Audio Engineers React to "Death Magnetic" by Metallica!
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- Patrick, Chris, and Chris listen to Death Magnetic while talking a little too much over the music and talking WAY too much in between the songs! This is Patrick's first time hearing this album!
Link to Buy the Digital Album from Metallica:
www.metallica.com/store/music...
Link to Listen to the Original Version on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/0lf5ce...
Link to my Glass Etching Video: lol
• Glass Etching a Mirror
Link to Present Chris' band's Disc Golf Metal Song:
• Dark Ace Application V...
Link to Remote Chris' Video Game Trailer:
• Wizard with a Gun - Ga...
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro/ New Things On the Channel
00:15:34 Unboxing 3 CDs and a Vinyl
00:21:48 Death Magnetic's Many Versions
00:34:31 Recording Death Magnetic
00:44:12 B Sides, Riffs, Prince, and David Bowie
00:49:40 Death Magnetic Artwork
00:54:31 That Was Just Your Life Reaction
01:01:43 First Impressions and Beverages
01:07:57 The End of The Line Reaction
01:16:04 The End of the Line Discussion
01:21:19 Broken, Beat, and Scarred Reaction
01:28:03 Broken, Beat, and Scarred Discussion
01:33:37 Broken, Beat, and Scarred Original Version Reaction
01:37:07 Original Version Discussion
01:43:50 The Day That Never Comes Reaction
01:51:49 The Day That Never Comes Discussion
01:57:42 All Nightmare Long Reaction
02:05:41 All Nightmare Long Discussion
02:12:30 Cyanide Reaction
02:19:11 Cyanide Discussion
02:24:28 The Unforgiven III Reaction
02:32:19 The Unforgiven III Discussion
02:42:01 The Judas Kiss Reaction
02:50:10 The Judas Kiss Discussion
02:53:25 Metallica Song Structures
03:03:43 Suicide and Redemption Reaction
03:13:42 Song Discussion and Riff Structuring
03:20:32 My Apocalypse Reaction
03:25:56 Overall Album Discussion
03:36:09 Outro/Coming Up on the Channel
Thank you so much! If you are still here, reading these notes and whatnot...well...here is a link to the most cringy thing you will see ever...my first ever music video that I uploaded 15 YERARS AGO....Please don't watch this...
• Musical Interlude by S... 
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This is a massive video and I want to let everyone know that the first half hour is mostly a discussion about future projects on the channel. Then we talk about Death Magnetic until we listen to track 1 right around the 1 hour mark!
I just found your channel the other day thanks to the RUclips algorithm gods. I'm really enjoying your videos. Thank you reading the comments and listening to your viewers. Everyone benefits if your content keeps getting better!
excited to watch it!
Can't wait to see your reaction to this great album
Patrick do you have a Discord?
Pretty crazy how the dude knows right when to talk when every interesting transition or change happens in every single song. What a remarkable skill haha. I still like the videos tho.
It’s UNCANNY! Endlessly frustrating…yet here I still am.
Video call Chris now tells him to shutup when he's talking too much lmao
Exactly 💯 shit ... shut up n listen
@@lnterletthat made me laugh more than it should have
There really was a lot of talking lol. But I’m glad they dig the album. I love it.
"I haven't heard a second of this" so i'll talk over it like i always do
Patrick talking the whole time about how he wants the vocals to be louder but talks during the two best vocal parts of Judas Kiss. UNREAL!
Fun fact: Death Magnetic is the loudest album ever. It ended the loudness war.
Fun fact 2: the "Warner Bros. [512119-1]" vinyl press sounds WAY better than the CD. Apparently it was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL), and the brickwall is less notorious. Much more enjoyable than the retail CD version.
I remember the day I heard it for the first time a friend of mine lended it to me and I thought my speakers had been damaged, then I plugged in my headphones and it still sounded terrible and I just could not understand why. then I played it in my uncles stereo that was a top notch sound system and still sounded bad. I was really surprised.
It was the atomic bomb, metaphorically and sonically.
It was a sacrifice, for sure. But, it had to be done.
@@fatimapalacios2292 I remember not being able to put a Death Magnetic song in my playlist because once it came on it would jump scare me like "oh fuck turn it down" :D
@@wad316 yeah, the moment the guitar hero mixes got out was when I could finally play it on my stereo.
This album surprisingly aged really really well.
No
@@charlesrocksIt’s a great album but you’re free to live in denial.
Thata boy! Fine wine...
@@charlesrocks charles L
@@charlesrocksIt did. The album is a pretty good heavy metal album. It's not exactly the thrash metal we expected from Metallica, but after their previous album, a return to form in heavy metal was pretty good.
What has aged like milk is the production. The entire album is just 75 minutes of earrape. But then again, seeing how this type of noisy, compressed and brickwalled production has become almost the standard in metal nowadays, even that can be said to not have aged that bad.
God damn imagine talking through every single amazing transition and guitar part.
I suppose you could listen to the album. This is a reaction video.
@@hanswestonhis point was the reactors missed the interesting parts cause they (mostly middle guy) were talking through the whole thing.
@@hanswestonWell, sure, but can you truly react if you’re constantly talking?
@@flightgravity7483 well I would get bored watching people's eyebrows for 2 hours
Cry about it breh. Make your own reaction
Patrick was a little difficult in this one, I definitely felt Chris’ pain during Broken, Beat and Scarred.
brutal
yup
@@beatjunky101
I’m SOOOOO upset Patrick doesn’t like the break in All Nightmare Long. That’s arguably THE moment on the album maybe save for the solo in UN3.
When he spoke during the silence it hurt me in my soul.
Also not in a mean way: WAY too much talking during this. Missing a lot that’s going on during the songs when you’re having full conversations over it. Not saying you can’t talk but sometimes just shut it for a little so you can hear.
Beyond that though, this album from a writing standpoint is top tier. The song are a touch long but everything is just so damn good. The riffs, the transitions, the harmonies. Phenomenal.
If only the album sounded better.
Hot take: if this production was really good on this album, it could possibly compete to be their best ever.
I agree we talked too much. We have decided to not do videos this long anymore. It is just too taxing on us mentally and on me editing wise. So we will cut Hardwired, S&M, and Garage Inc. in half. That should help us maintain focus and hopefully prove that we can NOT talk during a song!
For me he is one of the best of all time. Of all Metallica's albums, Death Magnetic is perhaps the second I've listened to the most in my life.
@@PatrickMusilek He didn't mean that you have long videos, but that you have to be more careful during the song and talk afterwards because you're losing a lot of good detail
@@johnik2338 i know, but i think we talked more during the music because we weren't thinking straight.
pffff, dude thinks One is worse than Purify
1:52:02 The Day That Never Comes is NOT about war.
The video uses military imagery (not sure why, but it's a bad video, anyway), but the lyrics are CLEARLY about a person in an abusive relationship. Lines like "You pull away, he hits the flesh, you hit the ground" and "Love is a four-letter word, and never spoken here" make it blatantly obvious. It's the tale of someone telling themselves that they should get out of the situation, but afraid to do so out of fear of the retaliation it might bring about. Even the end of the lyrics states "I'll put an end to this, I swear. The sun will shine, this I swear," but then musically, the song goes into the aggressive riffs and STAYS there, almost as if the violence is happening again.
Because typically in these types of relationships, the person stays with their abuser for a multitude of reasons, but many of them are derived out of fear. The day that they finally find the bravery to leave is the actual day that never comes.
So? still a good video, and song
James likes to make his lyrics vague enough for anybody to attach their own thoughts to, one of the reasons I love 72 seasons is because he sings directly about how his trauma through life, everything up til then except for escape and dyers eve have been purposely very vague about his traumas
The dude next to him should prod patrick when hes talking through an integral part of the song cause he does it every single time... its like an anti-superpower.
This is a killer album. Best comeback ever. Especially after st.anger. The snare was still off a bit.
I can't listen to it anymore because of the sound of the drums so awful...
I mean I love it, st anger too, even with the drums
I wouldn’t go that far.
It’s better than St Anger and ReLoad and 72 Seasons.
Patrick my guy….you just gotta let the songs breathe like Chris said 🤣🤣
Fun Fact: The beginning riff for Cyanide is actually morse code for SOS
My absolute favourite Metallica album. Not a song on the entire album that I dislike.
Also...All Nightmare Long 🤩
Almost makes me wish they were watching the actual video for All Nightmare Long lol
Cyanide makes me cringe every time, but I like the rest.
@@DANCEDWATreally?
we have the exact same preference lol, best album by miles. just wish they could switch my apocolypse for a better closing song like a Damage Inc type song, or even something to partner with Sui. & Red.
This is my least favourite Metallica album by far, but it sounded better here than what I remembered. The Day That Never Comes was the song that brought this album down for me, I just had to skip that one every time. The latter half of the song is the worst thing they ever wrote.
Chris - "Talked right through it", Patrick - "Yeah whatever I don't care." Sums up this dudes whole channel. If you don't care then why the hell are you even bothering with this?
He wants to sound like he knows something… then he talks about all the other music he likes and shows his ignorance…
Cause Metallica get views.
1:48:04 Chris spoke for all of us with that one🤣
No, seriously though hahaha you're supposed to listen and react, not talk through the whole thing 😂
Patrick’s favorite movie is “Speed”. If he says less than 50 words a minute he’ll explode.
If this album has a sound like vulgar display of power just would be a masterpiece
Yes
They did use a krankenstein quite a bit on this album.
I have a playlist of the remastered versions of the songs if you check my chnl
It's funny that Vulgar Display of Power sounded REALLY strange when it came out. I remember reviews on Metal Hammer magazine that said the music is good but the production is so bad that they just couldn't listen to it. I had to listen to the songs a few times before I got used to it. Now the album sounds totally fine.
Ah.. Death Magnetic. I was 13 in 2008 when this album came out, and at the time I only had '...And Justice' and the Black album in my Metallica CD collection. I remember very well hearing 'The Day That Never Comes' play on the radio for the first time and being convinced that the band actually had a new singer, having not heard James' vocal progression between 1991 and 2008. I was absolutely certain that it was a different guy!
I agree it was so different
Aaaaah nice, I was also 13 when this album released. Saw them for the World Magnetic tour which was mind bogglingly loud and it was obviously an instant classic. Started learning drums and playing Judas Kiss + End of the Line constantly.
I was 21 and in the Navy doing my tech training. Had an Xbox 360 Elite, saved the songs to the hard drive and played COD4 every chance I could.
It's a bit of a shame that you've heard 72 Seasons already. DM came out in 2008 so we'd been waiting since '91 or even '88, wondering if 'the old Metallica' would ever come back.. DM was an amazing surprise, and welcome 'return' and, although I really rate a lot of the Load stuff, that feeling of 'Finally, they're back!' was amazing.
It was interesting hearing this AFTER 72 Seasons for sure. I bring that up a lot in the video!
That was the feeling for me when Death Magnetic came out, I went and saw them In Calgary In 2008 as well. The Sword and Lamb of God opened up for them. Then I saw them again in 2012 in Winnipeg, But I passed out halfway through the concert, way too much Tequila and shotgunning Labatt Blue.
@@daniellysohirka4258oh are you from Quebec province? I would say labbatt blue only sells here? Or do they sell our beer in other parts of Canada since you seem to have been in Calgary?
@@MrMOGHammer No, Labatt Brewing Company is actually in my home Province of Manitoba. As far as I know we only get Club Beer in MB and certain parts of Alberta, which is brewed by Labatt's. All in Winnipeg, but live in Flin Flon almost 800km north.
Although the Black album was my first Metallica and I have a soft spot for it, I think Death Magnetic is probably my favourite…
It was my favorite when it came out, then I kinda feel off with it for a few years, but nowadays I'd definitely say it's my personal favorite. It's just got it all, and especially now that we have this far superior remaster the only knock against it has been corrected.
Love that Chris said at 2:22:51 he'd love to hear an EP of just James Hetfield playing... there exists a single cover of Waylon Jennings' Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got out of Hand where (I believe) James played everything: rhythm, lead, bass, drums and vocals
Patrick is “Old man yells at cloud….and complains about the sound of the kick and snare drum doing 67% of every song.”
Holy shit guys, THANK YOU for listening to the iTunes version. I was hoping against hope you would. It turns this record from a tragedy of what might have been into a very loud and raw, but very listenable record.
As much as I would've liked a remix that made the sound a bit more dynamic, I think this version is a very good representation of what they were originally trying to achieve with the sound: It's directly in your face, 110% all the time. Maximum Metallica: The Album. They were absolutely shooting for the fences with this record and it's the greatest about-face career reset I've ever seen any band pull off.
Whether it's their favorite or not, any fan should be able to respect and appreciate it for that reason alone. This is the sound of a band coming back to life, finding themselves again.
dude never shuts up
Almost hilarious isn’t it
It makes me feel bad for his friends
1:06:32 - From the "third Metallica phase" Death Magnetic is by far my favorite...The songs aren't too simple, they have their complexity, they are flashy, they are heavy, they have good lyrics metrics (sentences end where they should) and they don't have weird vocal filters (the ones in there are from ok to nice). Hardwired is a mess on all those points... this is exactly why I mentioned these. 72 Seasons is too simple, too pop... too radio, made to be too accessible.
I think you may be thinking of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" or "Fade to Black" with the fade out on the 'Ride the Lightning' album. The song "Ride the Lightning" does not fade out. When they play Bells or Fade live, they do have a definitive ending, and they are two of the better songs when played live. The solo that is being played in Fade as the song fades on the album is the solo Kirk closes out with live, and it's amazing.
2:33:11 the piano plays the chord progression from the first 2 unforgivens but in E instead of A, so it's a pretty integral part of the song imo. Definitely should not be taken out.
I'm so glad that I'm not an audio engineer so the production of the album doesn't bother me 😂
I love this album.
Bad mastering never bothered me that much. Im always more focused on song composition and guitar parts etc so I always loved the original Death Magnetic release.
Apparently not everywhere in the world you get the remastered version on iTunes. In Germany you still only get the original. If I saw it correctly you can distinguish which version you get by comparing the copyright note. The original is licenced to "Metallica, under exclusive licence to Universal" and the remastered is licensed to "Blackened Music"
Blackened records is also metallica so either one is official
@@derekgagnon1250 Of course, but that wasn't the issue.
Been waiting for this one for a while!
I'm not sure Patrick could ever sit and listen to bands like Misfits and Black Flag without pulling all his hair out. ...re-growing his hair and pulling it all out.
Guys.. guys.. Kirk Hammets Portals Ep he released last year is FANTASTIC. The most creative guitar playing he’s done in over 20 years.
100% Agree. His playing on those 4 tracks were full of new levels of playing, ideas and cool passages that, I wish to God he expanded on 72S. The Maiden and the Monster and The Invocation are amazing. Full of music that, I wanted him to explore more of with MetallicA.
Parker hit the nail on the head in the solo part of Judas Kiss, that “Judas lives recite this vow, I’ve become your new god now” is absolutely my favorite part of the album (though I won’t hold it against you of course)
patrick and chris and chris back at it again with another BANGER
When he said Godsmack has been using wah before Metallica ever thought of using it I LOL'd. What a weenie
My fav album by them
Same here!
In Suicide & Redemption, James does the first solo in the song. Not the interlude, but when it picks back up and gets heavy again. Dont know if anyone else mentioned that.
he did the interlude in the studio aswell, and Kirk plays the interlude live so that James can play the clean part under it
I have to, HAVE TO, recommend that you fellas listen to the demos for this album (they are all on youtube somewhere). They cut SO MUCH interesting stuff from the final mix, it's totally worth a listen on its own (keeping in mind the lyrics and solos are mostly just placeholders).
Thank you for the quick explanation of what mastering is. Finally helped me understand it better.
2/15/2024 I compared a youtube upload of the itunes remaster to the spotify version and honestly I can't tell if there's even a difference. Maybe spotify switched versions?
edit: with headphones I can hear more clipping on the spotify version but the overall sound is almost the same. I remember hearing this when it came out thinking the static was a faulty CD rip but no it's just the album, but I also think it was intentional almost like electro static or electro magnetic noise going with the theme of the album name.
The day that never comes is my all time favourite track they made. It’s soo good. This album is phenomenal
That was the only song I had to skip on this album 😅
Could you guys do Pantera records next? I bet you'd be facinated when you hear dimebag's guitar skills and phill's vocal range.
This is a great idea
This was my first Metallica album. I was a freshman in high school and bugged my dad to buy it for me. I kept up with all the Mission Metallica stuff, the online leaks, live versions of songs. I was obsessed with Death Magnetic. I also have the Moderus version (a fan mix) where the vocals are brought up front and have some reverb! I could share it with you if I can find it
Love the video Patrick, and the mustache!
So glad that you guys are doing beyond magnetic. It has some very good moments
Chris' reaction to the original version is how I felt about the album for sooo long lol. I never really listened to the cleaned up version until this video, and it is night and day better. I may actually give the updated one a listen sometime. Original has to be one of the most overcompressed/loudened records, I've ever heard.
It is! It’s actually THE loudest album ever if the stories are true.
I love the Mark 3 mix based off the Guitar Hero rips.
@@ronniep2005 Not the loudest one, but it's up there. Damn up there. All the albums that are louder than this are death metal, grindcore and harsh noise. But it is the loudest to be a top seller.
I think for The Unforgiven III the best version is from S&M2. That version with the symphony is beautiful and it makes it one of the best Metallica songs.
The S&M version transofrmed the song and the vocals of james on that one..were just delightful
That CD was in my player in my truck for 8 years! Soooo loud and I loved it!
The guy in the middle just loves hearing his own voice!
If there's one Megadeth album to listen to in it's entirety it's probably Rust in Peace but "Holy Wars..." off it is practically a mandatory listening for tasting old Megadeth even though you/Patrick would probably like Countdown to Extinction the most (or maybe Risk cause it's like Dave's Load).
Never understood the appeal of that tune. Hangar is so much better
@@enerpro2955 I personally find Hangar more consistently good. At about 2:30 in Holy Wars it feels like a big drop in quality but it's also a more dynamic song and has less so solos which Pat will probably appreciate.
I have to agree, I am by no means a Megadeath fan, as for whatever reason I cannot get past the vocals, but I'll regularly listen to holy wars. It's a masterpiece
@@Deadlyspark Yea his vocals can be rough, especially early on in his career. It's a shame they never got a dedicated singer.
Chris’s face when the original master started playing 😂
I think I'm discovering about myself that I'm really a masochist. Every time I see a video from Patrick I know I'm going to rage 10 to 20 times during the course of the reaction but as he talks over my favorite parts and ignores the things that we all love about Metallica, but I know every time you put out a video dude I'm going to listen to it. 🤷
When this came out I listened to it over and over again, but listened to it mostly in my '88 Toyota Corolla that with a shit stereo and noisy engine, so I had no idea the masering was bad. I was like "what do you mean? This album sounds great!"
I've never heard the iTunes version. I ripped from the CD on day 1 and still have that on my iPhone. This sounds incredible so far. Very much looking forward to the OG reaction of BBS.
Yeah back when it was released it was almost immediately known that the mix was way too compressed to sound louder, luckily they released Guitar Hero: Metallica shortly after and people ripped the songs off of it and made way better mixes. FYI the version you want to look for is the digital download version off of Metallica's site not the one on itunes.
"You're such a normie" comment had me spit out my coffe. I love it! haha
That's me! A Regular Randy!
How is it I cannot stand the person who’s channel it is, but love the other two guys. Really the only reason I tune in to these videos is for the Chris’s
Same.
You guys should check out "Beyond Magnetic" EP next time! Just nice 4 extra tracks left from Death Magnetic
Just discovered this channel, fucking love this format!
I feel like this album doesn't get enough attention as some of their others. I share their sentiment of this album having some of the best transitions and guitar riffs. There's SO MANY guitar riffs packed into each song, and each song take you to so many different places! If this album had James' classic vocal and guitar tones, this probably would be their best album imo.
Holy shit! Patrick, if you would just listen, you'll find parts more awesome than you own voice!
This album is definitely in my Metallica's top 5 :D
Guys, ride the lightning doesn't fades out
Your info is a little mixed up about the Beyond Magnetic and the post-St. Anger Live songs. A few tidbits:
- "The New Song" (aka death is not the end) has riffs which turned into The End of the Line (track 2 on DM, maybe this was your confusion?) and All Nightmare Long
- "Vulturous" (another new song of that era) has not really surfaced in any way
- "Just a Bullet Away" was codenamed "Shine" and was a fan favorite in the pre-DM live studio prep video era. It finally showed up on Beyond Magnetic.
- "Hate Train" has a middle riff which was featured also in these studio prep videos.
- All 4 of the Beyond Magnetic songs were performed live in the 2011 SF 30th anniversary shows. Hell and Back was the only one to be played after that, over the next couple of years here and there.
I'm impressed by your ability to string together some tidbits of information, get some of it wrong, but state things as hard cold facts. You're like ChatGPT in this way! Leave room for misinterpretation or study the history a bit more thoroughly before stating things as facts please.
Came for the reaction to the original version and wasnt disappointed 😄 When it first came out I listened to the first 30s and thought my headphones were broken, i went straight off to the shops to buy new headphones, came back and started again. It was so crushing to realise that was just how the album sounded.
I always liked how the solo in My Apocalypse ends in a siren sound with a doppler shift as it drives past. Goes good with "car crash" symbolism.
I genuinely think this album is right up there with Metallica's best. The classics stand on their own, but in terms of post-Black album this is possibly the best they've released. Thrashy, aggressive, has complexity in the arrangements without going full "Justice". It gets hate for the production, which I get, but the songwriting & performances are really strong.
in response to you not finding how many times these songs were played live, they have details about that on their website. if you go to a specific album and click on a song it details when it was first played live, last played live, and how many times it was played live in total.
hope this helps in future videos! 🤘
1:34:15 “It’s because the riffs are so good” 😂
In retrospect, I believe Death Magnetic to be the last great Metallica album. Don’t get me wrong, there are some great numbers on both Hardwired and 72 Seasons, but this album is just epic. I never understood the hate this album gets from some people, well, except for the mixing, but this I got used to. All else - the riffs, the transitions, the presence of TWO great ballads on this album, one of which has probably the last great Kirk solo to date - is unbelievably good. I hope that this album will also get the re-release and a remastered version, though I understand that we’ll have to wait for it for a while (given that Load/Reload and St. Anger are not yet released).
I completely agree, but only because Hardwired has too many songs. There is a damn good 8-song-album in Hardwired, but also a bunch of really mediocre tracks. I wish they could go back to fewer tracks which receive more focus.
Room of mirrors is where kirk shined again imo
Agreed! Absolutely!
I feel the dude on the right, telling blue tshirt dude to shut up haha! Man, be quite for more than 10 seconds and listen 😅
You guys need to do a TOOL discography run through. Some of the best mixing ever
The guitar riffs at the start of Cyanide and at the end of the song, 3 fast 3 slow and 3 fast, is Morse Code for SOS. So the song begins and ends with an SOS call.
That thing you said about watching all the way through your monetized metal CD unboxing video, I literally did that when it came out. I didnt really care about what you were doing, but I knew it would be nice to just set my phone down and "watch" it all the way through.
Can’t wait!
Saw them in jersey. Musically the only person that has aged is Lars.
Kirks solo album is called Portals. Pretty damn good if you’re into solo guitar and more cinematic score-ish sounding stuff.
Lars has gotten worse over the years, but in the last like 5 years, he has gotten better and better again
Surprises me that Patrick hasn't listened to Iron Maiden, they're the first band someone would mention if you ask them about double harmonies
Edit: Loving the content, keep it going!
I appreciate long hair Chris so much.
Can't wait! Since it seems I'm the first to comment (probably not once I'm done writing this 😅 ), I'll start with a bit of trivia that I hope you find interesting: Track 5 on this album, "All Nightmare Long" is the ONLY original Metallica studio release recorded in every bedroom guitarist's favourite tuning, drop D.
Contrary to what some believe, previous Metallica songs in D tuning (like Sad But True and The Thing That Should Not Be) are in fact not in drop D, but in D standard tuning. The difference is, for D standard all strings are simultaneaously downtuned a whole step, so that the relative intervals between the strings are unchanged, and chord shapes and scales are played in the same way as in regular E standard tuning, they just produce sounds in a lower key. This is what Metallica have done in the past when they wanted to "get heavy".
For drop D on the other hand, only the top string is tuned down from E to D. This makes it immensely popular with bedroom guitarists that have only one guitar, because it is the easiest and fastest way to switch to a lower register. In addition, since the interval between the first and second string is changed to a fifth by default, power chords become actually easier to play. The D power chord would just be open strings, and in all other keys you only need one finger to play a full power chord. The flip side is that for playing different chord shapes and melody lines involving the top string, you'd have to adapt quite a bit.
So as a general rule of thumb (to which there are exceptions, of course), you'll find drop tunings in more simplistic metal styles that rely on chuggy riffs, and if it's more melodic and technical, it's propably in some regular standard tuning. Metallica has ventured into drop tunings on St. Anger (albeit in lower registers than D), but like so many other artistic choices on that album, it was pretty much a one-off. They never used them before and never used them after - with this one exception, "All Nightmare Long" on Death Magnetic.
There are two probable reasons for this. One dates back to 2006, when Metallica played an untitled new song on a couple of live shows. Songwriting wise, that song was a bit of a hybrid between St. Anger and Death Magnetic. The St. Anger influence was still there, exemplified by the fact it was written and played in a drop tuning. But other parts already foreshadowed where they were headed at the time. In fact, they ended up recycling bits and pieces of that song for different songs on Death Magnetic, and the biggest chunk - the entire solo section and post-solo bridge - ended up on "All Nightmare Long". So it makes sense they kept the drop tuning. The other reason is that one of the main signature riffs in the song is derived from a flamenco guitar lick that Rob once played in the studio on an acoustic guitar and James found interesting enough to copy and use for the new album. James learned the lick on an E standard guitar, it is played on the second and third string and involves open strings. The section in the song where it is used features a key change to E, so the notes are the exact same as in the original flamenco lick. But the root of the song is D. If they used a regular D standard tuning as they have done in the past, James would've had to play the lick higher up the fretboard, without using open strings. But luckily, there is a guitar tuning that allowed him to lower the root to D and to play the flamenco lick on the second and third string just the way he learned it on his E standard guitar - and there you go, first and only Metallica song in drop D.
If you're using Winamp, you can bring up the Winamp window and hit Ctrl+V while the song is playing and it will stop before it plays the next song in the playlist.
!!!!!!!!!
I did not know there was a 2010 re-release and I need this in my life
A music producer quote "well I don't know when the song ended" I suggest actually listening to the song instead of talking bullshit over the vocals. That way you will pick up on the SUBTLE!! cues of where the song is going.
Patrick ragging on S&R is breaking my fuckin heart 😂😭
I'm sorry to correct you, but the part where you say that they wrote load and reload in the studio without ideas was false.... They had demos for both reload and load a year and a half before load came out. And not just a couple songs, but a BUNCH of songs. St anger is the only album that wasn't demoed first, because they pretty much canned half an albums worth of material that was written in studio.
Another fact about the St. Anger snare that everyone else talks about, was actually used FIRST on the mission impossible soundtrack song they did in 2000 called I DISAPPEAR. check it out 😊
I Disappear does not sound like the St. Anger snare though. Maybe because it's not as loud in the mix. I hear a slight ping, that's it.
@@pisserplunkerits simmilar, but I disappear also has better production I think
The main bendy riff on Suicide and redemption is so fire. It might be my favorite Metallica instrumental
Patrick, you should make a short out of the Tarzan "What don't kill you make you more strong!" spot on Broken, Beat and Scarred". It's hilarious.
@@MCRiddle859 this is a fantastic idea! I have been meaning to go on our discord and ask people there who maybe have watched the videos a few times if they could recommend some short clips that I could cut out as shorts! This is a perfect place to get started! If you're not on our discord then head over there and check it out! I know I have a link in our most recent Metallica video where we watch some live videos!
2:06:33. The signature moment of the album. All reigns after that breath \m/
and they didn't even hear it lmao
@@afgh1408the guy in the blue is so bad at talking over the music. In EVERY video they do.
Another great video guys. To everyone moaning about too much talking, surely the point of these video is to hear their thoughts?
I honestly never knew there was a remaster. The only version i had ever heard was the album release version.
Really great listen!
I hope you guys do Opeth one day, probably Ghost reveries since that's the most approachable one
Chris mentioning the TX show was pretty sick since I was there too😂
What don't kill ya makes you more strong is now officially my favorite Metallica lyric of all time! 😅😅😅
im not an audio engineer and i can clearly hear all the issues it has mastering wise but it somehow works as a great album regardless. I don’t think i had the cd originally but i did have a technically awful sounding version i used. I’ve had various versions. What one are you playing here? It sounded pretty good. For all it’s faults it’s fantastic. In fact i would go as far as saying every album they have made that suffers in some way of recording and post production are all their very best albums. First 4 and this basically.
I want to make sure I make a positive comment on this video. I may not always agree with everything you guys say about a particular album or song, but I'm glad for the breakdown of each album and song. Thank you for making these videos and taking the time for a thorough exploration.
I wish you guys could have attended the theater presentations of the Dallas shows. They played at least one song from every album while still making sure to play the essential hits.
Songs played in Dallas.
Kill 'Em All:
Seek & Destroy (night 1, song 15)
Whiplash (night 2 opener)
Ride the Lightning:
Ride the Lightning (night 2, song 3)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (night 2, song 2)
Fade to Black (night 2, song 7)
Creeping Death (night 1 opener)
The Call of Ktulu (night 2, song 9)
Master of Puppets:
Battery (night 2, song 13)
Master of Puppets (night 1 closer)
Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (night 1, song 7)
Leper Messiah (night 1, song 3)
Orion (night 1, song 9)
... And Justice for All:
One (night 2, song 15)
Harvester of Sorrow (night 1, song 2)
The Black Album:
Enter Sandman (night 2 closer)
Sad but True (night 1, song 11)
Wherever I May Roam (night 2, song 11)
Nothing Else Matters (night 1, song 10)
Load:
King Nothing (night 1, song 4)
Reload:
Fuel (night 1, song 14)
Garage, Inc.:
Whiskey in the Jar (night 2, song 14)
S&M:
No Leaf Clover (night 2, song 10)
St. Anger:
Dirty Window (night 2, song 4)
Death Magnetic:
The Day That Never Comes (night 1, song 12)
Hardwired...to Self-Destruct:
Hardwired (night 1, song 13)
Moth Into Flame (night 2, song 12)
72 Seasons:
72 Seasons (night 2, song 5)
Shadows Follow (night 1, song 8)
You Must Burn! (night 2, song 8)
Lux Æterna (night 1, song 5)
If Darkness Had a Son (night 2, song 6)
Too Far Gone? (night 1, song 6)
They have also played on this tour:
Holier Than Thou, Through the Never, and Cyanide (in lieu of Leper Messiah)
Until It Sleeps (King Nothing or Dirty Window)
The Memory Remains and I Disappear (in lieu of Dirty Window)
Screaming Suicide (in lieu of Too Far Gone?)
Sleepwalk My Life Away (in lieu of Shadows Follow)
The Unforgiven (in lieu of No Leaf Clover)
Fight Fire With Fire (in lieu of Hardwired)
Blackened (in lieu of Hardwired)
I had the pleasure of seeing them in NJ to kick off the North American leg of this tour the first weekend of August. Awesome show.
Keep rolling with these videos. Curious to hear your thoughts on what is left.
Love how the font on “redemption” ,when suicide and redemption is on, how it’s the red dead redemption font😂
Thank you so much for noticing this!
I really encourage you to find some way to listen to this and other albums on an Apple device with spatial audio on. I remember you (Patrick) talking about an album recorded with Dolby Atmos, which is similar and saying it sounded like you were in the guitar. I have only ever listened to this and others through the spatial audio, and have never thought the vocals were too quiet. I’m not well versed in audio jargon, but I feel that it will be a drastic improvement over what you’re hearing here. I’m not sure how to suggest you go about doing this, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts about how it changes the sound. Love these vids, thank you!
I watched the whole thing was fantastic loved every minute
A couple of band suggestions maybe a couple of misfits songs, DragonForce aswell whatever you guys choose I'm happy either way and love your content longer the better 😂😂
I love the disection you guys do with these albums. As I mentioned before, I don't always agree, but damn, what a show. Do you (Patrick) have any plans to give this amount of attention to other albums once the Metallica stuff is done? Examples being Ghost or Megadeth or Abba?