The Real Story Behind Metallica's Best Fake

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The real story of Metallica's best fake: Apocalypse Dawn. Why everyone believed it's a legit Metallica demo from 2002. Thank you, Mr Steve Allsworth! (follow him at / steveallsworthguitar )
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[@trafy5258]

"all the Metallica ballads put together, in 1 minute" So, shorter version of The Day that Never Comes, but 6 years before it came out

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Also i missed a reference to The Unforgiven, the two bars right after the harmonics. Thus all the ballads are there. Epicer that I thought

[@kirkwahmett859]

@@AndriyVasylenko I agree, I really hope metallica puts an epic ballad in their new album like the day that never comes

[@tieukhavu8832]

@@AndriyVasylenko Nevertheless, a wonderful tribute and reminiscence of Metallicas musical history.

[@larsswig912]

this is a beautiful song actually, so much potential in the writer

[@AndriyVasylenko]

I hope he starts a KZbin channel

[@larsswig912]

@@AndriyVasylenko me too! that would be awesome how did you manage to contact him btw?

[@justbenelson]

In my opinion, Kirk should receive 50% of the credit for "Ride the Lightning" because his solo is what makes that song great.

[@gamecube64sega68]

True

[@metalpuppet5798]

Its one of the great moments in it. The riffs are awesome as well

[@oliverdahlberg838]

Mustaine should receive the other 50% ;)

[@mattleo3211]

@@oliverdahlberg838 He already does.

[@oliverdahlberg838]

@@mattleo3211 I doubt that

[@__Diego__Aguilar_]

I didn't expect that guy to be interviewed after those years 😮

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Nor did he ))

[@3v3nfl0w]

@@AndriyVasylenko you are indeed Slavic that ")))" just makes me happy

[@beeeennnnnnn]

@@3v3nfl0w may i have an explanation why that is please ive seen it more than once. Is it just an effect by typing in english?

[@rubetz528]

"Play the tune and ask 'do you remember writing this?'" got me xD

[@kostaskoulis4463]

Plotwist:Steve is actually State of mercury

[@mungofinalfi4480]

Plot twist: Steve is actually State of mercury's dad.

[@BigFatCaulk]

those guys are something else, it’s amazing how they do what they do

[@LithiumRoot]

Alright, the next step is to interview Jason Newsted, I guess

[@gamecube64sega68]

Great idea

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Got featured in Total Guitar for this video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIikh5-fj8yhg6c Thank you Steve! Follow him here instagram.com/steveallsworthguitar/ Came across this track in December 2009 or January 2010. Remember that time? If only had we known a lot of things :)

[@kirkwahmett859]

Lol I was 2 years old at the time

[@sam8404]

@@kirkwahmett859 I was only 14 then but your comment makes me feel old now lol.

[@SviatoslavKaverin]

Please, make a review of the legendary "St. Anger parody" by Matt Smith.

[@bentm99]

I've never heard this track, was on deployment back then. Now I need to listen to it.

[@amirphoenix2327]

dude, why you mentioned Ride the lightning solo, out of so many solos you mentioned solo that he didn't wrote

[@thedebatehitman]

8:36 9:35 Apparently, when you’re British, it’s just known as the New Wave of Heavy Metal, which makes sense.

[@LosZueWendWotsch]

Am I Blood - Gone with you. Sounds like Metallica did a song between "The Black Album" and "Load".

[@rickdeckard2240]

When Am I blood first album came out, before the internet came to homes, I was playing to make my friends have a listen to it and tell them it was the next tallica after Load, and they were all happy it was going to be more metal haha! Ah I miss the pre internet world!

[@totuhun]

I only know this "fake" Metallica song. The vocals are very similar to James' vocals, and the structure likes the late 90's Metallica songs.

[@KaoswareMetal]

Man that was such a great story and interview !!! That was great !! Thanks Andriy !

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Thank you man!

[@LorenzoDeNato]

Tbh the Harmony part reminds me of Avenged Sevenfold but considering that they have been inspired a lot by metallica it's still brilliant

[@zoethebrownmenance]

Completely agree that harmony part sounds like a7x. I also thought the first riff sounded much more like megadeth then metallica. Sounded like something off of youthanasia or cryptic writings. Tone was much more similar to megadeths during the 90’s

[@chrislair6832]

Yeah I've always thought Avenged Sevenfold sounds like old Metallica sometimes

[@MF-ng1qz]

How tf fid you find him? ,,Yeah, do you remember this guy from 19 years ago? Here is he"

[@nickknee3515]

Steve is a genius to combine different Metallica sounds into one small track. Just plain brilliant.

[@1k.morales]

Steve had a great vision and knew Metallica's song structure very well ! The solo's sounded such like Kirk's work....

[@skeletorwins5567]

Woaahhh, hey Ethan!

[@1k.morales]

Sup Skeletor lol!

[@MissionaryMclovin]

0:07 Dear Lord How could you even put that in a video

[@annettemcbride9932]

Good old megadeth

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

Hello us, meet the real us!

[@_Iss]

Cthulhu Awaken here we go agaaaaaaaaaaiiiinnn!!

[@Ivan_Konstruktor]

Great work, friend!

[@arbersadiku]

Awesome song and so cool to interview him. Great job there friend 🤘

[@MatthiasPowerbomb]

I remember seeing Apocalypse Dawn floating around the internet back in the day. It's interesting to finally know the story behind it.

[@jayceeguitar]

wake up babe, new andriy vasylenko video

[@nihilist92]

This was great. I miss the whole thing of mysterious songs emerging back then and trying to work out if it was them or not. Great video! 🤘🏻

[@RaynerGuitar7]

Hey dude. Steve is/was a teacher at guitar x now BIMM which is a music institute in London. I attended like 8 years ago. He’s a great teacher and player. I know that all the teachers at the school are top session musicians. Me and my ex peers seen them on TV a lot. Pre covid a few were playing on londons west end in theatres. So I’m sure he where ever he is now it’s a highly spoke of player and had a lot of work pre covid. Cool video. Man. As soon as I saw it was Steve I was like holly shit he taught me for 3 years. Amazing bloke.

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

Though you can surely hear there are programmed drums, it was a nice composition mr. Allsworth got together. I swear I've never ever come across it before.

[@krizalist.]

So basically, he was more metallica than actual metallica at that period?

[@ianmarkd.gestuveo4172]

Reminds me of the comment from Sum 41 - The Bitter End...

[@Omar24Music]

I still have that Total Guitar magazine. One of the first thrash riffs I came up with was based on the riffs from Apocalypse Dawn! If I remember correctly, in one of the following issues of Total Guitar someone actually wrote in asking if they could use Apocalypse Dawn for their own song haha! Steve Allsworth is a beast, I think he transcribed Battery for one issue which had the correct ending to the solo (as opposed to the complete mess up in the tab book). Good to see him getting some recognition!

[@shadcovert1160]

The auto subtitles on this video are HILARIOUS. Great content, my friend.

[@Trinig03]

Amazing interview and video. Loved it

[@chrislair6832]

Man I had this off of either napster or some other download program. I always thought it was them and just never made it to an album. Thanks for this trip down memory lane.

[@alexandernathaniel8538]

oh sweet! video came out on my birthday! you make great videos man!! rock on!🤘🤘

[@nekoshka7985]

Happy birthday

[@alexandernathaniel8538]

@@nekoshka7985 thanks man

[@cczeroX]

I think I vaguely remember the song - what a cool idea to just have this guy over for an interview out of the blue. And I feel like he appreciated the acknowledgement was well. Great stuff. :)

[@gunterlauch2588]

Great video! Thank you for bringing such an interesting topic to my attention. Keep on rocking Andriy!

[@Kurty94]

It's so epic that you've contacted him :)

[@emanuelrodriguez1088]

I remember being in youtube listening to this “Throne of the Ivory” song maybe in 2007, before Death Magnetic; after that, I downloaded from Ares but once I realized they were not Metallica, I deleted it. I didn’t know anything about Apocalypse dawn. Go to listening to right now. Nice interview 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@nekoshka7985]

Awesome vid, didnt know abt this until now! Hope you are better with your health

[@benthies9531]

I remember falling for “darkness” which ended up being an Evile song.

[@didi_abdillah]

If State Of Mercury upload a video on youtube in 2002, everyone will believe there is Enter Sandman in And Justice For All

[@Andi-F]

3.06 sounds like angry again from the other band

[@_Iss]

The other band lmao

[@IwieIch123]

You are doing a great job for the Metallica community, Andriy

[@nicolaschinchurreta]

What about “Hunger” from the Napster days!?

[@s7l234]

Awesome video. Great job💪

[@Winchensoficial]

Cool video andriy i didnt knew that song oh and by the way why metallica remove their demos from Hardwired? i like the demos from DM saludos frrriend!

[@bellsprout666]

1:33 cowboy hat Kirk is my new aesthetic

[@rjamesyork]

Anybody remember Valley of Misery by Holochaust? That was shared as a Metallica song on file-sharing networks in 2002-03.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

I remember coming across a whole “St Anger demo” album. Totally not Metallica , but many still fell for that. That’s the romance of that time

[@justbenelson]

@@AndriyVasylenko I fell for it. Besides the vocalist's vocals sounding a bit gurgly at times the dude definitely had Hetfield delivery. James also uses allegory for a lot of his writing and this song certainly had that too. Two things threw me off about it though: the drums are too quiet and the solo basically recycles itself. Great song nonetheless.

[@FFVison]

I actually remember that. I ended up finding all of the tracks that they released and had a number of emails that I had with the guitarist, Tommy, from back in the day. I believe that they eventually renamed the band to Mind Astray. I actually have some of those early MP3 releases of theirs. I liked them.

[@mungofinalfi4480]

@@FFVison Mind Astray...Still Metallica related. ; D

[@FFVison]

@@mungofinalfi4480 Indeed. The influence was definitely quite pronounced and doesn't surprise me that they named it something like that. I haven't heard their stuff in years though. I'll have to revisit it again sometime.

[@Benjawin6671]

Video Idea: Ranking every metallica album closer

[@elwayfan01]

That's actually really good. *Dyers Eve #1 again*

[@Benjawin6671]

@@elwayfan01 lol Dyers Eve is great but it doesn't close the album quite as well as Call of Ktulu

[@elwayfan01]

@@Benjawin6671 I was leaning towards Damage Inc myself. But Ktulu is a solid choice.

[@Poutrel]

Just told a colleague a few months ago that, no, it's not Metallica that did that Imperial March cover. Got baited too myself as a teenager :D

[@SviatoslavKaverin]

All the best for its worth to Mr. Allsworth!

[@xname662]

Thanks for the video and research Andriy!,and of course thanks to Steve too🤘🏻👍🏻

[@xname662]

And metallica🤘🏻

[@BarrySwords]

I remember buying this magazine when it came out and learning this track. It was a great lesson.

[@SergioLazaroMartinez]

This interview was sick dude

[@mariofranco4773]

What a nice guy Steve looks like, awesome job frrrriend!

[@jotapaulo87]

This guy was able to do in a simple (and better) way what Metallica was unable to do or deliver with St. Anger ...

[@thunderheads4103]

Hi friend, do you know you are the true Metallifan? In the album booklet for Ride The Lightning, Metallica mentions and thanks "Metallifans." You are this definition. That is compliment

[@totendestro585]

0:07 I see what you did there Andriy

[@kirkwahmett859]

Lol I see it

[@alienduce-unocero]

There's a song called Higher Octane that sounds just like what Metallica would compose, I even thought it was a demo I've never heard. I find it amazing. The band is Vans in Japan, highly recommended.

[@adrianjunor8661]

Check out "In Memoriam" by Evile, it really sounds like a Metallica ballad

[@sniktythwip5524]

The 5/4 measure should have been all the evidence we needed that this was a fake. Steve's ability to emulate the effects so well were great.

[@shanebryan1529]

Am I Blood. Gone with you probably the most sound alike I've ever heard and the vocals are very close. Also the album it's off has some bangers on it. The truth inside the dying sun I think it's called.

[@davidwagner5788]

How have I never heard of this song? I always thought "Hunger" was their most famous fake ^^

[@CT-8024]

I actually used to have the issue with the song. I always knew exactly what it was. Having said that, it is still in my work jam play list.

[@marvaster]

Just amazing video! It warmed up my metal heart...

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Andriy, before you quit, please release your personal song ranking

[@theredheadproject]

I was expecting this to be 'Hunger' by whoever that actually was.

[@ThatMetalhead018]

That’s a Christian thrash band called Eternal Decision

[@parkerfeatherston]

Whoa we finally found the 5th member of Metallica

[@Masterfighterx]

Evile - In Memoriam was also for a short while believed to be Metallica.

[@spek2882]

interview Jason!!

[@FFVison]

The part where they had the harmonizing bendy bit reminds me of the Pantera song Hollow.

[@dezraq1984]

Andriy, I hope that you actually see this comment. I just wanted to say that I haven't seen all of your video's but I do enjoy the one's that I have seen very much. You are an excellent musician and I love your ability to break down music theory concepts into things that people who only can read tab, such as myself, can visualize and understand. I like you have been a huge Metallica fan for most of my life but I have to give you credit for being a more loyal fan than I because I honestly hate St. Anger and I am not a fan of load and reload either. Not to say it is bad music but in my opinion it is just not interesting and sounds to commercial. I do love Death Magnetic and Hardwired but even they at moments have songs that I just do not enjoy. Even the Black album to me is not quite interesting to me. Anyway I just discovered you are from Ukraine and wanted to say God Bless you and stay safe because I know the geo-political situation over there can make life a bit dangerous. I live in Brooklyn ,Ny and have always wanted to get the fuck out of this country and see the world. Hopefully I can see the Ukraine one day and I would love to jam with you and I don't know if you drink but I always wanted to try Ukrainian Vodka. I heard that shit can power a rocket into low earth orbit.!!!

[@JCBassCovers]

A MIDI version of this would be nice in a Doom WAD

[@Aaron_Berry]

A mislabeled Metallica st anger song is how I discovered the band Kerbdog. For anybody curious, the song is called The Inseminator.

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

I came across that song as well as the fake "Hunger." If nothing else it kept people talking about Metallica.

[@cristoskamboures4874]

This is very cool,great video!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Thank you Cristos!

[@lambknot]

I liked the one where it goes, "Complex just like justice, ooh Bob help me!"

[@AD1978leo]

There was a hint of Ozzy at 2:35 and again in the solo part. Revolution Mother Earth.

[@toxik_bucket]

the telegang has been spawned \m/

[@AndriyVasylenko]

\m/

[@toxik_bucket]

@@AndriyVasylenko ♥️

[@waxlthegreat]

Gone with you & Flamenco pier etc

[@ritualdeathmetal]

The part that sounds like the to live is to die interlude sounds like Opeth

[@floppa_9530]

opeth got inspired by that song kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXypc6FjbpySb80 amazing how many bands metallica have influenced

[@ritualdeathmetal]

@@floppa_9530yeah i know that. Mikael said that if it wasn't for that lick Opeth would have never existed

[@H.E.M.]

3:45 tbh that sounds like a Metallica riff. Especially since it ends off with a 3-2-1 😂

[@wojkel]

Thank you, Andriy and Steve.

[@DenSvartaStjarnan]

This talk about fakes really takes me back to listening to Rammstein on KZbin (before they had a social media presence). People would just take any band from the same scene/genre regardless of whether the singer sounded like Till and upload it as "Rammstein". Luckily, you got to discover some cool bands!

[@corycastleman6351]

There was a song called Gone with you, by Am I Blood. I always thought it was Metallica when I was younger lol

[@semotano]

I really thought you were gonna talk about the song "In memoriam" by Evile. People still think it is Metallica haha

[@geoffreyeljefe4544]

I remember downloading a kick ass metallica fake called fuck like a beaver. Its actually a song called little pig, by a band called jug. Its from the Playstation soundtrack game destruction derby 2, its a great song, check it out

[@stonkmyconk2741]

Home boy made a whole song for the band

[@viniciusdb2409]

#TeleGang 🤘🤘

[@Elio_Kyfe]

Sis

[@Epd3mik]

It was one of those fakes that got me into Am I blood! Really really really good band that i listen to Alot! Search "Am i Blood" or "St Mucus" Its the same band basically but with different names.

[@themetalknight2005]

Metallica should team up with Steve to make the song an official Metallica song

[@sarbajitdam2562]

#telegng HUY!!

[@Simon-oe3xp]

Could you try to get an interview with Jason Newsted?

[@boukebandstra2994]

The band playing at 0:11 is Eternal Decision

[@juanborjas6416]

This reminds of Justin Whang's videos, which is a great thing.

[@burieddreamer]

The man who wrote a song that is more Metallica than whatever Metallica could pull off since. Legend.

[@Scaion]

When people believed Am I Blood song "Gone with You" was Metallica's new power ballad back in 2000's.

[@RexNicolaus]

I hear Helloween How Many Tears in the clean part of the song.

[@larsswig912]

3:48 also reminds me of Deadly Nightshade for some reason

[@cbr9914]

this was a good watch

[@alienduce-unocero]

Btw, this is the most wholesome moment I've seen related to Metallica 🖤

[@GoviaM]

Hi

[@Linzy137]

7:49 "But...uhh...well..." .... If you know you know

[@rolling2k232]

This genius of a man looks like either that dude from Master Chief or late Eddie Van Halen

[@shagy9111]

where can we get a full good sound version of this song?