FIRST TIME listening to METALLICA - "Seek and Destroy" REACTION

[@sumonjamal1653]

'Seek & destroy' is a fan fave, and they play it at almost every concert... I believe the lyrics were an extreme interpretation of Metallica's ideology on stage - destroy the competition and win the battle for the audiences. They spent their 1st year in L.A. in the Hollywood 'glam rock' scene and were regarded as a 'joke' by other bands... It wasn't until they moved to San Francisco in 1983 when they felt at home in the thrash metal scene there... It was all about "Crush, kill, destroy..." in terms of playing metal music.

[@markhammond4517]

Only reason why I don't get sick of this song because they change it up so much in this.

[@guitarwins1896]

Yea I love the Mexico city version from 93 I believe. Very long but pretty kool

[@argantyr5154]

Through History, whenever a certain type of "Music Scene" becomes overrun popular there comes a reaction, Thrash Metal as you mention are one example, another one could be how people got tired of the 80's Hair Metal (Twisted Sister, Mötley Crue etc.) and then Grundge came from Seattle (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden etc. as a breath of fresh air.) No I'm not saying Grundge is Metal :-)

[@sumonjamal1653]

@@argantyr5154 People got sick of grunge and alternative music too... just like they got sick of disco... synth pop ... nu-metal... and gangsta rap... It happens

[@KrisK565]

Don't skip Garage Days. That album always gets left out. Its a bunch of kick ass covers. 🤘🎸🤘

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

She's not doing "Garage Days Re-Revisited." She's only focusing on the main studio albums for now.

[@shmick6079]

Surely she can just do Garage Inc

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

@@shmick6079 Dude, what part of Lilly's just reacting to the main studio albums for now do you not understand? She will likely get to the covers at some point, but those aren't in her plans for right now.

[@markhammond4517]

​@@TokusatsuGamingfan I agree with what you're saying but don't speak for other people.

[@shmick6079]

@@TokusatsuGamingfan a lot of people would include Garage Inc in the main discography. It’s an album, and it’s not live.

[@bedvyr]

Around the time Metallica was up and coming there was a lot of underground thrash/skate music what was really popular. (DRI, Suicidal Tendencies, Motorhead, etc.) Most of it was a high energy punk/metal crossover. Before that, you had Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Sabbath, etc. (metal) and hard rock acts like Van Halen. I grew up in the 80's and no radio station would touch Metallica. They were the redheaded stepchild of the music industry, but they were getting bigger than any mainstream act and it was just a matter of time. The black album was where they went commercial and "broke out," but in my opinion their early, heavier work was not only more meaningful but more powerful. Master of Puppets is one of the greatest albums of all time.

[@argantyr5154]

Exactly and that was one reason why Metallica and similar Bands had to be great live, because if you werent amazing live or got any airtime then you would have a hard time making it. I totally agree with Master of Puppets, but I must admit I have a soft spot of Ride the Lightning.

[@KoalaParty2000]

The Four Horsemen definitely my favourite off the album. So epic.

[@JayTyrus]

same here! That bridge is hypnotizing!

[@joealvarez8733]

Thank you Mr. Mustaine, for that song....

[@billsmith11]

Same here my favorite of that album

[@billsmith11]

I love the Olde quote that reads " Apon a pale Horse came a pale Ryder the Horses name Was Pestilence , the Ryders name Was Deth " Old english version is the better than the updated version in my opinion

[@billsmith11]

​@joealvarez8733 along with Mechanix

[@jtsadventures7497]

Seek and Destroy is my fav on this album!

[@susanconstable2113]

I have a clear recollection of hearing this for the first time back around 1985. It still holds a special place in my heart. I’ve seen them live several times and it’s always great when this song starts! Audience goes nuts. Crowd participation is a must for this song!

[@tomwickert38]

Man I still remember “Ecstasy of Gold playing at Blossom” Music Center in Cleveland 1994 followed by complete darkness a moment of quiet as we waited and James beat on the microphone 3 times and said, “Is this fucking thing on??” Then immediately ripped of the cords to “Breadfan” and we were suddenly pushed forward by the crowd, wood chairs went flying my friend and I looked at each other and yelled, BREADFAN!!!! Never expected them to play that B side song let alone open with it and was the fastest heaviest song ever run that moment and the pyrotechnics blowing off the stage just full on crazy!!!

[@Anonymousones1]

When Lilly smiles u know it’s a good solo ❤

[@UncleD153]

I saw Metallica for the 1st time in the early 80’s. I believe it was the “Ride the Lightning” tour. Cliff Burton on bass guitar. Only about 1200 people at the show.

[@tomwickert38]

Wow!!!! Lucky!!! My first show was 1994 then 1996. There’s something to be said when any band performs and then when Metallica performs. Their guitars right in front of you and the sound is amazing

[@susanconstable2113]

Back in the days this album came out metal was “underground” so to speak. There was no platform for it. Metal grew to what is is today by word of mouth and metal music magazines. Like I live in central PA and it took some years before I heard it for the first time. There was absolutely no radio play for metal music or rap for that matter. That’s why people like me are so passionate and protective about this old music. We fought hard to get it going. We were persecuted and judged by how we dressed and this loud misunderstood music blasting out of our big boom boxes. The adults at the time thought we were evil monsters and horrible people. As an example your hair, makeup and outfit would have had you in that category in average america back in the mid 80s. And I think you look great and cool But average people would have steered clear of you on the street. Insane I know. Lol

[@BaldotheDon]

Hey, kids. Gen-X metalhead here. You have to understand the way we enjoyed this music when you start feeling a bridge or a coda or a denouement is getting a little longer than is strictly comfortable. Sure, we had this song blasting on the stereo, the boombox, the Walkman with the headphones, but the _preferred_ method of administration of the thrash treatment was a dilapidated block of concrete in the middle of nowhere or the middle of everything, interior walls painted flat black, a five-dollar charge at the door, a _filthy_ bathroom, and a surprisingly affordable bar, ultimately leading to a stage piled with enough amplification equipment to warrant an investigation by the Geneva Convention, and an open space in front of it that was filled with bodies thrashing around in a maelstrom of unleashed teenage rage and testosterone. When the pit is going like a trainwreck looking for a target, you want to make sure you don't skimp on what's classically designated "The Mosh Part." The toxic waltz must be respected, even if the track gets a little long.

[@Dubblebass]

An old band I was in used to play this song as a warm up. I LOVE this song and it brings back a lot of great memories.

[@forceghostfabio3288]

LOAD is such a departure from their other works, I'm interested in your reactions to it. It was their answer to the grunge era and it came off like a country hard rock album.

[@locsbcn]

In fact the new artistic direction of load is consequences of an exausted gigs of 4 years. James lost his voice there. So they slowed down and tried streaming stuffs.

[@renejensen7799]

This song works well live as a sing along song, and because Metallica add this crowd interaction in this song played live, its a fan favorite at concerts especially, its the time where all sing along with Metallica, and is one of the songs if not the song Metallica played most times live..ever!!

[@joehodgett3376]

always been one of my favorite Metallica songs to listen to "especially while driving" but also a crowd pleaser at Karaoke night I think you would enjoy diving deeper into 72 seasons, I haven't taken the CD out of my car stereo since I bought it in April.

[@g54b95]

What was around at the time this dropped...as a kid growing up during this time, here's what I remember. Of course, you still had the classic rock songs on the radio. Pop music (the stuff my sister listened to) was stuff like Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, U2, Tears For Fears, etc. Heart was big, so was Fleetwood Mac. My groove was stuff like Def Leppard, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Van Halen, Scorpions, The Police, Metallica, Motley Crue, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straits. It's important to note how much MTv (back when they actually played music videos) blew up so many of the bands I liked at the time (or at least ones I liked once I was exposed to them on MTv). Def Leppard, Van Halen, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Scorpions, Dire Straits especially. Also, this was a time when you would see a popular song of the time appear in a popular TV show, like Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' showing up in a Miami Vice episode (one of the best, I'd say). Kind of like if on a Saturday night Barbi Benton (google it) was on 'The Love Boat' (google it), she'd also appear on 'Fantasy Island' (google it) right after. Yeah. Barbi Benton. Yum. Even though he was already an artist with a solid reputation, Prince's 'Purple Rain' release and the movie of the same name totally blew him up, just like Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' album and the video of the same name would have definitely broke the internet (if it existed) but it definitely blew MTv up. Of course there were other great things being done at the time in other genres, but between my sister and I listening to different radio stations, we were exposed to a good chunk of what was happening at the time.

[@TheSubham8995]

72 seasons has some great songs, u should definitely keep reacting to that one!

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

She's already reacted to a good portion of the songs on "72 Seasons", and I'd like her to finish reacting to that album.

[@cardiac19]

"Seek and Destroy" is one of the highlights of any Metallica concert. That song goes on forever. And the crowd just eats it up! At least every crowd I was in. Plus that Mexico crowd on the Live box set.

[@user98xp]

Motorhead and Misfits were Metallica's biggest influences. Those bands have my vote for next. They are also incredible bands. Love and peace.

[@johnpyle1268]

Don't forget Diamondhead.

[@cletusinterruptus3963]

Absolutely have to check out the Misfits but only Danzig era is relevant, so Static Age, Walk Among Us, Earth AD, and Legacy of Brutality plus the two Collections. So many good songs. Too many to list them all, but All Hell Breaks Loose, Night of the Living Dead, She, and Where Eagles Dare would all be good songs to introduce someone.

[@vanceadams8662]

You need to hear the original basset Cliff play Anesthesia Pulling Teeth !!!

[@KARLDOOM]

Load album for sure!

[@mattroden4544]

This is one band that a few Radio stations at least up until early 2000's had mandatory metallica time 101.1 the wrif here in detroit had it at 9 pm where you could turn on station and have like 2 or 3 songs played by metallica

[@starronin4580]

This is another band I was introduced to by ordering their mix tapes out of the back of Thrasher magazine in the early 80s...I heard some of the the ride the lightning album on them before the actual album came out...I always thought it was ironic that they were so against copying their music yet that's exactly how I found them...

[@bach5150]

well let's look at some perspective. this was THE song that changed the world. this was the FIRST song that exposed metallica to the world. the radio and Mtv was loaded with pop and pop metal and glam metal bands putting out the short 3 minute songs that the stations loved. and there was plenty of need and room for those bands as well. the 80's was just a vastly vibrant decade for music in general. but out of nowhere this song hit the underground channels like Z rock and the late night metal shows like a hammer. everyone wanted to know more about them. and this was the vanguard song that launched metallicas' career. and a throng of other acts followed in their footsteps presenting the long form song to various degrees of success. but know one hit bigger than metallica for sure. the is THE song for hardcore metallica fans as they never heard anything like it at the time it came out.

[@stefanosg4161]

I enjoyed this song a lot more when i saw them play it live

[@bobbycoyle3]

Definitely review their 72 Seasons album. Their best work (in my opinion) since their 80s stuff.

[@markhammond4517]

LOL. That album is not better than Death Magnetic or hardwired

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

@@markhammond4517 Yes, it is. Please stop making an ass out of yourself!

[@falloutx1]

​@@markhammond4517it is.

[@markhammond4517]

​@@falloutx1no it isn't

[@falloutx1]

@@markhammond4517 it is.

[@Hellseeker1]

Man this stuff brings me back, man good times!

[@ScottSpenceNoneTheRicher]

The hammer and blood on the cover, along with title are refferences to Cliff Burton. The blood representing the accident that took his life. Cliff apparently carried a hammer everywhere, and would randomly just start destroying a room, and the title, of course the way they were feeling towards the wotld in their grief. They released a VHS video titled "Cliff Em' All"

[@carlgibson285]

My favourite song off Kill 'Em All is Jump In The Fire. It was the first Metallica song I ever heard back in the mid-80s and it blew my mind at the time. I was just learning to play guitar and I'd never heard anything like Jump In The Fire's guitar solos before. They sounded impossible to play! Also, I'm pleased you're listening to Load. It's very different from the Metallica you're used to but there are some great songs on both Load and Reload. There's some not so great stuff too lol, but the good stuff is definitely worth hearing.

[@johnpyle1268]

Absolutely iconic song, and one of the heaviest ever at the time. Those outro riffs would seem repetitive in lesser hands, but Metallica made it massive. Pure classic.

[@billspivey6919]

Album- Garage Days

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

"Garage Days Re-Revisited" is just a covers EP, so she's not going to react to it anytime soon.

[@Corpusi]

When i was young when i bought this album,im always played seek and destroy because of beautiful sounds..

[@jakefromstatefarm5204]

Thrash music was the counter culture rebellion against "glam rock" music that was the sound at the time as I remember.

[@sumonjamal1653]

Before heavy metal? Hmm... Rock n' roll music in the 1950's by Elvis and Little Richard inspired The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 1960's to play that 'beat rock' music... or 'surf rock' music by The Beach Boys... Psychedelic music became popular in the 60's w/ The Beatles' '"Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album in 1967... bands like The Doors, Cream, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead ... and later... Genesis, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, etc. Santana was a band that fused latin music w/ 60's psychedelic music... Heavy rock music came to fruition w/ the introduction of Jimi Hendrix in 1967 to 1970... His guitar histrionics and aggressive sound inspired guitar-driven bands like Free, Mountain, Jethro Tull, Yes, Vanilla Fudge, Uriah Heep, etc... The Who was a rock band that was explosive on stage and became hugely popular by the late 60's... American bands like MC 5... The Stooges... were noisy and inspired what became punk rock and hardcore music. There was also pop music that was popular w/ audiences... R&B artists like The Supremes... The Temptations... Crooners like Tom Jones in the 60's... In the 70's, it was light music by The Carpenters, ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Blondie, Rod Stewart... dance & disco music by the Jackson 5... The Bee Gees ... Donna Summer... Stevie Wonder... The 80's was the synth pop era: Duran Duran... Phil Collins ... Prince ... Michael Jackson... Madonna ... Wham! (just to name a few) in the MTV era. When Led Zeppelin debuted in 1969, those first 2 record rearranged the game... 'heavy rock' became a commodity in the wake of their enormous success... Deep Purple became heavier as a result in 1970, and Black Sabbath debuted in the same year... Those 3 bands were the pioneers of what became 'heavy metal' music in the 70's... More 'heavy' rock bands emerged - Scorpions from Germany... Thin Lizzy from Ireland ... Aerosmith, Kiss, Blue Oyster Cult, Alice Cooper ... from the USA... Rush from Canada... Nazareth from Scotland. But it was Judas Priest who embraced the term 'heavy metal' for their music in the 70's. They came up w/ the black leather and metal studs image and the Harley bike onstage... as well as the twin guitar attack and the high vocals of Rob Halford that surpassed Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin's vocals. The late 70's was weird - punk rock dominated the UK scene by 1977 after The Ramones debuted and inspired British punk rock bands like The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, etc... In the US, it was disco acts like K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Village People, The Commodores, etc. that took over the scene... Bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep became obsolete later in the 70's as bands like Boston, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Queen, and others became more popular in the US w/ their arena rock sound... while 'new wave' bands like The Police, The Cars, Talking Heads... broke big as well.... But hope came in the form of Van Halen in 1978, and they would set the tone for commercial guitar-driven rock music in the 80's, as well as AC/DC from Australia... Judas Priest & Motorhead from the UK... and Quiet Riot in the USA. 1980 launched the careers of Judas Priest, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath (w/ singer Ronnie James Dio)... and were a direct assault against the synth pop fads of the early 80's... In L.A, Quiet Riot finally broke big in 1983... followed by glam rock bands like Motley Crue, Dokken, and Ratt... while Twisted Sister broke big from New York in 1984... Metallica spearheaded the thrash metal scene w/ Exodus, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth... in America... alongside bands from Canada like Anvil, Voivod, Exciter... British metal bands like Saxon, Iron Maiden, and Venom... German bands like Accept, Kreator, Sodom...

[@MichaelPugh-zx8ko]

Another fun song to play live.

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

Such great memories of my youth, in the 80's 🎉😊

[@caedavch.9883]

I recommend Death Magnetic or the new album, 72 Seasons. They're both great albums with no bad songs.

[@reesenussbeck3529]

Hey Lilly! I would go with the Black album next if you haven’t already and then go in order from there!! Just so you hear the full evolution!❤❤

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

She's already reacted to 3 of the songs on The Black Album which are in her Metallica Playlist.

[@reesenussbeck3529]

@@TokusatsuGamingfan I know that. I’m hoping that she continues her journey with the Black album because it’s so iconic and there’s so many other songs on there that are just so good! But if she decides to go with load, that’s perfectly cool too! I’m happy with whatever she reacts to!

[@metalmark1214]

A good commercial album for Metallica.

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

@@reesenussbeck3529 I'm glad that the "Load" album has become more appreciated over the years because there's some emotionally heavy subject matter on that album.

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

@@metalmark1214 Regardless of how you feel about The Black Album, it's still a metal album even though it's not like the first four albums.

[@darekotto3317]

I would suggest finishing the black album before load but if you wanna move on to load that's cool too.

[@keithgiles1233]

And justice for all is by far their best album... No doubt

[@metalmark1214]

Another banger on this album.

[@arminjustizluna8204]

After their 2008 tour with Death Magnetic, Metallica presented their latest LP Hardwired... to Self-Destruct in 2016, their new album implied a challenge for the band, with the material they returned to their roots, which they put aside after the famous Metallica, from 1991. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, made up of Diamond Head, Angel Witch, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, inspired James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich to form a band. With only a bass and drums, the duo recorded the demo for Hit The Lights. Some time later Dave Mustaine would join on guitar, and in a San Francisco bar called The Whiskey they would find their bassist Cliff Burton. Trash was born with Metallica's debut album, Kill 'Em All, in 1983, which renewed metal. After its release, many doors were opened, not only for Metallica, but also for all the underground bands that were discriminated against by the record labels. Thrash metal came to revolutionize and expand the genre, as glam metal and power metal dominated the scene. With the rise of bands like Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, they forgot about dyed hair, leggings, high pitched vocals and opted for their simple lifestyle: torn denim clothes, long natural hair and above all, lots of alcohol.

[@PML78]

Definitely the 72 Seasons album.... 🤘🏽😎....plus I believe the music of Sabbath, Judas P., Iron Maiden were the pioneers and Metallica just took that sound and made it their own which America loved and still do to this day.

[@davidedwards3838]

Glam metal was popular before metallica. 80s big hair eye liner and leather pants. They sang ballads. Metallica with their white tees blues jeans and stripped down show was a breath of fresh air.

[@jimini1976]

Two songs you wont find on an album, A cover of Queens Stone Cold Crazy and So What by Anti Nowhere League. Both are Bangers. I think you will like a bunch of songs from Load and Reload. Don't forget Garage Inc. ✌🤪🐺

[@bradenrichardson4269]

Both of these songs are found on disc 2 on Garage Inc. as well as many others.

[@stephenbarclay3043]

Garage days revisited is an underrated gem of an album. It's covers of some of their favorite songs from the 70s and 80s. Before Metallica came out with thrash in the early 80s, heavy metal in the 70's was dominated by one band, Judas Priest! Black Sabbath is often cited as the roots of heavy metal, but their style was more heavy rock / doom metal... Priest IMO is the true granddaddy of metal... Anything of theirs from the 70s is pure gold, and often times some of the deepest cuts are some of the best, and nobody ever reacts to some truly great songs.. If you want something new to react to, 1970s Judas Priest albums would be perfect for your style of doing the entire album. By 1982 they already had 8 albums out, and nearly every track was amazing! If you were to do it, I would strongly suggest starting with 1976 Sad wings of destiny, and 1977 Stained class. Those 2 albums were true masterpieces of metal, and i get giddy at the thought of seeing you react to some of the more obscure tracks that noone else have done...

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

@TexTLilly_JaneReacts Why hasn't KZbin done anything about you scammers?

[@Shinob724]

Black. Sabbath was really the lead into. Heavy. Metal.

[@vincegedeon6583]

Sabbath and Zeppelin were both considered Heavy Metal when they first came out because people didn't know WTF it was they were blown away was so different than the regular 60s hippie music

[@billspivey6919]

Band- Obituary- Slowly We Rot

[@chrisburns5820]

I grew up listening to METALLICA

[@eddietg]

Keep in mind their primary influences... Budgie, Misfits, Venom, etc.... explains their early sound a LOT

[@bayareathrasher666]

This album is not dedicated to the music industry, it’s dedicated to violent friendly fun, this started thrash, I was there in 83

[@StevesRealWorld]

Seek & Destroy is still my favorite, plus Metallica still performs it live even now. Big fan favorite and I agree

[@desssperato5420]

Lilly you gotta listen to the Pantera cover of this song, live from the San Jose Event Center. It’s my favorite rendition of this song

[@bobbyclarkston8836]

Load? What about the Black album?

[@tripsixx5802]

No doubt, garage inc is better than load! Load was exactly what it sounded like 💩 or tiny swimmers if you’re into those loads?

[@bobbyclarkston8836]

@@tripsixx5802Absolutely! Gimme “Am I Evil?”! Better than any boil over!

[@tripsixx5802]

@@bobbyclarkston8836 I’m a punk rock kid at 🖤 so Last Caress and Die Die my Darling are my jams from that as a Misfits brat! Although Whiskey was great even had a great vid! The entire album kicks the 💩 out of load, tbh as a teen I listened to part of load on my way home from the mall in Alberta where I lived at the time in my Talon TSI, I made it through about 6 songs rolled the window down and it became a frisbee into bear country!

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

@@tripsixx5802 "Load" isn't a "shit" album. It's a great album even though it's different.

[@tripsixx5802]

@@TokusatsuGamingfan everyone has opinions? I’m a punk rocker people despise my music, I know how it is to have unpopular ones

[@Wreath83]

👍 that song it's very good!

[@johndingess2238]

NWOBHM(new wave of british heavy metal), iron maiden,motorhead,diamond head

[@billiam2631]

i believe what was popular were bands like poison .. glam bands with basically guys in tight flashy clothes and make up which obviously wasnt what metallica was about lol.. those were the bands getting all the attention in LA n such. getting the record deals .. im not sure if im exactly right so let me know if im completely wrong lol

[@jesussaves9855]

Can't wait till you finish the 72 Seasons album

[@ericpeterson7512]

Great reaction! You've got an open mind and a good set of ears on you. I like your insightful and intelligent commentary. Ok you asked. I'm gonna rant a little. Being from California I saw Metallica live a lot in the early years. I believe the attitude expressed in S&D is one of disrespect to other bands. Yeah, I said it. I was in LA in 1983 and watched the rise of Metallica, as they moved to San Francisco and fell in with the thrash metal scene. They hadn't done well in LA. I was in bands, and the scene at the time was pretty cutthroat. Bands would sabotage each other's gear at shows. You had to watch your amp like a hawk. It was dog eat dog competition. Bands were a dime a dozen, and they were all competing for "pay to play" gigs at places like the Troubadour, Gazzari's, the Rainbow, the Whisky, the Roxy, Madame Wong's, Club Lingerie. You kinda had to have a gimmick, and Metallica didn't. They care about playing good music, and that was a good thing. But they came out of that competition. The bands winning that rat race at the time were bands like Motley Crue. Glam with a ton of gimmicks, and not a lot of great playing. Thankfully there was Van Halen--but they were pretty cutthroat themselves. Once they found their niche in the Bay Area Metallica started to take off. But the competitive attitude remained, and in ways it got worse. I watched Metallica diss other bands onstage, and I watched their crowds turn their back on the stage the entire time during opening acts' sets, often with middle fingers raised. It's kinda what they did. Right from the beginning it was a "we're better than you" attitude. I guess it helped them survive and thrive. I've never appreciated that attitude. Yeah, I was into Ride the Lightning. I dug Cliff Burton's bass solos. I saw them at Day On the Greens in Oakland, and I was front row in the snakepit at the Forum on the black album tour. But more and more I came to dislike their attitude. They're haters. And now? S&D is repetitive dinosaur music. They used to be called "progressive." Nah. You want progressive, try Rush. They did help popularize thrash metal, and they brought greater musicianship than many of those bands. But they just brought a different flavor to what bands like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were already doing. And Hetfield--don't look now, but Rob Halford was around long before you, was always more compelling than you, and can still sing rings around you! Don't get me started on Lars. Let the hate begin lol

[@seangilmore6695]

I believe Heavy Metal has Hard Rock roots, and Hard Rock has Rock 'n' Roll and Blues roots.

[@raphael_2d878]

Oh this is one of the best.

[@GoldGn111]

BEFORE METALICA WE HAD BLACK SABBATH iRON MAIDEN , Some Hendrix, some Eddie hazel , motor head, ect

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

To this day, still the most difficult thrash metal solo I've seen. I know theres harder solos, but that one is still top dog at least top 10 hardest solos to play. My god it's fucking everywhere.

[@dominator4278]

I think you should your journey with The Black album before Load/Reload stuff, after 72 Seasons of course

[@Gothmog8ap]

Look at you, making your way through it :)

[@krazeyhazey7491]

LOL, they wanted to name the album "Metal Up Your Ass" and the record producers wouldn't let them, make sure you listen to the studio version of "Whiplash" one day! The black album is a good choice. What most people don't realize is it's the "Don't Tread On Me" album.

[@DaLegendaryBoyce.]

Definitely the Load album

[@pfkaamu]

Also I suggest you to listen to a 14-minutes long live version of Seek And Destroy from 1993 Basel Switzerland show

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

Metairie is where Phil Anselmo from PANTERA is from

[@eternalsoul3862]

Black sabbath was the og metal band. We had rock bands and Southern rock bands. Plus disco came out. Alot of left over peace n love stuff from Woodstock hippie Gen. The next generation wasn't having it. So metallica, slayer,iron maiden and motley crue burst on the scene around 1982. Ozzy went solo, dio went solo, megadeth came then later was anthrax. Lots of other bands as well but in a nut shell people were looking for metal that wasn't from 10 years ago, needed heavier and faster. Thats the short version lol

[@chrisdavis408]

Lilly, the music then was alot of glam rock. The bay area was very unique in a way. U had the thrash godfathers born there. Pick a band , because they all knew each other. Kirk Hammett was originally in Exodus, the current bass player of Metallica was in Suicidal Tendencies, Gary Holt from Exodus played for a minute in Slayer. Anthrax helped Metallica when they were struggling. They all watch each other play and were all kinda brothers. There are many stories. Live james gave a shout out to the deceased singer of Exodus. They were all and extended family in a way.

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

I grew up I Metairie, Louisiana/ Greater New Orleans area

[@andrewstoops2539]

After Ride the Lightning is Master of Puppets and it's a complete masterpiece

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

She's already reacted to both albums in the past. Check her Metallica Playlist.

[@russkate88]

I'd definitely like you to cover Load next. But also the songs on The Black Album that you haven't done yet.

[@scotttrammell3913]

As far as I am concerned Lily, you should continue with the Black Album.

[@wickerman4609]

Rock and punk were big in the 70s. A good song would be Mercyful fate from the garage inc album or Satan's fall from Mercyful fate

[@UncleUncleRj]

In 1981 and 82, Disco was still a thing, early Hard Rock and Heavy Metal was popular but focused mostly on sex more than any other topic, meanwhile punk, old style country, r&b (way different than now) and others were around also. NWOBHM created a new kind of power-punk, and Thrash completely changed the game up by capturing the spirit/vitality of NWOBHM's punk sound, and blending it with amazing songwriting and Heavy Metal riffs.

[@boysrback5690]

Four Horsemen is a teenage masterpiece

[@performancetesting1]

Seek and Destroy, like many 80s era Metallica songs, is long. But that's what makes it so good. You can be training or competing hard at something, and fighting everything that's against you, including the part of you that wants to quit, and this song amplifies that part of you that says, I WILL PREVAIL.

[@Samdfukiam]

Dave Mustain is so brilliant!

[@deletedhero5579]

True but he's nothing to do with this

[@RatBotEins]

This would have been a great one for a live video. 72 Seasons actually fits very well between Metallica's 80s and 90s stuff, so stick with it. The record label thing was directly in the title Kill 'Em all, as I am sure you already read about. And before metal, there was psychedelic, progressive, folk rock, Jimmy Hendrix, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, that sort of thing.

[@vincegedeon6583]

I❤ The 4 Horseman---I like LOAD album and the new album is really good too either is fine with me.❤your reactions and the channel and i have to say you are one of the most intelligent young ladys i have ever heard for there age! How in the hell did you get so smart at such a young age😂😲💯

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

I remember in the 80's, the "PUNKS" & SKATERS were wearing METALLICA shirts before ANYONE ELSE, I was in Jr. HIGH SCHOOL and a BIG NERD 🤓 😜

[@reece9658]

I like to imagine this is what A-10 warthog pilots listen to when spreading democracy around the world.

[@kooltrini735]

You should do the original Garage days revisited.

[@therovingbandit]

The Four Horsemen, without a shadow of a doubt

[@ZombieJesus1987]

I would love to see what you think of Load. Just a warning in advance, if you're expecting a thrashy album, Load isn't it. By then, they evolved their sound to a more alternative metal. It's not bad, it's just different. That being said, it has some of James Hetfields BEST lyrics. By the time Load came out, James was in his mid 30s and the songs were almost a cry for help. Mama Said, Bleeding Me, Outlaw Torn, The House Jack Built, Until It Sleeps, The Thorn Within. All great, deep songs.

[@Brandon-jr3jn]

More metallica reaction please.

[@markd6170]

Maybe try listening to "Load" & "Reload" albums...

[@J01LYROG34]

Load is good, and definitely do it, but you can't just skip the rest of The Black Album.

[@blitera7261]

You need to do the load album, its not thrash but is so good

[@mattroden4544]

fight fire with fire

[@alonsogutierrez4720]

72 seasons!!

[@arminjustizluna8204]

Greetings from Cuba, I recommend that if you haven't listened to more Metallica albums, listen to albums like Right the Lightning, Master of Puppets and And Justice for All, and Garage Days Re-Reversite. Those are the best metallica albums, although the Metallica of Metallica, the so-called Black Album of the year 1991, is not bad. Albums like Load and Reload don't live up to what was expected of Metallica. I have been listening to rock and metal since the young age of 15 and I am 41 years old. My fan group is Iron Maiden, currently I shoot from Heavy Metal to the darkest Black, Death, Brutal Death Metal.

[@ScottSpenceNoneTheRicher]

Flying down the road on a Friday, after our catholic school day ended, with 3 friends, in my $50 car with a good $200 stereo and cheap speakers, all screaming the words.

[@emt5330]

Metallica wanted to call this album Metal Up Your Ass. However, the record companies said no. Cliff Burton made an offhand comment about how they should kill 'em all ( meaning record company executives). And that's how this record got its name.

[@TokusatsuGamingfan]

It wasn't the record companies, it was the timid record distributors. And it was their original manager, Johnny Zazula that told them that they would have to change the album artwork as well as the name of the album.

[@sepulmattica7649]

I came up through the 80’s and the Metal that was “popular” before Metallica? Was Iron Maiden!!!!

[@MartinFernando7149]

Skyward, CCR, many the Eagles Tom Petty

[@jasonbarlow8263]

When Metallica came out they had major Punk influences, but they were different in so many ways too

[@joemarquart5515]

Go with Load next!