Every Metal Genre Metallica Played (Kinda)

[@AndriyVasylenko]

CORRECTION: 7:52 of fkn course its “Helloween”. Autocorrect you kurwa.

[@SpywareVA]

Kurwa indeed.

[@diesel3333]

Ohhhhhh it's Halloween! Tonight!

[@Lucrei.]

@@diesel3333 and you screaaaaaaammmm On Hallo-ween!

[@mattdad8429]

5:25 it obviously stands for New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, Ass To Mouth.

[@hypnovertigo7200]

Correct

[@radtech21]

Needs 6969 upvotes.

[@bretmorris830]

5:15 So wrong to see James with just a mic and no guitar.

[@NAlvazaz]

At first, he had trouble playing guitar and singing at the same time. Someone helped James to learn how to play rhythm guitar and sing at the same time (I'll let you guess who it was). He already knew how to play the guitar though.

[@imagereflection4826]

​@@NAlvazaz Not true he could sing and play fine and did in his other band before Metallica but he wanted to be Sean Harris from diamond head and so opted to just sing but quickly realised he was a better rhythm player than anyone else they tried out.

[@Mikey-ov8nr]

@@NAlvazazDave mustaine?

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

Metallica was thrash metal for four records, the black album is more of a heavy metal record and then they started playing alternative rock on load and reload.

[@captainflappyarms8277]

Idk they are kinda southern rock

[@thebubonico]

​@@captainflappyarms8277but they are from california

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

Don’t forget JUSTICE!!!!! That was their HEAVIEST!!!!!!\M/

[@h0lysm0k3z]

@@sgt_slobber.7628first thing he said was that they made thrash their first four albums

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

@@h0lysm0k3z Thx for the correction, I also thought he included the Black Album too!!!!:/

[@bxshaped27_79]

I think the justice title track is their most prog one

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Yeah, that was third consideration

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

It was my FAVE Album by them!!!!!\M/

[@ZorrotheArtist]

The Frayed Ends Of Sanity is *_RIGHT THERE, MAN!!_*

[@Ellwe2000]

me when To Live is to Die

[@misterfuzzyflippers]

The Thing That Should Not Be always had a bit of a doom metal feeling to me even if it's not purely doom.

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

Yeah, I would say doom its the closest. The Thing is very rythmic, while doom-metal is more bluesy or droning, but it also has that moody, atmospheric, eerie quality of doom-metal. So its just like more rythmical doom-metal. Its too heavy to be heavy-metal tho, funny enough. For Whom the Bell Tolls has doom elements too, with heavy and prog like structure. Would Lepper Messiah be more like sludge-metal without the gritiness?

[@misterfuzzyflippers]

@@nicolaemadalinboboc6704 I could agree with all of that. Lepper Messiah could also be somewhat groove metal.

[@stevsh89]

The solo on it and some of the riffing are also like death metal too

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

@@misterfuzzyflippers Yeah, it has that mid-tempo thrash-metal characteristic of groove, and heaviness, but it lacks the specific sound. If anything, despite being an obvious choice for heavy-metal, Enter Sandman had the groove aspect of groove-metal, but without the agression and heavy vocals.

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

@@stevsh89 I heard someone compare Kirks solo on it with the solos from Morbid Angel.

[@ahmettalha5093]

18:09 the weird rolling thing!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

OG subs here!

[@renamoda5450]

@@AndriyVasylenko Hurdy gurdy,that's what it's called.

[@gameex7395]

@@renamoda5450 we know

[@TheMrsaintevil]

I like, where Megadeth has it's own genre! 😂😂😂

[@littleakibagames]

Isn't Dirty Window the low-hanging fruit there?

[@rdmoonie]

I think honestly Metallica got closest to Death Metal with Justice. If that album was tuned down to D standard, I'd argue it do be in DM territory.

[@Guitarcovers4u569]

People: what genre do you play? Metallica : YES

[@Timocracy]

Correction: it'd have to be YEAH 😂

[@Finn_the_Cat]

YEAH YEAH​@@Timocracy

[@DarbyGugliotta215]

Falling in reverse: yes Avenged sevenfold: yeah Slipknot:OOOO YES Metallica:Yeahea

[@terriblecertainity]

I'd acutally really like to see the "How Prog is Metallica?" video

[@nick-müsc]

Me too

[@marioalexanderski9598]

You forgot that We Did It Again collab with Ja Rule also has Metallica venture in rap rock/rap metal

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Totally! And now as you’ve reminded me of that, I wish to forget about that again :)

[@marioalexanderski9598]

@@AndriyVasylenko And some of Presidio stuff, that are sludgy

[@qbel4255]

I'd argue that the most prog Metallica track is AJFA title track. Long, complex both in its structure and changing time signatures, as well as being grandiose. Other title tracks from the 80s are a bit like that too, but AJFA is best example imo

[@real30yearoldboomerhours53]

Major metalcore fan here, definitely One. The breakdown

[@Kevly_]

Also main riff of Blackened

[@juicytoad6128]

Also the bridge in Damage Inc. could be metalcore

[@nick-müsc]

It's not even a breakdown

[@juicytoad6128]

@@nick-müsc It has breakdown elements

[@agustincasciero]

The proggiest Metallica got was The Frayed Ends of Sanity, key and tempo changes all around...

[@stevsh89]

Id say Thing in a way is the closest they got to death metal. Solo and riffs are very Morbid Angel esque. Ending of Phantom Lord is the closest they got to black metal too

[@stevsh89]

There's also an argument of Blackened being their closest to death metal too

[@cristianlopez_8486]

7:59 Phantom Lord (lyrically anyways) is probably the closest Metallica came to Power Metal imo. Especially in the chorus: "Hear the cry of war, louder than before. With his sword in hand, to control the land. Crushing metal strikes, on this frightening night. Fall onto your knees, for the Phantom Lord."

[@8tonystark8]

For me that's the most punk Most Power metal is the breakdown in Atlas, Rise

[@progfox]

lyrics arent relevant to genre, its about sound.

[@FriedrichHerschel]

Would Cthulhu count (thematically)?

[@progfox]

@@FriedrichHerschel read my comment again

[@FriedrichHerschel]

@@progfox Read my question again.

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

My favourite is Metal'n Roll when later on they had hard rocķ influence 😂😂.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Metal n roll sounds rather like something Volbeat do :)

[@thelastdaybreathinginetern1385]

I could've sworn Metallica was a Intergalactic Technical Space Jazz Metal band with Symphonic Black Metal elements..

[@popsiclelanding]

it’s amazing to see you’re doing well. i love you andriy

[@WelcomeToTiltedTowers]

"Megadeth" in the thumbnail got me clicking the video 💀🙏

[@GuiOmania]

Metallica kind of speed metal version is every time they speed up their song from mid 80’s to 92 if they play a kill em all song other then Seek or the super speed up version of fight fire with fire .Watch the Montreal or the Toronto 1986 live concert for exemple !!!

[@trendmassacre8423]

Fight fire with fire sped up live in 1986 and death vocals would have gone together perfect!

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

I always wonder how would someone classify songs like For Whom the Bell Tolls, Lepper Messiah or The Thing that Should not be. You can easily call them heavy-metal, but the irony is, that they are way too heavy for heavy-metal. The closest to heaviness are tracks from early Black Sabbath, but even then, Sabbaths heaviest songs were classified as doom-metal. So are those song doom-metal? At the same time, they have a very rythmic quality to them, while doom-metal is more like drown out, bluesy, atmospheric. The Thing fits doom-metal the best of the three, with section of For Whom the Bell Tolls being doom as hell, but I think one you could The Bell Tolls as a mixture of doom, heavy and prog, with The Thing being most doom-metal of their all tracks. Lepper Messiah is too punchy, agresssive, like it doesnt go for atmosphere the same the other two tracks go, and sludge could be seen as dirtier, more agressive, punchier version of doom so I see Lepper Messiah as sludge. I know discussing styles like this is silly, but I saw someone arguing 80s Metallica were more of a heavy-metal band with some trash songs, but the problem with this is that while most of their 80s songs could be classified as thrash, while the rest are like a mixture of heavy, prog, sludge, doom, so thrash was definitely their predominant genre.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Thank you for the food for thought!

[@nicolaemadalinboboc6704]

@@AndriyVasylenko Ur welcome! Thanks fo the response!

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

Power Metal - Trapped Under Ice, Has Some Of James most Intense Vocals in the higher registers, the song is pummeling and fast pace, and the bridge is a gang call and response chant. Compare it to something like Ride The Sky by Helloween. The Four Horsemen, it talks about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and it sounds like it could be an Early Helloween song. Black Metal - Ride The Lightning, Probably the closest I can think of. It’s the most sinister and cold sounding song they had, the breakdown with the solo and the intensity of it doesn’t sound too dissimilar to something like the Blood Fire Death Album by Bathory. Plus it features Black Metal Screams from a Scandinavian man (Lars). Glam Metal - Mechanix, Jump in the Fire because of the lyrics and wouldn’t be too out of place with other Glam Metal bands Symphonic Metal - No Leaf Clover, it came with heavy Orchestral accompaniment. Neo-Classical - The Call of Ktulu, lots of arpeggios, and the classical sounding melody in the last section (courtesy of Cliff), plus the Bass Solos. Funk Metal - Shoot Me Again, maybe not the correct correlation for this song, but it’s without a doubt the Grooviest song they’ve ever done; maybe even the funkiest, especially the Bassline (other then Cure).

[@user-qe6yr2wg9h]

19:28 As Mustaine said "GLAM stands for Gay Los Angeles Metal"

[@TheSwimMusic]

I think One is a good pick for Metalcore because of how the guitar and kick drum locks in on machine gun riff

[@lixn.headless]

that, My Apocalypse and Blackened. they have some metalcore-ish riffs

[@progfox]

thats not metalcore because one is a good song and metalcore is not good

[@Vivi_9]

@@progfox L take

[@google_was_my_idea_first]

You forgot a "Shit" square.

[@mr.trampoline]

Where would Wherever I May Roam be? It even has a citar at the start of the song.

[@GaryTongue-zn5di]

Doesn't matter. It's all just sub Genres of Rock.

[@Vivi_9]

@@GaryTongue-zn5di *metal

[@espiralfibonacci]

Good to see you my friend! Stay strong!

[@IceBreaker8]

Hurdy gurdy? But I could be misremembering so hard that instrument thingy 😂 Interesting video as always! Cheers!

[@rogerchtarponne4968]

Back in the days, i’m old, i always putted "Kill’em All" in speed metal. But is as only the value of an opinion (not hat much 😉).

[@kericlark2693]

same, i also almost started a fight (verbale) for calling whiplash speed metal.

[@acadia5898]

i would say Eye Of The Beholder is pretty industrial-ish sounding with groove

[@MoonOvIce]

Up until the middle of the video I thought it was your art. Your wife's art is amazing.

[@riphopfer5816]

The weird instrument that accompanies Hetfield on “Low Man’s Lyric” is a Mediaeval instrument called a hurdy-gurdy. It was a really interesting, and I think it actually sounds great for this tune (toward which, by the way, I’ve grown far more affectionate over the years; I’ve been through some really rough stuff in the last 15 years of my life, and now both the lyrics and the mood of the song are deeply relatable)

[@Albee213]

I would say that 'Motorbreath' is speed metal more than thrash... But really we are all splitting hairs.

[@_PuppetMaster86]

99.9% (if not 100%) of Kill 'Em All is thrash metal. It's basically the only Metallica album where all the songs are 100% thrash. RTL, MOP, AFJA (which is progressive metal/thrash), Death Magnetic, and 72 Seasons have mostly thrash songs on it. “Motorbreath” is thrashy as hell (speed metal wtf). Arguably the most thrashiest track next to Metal Militia.

[@spicyboi8008]

@@_PuppetMaster86whiplash???? hello????????? its the thrashiest song in their whole discography

[@Illumirage]

Love your channel Adriy

[@jamminjared3666]

MAKE A MEGADETH ONE NEXT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@theodoreregan1628]

2x4 is perhaps the grooviest they got. Such a banger

[@murillo_bolhsen]

glad to see you frrrriend

[@nathangaspar4989]

4:16 Frayed Ends, Damage Inc and Shortest Straw. Especially Shortest Straw if they kept it in C#

[@TheAntiburglar]

If nothing else, the Lars Dance at 16:20 has made this life worth living. Thank you, Andriy, for bringing it all of our attention.

[@user-rw2dq3vp9t]

the outlaw torn and to live is to die are 2 of the best songs ever written

[@PIZZAdayisback]

For metalcore: hit the lights or seek and destroy For grind core: the closest is blackened For kawaii metal: poor twisted me

[@cristianlopez_8486]

@@PIZZAdayisback I'd say for grindcore, probably have to go with Metallica's cover of The Misfits' Last Caress/Green Hell, specifically Green Hell.

[@PIZZAdayisback]

@@cristianlopez_8486 is it really aggressive and noisy?

[@gradywestling]

I noticed the "MEGA DETH" space. That's vile lmao

[@thesilverikarus]

Sludge/Grind guy here. To me, there's no song that gets even close to sounding like Grindcore in the slightest. If Metallica had a song with blast beats, it would be the closest as it's the core element of any grind band/song, let alone a vocal delivery which sounds harsher than anything they ever did (besides the outro to All Within My Hands obviously). Sludge however, I'd risk and say that - Human is the most sludge metal-ish song they have ever done. That main fuckin' riff, man, along with the solo moment, really scream that sound. Minus the orchestra of course, though I think hearing Crowbar play with an orchestra would be both funny in theory and awesome as fuck to hear.

[@alvinmason758]

industrial before industrial become a thing? what?

[@paravan2000]

They got very close to BLACK METAL on "Creeping Death"

[@adammayo9302]

2 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 3 days

Lords of Summer talks about riders and battles, has a fast, catchy riff and James reaches some dramatic high pitched screams, so I think that could be their own approach to Power Metal

[@fabril2673]

Metalcore: The unnamed feeling Grindcore: Motorbreath

[@buforduchiha6127]

I don’t care about Kawaii Metal, Kirk invented Hawaii Metal

[@gurnblanston5000]

Load and reload, like what the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin did in the early to mid 70s. Just stretching as artists. 2x4 is great, Aint-Eye-Better Than You-Sad But True would be a cool medley.

[@buforduchiha6127]

Wasn’t load/reload heavily inspired by grunge, so I think we can call some songs (post-) grunge at least (Until it sleeps, Outlaw Torn, fixxxer, maybe thorn within ) Ik grunge isn’t usually considered Metal but I just wanted to mention that

[@jankapaa3074]

The House Jack Built would fit seamlessly into any Alice In Chains LP.

[@trappingrainwater6501]

Orion is pretty much prog

[@dystopicmetal]

very cool, I categorized metal or no metal. Now i know many styles I dont know wtf are I always think that master of puppets was a prog thrash metal song, many riffs and changes. Death magnetic album i think is prog thrash in many parts

[@spoqo]

Hurdy - Gurdy...remember that since 1997 ;)

[@tong_levin]

In my opinion, a good prog Metallica example would be Eye of the Beholder. It may not have a lot of time signature changes but arrangement-wise it's closest they've ever been to prog.

[@HarryCaneNo1]

People who cant understand the difference between trash metal and thrash metal, arent allowed to have an opinion...

[@TheModernHermeticist]

The closest thing Metallica has to Black Metal in atmosphere is Call of Ktulu but even that is missing most of the key features of the genre.

[@DaveThrash00]

Main riff in Sanitarium is considered by some to be in 10/4, (some count it as two 4/4 and one in 2/2) so it could be in the prog video 😀

[@tonymcnamara9368]

If you want to reach your largest possible audience, play different styles of music. Led Zepplin for example, they played rock, blues, reggae, funk etc to reach the largest audience.

[@ImYourOverlord]

Greatest band ever.

[@therustmonster4125]

One Metallica stoner rock connection that I haven't heard anyone else mention is Shoot Me Again and Song For the Dead by Queens of the Stone Age. They both start with fast riffs that then slow down into the main, slower riff. The main riffs are pretty much identical, both in C going from C to C# with the exact same rhythm of open Cs supporting them. The only differences are that Shoot Me Again plays the C# an octave lower and Song For the Dead isn't an unlistenably shit song.

[@facepalmjesus1608]

so basically Metallica is the epitomy of prog! :D

[@Knight9Rider]

You forgot the disco metal track jump in the fire

[@AudibleFist]

Would really like that how prog is Metallica video idea. So imma subscribe.

[@Night_A]

I always though Bad Seed from ReLoad is a good example of Metallica doing Southern/Groove Metal. Still can't hear how you pulled Prog out of one section of Blackend though.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

Verse in 6/4, many changes, that rhythm shift after solo, the intro again… Man, that’s some busy ass shait

[@lalolanda3996]

@@AndriyVasylenko main riff on 7/4, verse on 6/4, chorus on 4/4. quite prog

[@newstedful]

Suicide and Redemotion outro is veeery doomy

[@troymartinez3923]

They played Thrash for 4 albums and then stopped playing metal..........and became a Rock and Roll band.

[@migueldouriet6834]

Black álbum its metal, Heavy - groove metal

[@ByloBand]

Metal is metal, the micromanaging of style labels many "real" fans argue about is just unhelpful gatekeeping for the purpose boosting the egos of the small.

[@Nekro_bird]

You must be new to metal

[@Celatra]

so you're telling me Helloween and Cannibal Corpse should be put under the same label?

[@ByloBand]

@@Celatra I'm saying labels are stupid.

[@Celatra]

@@ByloBand they literally are not, metal is such a broad genre

[@AJEDDY97]

So, as the resident Christian metalhead (and guitar player) on this channel, I, uh... I have to quarrel with the pick of The God That Failed for Christian metal. Yes, Christian metal is metal with Christian themes, but it's not *JUST* that. Otherwise, technically, songs like God is Dead by Black Sabbath, or Jesus Saves by Slayer, or Christians to the Lions by Behemoth would be considered "Christian Metal". Go listen to those songs, and then listen to a band like Stryper, Demon Hunter, or Impending Doom. The common thread is its focus on faith, hope, and spirituality. The music often explores themes of struggle, redemption, and the battle between good and evil, with a message rooted in Christian beliefs. So picking that one is... Just short of the exact opposite of what Christian metal is. 😂😂

[@sebastiansalazar5120]

Lol, Christian metal

[@csabasaghegyi6083]

@@sebastiansalazar5120 Never heard about that? I have more than 1500 Christian metal albums.

[@sebastiansalazar5120]

@@csabasaghegyi6083 Im sorry about that

[@pentagonoenllamas]

Yeah The God The Failed is precisely the song that would most scare boomer parents as "satanic". On the other hand Creeping Death just tells a story straight off the Bible, that's about as christian as Metallica gets.

[@jankapaa3074]

Well, as a fellow Christian metalhead :) I have to disagree. The God That Failed is a Christian song the way that The Last Temptation of Christ is a Christian book/movie. It is a song of hope which shines - albeit lightly - through despair. And yes, Christ is a god that failed. That’s exactly what makes him human and unique.

[@gameex7395]

18:09 The Weird Rollin' Thing...

[@daneverdier1950]

Funny, Kyuss and Sleep are the first to come to mind when I think about stoner and sludge too. My friend and I back in the day used to make fun of this one Sleep song all the time that I swear had like two notes that were hit every thirty seconds or so. Easiest song to figure out on guitar in the world once you figure out how low they were tuned.

[@wickedsky7093]

I remember that the solo on the ride the lighting demo was pretty black metal

[@Vau_]

I think Load and Reload are a unique kind of (metal) music

[@LaughWhileItsStillLegal]

19:24 Nothing Else Matters is the obvious pick on this one

[@dethbyglamour]

megadeths so good it is its own genre

[@eindeutscherozelot]

Metallica kinda invented breakdowns with Ride the Lightning with it‘s heavy and ominous bridges

[@augustopenaspalmeira471]

the closest metallica got to death metal is on st anger, the all within my hands outro and the goregrind ping snare

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

No Metal band ON EARTH has achieved what they did!!!!! HOWEVER, IMHO they are Sorta Overrated!!!! When Metal died in the Mid 90s they had to ‘MODERNIZE’ by going Alternative!!!!!:/ They had sum good hits, but changed their trajectory by going Mainstream!!!!:/ I have the most respect for: Maiden, Priest, Motörhead, Overkill, Slayer ect.!!!!! Because they didn’t change their style and didn’t compromise their sound for the ‘Masses’!!!!!!\M/ But Make no mistake, they are the BEATLES of Metal!!!!!\M/

[@FISH_NECRO]

Metalcore and deathcore basically always have growls, so Metallica never did it. As for grindcore, it's basically fast and extreme punk rock.

[@radtech21]

“And what about Speed Metal’s weird cousin who like fantasy and stuff?” We all know one.

[@bryansunga4459]

It's sad to change, you can't stay the same... Philip anselmo.

[@guitarcovers1992]

Revolution is my name

[@Mr.Haunter]

How did you not include Sanitarium for prog, I feel like it’s almost exactly a prog metal song

[@juliengoguen17]

No Hair Metal! Damn! They need to get on top of that! Some sort of a duet with Kip Winger! Lol! On a serious note, I'm happy to know that James has reached out to Kip and apologized for the "A year and a half in the life of Metallica" and the "Nothing Else Matters" video

[@oleksandrbyelyenko435]

Fight Fire with Fire covered by Apocalyptica is godlike. Seen Apocalyptica in Odesa like 12 years ago

[@bendup52]

Yep Dave Mustaine wrote that riff

[@AccceHunter176]

A bit unrelated to the video, but I was wondering if you're ever gonna do a bass cover of Call of Ktulu with the original bass track, the one Apocalyptica did? Or combined with that one live version with a lot of improvisations? Think a lot of people would love to see that

[@PenguinzFTW]

Metallica’s groove metal track is easily Bad Seed

[@Sheepleton]

Pioneers of thrash yes but currently just dad rock.

[@ceroenblanco]

Like to make the BG painting to be the next Metallica's album cover!

[@mattzeroable]

A power metal moment is the kirk guitar solo in middle of ride the lightning song. That fast melodic solo can qualify as power metal By the way, great video Andriy! keep it going!

[@renamoda5450]

How about Funk metal? The one Trujillo used to play with Suicid@l Tendencies.

[@AndriyVasylenko]

None in Metallica though. Almost. The exceptiona being the Cure bridge (with Jason slapping) and Sleepwalk My Life Awaya intro

[@burakkartoflany7613]

I dont think metallica ever even made anything that sounds like death metal, but fun fact is that death metal band VADER covered "fight fire with fire" so your pick is SOMEWHAT reasonable

[@FriedrichHerschel]

Sorry, for something being Folk Metal, it's not enough to just have a folk song covered. Folk Metal is similar to Symphonic Metal, as in: more instruments required. Folk metal commonly uses flutes, hurdy gurdies, violines, bagpipes or other instruments that are meant to have some medieval or folkish style.

[@dustydannny3327]

I believe master of puppets is the prog thrash metal album and justice is the technical thrash album

[@martinusolimpus7349]

18:58 JOŽIN Z BAŽIN

[@jankapaa3074]

Dyer's Eve is hardcore af. So, if it's a hardcore song played by a metal band, then it must be metalcore, right? ;p

[@pkj77]

the Power Metal Demo was Lars that just gave it that title not Ron the original baseplayer Load /Reload more Rock /hard rock....ich

[@hbombs]

Some Kind of Monster has James kinda rapping lol, gonna say that was sort of Rap Metal

[@irisdantas861]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH NEW VIDEO LESGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :)))

[@alexisrios9759]

Mama Said - Southern Rock