METALLICA HEAVIEST RIFFS

[@VERMILIONGOD]

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[@rodribrenes8766]

VERMILION what’s your amp settings? (Or tone)

[@firdausazhar3107]

Thats awesome bruh

[@mrbloodbane4129]

VERMILION it's 25 bucks, i can refuse haha

[@gabrielramirez7646]

Loved the riffs you picked for this one! Have to say it's a joy to watch you play! Loved how you finished off the video with To Live is To Die.. everytime I hear that riff I want to weep because of how beautiful it is and I know who it was for.. RIP Cliff

[@bombshell_official451]

Face reveal

[@juanhohagen9790]

Starting with fight fire means that the video is good

[@Highschooldropout1234]

Completely agree

[@raulvieira6899]

I feel The same

[@jh1714]

Damn right

[@loaded2793]

You know

[@_CallMeVini]

Real, intro songs always go first

[@dem0cz]

0:00 - Fight Fire With Fire 0:40 - Harvester Of Sorrow 1:24 - Leper Messiah 1:58 - Damage, Inc. 2:34 - Blackened 2:59 - Disposable Heroes 3:40 - For Whom The Bell Tolls 4:16 - Of Wolf And Man 5:12 - -Human 5:59 - Some Kind Of Monster 6:30 - Devil's Dance 7:02 - Sad But True 7:50 - Shoot Me Again 8:08 - Orion 8:38 - Invisible Kid 9:09 - Bad Seed 9:41 - Eye Of The Beholder 10:22 - The God That Failed 11:00 - The Thing That Should Not Be 12:18 - To Live Is To Die

[@AlexPhantom1292]

To Live Is to Yeah!!!

[@130josh7]

Who else goes down into the comments section to find these timestamp comments? They are very useful! :D

[@mirokuusjarvik3439]

Nothing from kill em all... that's a crime

[@paulshaw828]

Haha nothing from after the black album

[@Cineastre]

@@paulshaw828 Litterary 6 Songs dude... -Human Devil's Dance Bad Seed Some kind of monster Shoot me again Invisible Kid

[@jared305]

I see the first one and I knew it was gonna be good.

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Thanks for trusting me bro!

[@localmusiclover605]

first One*

[@Danny-vx5dw]

Agree

[@THEJustinOfAllTime]

Your list was pretty good, but you're missing just One song Edit: I'm disappointed in all of you for making a terrible pun this videos most liked comment, and my most liked comment ever, its been an honour boys. Here's to the One joke that I have in my catalog.

[@joesmee997]

Machine gun riff is the heaviest thing they ever did imo

[@louisianaball]

Tahiti

[@КамелијаНиколова]

Only a single ONE😂

[@DanielLightspeedMcNair]

Joe Smee indeed

[@cptharky552]

Good one

[@marcint4361]

I think Lepper Messiah is pretty underrated. The first part is so heavy and satisfying to play, while the second one is pure madness on top of which is excellent solo with sweep picking. It's one of my favourite Metallica songs

[@josephlebeau-vinson8483]

It's my second favorite

[@marcint4361]

@@josephlebeau-vinson8483 Great to hear that

[@Faks.09]

@@marcint4361 I'm agreed with you When i listen to LM first time i was really suprised by heavyness(?) Then come thrash part and it really kill me ( in a good way) ) Sorry for my bad english(

[@marcint4361]

@@Faks.09 thanks for opinion ;) keep rockin

[@marcint4361]

@Potato Man You're right. I just watched two live performances and Kirk plays it with alternate picking, even though sheet music may suggest, that it is sweeped.

[@kolosrece4198]

No dyers eve? ;_;

[@thetribalist6923]

Heaviest song they ever did, imo.

[@thetribalist6923]

@Black Toof how do you define heavy, then? I judge based on intensity, force and aggression. That's why I think Dyers Eve is their heaviest by a wide margin. It isn't just the speed, but the urgent, chaotic nature and pure anger that created this song.

[@mattjns]

Matthew Whitworth The “I’m in hell without you” section’s riff is one of the heaviest riffs on the album!

[@thetribalist6923]

@@mattjns "CANNOT COPE WITHOUT YOU TWO, UH!" You're absolutely right, my man. Dyers with, or without the bass, is one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard. Everything is so skull crushing.

[@starfishnavi]

All Nightmare Long is pretty heavy too

[@sahminson4223]

wow, blackened with bass sounds amazing.

[@imabeebuzz5575]

Me before the video: "Fight fire with fire for sure needs to be here" Video: *Goes straight into fight fire with fire* 🤘🏼

[@coldguto]

You gained A LOT of points for putting underrated riffs/songs (bad seed, invisible kid, - human, etc) in the video, very pleased!!

[@frankwaters2510]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpmYp4mQf79knJI&ab_channel=MetallicaFAN

[@juanhohagen9790]

Its impossible to listen Orion and to live without remembering cliff

[@itais860]

I imagine the bass line

[@nibbnibb1899]

About to live is to die,,, what do you mean?

[@diedunkleseite4450]

You need to let him go

[@THEJustinOfAllTime]

@@diedunkleseite4450 And you need to piss off somewhere, theres nothing wrong with remembering and honoring someone's memory.

[@diedunkleseite4450]

Butthurt!! Nice😆😆😆

[@arpadmegyesi1196]

14 minutes? I'll take that, thanks.

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Enjoy buddy!

[@ashleymerritt9461]

St Anger.. It is a legit heavy as balls riff that one.

[@damianstarzyk185]

Dude you finally turned on your lights, nice!

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Yes! I fix it and finally payed the bills :D

[@austinpowers959]

@@ds1x534 I also think this

[@DragonKillur]

@James Hetfield Your username makes this perfect lmao

[@SCHATTENJGGER]

@Nib ber hehehe...

[@SiddharthUdupa-mg3ox]

Hit the lights

[@nun6996]

To Live is to Die is heavy emotionally and musically

[@bashdun3237]

holy shit Vermillion figured how to use a lightswitch

[@michealviolette8113]

The God That Failed is an underrated heavy riff full of emotion. Super glad to hear it on this list along with a bunch of other underrated songs

[@theerixxplays9419]

As Jason Newsted said, The Thing That Should Not Be is "about the heaviest number known to mankind"

[@frankwaters2510]

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[@eternal_sl4ughter]

i think st anger has a few words to speak with you 🤖🥵

[@AustinBrake98]

​@@eternal_sl4ughterNot even close

[@eternal_sl4ughter]

@@AustinBrake98 that was sarcastic

[@Ephemerall]

man i love sad but true, one of the best riffs for sure

[@danielruzsik6440]

Absolute madlad Recording a Metallica video in an Avenged Sevenfold t-shirt

[@enderinchains937]

Daniel Ruzsik right all the elitists are pissed

[@tfkxero]

Lol ain't it great

[@luaull8547]

I love both, so I see this as an absolute win

[@danielruzsik6440]

@@luaull8547 yeah same

[@МемнаяКуша]

This Means War

[@Conan_Obrien]

no battery? Orion was a great add though.

[@airconditioningunit9777]

Conan O'Brien battery is more thrashy, not really heavy

[@frankwaters2510]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpmYp4mQf79knJI&ab_channel=MetallicaFAN

[@martingeorgiev999]

why this is so satisfying...

[@rollingdigger19]

Because we worked our ass out to collect the heaviest riffs from all albums until this man saved our lifetime.

[@kirkwahpedal4211]

@@rollingdigger19 no it's because of metallica

[@mythical_canteen]

Every time when i listen Orion and To live is to die, i remember Cliff ;/ He is my favorite musician

[@justgeekian1703]

RIP Cliff Burton

[@Heavy_Metal.Nerd-2005]

@@justgeekian1703 R. I. P. PRINZ Cliff Burton indeed.

[@Heavy_Metal.Nerd-2005]

Just Cliff Burton

[@1dnr749]

Cool to see the break down riff in "Damage Inc" was added. Metallica hasn't written a riff like that in a LONG time

[@randygarrett6279]

Spit out the the bone

[@Cole-li7hq]

That one was Kirk's

[@Gabrostil]

My apocalypse bridge

[@contrerasramirezemiliano3844]

That Was Just Your Life main riff

[@k1775]

Yes they have, it's in My Apocalypse

[@zerozuki6024]

I know u bc of the Nirvana video, and now I'm here bc of Andriy, you're a legend man!

[@H.E.M.]

He’s a legend friiieeeenddd

[@Timewalker13]

Andriy is my boi.

[@adamgriffith-smith9106]

Andriys the Ukrainian frrrriend I didn’t know I needed in my life

[@vitoranfilofev]

Forgot that Am I Savage? riff

[@musicminute2004]

Yeah man that shit is sick 🤘🏻

[@frankwaters2510]

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[@Highrollinhunter]

That breakdown riff is nuts is on par with the Domination breakdown riff both are in E standard and for being in E standard they are heavier than a neutron star.

[@beanman2206]

THIS IS INSANE PLAYING!! the only thing that sounded even slightly sloppy was the damage inc bridge riff doesnt ruin how amazing this video is in general tho!!

[@Behdad47]

Look closely everyone! He's playing Leper Messiah correctly

[@alejandrolugo3983]

But playing the middle riff of Damage inc wrong.

@@alejandrolugo3983 an also to live is to die :( oh well pretty good video still

[@lambsauce9404]

Not really, he wasn’t palm muting when he was supposed to in the main riff and vice versa.

[@lightningmonky7674]

​@@alejandrolugo3983I knew damage inc sounded weird when he played it

[@heiro9611]

I’m so glad you put leper messiah. It’s one my favorite songs from Metallica and one of my favorite main riffs.

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Sure bro! I love this song too.

[@joramovervelde7711]

I totally forgot about -human damn

[@Insolitus_xl]

Maybe it's because I'm an idiot but I had never realized that Damage Inc sounded so much like Repentless. Nice video bro!

[@Ryan-eighty-six]

Kerry King is a big fan of that song.

[@CAndy-jv4po]

Repentless more like Damage Inc.

[@Insolitus_xl]

@@Ryan-eighty-six 0 doubts 'bout it

[@paradigmshiftz7]

Other way around

[@mayconfernandesdias8818]

7:24 wearing this shirt, I almost thought it was another song

[@sdsd8122]

Maycon Fernandes Dias This Means War?

[@TheGeekwad]

Thank you for including the interlude in To Live is to Die. It would have bothered me to have heard the main riff without the interlude haha.

[@zeroradio8671]

Fight Fire with Fire right out the gate, very nice! Amazing guitar work and great list, had some of my personal favorites on there Also, anyone who can play Disposable Heroes blows my mind, that picking pattern man Great work!!

[@threadworm437]

Hey! That one riff in Sweet Amber!!!!!! O wait nobody else likes st anger :(((

[@bigbleach1603]

Fallschirmjäger yea fuck that album🖕

[@poltergeist.7]

St Anger is a killer album, just exclude that snare and it's great

[@tommylosier7648]

Nemanja Jovanovic and the vocals

[@MsEledi]

Nemanja Jovanovic imo, the snare adds that angry tone to the songs..

[@shaneculliton9975]

4:01 my personal favorite Metallica riff

[@Nemazasrac]

Love your Tshirt💪🏻🔥

[@jackenglish1979]

Nice to see some deeper cuts on this, especially Bad Seed and Devil's Dance.

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Glad you like it! Thanks Jack!

[@patrickconnelly9767]

Perfect, and your last two songs, To Live Is To Die and The Thing that Should Not Be are on point.

[@rangamsarmah2061]

Fuck yes, you played the thing that should not be riff correctly, it's so heavy when played correctly. great video.

[@whitefox-uz5eq]

Do soundgarden riffs next man 😁😁💯

[@sygyl]

so nice to see someone play lepper messiah right for once. great video all around !

[@rommor]

11:57 I could have been listening to that riff all my life...

[@vivon6798]

Name sound please 😲😲

[@Spikedmonster60]

The thing that should not be

[@ambient6668]

You know you nail it when even the subtle finger sliding over the strings match the original record

[@juny5563]

Hey bro, can you do a special video showing your equip, like your studio, guitars, pc, amp's, cables and etc. when you reach on 100k subscribers? Also, nice video!

[@VERMILIONGOD]

There's nothing to watch bro. I have no the studio. Just my guitar and some equipment you could find in the description but thanks for the support dude!

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

I listen to brutal slam, deathcore, metalcore, and some traditional death metal... yet im amazed how CRAZY heavy some of the riffs from Ride The Lightning till AJFA are and how they continued to have them yet added even more real song writing and melody somehow on later stuff...crazy stuff!

[@Will-lh4lh]

Alternative title : try not to headbang to the badass heaviest riffs in Met's catalog 🤘😈🤘

[@brendeo1234]

Lovely to see these mad riffs played up close. Your a star. Thank u.

[@TigerTOja2]

Great playing! I hope you reach 100k soon😊

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Thank you! Yeah, 100K is right around the corner

[@boblounar]

Metallica riffs with A7X shirt :D Was epic \o/

[@paradigmshiftz7]

Bad Seed is way too underrated, I love that riff, and that whole song in general

[@wadereynoldsgm]

You did those riffs justice. I just subbed. Thanks for the video!

[@moses4881]

Love the videos, keep up the great work.

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Thanks for the support

[@munchikinbanana]

THE UP DOWN STROKES IS TRIGGERING me on Harvester of Sorrow. Kidding. Awesome video!

[@Chi_Bro_2000]

Unpopular opinion: St. Anger is a great album, get rid of the snare and it’s good. Edit: keep the snare I’m dumb

[@Ominous89]

You're still in denial: St. Anger is great because the snare! 🖕😂🤘

[@Chi_Bro_2000]

Ominous it was definitely an interesting addition but I can’t help liking the re-recorded version. It definitely doesn’t sound the same though

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

I agree.

[@griffinpierce7691]

Saint anger is great because it sounds like shit. Its like listening to slipknot as a 10 year old and saying wtf is this, this shit sounds like shit. 10 years later, it is the shit.

[@Ominous89]

@@Chi_Bro_2000 yeah but the re-recorded version ruins the sound effect that the combination of the snare and bassguitar created in Sweet Amber before the breakdown. The snare sound also symbolizes a kind of rebelliousness, like "Fuck whatever the fans might think about it. This is what our therapy sounds like. Deal with it." The re-recorded version symbolises a little crybaby who can't stop crying because he didn't get what he wanted.

[@Gshephrd]

LOVE THAT SHIRT

[@SpeedPants]

the invisible kid riff is super underrated!

[@andysalter7192]

It's a cool down tuned riff , pity about the vocal melody and 8 minute song length ! There are plenty of riffs on St Anger that had promise , they just needed James in the right head space

[@gwyn9284]

That tone is AWESOME

[@yahlikanfi5511]

playing metallica heavy riffs, with an a7x shirt. guitarist of my kind.

[@mac24seven]

Dude, love love love this for multiple reasons: 1 - you shouldnt maybe get flagged because you did your own drums? I hope you don't. 2 - you made your own drums so that means you can play more sections of music! 3 - because of #2, from here on when you make videos you'll be able to include more riffs and maybe even go back and revisit bands you've already done and play more of their songs! Excellent work!

[@oxidhdazoth5214]

Vermillion : "I'm gonna start my video with Fight Fire With Fire" The entire comment section : "I see, you're a man of excellent taste as well"

[@Unity116]

Dude your tone is insane 👍👍👍

[@ivanildocafu3452]

This guy should to make a tribute band inc.

[@Andr3]

the way he fall at "Damage, Inc." riff lmao ngl hardest of them all

[@alc3062]

Fight Fire With Fire comes on... Me: This list is accurate.

[@Charles-oy3pe]

That riff at 2:13 is my personal favorite

[@xvor_tex8577]

5:13 damn that’s heavy, it sounds like a Alice In Chains song it doesn’t sound like Metallica, from which album is this song?

[@joeypyron3218]

S&M

[@sirspookybones1118]

Minus human and No leaf clover from S&M are pretty cool

[@xvor_tex8577]

Listening back to this it sounds like a rip off of Slayer

[@GTBlazingKirby]

Damn bro you single handedly made me want to learn guitar, you’re a beast \m/

[@demianemanuelrodriguez8929]

Hey, i have a idea for you next video: 10 Cannibal Corpse riffs

[@kybamclane9357]

Thank you for including St. Anger songs! No one else would have done that.

[@DansandoaTV]

hey bro can you do soundgarden next?

[@Gothic_MetalHead]

Awesome playing! Also, I love the deathbat shirt!

[@coreyroberts47]

I will never forget this band for reintroducing me to metal. Horns up.

[@joeplumber4198]

Wherever I may roam must have been wandering somewhere else when this video was made🤷‍♂️

[@samwillett1132]

just curious-how long does it usually take to record your videos and how difficult is it to play these riffs?

[@hjonkhjonk656]

90% of this riffs are easy

[@VERMILIONGOD]

If we're talking about this Metallica riffs it was about 4 days. Day 1. I'm listening all Metallica songs and choosing the riffs. Day 2. Making backing tracks and rehearsals Day 3. Recording. Day 4. Mastering, uploading and preparing tabs and backing tracks for my patrons. There are a lot of nuances but I tried to tell you the whole process in two words.

[@jacobwooten5137]

@@hjonkhjonk656 excluding fight fire with fire and disposable heros of course those are kinda difficult i still can't get the timing for fight fire with fire down lmao

[@Red0991]

The Mind Is A Powerful Thing When you play the genre for a good length of time (I’ve been playing a lot of these songs for 13 years) they become quite easy. Especially when compared to jazz fusion or prog where you’re using complex chord shapes. These are all in the picking speed and understanding of scales and the power chords relation to them. They take time for beginners to grasp, and they’re very well written and heavy, but very few are technically complex.

[@JustAdude291]

@The Mind Is A Powerful Thing well I mean they _are_ pretty easy. One of the first songs I learned on guitar was seek and destroy. Metallica is like beginner level metal riffs same with some real old Slayer. As long as you know how to tremolo and alternate pick you shouldn't have any issues really.

[@Leo-rg8ho]

Your playing kicks ass! Great job

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Thank you! Appreciate that so much!

[@TheMusicman-tv8pl]

The only complaint I have with this video is that there is no dyers eve:(

[@unromanoarecareanaveragero8275]

You forgot a few riffs: Purify (main riff) Creeping Death (breakdown) Am I Savage? (breakdown) The Judas Kiss (chorus) Fuel (main riff) The Day that Never Comes (bridge)

[@CHlEFFIN]

Dyers Eve tops my list!! That song is a testosterone rush like no other.

[@freebird5652]

Who else thinks. Harvester of Sorrow, Eye of the beholder, Thing that should not be, blackened, and damage inc are metallicas top 5 underrated songs (blackened isn’t really underrated but you know)

[@1cedcoffee]

>plays Metallica with A7X shirt on >the man’s a legend

[@MrAriel4444]

Sad but True

[@conorcahill9170]

@@MrAriel4444 This Means War

[@NorwegianSun]

@@conorcahill9170 The Thing That Never Should Be

[@Daniel-wy2kx]

How’s the transmission?

[@bartekdetnith9979]

All Nightmare Long, St Anger, middle-riff on Through the Never, Broken, Beat and Scarred, Am I Savage middle riff (Kirk's one), Spit Out the Bone. Those are pretty heavy too :)

[@jutarojj3460]

MESHUGGAH riffs plz

[@johnathangoldblatt2931]

jutaro thug that would be all of them

[@hooliganstreet]

Dude Fight Fire With Fire was brutal! Awesome video!

[@sun-dye9565]

What guitar is that? It’s fucking beautiful. Great video btw, always quality content. Edit: Oh it’s in your description. Still great content.

[@VERMILIONGOD]

Thank you buddy! It means a lot! This is Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse signature. Btw you could find all my equipment in the description.

[@umyes5246]

Anyone else head nodding during 'the thing that should not be' , and then 'to live is to die' . Awesome.

[@Horrorgang]

Do Megadeth heaviest riffs

[@anudeepjoshi126]

Frayed ends of sanity and the thing that should not be - my favourite..

[@speediablo]

I love how you’re wearing an Avenged Sevenfold shirt while playing Metallica riffs 😂👌

[@crit.4354]

I'm so glad that you put in some songs fom St. Anger.

[@thedancingguy828]

Sad But True and The Thing That Should Not Be are the heaviest

[@VERMILIONGOD]

You have a point there my dear

[@bricksmashtv3]

Dream No More

[@joshe2531]

The Dancing Guy harvester of sorrow is the one that really gets me head banging

[@imadsolh8276]

The god that failed?

[@thedancingguy828]

@@joshe2531 i always headbang to Harverster

[@rogslayer]

Subbed.... Waiting for Death riffs though 😁 Great content from what I've watched so far.

[@360fishingadventures8]

These riffs hit harder than my dad's belt.

[@eugenex2631]

These riffs and that sound with a very nice bass an drums section kicks the ass so good

[@PROJECTJoza100]

Where is Nothing else Matters?

[@IvanChernenko]

It has no riff

[@PROJECTJoza100]

@@IvanChernenko i will let others woosh you...

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

Oh yeah it's so heavy my anal sphincter tore

[@m7mmd1998]

That’s Kind a guy who says Orion has lyrics ^ and probably he listen the nothing else matter first and only one song of Metallica

[@PROJECTJoza100]

@@m7mmd1998 its a JOKE because of how not heavy it is..

[@lok_tortilla7001]

you even played the harmony part of To Live Is To Die, probably the best metallica video on this platform

[@AlexPhantom1292]

Yeahhhhhhh

[@lorinctelkes1046]

Incredible guitar work and splendid riff choices. A good day to you kind sir.

[@joshuanichols5468]

I'm so glad Orion and -Human are here. Minty pieces.

[@stinkybojangles4128]

I'm gonna assume Dyers Eve isn't on here because it's too hard to play?

[@calebfrost6395]

The Terminator same with one

[@m3lanchol1a60]

it’s not hard at all my man:3