Metallica Performs National Anthem Before Finals Game 5

[@KHfan4ever23]

Finally having LEGENDS play the Anthem.

[@JustinHolinski]

***** This beats the shit out of Yngwie's version

[@KainzMusic]

Justin Holinski Don't get me started on Yngwie.

[@LbFf100]

***** They had Santana earlier though

[@monkeesfan1965]

***** Jimi Hendrix OWNS this tune. ALL others are poor copies of his original interpretation

[@Thepoltergiest101]

John Jenkins Personally, I thought that Jimi Hendrix was a little too liberal with his performance of the national anthem.

[@jurgostuff]

1:25 Klay Thompson looks like a video game character.

[@alexchomiak]

jurgostuff 2k16 leak

[@SAHLISS]

Playstation 5 visuals right there, or maybe PS4 graphics will improve to this point in the future (uncharted 4 for example) Watch, its gonna look just like that one day.

[@jahshield13]

Holy shit, wtf.

[@adamapple910]

Lol. That was hilarious

[@marione2771]

NBA2k19 with real life looking graphics

[@bobbyosborne2375]

I've idolized these 2 guys since 1986 when I was 5 years old. They're single handedly the only reason I picked up a guitar to learn to play. They are MY BAND, and no hater will ever be able to take that from me. I will be a fan till' I breath my last!!! TALLICA' FOREVER!!!!!!!!

[@avadakedavra69]

Bobby Osborne And 5 months later, they release a new album and it's pretty much a throwback to Load/Magnetic/Kill Em All. Wasn't really expecting it to be that good. Haha.

[@Bolaz]

Only thing that would make this 10 times better would be if hetfield went straight in Master of Puppets. P.S: They deserve to play the Superbowl half time show.

[@mrsuns10]

MASTER!

[@vdeadbolt2106]

***** Yet they were the ones who revolutionized the metal scene today. Metallica are considered members of the Big 4 in Metal. They made a huge impact. So, what do you mean listen to real musicians?

[@metallicagabwilde6706]

That would be fucking awesome!

[@Bolaz]

Deadbolt Don't feed the troll ;)

[@katdad9636]

Deadbolt he probably thinks real musicians are justin bieber and drake...or miley cyrus

[@deetow__]

I'm starting to think that Kirk Hammet has all his shoes glued to wah pedals 😂

[@berserker2111]

I'm starting to think you're just jealous that he can do whatever he wants to a guitar and it sounds good

[@jimmiizzy6283]

Andrés Asín Ya, he's often been accused of over-using the Wah pedal. I think it is true. And frankly, I think that these guys play a weak Star Spangled Banner. I would give it a C+ perhaps. A child or a normal person with little talent could do this. They have no spirit, no grace, and no imagination or heart in this (and another one I saw them do) performance. Kirk just weakly plays the simple vocal melody, single note by single note. And James plays some weak and uninspiring rhythm and some easy harmony melodies. Neither one of them put much effort into the creation of anything good, nor the effort into a spirit filled performance. It's sad to think of all the people who don't know rock, metal, nor Metallica watching this and thinking that that type of music sucks, because that performance did suck.

[@DavidSmith-oi1uz]

Andrés Asín hahaha wont leave home without it!!

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

Andrés Asín He hides behind the wah.

[@liiliiliiliil]

Andrés Asín some people here couldn't take a joke

[@dvon1097]

NOW LETS GET METALLICA FOR SUPER BOWL 50!!!

[@dvon1097]

+B.D. Cooper there is a petition online to have em perform. Seeing as the super bowl is in San Fran(where Metallica originated), they better. I heard a lot of NFL execs want Shitney Spears

[@Nettacki]

Joe garza Who says Bruno Mars has to be the cameo act? Also, Bruno Mars isn't that bad.

[@GeraltBosMang]

Nettacki He is bringing the gayness back though.

[@ogie86]

dvon1097 FUCK YES! I want to see that so bad!

[@Nettacki]

Noplay Gayness? You talkin about flamboyance? Because there's nothing wrong with being gay. Just saying.

[@FLAM1nWaffl3x]

Finally letting real musicians do the anthem instead of whatever the fuck they were letting "sing" it.

[@ofek99wwe]

AGREE WITH U!and Metallica U Still Got it!!!

[@gshooting]

FLAM1nWaffl3x Wasn't worth it. This is the NBA Finals, not Woodstock.

[@FLAM1nWaffl3x]

gshooting Go away.

[@FLAM1nWaffl3x]

gshooting I simply state something and you go out of your way to post something completely opposite of what I had to say which you didn't need to say. You then come back at me acting like you weren't expecting a response like "go away" when it's obvious what kind of response you were going to get for typing out something so stupid. Also, why exactly did you come to the instant conclusion that I was offended? What you're doing here is nonsensical and doesn't need to be happening. What you're doing is being a complete and utter moron by trying to start a fight over a fucking response you got for your own idiotic actions. I've had about enough of you libtards trying to spew your disgusting and meaningless "opinions" around the internet and being a complete dickhead afterward to spike your fetishes for internet verbal violence. Sit the fuck down and learn your place before you continue riding that retarded dick. Don't even try to start a comment war here.

[@gshooting]

"Libtard". You just confirmed your idiocy. And no you didn't just "simply" state something. You acted all high and mighty about it and I called you out. Deal with it.

[@MetallicaLiveHD]

This is so beautiful!!

[@berylmgage09]

Absolutely.

[@Cletus297]

What's kirk hammett's favorite drink? -Wah-ter

[@markandersen793]

I thought it was Dave Mustaine's jizz.

[@mizzdy23]

Lmao 😂

[@zachgilbert3815]

So we have F*CKING METALLICA for basketball but Katy "popskank" Perry for the Superbowl... ...makes sense.

[@philliesrock1414]

They're trying to get metallica next year because its in San Francisco

[@ThomasTheDankEngine1]

***** metallica is actually not for tweens there one of the best heavy rock bands ever and most of the fan base is adults so be quiet

[@zachgilbert3815]

***** You're really not very good at the whole trolling thing. I mean I'd give it like a 2/10 for effort but I'm being pretty generous.

[@RuiRuichi]

Zach Gilbert At least it's Katy Perry and not Miley Cyrus.

[@katdad9636]

Right thats what im Fukin sayin...

[@dennisritchie149]

This made me spill my beer. And cry.

[@julianherrera7547]

You sir, are a poet.

[@rapid_meme_god]

HELL YEA

[@kingelijah8049]

Wow metalica can even make the national anthem sound awesome

[@kingelijah8049]

Hell yeah

[@LSweet2007]

It's all about tone.

[@MyWifesSon69]

This fucking sucked

[@SantiagoRodriguez-db9tj]

The national anthem rocked already

[@cosmokramer179]

Can we get them for the half time show for the Super Bowl and not a wimpy pop band?

[@CharlesRochaDantas]

They don't dance nor act like idiots, Kate Perry & cia does so.

[@oreobiscuit7143]

Cosmo Kramer I know, metal rules!!

[@pnbproductions6008]

yes!!!!!!!!!!

[@xanedits5406]

Cosmo Kramer I didn't know you were into Metallica, Kramer!

[@danielalcala1098]

Cosmo Kramer yasss

[@noclaim_a224]

Probably my favorite performance of the national anthem.

[@gerardoerak]

Probably you haven´t listened to any of the J. Hendrix versions. :)

[@jdrakefrederick]

Where he forgets what he's playing a minute in?

[@anarcometaleiro]

Hunter Encourage yeah

[@turq1824]

Watch Jimi Hendrix and say that again

[@DreiK96]

@@turq1824 Jimi Hendrix butchered it. Noisy, distorted and out of tune. That's close to how Lil Wayne would play it.

[@jbisthemaster1]

A lot of NBA fans: Who are these old white guys?

[@revthadon8868]

San Fran knows who to book for this shit man.

[@4EverDubin]

jbisthemaster1 Except for the fans there. Bay Area natives through and through just like Carlos Santana. I wonder who's next if we go 7, ....Green Day? oh GAWD no lol!

[@brianbranham1977]

The Godfathers of Metal as we know them today. Black Sabbath, Motorhead ....The Misfits ..were only a few that gave rise to this ...but Metallica reinvented the shit.

[@browncoat697]

aboutthetruthmedia organization True enough. The California thrash scene in the 80s was more diverse than you'd expect. Hammett is of Filipino descent. Two Slayer members are Latino (Lombardo is Cuban, Araya is Chilean). Death Angel was all Filipino. Chuck Billy of Testament is Native American (specifically Pomo). There's certainly more too.

[@rawwbnoles4787]

+Rip Steakface Sir! There certainly are more. Lars is Danish and Robert is American of Mexican decent!

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I got to do a guitar lesson for that performance, awesome!

[@brendanb2517]

Rock Guitar Lessons - BobbyCrispy pls do a video for both parts James and Kurt

[@kangaroofoot]

Nice! Is it available now?

[@sahuras05]

Metallica should play king nothing for lebron

[@calvinwatson3756]

sahuras05 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@iamwhatieat9639]

Lmfao shots fireddd

[@greenmatrix30seven]

sahuras05 haha wiiild

[@mebepeeblee]

Now that's funny right there!!

[@greenmatrix30seven]

Diona Appling sorry i didnt catch that

[@playstationfandude746]

Beautiful Anthem, The band made turn it into a masterpiece. Greetings from the Philippines.

[@Danthecameraman23]

1:25 is it just me or does that look like it was from a game .....amazing performance by the way

[@Jvwny]

Damn they have really aged /: I hope people from future generations will remember these legends. I'm a big hip hop head but I'll never forget listening to these guys every single day all throughout 7th grade lol.

[@ragames1678]

Jonathan Vee they've aged way better than Mick Jagger

[@DGRWPF]

RA Games well Mick Jagger is 3 or 4 centuries old, James and Kirk are just in their early 50s. :D

[@scottn322]

Jonathan Vee Everyone gets old.

[@brigs247__8]

tbh they've aged way better than most of the metal/rock bands from the 80s/90s

[@topsecret1837]

Note James's guitar. "Got riff?" Very funny, very funny.

[@josequintero962]

I'm not a native english speaker, could somebody explain me the joke?

[@1MusicsMyLife1]

So much passion for our country not only from seeing the players but also seeing/hearing Kirk and James! So much respect for this!

[@tedrioux6072]

Seriously...anything this band does is gold... they should have broken out into for whom the bell tolls. James is the greatest front man of his generation

[@cliffordjonesdmd]

Metallica's rendition of the National Anthem for Game 5 of the NBA Finals is 1 of the best I've heard in yrs. #Excellence #Perfection How Metallica played the prestigious "O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave" was SUPERB! This is how it should be sung/played every time. #Salute #LEGENDS

[@RaedVS]

I wanted James to sing though.. :(

[@VIIStar]

Raed Skerek aaah! me too! ;o;

[@Stonewall380]

Raed Skerek No... he would ruin it then. Metallica is my favorite band, Metal-wise, at least, but no.

[@asupshik]

Raed Skerek Agree. It would be awesome!

[@TrainerTakumi]

Raed Skerek he would of ruined it with his voice

[@ThomasSpychalski]

Raed Skerek The land of the free..yeah! And the home of the brave-ahh!!

[@zx-25r12]

Make Slash play the next anthem.

[@berserker2111]

Slash played the National Anthem last year for the Western Conference NHL Finals

[@jordansmit7344]

You know how slash looks like? He looks like a 70 year old brazilian lady who has alzheimers and has been walking all day.

[@moksha8473]

James Vici A Brit playing the American National anthem? That would be the day!

[@Escapeknopfable]

James Vici I'm sorry guys, but Slash isn't real... I just found out i_i

[@berserker2111]

Moksha he played the Western Conference Finals for the NHL last season

[@ogie86]

Nice to see some Metallica fans here! Thought you guys are all about Tupac and shit.. lol

[@4EverDubin]

***** Not even close to Tupac, even he is too old for today xD

[@Aussieduderivs1]

***** idiots today only listen to new music which is 1000 times worse than tupac and that stuff

[@zimbu_]

TheRandomSack *Unless it's the song "Go Big Or Go Home" by the American Authors. Liking basketball correlates heavily with disliking the song "Go Big Or Go Home" by the American Authors.

[@SSPanzee]

***** Trash

[@kobeisthegoat5767]

I'm sorry did you see tupac perform the national anthem?😑

[@rockerseven]

ironic that metallica is playing in a sport that seems to be obsessed with rap.

[@imeakpan]

That's okay, black people made rock music as well.

[@rockerseven]

ime akpan when did i mention anything about skin color?

[@gshooting]

***** I think you're living in the wrong decade.

[@imeakpan]

***** what are you implying, that basketball players don't listen to rock? I'm saying it, with your chicken-shit dog whistle.

[@gshooting]

ime akpan Never mind him, a lot of these rock/metal (whatever, don't care) fans are the same. They bring their pretentious and condescension to anyone and everyone and must shout from the rooftops that their music is the best but especially better than rap (which to them is any music made by a black guy).

[@SpaztallicA]

Lyrics: wah wah wah wah wah waaaaaaah Wah wah wah wah wah waaaaaaah Wah wah wah wah wah wah Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah

[@Parorkyanos]

Haters will be haters.. these guys made their mark in Rock history.. Nice harmony reminds me of Hendrix at woodstock..

[@consencinorodlaurencel.1751]

Metallica arrived :Justine Bieber left the group

[@Jessie_Helms]

One of the best performances of the national anthem I’ve ever heard.

[@JasonNewman3]

Not bad. I was hoping for some "Oh say can you see-ah!" from James.

[@elpatronhimself]

While listening to Metallica's rendition, I couldn't help notice Dellavedova's face at 0:48. It kinda says, "Yup, THAT is the James I wanna be like when I grow up!"

[@xanedits5406]

America in one video.

[@MrFrankthatank77]

They did this with just the correct amount of respect while throwing in their badass Metallica sound all at once Most American thing I’ve seen all day!

[@svensuni]

Brilliant! Goosebumps listening to that especially final flourish! And I'm from New Zealand!:)

[@larsswig912]

I'm not even American but this made me cry.

[@roberti.8639]

I don't care about the finals lol Just came here to see James and kirk;)

[@shaunmcknight7537]

This is the most American thing I've ever seen. And I love it!

[@taylorh.3484]

No words spoken. 10,000 times better than the disaster of a performance this year by Fergie.

[@kevinmichael8260]

so glad they use ESP, MESA, RANDALL, and Martin to name a few; thank you M. for my fav. AJFA; can't wait for what you will release later this year!!!

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Dear Roger Goodell, please take note.

[@ItsTheKerminator]

It's about damn time we got a real legend to play this nation's anthem.

[@captainamerica4685]

should have had Jimi Hendrix play it

[@IsoSubject5]

He was too busy touring

[@guessurrio]

What a beautiful harmony by James, when he steps away leaving the chords for the melody and plays along with Kirk, he makes it sound so perfect!

[@Lilkreek]

When you realize you've been listening to the wrong music your whole life.

[@1PITIFULDUDE]

Big respect. These guys always play a respectful version of the SSB. 💪

[@thequintessential5503]

"And the Kirk Hammett of Metallica!" LMAO

[@LunargleLovegood]

LOL

[@thequintessential5503]

+Led Zeppelin I'm glad I wasn't the only one who heard the announcer say that

[@jayyoutube8790]

Sick bro!!! It's about time!!! Awesome. Real pride of America

[@saaaaaaaaawek440]

new national anthem "wah wah wah"

[@avadakedavra69]

Damian Olewnik Yeah... the wah did kind of ruin it. Lol.

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

Rocking to respect our country. Thanks guys!

[@saiyajin5248]

BRAVO METALLICA!! 🗽👏👏🌟✨

[@kiranbabu3426]

1:26 The new NBA game looks rad!

[@ArtisanTony]

Let's see; Roseanne Barr or Metallica? :)

[@mrsuns10]

No this is Patrick

[@litigioussociety4249]

The best thing is they didn't change the tempo or putting any unnecessary flavor on it. They kept it pure and simple, so people could actually sing with it.

[@aeltube4184]

1:25 Totally Computer Graphic!!!

[@J.J_6.9]

JAMES: Hi, I am James Hetfield and I was addicted to alcohol for a long time KIRK: Hi, I am Kirk Hammett and I am still addicted to wah. I can’t give it up and when I do I need more wah. Ps. Still fucking love Kirk and his wah 😝🤘🏼

[@abitheburdn]

You can just see on Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield faces that they were bored asf, everyone knew they wanted to play a more metal and fast paced version of the National Anthem

[@bulrich001]

***** They should have just busted straight into Battery!!

[@abitheburdn]

Sometimes A Sunday I'm guessing they weren't allowed to do that and were told to just stick to the original anthem's chords

[@joegarza7220]

Sometimes A Sunday .. ....BATT-ER-A.... ! Yup..

[@burny6666]

***** So fucking what. And if you don't understand the reference, in a british music award, Metallica was supposed to play Enter Sandman, but instead played "So What" on live TV. They got banned form Brittish TV for a while.

[@Nettacki]

burny6666 I thought they were supposed to play King Nothing? And the British Music Awards was really MTV Europe Music Awards?

[@Ejmillanv]

gotta love Hetfield's "Got Riff?" haha... and gotta love metallica as well

[@IchibanMoto]

awe... I thought they should have gone all Hendrix on that

[@mrsuns10]

Like if your a master of puppets

[@chrisnenshati7400]

i love this country so much .God Bless everyone

[@brunoabdalla3907]

stunning !!

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

The key to doing a good national anthem performance: remember its about the song and its meaning....not about how amazing of an artist you are or your 'brilliant' interpretation of the song. Metallica nailed it! Its a patriotic song, obviously....which means people have died and are willing to die for the ideals the song represents to them. It doesnt matter if the artist shares those ideals or not....if they want a strong postitive response, they should be respectful of the weight the song carries for those in the audience. When a singer warbles through it trying to show off...or a guitarist shreds in between every other note....its about the same as doing that to while reciting the Lord's prayer. "Our Father *shreds for a bit* who art *eruption style tapping* in heaven...." I'm an atheist and even I see how unbelievably insulting that is. Same thing with the national anthem. Metallica was outstanding!

[@danyeo]

Kirk's vibrato is still shit after all these years. Like nails on a chalkboard.

[@JPLMONEY23]

I stand proudly with the American flag......the colors that will never run.

[@AyouBHephaestus]

All i heard is wah waaaah wah waah waaaaah wah waah wah waaaaaaah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah waaaaaah waaaaah wahhhh

[@gannonsmith8998]

My condolences for your severe hearing loss

[@ernestalvarado1171]

Well it is called a wah peddle

[@SteamandScenic]

Finally some REAL musicians with actual TALENT playing in something like this.. \m/

[@elguitarTom]

Sounded a bit sour. Kirk is fast and tight, but his vibratos are too nervous and his bending is always out of tune live

[@Professortekkit532]

you can tell they are both very nervous

[@fackrez11]

not the audience they are used to playing in front of probably

[@stuffedanimalbattles5222]

That was amazing!! Way better than any other performance!!

[@Go17Gabe]

Heavy enough to play the national anthem for hockey, baseball, and basketball fans, but not heavy enough for the Super Bowl.

[@martinmawi3134]

Nba finals better than superbowl

[@rhw5707]

Wish I would have seen more players with their hand over their heart like they are supposed to........

[@AzureSteel]

I'm SO fucking glad they didn't sing the anthem...SO fucking glad... Would have been disastrous.

[@gravemike44]

AzureSteel screw u, dude

[@VL1975]

AzureSteel go fuck yourself.

[@AzureSteel]

VL123 Don't be hatin' coz you know I'm right. As a former aficionado of Metallica (whilst they were in their prime) even I cannot deny the deterioration of James' vocals. It's not listenable now.

[@AzureSteel]

***** Don't be hatin' coz you know I'm right. As a former aficionado of Metallica (whilst they were in their prime) even I cannot deny the deterioration of James' vocals. It's not listenable now.

[@DoppelgangerJ]

AzureSteel James can manage his matured range, growls included, if he exercises his vocal chords and really tries. He actually hasn't completely lost it yet. It just takes him a lot more work to sing like he used to.

[@metallicagabwilde6706]

At the end, Kirk's just like "gimme a sec to rock out then we're all good" Kirk and James are fucking legends! When I have kids, the first album they're gonna listen to is Master of Puppets.

[@JOHNNYwxw]

James is bored haha

[@ShortFingeredShreder]

Surprisingly, I like the tone of those Randal/Mesa half stacks 1000x more than the tone of their live rigs.

[@mcriddla2911]

I've waited YEARS for MetallicA to play the SuperBowl. It would honestly be the most kick ass half time show in a long time, possibly ever. And that's just being truthful.

[@metallicagabwilde6706]

So, they just played the National Anthem, now time for them to rock out at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show!

[@lordsmithio]

Guitar Center would be proud of those tones

[@van1217]

Every time the Honda commercial comes a baby dies

[@lorraineming4590]

That rectifier sounds meaty AF !

[@MrSamer83]

These guys killed it!!! 🇺🇸

[@home4sound354]

Metallica, Thank you for this wonderful minute of music

[@cowboy4919]

The most AMERICAN thing I've ever heard. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 GOD BLESS THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

[@jackfinley6550]

that second dude they showed was probably like “dude that’s metallica, holy shit”😂😂

[@GermanPepe69]

Finally a rendition To make America proud

[@Romcom_enthusiast]

They were already asked to play in the Super Bowl but hey said no because they said they are not the type of band who floats on a star

[@tykeener]

**Starts playing Master of Puppets**

[@rabidpath7914]

2 awesome guitarists playing 2 awesome guitars go Metallica

[@HuyLe-sb7cw]

Best national anthem guitar performance ever

[@sherylkoch98]

that will never get old!

[@SuperCoon88]

That wah effect and the distortion worked beautifully. Screw Whitney Houston, this is the best performance of the national anthem even if it's only instrumental

[@Mike-zj3zj]

Very charitable of a SoCal band to play for the Oakland crowd.

[@KCandFriendsUSA]

Hearing the whole crowd sing would make it better

[@jeffreyeickhoff591]

I would love to hear James reaction when he got the invite to play the National Anthem at an NBA game. Glad he and Kirk did it...guess it was more for the fans than the players. (considering 90 percent of the players are black) I doubt there's many that are Metallica fans.

[@R0zzzZ]

Love Metallica, love this rendition. I thought it was better than Carlos Santana's earlier this series, they didn't do too much to change the original yet they have their own flair.

[@alexeykozhev1157]

The only thing is missing here is Adam Gontier on vocals. Then it's gonna be heaven masterpiece

[@RippJack2007]

Metal Guitar Symphonies...great arrangement

[@brenthill5596]

Now Metallica needs to do the Superbowl halftime show.

[@Justsome_Randomdude]

How have I not seen this before. Smart choice picking Metallica. James looked like he really wanted to shred that guitar.