Audio Engineers React to "...And Justice For All" by Metallica!

[@Squic83]

This album is a real masterpiece. Period.

[@frankhassle9366]

One of the few that hasn't diminished with age, and demands listening from start to finish.

[@mstrasser]

Agreed. Remaster is enough. All the cries for remixing it to "hear the bass" nah. Not that Metallica ever would adhere to them. It's perfection captured to tape and needs to stay as is

[@spackle9999]

It's like the beautiful painting in the museum that you admire but don't visit as much as the comic book store.

[@monkeysezbegood]

​@@mstrasserthe only album that needs a remaster is death magnetic.

[@borisnegrarosa9113]

My favorite Metallica album. After this one they only went downhill.

[@jesussaves9855]

The reason the chorus is more aggressive on One is because it's about a guy injured in the war and he's in constant agonizing pain. He's frustrated because he just wants to die. But the hospital he's in is keeping him alive.

[@fixxxer3456]

A vegetable that doesn't want to live anymore but can't communicate it. Man, that's just pure hell

[@mythic_rx7]

​@@fixxxer3456he was able to communicate it through morse code, by using his head to tap on his pillow, but they denied his wish. It's so heart-wrenching man

[@jp1170]

Their lyrics are 100% not dumb. They all have deep meaning. Maybe pull them up and read them before throwing out an absurd statement like that

[@TheFbiFilesRepeat]

Yea that was stupid lol

[@fclefjefff4041]

This album is wildly overrated and a lot of the lyrics are juvenile

[@1980TruthSeeker]

@@fclefjefff4041 Get out of here. Song writing from James is some of the best in (heavy)music, period. Let me see you write lyrics about the end of the world in "Blackend". Reference to mother nature her death and your own mother. It's very juvenile to write about injury in war, addiction, failed justice system. What are your lyrics about, your first heartbreak?

[@ansontigersportspics8063]

​@@fclefjefff4041"widely overrated" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ogulcanyolcu8714]

@@fclefjefff4041 I'm pretty sure you love Pantera and Slayer so much.

[@clintmorrison5863]

I just don't understand the hate for 'One.' What an incredible song- slow burn at the beginning and the build up to the end of the song.

[@oliverfajnor2071]

Yeah, its just "An Audio Engineer" who doesn't understand that conveying emotion is the main component in creating music and has no idea how to do it...

[@arbayer2]

I also think from an emotional theming standpoint a singular experience of One but without going back to see the live-action music video with the "Johnny Got His Gun" portions deafens someone to the concept the song's about - going from clean to James' vocals overlaid to overdriven guitar without that, it seems like a contrast without context. One of the times where I'd say the track without the music video trappings doesn't necessarily suffer depending on the listener, their research, and so on, but isn't a complete look at the track.

[@Noahiscoolandweirdbutyeah]

He didnt call the intro garbage he called the tone garbage, its really spanky

[@adsr5863]

I'm an audio Engineer and "One" is my favorite song of all time. Literally wouldn't be in the music world if it weren't for that song. Most audio guys treat their subjective opinions as fact and are very conceited. This record isn't as balanced of a mix as the Black Album, but the booming low mids of the guitars give it a distinctive sound that anyone would instantly recognize.@@oliverfajnor2071

[@CreepyNeighbor666]

One of the most influential metal bands in history and he goes "The lyrics are stupid, I could write a Metallica song after listening to this". If it was that easy, thousands of bands would do it.

[@jorgechavezhartley8785]

First time watching this channel...has he come up with a Metallica song since they put up this video? I'm sure what the answer is..

[@tritotrofo]

Ok wait when he said that? I’m watching but maybe I skipped?

[@unoeinars746]

This "expert" have no idea about music what so ever. Just thrashing one of the biggest bands of all time with nothing to come with at all by himself. Very very bad reaction to one of the biggest metal albums ever created

[@jwinnfield9192]

@@unoeinars746to be fair he says he is not a music expert, his job is to capture audio and mix it and produce it to it’s most favourable sound. The rest is his opinion, as in what he likes etc.

[@Randall_Kildare]

Thousands of bands *HAVE....* but there can be only *one.*

[@vibingwithvinyl]

"To Live Is To Die" is pretty symbolic. It's about Cliff Burton and to me, the fade in and out are about life and death itself, how it really has no beginning nor ending.

[@figu6ka379]

"symbolic" was a secret pun

[@clonexx]

I know this is older, but I’ll reply anyway. To Live is to Die is written in the way their grief played out. The beginning is their serenity when they have Cliff. The fade in of the abrupt distorted guitars is intentional to signify the chaos and complete shock overriding their serenity when they crashed and realized Cliff was dead. Then it basically goes through their stages of grief. I got annoyed when he rolled his eyes, and later bashed the spoken words as “a stupid saying”. What was said was personal to Cliff, something he partially wrote combined with something from an author he liked. Shit, part of that is written on his tombstone for fucks sake. I doubt he knows any of this, so it’s not his fault, but it definitely rubbed me wrong.

[@ZealousPower]

​@@clonexxthanks for explanation. Good timing too.

[@matejatomic3897]

To Live Is to Die was written for Cliff. It was the last song that had his writing in it. The speaking part was one of the poems Cliff wrote. The whole song could be parted into sections and be seen as grief and acceptance.

[@nehuge]

Agreed. The speaking part is on his tombstone. It was a dedication to him as it was something he wrote in poetry. That and they were grieving during this phase of his death. So original poster please take back your blasphemous remarks .

[@nuke2313]

^^^^^

[@MyGodIsDJ]

I mean, their reaction to To Live Is To Die is a case point of importance of knowing context. To a certain degree I may agree with some of their points from strictly "technical" side, but when you include the context of this song, the tragedy behind it, this song instanteneously gains another dimension.

[@matejatomic3897]

@@MyGodIsDJ Definitely agree with you!

[@Backbreaker2231]

Idk if they knew that or not but I think if they kept that in the back of their mind while listening to it I think they would’ve appreciated it a lot more, also I think the reason it’s an instrumental because all of Cliff’s main song were also instrumental

[@mithildharmadhikari2832]

I almost flipped when he called the intro to one garbage hahahahah

[@jochencooper2751]

Same here man and when he said they should have another singer wtf!!!!

[@metalage9751]

Everything about 'ONE' works. It's a fucking masterpiece.

[@jochencooper2751]

@@metalage9751 100%

[@NowSethaboi]

@@metalage9751One is overrated, best part is the epic machine gun riff

[@Silver_Bullet1999]

Yeah idgaf what this guy says, One is my favorite song ever because it inspired me to teach myself to play the guitar and fall in love with Metallica

[@Patrik0911]

The spoken word in To Live is To Die were the last lyrics of Cliff Burton, the whole instrumental is Metallica doing a tribute to Cliff and mourning the loss.

[@dirtballmcnasty3582]

The Book of Counted Sorrows... That's where Cliff got those words. Check it out. It's crazy sh*t.

[@DReeves87]

Man the eye rolls during cliffs writing had me eye rolling Patrick! Come on friend, these are some of Cliffs last contributions! The whole song is in tribute to Cliff in my eyes

[@cullertransportation]

Because it is.

[@NandR]

Yeah I don't trust his opinion on lyrics. Mixing, yeah. But these are some of the best lyrics they've written. Far from Kill Em All where they started. This album and Load/Reload have some awesome powerful lyrics.

[@cullertransportation]

@@NandR I don’t even entirely trust his opinion on mixing….he’s said some questionable things about sounds and I disagree.

[@clonexx]

I just saw this video even though it’s older, and his take on To Live is to Die is ignorant. The harmonies and writing for that song is heart wrenching, and it is a full on tribute to Cliff. The “stupid” fade in of the distorted guitars interrupting the serenity in the beginning is symbolic of the bands serenity being destroyed when the bus crashed and they realized Cliff was dead. Him bashing the spoken words as “throwing in a stupid saying” really rubbed me the wrong way. I doubt he knows that Cliff wrote part of that, combined with something from an author he liked. The part he wrote is even on his tombstone, so the disrespect of it really didn’t sit well with me at all.

[@plisk72]

i have never sat through nearly 3 hours disagreeing with every word out of somebody's mouth HAHA. i can sum up this entire video, something incredibly beautiful is being played and Pat is "this is stupid" and chris is like "i like it"

[@kylehoulihan3875]

The whole time besides one and to live is to die pat loved it tho?

[@Captainslow556]

Dudes just mad bc he’s fat and bald

[@costacus7581]

ok so should everyone love this album because you think it's good? The point of this video is to give an actual professional opinion, as opposed to just saying it's good without caring about what is being played. I actually think that people challenging the music is what makes the album so great

[@herbertwest9626]

​@@costacus7581Professional? He hears three seconds of a song and yells "garbage". Very professional.

[@cornelius8617]

​@@costacus7581problem is, they are so embarrassingly not professional. 😅

[@salvation2979]

This album is iconic. Not one bad song on this album.

[@Nichwar19]

One is not cringey dude come on its one of the most iconic metal songs. I respect your opinion tho.

[@nemesis8626]

As a big metallica fan though it is vastly overrated and to me it's nowhere near the best song even on the album, I meen the leads are iconic and the ending is awesome but let's face it the majority of the song is just waiting for it to kick in to the heavy part its not consistently awesome from front to back

[@nemesis8626]

Don't get me wrong I don't think it's bad bad, just the verses are abit boring to me rhythm wise, Kirks lead playing is some of the best he's done period

[@av3nger3]

I don't respect his opinion lol. An audio engineer with no understanding of musicality? The guy on our left was far more interested in listening than commenting, and he has my respect.

[@rayray5091]

I don’t, he’s fuckin slow

[@facelessandnameless]

I don’t respect his opinion at all 😂

[@weddingvideographerireland]

The harmony section in TO LIVE IS TO DIE is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

[@rustydog2112]

The virtually non-existent bass guitar will always make this album sound a little unique and weird. All the low end is really coming from James' guitar

[@Wanderer_Rogue]

Prince's "When Doves Cry" doesn't have any bass at all. Fun fact for ya.

[@popotopo99]

This is Chris’ favorite Metallica album. You can tell because he is smiling a lot

[@PresentChris]

It's tough for me between this and master, both are soooo good.

[@TheBlackenedOne]

@@PresentChrisAre you actually Chris from video?

[@PresentChris]

@@TheBlackenedOne yes. Sorry for late reply, I don't check the notifications on this acct very often.

[@TheBlackenedOne]

@@PresentChris That's alright Love ya brother

[@beebssqueebs3843]

It's crazy how much bass there is in the version you guys listened to!

[@Michael_Dolences.]

Almost, dare I say it, too much bass. Lol

[@stivanwin]

I am Not shure, but i think ITS the original tone from the cd

[@VitoVitonerLanci]

​@@stivanwin I grew up listening to the CD. That bass was not there. I don't know what they're listening to, but it's absolutely not the original released version.

[@AeroFix94]

@@VitoVitonerLanci might be the remastered version released. If it was "and justice for jason" they would have told us.

[@beirch]

@@AeroFix94 The remastered version on Spotify sounds nothing like this. There's no way it's the Spotify version cause the bass practically flies in your face in the version they're listening to, and it's barely audible in the Spotify one.

[@clintmorrison5863]

Probably my favorite Metallica album. James's angry vocals are awesome. Dyer's Eve may be their most underrated song.

[@fam.hunger5244]

To this day i still think the so called "production" of this Album is absolutely phenomenal. The dry sound brought out the most aggressive guitar-tone ever and the drums just sound great. I do not understand why some people complain about the bass drum-sound - the sound of the bass drum is just great and innovative! And was actually copied by almost everyone afterwards!

[@NanoverseProductions]

This album is an abomination production wise lol. But its classic

[@robertshepard2117]

The guitar was so bottom heavy the kick drum needed that tick on top to highlight it. I remember when my friends with their huge subs in their cars for the bass heavy rap would play this disk and the whole car would vibrate. And no you don't hear the bass,it has been admitted the bass was all but eliminated in the mastering. And Kirk's tone and playing was heavily influenced by Kirk's lessons he was talking before the recording with Joe Satriani. And much of the of the "tone" of the guitars is due to the active EMG pickups they were using which some say is kinda sterile sounding,but I love.This took the thrash sound as far as it could go and it is my favorite album of all time.I wouldn't change a thing,this is where they were at that time,that's the point of an "album" it's a collection of where the artist was creatively or thematically at that time.

[@pentagonoenllamas]

@@robertshepard2117 I remember I first heard the album on cassette on my dad's boombox and every time sonething palm-muted was played it seemed it was about to explode.

[@RafaelCDet]

"the most agressive guitar-tone ever" i love this guitar tone but c'mon there's at least 50 albums with more aggressive guitar tones

[@beirch]

@@robertshepard2117 The tone isn't really due to the EMG pickups, it's more to do with James and Kirk actively choosing this tone and dialing it in through their amps and effects. I have the exact same pickups on my guitar and it's not like you get this tone out of the box with them.

[@krazzko]

To live is to die is not a just a song... This is masterpiece and last love letter...

[@robmart116]

To live is to die>The call of ktulu>Orion>suicide and redemption>anesthesia pulling teeth

[@sho76und3wd]

I didn't realize that opinions could be wrong.....until the day I listened to the fellow in the striped shirt speak about this album.

[@thebatt962]

Frayed Ends is probably the most complex Metallica song in terms of guitar work and I love it. Even the riff under the solo is insanely complex. Most underrated Metallica track and a super deep cut.

[@Oscar101996]

Actually my favorite song 🤌🏻

[@WFly101]

Eye of The Beholder better

[@justinnichols1881]

​@@WFly101 literally my least favorite song on their first 4 albums 😂

[@zachforde3798]

I can't believe he was dissing the lyrics as if its not some of james best work

[@nils_b2346]

​@@Oscar101996Yeeeesss

[@justindevoe9556]

The black album definitely isn’t their best album, but it is by far their best produced album. Definitely worth the listen, Bob Rock did some cool stuff with that album

[@PatrickMusilek]

We recorded the reaction for Black album a couple of days ago! I just have to finish the edit and then upload it! We talked FOREVER and had such a good conversation!

[@Saiyan585]

Load had great production. The snare was WAY too loud in the mix on the black album. Nearly ear piercing on The God that Failed.

[@zane4575]

The Black album is a glorified Def Leppard album. The best tone and production is MOP, and it's not even close.

[@theofiloshatzigiannis5308]

​@@zane4575Anything after ajfa has better production and the black album has the best one

[@cullertransportation]

I loved every Metallica album except Saint anger which the snare sound absolutely ruined. The black album though is my favorite.

[@scottdreger7137]

If you don’t like One I can’t listen to you . Sorry

[@twelvemonkeys8786]

Completely agree. I hate the video version though.

[@matthewcooper6191]

@@twelvemonkeys8786agreed. All the reaction videos I watch it seems like new listeners only pay attention to the video and not the music and lyrics

[@Wilss]

The lyrics aren't stupid if you actually take time to know what he's singing about.

[@tactical_potato81]

Not entirely sure if you've read up on it or have been told but the song to live is to die is actually a song entirely about Cliff Burton's life. They're late basis. The abrupt ending represents his life being cut short. When you have an understanding of that particular song you have a different understanding and appreciation for the song itself

[@PatrickMusilek]

It puts the song in a different perspective for sure!

[@joeynovak3318]

"The lyrics are dumb" that immediately discredited this review

[@vibingwithvinyl]

This is my favourite Metallica album. It's so dry sounding and aggressive.

[@PatrickMusilek]

It really is a dry record! I think that is why i liked it so much as well.

[@kabudahtv331]

This recording is OBVIOUSLY NOT the original release because you can clearly hear the Bass! I have seen may versions on KZbin where fans added bass.

[@Mine_CraftLP2]

They said it in the video

[@Spaceman20098]

They got fooled

[@DrakeMagnus-g8g]

Wrong. It is the official remaster from the 2018 re-release.

[@insidethestudio3886]

So, after going back and listening to the original and remaster, I've concluded that y'all are listening to the "...And Justice For Jason" version of this album. The awesome bass guitar run in "Justice" wasn't audible in either the original or remaster...

[@TheJerseyNinja]

Blackened is one of my favorite Metallica songs. And favorite songs ever. Sometimes it’s my absolute #1. So many things with that song. The reversed intro, the call and response echo section that switches the second time through where the echo comes before the regular vocal. The post solo section where the main riff sounds like it changes but it’s just the drum fill before hand playing an extra 1/8 note to come back in on the off beat. And the riffs and solo and drumming and vocals are all just badass

[@TheJerseyNinja]

Also personally I think the guitar tone on this album is incredible. It’s certainly the most unique and obvious album guitar tone of all time. It’s so fucking punchy. I have it tone matched on my axe fx and I use it soooooo much for so much I play it’s just so badass. However I will agree from a technical standpoint it’s not the BEST tone out there. I also truly fucking LOVE how heavy and deep the black album tone sounds and I love the MOP tone too

[@PatrickMusilek]

The pre-echo thing is so unique! I have only ever heard that in a handful of songs before!

[@YouTubeIsTwitter2.0]

It’s one of those songs you listen to and mid way through you’re like holy fuck I remember how good this song was, not many songs have that affect most you remember and then skip parts of it, blackened every second is gold, I don’t blame you for it being your number #1 , badass song man.

[@casachezdoom2588]

Yeah, was the first song I ever head of Metallica, I wa sold.

[@sighermike]

@@TheJerseyNinja I remember when Hardwired came out and I heard someone go back and record Moth to a Flame and Hardwired using the And Justice tone and I realized that album was just as heavy as And Justice was. It's definitely an iconic guitar tone.

[@lawencelawson5089]

I almost listened to this guys reaction.. and then I realized that he bought a DIO album thinking it was Eminem’s band album. Dodged a bullet there ..

[@diltberg9627]

Bud to live is to die is a song made in loving memory of Cliff Burton

[@moistchris1]

You might enjoy To Live Is to Die more if you knew the story behind it relating to Cliff Burton, and how the sections can be viewed as stages of grief/acceptance. It's one of my favorite songs

[@PatrickMusilek]

Oh that does sound interesting!

[@johnsetzler6911]

​@Patrick Musilek The slow intro, written in a Spanish style,repeats like an infinite memory - over and over again... The heavier part: A symbol for the loss and aggressions they felt. Solo #1: Kirk's feelings can be heard in every string he hits. The slow part: The slow part which sounds very silent is now including more harmonies - acceptance of the loss and the will to carry on... Solo #2: It is a kind of a laid back and more harmonized solo - It's representing how deep the death of Cliff Burton has touched them. The heavy part again: They tribute Cliff in doing what Cliff would want from them: To carry on with the music. The outro: Exactly the same as the intro - symbolizing that the song (the memory on Cliff) won't ever have an end. The last riff is cut which is symbolizing Cliff's life - cut short at such a young age.

[@chantaldavis3012]

@@johnsetzler6911 I see the intro being you coming into this life then the end being you leaving it.

[@cullertransportation]

@@johnsetzler6911except James played solo 1. It’s the second song he did a solo on, the first being solo 1 of master right after the harmonized descending guitar line.

[@Saiyan585]

Lars is the sole reason the bass was lowered. Lars and Lars alone. This was confirmed by Flemming. I wish James would've pushed back. He was probably tired of bumping heads. Jason also wrote the main riff in Blackened on his bass.

[@Metalovai]

This is definitely not the original version or the remaster. None of them have audible bass whatsoever. This is some of those KZbin remixes with more bass in the mix. Also thanks for the new microphone setup.

[@monohedron9633]

Exactly. @PatrickMusilek says in the vid this is the '2018 remaster' but that's straight up impossible. I'm afraid people may start buying the 2018 remaster to get the bass... Damn I just almost did it myself. But a careful study on Discogs shows theres also inaudible bass in the 2018 version. So what are they listening to here???

[@timlovegrove1097]

Yeah, I had to go and listen to the remaster to check and while the bass is marginally better, it's still nowhere as audible as it is here. This has to be one of the "Justice for Jason" versions.

[@monohedron9633]

@@timlovegrove1097 I find it hilarious TBH. It's a talk of 'audio engineers' not knowing they haven't heard the real AJFA, and thus missing the elephant in the room by several miles. And how come Chris Parker (supposedly a 'Tallica fan) wasn't shocked dead? He should start screaming "wait wait!" like 30 seconds into Blackened:) Now, there is also a possiblity they mixed some other audio here in the vid than what they heard (??). Anyhow, this entire series is strange. In another vid, Kill'em All also doesn't sound the same. I've no idea.

[@TeamWolfySoupy]

@@monohedron9633 I'd be very surprised if Chris Parker said anything about this album at all, considering he's not in the video.

[@infinity4866]

Yeah you need to do the Death Magnetic album now by them. Such a good album man.

[@melkor5901]

That's a great case study, because the music is fantastic, one of my favorites, but the production choices are questionable. So you can get a lot of interesting reactions.

[@randallrobinson125]

One thing. This was the album that James, Kirk and Lars absolutely took out the loss of Cliff on their instruments. Singularly focused to absolutely destroy each track. The smiles came when they toured off it for 3 years.

[@mfree80286]

1:16:12 This is that indeed... and that's also the section of the song that will test audio systems to their limits of accuracy because the harmonized lower chords in the riff will turn to "gruuunk gruuunk grUuUunk grunk" the moment the signal is interfered with in any way, it just completely collapses in an almost unique way. If the setup's prone at all, it'll do it at 2/3 volume. It's a wild technical trivia point. 1:21:56 gotta point out that what you're criticizing here was a conscious stylistic choice, as the protagonist is popping in and out of a hellish reality and a semiconscious dream state. You can feel it happen when the teeth-gritted painful "hooold my breath" heavy chorus gets faded out on "....wake meeee" and all the 'color' comes back to the clean lead guitar on the section break. He just "passed out" into la-la land again.

[@MBx19v]

I'm only up to Blackened but something seems off, maybe it's KZbin, but there's WAY more bass on the version in your video than I expected. I even want and listened to Blackened after clicking on the Spotify link in the description and it doesn't sound anything like the same to me.

[@Madhouse2332]

Remastered version

[@HighOnFire1997]

​@Madhouse2332 no its the And Justice For Jason version. Look it up on KZbin.

[@Madhouse2332]

@@HighOnFire1997 My bad

[@DrakeMagnus-g8g]

It is the official remaster from the 2018 re-release.

[@jugularmusic]

When you were guessing how James was going to sing ... And Justice For All, you pretty much accurately figured out how James would sing the verses from The Struggle Within off The Black Album! When you listen to The Black Album, please catch that on the final song! "Reaching out for something you've got to feel"

[@neilbentley7307]

How can you diss any part of One? If Beavis & Butthead were sound engineers 😂

[@Spaceman20098]

They probably have no idea what the meaning of the song is probably

[@chadgreenaway8289]

Dude, those were cliffs words spoken in to live is to die.

[@PatrickMusilek]

Awesome!

[@demonicon1]

My favorite album of all time! Heavy af and James's voice is incredible

[@linusfotograf]

I've listened to this album 500 times but never this remastered version. There is bass! What the hell?

[@user-BenjiCS]

It’s on KZbin and it’s called “and Justice for all 2018 remastered” it’s not official so someone probably turned the bass up a littlw

[@DrakeMagnus-g8g]

It is the official remaster from the 2018 re-release.

[@MetalMilitia83]

Another great discussion guys! As someone who’s never mixed an album, it’s nice to have some more technical insight on mixing.

[@MetalMilitia83]

Oh,also, would love to hear some megadeth reactions as well.

[@MrJaybon]

my fav metallica album of all time

[@PatrickMusilek]

It's my favorite of the three we have listened to so far!

[@pucehyperion7179]

I like whenever Lars uses a China cymbal in a song they think it’s a splash.

[@deportedsouls3165]

I love the guitar tone on this album, as well as the songs!

[@chriskeilman]

On the elipses: they are there to indicate that words have been omitted. They can come at the beginning or the end of a phrase; in this case "...And Justice for All" comes at the end of the Pledge of Allegiance so the words before it are being omitted and they're only using those last 4 words as the title.

[@cullertransportation]

I use elipses way too much….and I use them wrong…but I love them lol

[@chriskeilman]

@@cullertransportation They can also be used for a number of reasons, including a pause, so you're probably using them right! I'm just super into this stuff because I'm a copywriter, so it's my job. I think we can have creative license for how we use punctuation.

[@cullertransportation]

@@chriskeilman i totally agree, and don’t mind misuse of punctuation… I just don’t like when people use no punctuation at all

[@God-i2]

First rule of reacting to Metal: Never talk in the middle of a Solo

[@PatrickMusilek]

Oh no! I have a very bad score then lol! I did try to do better the more Metallica I have reacted to!

[@blitera7261]

Speak less, listen more

[@NowSethaboi]

@@blitera7261when the reactor reacts to the song 😱😱😱😱😱

[@jerkerjansson386]

Damn! I've had this record since it came out in 1988 and I have never heard the bass like this. What kind of black magic is this?

[@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp]

They said it was the remastered version, but the remastered one on Spotify lacks bass as well. I don’t know if Patrick bought it directly on Metallica’s website and there that’s another remastered version

[@jerkerjansson386]

@@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp Could it be a "Mastered for Itunes" version, just like the one they used in the Death Magnetic video?

[@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp]

@@jerkerjansson386 IDK, but I just ordered a remastered 2018 CD version of AJFA to hear if it sounds like the one on this video. I’ll keep you posted

[@VolgarR]

@@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tpdid it?

[@shadowgs_5077]

Update usss​@@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp

[@discountdracula]

Clicked out of the vid the second I saw him turn ‘down’ the volume when Blackened started.

[@TeamWolfySoupy]

How'd you comment then

[@oliv9632]

ok your reaction on To live is to die is way off point, you definitely didn't get the message behind the music but you're a "sound engineer" so...

[@1mrstench]

Audio "engineers" reacting to unofficial version of the album (probably downloaded from somewhere they are ashamed to admit).... there is almost 100 comments saying that 2018 remastered CD have no such bass, nor the Spotify link for the remastered version provided in the description... And they continue to claim that this CD can be purchased

[@ShounenN]

To Live is to Die should represent kind of a chronological story of a life ending abruptly and the pain it leaves behind. So the parts of the song represents emotions at each certain period of time. Example: The beginning is the peace and quiet of life and the comfort it brings and the slowly creeping in chugging is the unexpected freight train ending your life before you even had the chance to realize..

[@SokolRock]

I have a reasonable theory why James and Lars turned down the bass on this album, based on personal experience: Around that time Metallica put active EMG pickups on their guitars and the characteristic feature of the EMG-81 bridge pickup, for which it is so loved by many metal musicians, is that clear and tight "punch" on low end. When I first put EMG-81 on guitar and turned up the bass a little bit, I felt like I sounded like guitar and bass together - and it was very cool. When I recorded a double rhythm track with that sound and then recorded the real bass, it turned out that everything together began to sound quite messy, so I either had to turn down the bass or change the guitar sound. It's likely that James had a similar experience and he and Lars decided to turn down the bass. It seems to me that this theory makes perfect sense, because the most popular idea that they just decided to mock Jason seems pretty ridiculous - who will deliberately ruin their record just to annoy the new bass player?

[@feralkitty9378]

This is probably my favorite production of the first metallica albums, it just fits thrash sooooo infintely better than their previous albums.

[@Wanderer_Rogue]

Naw man, the ellipses was super cool, I didn't have the special glasses... ...and I looked right at it.

[@e-train765]

I've always loved the drums on this album and always believed it was Lars' best work, it's nice to see others see that as well 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@chevelle8091]

To live is to die is the only song speaking is acceptable, being that it was a quote that cliff wrote the second half of and it was basically a final tribute to him.

[@NobodysHero1972]

Lost me @ one being “cringey”

[@thanasisanagnopoulos9265]

He lost me way before that when he said that they followed the pop culture . Not to mention the metallica rundom lyrics generator joke or the did you ever wish metallica had a better singer part . He said a lot in his ignorance and he is insulting in more than one ways . But i guess it's his reaction channel and his opinion .

[@spaceage6404]

jupp, they lost me on to live is to die

[@JoshRaymond]

Ikr, One is literally one of the greatest songs written

[@blurr2426]

2:16:24 there is a song with just the bass and drums during the verse! it’s called the outlaw torn off Load.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

The lyrics of the album seem to have a theme of corruption and decay, whether of the Earth, the courts, the mind, etc. They're far more interesting than what you hear on like 95% of other rock albums.

[@zachchristensen1104]

I always figured they didn't use one part of a song in another part of the song later on in an album because people would think that they weren't creative enough to come up with something new or they're going to be like oh yeah he used those lyrics in the third song

[@thrashmetal00]

Patrick: Do you ever wish someone else was Metallica's vocalist ? Chris: without hesitation, No.. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@huttanamaihala2276]

If there’s one untouchable thing in Metallica is Hetfield songwriting, vocals and guitar playing. That shit was silly

[@Spaceman20098]

Real

[@nopessssks1894]

Of course, this guy had to immediately talk over the intro to the first song.

[@PatrickMusilek]

We talked over the music a lot less in our later Metallica reactions! We have the whole studio discography on the channel now! So check out the playlist!

[@tenet197]

To much talk

[@torque91]

Hope they didn't kill the kick tone in the remaster. This was always my go to album for moving some air with my woofers. The kick always had that thin punch but also a nearly overpowering undertone.

[@weddingvideographerireland]

I’ve never encountered another human being who doesn’t like ONE, so not liking it is actually an achievement of sorts.

[@PatrickMusilek]

Haha, thank you very much for looking at it like that! A lot of people seem to be mad lol! When we do our "Metallica Through the Years" type of video, where we talk about my whole journey after I have heard almost everything, I will talk more about One then. For now I will just say that I have heard other bands attempting the same structure and type of song and I feel like many other bands have done it better than Metallica did with One. That is not taking the lyrics or the meaning of the song into consideration, just looking at it from a purely song structuring and performance standpoint.

[@weddingvideographerireland]

@@PatrickMusilek I’m curious to hear examples/recommendations…

[@PatrickMusilek]

@@weddingvideographerireland i will make a list and compare when we make that video. I was originally going to make a separate video about just the song One, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea. The video would probably just get lots of downvotes and people yelling at me in the comments...so we'll see if I decide to do it that way or wait until our big Overall Metallica discussion!

[@weddingvideographerireland]

@@PatrickMusilek Sounds good - looking forward to it. I love all of these long Metallica videos where you all listen to the full album from beginning to end. Please do it for all of them.

[@kamronreber5896]

“You should never speak on an album…ever”. Wish he would know what to live it to die is really about and why they put the poem in there

[@AirForceVet76]

They were at there absolute best on this album it’s always been my favorite 🤘🤘

[@Astral_Guitar]

Check out the AJFA boxset. It has like 100 different versions of One since it’s your favorite Metallica track

[@diltberg9627]

Wow one is a masterpiece what are you talking about

[@Imdeadpool]

You say you hear the bass, but listen to an original recording of the album, I have an original cassette from 1988 and it’s very toned down. Watch interviews with the mixing manager and Jason Newsted, both say that the bass isn’t there for many reasons, Lars demanded the bass sound be turned down to where you could barely hear it, Jason says it has to do with “who you hear on an album is who produced it” and you hear a lot of guitar and drums meaning Lars and James were in charge of the mixing of the album. James says that Jason played a lot of the same stuff as him as James played rhythm guitar on the album and because of that the bass sound gets lost. I personally think it’s a combination of all those things put together. So yes the bass is there it’s just also really absent.

[@adeltonbrazil]

man , please be quiet and enjoy the song

[@cornelius8617]

2:06:55 "This is a REACTION CHANNEL! " AND THIS IS THE COMMENT SECTION! 😂 You gonna get roasted if you continue to be dumb. Nobody stops you. But we are free to dislike and write these comments. Yes this is a reaction video. But problem is, people have seen other channels who keep it balanced. Some channels understand that there's a fine line between talking over too much and not saying anything at all. But if you talk over too much, so you miss a lot of things and that effects your opinion and conclusion. You also don't listen to the lyrics and then insult them calling them laughable and stupid. It's fine if you don't want to listen, but then don't complain and insult them.

[@PatrickMusilek]

This was one of our first three Metallica videos! After this video we added a second Chris who did care more about the lyrics and we also paused inbetween each song and gave our comments at that point. So a majority of the conversation happens in between the songs. With that in mind, I think you would like our Black Album, Load, Reload, Kill Em All, 72 Seasons, and St. Anger reactions way better!

[@what2127]

Yeah definitely react to their album death magnetic now. I just know that you guys will love it

[@METALOZON]

And Jusctice For All is my favorite album. Ride and Master cannot compete overall with it. The sound, especially the drums, are just something else, and James sounds awesome.

[@WaltuhPoliceMP]

just because you're a sound engineer doesnt make you right, here you had no clue

[@RicoAlbarracin]

At the 1:35:04 mark, you mention that what would another band sound like doing their own version of the songs. Although it's for a different album, Metallica released The Metallica Blacklist, with a bunch of artists doing their own versions of songs from The Black Album.

[@PatrickMusilek]

We plan on reacting to a few songs from Blacklist, but there are just too many to do all of them! I know I personally want to hear the Dave Gahan (from Depeche Mode) version of Nothing Else Matters!

[@crimsondeath7468]

you may find the lyrics stupid but NOTHING is just some radom words to sound evil or whatever. Thats one of the reason why metallica is way beyond bands like Slayer, venom etc, James Lyrics are for the most part personal and if not at least about a theme not usaul within metal. So please read the lyrics before you call them off

[@pressman1788]

Metallica isn’t beyond SLAYER, just different bands

[@crimsondeath7468]

@@pressman1788 You can say that about any band because its a completely meaningless "relative" thing to say. But deep down we all know why Metallica is beyond all the thrash bands they grew up with and that nothing is really relative or happens by chance and pure luck

[@pressman1788]

@@crimsondeath7468 I can’t give them as much credit as you. For me Justice was the last strong album.

[@clonexx]

With To Live is to Die, its their tribute to their bassist who was killed, Cliff Burton. Those words are something he wrote combined with something from an author, that’s why they included it. Part of that is even written on his tombstone. I know you probably didn’t know that, so it’s not really your fault, but the comments about it just didn’t sit well with me given the context of the instrumental. The song structure is deliberate because it first represents their serenity when everything was fine, then the hard guitars intrude on that serenity, which is the moment they crashed and realized Cliff was dead. After that, the song goes through their journey of grief, through all the stages of grief.

[@sadsadasdsadasdsadas]

They didn't use any clicks or anything like that during 80s or 90s, I believe they only started using those in the past years.. which is about a time considering how much Lars has regressed over the years. You should check their Live show from Seattle 1989 to see how amazing they were in the 80s. Their prime was 1985-1991. Lars was great during the 80s, he is probably one of the most, if not the most influential drummer of all time.

[@nicibrugier]

Since hardwired Lars has a click before songs so that he starts them at the same tempo

[@LightningJackFlash]

They used click for sure. Not sure about Kill Em All but For Whom the Bell Tolls was recorded to a click track already. I'm sure other Ride The Lightning songs were done to a click track as well. And obviously next albums too. Black Album no doubt.

[@fam.hunger5244]

Seriously? Do you think the 80's was stone-age? Of course bands used clicks back then! Almost ever im history of recordings clicks was used in one or another way. And Metallica used clicks on every single Album they recorded in the 80's of course. Flemming Rasmussen did a lot of interviews where he tells how they recorded RTL, MOP and Justice, and he said several times they used clicks. Of course they did! No one, not even in the 1930's, recorded a record without a click or a guide track that was "recorded" with clicks!

[@NanoverseProductions]

Nah Lars sounded great thru the 90s too. He fell off after St Anger.

[@sadsadasdsadasdsadas]

@@NanoverseProductions He sounded good in the 90s.

[@buyukbozali]

22:50 "I hear the bass" ofc u hear it its the remastered version

[@iainlindsay6691]

Steve Thompson, the mixer of AJAFA has explained that initially he and Hetfield mixed the record so that the bass followed Hetfield's guitar closely. Ulrich said he didn't like that and the bass could be reduced by 8 decibels so it was barely audible. Thompson said he hated the way the record sounds and he wanted off the project. The toms sound flat and wobbly, and the snare is far too splashy.

[@ryanjacobson2508]

The album sounds fine. The trend in the late 80's was to mix the bass low, anyway. And Hetfield's layering of pummeling rhythm tracks on this album practically renders bass guitar unnecessary.

[@harryhurd2474]

I recommend that you delve a little into the history of Cliff Burton and what happened to him. And what he meant to the band. Then maybe you’ll understand To live is to die a little better.

[@Imdeadpool]

2:15:45 “you should never speak on a song ever…” I got some really bad news for you when you get around to listening to “Lulu” that Metallica and Lou Reed did together

[@leviathon18]

They must be listening to a version with bass cause its criminally well known there is literally no bass on the album thats for sure!

[@Polyphemus.]

I don't care what anyone says, I love the mix on this album. When I started learning guitar as a 13 yr old in the early 90s I was obsessed with figuring out what that chugging sound was. Palm muting! This sounded so much heavier than anything else at the time. Nobody talked about the bass/mix back then, we just loved how long and complex the riffs and songs were. So many people just follow the 'internet consensus' these days.

[@dumbledaddy9242]

I find it hilarious how he doesn’t think there will be any contribution from Jason Newsted the very first sound you hear in this album was a contribution from Jason Newsted

[@Huddle_House56]

They drowned as much of the bass out as they could with that EXQUISITE guitar tone. It’s IN the guitar tone to my ear.

[@PatrickMusilek]

There is definitely a lot of lows in the guitars and that does mask what little bass there is.

[@jensmoller6999]

Jason wrote the main riff of blackened

[@huttanamaihala2276]

Nothing sounds better than silence after playing One very loud with a nice pair of speakers🌫

[@drummer7557]

OMG I hate when people talk over a effing song. This is my second favorite metal album of all time. It’s flawless and perfect. Just like when I heard it when I was 12 years old for the first time. I’m not really sure how somebody could’ve gone this long and not ever heard it. Lol. Oh well. 😂

[@zane4575]

The chubby guy's opinion is way too important to not be heard over the music. I especially needed him to describe what everyone is hearing.... nothing like a running commentary

[@m_b_lmackenzie4510]

@@zane4575 Chubby guy is trash. He can make quite reaction videos...

[@stevehartke]

@@zane4575well it is his channel... but I do agree with you, hahaha

[@melkor5901]

It's kind of the whole point of channels like this though, listen to the music by itself if you don't want it interrupted.

[@joerve128]

@@zane4575 yeah if he made any remarks that were true you are right, but he doesnt know jack shit. I dont even believe he is an audiio engineer.

[@brianpatrickreddington1750]

If you say your a Metallica fan before this how can you say that you've never listened to Justice in full before this

[@PatrickMusilek]

Only that I had heard the Black album and liked it a lot!

[@spaceage6404]

Ahhhhh😮‍💨 you talk over the best parts of the songs, listen first then discuss🤷‍♂️

[@afterforever71]

You guys aren't listening to the real album... This was a fan made album called ...And Justice For Jason. It's a fanmade bass track on top of the actual album.

[@PikeBishop1]

This is definitely not Justice for Jason. I have it and this isn't it. The bass on that mix is cartoonishly loud and out of place.

[@ForzaMilan-xy1yl]

Death magnetic next?

[@PatrickMusilek]

We've actually decided to do Black album! After that maybe!

[@WeencieRants]

“You should never speak in a song.” Johnny Cash is about to rise from the grave and shoot you dead brother.

[@PatrickMusilek]

Oh that is a good point! Maybe he gets an exception!