed the bass pretty loudly (I'm kinda biased to be excited by this at this point as a bassist)

  • @louis_ricks
    @louis_ricks 2 года назад +27

    Please, Rick, can you consider doing a PANTERA/ DIMEBAG DARRELL “Riffs” episode? Your content is awesome, btw and your knowledge of music is INSANE!!! 🙏

  • @chewybang
    @chewybang 2 года назад +31

    The chromatic riff before the first verse of For Whom the Bell Tolls is such a blast.

    • @walkingolga6235
      @walkingolga6235 2 года назад

      yes!! one of my faves

    • @CCNYMacGuy
      @CCNYMacGuy 2 года назад

      Hearing that blast out of the stereo for the first time was definitely a top 3 formative moment in terms of my musical taste.

  • @dans80
    @dans80 Год назад +3

    I was drving my 8 years old son to his hockey practice, and put my favourite Metallica songs. For one thing he had never really listened any heavy metal songs, his reaction was: OMG dad this is so good who is this new band ?:):):) It's heavy but very melodic !

  • @aleron27
    @aleron27 2 года назад +7

    Fade to black, the no one but me riff, is by far my favorite distorted riff of all time, the amount of emotion in it is UNREAL!!!

  • @markp9366
    @markp9366 2 года назад +60

    We need a What Makes this song Great on Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. Amazing sax and one of the best of not the best guitar solo

    • @racebiketuner
      @racebiketuner 2 года назад +2

      I concur!

    • @chavis3
      @chavis3 2 года назад +6

      Awesome song. Foo Fighters did an amazing cover of that song in the late 90’s.

    • @tonytone5856
      @tonytone5856 2 года назад +1

      Absolutely. I've thought that for quite a while.

    • @stevewhite443
      @stevewhite443 2 года назад +3

      Dude! I can't stop laughing at the irony of mentioning (While not a bad song, in fact arguably his best. ) something that is the absolute opposite of Metallica!

    • @markp9366
      @markp9366 2 года назад +1

      @@stevewhite443 lol

  • @nsrfreak
    @nsrfreak 2 года назад +16

    Rick can u please re-record all their albums. Your production is phenomenal 🙌

    • @borkface
      @borkface 2 года назад

      Couldn’t agree more, incredible work!

    • @vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541
      @vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541 Год назад

      @daniellysohirka4258 Cause a lot of old Metallica records have questionable production (mainly Ajfa abd Kill em all)

    • @vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541
      @vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541 Год назад

      @daniellysohirka4258 Bro, I like kill em all, but saying it's got good production is a very big stretch

  • @marvinshenk
    @marvinshenk 2 года назад +31

    Blackened is one of my favorites from the Justice for All album.

  • @MrIrrelevanT021
    @MrIrrelevanT021 2 года назад +42

    Master of Puppets is what got me hooked on Metallica. I find it interesting no song beyond Black made the list. Loved the old school list.

    • @Dave-bo8ry
      @Dave-bo8ry 2 года назад +8

      I kept thinking of "King Nothing." My honorable mention.

    • @distantgalaxymusic1447
      @distantgalaxymusic1447 2 года назад +1

      Me too. First time I heard that song I knew Metallica was for me.

    • @HvyMetal4Ever
      @HvyMetal4Ever 2 года назад +1

      That was just your life was pretty solid

    • @asmith3846
      @asmith3846 2 года назад +4

      Was there an album after Black?

    • @MrIrrelevanT021
      @MrIrrelevanT021 2 года назад +1

      @@asmith3846 i am one of the weird ones who really liked St Anger

  • @TibGabinius
    @TibGabinius Год назад +2

    Totally underrated songs: "to live is do die" and outlaw torn" - those are such great songs with so fun to play riffs in it

  • @charlesrocks
    @charlesrocks 2 года назад +50

    Glad Master of Puppets was at the top of the list. The Middle Riff in Damage Inc. is also killer.

    • @thomasrivard9772
      @thomasrivard9772 2 года назад +1

      damage inc is what I immediately thought of when I saw this vid in my notifications lol

    • @EliahHoliday
      @EliahHoliday 2 года назад +1

      Yeah! I remember when the Master of Puppets album came out and whenever my friends and I heard that main riff off of Damage Inc. we'd instantly go into a wild frenzied slam dance.

    • @Tangento
      @Tangento 2 года назад

      @@EliahHoliday Samesies brah

    • @coryyoung1876
      @coryyoung1876 2 года назад +1

      That middle riff is pure adrenaline. Their most ferocious riff they've ever done

  • @Caglecardscollectibles21
    @Caglecardscollectibles21 2 года назад +13

    The Damage inc riff, after the chorus and before the solo, is probably my favorite riff right now

  • @peternettleship6560
    @peternettleship6560 2 года назад

    Great list!
    As you say, there are so many great riffs.
    Here are some other riffs I love to play :D
    Kill 'Em All:
    The Four Horsemen - 17 seconds
    Phantom Lord - 32 seconds
    No Remorse - 2 minutes 57 seconds
    Ride The Lightning:
    Fade To Black - 5 minutes 5 seconds
    The Call Of Ktulu - 33 seconds
    Master of Puppets:
    Battery - 1 minute 06 seconds
    Master of Puppets - 3 minutes 34 seconds
    Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - 4 minutes 49 seconds
    Disposable Heroes - 32 seconds
    Leper Messiah - 3 minutes 13 seconds
    Damge, Inc. - 3 minutes 14 seconds
    ...And Justice For All:
    Blackened - 38 seconds
    One - 4 minutes 35 seconds
    To Live Is To Die - 4 minutes 58 seconds
    Dyers Eve - 3 minutes 3 seconds
    Metallica:
    The Unforgiven - 34 seconds
    Through The Never - 2 minutes 52 seconds
    Load:
    Bleeding Me - 0 seconds
    Thorn Within - 44 seconds
    The Outlaw Torn - 29 seconds
    Reload:
    Fuel - 14 seconds
    The Memory Remains - 6 seconds
    Fixxxer - 1 minute 9 seconds
    S&M:
    - Human - 36 seconds
    Death Magnetic:
    Broken, Beat & Scarred - 59 seconds
    Hardwired...To Self-Destruct:
    Confusion - 59 seconds
    Top 10 lists can be crazy hard. But regardless of mood, there's at least one riff above I'll always enjoy playing.

  • @SirCarcass
    @SirCarcass 2 года назад +15

    The main riff to Orion would be near the top of my list. Fun to play, heavy, and a great groove.

  • @MarksMindBox
    @MarksMindBox 2 года назад +72

    Just FYI: you create joy Beato. (An astonishing achievement, particularly at present).

  • @RobbieFitzgerald
    @RobbieFitzgerald 2 года назад +1

    1. Blackened
    2. And Justice For All
    3. Eye of the Beholder
    4. One
    5. The Shortest Straw
    6. Harvester of Sorrow
    7. Frayed Ends of Sanity
    8. To Live is to Die
    9. Dyer's Eve
    10. And Justice For All (seriously so many killer riffs)

  • @michaeldean7220
    @michaeldean7220 2 года назад +6

    Great article and love the refreshing jokey honesty about the down picking. Particularly on the Creeping Death demo it just shows how James' stunning down picking takes the riff to another level.

    • @fridaymiles
      @fridaymiles 2 года назад

      Ha-because of that I'm willing to give him a pass on the lack of proper downpicking. As James has been saying for decades-it the key! \m/

  • @jamesturner2126
    @jamesturner2126 2 года назад +48

    Kirk Hammett's solo in Blackened was legit the best 60 seconds of his whole career.

    • @bronnyredding8860
      @bronnyredding8860 2 года назад +8

      My personal favorite is his Disposable Heroes solo, but definitely a strong argument could be made for Blackened

    • @matthewtaylor1785
      @matthewtaylor1785 2 года назад +3

      Also Ride the Lightning and Fade to Black. But Blackened and Disposable Heroes for sure too

    • @lillaxxitiv1501
      @lillaxxitiv1501 2 года назад

      Eh that solo sucked. Fantastic riff though

    • @jasonx4008
      @jasonx4008 2 года назад +1

      his solo in RTL is my personal fav

    • @Tuvok_Shakur
      @Tuvok_Shakur 2 года назад +1

      @@jasonx4008 we cant really know for sure but the second part of that solo is very dave mustaine in my opinion

  • @MichaelMeinberg
    @MichaelMeinberg 2 года назад +3

    It’s super simple, but I love that opening to One. Dead simple to play, but so much power in those few notes!

  • @nevermind4611
    @nevermind4611 2 года назад +51

    I would’ve had:
    -Orion ending riff
    -Of Wolf and Man
    -Blackened
    -Ride the Lightning
    -One machine gun riff

  • @nb_tman699
    @nb_tman699 2 года назад +30

    I enjoyed this. I'd love to see a best 10 riffs by Alice in Chains, and by Black Sabbath.

    • @krislong9338
      @krislong9338 2 года назад +3

      agreed, both could be killer

    • @bazbarrow6160
      @bazbarrow6160 2 года назад +2

      Agree with this 100% ☝️ Please do either of these bands Rick!!

  • @adampalic9627
    @adampalic9627 2 года назад +2

    I'm so thankful for this... It brought me back 15 years back - especially "Sad But True", as you say, is so nicely clean and heavy. Gonna grab my spanish guitar and play it 😅. I remember myslef traveling in a nightbus home. I had my spanish guitar with me. Drunk enough to play it in bus I played couple pop songs and than I noticed these four metalists sitting close to me... So I turned to them and offered master of puppets on nylon strings 😂. It worked. We had fun all the way home.

  • @whiplash1903
    @whiplash1903 2 года назад +27

    finally somebody remembers the straight drums of the black album. People think it was Lars being kind of lazy or unskilled, but it was a precise choice, the opposite to AJFA. Great video Rick, but one can tell you missed the entire thrash guitar playing style back in the days. We love you anyway ;-)

    • @DylanL69
      @DylanL69 2 года назад +1

      He was lazy and unskilled by then

    • @sklivvz
      @sklivvz 2 года назад +2

      In all fairness people have been criticizing Lars way before the black album. I think he's got some great ideas but he's not very technical. But... that did not stop him

    • @jophusxakc3192
      @jophusxakc3192 2 года назад +1

      I think Bob Rock really hurt Metallica's identity. He didn't want them to be metal. Think about it, he was the producer from the black album to Stanger. The black album was iconic because they were carrying many of their ideas and momentum from their metal years. It was downhill from there until he left.

    • @whiplash1903
      @whiplash1903 2 года назад

      @@sklivvz you don't have to be the most skilled musician to create great music.

    • @sklivvz
      @sklivvz 2 года назад

      @@whiplash1903 of course, yet if you are as ambitious as Lars has been (especially between MoP and AJFA) then you need enough technique to express the ideas.

  • @chriswatchingponies9877
    @chriswatchingponies9877 2 года назад +14

    After doing my regular classic guitar lessons, Metallica and Megadeth were my guitar teachers.
    There are so many. The main riff of The Four Horsemen, holy moly.
    Blackened, Creeping Death, Damage Inc. is sick and tough to play clean.
    I totally dig your no.1. Epiccest of them all.

    • @raymondlugo9960
      @raymondlugo9960 2 года назад +3

      "Four Horseman" is a good one!

    • @kamodius
      @kamodius 2 года назад +2

      I'm pretty good with Rick's entire list but I might have substituted in Four Horsemen or even King Nothing instead of Wherever I May Roam. I'm one of the weirdos that loved the blues-infused jaunt that were Load/Reload. Was it traditional Metallica? No, but it was just part of the journey and there was some legit good stuff in there.

    • @raymondlugo9960
      @raymondlugo9960 2 года назад +1

      It's a good list. When the black album dropped I thought "Enter Sandman" was the best. I now have the opposite opinion. For black album riffs, "Sad But True" holds the test of time. Binge & Purge has a version that hits so fast and heavy that I wondered for a moment which track it was on Justice and then realized it wasn't on Justice. Rick had a lot of representation from Ride. I probably would have had more from Kill 'Em All.

    • @chriswatchingponies9877
      @chriswatchingponies9877 2 года назад

      @@raymondlugo9960
      Especially Live ! All these riffs blew my mind. :)

  • @patrickramsower2103
    @patrickramsower2103 2 года назад +7

    I personally think Battery is without a shadow of a doubt the best Metallica rift. It's fast, heavy, and so well written and so hard not to increase the volume every time you hear that riff. I also think Blackened and the intro riff to "That was Just your life" should be on this list too, those are both insane riffs. And King Nothing. And Ain't my bitch. And Fuel. And All Nightmare Long. And Hardwired

    • @shayj3990
      @shayj3990 Год назад

      Battery and Blackened were the first two I thought needed to be in the top 10, too. But there are so many!

    • @90AlmostFamous
      @90AlmostFamous 11 месяцев назад

      Yup battery is def top, best written

  • @ScripulousFimgore
    @ScripulousFimgore 2 года назад +17

    Wow! the timing of this video, I just started getting into Metallica like a day ago!

    • @hodor3024
      @hodor3024 2 года назад +7

      good thing to get into.

    • @misterfuzzyflippers
      @misterfuzzyflippers 2 года назад +9

      Enjoy your journey into Metallica.

    • @mr5811
      @mr5811 2 года назад +6

      I'm jealous that you get to experience their music for the first time. And they're still touring!

    • @MLBa636
      @MLBa636 2 года назад +3

      Welcome, friend 🤘

    • @TexicanMr
      @TexicanMr 2 года назад +5

      Did we just become best friends?

  • @Angry5704
    @Angry5704 2 года назад +15

    I watched Metallica's 40th anniversary concerts live, and I have come to the conclusion that metal keeps one young.

    • @jeffreyyeater1780
      @jeffreyyeater1780 2 года назад +1

      Oh hell yeah it does . Givesme a completely different attitude.

  • @josecarrasco4163
    @josecarrasco4163 2 года назад +72

    Is just me or is James Hetfield is the most underrated rock guitar player ever??... he does not get the recognition he deserves for the amazing and creative rhythm guitar player he is.

    • @Goose21
      @Goose21 2 года назад +25

      Nah most players worth their weight worship hetfield for a reason

    • @luisugalde6956
      @luisugalde6956 2 года назад +18

      Not at all. Jaymz is the man and every guitar guy into metal knows it, including his peers.

    • @taelabaho
      @taelabaho 2 года назад +6

      mustaine

    • @josephrobichaud2852
      @josephrobichaud2852 2 года назад +5

      @@taelabaho Mustaine is better.... doesnt mean Hetfield isnt good. hes just not on Daves level

    • @bcz_akos
      @bcz_akos 2 года назад

      he is not underrated at all

  • @KilljoySam
    @KilljoySam 2 года назад +9

    The House Jack Built, Hit the Lights, Atlas Rise, Blackened, Holier Than Thou, Jump in the Fire, Disposable Heroes, Dyers Eve, Whiplash, and Fight Fire With Fire would make a B-List for me. All are great riffs and fun to play.

    • @Wizpullz
      @Wizpullz 2 года назад

      Whiplash 🤘🤘

  • @mr.nigglesworth4563
    @mr.nigglesworth4563 2 года назад +10

    I personally have two number one's: Trapped Under Ice and Blackened. Two of my all time favourite Metallica songs.

    • @evanthompson4186
      @evanthompson4186 2 года назад +1

      Blackened would fall into his category of "Not fun to play." It is but not comfortable by any stretch. That song hurts to play right

    • @krislong9338
      @krislong9338 2 года назад

      @@evanthompson4186 yeah, blackened is tough for guitarists and drummer, I know a number of Metallica-loving drummers who absolutely refuse to do blackened
      I'm cool with the not fun to play - that disqualifies many of the great ride, master, justice riffs so I'm not mad that they weren't there. As I roll into middle age my arm tends to cramp up trying to play those. Same goes for playing that riff from master with all downstrokes, too much age and not enough cocaine to tear through that one properly. I play it similarly usually.

  • @BlackMarketHoney
    @BlackMarketHoney 2 года назад +3

    One of my favourite Metallica riffs to play is "the ultimate in vanity" bridge riff from ....and Justice for All. Especially the "nothing can save you" lick. I never liked the main intro riff and it put me off the song for years, but I love how it grooves along under the verse.
    I also love Welcome Home Sanitarium and Leper Messiah.
    All the best, Rich in Sweden.

  • @solidtenpin
    @solidtenpin 2 года назад +57

    Metallica sort of needs a top 20, there's so many killer riffs.

    • @peterschuetz8802
      @peterschuetz8802 2 года назад +4

      Agreed! How about the magical riff of Four Horsemen?!

    • @petebrown3715
      @petebrown3715 2 года назад +1

      Yeah agreed Metallica needs a top 20.
      Being a life long Metallica fan from Kill'em All to Hardwired they have a bunch of iconic and fun riffs to play.

    • @BigEd_R
      @BigEd_R 2 года назад +3

      Or 100…

    • @Countryboy78
      @Countryboy78 2 года назад +4

      I don't care what anyone says there are still some good riffs post Black album

  • @stygian-hollow1573
    @stygian-hollow1573 2 года назад +7

    The interlude riffs of The Frayed Ends of Sanity can be difficult but are pretty damn fun

  • @Someguy-ic3mu
    @Someguy-ic3mu 2 года назад +1

    You play these riffs in such a Groovy way, sounds Awesome!

  • @metalbladerecords
    @metalbladerecords 2 года назад +30

    Rick CAN METAL!!!!

  • @gusmc01
    @gusmc01 2 года назад +4

    I always play "Wasting My Hate" because it's easy....and fun! Glad to see Fade to Black and For Whom the Bell Tolls on your list.

  • @Aj-mr2vk
    @Aj-mr2vk 3 месяца назад

    The intro to jump in the fire is so much fun to play I think it deserves a definite spot on the list!

  • @OswaldBatesIIIEsq
    @OswaldBatesIIIEsq 2 года назад +7

    3:05 "For Whom the Bell Tolls" has always been particularly fun to play on bass. By the way, that's a pretty Les Paul. Looks like the colors of UNC a little.

  • @onbedoeldekut1515
    @onbedoeldekut1515 2 года назад +40

    I've always loved giving myself trauma by attempting Through the Never with 100% downstrokes.
    Ronnie's got a great swagger.
    It's almost impossible to choose just ten great Metallica songs!

    • @michajuszkiewicz8520
      @michajuszkiewicz8520 2 года назад +3

      Thank you! It's been almost 30 years and I still think Ronnie is a sorely underappreciated track. Not to merit even one live performance, come on :-D

    • @jordanspory7633
      @jordanspory7633 2 года назад +2

      Love Through the Never and I was lucky enough at a young age to have my guitar teacher teach me how to play it in all downstrokes and it’s probably my favorite of their songs to play. Rock on!

    • @onbedoeldekut1515
      @onbedoeldekut1515 2 года назад

      @@jordanspory7633 I've found it easiest to play by using a combo of knuckle, wrist and elbow movement, it makes it feel more fluid, and doesn't wear me out as much as just using the elbow or wrist.

    • @botany500kojak
      @botany500kojak 2 года назад

      I used to be able to do the down strokes with no issues (even though I'm a finger playing bassist) as I practised 4-6 hours a day back in the day on guitar. Now, as I barely pick up the guitar, I cannot keep it up. One would need a month of practising 4 hours a day, to get it back - muscle memory. So get practising.

  • @rifkiakhmaljibran8077
    @rifkiakhmaljibran8077 Год назад +2

    3:45 yes!!! My Fav Metallica song, Really underrated in the black Album or even in whole Metallica Songs list.

  • @atanjacket
    @atanjacket 2 года назад +23

    "Top 10 times James Hetfield held a vowel sound for a long time."
    Wherever I May Roam is my favorite riff of theirs.

    • @cherinoelke
      @cherinoelke 2 года назад +1

      Agree!

    • @joshuajayne8926
      @joshuajayne8926 2 года назад +1

      What non-vowel sounds are held in music?

    • @depracated
      @depracated 2 года назад

      It's just so epic sounding

    • @atanjacket
      @atanjacket 2 года назад

      @Joshua Jayne Wasn't in contrast to consonants, just an observation

    • @crcole7585
      @crcole7585 2 года назад

      Crash Test Dummies

  • @Stasiaflonase
    @Stasiaflonase 2 года назад +8

    For Whom The Bell Tolls is and always will be my favorite of their songs.

  • @scottishross91
    @scottishross91 2 года назад +1

    It's so refreshing to see the clean Enter Sandman riff done correctly! It makes it harder but that droning note really adds a lot.

  • @JamesWilson01
    @JamesWilson01 2 года назад +6

    Awesome list! I love playing Sad But True. The first time you hit that D power chord after the slight pause just feels so badass 👿 Proves you don't need to tune down far or play difficult riffs to be heavy as fk! 🤘

  • @stateofreadiness2955
    @stateofreadiness2955 2 года назад +13

    Great list. Sad But True is my number 1. Disposable Heroes and Shortest Straw have really awesome riffs as well.🤘

  • @glennmattsonjr.5251
    @glennmattsonjr.5251 2 года назад +1

    I love the first palm muted riff in For Whom the Bell Tolls. Those heavy, low chords in progression with one another are fun for me as a beginner.

  • @stevenbeaucaire1161
    @stevenbeaucaire1161 2 года назад +7

    Love these kind of videos. You need to play more.