Classical Composer reacts to METALLICA: ALL NIGHTMARE LONG | The Daily Doug (Episode 868)

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In this edition of #thedailydoug, I'm reacting to All Nightmare Long by Metallica. This is part of our 'scary week' to celebrate Halloween, and this song definitely got us off on the right track. Even though this one came out in 2008, it reminded me quite a lot of their early thrash sounds. Check this one out...if you dare!
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[@MetalLegacy34]

Death Magnetic is an extremely underrated album, it’s got a lot of great stuff

[@markwakefield2030]

100%! ANL, The Unforgiven III, Suicide and Redemption, so many bangers in there!

[@Williamswartz]

James best riffage since ajfa

[@arnaudfoucart3188]

+ the 4 songs from beyond magnetic

[@JesseBergquist13]

Amazing album ruined by terrible production. From all their albums this one needs a professional remix the most

[@DavidOakesMusic]

@@JesseBergquist13 The itunes version is better. It's got a different master. Plus they'll get around to it. Next in their Blackened Remasters series are Load and Reload. Then St Anger i'm guessing.

[@chrisbuchheit]

Death Magnetic is so wildly underrated. Nightmare is such a fucking thrash masterpiece.

[@loobkoob]

It's a great album but the official release's production is unlistenable for me. Fortunately there are fan mixes that are much more palatable.

[@lukewoodworth2101]

​@@loobkoobabout the say the same thing. The production/mix wear on your ears so quickly makes it almost impossible to listen to unless you are able to look past a huge part on what makes an album good/enjoyable

[@adameves5970]

justice recording style and a vintage hetfield voice would make any album a shitton better

[@brandonhensley14]

@@lukewoodworth2101 It's such a shame, because overall the songs are top tier, especially Nightmare, The Day That Never Comes, etc. If this album had proper mixing/production, it would be one my favorite albums ever. But I can't listen to it anymore. My ears hurt so much,.

[@MarkStockman-b4j]

@@loobkoob If you consider Death Magnetic "unlistenable", how are you still alive after St. Anger?

[@tonyalsleben2853]

Thanks! Keep the Metallica reactions coming!! They're the best! 🤘

[@Doug.Helvering]

You will definitely see more Metallica from me! 🤘 Thanks so much for your tremendous support, Tony, I truly appreciate you!

[@barryfastcars25]

I cannot believe it has been 16 years since this masterpiece dropped.

[@RiffRaffish]

16 years?! Man, I saw them on the World Magnetic tour in 2010 when I was 14 years old and now I'm 28.. That's not fair, I'm not allowed to feel old yet!!

[@Rickmilks]

My fav Metallica song. Its always seemed to me the first verse is clearly a reference to the bus crash that took Cliff, and possibly recurring nightmares about it. "Crawl from the wreckage one more time Horrific memory twists the mind Dark, rutted, cold and hard to turn Path of destruction, feel and burn Still life, incarnation Still life, infamy Hallucination, heresy Still, you run, what's to come? What's to be?"

[@barryfastcars25]

The Day That Never Comes. Without the fantastic music video as to not be distracted.

[@nick_4972]

I think All Nightmare Long is the best post Black album Metallica song.

[@Zseventyone]

It is.

[@TheFlexXMLG]

it is for sure a great sng on a great album. i havent heard it in a while, wow this was good.

[@jackolson8775]

Really? I didn't give it much of a listen because of the production. mine may be Broken,Beaten & Scarred off this disc. Spit Out the Bone ? Moth Into Flame? Inamorata ? The Outlaw Torn?

[@csukovitsgyuri2507]

​@@jackolson8775bleeding me, fixxxer, until it sleeps, the unnamed feeling, that was just your life, the day that never comes

[@shmick6079]

It’s up there. Post 2000, I’d put All Nightmare Long in the same class as Halo on Fire, Atlas Rise, Spit Out the Bone and The Day That Never Comes.

[@musicmandan4857]

I think if Death Magnetic came out in the 80's-early 90's it would be regarded as a Metallica classic.

[@fclefjefff4041]

It’s always sounded to me like the missing link between Justice and black

[@marinos1977]

Definitely. And if master of justice came out today, the elitists would say it’s crap

[@JulienPelloux]

exactly !

[@evangelosgkanas3609]

It is a classic!!!

[@LeeStevens-e1j]

Not a chance, It would be the runt of the litter. It can't stand up next to RTL, MOP or even AJFA. The only reason it sounds ok is because of the total shite they released for 20 years before it. Metallica died with Cliff.

[@Pugwash.]

I really like Death Magnetic. It's an album I can leave in the car and listen to repeatedly.

[@juampasto24]

The best song from that album. Please react to "Suicide & Redemption", the only instrumental song.

[@eltetta20]

I love the james solo in suicide & redemption

[@chrisbayer6467]

Yes!!!

[@chrisbayer6467]

@@eltetta20same!!!

[@barryfastcars25]

Reminds me of Bad Horsie by Steve Vai

[@mithildharmadhikari2832]

Yes!

[@carlosnascimento9269]

One of their best albums, unfortunately marred by horrible production at launch. This song is a masterpiece.

[@maxx.mazzeo]

Indeed

[@ericfields6595]

They need to remaster and re-release this beast! It’s soooo distorted

[@carlosnascimento9269]

@@ericfields6595 Fortunately the version that is currently available on streaming services is a bit better.

[@Ben.T0722]

@@ericfields6595 or even remix

[@beatmet2355]

It’s a chore to listen with earphones/buds

[@DonPiruflo]

I remember when this album came out, the media talked about lot about metallica goin back to their roots but the fans were not truly convinced. Now after 16 years we can say that this is the most interesting record after the black album

[@cr1s1s0ff41th]

don't know who "we" is supposed to be, i personally prefer hardwired and load over this

[@ajplaysdrums]

A remaster of this album to fix the clipping issues would push this album up just that extra tick.

[@tcarafi]

Apple remastered those and they sound much better, not sure if anything was done on Spotify

[@K.D.R_]

@@tcarafi its better, but sadly still not great. Its so so sad there isnt a actual good mixing of this album out there.

[@tcarafi]

@@K.D.R_ true, but at least it dealt with plenty of the clipping, which is what bothered me most

[@K.D.R_]

@@tcarafi True. But sadly they also lowered James's voice a bit too much as well.

[@valtermarques6716]

Look for the GH3 MARCKIII Remaster or the Death Magnetic Unloaded versions. You're gonna hear layers you never knew were there.

[@andreaseileng]

Thank's for another great reaction video. It's so inspiring to hear your thoughts and comments on songs that I love. And I do love Metallica! Looking forward to then next Metal Monday! 🙂

[@christophersine84]

I was a 23 year old infantry soldier deployed to Afghanistan when this album was released. I bought it at Wal-Mart while on mid tour leave.

[@maxhowlett9661]

I actually got to meet and chat to the Mix engineer for this album, Andrew Scheps. I asked about this album and he said that they had many meetings with the band about the production and overall sound of the album. The mission statement of the band was for the album to brash, loud and heavy through every single speaker. Be it the not so great 2008 speakers in laptops, car radios or huge PA systems. It was to sound "loud" even at quiet volumes. That is the reason *why* the album sound so harsh and dry to most people. Historically, this was sort of the peak of the Loudness Wars in terms of metal production. Whether its aged well or not is in the eye of the beholder, but that just some insight into *why* this album sounds the way it does.

[@wintyrqueen]

Yeah, he’s mentioned a few times that “of course” he brought them mixes that weren’t so brick wall limited, but in the end the client has the final say, & they went with what they went with

[@maxhowlett9661]

@wintyrqueen Indeed. The band have a pretty spotty track record when it come to their involvement with the shaping the sound of an album. Justice being 90% treble, St Anger sounding like Dirt and Death Magnetic being put through the sausage factory are all (at least partly) the result of James and Lars having probably too much say and control over something that don't know that much about.

[@wintyrqueen]

⁠@@maxhowlett9661Yep. The weird thing is that they don’t seem to have the same issue live. Lars has a normal snare sound when touring St. Anger, Cliff & Jason’s bass were always huge at live shows. There’s a reason Bob Rock told them before the Black album that they’d never captured what they did live on a record

[@maxhowlett9661]

@wintyrqueen Yep! Rock was a brilliant producer in that he stood his ground in his decisions and forced the band into "doing their homework". It seems in their old age, they're much more willing and trusting to just let Greg Fidelman do his thing and are very happy with the result. Sure the last 2 records AND their live sound have sounded kinda samey, but it's a pretty mighty and punchy sound so.... "If it ain't broke"

[@kouleifou]

This song is probably one of my favorite modern Metallica cuts. The lyrical content of this song is about Robert Belknap Long's Hounds of Tindalos which are part of the Cthulhu mythos. The Hounds are known to chase human quarry throughout the angles of time without mercy nor letting up. As an aside, this song was floated around as a demo since the St. Anger days, known as 'Flamingo.' Interestingly enough, while the lyrics of 'All Nightmare Long' is about hunters chasing prey, the lyrics to 'Flamingo' can be seen as the inverse to a degree, where they take on a more self destructive point of view where the song's protagonist relishes in their near misses with death.

[@caglardata]

Name is flamingo because it revolves around a flamenco riff that Trujillo plays on a classic guitar as a finger exercise. Here the video of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/monGqYV8ZsRnfqMsi=91VuW5ANguo2-0Os

[@scromp]

I was a huge metallica fan in the 80s and 90s, the black album killed it for me. I kept trying but it wasn't doing it. I gave up. Completely stopped paying attention to them at all, didn't hear the music. St anger or whatever. Years later I was driving through orlando listening to whatever sirius xm metal channel and this song came on. It's got a long intro, no vocals for a while. From the very first notes I was all perked up. "This sounds like old metallica! can't...be.... what the hell is this?!" I was perplexed. Then the vocals came in and I realized it was *actually metallica* and I just lit up with elation, and the whole song played out and it was fantastic. THEY'RE BACK. I can't properly convey how amazing that moment was. This album rules.

[@MarkStockman-b4j]

The Black Album was a flawed gem at best. Needed more time in the studio, and "The god that failed" wasn't good enough to record, let alone release. The first time I heard "Orion" was on a local college radio station. I called up the DJ and said "What was that song you just played???"

[@DiegoDeschain]

That's one of my favorite albums they've ever made. I love it, start to finish. The production could be a bit better, but it's my only gripe with it. Songwriting-wise, untouchable imo.

[@TDAshton]

If Death Magnetic had the mix of Hardwired or 72, it would be way more popular. These guys came back after St Anger and said we are gonna show the world we can still thrash. Totally underrated album. Wish they would still play this song live.

[@danielgarcia9852]

My 7y son chose this CD to be played in our car in our daily drive to school. He enjoys, and I'm happy to listen to this again and again...

[@TheMrlovegoodtimes]

the danish drums are so iconic!

[@peterheath7960]

I remember listening to DM while playing Diablo 2 with my 12 y.o. son. Happy memories!

Death magnetic is aging like a fine wine😌

[@iwantmyvanback]

Man, I remember when this album came out. It was the first Metallica album I was able to buy new as a teenager. Good times

[@MrCreepyBoss]

All Nightmare Long is Metallica's most underrated masterpiece.

[@Devypocalypse]

"Theres some really great rhythk guitar in this" Yeah, that would be just a standard day in the life of Papa Het. Jackhammer of a right hand, GOAT riffmeister

[@jonkehoe7542]

Just started watching this hoping Doug doesn’t miss the epic inhale lol

[@gwenbargaindyacilla]

When I first listened to it the inhale was the onlly thing that warned me of the sudden jumpscare I was about to be given.

[@Erichwanh]

I don't know who Metal Lisa is, but she sounds fun.

[@Doug.Helvering]

Fixed, thank you 😅

[@metalzonemt-2]

That's Mona Lisa's sister.

[@MostlyGhostlyGamerBryan]

I absolutely love that you’ve been doing this Metallica series I discovered you just looking to see what other people thought hearing them for the first time and I’ve been enjoying it ever since! Also! Love the miles Davis on your wall behind you!

[@chrisbenj3819]

The beginning of Kirk’s solo idk what it is man it’s unreal. I love all of his solos so much sings with the instrument their music has so much passion behind. Cool reactions brother

[@bx3556]

"Suicide & Redemption" finally had a masterpiece Kirk solo for once in a long time. Also new Metallica album is packed with masterpieces. They have truly solved the mystery of writing great metal.

[@NDB469]

I’ve seen them play this live a few times, total ass kicker live!

[@xurxo12]

This one and Spit out the Bone are absolutely the best thrash songs they’ve made after the Black Album. Outstanding thrash tune here in my opinion 🤟🏽🔥

[@yodaphobic96]

My favorite metallic album, I know it’s not their early stuff but it’s so good man

[@drzoidberg1987]

Can vouch that this song kicked ass live - especially tuned down a half-step to drop-D-flat! This, The Judas Kiss, and That Was Just Your Life are probably my favorite cuts from this album. :)

[@CMMCM]

Rick Ruben has never worked with them before or since.

[@Rockstar6319]

He barely worked with them on Death Magnetic...

[@markhammond4517]

Beastie boys shout out.

[@TerribleEnglish]

​@@Rockstar6319He got them back to their old style, then came in periodically to tell them what was good and what wasn't. That's more than enough.

[@Chamomileable]

The mixing on this album will forever be unforgivable because of that. It's absurd how often Rubin kills the dynamic range of albums he produces. This isn't me comparing the music of Metallica and Megadeth, but listen to how much better the dynamics are on United Abominations from the year before Death Magnetic and you can see how squeezed and clipped Death Magnetic sounds in comparison. The recording itself is clipping from added studio gain.

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

​@@ChamomileableAgreed, Rubin basically brickwalled the mix, way too compressed and loud.

[@jfernsten]

Dangerous to drive to. Definitely give "Suicide & Redemption" a listen, and for fun, Robert Trujillo's old band Suicidal Tendencies with the song "Alone" My recurring nightmare of 45 years is to go into my grandparents basement to get something, and be eaten alive by sentient, living furniture. Still gets me today, can feel the splintery teeth tearing through flesh to the bone...

[@EatureKreature]

Best Metallica album since the 90s. Criminally underrated

[@salglezloza]

I love your reactions! You should see the live version in Mexico 2009, you'll find it on the pasion y gloria 3 nights in Mexico city, and from the same live production please watch the disposable heroes!

[@nevimcotamdat]

I love that Boston album behind you, such a great album

[@badmotorbreath5206]

More Than a Feeling...

[@bannistersteve6457]

your explination of the song is i love watching your vids, you do your research & bring us knowledge musically

[@davideleardi3894]

"The day that never comes" should be your next Death Magnetic reaction.....if you want to react to something from their next album "Hardwired to self destruct" , I´d recommend "Here comes revenge" or "Moth into flame" if you didn´t already do those.

[@GeekFurious]

All Nightmare long is No Remorse meets And Justice for All meets Of Wolf and Man.

[@MartinJessop-bi4yt]

This is Metallica's blacker than black album. The themes are so dark. I love this song, also the end of the line and cyanide. They needed a great album after the awful st Anger and this hits the spot. Thought this would get the head going, Doug!

[@ryanwarrenfeltz6202]

Love it, you’d like The Day that never comes from this album

[@Decay0]

As a long time Metallica fan who didn't quite enjoy their Black/post-Black era too much, this album, and in particular this song, felt like such a return to form. It was delightful when I first heard it, and I still think it's one of their best tunes. It just has so much momentum and never lets go!

[@ianjohnson171]

Killer riffs on this album, so underrated.

[@Greengroves1919]

Awesome video! - You should check out "Inamorata" from Metallica´s "M72" - album and "My Friend Of Misery from the album "Metallica". "Inamorata" lyrics echo "My Friend Of Misery" like the line "misery loves company," for instance, appears in both tracks. The second guitar solo in "Inamorata" reminiscent the chord progression of "My Friend Of Misery."

[@Dacoolestguyindawrld]

Really appreciate your knowledge and input on what makes these songs so friggin' great!!!! :D

[@stigpetersen9701]

Kirk is a wizzard 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘…..and James’ downpicking is sooooo hard 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘

[@Felipe_AC]

Might be an extremely unpopular opinion, but Death Magnetic is by far my favorite Metallica album. The Unforgiven 3, my favorite Metallica song. And I mean it! I love this album so much! So thank you for the reaction, Doug! 😭🙏

[@chrisbayer6467]

This album is sooo sooo sooo good.

[@alainpalma8492]

the intro riff to the verse is a Flamenco riff

[@cowsaysmoo51]

Pretty much all of Death Magnetic is like this song. It's got a lot of energy and it's a very strong return to their thrashy roots. I really think it's a strong album that stands up just as well as their early stuff. Even their next album, Hardwired, is pretty solid. At least to me. If you haven't already, check out Spit Out the Bone.

[@rawbrob1079]

You gotta watch the video because you're right on the money with your analogy of this song.

[@philippemojon5612]

Just THE ALBUM FEELING THE TRASH FROM THEIR 80S WORK. ONE OF THE BEST METALLICA LPS. GREAT METALY

[@madman1366]

A lot of folks will just never leave the 80’s no matter what. I admit, I wasn’t always sold on new sounds by heavy bands. It was ultimately Dream Theater that taught me to judge slowly. Sometimes, if you just give something a chance, you may not only find it grows on you but also becomes among your favorites. And that just opened the floodgates for me. Starting with this Album, I really thought Metallica started finding a great groove somewhere in between the Cliff and Jason eras. Rob is a different kind of animal on bass and brings much of that early energy back. These last 3 albums have been a blast! Some people still have their heads stuck too far up their own keisters to hear it though. Their loss!

[@lauronunes7832]

Jesus, what a cool song

[@orangehoodviews6287]

So many truckers get to enjoy this song at 2am weather they like it or not!

[@Avonidsed]

I love just about all of Metallica's stuff. Only album I couldn't bond with was St. Anger, but Jason leaving really colored that album for me. If I can give some post Black Album things to check out, one per album: Load - Mama Said; Reload - Fixxxer; Garage Inc - Astronomy; St. Anger - All within my hands; Death Magnetic - You did this and Unforgiven III, I would recommend The Day that Never Comes; Hardwired to Self Destruct - Spit out the Bone; 72 Seasons - If Darkness had a Son. But, as LeVar Burton used to say, Don't take my word for it.

[@chrisbenj3819]

Kirk’s solo on this is absolutely phenomenal

[@diegorojo87x]

This song is up there with the best songs of this band.

[@MrSpaceAngel]

Music video for this song is an absolute masterpiece

[@Dacoolestguyindawrld]

Love your reviews sooo so much Doug! Love seeing someone else get a firmy and work out what the hell is going on, on my favorite Metallica tracks of all time!!! :DDD

[@sonicplys64]

I hated Death Magnetic when it came out. I thought it was Metallica trying too hard to get back to their thrash roots. Now its been more than 15 years since it came out and i think its one of their most underrated albums. All the songs are bangers and i appreciate what they did here.

[@lavryk]

The video is absolutely awesome

[@beatmet2355]

My favorite song on DM. Best song they wrote in 20 years, at that point, IMO.

[@jasonlyman9115]

Absolutely dig the review on this one. Criminally underrated album. This is my favorite song from the album and is definitely a throwback to the old school :)

[@MichaelBrown-x1q]

This album totally put Metallica back in my FRONT pocket, instead of my back. The album showed everybody that they still are what they are which is just Incredible! They really put their minds together for this album. Most of the songs are long and complex and are Hard!!! Love it!!!

[@tda0626]

Despite the fact that this album had all kinds of clipping issues, it was a decent post Black album. I still prefer their pre-Black album the most.

[@glenseivers8318]

This will be fun. Bobblehead Doug😂

[@sethkaicer319]

Doug's homemade chili gives me nightmares😮🥵

[@evangelosgkanas3609]

Death Magnetic is a great album..... 10/10

[@JulienPelloux]

best album for me !

[@TheUncleDolanShow]

DM is so underrated

[@lozyoung4110]

My favourite track on that album 🤘🏻

[@kageyama8651]

This one and Spit out of the bone are ones of the best post 2000 'tallica songs

[@NandR]

I love the Music Video for this song. It's pretty creative and you can tell Kirk Hammett had a huge hand in the animated parts of the video.

[@ifkekanrunning4768]

I remember playing the entire album on Guitar Hero on the easy level, just to get the master recording. 🙂

[@tino.z3k1]

Love this album and this song ❤

[@davidberesford7009]

Hi Doug! back in my preteens I used to get repetitive dreams of being followed by something. But these dreams could become lucid and I would be able to take control of the next stage of the dream. After many such episodes with a little progress in each I was able to triumph over whatever (?) the something was. Lucid dreaming is Ace! Keep Reacting!

[@michaelsandar]

This one has some of the best post 90s riff work

[@theshowycaesarshow9257]

Such a great return to form after the St. Anger album!😊

[@chrisscustom712]

I listen to this song every time I was getting ready to leave on OP’s during development. Also the day that never comes.

[@AndDeathForAll82]

The modern era of Metallica is super underrated

[@jbq]

Hell yes, my favourite Metallica song!

[@filiperosario1078]

I always felt because of the chorus that this music is about modern warfare, like how machines mercilessly trace, kill

[@DirectorCalva]

I absolutely love Death Magnetic

[@ScarsUnseen24]

Death Magnetic is one of my favorite Metallica albums. One of their greatest.

[@penoyer79]

the origin of this song came from a riff the bass player, Rob Trujillo came up while jamming on a classical guitar in the studio. the riff caught james attention which they dubbed "Roam 2" and they built an entire song around it. you should try digging in to the Load era... lots of unexpected goodies on there. Until It Sleeps, Hero of the Day, Bleeding Me, Outlaw torn. Both Until It Sleeps and Hero of The Day are must watch Videos btw. cannot skip those even if you have to blur them out

[@bradpriebe9218]

I really like this album and feel a lot of the time it's underrated or forgotten about. To me anyways, the whole album is really solid. The first time I heard it I said it sounded a lot like they'd gone more back to their thrash roots with this one. The Day That Never Comes is a pretty good version of a power ballad as well

[@cristealaurentiu2440]

GOAT

[@kironbondale64]

The video is well worth seeing, Doug - it is pretty funny!

[@ahmadrezarabiee568]

You are a great pianist ❤

[@alexandremaireno-ni4ec]

4:12 it's their only album with Rick Rubin

[@user-ef4dl9ey9w]

ahhhh how far has Doug come....saying CHUG. \m/ O.o \m/

[@LeoAtlantideo]

Very cool song and video, Master Helvering ;-)

[@Gethrag]

"Suicide & Redemption" is another classic banger in Metallica's lineup of instrumentals. Would love a review!

[@matbesik724]

METALLICA A SU ÉVOLUER AVEC LES ÉPOQUE 🤘🏻