Metallica To Live Is To Die w/ enhanced bass track

Here is this awesome Metallica song with a bass track you can actually hear.

[@sirtontonolous2283]

Finally, a song about a bass player finally having some damn bass in it. The fact that the original has basically no bass is just... Disrespectful.

[@matiasjorge2549]

In my opinion this proves that it was a mistake not made on purpose .

[@polarmizz]

At the same time(even though the whole album is like this) symbolizes that Cliff is gone

[@erenyeagerist5240]

well blame lars ulrich for it

[@cmowrestlingcontent]

@@polarmizz the way i like to think of it… the other 3 couldn’t handle their music being without cliff’s bass. it was him or nothing, and it’s not like they kept doing it. black album, load, reload all had bass

[@hoist8111]

@@matiasjorge2549 the fact they still haven't remastered it properly yet proves otherwise.

[@brutalnecrodude6667]

This is how Cliff Burton would of wanted it

[@pingpongpung]

*would HAVE wanted

[@gkdunch]

That is what disgusts me about AJFA, in a tribute song to Cliff they cut out the bass, I understand people make mistakes but it should either be audible or nonexistent, at least on this song, I have nothing against the whole AJFA album by just this song. The nonexistent would also be powerful because as a tribute to cliff it could be saying," no one can replace him" instead this

[@emirjusufbegovic4474]

❤❤❤

[@josiahp.6960]

@Canuck Crusader ..... Spell?

[@josiahp.6960]

@@pingpongpung Thank you.

[@Gamemaniacization]

"Cliff Burton received co-writing credit on "To Live Is to Die" as the bass line was a medley of unused recordings Burton had performed prior to his death. Because the original recordings are not used on the track, the composition is credited as written by Burton and played by Newsted. The spoken word at the end of the song ("When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.") was written by German poet Paul Gerhardt, but was erroneously attributed to Burton in the liner notes. The second half of the speech ("All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?") was written by Burton." (Wikipedia) * wipes tears *

[@mkfanforever58]

I didn't know about the German poet part. Thanks! And if you want to hear the original played by Cliff look up Cliffs last song if you havent already.

[@ULYSSES-31]

+mkfanforever58 That's someone doing a cover version, it's not Cliff.

[@michaelblaine6494]

That’s not true,Cliff got credit because he wrote the” cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home” part. The first part already existed

[@michaelblaine6494]

Which you just said lol

[@LichaelMewis]

Oh what could have been, can you imagine?

[@MrDou]

4:56 always gives me chills

[@Fauss]

The last melody-line ever by Cliff..

[@theguyof360]

@@Fauss not true

[@lobosolitario6571]

+1 it is great

[@lenfi4103]

Best part 0:00 - 9:49

[@lucaswallo8127]

Lol

[@raleqtambrobret]

The worst part is 9:50

[@rat_rods_4_life]

Lol I was gonna make the best part joke but I was 5 years too late

[@MASTERmtkMUSIC]

​@@rat_rods_4_life im 6 years late

[@Deadpool_64]

I believe for the 30th anniversary of AJFA in 2018. we should at last get the album remastered and remixed to hear the bass.

[@Vivid114]

+Deadpool Totally agree with you, man.

[@Soulitaris]

TOTALLY AGREE!

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

+Deadpool And if they do a record store day, they should invite Jason on over to jam with them.

[@Soulitaris]

+HvyMetal4Ever ALL HOPE TO THAT BROTHER!!!

[@leetorry]

Lars recently said that maybe its better that the remastered version still have no bass

[@S-A-CCL]

7:19 one the best moments Metallica has ever created. Gives me goosebumps every time

[@Uzurr69]

5:26 this part sounds so freaking good with additional bass..

[@raleqtambrobret]

That’s the part I came for

[@rockband060606]

Only reason I listen to the KZbin version vs studio recording. SMH Lars is such a dick man

[@jerincooke5710]

​​@kirkhammett3718 same same same! It's beautiful. Saddening they could omit such a lovely musician! omg😢

[@transmissionjimmy69]

On this day, Sept. 27th, 1986, Cliff Died.

[@mattbermo1958]

Billy The Kid Mines on February 10th lmfao #cliffburtonday

[@noa5725]

Holy shit a day before my birthday

[@marsthemighty6986]

My birthday is the 27th September

[@gman1342]

FourDotGaming same

[@jamieharris6453]

Billy The Kid mine is the 28th and I’m a bass player

[@j.d.degard5068]

Sounds soooooo much better when you can hear Jason play.

[@callumhall2432]

J.D. Ødegård its not jason playing, its the uploader of yhe video playing.

[@shrmpizza8660]

McSkillet The Murderer he played what jason played too, but they lowered the bass too much you cant hear it but thats what jason played on the album,wether it was written by cliff or not

[@InvisibleYetVisible]

4:30 - this instrumental goes from good to one of the greatest. The second half of this is some of the most powerful and emotional music you'll ever here. I hope they put me in the ground to this.....

[@barbarianblood2316]

You just gotta appreciate the musicianship here. No matter what type of genre you like.

[@theguyof360]

Agreed

[@digitaldistancerecords736]

Except for the drumming lol jk.

[@MrCheesebob96]

4:58 Chills every single time.

[@صكضكضكضكض]

Let us know about the date&place

[@paulcrosby7419]

It sucks how you couldn't hear the bass on the album because songs like this it sounds so much better when you can hear the bass

[@bigtinymanowarrior7330]

Goreball studios really? And who really noticed that when the album first came out?

[@ABlazeintheNorthernSky]

@@bigtinymanowarrior7330 Bruh even Jason Newsted himself noticed in the studio.

[@bigtinymanowarrior7330]

@@ABlazeintheNorthernSky all I'm saying is that I remember clearly when that album came out it was a huge success and I thought it was amazing and I don't even remember anyone at the time complaining about the bass. It wasn't until the VH1 Behind the Music that it was talked about and suddenly then everyone noticed that. I'm sure Jason knew instantly but the public had no idea.

[@ABlazeintheNorthernSky]

@@bigtinymanowarrior7330 I'm pretty sure every technical listener noticed.

[@bigtinymanowarrior7330]

@@ABlazeintheNorthernSky maybe some did. But thrashers back then that just wanted to bang their heads to some heavy thrash didn't care. Demo tape trading. Those things were 10th generation some of them with horrible production and if you got one from your favorite bands it was the best thing ever.

[@depechemoderemastered20pl]

James' solo is very emotional! Wow! I was almost crying from 4:30 to 6:44

[@ryanford5387]

The volume of the bass is just right. Loud enough to hear it clearly but not so loud it drowns out other instruments

[@jamesb1988]

The two dislikes are James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich lol.

[@slantera]

LOL!

[@robbyfrank]

Comedian! :)

[@cruhl9854]

Now there are 4 dislikes. Man, James and Lars even bothered making second accounts!

[@Paxonex]

CarlsterMC x I got a good laugh from your comment

[@cruhl9854]

Paxonex Ok, Nice :) TY

[@nickwaters1701]

Lars: "BASS GUITAR?! WHAT IS THIS?! IS THIS SOME TYPE OF JOKE?!"

[@murf1mikejr]

WHAT THE FOCK IS THIS

[@UncleTyso]

HE FOCKIN LEFT THE BAND

[@Torttelini1]

Guess they didn't want to make Newsted shine over Cliff... besides he was heavily bullied by his bandmates, so... yeah. No bass on a song dedicated to Cliff, which is ridiculous.

[@shawnmarshall3911]

Eugenio Fontana - Cogorno Lars was just insecure and an ass with his drum sound it's why the bass was turned off

[@b1ac4yt69]

I agree, this being a tribute to Cliff it should have had bass boost as fuck so his last song could be heard thru Jason

[@tangdexian3323]

Jesus...insanely good.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

+Tang Dexian Thank you, kind sir.

[@avinavar4818]

Happy 60th Cliff. We could only imagine how you would’ve been like… the way the guitar is cut abruptly at the end like your life was makes me cry. We love you!

[@vadidseth3495]

Personally, I love the opening and closing guitar pieces.

[@chaosstorm8307]

Same, and learning to play them is a lot harder then I originally thought it would be lmao

[@damienmcelwee1477]

Is this real song

[@TothLaszlo77]

@@damienmcelwee1477 yes, but the bass track's enhanced in this version.

[@arvindshastry1178]

The bass actually made the song even better at least in my opinion.

[@Grox3000]

If anything they should at least fix the bass on this song, it essentially being a tribute to Burton and all.

[@b1ac4yt69]

Truth

[@cjmartin5449]

So much better. You must use headphones, such a travesty that the mix is so low on bass

[@erhanyigit8539]

00:00 to 04:25 cliff burton comes to the world and he plays his bass guitar with waving red hair 4:25 to 4:56 their caravan make a accident,him taken card is ace of spades so point of the life,and 04: 56 It is in that damn note 4:56 to 7:28 everyone looks for him, one that will be remembered again what they left 7:28 to 09:51 ...

[@jloe01]

@@mescalormavideos7767 if dave was still in the band he definitely would've killed the bus driver

[@MaidenFinland25]

I’ve played the 5:00 ongoing clean part in God’s service in church 😂

[@ivans.191]

This is truly a godly piece of music 😊

[@brendafoner9239]

Nice job, but my favorite is Seattle '89 even though it's not complete.

[@myrontheoharakis9392]

100% agree

[@aoshi1981]

that's because that was a Medley Hetfield refers to that as "We took all our favorite parts and threw them into one big pile of shit"

[@spoodermattie7546]

Franco Oriti he is talking about the bass and guitar interlude right before Master Of Puppets

[@Geetarman69420]

Hell yes

[@the_cleaner]

been listening to this album nigh on my whole life (born in 84, stuck to my metal loving brother like glue) .... and with it being slightly weird to hear the bass track.... it makes all the difference, seems more complete and whole :) Great job man!

[@mikeleight6967]

This has been my absolute favorite metallica song forever, 6:21 goosebumps everytime.

[@gr1ndc0re_v1ctim]

this song literally gave me chills

[@ericstorks7177]

With the bass it just adds the hurt in the music. The way it should of been done from the start

[@soy-caleno-y-que6490]

...AND JASON FOR ALL!!

[@LuchoCastle_11]

...And Justice For Jason is more fitting since he was fucked on this album.

[@MundodasGuitarras]

Kill Jason' all Ride the Jason Master of Jason ... And Justice for Jason Jason Jason ReJason St. Jason Jason Magnetic Hardwired... To Jason destruct

[@Stefano-wu1vd]

@@MundodasGuitarras Jason em all

[@raimundomrell8674]

Some Part of the World These Are the Pale Deaths Which Men Miscall Their Lives All this I Cannot Bear to Witness Any Longer Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation Take Me Home?

[@misterbaker9728]

Raimundo MØRELL lyrics come from Excalibur flick. Cliff loved movies

[@MarcosVinicius-hh4zu]

When a man lies he murders some part of the World...

[@pauloviniciosappelt9789]

@@misterbaker9728 actually, the first half was written by a German writer, and the second half was written by Cliff himself

[@skaltaccount]

5:25 is just amazing with bass... So sad that such a beautiful riff had to dissapear in the official release

[@jiggalojuggs2184]

Rest in Peace Cliff Burton you are among the metal gods!

[@ramon2008]

Amazing. Hands down a masterpiece.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Thank you so much

[@edsonmartins2240]

Simply awesome , underrated song and with bass lines i listening just this version !

[@Big_Sierra]

Sounds sick with bass.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Thank you. 👍

[@cowsaysmoo51]

4:30........

[@VegasLoungeAct]

You enjoy that section?

[@cowsaysmoo51]

Absolutely! Best part of the song!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Trent Carr It is a simple but very awesome riff they came up with.

[@cowsaysmoo51]

A lot of emotion in it, too.

[@chrishargreaves8016]

Trent Carr Agreed. I regularly skip the first 4 and a half minutes to listen to this part. So good! \m/

[@killianborman246]

Best Metallica song. ❤️

[@_Boreii]

damn man..... i got some serious feels after the clean part

[@attibbsauda-official7953]

Album 1 to 5 only i have...after cliff and jason go...I say goodby to metalica now im 45 year. Until Now listen this 3.12.2019 R.I.P cliff best Bass in the World. From Malaysia

[@eduardosancho8605]

*posts ...And Justice For Jason* Lars: Am I a joke to you?

[@anthonybruno3797]

This is awesome. Thank you for making this.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Appreciate the compliment. 😉

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Just gave Harvester of Sorrow the same treatment if you want to check it out.

[@anthonybruno3797]

@@VegasLoungeAct Will do

[@petelisewski6522]

man its so much better!!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Thank you!

[@Cleeemoo]

wooow this is really good! There are many other "enhanced bass track" for To Live Is To Die, but this one is really good. The tone, the mix the everything! congrats man !

[@LichaelMewis]

Bad ass, one of my Metallica favorites!

[@jpmousquer1591]

you've just mixed the tone of your bass better than Lars & Flemming Rasmussen!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Ha ha, thanks.

[@stephenc.4319]

To be fair Flemming just recorded the bass. Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero did the mix, and apparently burying the bass was a decision made entirely by Lars.

[@Vivid114]

Stephen Charlton Yeah. Steve wanted the bass to be audible. Even James did a little bit. I just hope we get a remaster to this album, and a PROPER one.

[@gkdunch]

@@Vivid114 Sorry, you won't

[@remiliascarlet4990]

@@gkdunch sorry, he will

[@nocek248]

Holy shit! That's how it should sound on the album. I'm looking forward for remastered AJFA and I'm really curious how they deal with it.

[@TypeSly]

I can't believe how much better it sounds with the bass.

[@KittenEarwax]

Was kinda ironic how the song dedicated to a bassist nearly had no bass..

[@b1ac4yt69]

Rip cliff

[@electrovoyage2613]

Newstead gives me chills on this album and black album. Burton would approve of this message

[@Zrudeas]

4:30 i just love this

[@modev4163]

The base actually smoothed the guitar out a little bit and enhances it

[@zedmadeamps]

Best and Pinnacle album of Metallica

[@eviltyres60]

this song must be heard on this day Rip Cliff

[@kettle2345]

I don’t think cliff would wanted that bad note on the slow break down piece. Sounds good and slow that one off note is like a head turner. 😎

[@benwaproductions666]

OMG!!!! I cant stop listening to it!!! Awsomegreatnessrespectly well done!!!30 th anniversary must sound like this to redeem crap albums none needed ( load reload wtf ever that was.became musician on that and justice era..7th son maiden..anthrax..DRI..slayer..this track w bass enhanced brings me back to the pure joy of music!! Ty..well done!!!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

benwaproductions666 Thank you kindly.

[@gimpyjwilliams]

my favorite part is that intro and outro acoustic so beautiful

[@jamesk.2195]

It's ironic to me that the two best Metallica albums without Cliff Burton, ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL and DEATH MAGNETIC, both have mixing issues. Everyone knows the "There's no bass on ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! " thing and DEATH MAGNETIC has a distorted quality in parts, mainly during some of the snare drum hits. The funniest thing, at least to me, is that not only do I but pretty much everyone else let's it slide because those albums kick ass.

[@mkfanforever58]

I would say you could barely hear bass in Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. They're not as bad in terms of mixing issues as AJFA is though. I think Kill Em All has almost perfect mixing when it comes to mixing in bass. And Cliffs tone was pretty overdriven on RTL and MOP is that what you mean by distorted?

[@sirhuebertcumberdale5959]

Now that I think of it I never know the bass line for mop songs... I like some of the cool arts in ride the lightning, like cliffs part in the call of ktulu. It's a good use of that style to me

[@ElectronHVChannel]

You can hear the bass on AJFA.

[@DenSvartaStjarnan]

They wanted Death Magnetic to be as loud as possible, so they used compressors excessively, until there were no dynamics left. Still, they raised the volume more than the audio could handle and thus the sound is digitally distorted at some parts. It's such a rookie mistake I'm really surprised it was made by expert sound engineers. Oh, and Death Magnetic is mostly forgettable. Especially the instrumental...

[@joelpocalips]

ElectronHV where can you hear the bass on justice? The swells in the middle of to live is to die during the bridge?

[@ronaldothomejunior3702]

I think Cliff will be ready to play this when Newsted join to him.

[@szalwia666]

I hope it’s a long time until Jase goes to a better place. I want to hear it tho: two best bassists playing together, can you Imagine it?

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Not sure if that is a compliment to me or to Metallica originally writing the song but thank you. :-)

[@av3nger3]

This instrumental is unconditional love to my ears.

[@zogames8659]

It's sad the very tribute to Cliff didn't even have audible bass.. His own instrument wasn't even acknowledged in the song.

[@marugable]

la canzone strumentale più bella dei metallica!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Grazie!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Orion è il mio preferito

[@marugable]

+TRIPxCORE : anche orion è stupenda

[@necro1727]

Happy birthday, Cliff.

[@ronaldlovesthecla]

@TRIPxCORE great job, man! awesome!

[@av3nger3]

I'm saying this after the 9,000th time or so of listening to it probably but yeah the bass in this specific version does add to it.

[@Thejeditusken2]

Great job! You nailed it!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Thank you. Please go check out my "radio-friendly" cover I just did of Breadfan and let me know what you think.

[@supremo6415]

Beautiful! you should've added the bass demo that Cliff did too

[@b1ac4yt69]

Sadly he never recorded it, but there is a version where a cover of his demo was put in

[@jwallace5674wv]

So glad I stumbled onto this. Great work!!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

+Mastodon 84 Thank you. Much appreciated. :-)

[@Squall6575]

Your tone is better than Newstead. As much as I like his tight playing, I find the added original bass tracks on the songs weird, like they dont belong. Your track makes it sound fuller. Great Job!

[@b.ramquist8704]

Made their best song better, awesome!

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Quite a compliment. Thank you!

[@b.ramquist8704]

TRIPxCORE it's nice to hear all the instruments, despite what Hetfield wanted. Nice work!

[@stergenakis]

At 5:25 starts the best part. Glad to hear for the first time the bass!

[@stormtotoi564]

So much better this way ... Amazing

[@andreasbianconeri879]

Cliff wrote this just to say goodbye to all🌹just lets CLIFF 'EM ALL🤘

[@rakantambolat8039]

and justice for CLIFF* !

[@sevo4756]

+Vetrakan shono and justice for bass

[@PROJECTJoza100]

This is played by Jason bro

[@thewisebread3653]

but cliff wrote most of it@@PROJECTJoza100

[@ronaldothomejunior3702]

When Newsted has gone away from this world, Cliff Burton will be ready to play this with him. No more.

[@bruca2507]

And justice for all. The best album.

[@VinCostanza]

Even if Cliff was alive, i think they would’ve made this song but in a different way. The main riff was written by Hetfield in 1982 on a jam tape with Dave Mustaine, lars and Ron Mcgovney. Cliff wrote the acoustic intro/outro and the basslines in the middle part of the song and the lyrics. If Cliff was alive, this song would’ve sounded ALMOST the same here

[@Peter_1986]

It is quite interesting to try to imagine what this album would have been like if Cliff Burton remained alive; I am not sure if they really wrote any of the other songs before Cliff died, but I guess this track is the closest that the album comes to an "if Cliff had stayed alive" type of composition, since it was at least partly written while he was alive.

[@misterbaker9728]

The lyrics come from the Excalibur flick from early 80s. Merlin says the beginning lines

[@casshern34]

Remembered forever..Cliff Lee, RIP.

[@Nightmare92616]

Awesome, it's great being able to hear the bass xP

[@codyroycroft9064]

Freaking love the guitars

[@craniumhunter1086]

i am crying at those parts.

[@user-de8hh3fo4c]

thrash simphony 🤘

[@84Racingmx]

When that bass comes in at 4:40 good lord

[@szalwia666]

Thank you so much for this

[@Player-jx9pd]

Infinite love for Cliff.

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Wow, thanks! That's very high praise.

[@10finale1]

Justice for Jason Newsted 🤘🏾

[@menuras007]

ifd now jason live with metallica in 1993 in basel..., jason gives all he had, he was an real metallica-member and nothing else he wanna be, iam absolutely be shure of that..., i love metallica for real, but i and iam shure, burton also, did hates metallica for what they did to jason..., this ever would be an shadow on metallicas "soul"...iam realy be shure, burton will love jasons for what he did and jason did it verry well, even more then all the other drunken metallicas in this time!!!! Jason realy rules!!!

[@Nettacki]

I dunno, the way the Rock Band version of And Justice For All sounds with added bass sounds pretty good.

[@gianmarcosperone9391]

Enjoyed it very much! Well done!

[@Orion1130]

6:22 - 7:32 is my favorite part

[@billycloroxmazewaittheresm6676]

The 12 dislikes are Lars and hetfields fake accounts

[@chaosstorm8307]

They're up to 24 now

[@ignacio196]

Ok boomer

[@novander]

Where'd you get the bass track?

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Novander I played and recorded it myself

[@novander]

Do you still have it?

[@VegasLoungeAct]

Novander Would have to look. Not sure

[@davidsimic5870]

TRIPxCORE then how did u hear the bass in the first place

[@ergeantsergaent1121]

Čimbur you can look up chords or tabs

[@moweewesty279]

There is a slow bit in every song in this album, Lars is at stake.

[@zedmadeamps]

Always thought this song from 4:30 on was the best piece ever written and played. Should’ve had the bass from the very beginning way back in 86 or 88