METALLICA - "The Thing That Should Not Be" | (REACTION)

[@tylerjames646]

I always hear Jason Newsted when this song starts, "This is about the heaviest number known to mankind."

[@rampager1990]

ManUnkind

[@N1CTORIOUS]

Seattle 89 lol. Love that live one.

[@valterekberg1978]

”It’s a big ol’ fat muthaphukka called the thing that should not be”

[@brianjones5862]

That's cliff isn't it?

[@FandangoHoward]

@@brianjones5862 Nah it's Jason from the Live Shit Binge and Purge DVD in 1989

[@marchendrickson2382]

Just wait till you get to Disposable Heros... talk about an underrated guitar MASTERPIECE! Be prepared

[@theracereviewer29]

Best Metallica song.

[@ork_oz]

DAMAGE INC.

[@marchendrickson2382]

@@ork_oz Also a damn great song

[@michaelmccourt4992]

Hell yeah

[@thanasisanagnopoulos9265]

He is in for a big surprise

[@chrisloge5014]

6:06 Still my favorite Kirk solo. Short and sweet, but Kirk is actually being artistic and stylistically fitting into the horror vibe of the song. Then you learn that Kirk is a horror movie collector and its like "ah of course it all makes sense".

[@lukefender94]

Yep. That solo is what you hear when the Cthulhu or other unspoken monstrosity emerges from the sea to devour the world

[@bruxea6517]

My jaw was on the floor the first time I heard this solo, so wicked

[@elpistolas4485]

Sounds like a solo that should be in Diary of a madman. You can hear cleary RR’s influence in Kirk’s playing

[@thrashnicity5913]

I agree

[@MaceDeMarco2010]

It sounds like it’s laughing almost.

[@panterarocks9326]

In my opinion the most underrated Metallica song

[@BinksyyMusic]

Underrated for sure but most underrated? I wouldn’t go that far. I’d say most stuff from load and reload are their most underrated

[@seasicksailor8845]

agree

[@jasonx4008]

Bleeding Me and The Outlaw Torn hold that crown

[@DucksOnQuack13]

Fixxxer for me :P

[@jasonx4008]

@@DucksOnQuack13 hell yeah. Highly underrated. Carpe Diem Baby and Hero of the Day too

[@Pazuzeus1313]

This is probably their heaviest song, the true definition of Heavy Metal.

[@gerardomorales4278]

This is the heaviest shit metallica have ever done! lml.

[@Gabrostil]

For me harvester and the god that failed is heavier, and this song is downtuned so it helps

[@aprilhamling2548]

@@Gabrostil you know what I agree with you

[@Gabrostil]

@@aprilhamling2548 thx i guess, but the live version of TTTSNB is heavier than the record version tbh

[@Ryan-xn3mt]

Really, it is damn good. But I think Harvester is heavier. Harvester feels more powerful.

[@anwarkabir71]

U should watch the live-1989 seattle version of this song. Its one of their best live performances

[@aniqanuar6320]

"about THE heaviest number known to mankind"

[@PortugueseKeto]

Lars’s face in the second verse is reason alone to watch that clip 😂

[@neilomac]

The entire Live Shit Binge & Purge Seattle 89 DVD is 100% Peak Metallica. Just fucking awesome.

[@andretristanfrancisco8324]

I agree, because they're all possesed by the spirit of Cthulu HAHAHAHAH

[@vincent2053]

@@PortugueseKeto I already know you’re talking about his coked out mouth movements lol

[@DC-yl4vc]

"Drain you of your sanity....face the thing that should not be" fav line

[@Pliskin2894]

Same, chills everytime

[@niogel]

I still gets chills when he says, "Not dead which eternal lie, stranger eons death may die."

[@dnkykng3369]

Sad knowing this was Cliff Burton's last album with them, R.I.P.

[@MikeW739]

Cliff Burton was an amazing musician and he brought a lot to Metallica's first few albums!

[@TheMelody911]

Sad to know this was Metallica's last Album! After this, everything was shitty!

[@asmirmusic4805]

@@TheMelody911 no

[@thewildhealer541]

Yep.. atleast they made 3 legendary albums together with Cliff.

[@jacobhehr9489]

@@TheMelody911 some people cant appreciate music that wasnt made by cliff huh? talk about being a spoiled ignorant person

[@joshuaoverbey7998]

In high school, the students were tasked with playing a song for the class and explaining its significance/meaning. I chose this one and connected it to the whole Cthulhu mythos. Needless to say, I was the weird kid from there on out. Haha

[@BrenCain]

You mean the EPIC kid from there on out? Because that was epic.

[@DijnoOfDoom-pb2rp]

Well, you are right... (Also, awesome)

[@andrewk2625]

Wierd is okay

[@Chaotic-Demise77]

🤘🎸🥂

[@albreezy26]

Everyone knows the songs that made this album a hit but it's songs like this, disposable heroes, leper messiah and Orion that cemented this album as a classic. Everyone has to hear this album before they die

[@jessebohmer8979]

I have the in The Netherlands rare vinyl of Master Of Puppets. And I'm 16. Most people here don't listen to metal anymore and i am just collecting vinyls and cd's

[@lukefender94]

well said!

[@eternal_sl4ughter]

absolutely true

[@bobrock9758]

@@jessebohmer8979 I have the black album vinyl and a cd been trying to collect them too I’m 16 also

[@jessebohmer8979]

@@bobrock9758 nice man. Yeah i also have vinyls of Kill 'Em All and No Prayer For The Dying by Iron Maiden. Now i also have 65 cd's

[@rmolson85]

If you watch the 89' Seattle version of this song you will realize this is one of the heaviest songs ever

[@dedfishermen985]

I gotta disagree, can’t believe people think that, it is not heavy at all

[@rmolson85]

@@dedfishermen985 🤔

[@cuddlesvevo.]

@@dedfishermen985 you good my guy?

[@stridersmythe8860]

Correct

[@chriso6719]

We ARE doing the whole album!!! Awesome!!!

[@coldbeer2011]

This guy is doing the whole hockey team next...

[@Huddle_House56]

Movies like “The Thing” and “The Mist,” while not by lovecraft, are Lovecraftian stories. Basically stories about (usually) tentacled monsters too crazy to comprehend on the surface, and allegories about the inner workings of the human imagination once you peel them back. Cliff was a well-read kid.

[@mztweety1374]

I love those movies. I love cosmic horror. It’s probably my parents fault… they didn’t want to get a babysitter, so they just took me to the movies with them

[@ConnorDarkrule77]

Honestly surprised to find people that don't know about Cthulhu at this point.

[@josephmowery542]

The people who haven't heard of him are insane (pun intended)

[@Reblwitoutacause]

Wont happen til Hollywood shows the uncultured swine masses with a blockbuster

[@niklas2378]

got to know him when i was 15 (1993) and i have worshipped him ever since;-)

[@loganpriest6029]

I personally love Kirk's solo in this track. Matches the song so perfectly. Absolutely right it personifies the theme of the lyrics about chuthulu mythos. It's got that nastiness about it as if you're about to get swallowed whole.

[@dustywilson1464]

This album is in the library of Congress. This album is the heaviest album that all heavy bands take their influences from. Even though they are a little older now, they can still tear it up live. That’s why they are the best

[@kieronphillips63]

The only song that seems to bring out their true viscerality live. There's no bad performance of this live in their entire career. They always seem to hit the pocket with it

[@L1FEL1KE02]

It's one of their favourites to play live that's why

[@kieronphillips63]

@@L1FEL1KE02 it's definitely understandable as to why too. I think they do well with all the cthulu songs tbh. Something about Lovecraft and Metallica just works

[@Isaac-lh3xt]

@@L1FEL1KE02which is crazy because they haven’t played it since 2019 and it’s 2023 now

[@SpikeDiegel]

The song is referring to a short story by Lovecraft called The Shadow Over Innsmouth.

[@baronejimmyvonxentrix639]

Mmmmmhh... Even a hint of The Nameless City?

[@FandangoHoward]

@@baronejimmyvonxentrix639 That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” Ripped straight from The Nameless City haha

[@JUSTICE971]

Isn't about The Call Of Cthulthu?

[@SirBrass]

@@JUSTICE971 those stories are all connected

[@APieceOfLiquid]

Orion. One of the best metal instrumental songs of all time.

[@tallycahamuhlhetru26]

He's done that one. About three years ago.

[@nomoneynomo]

Search KZbin for Metallica Orion “bass only” for a real treat

[@dr0pb34r]

Not "One of the best" it is THE best

[@APieceOfLiquid]

@@dr0pb34r I love Orion but there's definitely other instrumental metal tracks out there that are just as good haha.

[@DucksOnQuack13]

We need a Disposable Heros reaction, best song on the album imo 🤟🏻🔥

[@rampager1990]

Pretty sure he's doing all of them little duck

[@DucksOnQuack13]

@@rampager1990 I hope so haha 😂

[@jessebohmer8979]

@@DucksOnQuack13 he said. I have to sit here and react to the whole album. Or something like that. Didn't you watch the last video?

[@JUSTICE971]

i dont think it is the best song on the album but it is still so good

[@adrisheri0767]

For me thats the worst Song of the Album lmao

[@Van1973Auken]

I love that the public has molded you from a rap head to a metal head to an aficionado of fine music! So glad to be part of this experience!

[@luigicarlesso6200]

This guy has reacted and liked so much metal that I think the videos should be called:"metalhead react to recommended songs" or something like that.

[@cvpnoodles666]

At least the videos is not called "Hip Hop Head Reacts" anymore

[@burningthefields]

It's a shame he's only experienced Black Metal twice, and both were modern Black

[@floodtech]

@@burningthefields he needs to react to Venom (one of the fathers of black metal) I love their "In nomine satanus"

[@ibriselric2]

He tried it a couple of times but some people started throwing shit at him like "you're not a real metalhead" and "you hiphop-head poser" so he just nicked that from the title. He did reflect his new musical tastes on the new intro curtain though with it shifting from his old hiphop intro to an electric guitar arrangement so yeah

[@burningthefields]

@@floodtech He needs to experience Venom and Bathory

[@solring2305]

Whenever I listen to a song of this album, I am impressed that they were kids in their early 20s when they created this masterpiece. I am very excited once you get to Orion :)

[@rocket2038]

He already did Orion

[@solring2305]

@@rocket2038 uh indeed! Totally missed that. Well, then I don’t have to wait for it i guess ;) thanks for letting me know

[@jochencooper2751]

I've listened to this album at least once a week since 1986, and around once a day maybe more for the first 10 years, truly epic stuff

[@Rosterized]

Propably the heaviest song I had heard yet when I was 12 years old and listened to this the first time

[@thejoshman3843]

nobody ever reacts to AM I EVIL, even though metallica played it at every show in the 80s. it was the second song i ever heard from metallica & was the song that hooked me on them. a hidden gem the reaction community has not jumped on.

[@FloRizzle138]

Maybe because it is a cover? Would be good to see a reactiom vid next to the Diamond Head orginal too.

[@jamestoddjackson9655]

Couldn’t agree more, I was bummed the first time they didn’t play it live

[@albertslaytanic8680]

@@FloRizzle138 I agree👌

[@SeeJayPlayGames]

@@FloRizzle138 yeah but they NAILED it; Kirk even did the solo similarly but IMHO better

[@anyoneToday1]

good tune but the small hours tho huh? mhm

[@78vinyl97]

Disposible heroes is my fave from this album.

[@Defensive_Wounds]

Agreed!! The fake fade-out at the end...love it!

[@YoyoWallE]

Wait until you read Damage Inc. and Disposable Heroes, those two songs are extremely underrated!

[@escher2112]

"In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming." - Bro - you gotta get into reading some Lovecraft.... At The Mountains of Madness is excellent.

[@CutterJLJ666]

I can't wait for you to listen to the rest of the songs on this album. So much greatness coming up.

[@tom_4615]

That guitar solo is so fucking good, it literally sounds like an insane giant tentacled cosmic horror monster laughing and screaming maniacally at you. It's actually mental it's so good how its like just notes but it paints that picture in your head holy shit man

[@skullcrusher_1]

Oh shit...is this happening????? Is this really happening??? Yesssssss

[@schausvorhiesmanufacturing8140]

i love how they captured the dark and deep of the sea like ktulu

[@DarkReturns1]

Make sure to strap yourself in when listening to Disposable Heroes and Damage Inc. lol.

[@mani1357mani]

The third part of the guitar solo, the choice of notes is f@king demonic. Badass song and solo...

[@danielbly3539]

Disposable hero’s and damage incorporated will stun you. I cannot wait to see your reactions to these 2 songs.

[@yolandagarcia-qt1le]

This song is underrated, one of my top ones I love! Favorites! Awesome! Thanks

[@nobodysbusiness5186]

2 Metallica videos back to back?! This is a dope ass day. Hope he reacts to Welcome Home Sanitatrium

[@ResubidorSerial]

Fun fact: Orion and Welcome home used to be the same song before the album was released.

[@ibriselric2]

He just said he's gonna react to the whole album track by track so guess what song's coming up next :D

[@susanconstable2113]

That’s the one I’m waiting for too!!!!! (Not that there is a bad song on this album)

[@baldvale5418]

Leave me be.

[@danielgatfield340]

Your wish has been granted young sir!

[@alsolmo8993]

Such an underrated song. Until this day one of my absolute favorite one on the album.

[@_xXMETALHEADXx_]

Love that you’re getting back into Metallica!

[@andreblanchard5098]

You should hear this song live. The chugging is tremendous and James vocal inflections and power are amazing

[@joshuahutzley720]

Master of puppets(Remastered) has been in my cars CD player since Day one of release. Love, love, love this album!

[@MrLA75]

This song inspired my bands demo tape back in '89. Our demo was called The Tape That Should Not Be.

[@rominawitschnig]

Yeah, you're finally doing the whole album 🔥🔥🔥🔥 that made my day🙌

[@AlexusDelphi]

The quote from the book that's used in the song is "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.", from The Nameless City

[@colewagner4587]

The live version might be the greatest thing Metallica has gifted us

[@stridersmythe8860]

Agreed

[@stridersmythe8860]

agreed, was blown away.

[@revelationssoloprojectdisc8489]

Your review of this song is exactly what I said to my best friend who showed me this a way long time ago lol

[@Djcimofficial]

This song on S&M 1 was EPIC AF TOO!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Theneweastwood]

I seriously enjoy watching you feel these songs! I personally have enjoyed thousands of hours in countless situations throughout my life. My spirit has parts of these albums built into it. Yes even my DNA!

[@thebullpenn281]

I think its time for whole album reactions.... I recommend Pantera Far Beyond Driven....

[@Angela-sq1jz]

Yes please!!!

[@jerredwayne8401]

Yes idk what he's waiting on with the Pantera reactions

[@MetgadethFan17]

Yesssssss!!!! Puppets is an amazing album Alex, you won’t be disappointed with any of the songs, guaranteed👍🏼

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

Listen to Battery and Thingy from the Seattle '89 show. It brings these two tracks to a different level. There is a reason this album is now in the library of congress. It's just so damned good.

[@shannontuten3464]

"tell me why it sounds like someone is laughing". He is using a lot of whammy bar in that short solo.

[@simoflatout8912]

killer riff from killer album

[@danielmontgomery7657]

This was the first metal album that I got on vinyl. It is also my favorite metal album.

[@JeffWheezingGrampusGoddard]

As powerful and great as every track is on this album, you can amplify that ten fold when listened to as a whole. It has peaks and troughs, lulls and moments of frenetic power. It is a powerhouse album and I would heartily recommend that when you've done the tracks individually doing the whole album in one and letting it take you on its journey. Thats when you truly appreciate why its generally regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time! 🤘🤘🤘

[@ps5392]

I love that Kirk describes his solo as what he envisions it sounds like to get sucked under water by swirling tentacles.

[@rostislavkunchev3021]

Can't wait for you to get to Disposable heroes off this album. And the live version from Mexico city 2009 is unbelievable

[@JohnW-yv6yp]

Finally! Cannot wait to see you react to the rest of the album. My favorite album of all time, it has no flaws!

[@SquirrelDesecrator]

It's okay Alex. You can use us for the cash. Just keep up the great content. Seems like a fair trade. :D

[@craigutter4372]

You’re genuine excitement hearing these masterpieces the first time takes me back to childhood when I first discovered this band. Welcome to the Metallica family my friend.

[@pauliewalnuts829]

This and Harvest of Sorrow are the heaviest Metallica songs. Got to listen to those songs with enhanced bass.

[@Gabrostil]

The god that failed too, the verse riff is really heavy

[@pauliewalnuts829]

@@Gabrostil Agreed. Dyer's Eve is heavy too. Sad But True as well. 👍

[@Gabrostil]

@@pauliewalnuts829 dyers eve is my favorite song ever but would say that it's not the type of heavy that I'm talking, dyers eve is more Aggressive than heavy

[@ClaudioSanchezCC]

I never really thought about the guitar solo sounding like laughing until you mentioned it after 100's of times listening to this track! Considering this song is about going insane it fits perfectly!

[@jacobpinkston7850]

Devils dance would be great as well! Keep going man! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@redjack1876]

Missed this particular tour as i was in the service at the time, but did catch the next one for the Black Album. Have seen them many times and have not been disappointed with any of them, awesome band.

[@FalconFlurry]

Nobody can write heavier riffs in standard tuning than Metallica

[@eternal_sl4ughter]

yeah harvester of sorrow is the heaviest song in standard in my opinion

[@jclapointe899]

Mmh dimebag wrote incredibly heavy riffs too, but agreed. Metallica hits hard af. Always.

[@martonkiss7812]

the sad thing that this is in drop D, just like sad but true.

[@FalconFlurry]

@@martonkiss7812 No, it's in D standard, so is Sad but True

[@martonkiss7812]

@@FalconFlurry Well even metallica said its in drop d according to bob, but you can play it in d standard too.

[@danielmrtns]

This song is a hybrid of an obscure horror movie from the 1970s and a bad nightmare. The guitar solo is disturbing, shivering. The whole song just keeps you on the edge of your seat. Absolutely fascinating.

[@Lord_Raptor]

The song's about Cthulhu. Straight up and nothing else. Haha.

[@anasshaddad1763]

Please react to "dyers eve" from and justice for all album !!! Much underrated song

[@QAjimine1]

I love listening to this song back to back with their instrumental The Call Of Ktulu.

[@PortugueseKeto]

My favorite part is the outro with Lars doing some very cool fills.

[@johngoulet774]

I live in Miami Florida it's so hard to find fellow metalheads down here I try to put it on from my black and Cuban friends but they look at me like I'm freaking crazy. But I don't care I love it

[@elahiac8372]

You need to react if or if "Disposable Heroes" "Leper Messiah" and "Damage Inc." The last song of those, I feel that it is much more frantic and fast enough that you yearn to have such a long mess to headbaging in its splendor, do not rule out the song "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" that talks about the perspective and posture of a person having to endure and tolerate the confinement of a madhouse or a prison itself, causing himself the point of falling into madness itself. Great reactions, it's still like this, it's been a long time since you had uploaded reactions to Metallica songs, the Ride The lightning, the And Justice For All, the Black Album, and now if you want to know more about the development of the band, the Load and Reload.

[@russfreeman6860]

So glad I've been a part of this. Nothing better than seeing someone hearing my favorite metal album for their first time. This album had me entranced at the intro of Battery! Bat-TE-ry!

[@allusivebumbleB]

You gotta listen to P.O.D, I'd recommend Youth of the Nation or Satellite

[@aaohknsn]

Youth of the Nation

[@allusivebumbleB]

AAO HKNSN damn autocorrect, corrected it thank you 🤦‍♂️

[@august6281]

anything right i am the messenjah ghetto

[@GenXicansReact]

Southtown is better

[@jessjames128]

My favourite off this album. HANDS DOWN!

[@veevamm3642]

Orion is one of the beautifulest songs ever!

[@jaythompson1842]

One of my first bands getting into metal

[@dustingifford2225]

Epic song. You should also do sanatorium

[@alexbarnes6135]

I agree with you, that guitar solo totally sounds like an evil laugh

[@harveywells67]

Listen to the version of this on S&M. The full orchestra just take this song to another level!

[@michaelbruin8972]

Look up their ages when they made these albums, super young. Musical geniuses.

[@MikeW739]

Sanitarium has always been one of my favorites on this album. I can't wait!!! What an amazing album! I predict that Leper Messiah will be his least favorite song on this album. It took me a decade or so until I loved it, too! A perfect album!

[@davidporter671]

Leper Messiah is their best song.

[@monkeybrainstew7115]

I LOVE this song. Singing it is sooooo fun. Play it at my funeral

[@jamesthemetalhead21]

You should react to whole ride the lightning album. It is my favorite album by metallica.

[@darrenroot4562]

100% facts

[@kybamclane9357]

Mine too.

[@geoffb64]

Ahhh I am so excited to see ALL of these reactions, BUUT! I am especially pumped to see Alex's head explode when he realises they FINISHED this album with Damage Inc. That blew my fucking mind the first time I listened to this album in full as an 11 year old budding metalhead...

[@rebeccakinsella_]

Can you react to “Metallica - Devils Dance” another underrated track

[@jacobpinkston7850]

Love that tune. It’s dark and sexy lol

[@SquirrelDesecrator]

Ohhhhh, I agree with this one. Very underrated. That bass in the beginning with the drum kick. Nice. Great suggestion!

[@ruchardo_]

Man that solo give me chills, your reactions are great dude, hope u have a dope ass day too

[@MrRobcix1]

Please do a reaction to the full And Justice for All album after doing reactions to Master of Puppets, you won't be disappointed! I can guarantee you that!

[@wreckingballjones1179]

This album is IMHO the holy grail of metal albums. Master of puppets .i have this T-shirt lol. And yes that's why we are here.

[@griffith281]

Please react to more Slipknot!, this time the self-titled album!

[@loganbremerman1248]

This is their Masterpiece so the whole record is amazjng

[@aua3893]

Looking forward to sanitarium 💪

[@chrisjosey1871]

How does this man NOT have over a million subs yet? Outrage! Also, hell yeah to Mario Kart! I've been playing it since it came out on the SNES and can't wait for MK9

[@kybamclane9357]

Fun fact: This is the first Metallica song ever to be played in the tuning D Standard. In fact it is the first Metallica song ever to be played in any tuning lower than E standard.

[@FFVison]

Was this D Standard? I thought it was drop D.

[@kybamclane9357]

@@FFVison Nope. It's in D Standard along with Sad But True and I think maybe The Devil's Dance.

[@kybamclane9357]

@Juicey Kisses Well, nearly every song on St. Anger was in Drop C, so Some Kind Of Monster isn't alone. Besides, even drop C wasn't the lowest they've ever been. The lowest was Invisible Kid (happens to be on St. Anger), which was tuned down to Drop G#.

[@ajaykiran973]

The best is yet to come.

[@KenBober]

NEKROGOBLIKON WE NEED A GIMMICK, coming up on 2 years of requesting this damn song.

[@crashburn3292]

1984 - I was a jock freshman in high school telling my jock friends about Ride the Lightning.. They thought it was just "noise." By my Junior year, the entire football, baseball and basketball teams were listening to Master of Puppets to work out with.

[@nicolasdelgadosanchez7616]

Reaction to Metallica - The Call Of Ktulu

[@kybamclane9357]

OMG yes. Their best instrumental IMO.

[@shure81]

EVERY SONG on this album is a classic...