Metallica - Blackened Drum & Bass

[@seanlarkin0]

The bass sounds so alive and happy in a way

[@mantas34]

Is this for real?? Great bass playing, not found on the end effort. I have to take my hat off to Jason Newsted! I feel Metallica should re-release this album in it's correct form!

[@DumpThump]

mantas34 ...and justice for jason

[@cujothekitten1476]

and i want my money back!! haha

[@mantas34]

aminmin don't be silly!

[@DenSvartaStjarnan]

+Darp Barpson Half the songs weren't on Guitar hero and can't be AJFJ'ed.

[@coltallic3114]

+DarthUno You don't need guitar hero. People have already done it with the whole album.

[@WadeWilson72-47]

This is amazing, my favorite part is from 0:00 to 6:41

[@ddave3388]

poor last second

[@stevenlee1075]

@@ddave3388 I was thinking that too

[@wdowa94]

1. It sounds like mostly No-cut record until 2nd verse 2. Omg this is a fast and very precise picking 3. PICKING on pretty fresh strings sounds awesomely spring-ish 4. Sounds pretty much like Ellefson's riffs ;)

[@GoodForNothingDrums]

Thanks

[@gabecilia329]

+David Ellefson lolxDD

[@308media74]

David Ellefson you are the man tho !!

[@wSERJw]

+James harden with no beard why you change your name :/

[@veddervett7513]

>implying Jason copied Ellefson I did not know this level of stupid existed.

[@frikkerdorian3931]

Jasoned

[@turolretar]

0:39 wow that scared me!

[@nikis1254]

lol me too

[@coltallic3114]

+turolretar Lol ok

[@jeffthekiller628]

It scared me too XD

[@turolretar]

Goddamn 5 years later it still got me

[@dkyelak]

So Jason played on this after all!

[@ddsvelder9866]

He wrote the main riff of this song

[@nickkorte]

The coolest part about this song is the intro ruff is Jason's. He created it and James thought it should be the opener. And damn can he play the fuckin bass. I love his sound with the pick. I'm glad Metallica was lucky to get Jason. To me this is their best song hands down

[@JohnDoe-xd1wx]

Personally I have to mostly agree. I am tron between this and "And Justice for All". Either way, its great stuff

[@ajhproductions2347]

Nick Korte agreed! I had a feeling Jason came up with that reverse intro! Ever listened to it in reverse (actually forward, the reason the intro was never actually performed live)

[@jeremyjamesdewitt]

Nick Korte I believe it was actually just Jason’s idea to have it be reversed.

[@maximusmax4557]

And to think - you never even heard of him before Metallica.

[@stevenlee1075]

Jason also made the main riff. Listen to the riff tapes of this song

[@patrickcrawford6392]

Damn Jason's bass track does the vocals as well! brilliant!

[@koosdelarey20]

You don't even need the guitars!

[@iliveonatropicalisland6086]

Yeaaaaah!Totally!

[@hellraiser6766]

Koos Delarey true

[@ronaldcamonier2475]

The only thing they need is a different drummer...

[@Incog2k6]

Yeah, totally.... except for the parts from 04:07 to 05:32. No guitars needed, huh?

[@4匹の気まぐれキャットアングラー]

Jason For All

[@endoffate5475]

Damn what a bass track.. Jason was the best Metallica bassist for sure!

[@fieldyznuts997]

surprised no one has responded to this yet

[@marko3254]

+Sebastien Simard (eof) Please listen to Orion (bass only) and dare to write that sentence again.

[@endoffate5475]

I know the bass on Orion..yea great solo for sure! But no one can play rytm bass like jason could.

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

What's so good about that solo? It's a simply guitar lick played on a bass with huge gain... Fanboys are always so ignorant.

[@marko3254]

Of course. Let us see you play it!

[@RuRuSapiens]

This makes total sense. It always sucked that the bass was cut down on this album, cuz Jason Newsted was insane with a pick! Even listening to just THIS is heavy as hell! Everyone here should check out some live videos of his previous band Flotsam and Jetsam, the first thing you'll notice is he completely carries the entire band, INCLUDING the drummer. This album always seemed like they just went without a bassist in honor of Cliff. But we all missed out on how good this guy really was.

[@rahlife7923]

It's a fucking shame they turned his bass trax basically off on this record. They turned the bass way up on the guitar and killed the record. If they remixed it with this sick fucking bass tone and a thinner guitar that shit would be nasty!!!!!!! FUCK what a bummer that James and Lars took cliffs death out on Jason and drowned his sound out. God damn that bass tone is sooo sick!

[@christelhall9379]

where did you get such information?

[@yangwenli4878]

***** Look it up, there are accounts of them being not the greatest of people to him.

[@gerdy5775]

i have been hard core fan since 80s and i agree with u big time!!! I remember listening to it on a tape recorder back in the day and the speaker would not stop vibrating cos of too much guitar bass..

[@dkyelak]

I agree. It is well known about taking out frustrations on Jason. Those who don't know that are too young. Did you ever some KZbinr do this album called "Justice for Jason"? The songs sound so much warmer. I can't listen to JFA anymore. I would if released it with the bass turned up and EQd warmer.

[@TheRealCardz]

Sorry @Finn Maksvell you have to do your research pal. A lot of the people that know what's up have been fans since bare minimum the early 90's when I was 10 and before and have paid close attention. Anyway, what I want to know is how the dude who posted this got these trax!?! Did he get his hands on the masters or was this an inside job? Really interesting regardless. Thanks to dude who posted this.

[@nevalode3240]

I respect cliff and love jason...both have been the moulders for the band's song writing style...

[@sarpcalslar2539]

JASON IS GREAT ...

[@drake8168]

Gotta love that crunch in that bass!!!

[@alejandrockalejo]

Jasoned ...And Jason For All Eye of the Jason Jason The Shortest Jason Harvester of Jason The Frayed Ends of Jason To Jason is to Die Jasons Eve

[@icedviking4485]

To Live Is To Jason sounds way better imo :d

[@gurkangurler6723]

Alejandro1908 and justice for jason...

[@sumbitch3rdgen]

JasOne

[@chuckclickenger1162]

The Jason Straw.

[@chuckclickenger1162]

The Shortest Jason? Hilarious!!!!!!

[@jotapedonoso4696]

0:37, full volume, i was reading the comments, almost shit on my self

[@rollewestbom]

Nothing sounds like an overdriven Ampeg. Wow, this is the best tone ever

[@zeppelin1996]

A lot of people say they turned the bass down as a tribute to Cliff. As a bassist, I would think that Cliff would have liked to be able to hear the bass!

[@Afrobomination]

And because their guitar tone has so much low end. You actually hear WHAAAAAAAAAAHHHH bassy undertones in the guitar. Some people would say that gutiar sound would clash with Jason's bass tone... Personally I always listen to a custom AJFA with boosted bass, and haven't gone back since.

[@muriloninja]

The "his sound clashed with Hetfield's guitars" is pure fucking horseshit. I mean that is a laughably pathetic excuse. Maybe someone who has never been in the studio before might believe that because well, they don't know jack shit!

[@XxEpicxSeinagixX]

He focking left the band!

[@erikarnald419]

... And Justice For Jason

[@prsmglobalconsortium3309]

I LOVE Newstead, Bro! He made it come together for the band, emotionally, you can tell.

[@Walamonga1313]

Nice to see that you even put the vocals. Great upload.

[@joaovictorribeiro2970]

4:38 OMG this is perfect!!!

[@synthogd808]

This, harvester of sorrow, and dyers eve are Lars’ best work. What happened to him if he kept going at that pace like in the 80’s improving in each album like he was he’d be a drum god today. Lombardo and benante just keep getting better and better what is his excuse. He has one job being a world class drummer and songwriter for Metallica. He could have been as good as anybody in the business especially with his resources and contacts. He’s was one of my main influences for drums. I think losing cliff and not having him to light a fire under his ass had a lot to do with his regression. With cliff the whole band improved at a geometric rate losing him was a tragedy imagine if he lived the possibilities of where their music and abilities would have gone

[@stevenbuchholz8865]

It F&J Jason has a galloping style, alternate picking and a really bouncy sound. Doomsday has a perfect bass sound for that album. I remember reading an actual, paper, magazine article! I know right? That James more or less tasked Jason with employing more down stroke style picking for a more solid thick sound that matched James’ aggressive down stroking.

[@XxZJ127xX]

How does Lars Ulrich like his fish? Blackened \m/

[@JorgeFlores-jv7zu]

PhoenixGaming and make sure it’s not a bass...

[@RyanBurnsRed]

It's how he likes it in the rear too

[@cherigem]

Great collaboration i love this tune. 👍❤🎵😁

[@petefaders]

Tight AF

[@acgaming9127]

Such an amazing tone!!

[@ipnorospo38]

I thought I was gonna hear the drums only....

[@Mrzjasuu]

It clearly states "Drum & Bass"

[@Majin_Doh]

+Mrzjasuu lol

[@Mrzjasuu]

Oh now I get it, maybe try justice for all

[@AxelRTas97]

How original...

[@stevenrivera9230]

Lars is such an idiot, and everyone else should have spoke up. Because these bass tracks sound pretty legit. I cannot even pick up any bass on the record, and I don't even know why they thought this would be a great idea. Everything sounds so damn tinny and flat. It sounds so bad, even the guitars.

[@zeppelin1996]

I always thought the bass could have been a bit louder on Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets but this album has absolutely no low end at all. With the other albums you can hear it if you listen for it but this one seemed empty sounding to me. Whatever the reason, it's a shame Other than the lack of bass this is a great album!

[@AnthonyLeeBand]

Damn and he down picking too

[@maximusmax4557]

Not always.

[@violetagimenez8016]

4:20min For Whom The Bell Tolls

[@slashslayer1997]

??

[@IwieIch123]

slash slayer from 4:31 it's very similar to For Whom The Bell Tolls

[@rajdeepganguli2274]

I thought Fade to Black

[@starlighter93]

It's Nothing Else Matters to me but with a doubled tempo.

[@maximusmax4557]

Not even the same notes, dumbass.

[@manifestgtr]

Goddamn Jason's a killer player. Normally i get annoyed with bassists who use picks but this is so tight and powerful that there's just nothing to complain about. It's great to hear what jason played on this album more clearly. I don't know who in their right mind could sit in front of a mixing desk with these tracks and NOT want to hear this right under the guitar

[@conradsz]

manifestgtr LOL u must have a boring life to get annoyed with bassists who use pics:D

[@RobHalde511]

Why do you get annoyed by bassists who use picks? quite frankly, who gives a fuck.

[@rotfaun2852]

I think if the album was put out like this, it would still be awesome

[@zeppelin1996]

Definitely one of my favorite metal albums, just wish It had more low end.

[@lucasheadbang]

man this is fuckin sick..i mean totalle awesomeness oure awesomeness..jason play bass an animal..metallica made so masterpieces albuns and songs in the past..i think anyone metal band cant make a sound so badass like this you know metallica is totally the best metal band that ive ever heard in my life

[@urbancasbah]

for the first time I can hear the bass of and justice for all!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[@75lordfisch]

Sick tone,similar to Blacky in Voivod!!!

[@ivans.191]

Also Newsted played in Voivod

[@burningcello]

Maybe we all should consider that nowadays we have digital recording technology and we use it very often to enhance the bass frequencies for techno as good as metal pieces. Some speaker systems have sub-woofers (remember any 2.1 or 5.1 systems in the past?) to push the bass to even feel a chest massage rather than to hear the sound. I think that makes 80s recordings now sound somewhat 'old-fashioned', because the tape used in the studio had not such wide frequency range.

[@artvandelay4485]

and people say Jason is not a good bass player. This is fucking harder and heavier than anything Cliff did. Try play that fucking intro this precise with a pick. Its harder than it seams. And this is 100% on time

[@SlayersOfTrolls]

Jason was much tighter than cliff and he plays hard. If you watch him play live he plays with his arm more and not with his wrists to get that extra power. Cliff was a much better soloist though.

[@martos60]

Jason gave a lot of power to the sound of the band.His hard precise picking and sound suit Metallica better in my oppinion

[@xarch7208]

Jason was a very precise and clean bassist, very solid playing every show. Cliff had more feeling in his playing and he was much better in improvising and soloing due to his extensive musical knowledge.

[@buckfuttler2877]

jason isnt in the same league as cliff....not even close...

[@heldertiago124]

Art Vandelay Cliff taught James harmonies and made the WHOLE band move from LA to San Francisco just to get him in the band, Jason was simply the guy who took orders from Lars lol...

[@simo2805]

I'll never understand why they turn down the bass, it's so fuckin' great in this song, simply amazing.

[@xprayxforxbloodx]

is really fun play the guitar with this

[@JayManJax]

Jason was a beast on this record! 🤘

[@Apache21Qatari]

Jason Makes Guitars Optional \m/ !

[@Babytoad2006]

Jason forever

[@TheLokocarlos]

with or without bass this album sounds amazing

[@muriloninja]

Actually it sounds like shit and we can thank dumb & dumber (Lars and Hetfield) for that.

[@drakemagnus9654]

Bullshit. Justice sounds awesome. It's tight and brutal sounding no matter what.

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

I agree it sounds way better with bass.. great album though ...!

[@ltmcuber5182]

It sounds thin af

[@DiegoSilva-gw4tv]

POWER!!!

[@Stoner9th]

It clashed because Hetfield plays in the low frequencies that the bass usually uses, if you turn up the bass you cut in to Hetfields gutar sound, and James didn't want that. On "Metallica" Newkidontheblock played in the middle frequencies vacated by Hetfield allowing the bass to be louder in the mix without steeping on the guitar tone.

[@DOOMBASSIST4]

that tone!!

[@TheGoldenChile]

thanks good learning resource

[@Samsonvongary]

Remaster this album immedidtely!

[@Lightsource223]

Thanks yeh maybe..think i did once before with no luck but i got a few other classics..which are rockin..so i'm good man

[@LambdaObjection]

Listening to this in sync with the CD release. Metallica needs to remaster this fucking album

[@LambdaObjection]

You probably could. I went cheap and used Audacity. Most of the tracks have had their speed altered slightly for the Guitar Hero game they're avaliable from, so if you fiddle around with the tempo and sync them up, you can export it as one complete song. I've done it with most other Metallica tracks too, as Cliff paticularly is HIGHLY under-represented on most pressings of their albums, something you can't tell until you hear his tracks alone.

[@emirhangutierrez5538]

böyle bişey yok çok sağlam ya

[@rawkinjproductions4352]

4:30 Guitar Solo

[@1melo26]

kral ellerine sağlık

[@_Only_Zuul]

there's a weird ego thing with bass players and pick VS fingers but honestly i think. IMO if you want to play fast with better attack, tone and accuracy it's pick FTW. i play with pick and fingers at the same time.

[@thekiller1296]

Also that with the pick you get another tone, chunky and really tight

[@1977jackyl]

OMFG this is do fukn good, i actually forgot that Jason wrote this song too. I think hes awesome too, but it just dounds like something Cliff would have done. i dont give a FUK what ANYONE says, I still think Jason is a fukn GREAT bassist, otherwise he would have NEVER been accepted into Metallica

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

While I loved Cliff more, this bassline is what set the tone for _Justice_ and gave them their angriest, fastest, most complex and darkest album they ever did.

[@Juventinos]

@LambdaObjection they did, i think in 1999 or something...

[@umuttufan71]

Dostum çalışmaların çok güzel , aynı ülkenin vatandaşı olarak sende gurur duydum :)

[@BzNCrisS]

Só assim pra ouvir o baixo nesse álbum!

[@sammigurl666]

this is off of wiki ] The duo defended that that most of Newsted's bass lines closely followed the rhythm guitar lines to the point of being indiscernible from each other.[

[@rafsanjanyahmad1876]

That is the volume of drum sound when lars is the one who died and the other drummer came in to fill the spot

[@conradsz]

Coked-up Lars was looking for his "perfect drum sound"

[@Highrollinhunter]

Dave Lombardo would of been an excellent replacement for Lars.

[@trombosiscosmica]

the intro of blackened is the distorsion of the bass!

[@ozricness]

Lars is so stubborn, refusing to get AJFA remixed after all these years, just so as not to be viewed as admitting his mistake. I wonder if that's James' excuse too. I know there are some online versions with added bass but it would be awesome if we could actually hear Jason's authentic bass sound from the master tapes.

[@chrisrlillo]

@MetallicWhiplash oh holy shit....

[@NihilakhOxide]

How could it clash? Thats what production and mixing are for mate

[@trikronika]

There's a reason the bass is barely audible in Justice. It's simply because the guitars had scooped mids. Scooping mids has to be compensated by having a lot of lows and highs otherwise the sound wouldn't work. Listen to the isolated guitar tracks of this song in particular, the bass caused by palm mutes is really loud; having a loud bassline underneath wouldn't work.

[@Kudabear1]

Ikr the and justice for Jason mixes sound like ass cuz off all the low if metallica wanted that kinda gtr tone then she shuda at least put a high pass on the bass and increased the mids that woulda been an okay mix

[@aldo420ful]

Mugi Snax metallica already acknowledged they lowered the bass volume on purpose, your argument is invalid and jason is a loser with no dignity for allowing that

[@sjang816]

aldo420ful he'd been in the band for 2 years at that point, plus with lars being lars, do you think the result would have been any different? and we don't know if he didn't try to protest..he must've, the bass is non-existent, maybe during the blackened intro, very faintly during the clean part in one and again clean part in to live is to die. at the end of the day it's james' and lars' ship and thir word was/is final i listened to death magnetic for the first time yesterday..it's not as bad as i read..at times it's like a mish-mash of their previous albums, like them trying to live in the past..but i was just thinking how it's kind of unfair that the bass is loud and prominent, yet on their greatest album there's none

[@Goabnb94]

+Mugi “Mucchan” Snax And James and Lars mixed the album because the engineer couldn't keep up with the hectic schedule. Do you know what happens when a band mixes themselves? There is a reason the drums are *so fucking loud*, of course the drummer will turn himself up. So, when Jason plays the same track behind really loud guitars and drums, it makes it harder to hear.

[@Goabnb94]

+aldo420ful A)They hazed him in the first 6 months only. B)If that were true, why is Garage Days perfectly fine? Surely they would ruin that and not a studio album on purpose. What kind of legacy would that set for Cliff? C)The recording schedule was so hectic, Jason tracked his parts without the band and James and Lars mixed the tracks. He never heard the final version until after it had released. Maybe due to some "hes the new guy" but always due to the schedule of the band needing to travel, tour and record at the same time D)He never really complained about it because he didn't want to be that new guy to challenge everything. They still turned him way up live, so...

[@LambdaObjection]

or just mix the five isolated bass tracks in manually, which is what I ended up doing. Shortest Straw in particular is just stunning with Jason audible.

[@raizarslaxterhaha]

Dude, the best album that Lars ever made with the Drums, and even with that, it's just a OK work for him. Damn...

[@AngelofDeth110]

Nah James Kirk and Lars were hazing Jason and they did it at the wrong time. This album is a masterpiece, and highly underrated..

[@1977jackyl]

yes by far!

[@Lightsource223]

where can i find this with no Vocals at all!..I Am A Singer and I love this Song!

[@mirak63]

@simaodocaminhao I disagree because unless you use load of effects that's pretty much the raw sound you get straight from a bass attacked with a high energy. just hear how sounds the bass played by newstead on the black album I red an interview of Rex from Pantera, he said that on far beyond driven he played sitted, and more softly, rather than standing up and playing like in live. And the sound is more controled, and also more powerfull.

[@ERMANGEZER]

justice albümünün orjinal kaydı youtube da defalarca dinlediğim çeşitli bass gitar eklenmiş versiyonundan iyi bence bas gitarı james hetfieldın ritm gitarı yeterince kapatıyor

[@orestodomundo6652]

...and vocals!

[@mfill201]

honestly the no bass in my opinion adds a somewhat darker tone to the album. the bass in this song makes it sound really happy when it shouldn't

[@petegilk]

Either this or Master

[@AngelofDeth110]

I kinda want to get a petition going for Metallica to like remaster the tracks and shit on the album. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[@Babytoad2006]

Just drums vocals and bass who needs guitar when it is just bass

[@frankwells7520]

If you listen closely to Live Shit - Seattle, you'll hear Jason using different bass lines here and there, and for the better.

[@monamOneX]

I wonder where I've heard this part on 4:06 and then I realised I've heard it on the Seatle '89 concert :D

[@bartwest1027]

@Askel watch some kind of monster, or any Metallica interview/documentary James has talked about it more than once.....

[@underscoreisnotvalid]

@simaodocaminhao yeah i agree, but i do think jason was an amazing player. remember this was in a time before pro tools, so this bass was probably all done from 2 or 3 takes. it is a bit sloppy but who cares, its raw and beastly. i like the pick attack. im pretty sure jason was one of the main songwriters of this song too. one of the only songs he contributed to from this era

[@MrSzilagyiKaroly]

Someone could tell me why the shows are not played back in its entirety this track? Is there a reason?

[@maksphoto78]

The guitars at the start of the song are reversed.

[@emt5330]

For those questioning why the bass is inaudible on AJFA, here is the explanation right from the guy who mixed it... kzbin.info/www/bejne/op6pmJh8nZehotk

[@Russell3008]

@asagarment I couldn't tell ya dude :/ I haven't researched it

[@aguirrejuanh]

is there a mp3 of this track or the full album to download???

[@WarzHologram]

Well true, I dont mind it on Franctic and St Anger

[@camper2008]

And Jason For Drums

[@gkdunch]

can we just get this instead?

[@germmancito]

How can you do that? With a software like Adobe Audition or something like that?

[@bitflux2]

what kind of bullshit world we live in that we dont have a properly mixed justice album, oh the irony, wheres the justice in that lol

[@oddballonthetrack1103]

Sound Offense search for "and justice for jason"

[@synthogd808]

Lars is actually great on this