Metallica - The Making Of The Black Album (Documentary Outtakes)

Footage taken from DVD#1 ("A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica Outtakes") included in the black album remastered deluxe box set.
Locations: One on One Recording in North Hollywood, CA & Little Mountain Studio in Vancouver, Canada.
I additionally upscaled and de-interlaced the original NTSC DVD-files from 480p at 29,97i to 720p at progressive 59,94fps for best possible KZbin viewing quality.
Timestamps:
0:00:00 - The Making of "Don't Tread On Me"
0:06:20 - The Making of "Sad But True"
0:21:26 - The Making of "Enter Sandman"
0:38:08 - Enter Cameramen
0:50:04 - The Making of "The Unforgiven"
1:00:45 - The Making of "Nothing Else Matters"
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[@metfan4l]

New "A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica" Outtakes. I thought about combining the footage with the old 'Making Of' but I've had problems before with videos getting blocked due to copyright claims from that DVD, so here it is on its own to not risk it. Timestamps: 0:00:00 - The Making of "Don't Tread On Me" 0:06:20 - The Making of "Sad But True" 0:21:26 - The Making of "Enter Sandman" 0:38:08 - Enter Cameramen 0:50:04 - The Making of "The Unforgiven" 1:00:45 - The Making of "Nothing Else Matters"

[@guestaccount7180]

5r

[@talktalk2412]

Thanks for timestamps

[@danymalsound]

Hi thanks for posting this! Is there a DVD you ripped this from? I don't recall there being a "bonus" disc with the official release. Cheers!

[@thromboid]

11:30 Jason taking responsibility for the near-inaudible bass parts on Justice is some next-level humility.

[@stevenwilliams2617]

i thought jason was a great bassist have you seen his solo live, its awesome i saw it at the spectrum in philly on the justice tour. great concert that was.

[@thromboid]

@@stevenwilliams2617 I'll have to check that one out! He would always give 110% live - he's not Cliff but he brought something just as good IMO, just different. I've heard James say that he felt Jason was too much of a fan of the band, and the hazing was to try to beat that out of him.

[@laquentineta6241]

specially when you know he knows he's saying bullshit, justice had lots of fills and even if it didn't have any, you can still hear bass when it overlaps with guitar

[@swissidol8403]

@@laquentineta6241 no the album definitely suffers from the bass being quite literally lowered the point that it is "barely audible" and then some. jason's parts being put back in on fanmixes like "and justice for jason" are vastly superior to the original mix because of how poor of a decision it was to turn down his bass parts.

[@laquentineta6241]

@@swissidol8403 ok yeah, i agree, i don't know why you are saying it as if i said any different

[@ali965]

god i wish they would’ve done this for the previous albums. imagine seeing the making of justice

[@mprior93]

Or puppets

[@ighfee]

@@mprior93 right here. i'd love to see them making master of puppets. far and away their best album

[@tomsundqvist6589]

The world would not be ready to handle all of that heavy anger unleashed upon our souls

[@swissidol8403]

"what the hell happened to my bass??" "teeheeheeheehee"

[@GarrettLoganGriffin]

Dude, I would give ANYTHING I OWN for a making of Justice. That and Slipknot’s Iowa. My two favorite metal records of all time and there’s virtually nothing.

[@manufaustino316]

this proves that Don't Tread on Me was the title album, that's nice

[@wyzlight2028]

enter sandman was written first though? they even say it in this video.

[@manufaustino316]

@@wyzlight2028 yep but still, being written first doesn't exactly mean it's the title album, obviously in some cases it is, but the snake from the "Don't Tread on Me" flag is on the disc cover, so at least in my opinion this song is the title album (based on the cover art at least) though I could possibly be wrong so who knows

[@wyzlight2028]

@@manufaustino316 now that you say it, it actually makes sense, I think the snake refers to Don't tread on me, literally, because its a snake that looks like its defending itself.

[@waylong25]

@@wyzlight2028 It's literally from a yellow flag with that snake on it that says "Don't Tread On Me"

[@easternag16]

​@@wyzlight2028 look up "Gadsden Flag" on google. I have one in my bedroom above my bed

[@MrROTD]

Bob Rock was willing to fight Metallica to make this record great and it is.

[@mdozaphotography]

shows to prove how good Bob Rock is to make his point

[@sinistrality7883]

yeah, it sucks when st anger came in, he became pretty much soft on metallica, so yeah and it shows lmfoa.

[@crispy9985]

Yeah. He’s kind of like a parent who’s tough on you as a kid but once you grow up you understand it and you’re grateful for it

[@jedsteelwell2354]

I mean they made their weakest shit with him.

[@muriloninja]

Which is precisely why the album was so goddamn epic...if those douchebags had their way it would have never come close to sounding the same way...he was the best thing that ever happened to them...he wasn't some push over Producer...he called them out on their amateur stupidity and well....30M albums later well.....you put those idiots in charge and you get AJFA, St. Anger, DM, and HWTSD. smgdh!

[@maiherbhasin360]

This album was pure fucking talent. Nailed every note, every rhythm, every song, and put in some mysterious aspect that made it "complete". Mad respect and admiration for my favorite band of all time.

[@leonardosislo]

Amen brother!

[@peanutbutterisfu]

I wouldn’t talk about them nailing every note they spent 1 year and 1 million dollars recording the album of course everything was played perfectly. A major label would never release an album that wasn’t played perfectly. Lars drum tracks were all cut up they songs were him playing one take all the way through they took 40 different takes and chopped them all together. I’m not saying Metallica can’t write great songs because they can but Bob Rock is the reason why this album came out the way it did. I mean just watch this every other minute he’s telling them to change something that they would have otherwise kept it but that’s what a great producer does they guide the artist/musician/band.

[@Liviopedata]

bro imagine if bob rock produced master of puppets

[@MommaGuarisco]

pfft.. Lars can barely play drums much less write. you found this video here on KZbin look up plagerise the lightning, plagerise'm all and master of plagerising. they've taken so many riffs from other bands it's sad. I use to be a fan but now I feel like they're liars. I liked their first album because of the speed, thrash metal. I don't know this band anymore.

[@mr.iiconic]

@@MommaGuarisco 👍 good for you

[@PHELCAN]

2 things I'm already mindblown by are how Bob Rock took control and pushed them so they could make a hit record, even though they're the worlds greatest metal band and it probably irritated them. And also the sheer humbleness of Kirk.

[@sinistrality7883]

Bob knew what Metallica should sound and it shows, such a masterfully mixed album

[@Silvermetal954]

There not the worlds best metal band

[@theofiloshatzigiannis5308]

@@Silvermetal954 Shut up bitch

[@Silvermetal954]

@@theofiloshatzigiannis5308 fanboy alert

[@theofiloshatzigiannis5308]

@@Silvermetal954 Retard hater

[@ryanjenkinsmusic8339]

When James said… “and the bass up on it” at 19:33 I felt happy for Jason lol. They need to release a remix version of AJFA.

[@Cobra4993]

There is a fan made version with the bass turned up on KZbin. I think it's called And Justice For Jason. Or And Justice For Bass maybe

[@kxngmuzikig2417]

"the bass is the song" "he wrote the riff" as a bass player and Jason's beginning in the band, I felt so much joy in those couple seconds

[@creepingdeatth]

24:06 james' warm up made my day

[@lorrainecurry3138]

The most striking moment, to me, is when Kirk wanders in looking like he just woke up from a nap. The producer gives him some direction for the "Don't tread on me" solo, and apparently, without much thought, and zero planning, Kirk just rips into it and lays down a fucking blistering solo. Just.Like.That

[@thromboid]

Honestly one of my favourite solos on the album, perhaps of all of Kirk's.

[@ignaciograndon2927]

kirk was on fire in this era

[@linusfotograf]

His peak

[@MetalRetroReviews]

34:03 that blooper is funny but James' response..."HEH HEH HEH HUAH... HE'S HUNGRY... HUH CAKE" LMFAO

[@ELECTRICSCARS]

18:31 - 18:52 that energy and agression in James Voice 🔥🎤🔥

[@khall187]

You've heard it 100000 times so it's second nature, but when you zoom out and think that these men actually performed this in studio it's really f-ing awesome.

[@cristianrosas2775]

// JAMES SINGING // Sad But True: 07:48, 18:30 Enter Sandman: 25:40, 26:19, 29:42, 32:07, 32:40, 33:02, 35:24 The Unforgiven: 54:56 - 56:00 Nothing Else Matters: 1:01:35, 1:06:43, 1:08:26

[@murrdawgbeats]

At 51:18 I can just feel James's vocals even though they aren't there.

[@CLuvTravels]

Maybe it's nostalgia but Metallica behind the scenes videos bring me so much peace

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

yeah I know what you mean, reminds me of old school VH1 videos early morning/late afternoon

[@CLuvTravels]

@@MissyMuthaTruckiN true that, the work we had to go through to see these videos made the experience more memorable

[@Rickets17]

37:41 such an nice guitar riff from Kirk.

[@Umut_Cet]

11:40 Jason is right. Thanks to Bob Rock.

[@RodHammett95]

33:18 we've heard it so many times that it kinda goes unnoticed now, but damn, that's a good solo!

[@hellrose18]

You take off the wah, it's actually really mediocre

[@holyglory6751]

@@hellrose18 but that's literally the whole point to play with the wah

[@oasisbeyond]

@@hellrose18 You play it....

[@Liviopedata]

@rodhammett95 you were at uniondale 1986?

[@Calz20Videos]

@@hellrose18 literally almost every guitar solo from this era sucks it’s stuff high schoolers play in jam bands

[@playaycampo]

53:36 Kirk has the strangest sense of humor and its hilarious 🤣

[@theoutlawtorn]

🤣🤣🤣

[@PiazzaGurl]

Glad James wanted to hear Bass and even helped Jason what notes to hit to make it sound heavier. It’s sad that before the Bass was low. Glad Rob is pushed to sound louder and James always asks for more volume on bass.

[@HBNF721]

Great upload - 2:30 - Bob Rock blowing up spot on Motley Crue's use of background vocals even back then, ha

[@spectac1]

early 90's..was a simpler time, man. This video is very nostalgic for me.

[@CedricJ.project]

8:13 thank you james for saying it out loud

[@meticulouslytender8921]

Watching this I have only just released after listening to Metallica almost my whole life, (born 85) Jason's bass lines are amazing and it sucks to have them stifled for so long. Cliff, Jason and now Robert. They are all hero's in their own right. Bass EVERYTHING!

[@LukasGoya]

Black Album is most famous album in Heavy Metal History....really a masterpiece...love it 🖤☠🤘

[@bobalto]

I Absolutely agree 👍

[@enoquerodrigues6896]

Really? Is trhu ? Kkkkkkk

[@uriahuriah3792]

​@enoquerodrigues6896 yes, the black album sold 31 million copies since its release.

[@enoquerodrigues6896]

Im from Brasil I know my friend This guys fór me, i liked the Black álbum for past albuns . The band is diferent today.

[@jeffroland1364]

It’s around 35 million now. still sells 5000 a day worldwide

[@muriloninja]

1:56 You can see the insecure Hetfield right there...he is being lectured to by a pro..it doesn't compute...he tries to retort "what do you thinks gonna happen live?"...gets his answer and is completely blown away. Hetfield was out of his league and that is precisely why he was pushed to become the fucking monster that produced the black album...the amount of effort he put into that album is unreal! 17:38 You can just see the idiot Lars trying to convey "Hey, I want this album to sound like shit.." and Bob is tearing him up over it. Perfect! Thank you Bob Rock!

[@slashertrav]

Bob Rock knew how to produce. Anymore, Metallica just tell the current guy how to do it. That’s why those Rock era albums sound so good. Metallica took the reins on St. Anger and it’s clear how the mixes went downhill. Still the greatest metal band of all time. No sheep were harmed in the making of Jason’s bass strap.

[@jyejye1077]

man watching Jason and James at 13:20 you can really tell how much him and James bonded after all those years

[@Humblemumble7]

You know what twists my mind? Robert, Metallica's current bassist, has been with the band longer than Cliff and Jason's years with the band put together! How is that possible?

[@akamouzis]

man that rhythm guitar tone at 15:44-15:56 is orgasmic. James' mesa IIc+ is untouchable. (not what kirk is playing)

[@fromunderthekilt6310]

It’s so fucking heavy huh…..incredible sound.

[@NativeDrummer_]

Still one of the few albums I can listen front to back without skip or stop!

[@sinistrality7883]

I will always find James' singing stance at 25:51 hilarious like look at him, he looks so awkward without a guitar

[@hensoakira]

Ironic when you know outside of scene he is a big introvert ( just like me 🥲 )

[@JayW6]

i always thought james singing stance without a guitar looked sorta like how danzig stands

[@evamg3772]

1:07:50 he looks so focused :)

[@Jessewayne79]

this is a treat for me!!!!! grew up in the 90s watching the making of album that came in the Live Box 500 times. Never saw the outtakes until now. This is like reliving your childhood

[@ciesinsk]

I always liked the fact that Metallica documented the making of their works from very early on. In the 90s there were always these singles with demos and raw edits of some songs available, and with all the documentaries available from this time period it becomes clear that they really see themselves as artists that want to achieve something and relate to people who also understand this and are interested also in the process and not only in the result. For me as a fan of the band this felt as a natural and welcoming attitude towards their fanbase and it also "helped" me to understand the existence of some albums like "St.Anger" or even the "Load" albums. With these videos they kept making I was able to understand the process of making music (= art).

[@NS-dd9ou]

Hard to believe they were only 28 or so when this took place. Whenever i think of this is like "I haven't done nothing remarkable yet" and I'm turning 43 soon. Well done Metallica

[@dwaynegarfield1551]

A MASTERPIECE!!! HANDS DOWN!!! METALLICA STILL KICKS ASS TODAY AND STILL WAITING FOR NEW ALBUM!!!

[@marcinmcula99]

32:15 damn he taped higher strings, they did everything to achieve perfect sound

[@theoutlawtorn]

Wow i never noticed that!

[@hangloosetjt]

Actually a very common practice in the studio. Live it doesn’t really matter, but man those upper strings get irritating when they rattle in the mix…

[@Shintaylor450]

@@hangloosetjt when people don’t mute the string with there hand.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

The drums are so bad-ass on this album that my girlfriend even talks about how great they are … and she’s more of a Cure-chick.

[@HawkSVK]

29:50 sounds like justice

[@whiplash415]

I love how jason's just chillin the whole time

[@Blackened88]

11:40 really interesting to hear Jason talk about the bass being kept down on the Justice album

[@noahbellanti8033]

wow i was at this studio in 2018 it was called 17 hertz and had no idea the history of the place at the time smfh im blown away!!!

[@DeanFennell-or1je]

Thanks man for your work to get this together man! Love it dude!

[@louissanderson719]

Can we just appreciate Bob Rock’s hair

[@thromboid]

Try and stop me...😁

[@demonicon1]

I could watch kirk sit there and play all day! You never get to really see him play full solos live. I wish they'd done this for their previous albums as well!

[@charliekirby_]

well this confirms don't tread is the title track

[@Vivi_9]

35:36 what a beautiful moment

[@derekpappalardo6809]

damn I read it as what a beautiful women and said wtf it is james jwmwmdmd realized that women is actually moment after 20 mins

[@SlobZombie]

See children, hard work pays off

[@fuckinridethelightning]

46:51 James playing a little bit of wicked game by chris isaak

[@AndrewONeillComedy]

This is great. Thank you for uploading.

[@trentenralston1758]

ALL THE KIDS WILL BE YELLING MISERY was hilarious

[@THESNEAKERADDICT]

This is amazing

[@tallycahamuhlhetru26]

@35:40 Way to make those lyrics behave, James! Rawwwrrr

[@ih8stuff3]

It's so weird to watch one of the toughest albums of all time played from office chairs.

[@tillman40]

The Black album songs with the AJFA tone and energy was the peak

[@MIGELGLORIA]

THX FOR UPLOAD❤

[@chili_phil]

That bass sound from Jason, oh man think I enjoyed this the best. Thanks for sharing this, I haven't seen this in years

[@fuckyoufuckingweb]

James never gets old. Looking same like a old man. And is hard to believe that he wasn't even 30 years old.

[@straycatsanctuary3475]

He doesn't look old.

[@khall187]

He looked mature when he was young, and young now that he's mature.

[@sanaikonnikova8265]

Thank you soooo much!

[@suspect794]

36:34 is absolutely hilarious

[@knightfall9394]

i give him massive props for at least admitting to it even way back then, it definitely isnt a secret but at least he was open about it

[@perpetualmotion357]

4:02 I like how Zakk Wylde comes in and grabs Kirks Les Paul and tunes it for him.

[@Jake-sc5hw]

Wtf. Is that actually Zakk?

[@FlipGuitarist80]

Zack Harmon, bass and Kirk’s tech in the studio and Bass tech of Rob nowadays and their equipment manager in HQ.

[@welkerroad]

Great video. Not sure how I just came across it now but super stoked I did. THE album of my youth!

[@dippyyy]

4:22 Kirk Wahmett speaks

[@patton303]

Bob Rock was the right guy for the right band and the right songs at the perfect time. The conflict and push back between him and the band is what made this album great. They never equalled it.

[@mikek6658]

Greatest album ever recorded as of 2022

[@marcinmcula99]

52:46 James Hetfield inventing math rock

[@yung_doood]

first polyphia song

[@swamidad]

such an OG video

[@jasonlinton9902]

This is hands down their best album i remember when it first came out people went crazy for the cover it was the first time anybody had seen anything like it all black it was badass

[@BeatrizLacerda13]

Ahahahahha niceee

[@nixongasmo5114]

No and justice for all is there best album then master of puppets then the black album then ride the lighting then kill ‘em all

[@339blackdiamond]

@@nixongasmo5114 that's all opinion based. But if you look at the sales number and popularity, the black album is their best album, no contest.

[@mr.iiconic]

@@nixongasmo5114 for me it's Master, Ride, Black, Justice, Load, Reload, Hardwired, Kill Em' All, Death Magnetic, St. Anger

[@Vivi_9]

How any of you can rate the Black Album over Justice or Ride beats me

[@treyb387]

My favorite album and band of all time

[@Pablobellingham]

Metallica legend

[@sergejkrynycky728]

Metallica needs to do one more album with Bob. Black Album is amazing.

[@hank35682]

St anger I think killed the Bob rock Metallica duo sadly and I love st anger

[@Uzurr69]

We can only dream

[@lotsapasta0858]

St anger kinda ruined all of that but to be fair in bob rocks defense there probably wasn't anything worth pushing them in the first place anyway on that album so kinda not his fault especially when you consider all the other stuff going on as well. People blame him for the albums sound but idk Lars has a history of being pretty controlling over his drum sound and I kinda doubt Bob rock actually thought the drums sounded good on that album. The guitars are pretty thin yeah but idk they kinda are on all their new records and when they play live even as well.

[@fuckinridethelightning]

i love this bit 19:23 it feels very raw

[@HellDog17]

Amazing!!!

[@WalkeeTalkeeMan]

Yoy may or not like that... but the Black album changed the world just like Nevermind did

[@joaofezasvital8521]

This is gold

[@tonygunk6795]

Thanks for this! you are awesome

[@benbur4609]

31:55 - 32:04 this moment is so pure 🥺🖤

[@JiosX]

When Lars said “I believe I do better than anybody else”, they just laughed their asses off lol. They were like “suuurreee, whatever you say”

[@smarkmalark]

I mean, you ever heard of sarcasm?

[@JiosX]

@@smarkmalark "suuureee, whatever you say"

[@jyejye1077]

1:09:09 imagine if they left that as some epic Nothing else matters outro

[@sealevelreef7174]

Forever number 1 band !✊

[@andrewpappas9311]

Definitely awesome seeing one of the greatest albums of all time come together, still one of my absolute favourites and massive respect for Bob Rock for pushing the guys as much as he did to make this album absolutely GOATed

[@anakinskywalker1509]

God is with you through all of your problems

[@leepullen8892]

It's great to see some footage of Don't Tread on Me. I've always really liked that song, and I think they left it out of the Year and a Half... documentary

[@AJ-yi6hg]

There is footage of Jason recording the bass on A Year and....

[@ernestorivera7602]

Black album master piece

[@kennyyoungers5188]

How did you find this extra footage from that documentary? I’m really excited about this! Thanks for letting us see it!

[@knightfall9394]

It came with the black album re release a few yrs ago

[@danboniface914]

So interesting seeing how much goes into making a record

[@raimacedo4431]

3:02 Axl Rose

[@andthensome512]

At around 19:50 James says one of the bass tracks is very mid-range heavy. Actually, the whole album mix has way more midrange than any of their previous albums. That’s a good thing.

[@harveyd3175]

Perfect time capsule

[@antoniovera667]

Someone has to push Kirk to make good solos again as Bob did

[@clarkkent3730]

BEST ALBUM BY FAR!!!

[@jaymz_ba]

54:30 the unforgiven

[@tonyburke1686]

Bob Rock putting Lars in his place for most of the album

[@crispy9985]

Legend has it Kirk is still hard at work waiting to this day

[@mikeshanermusic]

57:35 WOW!! Look at that size of them speakers!!!!!!

[@greekneek]

the greatest band in history

[@bryandraughn9830]

Anyone who can stand more than a month in a studio without developing chronic vomiting is a hero.

[@80sRocker]

@11:57 bass explained

[@carljohnson6673]

7:52 James looks like Thor in rock universe 😂

[@EquineMetalhead]

Omg he does!!😂