GREATEST Metallica song EVER made

[@ShredmasterScott]

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[@RandomPerson-ui3xv]

"today we're going to look at the best metallica song from ride the lightning" me: yeaahhh fade to black "for whom the bell tolls" me: oh...yeah that's cool too

[@kurtcobaincobain384]

sanitarium and fade to black are the two best metallica songs 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jeremyswalley8625]

Awesome looking bridge on that acoustic Mr. Shred !!

[@jeremyswalley8625]

They should have played just a tad slower to allow everything to ring out!! I know Lars tends to speed up live but ugh just a bit slower would have been great..

[@brandonjackson5865]

I’m not the only guitarist who would rather watch Cliff in these old videos . He was an incredible performer indeed . The songs are just better live in my opinion especially the Cliff era .

[@chriskeyes713]

The energy and power man. You believed they’d beat your ass. You only get that for a short time. It’s unsustainable at that capacity.

[@TheNothing6]

I can't pick a favorite or best Metallica song. I love so many of their songs.

[@1gobjroot525]

bro i dont give a single shi

[@riffdagg6701]

@@1gobjroot525 lmao, gotta love trolls 🤣

[@mattpassos5689]

@@riffdagg6701 he’s sad he has small pipi energy

[@timorean320]

Just ask me which kid of mine is my fav why dont ya?

[@sebg2086]

you can probly pick the worst one........my world

[@riffdagg6701]

All songs that Cliff had a hand in writing we're top notch. R.I.P. Cliff. 🤘🏾

[@EMITRAMBOcrad]

Nothing but facts here

[@psilocybemusashi]

yeah when they lost dave it was bad enough but when they lost cliff it was all over.

[@imagereflection4826]

​@@psilocybemusashiLosing Dave was the best thing that happened to them. To be fair though neither Dave or cliff wrote very much but cliff was a tragic loss

[@orala2593]

Anesthesia isn’t top notch

[@Albee213]

What kills me is that many live recordings have the bass very loud and it sounds awesome, then you listen to the record and the bass is buried in the mix.

[@uzey8749]

:(

[@glen3509]

If you haven't already, watch their Seattle 1989 performance on KZbin. The one from Day on the Green 1985 has the best intro because Cliff played it. The Seattle show has the best over all performance of 🔔z🤘🤘. It might be Metallica's best show.

[@Sugar_K]

thanks Lars.......

[@nat_h_music4040]

That live performance of For Whom The Bell Tolls is probably one of the best live performances I've ever seen.

[@akidk1499]

Check out the Angra version Its with Kiko Loureiro on Vocals!!

[@Endo-uu8mo]

@@akidk1499 who needs a fucking cover????

[@idkwhattocallthisaccount9660]

For Whom The Bell Tolls is a close second for best Metallica song. In my opinion, the title track of Master of Puppets is the peak metal song. Tight rhythms, great lyrics, beautiful interlude. It has it all!

[@SG-qx1fg]

It’s crazy that the song structure of MOP is literally structured like a drug trip too

[@dylanallen7720]

Damage inc and the thing that should not be are my favs from MOP.

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

personally, I am more of an Orion man. I mean there is a reason it was played at his funeral.

[@idkwhattocallthisaccount9660]

@@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097 Orion is also a masterpiece. Probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite Metallica song

[@Garo.11]

Agreed MOP is the best. Although One is a close 2nd.

[@ezraterry4219]

Dyers eve is great, creeping death is amazing, master of puppets has everything you would want in a Metallica song, and Orion is undeniably great in every aspect

[@mr.busticador2691]

Welcome Home Sanitarium and Disposable Heroes...!!!

[@mr.busticador2691]

And The Call of Ktulu...!!!!

[@RodolfoGarcia-gu5rd]

@@mr.busticador2691 a bit repetitive

[@mr.busticador2691]

@@RodolfoGarcia-gu5rd WTF???

[@RodolfoGarcia-gu5rd]

@@mr.busticador2691 ktulu se mueve alrededor de los mismos dos arpegios tocados con y sin distorsion y el riff del verso. Lo q si q me gusta es la intro y el final

[@greengelacid2061]

James doesn't get enough credit for his vocal style...imagine Metallica without James on the mic...he just delivers...amazing rhythm guitar and, in my opinion, one of the best vocalist ever to front any band...

[@glen3509]

I saw a video on KZbin where James wasn't able to perform, it was rather awful. He is such an important member of the band.

[@_Ep0ch_]

RUH.

[@Powermad-bu4em]

When I saw them in 89 he was truly god-like. Still the best show I've ever been to. At Lollapalooza in 96 he was pretty amazing as well. When I caught them just a couple of months later with Korn he was alright. Not on the same level as Lollapalooza and DEFINITELY not in the same league as the Damaged Justice tour. Korn honestly owned that show.

[@glen3509]

@@Powermad-bu4em From what I've seen (but mostly on KZbin) 1989 Hetfield had the best vocals🤘🤘

[@Powermad-bu4em]

@@glen3509 He was great until he blew his voice out during the Black Album tour. Not quite the same after. It's crazy that guys like George Fisher and Devin Townsend can pull off the insane vocals they have for 30 years but James' suffered so much. Technique is key. I wish he could have had the proper training when he was first starting out. I miss his old bark.

[@IronDuke_xX]

"For Whom.." has an atmosphere and tone that's just really special. Even sitting here remembering what it was like to hear it live back in 2005, I still get that tremor of adrenaline and the hairs prickle up on my neck. That is the power of Metal.

[@thegamingfish547]

The entirety of Kill em all for me is the best. Something about that album just makes me want to break stuff “in a good way” and play guitar edit: Obviously we all have different tastes. Whatever album gives you an amazing feeling you listen to that and screw what anyone thinks. You respect my taste and I respect yours. Only conflict will be who gets the aux in the car

[@thrashnicity5913]

It's hard to beat classic thrash

[@uzey8749]

yes. the album is filled with mistakes but it feels like theyre supposed to happen. amazing album, amazing songs

[@thrashnicity5913]

My favorite thing about that album is the simplicity and effectiveness of the riffs. You can learn how to play them by ear and it just so much fun

[@FerminPP]

me too maaan

[@ChikaNeca]

Nah, it has good energy, but its crappy musicly relative to others

[@preppinglife624]

I'm pretty sure that James hetfield wasn't even a human back in the day more of just a straight up guitar playing machine/god

[@gagsnavarro8262]

i agree. even his headbanging was violent as fffuck

[@cbrindle91]

Crazy how long Cliff had that bass riff muddling around before it became this song. Somewhere on youtube there is a clip of him playing that riff at a high school talent show with his first band.

[@diabeticmonkey]

Not to mention that in the old video that’s on here of them playing in school has Jim Martin from Faith No More on guitar. Two absolute legends

[@cbrindle91]

@@diabeticmonkey totally forgot about that!

[@A_Final_Hit]

Wow! Never saw that one before. Gonna have to go find it. Thank you for mentioning it. 🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@dyersbrew8297]

Here's the high school video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGLUYa2Clr2Iq6c

[@cbrindle91]

@@dyersbrew8297 hell yea man. Damn, you can hear a lot of the beginnings of Cliff's later stuff in there. Shortly before the FWTBT bit there is a section that sounds very close to bits of Anesthesia.

[@andrewalexb]

Blackened, Dyers Eve, Disposable Heroes, Fade to Black, Hit the Lights, are some of my personal favorites. Just goes to show how insanely good their catalogue is that so many people have different favorite songs

[@plantdesigns7889]

This is my absolute favorite Metallica song. It's the one that got me into them. I was introduced to Metallica with all the Black Album singles being played on the radio and MTV. But one day, my neighbor was getting drunk in his front yard and had a big boom box just blasting music. All of a sudden I hear this bell ring out. It perked my ears up. Then that riff kicks in. I was thinking who is this band? Then James starts singing and I recognize that voice. Could this be Metallica? I went to Camelot Music the next time I went to the mall and started looking for that song and walked out with Ride The Lightning. Favorite Metallica album.

[@ellesartelcontar153]

Ride the Lightning is actually the best song off the album. Because it has everything a Metallica song should have. Crazy good lyrics, slow groove, fast tempos, amazing orgazmic solos. What more does a man need?

[@derekmiller1240]

Agreed!!!

[@kerem8494]

and the touch of dave mustaine lol

[@timh7632]

Yep.

[@metalmellie4371]

@@kerem8494 he's nowhere in there, at all!

[@tf2andtalk897]

@@metalmellie4371 the bridge is a mustaine riff

[@robertwest7889]

This is what drew me to Metallica in the 80's. I was listening to Crue, Ratt, Queensryche. I started moving to Sabbath and Death. I was looking for somthing, searching for somthing I myself didn't even know I needed. Someone handed me a cassette, Kill Em All, and I was floored. Cartoon mouth hit the floor. Nobody was doing this in the 80's. Ever since, I've been a fan. Waiting at the record store to get my hands on the first cassette to come out of the box when they released an album. Man, I miss those days. I remember sitting on my living room floor, waiting with vibratory excitment, a 12 pack of Schlitz hidden in the bushes outside, for One to debut on Headbangers ball. \m/

[@donaldmccoy49]

Cliff 'em all was like a bible to me in '86....watched it daily....that whole performance was EPIC!!!

[@medinadg]

Back in 87-88 Cliff Em All satiated the thirst for Metallica music. Masters was over a year old. No new music from them (Garage Days - covers - only increased the desire for more Metallica). It's hard to describe the relief it was to get the video. And remember this alienated many fans who, as history confirms, thought Metallica was selling out. But for a brief year or two they managed to be both "underground" and widely popular. Alas, money talks and integrity walks and soon they were monetizing everything in the name of the Metallica business. But it was a blast to be there in real time. "Out in the road today, I saw a Metallica sticker on a Tesla X"

[@razeezar]

@@medinadg Fans have been whingeing about them 'selling out' since Fade to Black. As if the earlier in Metallica's career that a fan drops off the train, the more 'genuine' a fan they are or some shit. Edit : In some opinions, anyone who was still a Metallica fan by the time the band had cut their hair was supposedly a tryhard. Case in point : That Metallica sticker comment.

[@maxwellelliott7963]

@Keith Nowak i still go to his high school 😂

[@totuhun]

That song starts with an improvisation, and ends with an improvisation - between the two parts we hear a perfectly composed song (with great lyrics).

[@TheBardOfPine]

To answer the end question: I love the theory explanations they are so helpful and make the video way more meaningful and enjoyable!!!

[@stevenh4875]

For me it's Fade to Black, especially the explosive instrumental to end it. Hard to pick that over Master though, especially the opening of Master. This is one of their greatest songs for sure and sometimes I feel their greatest album. So incredible, but so hard to favor one over the other in the early years!

[@donpylon5102]

Definetly my favorite song of them, the riff is just so timeless i think it'll never get old

[@glen3509]

Well said.

[@roberts2760]

6:34 You can see somebody throwing a shoe on stage and then James shows him the middle finger

[@peterpike]

The best Metallica song is the one you're currently listening to at the time the question is asked.

[@less_than_zero05]

I started listening to Metallica not so long ago but I can confirm that. And currently now my favorite one is... "One")

[@cliffbenton8914]

Dirty WIndow tho?

[@colesherman7361]

it’s hard to argue with that assessment

[@precocioussceptic4967]

Love this comment ❤️

[@archie1119871]

My favorite changes over time. Right now it’s Frayed Ends of Sanity for me. That 2 plus minute bridge to solo is pure mastery

[@dylanallen7720]

Can’t stop playing frayed and shortest straw lol

[@burningjoe]

at 5:32 that should read "Tony Iommi's fadeout lick on Fairies Wear Boots that Kirk "borrowed""

[@TheDon-ls4ee]

This is exactly the analysis breakdowns I’ve been dying to watch MORE MORE MORE MORE

[@maciiikZH]

Fight Fire with Fire has it all - accoustic medieval sounding intro, odd time signature, brutal speed, double bass kick drum, stunning harmonies in the solo. But still my most favorite will always be Orion

[@stevsh89]

And a massively influential track on extreme metal for its time too

[@casssieboy]

Reacting in combination with theory is pretty dope, keep it coming!

[@Paramize]

If we got to hear Cliff play Orion live I think that would have been pretty high up there with one of their best played live. 😁

[@Ninja_S1000RR-R]

I love the title track ‘…And Just For All” such massive riffs and ferocity!

[@dylanallen7720]

Yes! Love that song

[@theopenrift]

I keep going through different phases with what my favorite Metallica song is. No Remorse, Creeping Death, Battery, Master of Puppets, and now I'm on For Whom the Bell Tolls

[@lesliesutton4334]

Loved this start to finish, thanks for your time Shred!

[@UncleBeefRecords]

You including theory in your reaction vids is a must! It makes learning fun and evil.

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

Hey Shred Master Scott! I loved Stevie T’s halloween special, it’s his rendition of “somebody’s watching me (METAL!!!).” It’d be cool to see your music theory breakdown of his video, and a cool reaction as well… Especially since going back to the spooky field quickly puts you into your element.

[@glen3509]

🔔z is my favourite Metallica song. Cliff gave us fan's the best intro ever. It might not be thrashy but 🔔z is heavy!🤘🤘🎸

[@OriginalKingRichTv]

That ish was awesomy

[@taskupullo2319]

Sanitarium because there are many underrated Kirk Hammett solos that are beautiful

[@straycatsanctuary3475]

Most beautiful, haunting song I've ever heard.

[@bicho6175]

They're all amazing

[@voodoowesman]

i like that you show the playing technics , and how the parts are done plus the theory behind it etc, gimme more!

[@SemourDuncan]

One of my first song - still like it today. Timeless classic.

[@omgvague]

My first Metallica media was a cassette single of "Until It Sleeps" that had Overkill as song 2. Something about that nostalgia keeps it as my #1 Metallica song.

[@chafdawg2000]

Awesome choice!!

[@kcguitar9307]

The unforgiven is honestly my fav metallica song

[@Kylora2112]

My personal favorites: Dyers Eve, Frayed Ends Of Sanity, Fade To Black, Spit Out The Bone, Prince Charming.

[@Xavyer13]

A fade to black analysis like this would be lovely

[@Anon-xz7sg]

Orion is the best Metallica song

[@SpankIEkzs]

I love it also

[@skarmanriffs]

💀

[@cypherpleb]

Is it a song if there’s no singing?

[@harryroberts556]

​@@skarmanriffslmao

[@KrypticGhoul]

​@@cypherpleb certified bruh moment

[@VenusSnow23]

Master of Puppets is their best album - hands down. Start to finish

[@glen3509]

Shred, great video, and I fully agree with 🔔z being Metallica's greatest tune ever. This song has been my favourite for almost 20 years, and will continue to be. Cliff's intro is so epic. Next could you show their performance from Seattle 1989?🤘🤘

[@blZjNnY333]

I have that exact bass solo memorized from listening to this exact video hundred of times on a vhs!!! SHRED!!!

[@MustObeyTheRules]

Love that you demonstrate it all on an acoustic. Makes it so much easier to hear and really shows the genius of it.

[@Jason-bg7jc]

First riff I ever learned, always been a favorite

[@An0nim0u5]

Music Theory is a must in these videos.

[@kriskris4552]

5:04 In this moment Mr Kirk Whammot coming in with his legendary ''OUT OF TUNE'' solo

[@ham7505]

this guy is so chill yet so hype

[@faurametalhead]

Good reaction Scott, your reactions videos with music theory are badass, keep up pal!

[@matisd3069]

0:12 then I'm not the only one who loves this song more than the others🔥🔥🔥best metallica Song for sure Vocals are the best

[@woodyg768]

No doubt an excellent song, I'd say "one" of the best! But in the same story telling excellence +diverse riff changes+headbanging perfection is my favorite "disposable heroes". But i do love this song and i do miss cliff🤘.

[@ghengisdong6714]

Cliff making that eye motion and then the small motion after, and still hittting that note perfectly, it looks like the video is sped up for a second then comes back to reality.. absolute legend taken far far too early! RIP Cliff Burton

[@TheNacht3ule]

Explaining theory while reacting adds so much more to the vid. Helps teaching our ears.

[@gianluigidautilia6417]

hi shred, spoke / interviewed Flemming Rasmussen back in the years talking about old metallica records at the studio.He told me how the song basically started as improvisation right there in the studio and got put down on the recorder. good video sir.

[@danielblake1537]

I love the line James gives during this show "if your looking for makeup and spandex and hairspray, were not that f'n band!" Not verbatim, but you get the jist of it i thought that was a perfect statement for what they stood against in the early days!

[@mariovomhof2775]

6:33 Shred, have you noticed James flipping off some dude who threw his shirt on stage? Muhahahahahah Bell tolls is so iconic and unique. Must be one of their best🤤

[@marct138]

My top 5: No remorse Fight fire Trapped under ice Disposable heroes Shortest straw

[@WERXWXLF]

I think the best Metallica songs are: 1) To live Is to die 2) The Four Horsemen 3) Fight Fire with fire 4) Suicide and Redemption 5) One

[@thrashnicity5913]

To live is to die is a musical STORY, one of my favorites too

[@WERXWXLF]

@@thrashnicity5913 Nice!

[@thrashnicity5913]

@@WERXWXLF maybe I should make clear that this song was dedicated to cliff and it says so much about their grief and reaction to his death. @TheDailyDoug has a great interpretation of this song. I loved this song to deeper level after watching him explain it. It's on youtube.

[@WERXWXLF]

@@thrashnicity5913 There is such a beautiful harmony in this song before the interlude, which makes you think about a lot and sad and beautiful solo, during the interlude. So emotional song...

[@thrashnicity5913]

@@WERXWXLF it is amazing how it can be so sad without any lyrics

[@MitchTheGreat256]

I have to agree, this is my favorite metallica song; and my band also covers. It's fun as hell to play not overly complex. The ending solo as close as I can get is wah and wammy, using pinch or natural harmonics; and/or sustain the notes.

[@lyricgoosejj1560]

The theory aspect is juicy man stick with it🤘

[@jasonlosness7012]

Shred! Really enjoy the theory and breakdown. Keep on keepin on!

[@KTF0]

My go to Metallica live concerts are the 1985 in Oakland and the 1989 in Seattle. I like my Metallica full of Budweiser and rowdiness.

[@c4tm4ster]

at the intro Cliff holds a C# note for supporting F# powerchords there is no Bb powerchord in chromatic riff )

[@larsnordstrom364]

I agree. It was the first Song of theirs I ever heard. 1988, 6th grade. It made the hair on my neck stand up. After that I was a fan, and this is still their best. Great video.

[@ChanahsCreativeEdits]

"My favorite Metallica song?" Answer "Yes!!!!!" 🎯

[@glen3509]

🔔z will always be my favourite tune. It might not be thrashy, but it's heavy.

[@ChanahsCreativeEdits]

@@glen3509 One

[@brettmulligan96]

Give us that delicious theory dissection in the reactions, muahahaha…

[@mawage666]

So hard to pick just 1 that is the best. I could list a few favorites in no particular order. Whiplash, Fight Fire With Fire, Battery, Orion, Damage Inc, Blackened, Shortest Straw, One, Dyers Eve, Of Wolf and Man.

[@XxSEETH3RxX]

I remember walking into our local record store when I was 14 and asked them what was new. They put on for whom the bell tolls and a new fan was born. But it isn't my favorite song.

[@jimmyggs91]

From "Ride The Lightning" I enjoy more "Creeping Death" and "The Call of Ktulu", but this one is also great.

[@clamorrr2795]

I’d pick “To Live Is To Die” it is a really underrated song but as people listen to it they fall in love with it (like me)

[@dan8402]

I was at this concert!!!! I:t was a very good day!!!!

[@lumpy9964]

Call of Ktulu is criminally underrated and is their best work in my opinion

[@kadenvolan3557]

Honestly, harvester of sorrow is my top. The live versions are insane.

[@ascensionenergetics85]

Re: Analyzing & theory: I’d say it depends on the complexity and length of the track in question along with how long you want the video to be. In “real-time” is prob most effective but a separate analyze vid after a reaction vid works too. 🤘

[@jonbolton2540]

Dude, yes. Everytime I hear this song I get goosebumps. It's not the fastest, or the most technical by far, but damn it just hits hard!

[@darrenbetts2987]

The call of Ktulu is right up there along withFade to Black, Orion, Master of Puppets and Sanatarium.

[@Mysterio-Solar]

Picking the Best Metallica song is like picking the Best Supercar to drive . They all perform awesome , and feel Amazing to hear . ⚡🌋🤑🤠🤗🤔🙄😳😍👀💦✨🌟💫💥🔥🙊🙉🙈😜😂🌈⭐🌠🎃

[@CaptainRudy4021]

My favorite song on rtl is creeping death. It lacks a killer bass lick like on for whom the bell tolls, but creeping death is fun to play on electric guitar, bass guitar, and even acoustic guitar.

[@PPNStudio]

Ahh yes, Day on the Green.. Was there at that show. Totally killed it. Your reation w/ theory was pretty Shred too.

[@robertdubois1198]

Your humor is awesome I had to subscribe

[@God-rv7cq]

Blackened is my favorite but this one is great too

[@Kukikukihahaahs]

They were beating the string soo hard like DJ khalid

[@j4ck4low70]

My favorite has got to be Fade To Black, it brings me to tears every time

[@taunokekkonen5733]

00:50 did you just play AC/DC's 'Hells Bells' in the background? Genious.

[@moronicdooshbaggery756]

Frayed ends of sanity is always overlooked

[@radiofreqz1097]

That triplet figure sounds a lot like they took it right out of the ending of "Fairies wear boots" by black sabbath .....

[@xero_2003]

It’s my favorite because I’m a bassist and love Cliffs bass

[@TheSnapdad]

My favorite Metallica song is Creeping Death until I hear the intro to MOP then Master of Puppets is my favorite Metallica song until I hear the into the FWTBT then my favorite Metallica song is For Whom the Bell Tolls until I hear the intro to SBT then my favorite Metallica song is Sad But True until I hear the intro to CREEP.....

[@GravHits]

I wish Shred was my uncle... Imagine how cool that would be

[@tonioshea9870]

"Hi, Cliff!" ❤ i love this show! Hard to choose one fave. This is one of their best!

[@Snavels]

3:01 what makes it so special is it's the mode the Monk Melody was in for the Halo games. Muhahaha

[@outerspace6236]

Call of Ktulu takes me on a journey everytime. Pound for pound it's the best Metallica song and makes me feel like a sophisticated counessior of classical music.

[@TheAndostro]

Say hi to Cliff Hi Cliff Cliff: *bass noises*

[@DravyYT]

Orion and And Justice For All with Creeping Death are my favs

[@louiselockett2905]

I have Metallica's first four albums as part of my play list and that is it.

[@cesarmendoza6729]

The best live performance they have ever done for that song.

[@mateoh.3735]

Shred throwin’ up the Shaka in the thumbnail. 🤙

[@haddonfieldlegend4314]

Another song off of Ride the Lighting that’s really good is Fade to Black, I know it’s a more known song, but In my opinion the song is written really well.