HER FAVORITE!| FIRST TIME HEARING Metallica - Fade To Black REACTION

[@briancanning6688]

Metallica needs a spot on the wall behind you guys!

[@dawngipe6324]

I agree!!!

[@mztweety1374]

@@briancanning6688 true!

[@feardabrood]

Accurate!

[@David-s6e4q]

I agree

[@JoseMorales-nb6nn]

Yes 200% agree... Plus many great rock bands including other different artists of music world!

[@gardenrookie]

Dear Lord please bring a woman into my life that jams to Metallica like she does.

[@maldad9073]

Took me 50yrs to find my musical soul mate, don't give up hope bro.

[@Abyss.Walker]

If they don't love Metallica then DUMP EM

[@bayareathrasher666]

First 3 albums untouchable! RIP Cliff

[@groovelife415]

Too bad you can't even remotely hear him on this track lol

[@scottlaughlin9897]

First 4!

[@davidcraft8524]

First 3...Cliff died in 86, Justice wasn't released until 88.

[@scottlaughlin9897]

@@davidcraft8524 I stand by my statement. I know damn well Cliff wasn’t on the 4th. But he said the first three being untouchable. Quit being a Troll.

[@RMiles-jd2ze]

Amen, Without Cliff "Master of Puppets" would not be the Masterpiece that it is.

[@Heru3005]

Brings a tear to this old metalheads eye seeing how Amber has gone from extremely skeptical a few years ago to absolutely vibing with Fade to Black.

[@StanCostello-q3o]

@@Heru3005 same

[@thedirtyblonde666]

Same here too. Warms my heart.

[@MikeKilo1969]

🤘🏻💀🤘🏻

[@Billp19733]

This song had to have saved countless teen lives. I was a sad teen and this song made me feel less alone.

[@Nolimit_Lou]

Yeah I felt the same way when as a teen.

[@IceManTX69]

And not just teens. At 55, I still get comfort from this song when I'm in the darkness.

[@nightsxgames]

It was my go to. Helped me push through so much - Scared my mom a bit but nah it wasnt depressing, it was therapeutic.

[@Billp19733]

@@nightsxgames songs like this always have the opposite effect people think they do. It never made me want to “do it”, it made me realize I wasn’t the only person who felt that way.

[@jduncanandroid]

The band has received thousands of letters over the decades just about this song and how it helped them.

[@spectreharlequin]

The Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets albums are truly Metallica at their peak. All of the songs should be listened to!

[@tid418]

Metallica was and is still great after the loss of Cliff, but just imagine how they would have been had he survived. He had more of an influence on the band than people think, well beyond his superlative bass performances.

[@diceportz7107]

I loved Master Of Puppets! That is the one I got my kids started on as teens.

[@reneeheknowsmyname6771]

I would have to throw in 'And Justice For All' as well! (just my honest opinion)

[@spectreharlequin]

I mean realistically the peak of Metallica was from Kill Em All through the Black album, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets happened to be my favorites, but all those albums were very good

[@soakedbearrd]

And justice for all is a damn good album even with the toned down bass (which gives it its signature).

[@showmesomethingnew2678]

As a person who suffers from chronic severe depression, I have felt every single word of this song before. I’m thankful in moments like now when I do not feel that way, because I know it’ll come again. If any of you ever feel this way, and you’re thinking about going that way, please reach out. I know it’s dark but the light comes back. I promise it does.

[@cedarcreeper1859]

Just like the outtro solo on this song, life is dark then u get this uplifting to let u know things are ok!

[@tbjfsu]

"Creeping Death", off the same album, is a banger, a crowd favorite at their concerts still after all these years. Inspired by the movie "The Ten Commandments", a song about Moses leading the Hebrews out of Egypt. Seriously, not kidding.

[@mamayl8592]

The live from Moscow version is a MUST.

[@jcbass2u]

Nothing like hearing 20,000 fans screaming "Die" at the top of their lungs....such a powerful song.

[@mztweety1374]

@@mamayl8592 yep. Your band may be cool but your band will never be cool enough to get 1.6 million Russians, to scream “DIE!!” Never

[@JPindanga]

Cannot forget to For Who Them Bell Tolls

[@thescourgeofathousan]

It’s more of a song about what a total ahole the god of the Old Testament is. James was not a fan.

[@cshubs]

It's hard to believe this album is 40 years old!!

[@NOSFERATU_ONE]

even harder to believe they were only 20 when they wrote it

[@ziggythedrummer]

Shush! 🤣

[@bluestream50]

Thanks for that.. haha i bought this when it was released. 😁😁

[@dannywalker6279]

Life isn't but a vapor one moment it's here next it's gone

[@SeanGavin-rf5vd]

Hard to believe I am 54 years old. Where the hell has time gone?

[@CharlesinTampa]

"I was me, but now he's gone" is such a badass line... I love this song.

[@Dharnyle]

In 1996, when ZRock went off the air, this was the last song they played. I was on patrol that night and pulled my patrol car over, cranked up the radio, rolled down the windows and just immersed myself into the song. When the song ended, the radio station truly did fade to black. No sound whatsoever, as if I had turned the radio off. I sat there and wept. The end of an error. It is a night I will never forget.

[@tammydommel3039]

This brought tears to my eyes, peace to you.

[@fretbuzzly]

ZRock was amazing! Not sure any station like that exists anymore.

[@stilllunchly]

was this recorded and available like the knac signoff?

[@WoofHmmmmmmmm]

Z-Rock was the soundtrack of my childhood!

[@josenegron1256]

You guys need to attend a Metallica concert, hearing then on youtube is one thing, seeing them live is on a whole other level.

[@mztweety1374]

I’m trying to see them in Vegas in the spring. I hope this hip holds up.

[@CaptainTedStryker]

Ideally you should see them live somewhere between 20 to 40 years ago 😁

[@johncampbell756]

I saw them at the Capitol Theater in Pasaic, NJ in November 1986. One of their first headlining shows and, unfortunately, the 9th show with Jason instead of Cliff. They fit most of their catalog in a 90 minute show. No Orion, though, but I understood why.

[@CollideFan1]

Nah, had to see them in the 80s. These days they're just Metsellica. Sellouts

[@josenegron1256]

@@CollideFan1 I've seen them twice in the past 14 years. Appreciate them while they are still alive and able to play.

[@MRxMADHATTER]

This kind of song is a direct result of the influence of Bassist Cliff Burton. He forced them in directions that they may never have taken. He opened their eys to musical theories and techniques. He was the center of the bands soul. RIP Cliff Burton. ❤🤍💙

[@jamesleyda365]

Absolutely 🤘

[@markherring3513]

Yeah..i read somewhere he was like a total music theory master. Imagine what he could have created mucially for the last 40 yrs if still alive...WOW!!! His brain and imagination is gone forever...heartbreaking.

[@mneugent7658]

So because of one tragedy we went from being inspired by the great Cliff to inspired by Bob Rock? Oof.

[@thefuzzman]

​@@markherring3513I believe his mom was a music teacher and he learned a lot from her

[@fretbuzzly]

I'll never forget seeing an interview where Kirk talked about ZZ Top being one of Cliff's favorite bands. You don't think of metal musicians liking anything except metal, but Cliff seemed to have a broad appreciation of music.

[@valderjasmins5757]

One of metallica top 10 songs...very deep very dark...love them ....love you guys

[@robbob5302]

I’m sure there are nine others nearly as good. But man. This song is Metallica on a whole other level.

[@jordanmartinj1978]

​@@robbob5302 Totally agree. Even on metallica's scale of awesome songs, Fade is a level 11

[@janel1386]

Metallica is always a vibe... I get lost in their music every time. I never grow tired of it.

[@Pops-km8xt]

First heard this on radio in 84. Before the song was over, we were headed to the record store. At that time, there was nothing like this. We knew there was something special about this song.

[@rubentullenaar2934]

Wow, after 3 long years you finally hit one of the best songs ever written. 🙏🏼

[@fadingflower1383]

This song kinda saved me when I was in a deep depression (one of many). The feeling that I wasn't the only one. The lyrics hit me so hard. It discribes just exacly how it feels, wanting to end everything. When I first saw this song live, in 1991... no words, just tears.

[@williambolduc8046]

I understand about depression, suffered bad for over ten years. Even though I don't know you in glad you made it through that dark time and I hope life has given you somethings to smile about.

[@fadingflower1383]

@@williambolduc8046 Same to you. Depression's a bitch. Hope you are doing well also.

[@Suiteness73]

This was me as well in '91. My bff got me tickets for my birthday and we were just in tears when they played this song. We actually got to meet everybody except Kirk, who had gone back to their bus. They signed our shirts and a couple of dollar bills we had lol. Still one of my favorite memories. I still have the shirt too. :)

[@a80mena]

Give a "like" if you ever had a metallica t-shirt

[@jesspayant1667]

Still do.

[@SENILE_TYRANT]

When I was a kid, my mom hated the kill em all t shirt.It eventually disappeared. 😂

[@konstantinosarvanitidis3324]

@@jesspayant1667 Me too, and I'm 57! 🤘

[@poopsebeb]

First Metallica concert I attended was AJFA I think they offered 12 choices for concert tees …I bought one of each I didn’t want to carry them around so I put all of them on over top of each other… I banged my head and sweated like crazy. What a night!!

[@omegawhite6943]

Wearing one right now!

[@larsprst4231]

I took my 13 year old son to his first concert this summer, Metallica, his favourite band! A great experience and super cool and emotional to share it with him. He started playing guitar a year ago and the first thing he learned was the intro to this song. Now we play Metallica songs together. Next summer we're going to see Iron Maiden, his second favourite band...so happy to see you two, younger people and kids liking old school heavy metal.

[@fretbuzzly]

That's awesome. I was 13 when my mom took me to my first concert. It was Iron Maiden, W.A.S.P. opened. 40 years later and Maiden is still my favorite band. Your son is fortunate to have a father like you.

[@Shredward-dl2gp]

Ride the lightning, master of puppets, and also ...and justice for all, are all EPIC!!!!

[@TimoDyer]

Absolutely

[@bocephus517]

IMHO Ride the Lightning is Metallica's best album.

[@lalliermoise5005]

Yes...but....And justice for all.

[@ktgo4424]

@@lalliermoise5005 Yes...but....Master of Puppets lol.

[@johnpenman161]

I'm with ride the lightning! ❤🎉

[@tipigi3570]

THAT riff...one of the best ever!

[@alberthart4146]

Metallica: The Call Of Ktulu And Orion Please and thank you

[@robertherring9277]

Heard this album the 1st time on the bus on the way to school in 8th grade... when it dropped

[@intergalacticnutcracker5884]

True Amber has broken the chains and freed her soul shes vibing super proud rob is getting there too i think its harder for him being that people are more skeptical towards us guys , but rob your a free spirit too just got to find your wave a ride it bud

[@pluckinmageetar]

"I was me but now he's gone." What a simple yet powerful line. Metallica (and Maiden) are Metal GOATS!

[@Deadwood1919]

This is probably my favorite song, it's definitely my favorite album of theirs.

[@myproject13ttt]

Definitely one of my favorite albums ever!!!!

[@grandmasterB77]

This is a classic. Us longtime fans forget our first time hearing these epic albums and how great they are. Wish I could discover greatness like this for the first time again

[@glenncoleman6253]

This song is like a gateway drug. People who don’t like metal or Metallica, you play them this and they’re in. The most accessible song off Metallicas first 3 albums

[@the_littles7928]

Crazy to think they wrote this song (and the entire album) in their early 20s. Mind-blowing.

[@satoricrush]

My favorite line from the song. "I was me but now he is gone"

[@chrispowers8339]

Everything thoughtful and classicly influenced on their first 3 albums is 100% Cliff F-ing Burton!!! 😉🫡💪👍🙏

[@sysanfo]

❤

[@DerRingGeneral]

Cliff ‘em All!!!

[@robbob5302]

Maybe the only deceased rock star, who’s death was no fault fault of his own.

[@brandonmiller3978]

I would say his influence, and writing is very present on Justice, as well.

[@deletedhero5579]

Hmm he definitely introduced that style.of music to James but I hate to break it to.tou but cliff really didn't write very much music at all

[@josehenriquebomfim8041]

The best metallica song.... For me

[@warrenjohn]

100% agree!

[@CollideFan1]

Best Metallica song on their best album. My all time favorite song. A good song on NOT to unlife yourself. Its gotten me through... dark moments

[@jondonnelly]

Crazy to think this is from 1984. This band was so ahead of its time.🤘

[@brianhagge3225]

This is my Fav Metallica song ever. Probably my favorite of all songs. The POWER and SOFTNESS wrapped perfectly together!

[@ktgo4424]

This is up there in my top 3. One / Puppets / Fade....

[@StanCostello-q3o]

James wrote the song after having the amplifier that he or his mother bought him stolen along with the rest of their equipment in the early days, The song is legendary Metallica’s first 4 albums can’t be touched. Love your guises reaction. If you get a chance, you should check out the 1991 Moscow version of this song. It’s incredible. Love you guys take care.

[@jcbass2u]

This is the song and album that got me through highschool in one piece without killing either myself or someone else. listened to it every day.

[@tid418]

4:10 you can see the conflict on Amber's face as she hears James singing "I was me, but now he's gone," a rather heartbreaking line, but you can't help but rock out to the hard-driving guitars.

[@SKULLY1600]

You guys would love “The Shortest Straw” on Metallica’s Injustice For All album 🤘🏼🔥

[@jackgilchrist]

💯

[@SKULLY1600]

@@jackgilchrist 💯

[@Metal_Archaeologist]

Love the hair, Amber. Great reaction. Peace!

[@jamesmorrison7692]

One of Metallica's best songs period. It is almost impossible to say what is the greatest Metallica song, but this song is on the top ten list. Great reaction to such an iconic song

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

I like how Jay didn't known when to pause lol theres just no stopping with this track

[@CollideFan1]

Paused in the solo, OMG there is no pause on this song

[@blueeyedcowboy8291]

I felt for him on this one, because there is just no good place to pause.

[@PML78]

Was hoping he let it RIDE😉 ... 🔥🤘🏽🔥

[@chriswiedeman2956]

I was at the airport a few years ago and I saw a teenage kid wearing a Metallica - Ride The Lightning t-shirt. I told his mom that I had the same shirt when I was his age. She just smiled. RIP Cliff!

[@damonbryan7232]

This is one song that makes more and more sense the older you get.

[@Gadget-ez1xr]

Yes Amber! Definitely just do the whole album!

[@PML78]

When the power chords came in... Her face felt the power... Metallica FAN4LIFE 🔥🤘🏽🔥

[@fliptriks17]

Around 10 years old I used to fall asleep listening to this album!! My favorite song by them still, I'm 39 now.

[@sysanfo]

Thank You for taking my request. This is my favorite Metallica song! It reminds me of the beach lol.

[@markvanderstelt8999]

ya Death on the Beach 😖😖

[@bluestream50]

really?

[@sysanfo]

@@bluestream50 I lived by Huntington Beach when this song came out.

[@bluestream50]

@@sysanfo oh i see now. I had a vision of you skipping along a beach to this. :)

[@sysanfo]

@bluestream50 lol, no but the sunset was always amazing, especially with great music!

[@smarttvhome335]

Great album. This and some others helped me through some dark times, especially my junior & senior years of high school (& even now still). Just shows that you're not alone with whatever you're going through.

[@Godric_71]

I can promise that every single person watching this is singing along and know every word.

[@chrishutchinson1736]

Classic Metallica, creeping death has to be the next song from ride the lightning

[@goldenst8ofmind102]

It’s dope your girl do this with you. My wife doesn’t even care to get into the things I like to do

[@Hinderkey]

Fight fire with Fire absolutely bangs

[@michelleb9808]

I was not into 80s heavy metal, I was all about punk, alternative, some new wave. I did get appreciative of Metallica in the 90s. Having said all that, never heard this song, its totally awesome ❤

[@WoofHmmmmmmmm]

Can we get a ‘Holiday in Cambodia’ reaction already!!! 😉

[@wendyfreeman2737]

My absolute favorite Metallica song. 🤘

[@patrickbateman7369]

PUT METALLICA ON THE WALL BEHIND YOU!!

[@PML78]

Yeeesssss 🔥🤘🏽🔥

[@grantmourning189]

Warms the heart yet all fades to black. All we have is ourselves and our afterlife. Reminds me of most women I've met

[@robbob5302]

My favorite Metallica song, all time.

[@richardhenderson9767]

J.... Amber..... Gotta give some love to Cliff Burton.. bassist on 1st 3 albums.. killed in tour bus accident in 1986...😢❤ Anesthesia, Pulling Teeth live is INCREDIBLE...❤❤❤❤

[@lowendthumper205]

I feel so lucky I got to see Cliff live back in the day. My Band in High School won battle of the bands playing this song back in the 80's.

[@AXXXDEAN]

Creeping Death from that album next

[@TheRustyGuitarist]

"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" should be next!!

[@SKULLY1600]

Facts

[@JayAnthony87]

Yes!

[@johncarpenter3751]

8:45 They heard double bass for the first time y’all!! I know they’ve heard it before but they really heard it this time

[@bsilvers1037]

Always thought the producer of this song should have faded to black 2 minutes later so we could hear more of that amazing closing solo.

[@douglaswaite9574]

this was a heavy song for a teenager - which I was when it came out. Dark as hell... but it was somehow empowering in the end

[@raymondohlsen5054]

LOVE Metallica! And Miss Amber (3 years ago) "I really have trouble with the hard stuff..." Miss Amber (Now)" YEAHHHHH!!!" So very beautiful! Good tunes is good tunes.

[@jonwmeyer11]

One of my all time favs

[@SoulSteeler22]

Greatest Metallica song ever written

[@dawngraham8241]

Metallica: The Day That Never Comes is a great song for both of you to react to. The words are hard to listen to (the meaning of it), but i think it's a very important topic that might encourage people in that situation to seek out help for themselves.

[@davidcraft8524]

Creeping Death, Disposable Heros, Frayed Ends of Sanity, Dyers Eve, Orion, Call of Ktulu, My Friend of Mysery, Crash Course in Brain Surgery, Outlaw Torn, Bleeding Me, ManUnkind, Judas Kiss...here's a few to get yall started!!!

[@ktgo4424]

And Amber, yes, Lightning is one of the sickest albums of all time. It's also equaled, or possibly bettered by one of the sickest albums of all time in Master of Puppets.

[@matthewvade6553]

While "Master of Puppets" is often seen as Metallica's best album, for me it has always been "Ride the Lightning." Have loved that album since the first time I heard it, all those decades ago. For another song that starts slow and just keeps amping up the further it goes, you should get back to Damn Yankees. You reacted to their biggest power ballad once years ago. Suggest this time you check out "Come Again." A song that starts out as a pure power ballad, but keeps building, eventually leading to an absolutely insane Ted Nugent guitar solo. It may be his best solo since his early days as a solo artist. He extends it quite a bit during their live "Uprising" concert in 1992, but it doesn't appear that performance of the song as a stand alone is still available on KZbin. You'd have to pull up the entire concert video, which is still on here, to find it. The entire concert is worth checking out though for any hard rock music fan. The encore where they do songs from each of their prior bands, Styx's "Renegage," Ted's "Cat Scratch Fever," and "You Can Still Rock in America" by Night Ranger was always a great way to end their shows. I saw them live twice, and of the 69-70 bands I've seen live, they are top 5 in just how good they sounded live.

[@scottbryan803]

My favorite Metallica album! As a teenager in the 80's I spent many hours skateboarding to Metallica. The good ole days.

[@TheCamarosBand]

When Amber said what’s that around the 8:50 mark, it’s Lars playing 16th notes on the double bass.

[@kellybrown7172]

This is the first song that was able to relate to the darkness inside me. I have it tattooed on my arm. I was able to share this song with close friends who couldn't relate to what I go through daily. I had this song playing on repeat when I attempted to end my life over a year ago. I still live with the thoughts every day, but Metallica has given a voice to my pain

[@jesspayant1667]

If you guys ever thought of doing an album reaction, Ride the Lightning would be an amazing one to do. It's my personal favorite Metallica album. Fade to Black is my favorite song of theirs. Hearing Bells and Fade back to back is just natural. Go for it!

[@ajaykiran973]

Yes this is my favourite song of all time!!! This song is the Apex of Metallica

[@mrgreg431]

Love the intro solo …good stuff

[@nickkreitz3782]

I swear on everything I care for, when this song came on my playlist over the weekend I thought “they have to do a reaction to Fade to Black,” now here we are.

[@rayhouse-cz8fb]

One of my favorite Metallica songs😊Thank you

[@jimmyavsfan24]

I bought my presale tickets. I can’t wait to see Metallica again in June for the I don’t know how many times. You guys get tickets and go to the show. It will take your love for this music to a whole new level.

[@davidcraft8524]

Anything from Killem All to 72 Seasons...Im in!!!

[@PML78]

🙋🏽‍♂️🔥🤘🏽🔥

[@MyGannChannel]

Those lyrics!!! So many of us have felt lost and hopeless at points in our lives. These lyrics verbalize those emotions so well.

[@glenseivers8318]

Great reaction guys. Amber will love every song off the Ride the Lightning album😅

[@no2freakshow]

This song touched alot of people during some tough times. At the time, people were saying Metallica glorified suicide, but they just didn't get it. Metallica connected.

[@michaelasay8587]

It's tuff times now! Horrible with the current Administration!!😢

[@charleskandrut7022]

Whole album is awesome! My favorite by them!

[@leonaudacity5313]

One of their best songs, love playing this on guitar. I’ve been a huge fan since I picked up the black album when it first came out, it’s where I developed my love for music.

[@jessisanchez8150]

Metallica - Creeping Death. It's about Moses saving the slaves from the Pharaoh

[@jojo-xu4iz]

Back in school in the 80s this song single handedly turned a lot of my other genre only friends to rock and metal.

[@kmvoss]

Great reaction.

[@bretttodd6470]

I was 12 almost 13 when this album dropped. Even though my bedroom door was closed, the whole family listened to this album bc my stereo rocked the house. True story.

[@robertherring9277]

Creeping Death is my Passover song!

[@AgentBeans]

I remember my friends and I driving around our small town in 89 , jamming this, smoking cigarettes, hitting record stores, and then going to our little parties all night. Great times.

[@aliciazambri4237]

I realize that there are certain topics that can't be talked about on KZbin, but I am glad you picked up on how dark this song is. It's about depression and suicide and by the end, he kills himself. This song contains one of the best lyrics in any song IMO...I was me but now he is gone. That hits deep.

[@davidm6600]

There was a dark edge to the brightly-colored 80s. This song reached countless kids (including many of my closest friends) who were struggling in an era when there was no one to reach out to for help. Literally. This song let them know they weren't alone.There were people out there that feel just like you.

[@rgcazo]

Best Metallica song....

[@LN-Lifer]

Haven't been on channel lately Y'all still rocking and you both look great!

[@GPinAtlantaIN]

One of Metallica’s most underrated songs in my opinion is Mama Said. I like heavy metal, soft rock, and country rock, and this song was a masterpiece that blended all of those genres together, and it would have been an epic radio hit had it come out 40 years ago!