METALLICA Riffs NOT Written by James Hetfield

[@Ryu_Ake]

8:25 It is "My Friend of Misery" not of Wolf and Man, sorry lol. And also we all know the fucking MOP post-solo riff is inspired on Andy Warhol song by Bowie. Not saying that its everyone but some say this thinking they are too smart, while almost everyone know this, stop commenting this, please

[@MetaITurtle]

Even though they aren't James's riffs, he Hetfields the riffs to make them better 😎

[@DmitryLevin]

Forgot important things! More than 80 percent of their music is plagiarism!

[@sinisaradosevic6794]

My friends of misery no Wolf and Man 😊..

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

@@DmitryLevin the good stuff, anyway!

[@DmitryLevin]

@@AtacamaHumanoid Metallica are thieves who stole materials from little-known bands! And the level of musicians is very low and sometimes shameful! I don't understand the people who worship them at all, is this a religion or something? Do you have your own head at all?

[@AustinFremaint]

Jason writing that blackened riff is pretty outstanding coming into a new band and laying down a riff that rages and never gets old

[@efecan311]

plus getting bullied nonstop as the rookie hahaha

[@timovmg]

blackened, the best met song imo

[@moncalimarimoncalimari8964]

Best riff on Justice imo

[@rammstein909]

@@timovmg its tough metal militia, blackened and moto breath are definitely top 3 songs

[@alexunder4304]

@@efecan311 Newsted was also taking up in the @$$. This was a part of initiation to the band. Rob Trujillo didn't allow that because he had prison experience.

[@pearljaime2]

Man, this Dave Mustaine seems a pretty cool guy for lending all this riff. If it were me, I' d probably go apeshit and create my own band and call it meganerf or something.

[@truthhurts79]

But his riffs didn't make them big

[@AndE667]

​@@truthhurts79Really? Without Dave's music they wouldn't have had enough material for neither of their first two albums

[@portugeseking7959]

​@truthhurts79 wow that's a stupid comment

[@AndE667]

@@tubisi Not my point. In order to be in the position to record those albums, they first had to to the previous ones. AND, for that to happen, they needed Dave's material. Both KEA and RTL would be EP length without the stuff he contributed to, and Megaforce wouldn't have that. Heck, they complained about RTL having only 7 tracks despite being 43+ minutes long, hence Escape!

[@JRMAV1]

@@tubisiTFA was Dave’s and it’s one of their most popular early songs

[@ina.aaahhh]

Lars: -never picked up a guitar before -writes the guitar intro to ride the lightning -the intro becomes one of the most iconic metal riffs of all time -refuses to elaborate

[@literallymacmilan]

I'm pretty sure he knows how to play the guitar

[@D_ANIE_L]

@@literallymacmilandoes he though

[@bemimu]

@@D_ANIE_Lclearly he does if he can write a guitar riff

[@D_ANIE_L]

@@bemimu but Lars can hardly play drums

[@dungeonmaster420]

Bro Lars taught James to play guitar. If he doesn’t play guitar doesn’t mean he can’t play it. Almost every professional musician can play multiple instruments

[@mattlisch8952]

So Jason wrote my all-time favorite Metallica riff (Blackened)? I‘m amazed, didn‘t know that. Props to him!

[@CroMagJohnson]

blackened is such a good song! when i was in elementary school i used to play street hockey at the local playground with a bunch of high school kids and that was my introduction to metallica, ...and justice for all over and over and over. and being the youngest kid there, my job was to flip the cassette over every time a side ended.

[@MMasterDE]

@@CroMagJohnson According to Jason, he was kinda pushed away from contributing much, which is a shame I guess. Maybe it was to avoid having him credited on a lot of stuff??? who knows, but his bass was mastered low on AJFA.

[@titusprime5240]

I heard Jason played those riffs for James and James told him they sound like an album opener. Well he was right!

[@theoriginaljimmykicker]

Y’all notice that it’s the “and Justice for jason” version? The bass actually exists.

[@truthhurts79]

Damn... you gotta be second generation Metallica fan if you think AJFA is better than the first 3 albums 😂

[@killer1one1]

Did not realize Kirk is responsible for so many bangers. That pre-verse Disposable Heroes riff is S+ tier in my book.

[@nessy9022]

Hell yeah! That Damage Inc riff is my all time favourite Metallica riff.

[@severed111]

@@nessy9022 One of my fav Metallica riff ever too, it makes me feel the thrash so hard, it rivals some Slayer riffs (which is a huge compliment, as I'm a much bigger Slayer fan).

[@nessy9022]

@@severed111 I'm more partial to Slayer too 🤘

[@yoshimitsu8643]

@@severed111 slayers just overhyped They only had couple of hit songs

[@severed111]

@itsu8643 Their point was not to have "hit songs". Yes, a lot of posers come and go, that goes in for every band, I doubt you listened to every album/song. There's a hidden "hit" that could have played on radio on Show No Mercy, Crionics, it hits on everything that was hot shit in 1983, very Maiden-esque. I'm a big fan of other bands too, Metallica is more mid than Slayer due to all of their terrible albums (Load, Reload, St-Anger, Lulu), still, their first 4 are still in that first 30 albums on that 150 best thrash albums of all time list that goes around on the net and I don't dispute it, I just get tired of listening to Metallica, even MoP and Justice, too much repetition in too long songs. But I still give respect, which you do not, which means you probably weren't born when Diabolus in Musica was released...

[@grogu1986]

Those Dave riffs on Phantom Lord, Metal Militia, Ride the Lightning and Call of Ktulu are perfection

[@truthhurts79]

@@grogu1986 not the best songs on the ride the lightning album

[@JaBismarck]

​@@truthhurts79dude rtl and the call of ktulu are fucking masterpieces

[@truthhurts79]

@@JaBismarck fight fire with fire and trapped under ice is waaay better! And why do you come latelys always confuse "contributing" to a song with writing the entire song??? There's not one song mustaine wrote 100% with Metallica..he only does that in Megadeth

[@goldenwolf8081]

I did not know Dave wrote the intro riff for call of ktulu, I was thinking it was cliff as it sounds beautiful.

[@zepps88]

The Call of Ktulu is really something of genius by Mustane.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

I remember when trying to learn that song. Thinking to myself, "Who the hell could even come up with something like this?!" Then I learned.

[@captainjefferies9047]

All he came up with was a generic chord progression.

[@Samford_]

@@captainjefferies9047generic? it’s amazing. you don’t need to diminish his achievements because you don’t like him

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@Samford_ That isn't what happened. It's literally a generic chord progression. You can find it in dozens of other songs. Metallica only gave him a writing credit because they are generous.

[@shadowyyCFH]

@@captainjefferies9047 maybe its in dozens of other songs because he pioneered it and those took inspiration from it..

[@lisarexroat9316]

As awesome as they are just imagine what kind of music they would've produced if Cliff hadn't passed. He was a genius.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

While they still would've likely gone in the various directions they went, Cliff would've made them all sound a lot better. AFJA especially.

[@deathmetalchili6902]

He would have probably quit. As soon as Bob Rock got involved.

[@emerealm3779]

​@@deathmetalchili6902maybe Bob Rock wouldn't have gotten involved

[@deathmetalchili6902]

@emerealm3779 that's also quite possible. I just couldn't see Cliff being cool with the whole Corperate Music Schill of Bob Rock's approach to making music a product. He'd probably tell them all to "F@ck off....if he's in, I'm out" Hahaha But I could be totally wrong.

[@emerealm3779]

@@deathmetalchili6902 I feel as if they'd choose cliff over Bob rock

[@Imaiden124]

I love that they used a version of Blackened with the bass included. Jason’s bass parts were face melting, dude I so wish you could hear then better on the album

[@Strohmberg]

I agree!!Jason was to good to be threaten like this..

[@NKYDIY]

Check out and justice for Jason album

[@truthhurts79]

@@Strohmberg only come latelys care... He's definitely not Metallica

[@allegedtripod]

Ime pretty sure there is even any bass on that album

[@s.f.morris7331]

Jason wrote the riff for Blackend and then they cut his bass out from the entire record. omg! even more fucked up now. how could anyone think that was cool or funny? god damn

[@stevenscott6337]

I’m blown away. Been a Metallica fan since ‘87 and never really knew how much Kirk contributed to the song writing. This is impressive. This for posting this!

[@gvdude]

This for posting this!

[@Sacred_Silence]

I never knew Dave had riffs on RTL either lol

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

@stevenscott same here. Since early 87. I guess you unfortunately didn’t buy the same magazines as I did cause I knew who wrote a few of these earlier classics. For example, I always knew Newsted wrote that MONSTER riff in Blackened. Always loved that. And I always remember Hetfield saying Cliff wrote the main riff and intro for ‘To Live is to Die’. Cheers!

[@stevenscott6337]

@@Purpleskyshorizonthanks for that. I was 11 when I first heard Master of Puppets in 87. That’s the album that got me into real metal (listened to hair bands like Skid Row, Warrant, and Bon Jovi previous to that). You’re right about the magazines: I never really read any back then. When I started learning guitar at 15, I bought and read Guitar World because it always had sheet music and tabs of songs of different bands in the back. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@RaritoRandomDeLaRed]

This for posting this!

[@V3ntilator]

Dave sure made some memorable riffs at the start of Metallica.

[@phadrus]

Arguably set a certain tone that was a big influence of the Metallica sound. Love Dave’s asthetic.

[@V3ntilator]

@@phadrus Yep, for the worlds most successful metal band. I like 80's Metallica a lot, but i were always a bigger fan of Megadeth.

[@imagereflection4826]

​@phadrusAlthoygh James and Lars already had Metallicas sound before Dave, and Kirk was doing similar things in Exodus at the same time. All these guys were creating similar musical movement at the same time

[@dee-taylor]

Dave claims more riffs than what has been officially confirmed. He alludes that he wrote "big chunks" of both RTL and MOP. We'll probably never know. 🤷‍♂️

[@imagereflection4826]

@@dee-taylor The only one he's ever claimed that he hasn't got credit is 1 riff in leper Messiah which Metallica denies. Apart from that he's never claimed anything he didn't get credit for.

[@LvyZ666]

I understand now why Dave was so upset back then.

[@jmaynez2332]

Being in a band with James fuckin Hetfield, itd be easy to be overlooked as a riff writer. But god dammit kirk can write some monster riffs.

[@ReedHomanMusic]

I know some of my favorite riffs are written by Kirk

[@xwhite2020]

Interestingly the Sandman riff was sub par untill Lars rearranged it. They show how it was written in the Howard Stern interview.

[@FleshOnGear]

@@xwhite2020it’s still sub par, just like most everything after the first 4 albums.

[@xwhite2020]

@@FleshOnGear Well that's just your opinion man.

[@NathanHydra]

@@FleshOnGearthe black album is amazing and I’d take it over kill ‘em all any day all day.

[@g4b3_28]

Nice to see that you used the bass enhanced version of Blackened to show us Jason did a great job on it!

[@garfieldfan3892]

jason added just one note to it no wonder they cut him out of the mix killer riff though jason! listen to pre justice bass lines and compare them to post justice, such a big difference sadly they buried cliff in the mix on the albums

[@Killerkarotte1]

@@garfieldfan3892Okay. Sober up.

[@Acoustict]

It’s really cool to see who the creator is for some very familiar and loved riffs. As much as I was like really respecting everyone that isn’t James for their riffs, one thing to not overlook is that fact that James freaking wrote EVERYTHING ELSE!!! That’s crazy. James Hetfield is a metal madman. Much unrealized kudos to him for not just being your average lead singer “rhythm guitar” player.

[@grimreads]

Next time I see the "Dave wrote em all" meme I am linking to this video

[@codymcgrew94]

It would have been awesome to hear Kirk and Dave Mustaine write riffs together. Their riffs together were peak Metallica. Not to say James Hetfield wasn’t a master in his own right, but man those RTL riffs are amazing.

[@kylehoulihan3875]

Peak Metallica songwriting is justice which hetfield largely wrote so no

[@Mango-cp1im]

@@kylehoulihan3875 no peak metallica songwriting is whenever cliff was in the band. since he was gone the band only got more and more criticism and strayed further from their thrash roots

[@Beebalabeeba]

A lot of their riffs were written by other bands KZbin Ride the plagiarism

[@kylehoulihan3875]

@@Mango-cp1im justice has their best songwriting it’s a fact. Also cliff wasn’t the reason they were a thrash band and they would’ve 100% steered away anyways. Also who gives a shit about criticism they put out great records after his death

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

@@kylehoulihan3875 Almost every song on Justice is far longer than it should be. The songwriting on AJFA is bloated and boring.

[@ostry66]

I like how every time there are some pretty crazy harmonies going on, you can bet your sweet ass Cliff is responsible for it

[@SaintKines]

He loved that stuff. Thin Lizzy was an influence from what I understand.

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

@@SaintKines in addition to Thin Lizzy, Cliff listened to everything from punk to classical to 60s rock, ZZ Top, Rush, Motörhead, Sabbath, Misfits, R.E.M., and God knows what else. That’s what made him so unique.

[@ethanbarc]

Yes but not only that James Hetfield said quote He was king 🤴 of that he always had different lots of ideas that were layered because it had its own character because it was bass guitar and he was genius of harmonies and layered not your typical rockstar but he’d would push it a extra little something and that was so unique about him and I’m surprised he didn’t choose guitar 🎸 because he only chose the bass guitar 🎸 when he’s about thirteen years young in 1975 after playing his piano 🎹

[@SaintKines]

@@ethanbarc I saw another clip where Mustaine said that Cliff pretty much taught the whole band about melody, song structure and how a rhythm section works. The best thing they ever did was draft Cliff into that band.

[@barath4545]

@@SaintKines It's insane how much talent was in that band at some point - James, Cliff, Mustaine and Lars back he really played drums well still. Lars also gets way to little credit for all the behind-the-scenes stuff, deals, negotiations, networking and stuff like getting Rasmussen to produce RTL and MOP.

[@AegonTamzarian]

The riff in ”The Unforgiven” is so creative and absolutely beautiful.

[@bradyguerin5525]

seriously, the open strings just add such an epic feel

[@dirtypocketsct]

Unforgiven and sandman are all time classics for any genre.

[@kanikama9579]

Iron maiden

[@damneh8688]

Kirk doesn't get nearly enough credit for his killer riffs

[@TheLotusMachine]

He does, he gets credit for all of them.

[@empty_set_]

​@@TheLotusMachineI think he means the credit from the fans and the music community in general, he's kinda underappreciated.

[@Nghilifa]

It's probably because James was the most consisten of them in the studio, as far as double and quadruple tracking goes, so people just assumed that he wrote them all, even though we all know now that that wasn't the case.@@empty_set_

[@rox665]

@@TheLotusMachineexactly, he is credited in every song in the video. Guy must think he deserves a statue or something, but in terms of conceptual and intelectual property, he is properly credited.

[@addpowersstreams5364]

Kirk doesn't get nearly enough hate for his all other riffs and solos.

[@theoriginaljimmykicker]

I like how you used the “and Justice for Jason” version of blackened. Can hear the bass!!

[@xkovacsx09]

Kirk Hammett was cooking on Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets!

[@ΒασίληςΔημούσης]

That damage inc riff is probably one of the most underrated badass riffs in the entire thrash genre

[@User-jk8wq]

Kirk's breakdown riff in Battery is one of my favourite riffs of all time and I never even knew he wrote it!

[@holgerritzenthaler4405]

I don‘t think it‘s Kirk‘s Riff. There is no credit for him on Battery…

[@Nero12323]

It is his riff thats like saying lars isnt credited on the songs even though he wrote the drum parts​@@holgerritzenthaler4405

[@miezan8092]

​@@holgerritzenthaler4405 they do not credit to kirk because its part of guitar solo.

[@champ7846]

Thats why I will never be a big Metallica fan because of Lars and James ego acting like they wrote everything

[@juanv5375]

One of my favourite riffs too 👌👌

[@neilwiththedeal]

“Dave got violent drunk, we got silly drunk.”

[@gennaro4941]

And Dave made them millions...

[@KraneoDestroyer]

😂😂😂😂😂​@@gennaro4941

[@GrayD_Fox]

@@gennaro4941he didn’t

[@dibari22]

I always wonder just how bad of an addict some of these guys are when a group of addicts say "whoa, this is too much, you've gotta go"

[@Noooiiiissseee]

​@@GrayD_Fox Without his riffs they wouldn't have been able to make their first two albums.

[@cisumevolneblok]

The acoustic intro from „To Live is to Die“ is written by Kirk, too. I’ve read somewhere that he wrote it on a holiday in Italy inspired by some renaissance music.

[@stimit46]

Part can be found on James' riff tapes though so i doubt it and also Kirk isnt credited songwriter, but it definitely wasnt written by Cliff

[@cisumevolneblok]

@@stimit46 yeah, makes sense. I might have confused this with the intro of fight fire...

[@_Chops_]

Rob wrote a riff in screaming suicide (idk which one, I believe its the breakdown park), he also has writing credits on sleepwalk my guess is for the opening bit. Also I thought Kirk said in an interview he came up with the part in shadows follow that sounds like batmans theme

[@treedwellindude]

Shit man, does anyone ever think we’ve missed out by not having Dave Mustaine and Kirk in the same band?

[@edoardociavatti5415]

Fr

[@alibaba-vh8uz]

We missed out when Cliff Burton died.... 😢

[@carmine.pirulli]

Dude look at what Dave has done since his departure compared to Kirk. They def should’ve kept him

[@vlt873]

​@@carmine.pirullithey couldn't keep him, the 3 egos would have exploded rather quickly and we may not have had 2 great bands to enjoy. Let's face it, Dave is a limited lead player, Kirk is limited these days but wrote legendary solos earlier on.

[@shlumpusmostr]

nah, but i do keep having fantasies about a cliff, dave, james metallica with dave in charge so they dont sell out also dave not too alcholic also a drummer better than lars for sure

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

There needs to be some alternate universe where: - Dave was never fired but still started Megadeth anyway; - Kirk was still hired but still contributed to Exodus; - Metallica always being supported by Megadeth and Exodus for sake of touring necessity; - Jason still contributes his 3 bits to Metallica - And above all: Cliff never died.

[@artxv524]

be in 2 bands? you're crazy?

[@gravanon1577]

Alternate Dave would be sportin a goatee.

[@kylemyers5940]

And one where Les Claypool's audition goes well in 86

[@sclg560]

Oh and don felder never gets fired from the eagles !

[@thepolishirishman3217]

​@@artxv524 Gary Holt of Exodus was in Slayer for a while at the same time. It's not unreasonable, and both bands put out some absolute headbangers with Holt. I could see a similar situation with Mustaine in some alternate timeline

[@MetalGodOfLegend]

Kirk and Cliff arguably wrote the best parts of the Master Of Puppets song

[@theproletariat8723]

Intro, main riff, verse, chorus and first bridge were hetfield which are the parts that make or break that song

[@MetalGodOfLegend]

@@theproletariat8723 posers = intro, main riff Gigachads = post-solo riff

[@inferiorpatty]

@@MetalGodOfLegendspit 🗣️ 🔥

[@pipocadocs5994]

@@MetalGodOfLegendthis guy knows

[@MetalGodOfLegend]

@@pipocadocs5994 and im not even that huge Metallica fan lol

[@Unbeknownst-to-all-]

The harmonized intro to Damage inc. is so damn beautiful it brings a tear to my eye, i play guitar but Cliff is my biggest inspiration not just at guitar but music in general, he made me pick up the bass as well and he inspires me to keep playing and i hope one day i can write something close to what he was able to. R.I.P Cliff

[@necroticpoison]

Man all members are really killer. And damn Kirk is underrated af at riffs

[@VicRattlehead-d5g]

Равно, как и Джейсон Ньюстед. 😏

[@joelfisk]

​@@VicRattlehead-d5gбратан, можешь порекомендовать русские метал-группы?

[@TomMorello725]

Cliff´s musicality... So beautiful and interesting. Adding pretty cool ideas to a thrash metal band.

[@joesmith9216]

he was the prog master mind of the metal underground, the things he did within the underground metal scene was wild, he put so much work into those first 3 metallica albums

[@joshrichards9121]

Some of his acoustic stuff sounds medieval in nature

[@thrasherrr83]

Клифф увлекался благодаря отцу и брату совершенно разными жанрами, блюзом классикой, вроде даже джазом, с помощью такого разного музыкального вкуса он и смошг делает такие необычные риффы

[@Ky-xm7tc]

@@joesmith9216mind blowing he was only 24 when he died

[@geraldlocklear4373]

I have revisited Load and Re-Load. They are much better than what I remembered. I get so caught up in the first 5 albums and Garage sometimes that I fail to listen to their other stuff. Still can’t get on board with St. Anger.

[@BlondeWick]

The Orion interlude has since the 1st time always been otherworldly and I'll never get tired of it, truly was Cliff's magnum opus in my opinion. Hopefully they'll play it at my funeral one day as well.

[@walfredo66]

Jason nested wrote one of their heaviest riff and his bass was muted😢

[@Admiral_Kekdog]

He is so much better than the current bass player

[@oliv9632]

Jason has millions dollars now because of Metallica and his bass was muted... Poor Jason

[@lollipop84858]

​@@Admiral_Kekdog it's not being a better player or anything, it's about towing Lars line. That's why he got the job. He's not going to rock the boat.

[@lollipop84858]

​@@oliv9632 I'm sure his piles of money he sleeps on console him enough Also, he still saw many flashed boobies on your, so there is that

[@Robbyp619]

@@lollipop84858buddy’s acting like robs bad he’s a great player but didn’t get to use his potential unlike the other bands he was in

[@mr.burford872]

Bleeding me has such a great riff. The song needs more love

[@grogueQ]

Agreed.

[@cruachan1191]

James always says how much he loves that song when they play it. One of Kirk's most underrated solos IMO as well

[@stevenesbitt3528]

It’s part of the big four, along with outlaw torn, fixxxer and imorata 😊

[@user-fc7tm8zt3t]

Best song on the album

[@nikoloznasaridze6328]

​@@stevenesbitt3528 big 5, don't forget Low Man's Lyric

[@DblakeDeathMetal89]

That Call Of Ktulu part was later used for “Hangar 18” main riff except he strums all the strings instead of individually picking each string but he also does that in the intro part!

[@notpotatoe]

Most of my favorite riffs were written by Kirk, good to know lol

[@Jason-ng2vf]

Kirk actually wrote quite a few of Metallica's most memorable riffs!

[@joaobabler1584]

We all love that first album. Thanks Dave

[@versteckt_oficial]

I already knew about Dave Mustaine and Cliff Burton, but I had no idea how many riffs Kirk wrote, I'm impressed.😮

[@lollipop84858]

Great. Thanks for weighing in. I'm sure they'll realize now all their years in the business are validated with you being impressed.

[@SeizedAlarm]

​@@lollipop84858Cool story, no one asked.

[@user-vh9cc]

​@@lollipop84858 ok?

[@Soysauce4410]

Man, I had no idea that Kirk wrote almost all my favorite riffs!

[@sainandanramakrishnan4812]

Mustaine literally wrote every single note of the most memorable parts of the 4 songs on Kill Em All, we would absolutely just be sitting here and be listening to a complete playthrough of all those songs if you actually included ALL the Mustaine riffs. His style is so easily identifiable and stands out from the James riffs through the dynamics and movements.

[@imagereflection4826]

Except one of the riffs on four horsemen is James's

[@tragically1969]

The Day that Never Comes is such a killer track that's rarely give the credit it's due IMO

[@bdawg3942]

The ending sucks though

[@jwilliams5256]

Yeah yeah

[@ssnakeloveme_sicp2253]

"love is a four letter woo00rd" please

[@trentonmcintyre5617]

@@ssnakeloveme_sicp2253that’s like “I’m madly in anger with youuuu” lmao

[@a1m4thah3d]

I never realized just how many of my favorite riffs were written by Kirk. And the riff that blew me away when I was 11 years old that turned me in to a metalhead for the last 28 years? Jason Newstead with Blackened \m/. I don't blame Dave for always harboring some hate for Metallica all these years though. I knew about Metallica using his riffs on Kill 'Em All but not Ride The Lightning too. Now that its pointed out to me, clearly you can hear Mustaine's playing style. Awesome video \m/

[@KasumiRINA]

Why would Mustaine be mad for receiving royalties for Ride the Lightning sales without actually playing on it?

[@animalwillopus79]

6 songs. That's all.

[@Creature1009]

Call of ktulu has always been one of my favorites, now that I know it was Dave I understand why there was never another song like that again lol

[@rodbelding9523]

Honestly Dave and James are both too powerful to coexist together. Them splitting up had to happen.

[@ChurchNietzsche]

@@rodbelding9523 honestly ... James Sucks.

[@sebastianjimenez5455]

​@@ChurchNietzscheThat is a biased opinion based on nothing.

[@ChurchNietzsche]

His "Down Pick" couldnt keep up with #DaveMustaine's Tremolo ... ... so they replaced an "EPIC GUITARIST" ... with one that had "Half Dave's Size ... and a THIRD of Dave's Skill." (If Punches Get Thrown Now ... ... he can probably take Kirk) Ever notice how EVERYTHING from the First Three Albums ... is played MUCH SLOWER with the current line up? Ever wonder why? Does it sound "Heaver" ... does it sound "Better" ... ... or is it simply "a speed they are comfortable playing" #MetallicaSucks #LarsUlrichCanSuckMyDick

[@ChurchNietzsche]

@@sebastianjimenez5455 No. It's the TRUTH! Based on the FACT that he's been playing guitar 40 years ... still cant "Up Pick" ... its a VERY BASIC guitar skill ... and he CAN'T do it!! His "Down Pick" couldnt keep up with #DaveMustaine's Tremolo ... so they replaced an EPIC GUITARIST ... with one that had HALF Dave's Skill, and a THIRD Dave's size (If punches get thrown now, he's probably big enough to take Kirk)!! Ever notice how EVERYTHING from the first three albums is played MUCH SLOWER now? Ever wonder why? Does it sound "Heavier" ... does it sound "Better" ... or is it just "These guys ... are comfortable... playing ... at that speed (SEE WHAT I DID THERE)?" #FuckMetallica #LarsUlrichCanSuckMyDick

[@widdershinss2085]

Kirk is an absolute monster and it really shows in RTL and why it’s the best album

[@dimaakinin5991]

Btw I this video, bass is heard easily 🎉🎉🎉

[@michaelmccutchen7278]

Kirk! Dave Mustaine wrote most of RTL Riffs, get your facts straight! Kirk just played Mustains parts!!!

[@helpwhatlk]

​@@michaelmccutchen7278 💀???

[@amiranovelo59]

@@michaelmccutchen7278LMAO calm down

[@KasumiRINA]

​​@@michaelmccutchen7278 Mustaine's riffs were only used on one or two tracks. Best one, Creeping Death, sounds nothing like Megadeth.

[@ZebNyan96]

Really surprised that the main riff of Fuel was written by Kirk! That's awesome!

[@fozza3232]

Jason also wrote the intro riff to Harvester of Sorrow too! Which is one of the coolest evilest intros ever heard. Guy was a magician

[@imagereflection4826]

I dont think he did that was James.

[@reubster529]

Cliffs inspiration of many of those harmonies was from his love for thin lizzy who pioneered the twin guitar attack sound

[@CroMagJohnson]

thin lizzy was before judas priest?

[@reubster529]

@@CroMagJohnson same year but thin Lizzy was harmonizing the first album

[@FangsFirst]

Its actually pretty funky. Both bands got their start in '69, but Lizzy had 3 albums recorded and released before Priest had one. Coincidentally, they each added a second guitarist in '74, for Priest's debut (Rocka Rolla) and Lizzy's fourth (Nightlife). Im racking my cobwebbed brain for Lizzy songs on the eponymous debut, Shades, or Vagabonds that used harmonies when only Eric Bell was playing guitars and nothing is coming to mind in thay phase before Gorham and Robertson joined when Bell left. Lizzy had far earlier prominent positions in the public consciousness, though, as they had a hit single (their rendition of "Whiskey in the Jar", to make an appropriate reference in the context of this video...) before Priest ever had anything in the can, and certainly had harmonized guitar *hits* before Priest was a known quantity for much of the world. I mean, _Jailbreak_ came out the same year as _Sad Wings of Destiny_ and while "Victim of Changes" fucking rules, it had none of the cultural cachet of "The Boys Are Back in Town" (still doesnt, I'd hazard a guess). Realistically, the actual approach was plenty established before either of them, just not as a *persistent* technique for an act or a core element of any act's sound.

[@reubster529]

@@FangsFirst their debut album even had harmonies and their first hit whiskey in the jar released in 72 also had harmonies

[@roan9914]

As well as Lizzy, a lot came from his love of classical music, the damage inc intro was inspired by Bach

[@amiranovelo59]

The interlude in Orion will always be my favourite from Metallica… is just beautiful

[@VilaToro64]

So much emotion put in that song

[@fleshbhones]

The breakdown riff from Damage Inc is my all time favourite Metallica riff, cool to learn that Kirk wrote that!

[@swim_music6476]

Lars also wrote the One machine gun riff and AJFAs main riff

[@ingongo25]

Maybe they're not here since he wrote them in the drums lol

[@ogorkiszony_]

​​@@ingongo25 Well he got credits for Ride the Lighting intro so he can get mentioned in One

[@saulmorris9639]

he wrote the drum parts and riffs were written by james Hetfield based on the drums

[@captainjefferies9047]

@@saulmorris9639 It's documented that Lars wrote the Justice riff and sang it and showed it to Hetfield on the drums. Lars does a lot of the riff writing.

[@swim_music6476]

yeah he also said on the masterclass video that he wrote the One riff so idk why he shouldnt be credited

[@christopherjones8096]

Amazing that all my favourite 90s Metallica riffs were all written by Kirk. Another little nugget of info re. Enter Sandman: the riff was originally shorter but Lars told Kirk to extend it to repeat the lick a few times which is what became the one in the song. I think that probably says more about Lars’ arranging skill rather than writing but worth noting.

[@BoostedS650]

Amazing that you found any of Metallica’s work even remotely interesting in the 90’s when they started their dad rock phase

[@_PuppetMaster86]

@@BoostedS650Started? That _was_ their dad rock phase.

[@BoostedS650]

@@_PuppetMaster86 That was my point, friend. We agree

[@doc1912]

Phantom Lord interlude will forever be one of my favorite metal riffs ever

[@niallbyrne2680]

Kirk really seemed to do a lot of those great breakdown riffs. Really added an extra dimension to Metallica's faster songs.

[@womble10576]

i forgot how genuinely beautiful Cliff's writing was. legend!

[@TOWEE-f1e]

This guy is really cool for giving metallica ideas for riffs, im sure he'll never be bitter about it and be asked about it on every interview ever.

[@JerryJohnson-zi9wm]

According to Kirk in the Gibson icons video he also says the verse riff to master of puppets is his.

[@edwinalexis593]

Then when he gets asked in front of James and Lars he credits the song to James (aside the pre-chorus and the Bowie-tribute post solo)

[@13zzy]

5:06 Cliff and Kirk took the post-solo riff from a Bowie song, since they were big Bowie fans

[@unknownkingdom]

Not true, and not true

[@FarukAhmet]

​@@unknownkingdom It is true. It's taken directly from the song "Andy Warhol". Hammett himself tells the story in an interview.

[@KasumiRINA]

​@@FarukAhmet it's funny reading a lot of classic bands casually describing plagiarism, my fav is Deep Purple members attitude to ripping off this or that.

[@13zzy]

@@unknownkingdom its true, do your research before being wrong

[@Walamonga1313]

Huh really? Interesting. That's by far the best part of the song imo lol. Gonna have to listen to that Bowie one now

[@ROLLUP424]

I fw how they all got their own styles, it all sounds good and different

[@leogolive]

No wonder I always liked Megadeth! Dave has always written dope ass riffs!

[@ThommyofThenn]

Yeah Dave is quite a proficient player

[@evgenysemenov6051]

I liked Megadeth only because I loved thrash metal, but I listen Metallica till now, but Megadeth was always boring to me.

[@brd7226]

dave is the legend

[@QuasarPolaris]

​@@evgenysemenov6051 That's an interesting perspective. Megadeth's sophomore album is heavily infused with jazz and if you listen to isolated tracks for any given instrument on that album, you will notice how creative some riffs actually are. Pair that with the incredible Gar Samuelson on the drum kit and you could surely appreciate the complexity of packing a lot of content in just a single song!

[@miuccia_8]

​@@evgenysemenov6051you dont need to mention you like something without thrashing another band yk

[@ripperplaysclon152]

Also, My Apocalypse is easily Kirk’s best riff.

[@phadrus]

One of my fav all time Metallica moments

[@Spermwhales93]

When that riff hits for the first time just on its own in that song you know shit is about to go down

[@chriskeilman]

underrated

[@tillman40]

Creeping Death stuff is the best

[@damien2729]

To see Cliff wrote the most beautiful melodic parts of my favorite songs is so sad and satisfying

[@DarkestVoid]

You can tell Dave wrote some of these so damn easily. He’s got a style that is just really unique but not my cup of tea. Kirk gets shit on a lot but imo I find his riffs to be great and some of the most memorable.

[@phadrus]

His riffs are all great, his solos on 72 however…

[@MetalGodOfLegend]

@@phadrus i kinda liked darkness had a son solo. Not the best and its kinda ripetitive, but i liked it.

[@MetalGodOfLegend]

The fact with Dave is that he wrote mediocre riffs for Metallica. Not only because it was the beginning for him, but there wasn't much space since Mustaine's style is Megadeth and not Midtallica. And of course he had limitations between song writing since there was two masterminds in the band, him and Hetfield. So Mustaine gave the best results of his capabilities only once he formed Megadeth.

[@Beebalabeeba]

A lot of their riffs were written by other bands KZbin Ride the plagiarism

[@eliasgarcia8511]

BS

[@Sygifried]

Nice video! Metallica was aiming to release no life till leather with all past material, however Dave Mustaine did not want to share credits on two songs that he claims to have written 100% note by note - I believe they are Mechanix and Jump in the Fire - also, another riff that he claims to be his is the Lepper Messia bridge riff, it could be true as the progression of this riff was at the demos from kill and all era, but without the galloping.

[@neighbourhoodmusician]

Love that you included the ...And Just for Jason version of Blackened 😀

[@Max-lm6vt]

Kirk wrote the best 72 Seasons riff, and it was Chasing Light main riff.

[@DovahVokuna]

Nah man.

[@michael.p18]

Real ones know that’s the best riff on the album - jk everyone has their own opinion but I knew it was the best the second I heard it.

[@phadrus]

That’s my fav riff too. Only one I had even a little interest in learning. Good for Kirk to bad the solos are as boring as the rest of the album.

[@mikerules111]

Most fun riff on the album to play too. Love it. No idea Kirk wrote it.

[@JorgemeT22]

Sucks that 72 seasons

[@huntzzio]

You are the ChatGPT of Metallica. Thank you, my guy, you make ‘Tallica reaearch so easy

[@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano]

Hahahahahaha.

[@Dwendele]

Ive been a HUGE fan since Ride the Lightning came out. And it was today I learned that Kirk wrote a shit ton of monster riffs...some of my favorites and on some of their biggest songs

[@salamipastrami69]

Wow, Kirk and Jason wrote all the best riffs off the black album

[@truthhurts79]

He contributed very little... hetfield will always be the mastermind of Metallica

[@imagereflection4826]

Jason only wrote 1 riff on the album

[@linoleal7207]

Yeah the best one 😹​@@imagereflection4826

[@merlspearls167]

It’s interesting to piece together how much of Metallica’s signature sound came from the supporting players. Mustaine certainly had patterns of fingering that are recognizable for not only his contributions to Metallica but many of Megadeth’s most recognizable guitar parts as well. A similar idea can be applied to Hammett. In the end, I think it was Burton’s creativity that was the most subtly unique and irreplaceable, and why Metallica’s records never had the same degree of musical expansiveness since his passing.

[@davidwagstaff47]

But they did replace him. No dis on Cliff, but Jason was a far better fit for Metallica. They didn't know they literally struck gold with Jason in the band. Jason was a bigger force live, and did contribute so much more to the band

[@thunderfox101]

@@davidwagstaff47 Not really, Cliff taught the band so much about music which affects their songwriting to this day. Jason was a good live player, but he barely contributed to their actual music. His biggest contribution was the blackened riff, but other than he barely actually wrote anything. If you compare him to cliff or rob you find that he didn't contribute nearly as much on any of the albums he was in. This really isn't his fault, he wasn't given the opportunity to contribute as much, but it's still true.

[@KasumiRINA]

I think it has more to do with his class and not letting James slip into a country trucker like he did in 90s than actually writing stuff. You know, the band just did more respectable stuff before Load/Reload and St. Anger.

[@Purpleskyshorizon]

Thanks for this amazing video. I see it’s helped a lot of people finally realize how much Kirk has contributed to Metallica. Also, I’ve been a fan since 1987. I bought any magazine I could and, like you, I always remembered James saying that Cliff wrote the main riff for ‘To Live Is To Die’ _and_ I believe he wrote the intro as well. If not, then James did a great impersonation of Cliff. Lol

[@sootchh4055]

Hey great vid! There will always be debates who is better between Hammett and Mustaine, but I prefer Hammett simply because his riffs are more anthemic and catchier.

[@ripperplaysclon152]

I hate how much Mustaine focuses on technicality over catchiness.

[@diabeticmonkey]

@@ripperplaysclon152 I don’t think we’re listening to the same Megadeth.

[@dizzy7065]

@@diabeticmonkey maybe he listened megadeth from wish

[@dizzy7065]

@@ripperplaysclon152 he has a lot of catchy riffs you just don't know it

[@gombka1144]

​@@ripperplaysclon152bro, I could hum to you almost full holy wars punishment due, that's how catchy it is

[@alexandroruedareyes8581]

Master of Puppets post-solo riff is a tribute to David Bowie, from one of his songs

[@legends1979]

Also the song title Leper Messiah was lifted from a David Bowie song too

[@clowncorpse7230]

Great video and all those dudes made their own mark with iconic riffs and moments for sure

[@observedot7490]

Dave essentially wrote all of The Call of Ktulu, that is crazy

[@imagereflection4826]

He didn't

[@TheSWCantina]

He wrote the chord sequence at the start which he later used for Hangar 18.

[@sebastianjimenez5455]

Not true, he wrote a riff, but not the whome song.

[@BG-bq1qp]

damn, kirk does some great fukin riffs

[@QuakeGamerROTMG]

5:35: Cliff was such a hero, I'm sure many bass players have him to thank but I have to thank him as a guitar player. Stuff like the Orion interlude were my biggest influences that made me pick up guitar. Hetfield and Hammet make great riffs but Cliff's musical knowledge and more melodic stuff is what really sold me on the idea of learning guitar, it was the spark that showed even the cool metal music can sound really beautiful. I almost feel bad for my neighbours having to hear me play Orion every single day but let's be real, they should be thanking me

[@mantisshrimp8019]

Cliff loved his harmonies

[@Taxable_Trophy]

You forgot to mention the master of puppets intro riff that kirk wrote. After the descending riff part

[@Samford_]

not confirmed

[@ЕвгенийБорисенко-ь9й]

Probably, it's Hetfield riff

[@floorbooij4109]

That outro riff on creeping death, what a genius mr ludwig von Burton.

[@776Mine]

Kirk is definitely my favorite member of the band.

[@Mofos_of_Metal]

The most important riff here is the Metal Militia one. That was written prior to the No Life 'til Leather demo from July 1982. I think it's the first PURE THRASH riff ever written, and the main riff to Whiplash - by James, was written soon after. The debate over "who pioneered Thrash" has gone on for decades - there are a number of other riffs that paved the way before that riff - Witching Hour by Venom being one. But the Metal Militia riff definitely feels to me like it finally crosses the line from Speed Metal to Thrash Metal. I credit Dave Mustaine for pioneering Thrash Metal for this reason - but it was probably inevitable anyway because it was just a matter of time - people were pushing riffs to be faster and tighter for years prior to that.

[@gandalf8216]

I mean, you just conveniently forgot about Diamond Head. Not saying you did it on purpose, but still, man...

[@truthhurts79]

Motor breath is more thrash,and no songs on kta is faster than fight fire with fire

[@davidwagstaff47]

It's also the worst riff in metaliicas catalogue. It's like what a child would play when they pick up their dads guitar for the first time

[@aguaraguazu8461]

V8 inventó el thrash metal

[@catstone1176]

​@@aguaraguazu8461no digas pelotudeces esos ni en su mejor día llegaron a ser inspiración para el thrash 🤣🤣🤣

[@efecan311]

bleeding me needs more recognition. such a banger.

[@jamesb95]

Great video. Kirk also wrote the 2nd intro riff to MoP. It’s on a demo of him from his Exodus days.

[@spinettagede777]

which demo? I wanna listen to it

[@penguino8-bit171]

​@spinettagede777 it's called, Die by his Hands.

[@redyyz4489]

Probably the best video showcasing every riff within Metallica's Studio discography that showcases everything (Besides James lol)

[@GreatPlainsChaser]

Four Horseman still one of my all time favs! Thanks Dave!

[@torcher1616]

The intro of To live is to die is actually Hetfield`s. Proof to that is his own demo riff tapes for AJFA.

[@aek4018]

Very cool, good research. U missed Kirk's intro riff in 72 Seasons, and probably some more:) Still - great vid!

[@RGTechTalk]

Actually it is in there.

[@kevg1869]

Thanks for putting this together. Finally learning something new about their music. Greatest Metal Band of all Time

[@yyynnnkkk]

1:36 this one sounds so much like Megadeth

[@lorenzofabozzi2531]

Because is basically Wake up dead, the song from Pace sells

[@davidmauricioospina6311]

The spider chord from Dave

[@kevg1869]

Here’s a fun fact: the arpeggio chords for Kthulu intro…same as Hanger 18. Just all fast down strokes in Hanger.

[@dima.t800]

6:33 huge respect to Kirk for writing this badass riff

[@postmitotic2164]

La meilleure partie 👌

[@lynnpehrson8826]

Kirk's stuff is so grandiose and cinematic. Same with cliff. Some of kirk's stuff is also basically straight hardcore punk

[@adamgorner4944]

Wow, many of my all-time favourite riffs were written by Kirk! That guy can write some killer stuff.

[@JPlagueX]

Hearing my best friend play Metallica on his guitar when I was 14 inspires me to pick up guitar... this band inspired me to play forever...

[@VKHSD]

We have similar stories haha

[@I_would_intercept_me123]

this shows how cliff was the fucking goat at bass and harmonized intros.

[@CADEATERTOP3248]

The bridge from Creeping Death was something Kirk Hammett came up with when he was 16. Definitely one of the best riffs he has came up with to this day

[@Natureza4ever]

Mustaine fucking amazing

[@alexbladerOffical]

You need to listen megadeth