METALLICA FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE- DRUM COVER by JON DETTE (Drummer for SLAYER, ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT)

The next BIG 4 drum cover is FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE by the mighty METALLICA off the RIDE THE LIGHTNING album!
Summer of 1984! RTL dropped and Metallica immediately became my favorite BIG 4 band! The opening track was, and still is the track off RTL that stands out for me as the ultimate demonstration of the bands amazing songwriting and musicianship combined perfectly with raw speed, power and aggression.
Plus, being a 14 year old self taught drummer, I now had my new drum lesson material for the rest of summer (and the rest of the year) with Fight and all the other amazing tracks off the record!
I hope you enjoy my version of Metallica's Fight Fire with Fire as much as I enjoyed playing it!
Until next time, keep it heavy and see you on the next one!
Thanks to Alexa Rae (@alexa.drums) for tracking, video editing, thumbnails and video shorts!
Thanks to David Gnozzi (@mixbustv) for mixing!
Dave NEVER uses ANY DRUM SAMPLES in my mixes! Just good old fashioned mixing! It's the only way I like it and in my opinion, the only way it should ever be!
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[@JAMESshortyshorty]

I’m glad he understood the double pedal we wanted and made it longer than it was in the song

[@joako03]

Best part

[@peterdouglas2271]

Love the fact he is a left handed drummer. Not too many of us out there. Awesome video! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@alwaysastudent]

i am right handed, but becoming an amputee led me to play 'left handed'. i have also covered this song, but not as well as Mr. Dette! i agree that it is nice to see some left-handed drummers out there.

[@Heavy_Metal.Nerd-2005]

I'm a lefty as well, but I play the drums like a righty. Learned playing the drums that way, I think.

[@henrikhyrup3995]

Awesome cover! Fight Fire was some of the fastest and most brutal stuff back in the day.

[@ddrummer7646]

The Double Section Is Killer🔥🔥🥁🥁

[@kellogc]

Jon, your drumming sounds MASSIVE and PUMMELING! Love it!!!!

[@ignacionietoizquierdo7581]

Great!!! Love how he switches from one leg to the other while driving the song. It's something that I learnt from him a while ago thanks to a mail response he sent me back then (almost 18 years have passed since that mail!!!)😄

[@Goudie]

Wow! Watching it again I can see that! Impressive that he can keep the same time with both feet

[@Darylrb1983]

I think I remember also talking about it during a modern drummer interview...or drum magazine

[@fredthegreatest]

That snaredrum hits so hard I had to have a heart surgery. Thx John 😊

[@nox_1349]

3:22 🔥

[@davidepannone6021]

Man i remember this like it was yesterday. I was 11 years old when my older brother blasted this shit out of his cassette boombox. Been hooked to metal ever since.

[@michaelbrown3128]

No wonder you played with Slayer! Your badass!

[@robertseymore3565]

Awesome switch to double bass

[@ZaxDrumsandGolf]

Sounds so good and awesomely played Jon!!🤘🤘

[@8OneOfTheNobodies8]

3:33 nice hang! Great cover .. amazing song! Ride is my fav Metallica album \m/

[@markotarma]

You're amazing. Looking forward to all upcoming big 4 drumming vids!

[@MxAngelSL]

That was great! One of my favorite Metallica's song

[@dankarpov8072]

Я ещё смотреть не начал,но лайк поставил сразу. Это тот самый случай, когда ты на 1000% в качестве!!!!!!

[@expl44]

Amazing playing.. To me the very first thrash metal song as we know nowadays . So not kill em all and not show no mercy

[@WharGoul-pz2sd]

Smokin on them drums, love it. I look forward to the next cover.

[@Tony_Dias1692]

Awesome Jon! Love your expression

[@mark_of_the_legion2346]

the most accurate cover I've seen on youtube of this song yet 👏

[@Shooter_FPV]

You are an AMAZING drummer!!!! Sadly I got flashbacks of St. Anger with that snare... 😢

[@felipeneira1985]

Extraordinario ❤🤟🏻👏🏻💪🏻

[@nox_1349]

Beast 🤘🏼 cheers from Costa Rica

[@UndeaDKiller]

Just Brutal! totally nailed!

[@eoghan_ak]

Love that double bass break extension XD

[@rotqehzaid4157]

Master of drums dette

[@ricardoaparicio4871]

In my country says "Te la mamaste", it means " You are the best" 😎😅 GOOODDDD JOB MATE!!!

[@dewaynegreen5197]

Hell yeah!!!!🤘🔥🤘

[@ddrummer7646]

Kerry King’s New Project Blood Reign Jon Dette Should Be The Drummer Not Paul Bostaph.. Jon Dette Is One Of The Best Metal Drummers Of All Time🔥🔥

[@mason_marconett]

Fax

[@modmlot]

Slick cover 🔥. Thanks for a coffee shoutout, something new for me to try.

[@Chris-kb5hf]

my god, so good to see this :) thanks Jon!

[@marcoguidantoni3570]

Headbanging Forever 🤟🤟💪💪🤛🤛🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@musicM0VESme]

This is the best Metallica song, and you nailed it. I keep coming back to watch it. Very impressive. Thanks

[@ddrummer7646]

Beast Moded It🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Radiohell]

Lets f! go!, amazing!, saludos desde Argentina

[@josejesussoto2571]

Awesome cover!!! It does my heart good to see another Lefty drummer out there!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@angelluisdelafuente]

Brutal. Mu bien. Platos brutales

[@adrianashe9364]

Absolutely brutal! Keep the covers coming!

[@russellwhitebear6372]

That double bass is soo dirty good

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

⚡🤘🥁🤘⚡

[@franckdelamarasse5129]

Awesome interpretation Jon. But still....this song remains full of mysteries. I still can't understand fully how James and Lars came up with such bizarre composing feats: the singing in the verse, the tween harmonies after the solo, etc... After all. these years, I still count it wrong more often than not!! Cheers and thanks all these cool videos...

[@wout808]

Actually quite simple. As long as you remember where the 1 REALLY is😂😂

[@mohdhaslam85]

Nice to see u extended that double kicks after the solo... On fiiiyyyyyaaaahhhhhhhhh... 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@centroproiv5614]

Awesome.

[@cadaverputrefactodeath]

Tremendo! 🧟‍♂️💀🤘

[@htoratsa17]

That's was awesome😮

[@isaiahneilguitaristofficia549]

Fantastic!

[@user-vm9hy7qx7c]

Love this song its sooooo thrashy

[@ruimarques9461]

Excellent as always

[@Tony-ew3jp]

Jon Dette ! Amazing brother.

[@CamiloAdobe]

Una de las mejores baterias de Lars. Excelente ejecución amigo!

[@jasonwolf76]

I Like Support Drum Covers ! This is a Nice Job ! 👏🥢🎵🎵🎶

[@ghostlandgrand64]

Outside of maybe the originals, no one plays the big 4 drum parts better than Jon Dette! Side note: I always loved the acoustic intro to Fight Fire With Fire 🔥🤘🏾

[@1c3sly13]

one of my many favorite Metallica songs. Awesome cover!

[@nickfuller20]

Fight fire with water!! Great cover!!

[@ernestomoncada6603]

Jon is the Best 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@USMCSDI]

DAMN!

[@johanrevelid2067]

Frekkin' awsome :D

[@giancarlobateroceleste88]

Awesome cover Jon 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@chrmkeul]

excellent performance, nice to see the whole drum kit inverted for left-handed ;) brilliant!

[@soulbrother5435]

Awesome cover \m\

[@tomflake1486]

Bad fucking ass!! Nice pause during the double bass drum. I'm saving this. This old 53 year old greatly approves.

[@SS-gn1wj]

Very well done sir. Massive power! I cranked this one way up \○○/

[@WickedSativa]

If I had your talent.....I would still be sitting here watching you pound the drums. 🤘

[@tolleroutdoors7501]

Awesome Jon!

[@JaimeMoralesDrums]

outstanding!

[@jamessullivan300]

That extra double bass was so fucking awesome

[@jorikgilman7635]

Unreal you are a beast Jon love it👍💪🤘🤘🤘

[@rigolith]

Really nailed that signature "lazy" kick patterns Lars uses. Always felt like they made him stand out compared to what you'd normally expect a thrash drummer to play in the same context

[@romeogallero96744]

🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘💪💪💪

[@KoMar551]

I would like see Jon as a fulltime M drummer!

[@russkate88]

We all would. Out of all the drummer's out there, he's clearly the best man for the job.

[@RaceDayReplay]

@@russkate88 there's only one suitable drummer for Metallica and that's Lars

[@bernabas73]

totalmente una maravilla.. que tremendo es tener a Jon ahi,, con todo, al palo, a tempo y con energia y agresividad ejecutadas de forma magistral .

[@buddymack9606]

Thanks for including an extra four of just double-bass after the guitar solo... I've wanted to hear it played that way ever since RTL came out

[@marcelwitherspoon]

Excellent, as always! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@megiloth3634]

Definitely one of the best Metallica opening songs, second only to Battery (imo). Great cover versions by Luciferion and Therion also. Excellent playing as always!

[@kylebarzen1151]

cliff tha goat

[@mercertj]

Battery is arguably the greatest metal song ever.

[@ll7868]

I also am mostly self taught, and I play Southpaw too, I took lessons for 4 months in order to prove to my dad I was serious about learning because I had already given up on the guitar and he didn't want to waste money on a kit if I couldn't play it like the guitar, which was a 1974 Les Paul that I traded all my hockey equipment for. I got my kit (Tama & Paiste like Dave and Nicko, Paiste 2002 like Alex) on my birthday in March of 1984, the Top 3 albums I played along to the most that first year were Slayer Show No Mercy, Iron Maiden's Piece Of Mind and Van Halen's 1984 but the very first songs I learned in full were Metallica's Seek & Destroy and AC/DC's Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution for our high school talent show, our band was called Broken Coccyx...we came in 6th place out of 10 acts, a girl who sang Time After Time and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper won, breakdancers got 2nd and a classical piano player got third. Typical high school administration bias against rock & roll.

[@johncampbellpercussion]

Bad ass as usual!!!

[@UnpleasantDog]

Sweet fancy moses!

[@simonmaidens]

You are the very very great drummer!!!!!!❤

[@davino108]

Absolute perfection!

[@korhansoydan]

tricky one here with the "one" stuff, you nailed it great!

[@Brazpastrop]

Oh là là! Encore! Encore! Oh oui c'est bon!!

[@vanguard4065]

This is it! This is the ultimate Metallica song!!

[@russkate88]

Phenomenal. I'm looking forward to hearing some KEA next. Then it would have been one song of the first four albums.

[@vitaliiskaletskyi2163]

amazing!

[@riccardors]

Hell yeah!

[@elizabethhope991]

Well, that was fuking amazing

[@rmoreno.w]

Perfect

[@user-sh1et8re2u]

LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO BUD !!!!!!!

[@danielvanpoppel333]

Sounds awesome and powerful

[@slaineNZ]

Solid bro 🤘🏽

[@ryanoconnor_guitar]

that was fire bro

[@lucasdrums577]

Fuck yeah!!! Awesome Jon

[@kibozing]

You CRUSHED it! This got me so pumped! Awesome, just friggin awesome! Subscribed!

[@viktorviktor3350]

Brilliant and accurate !

[@metalpatriot7045]

Awesome my man 🤘🤩🤘 I recently watched the Metallica @ metal Hammer fest Germany 1985 concert on KZbin. What a show so full of energy these yoots…just before Master of Puppets was released. When they played Disposable Heroes…Epic. 🤘🤩🤘

[@nicotiane6304]

THAT AWESOME 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@godscoldhands77]

flawless. awesome. ♥

[@fandejeanpierremarielle7686]

excellent !

[@belfastgypsy1]

Amazing job Jon

[@ronalcuricastaneda9969]

excelente ,great , awesome , gran trabajo que gran tema . season of the abbys de slayer