Learning the Hardest Metallica Solo

[@MusicisWin]

Just a friendly reminder to check out my brand new guitar lesson platform Guitar Super System: musiciswin.com Also, let me know which Metallica solo you think is the hardest and which solo you’d like me to try and learn next! -Tyler

[@jesusdavidrinconpuche2193]

Disposable heroes

[@pattiriri]

@@Flash6uL6 good example of constructive criticism..

[@benwaller4654]

One

[@benwaller4654]

Blackened

[@creeping_death6344]

In live metallica plays more faster i think

[@markgardner1328]

Learning a solo by ear is the most S tier thing ever

[@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253]

What's S tier

[@mylegocustoms3443]

@@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253 the top tier

[@dudeman5303]

Is it really??? That's how i learn solos. I guess I didnt know it was that crazy, I learned early on when I tried learning shine by collective soul that tabs were shit, so i started tabbing by ear very early in my guitar playing years, maybe that gave me an edge and i didn't notice it? Idk

[@aaebsssb9914]

Dude Man I couldn’t do it i have no idea how people do it. I could maybe learn some easy riffs by ear but nothing hard

[@DEE-jk3rb]

Not to mention its the HARDEST guitar solo of one of the 4 kings of thrash metal.

[@netgibbon1787]

There's more money in that room than there is in my entire house.

[@ramih.zuhair1442]

Neighborhood *

[@jonathanmalka7655]

Rami H. Zuhair block*

[@dylanbesaw7256]

City

[@rahulguitar]

City*

[@iagorocha1585]

World*

[@RELAXcowboy]

Shortest Straw's solo made me pick up the guitar. Shortest Straws solo made me put the guitar down as well.

[@VarsityAthlete04]

And justice for all is a frustrating album to play

[@TheReagorBrothers]

The straw that broke the camels back....

[@JaiMartirez]

Agree. I think, puppets and justice got insane guitar solos.

[@charleswagner1724]

AJFA is an exercise in WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?!?

[@dbxniker7484]

Blackened was for me

[@mattiatosi8350]

Every solo from St. Anger is impossible, they are so impossible that even the recorded album can't play them

[@blacklotus3205]

Tosi Mattia st anger has no solos

[@4x4andcampingchannel]

@@blacklotus3205 r/woooosh

[@D-Man_Jam]

@@blacklotus3205 r/wooooooooooooo0000sh

[@forbiddenyasuo6386]

@@blacklotus3205 you have a huge sense of humor

[@blacklotus3205]

Forbidden Yasuo I was saying it to see if I could get whooshed

[@markfazio]

I just texted Kirk, he said they’re all easy

[@Jake_The_Banjo]

Noice

[@Jake_The_Banjo]

Why do I have a feeling somebody is gonna get woooshed

[@stephenramos2824]

Funny. WAH WAH.

[@krispayy6076]

Mark Fazio how can you if he doesn’t have a phone???

[@krispayy6076]

jake jake r/woooosh nigga

[@antiversepodcast5187]

Videos like this remind me why I’m a rhythm guitarist

[@glcorreia]

Amen

[@lysergicaciddiethylamide6127]

Fo real

[@CBRHurricane6]

Yeah but nothing else matters and the first solo in master.... Suicide and redemption among others are james

[@antiversepodcast5187]

CBRHurricane6 which are easy solos. And even if they weren’t, I can learn a handful of solos but lead guitarists have to know dozens of them.

[@musketi830]

lol😂

[@rlh1984]

I really respect that people can learn stuff like this by ear. I’m just, “And then there’s a bunch of notes.”

[@christiancibulka1886]

Yeah. And then theres people who learn Jazz chords by ear like wtf

[@kylester0055]

TheGamerGauntlet after getting used to scales and keys, it’s sometimes even easier to learn it by ear, just takes practice, like everything else on the guitar.

[@mrbobjrsrv]

If you learn a few Metallica solos by tab or KZbin lesson (Chris Zoupa), you can get a general idea of what techniques Kirk uses in his solos. Like the pentatonic triplets or whatever. Then it will definitely be easier when you try to figure out another solo by ear

[@herculesbrofister265]

The worst part is trying to figure out something that was played on a guitar that wasn't tuned and/or intonated correctly.

[@yobrethren]

@@kylester0055 i prefer nailing stuff down with live videos, a lot of the times people don't play in scale, but in it's general idea Then again you can't really understand by ear what's being played on a distorted track, at least in my opinion, same goes to live videos, artists can play it differently and in different tuning Using something like transcribe can also help sometimes, but there's not really any solid way to learn something

[@zosonaigh2814]

Best Kirk solo: Ride the Lightning

[@raidapearce2297]

Facts

[@franciscoibarra6672]

Yes

[@eugeniavela6373]

PERIOD

[@cezaryszczepkowski6015]

Damage Inc. is also amazing

[@christian_user23]

ZosoØNåigh that’s a Dave Mustaine solo though

[@petar6987]

Who's your favorite guitarist? Kirk Hammet Who's your favorite musician? Kirk Hammet Who's your favorite celebrity? Kirk Hammet Name someone that ain't Kirk Hammet *cry baby wah pedal*

[@577buttfan]

Marty Friedman wipes his ass with Kirk.

[@577buttfan]

@Maccarooni sorry I'm actually glad Dave got booted!!

[@iamthetable1666]

577 Jersey Customs Adventures cool,but we didnt ask :)

[@577buttfan]

@@iamthetable1666 That's ok,I'm very opinionated online.

[@dinotaskoski8846]

Kirk and marty has diffrent techniques you cant compare them they are both the best at what they do

[@iimpire404]

Kirk said that he has to practice creeping death everyday so he doesn’t mess up during a show

[@577buttfan]

That's cuz Joe satriani probably wrote it

[@ABlazeintheNorthernSky]

@@577buttfan Legend has it Cliff wrote the solo.

[@577buttfan]

@@ABlazeintheNorthernSky cliff was the man.

[@thainhaines2853]

No he didn't 🤦 If you watched the Guitar Center video.. He said he had to practice 'My Apocalypse' riff every night so he doesn't mess it up, because when he plays it live he is the only one playing it and it's very obvious when you make a mistake on-stage. 'nuff said.

[@thainhaines2853]

*mic drop*

[@artturipura9238]

I think the solos from St. Anger are the hardest, like, they're so hard you can't even play them!

[@ISAAC-fl9br]

Neither kirk lol

[@tgunzz3790]

Lol

[@coolsachin2737]

No they’re so hard you can’t even hear them

[@nbzwakudakenai2704]

So brutal

[@invisiblekid99]

There were solo’s in St. Anger? And yes my name came from that album lol.

[@raspberryjuiceentertainmen719]

Tyler: there's no question it's.. Me: Dyers Eve! Tyler: Creeping Death Me: oh yeah that one too

[@justs_]

Tyler be trying to push onto us what’s wrong or right

[@jaypierce2809]

What I was just thinking. Dyers Eve made me rage

[@iqceo4276]

Dear Father, dear Mother! Dyers’ Eve isn’t the hardest solo!

[@raspberryjuiceentertainmen719]

Merge Plays in your opinion what is then?

[@janugur2241]

For a while i though of Dyers Eve too then i listened to Trapped Under Ice again.

[@andzelomajkelo6443]

Tries to emulate Hammet sound - picks prs custom and some boutique combo amp. Dude you sounded like santana learning creeping death.

[@DeathBringer769]

Lmao. That's probably a decent description of his blend of influences.

[@MichaelBryanC]

andzelo majkelo lol

[@MKDumas1981]

This comment killed me. On a semi-serious note, Santana would have played about a third of the notes in the Creeping Death solo. With Santana, it’s quality over quantity.

[@geronimodiaz2310]

Hello, You have good ear my friend..this sounds like Dorian mode but in killem all isn't? more like seek and Destroy ...I feel sofocated in this tone..

[@kkarx]

He totally ruined the solo with that tone. The original solo is so good because of the attitude when Kirk plays it with unmatched energy and doesn't give a damn if some unwanted noise is coming out of his amp.

[@stevenaustin4591]

quick tip - Kirk is ALWAYS soloing around the 12th fret and usually minor pentatonic shape 1

[@pieterstevens2019]

Steven Austin because that’s e minor and that’s what most of their songs are in

[@pieterstevens2019]

Reflexez yes

[@prometheustv6558]

Reflexez that’s the key the song is in.

[@leahbuh9270]

oh that's why 85% of Metallica solos sound the same

[@aaebsssb9914]

leah buh Bruh

[@Ozz77765]

No one should complain about Kirk's guitar playing ever again. And he made it up in his own mind as well as played it.

[@kkarx]

People are only pissed such a talented guy is no longer practicing and doesn't put any effort into music. RTL solos were awesome, great compositions, tone, attitude, the best Hammet ever played so it is sad he never really managed to top it, though he made some good stuff even after that.

[@stephenc.4319]

@@kkarx If they're pissed he's no longer practicing they'd be dead wrong, watch some interviews from Kirk.

[@JonathonProvis-Vincent-lw5xe]

Exactly, it's one thing to learn and perform the solo, but to actually write it takes exceptional musicianship

[@sticktoyourdrums8177]

Awe... the pre-wahwah days of Metallica. The first Metallica solo I ever tried to learn was One. I was about 12. I’ll let you know when I figure it out. I’m 37...lol

[@Gabrostil]

One solo isn't that hard compared to other ...and justice for all solos like blackened, the shortest straw or dyers eve

[@cycloidgamma127]

I started to learn fade to black's intro solo, and it's been 7 years, i still cant play the fast part 😭😭😭

[@Pyr0nEx]

He was using a wah before the black album. Listen to “Battery” off MOP.

[@NoahParker98]

Used wah on trapped under ice

[@averyplaysguitar]

He uses a wah pedal on the first song on their first album

[@cookieman876]

My E string exploded trying to hit that bend. Yay

[@kaiser7695]

If you play it right then your guitar explodes from how awesome it is

[@sense_maker1816]

F

[@clark.949]

lol mine popped out when trying out Hotel Cali solo

[@6stringermadness]

Get some slinky’s bro

[@sathyadharma704]

try to get some slinky's, especially paradigm ones

[@christopherhorton4634]

Theres was no internet when I started. This was my process. Play. rewind. play....until you get the riff. Metallica was my favorite. But i sat down ever day after scholl and did what youre doing. Figuring out the parts, until I had a whole song. Great video.

[@Stefan-Van-der-Pulst]

Just like me man, the only way to develop a "good" ear. I didn't even have a tuner the first two years. Just some stupid tuning whistle..

[@Wesso03]

From the scholl I did not graduate from 😂, just kidding

[@ricksmith4894]

Yeah man, a tape deck and a well pressed rewind button. I was always thinking if I had KZbin , slow down programs and all the convenience of a computer back when I was passionate about learning guitar , I’d be a lot better than I am now. I don’t have the patience for rewinding and listening anymore , what a waste of time haha

[@genericgeorge4933]

Dyers eve. No questions asked.

[@alogicalthinker2738]

Blackend, damage inc is hard too,

[@genericgeorge4933]

Joe Dot I wouldn’t say damage inc. that solo was easy for me to learn. The solo for blackened was easy as well, learning the rhythm for it wasn’t

[@CADEATERTOP3248]

GenericGeorge duh

[@alogicalthinker2738]

@@genericgeorge4933 I found the rythem of both easy to be honest

[@achannel8671]

Yeah Dyers eve or disposable heroes

[@mank377]

Tyler: picking the notes apart and learning the solo by ear. Me: *slowly types Marty music into KZbin search bar*

[@yomamainmydmsfrfr]

lmao literally

[@hhallowedd]

😭😭😭

[@metfan4l]

9:26 Is that a Dragonforce song?

[@starzgd5800]

now that's how dragonforce records their songs

[@FracturedFateBand]

Nah its rings of saturn😂😂

[@depandaz6885]

@@starzgd5800 you do realize they play live right?

[@TrapToise]

Pretty much

[@skitxles]

You’re literally on every video that has anything to do w Metallica 🤘🏻🤘🏻 😂

[@jakerenaud5702]

2:30 look at that pinky control lmao

[@tyjoisacoward4010]

Impossible

[@TallicaMan1986]

As short as Disposable Heroes is. It's difficult. Also this is the 80s thrash shredding. These dudes were picking at the shred parts.

[@Kimahrey]

Next video: Learning the Hardest Dream Theater Solo Have fun :P

[@spinnincrash2761]

Glass Prison - Intro Solo

[@MadForGames]

Tales of Horror Beyond The Veil easily.

[@Kimahrey]

@@spinnincrash2761 But strictly alternate picked

[@joaomatheus6222]

no doubt is the glass prison sweep, John Petrucci himself can't play it live properly

[@andrewpappas9311]

Metropolis Part 1 is my pick

[@KingGhidorah_]

16:43 - "And... why don't you go and learn the hardest solo you think you can learn? I bet you can do it." Me, 2000 years later: "I finally nailed the solo for "I Wanna be Sedated!"'

[@CesarCordova]

No Wah? What kind of Metallica is this?

[@angeleyes5523]

Lol he didn't use wah until the black album, this is before the black tho so that's why

[@99sparks93]

First people complain about wah, then they complain there is no wah :p

[@liamfahlin2219]

@@angeleyes5523 I think its a little wah in fade to black outro

[@hrinionuwut8637]

@@liamfahlin2219 And defenetly in the solo from Hit the lights

[@bucksncat1997]

@@angeleyes5523 He used Wah in Battery, Fade to Black, & a few songs off Justice. It was just more subtle uses than most things Post-Black Album

[@Giger10]

Ahh, this brings back memories of teenage me learning Metallica solos, and my poor family having to endure it downstairs.

[@randomhandle]

Came to make a Wah-pedal joke. I see I'm about 1000 Wah-pedal jokes too late.

[@lukebuckley624]

WAHt do you mean

[@rajendraprasad-nb5ss]

You should right this very comment on Kirk Hammett's jamming session videos....

[@TheAgentAssassin]

Wah wah wah always complaining, Sheesh

[@jbird1224]

And nickle back sucks. Har har har Real original

[@fsrsaa]

M Ross 😂😂😂😂 I jumped on the bandwagon too! 😂👍

[@kapi4322]

9:27 is dragonforce shredding Speed

[@Brewed.tea.]

Kapi Games and Bass sounds pretty right

[@alistershisheesh4721]

Kapi Games and Bass I thought it was arcade sounds sped up

[@BfaltS1K]

How dragon force mixers Thier songs played slow then sped up later hate to say it they can play good but all together live not impressed

[@dudeman5303]

Herman li/Lee cant even play those solos cuz they speed them up on the album. Its like the autotune for guitar playing.

[@griever2017]

Dyers Eve is by far the hardest metallica solo IMO Anyone is free to disagree

[@gabbeausejour5431]

For sure man !

[@kingnothing2161]

Isn't it also their fastest song? Yeah def the hardest even with having breaks in it's phrasing

[@wob6776]

I came to this video expecting Dyers Eve lol

[@licmoraless]

@Jordan Ingram He's really a Metallica fan, you should check other videos of him playing Metallica

[@Yumuklumucurta]

Thats what i said when i saw the title

[@lucasaal61]

9:27" i gues that make more sense" *procedes to play an generic DragonForce solo*

[@didi_abdillah]

Learning The Hardest Slayer Solo without Whammy Bar

[@ykitskanyenorth847]

Literally impossible

[@samvimes2821]

Use tuners, or a guitar version of Davie's cardboard bass with some serious neck bends

[@Mytube6138]

What is this guitar hero?

[@fitoel3]

Captor of sin intro is pretty good

[@kanethenerd9887]

chemical warfare is possble

[@REB457]

Put it ad 1.25 and it sounds like the original

[@anasjawad6638]

No one can play it as fast as kirk

[@l.ronhoyabembe3557]

Justin Villeneuve no it’s not.

[@Emmanuel_Abrahamian]

Runazoid Games That’s how fast they play it live

[@irishRocker1]

@@anasjawad6638 i learned it after a year playing guitar. I had been learning megadeth up till that point so was fairly tame in comparison to marty friedman and Chris Poland solos.

[@floridianthrasher5426]

But better

[@Bless-the-Name]

I'm a session player who stood in a few times for Metallica. I did all the solos for St. Anger and all the bass for Justice. Peace 😉

[@abnerolson5923]

I don’t know if I believe that lol

[@maxliu2587]

@@abnerolson5923 r/wooooosh

[@maxliu2587]

@@abnerolson5923 St.Anger DIDNT HAVE SOLOS and for Justice HAD NO BASS

[@thefinalcrusade7284]

Nobody: Dragonforce: 9:27

[@chilldeen4590]

dude 🤣🤣🤣

[@erikschutz3543]

Comedy gold

[@danielvillaquiran]

😂😂😂😂😃

[@nickrkr]

Though the exact same thing 😂

[@gianlucadecicco5921]

💀💀💀

[@dastan8638]

In my opinion Dyers Eve is by far the hardest Kirk's Solo. It's just crazy fast and how changes positions around the neck at that speed it's really damn hard. Also Dyers Eve is already a tiring song, and when it's solo time i just want to die

[@everything_da729]

Dastan Pun intended.

[@TheloniousDrunk69]

You aren’t even picking that fast for that long. That song is a breeze to play rhythm guitar to. Talk to me when you can play Damage inc without your hand cramping

[@JavierBustacara]

No way, Everybody knows the hardest Metallica solo is "Dyers Eve". Period.

[@tpd2029]

And Kirk plays it at almost 1.25x speed in live concerts

[@bagduster9381]

Cause of lars tbh

[@AniW2x4]

I put the video on 1.25x speed and it sounded a lot like how Kirk plays live actually.

[@marshmccarthy]

The solo in this video is only 75% speed too

[@mikepshena]

and only has about 50% accuracy

[@jessepoysti7615]

mikepshena yeah i’m sure that you could play it better! :)

[@DarrenWaters75]

*Metallica Tabs exist Tyler : "I'm gonna figure it out by ear"

[@TheAlaskansandman]

Seriously. As commendable as it is for ear training. If youre really just trying to learn the solo, you could save allll this time and just look at the tabs. Will get you a lot closer than playing by ear and if your that good by ear, you can make any minor adjustments needed. Especially if youre not as good as him and just learning your scales and way around the guitar. Good ear training exercise though, but he was def off. Id rather just peek at the tabs

[@Vampire102]

@@TheAlaskansandman so does learning scales help with ear training or something?

[@CelestialCimmerian]

@@Vampire102 If you learn scales then you will understand how the music was written, therefore, it is easier to know where the soloist is heading. Don't get me wrong, makes a really difficult thing just slightly easier

[@scott7d]

The way Lars pushes the tempo live, even "happy birthday" would be difficult to play. The Metallica rhythm section sounds like they want to end the show as soon as possible. Can't blame Kirk for not being very clean.

[@nutsack-1904]

Agreed! Lars has shitty tempo.

[@RevoltingRudi]

they just orientate on james. he is human metronome.

[@jacobscroggins857]

Disposable heroes is a tough one

[@rajdeepganguli2274]

Underrated gem, it is

[@jamesvoneschen6603]

Jacob S. That is the most underrated Metallica solo. I actually lost my shit the first time I heard it.

[@flameofthewestanduril3385]

@@jamesvoneschen6603 bro i opend the notes to learn it and my brain died instantly

[@JT_Grogan]

Kirk's best in my opinion

[@singleproppilot]

I learned the Disposable Heroes solo note for note years ago by copying the audio in to my DAW and using time stretching to slow it down. I'm pretty confident that I have the notes right, but I still can't really play it. Kirk Hammett gets a lot of flak, but many of his early solos are no joke.

[@TheManWithSomeTypeOfPlan]

I have to say Dyers Eve is #1. But its competitors have to be Ride the Lightning Whiplash 4 Horsemen Fight Fire With Fire The Day That Never Comes I'm sure others as well, but those are the ones off of the top of my head.

[@chancewillits8133]

Phantom Lord, Kirk can't play it that's why the only live versions are with Dave Mustaine

[@DannyGesko]

Damage inc

[@malowski111]

@@chancewillits8133 He has played it live though.

[@kasidiprapasuchart4789]

Chance Willits lol phantom lord isn’t that hard and his live performance was really well too

[@Iheartdgd]

Chance Willits what you talking about? Phantom lord is in their current set list bro lol

[@agustincasciero]

Dyers Eve has the hardest solo... Makes sense since it's their hardest song in everything (except maybe vocals)

[@thedancingguy828]

Vocals is Battery period. But evrrything else goes to Dyers Eve

[@agustincasciero]

@@thedancingguy828 the only thing hard about vocals on Battery is singing while playing.

[@thedancingguy828]

@@agustincasciero yes lol, you wa thinking that i was talking about high and low notes? That would The Unforgiven 3 or maybe Low Mans Lyric

[@agustincasciero]

@@thedancingguy828 possibly. Dream No More's high part is really difficult as well.

[@phantomflame0658]

@@agustincasciero Or anything from Kill em All lol

[@triledink]

Justice for all album got some hard solos.

[@Walamonga1313]

Exactly. I think his most memorable solos are in Ride The Lightning but the hardest are in ...And Justice For All.

[@Alynjay14]

triledink kirk at his best

[@TheManWithSomeTypeOfPlan]

Dyers Eve Blackened One Shortest Straw

[@ryant3600]

I concur..

[@JamesDziezynski]

Shortest Straw - that one takes speed and great articulation -

[@joseldlcm4182]

The hardest Metallica solo it's for whom the Bells tolls

[@samvelasco9231]

Ur funny

[@Anonymous-cw6oj]

Nah man. St Anger is the hardest

[@lbanquer]

Olo

[@westinmcclister1507]

Ngl man I find it infuriating to play , I'm horrible at playing stuff like that

[@brandonbarr7861]

Nothing else matters

[@matteoziegler7632]

Hardest intro nothing else matters

[@akshaykumar_r]

Not gonna lie, first song I learnt on guitar :D it's pretty easy if you take it slow

[@handlethehurdle]

@@akshaykumar_r sarcasm

[@akshaykumar_r]

@@handlethehurdle yeah I realized that I probably just wooshed myself xD but hey, my friends who started playing waaay before me still can't learn it so..

[@masonjarbeiler9569]

One

[@Evan-re7br]

Yeah that’s sooo difficult! You know I don’t think he’d be able to do it it’s pretty tough 😂

[@94sn95gt]

The one thing about Hammett i love is that his solos are sort of like really fast tongue twisters. You expect it to hit a certain note, but he goes off in another way just to kind of change it up, it is really difficult to learn by ear and then train your fingers to go the note he played and not the note your ear thinks should be played.

[@bradbabelbibou]

Very cool but I think Blackened solo is harder. Even Kirk can't play it anymore live.

[@reeenji]

2- Disposable heroes 1- Ride the lightning

[@Fin2001]

Victor Parra ride the lightning isn't too bad, it's the timing for the second half of the solo that always gets me. By that I mean the gap in the solo which is just a slow bend on the 7th fret of the 6th string.

[@l04d83]

Dyers eve is probably the hardest one to master. Disposable heroes is also pretty hard

[@juanito7098]

4 songs in one comment

[@dustinfoster1917]

Dyers Eve for sure anyone who disagrees w me is wrong. Damage Inc is up there too

[@oliverjdavis]

Agree completely with Dyers Eve solo. In my opinion it's Kirk's most creative.

[@TheJosmardaniel]

Battery ? No one ? Really ?

[@kingnothing4347]

@@TheJosmardaniel It's not easy, but i learned it in one week, and Dyers Eve is far more difficult

[@Godmil]

Oh wow, can't believe he's just doing this from ear. I didn't think that was a thing people could do that quickly

[@gamesandguitars3901]

Every solo except for James’s solos because I’m a rhythm guitarist

[@notmozart8866]

Suicide And Redemption solo is James' solo.

[@dhruvkulkarni8164]

Metal Fan same fam😂😂

[@emreozturk7870]

Metal Fan You need to combine rythm and lead,without lead techniques every rythm guitarist suck it dry

[@jack11m31]

@@emreozturk7870 that's why James Hetfield is god

[@notmozart8866]

@@dylandawson585 dude. Ever heard of Suicide and Redemption?

[@dandyism7288]

And that’s why I’m the band’s bass player .. but we don’t play any Red Hot Chili Peppers tune.... or primus

[@MrMetalhord]

I'm bass player to bro. U guys should learn Jerry was a rececar driver. Shit is awesome to play. Any RHCP song is pretty easy to bro

[@novaseer]

I'm guessing you don't play Orion or Anesthesia either.

[@MrMetalhord]

Novaseer nothing better than letting the fingers run Wilde with them 2!

[@JoinHerArmy]

Final result: 15:12

[@meowif2572]

dborbs thanks my guy

[@noahhunsaker3400]

God bless

[@Malc664]

Cheers , nothing worse than watching people learn.

[@Naku_u]

@@Malc664 why did you click on this video?

[@Malc664]

@@Naku_u It was not what I expected to watch so probably would avoid these in future.

[@xkolian0001]

How I compose my music: 7:51

[@anthonysanchez8096]

The hardest metallica solo is the shortest straw .

[@joshray5561]

I agree

[@spencer83t]

Dyers Eve

[@pogchamp7983]

Shortest Straw is also the funnest Metallica riff to play :D

[@waltergamer9262]

Dyers Eve X2

[@andrejmasarovic233]

yes indeed

[@paulvinova]

I learned Creeping Death when I was a young teenager. It was difficult then, but I did nail it. Played it in a lot of bars. I used to love Four Horseman solo for it's melody and the end solo to Jump In the Fire. Fade To Black solo is always a good one.

[@HEAVYpeople250499]

Oh wow, youre such a Prodigy, you must be one of the greatest players of all time by now

[@aimanshamsol2402]

Fade to black is the first metallica solo i learned

[@paulvinova]

@@HEAVYpeople250499 I'm at Wah Level 6 now. I heard you're still stuck at Metal Zone 3.

[@paulvinova]

@@aimanshamsol2402 I had to buy a Metallica Tab book for £30 to learn that one haha

[@theylivewesee1674]

man that 2nd solo of jump in the fire is so underrated

[@AdrianRiff]

Dyers Eve is definitely the hardest Metallica solo ever

[@pvsnoir]

Metallica Fanpage clearly not. Shortest straw

[@warningchimes24]

Holy Wars is the hardest Metallica solo

[@pvsnoir]

La Leche Del Arte Leper Messiah is easy in front of shortest straw. I’m actually learning leper solo

[@danielschyttelvik6104]

YEP!! it is

[@pvsnoir]

La Leche Del Arte I’m very bad at soloing :( i do not control techniques but I try by learning sweep for the first time with leper. The only solo I can are fade to black (all) and nothing else. And of course I’m learning leper

[@doubleyoujay4183]

5:09 “that sounds simple” cmon bro 💀

[@angusfenton1094]

Learning the hardest nickelback solo the hard part is wanting to play it

[@bigmike9527]

same thing goes for the foo fighters.that crap IS NOT MUSIC.

[@TheWolvesCurse]

check out "side of a bullet", a nickelback song with the solo being a record from the late dimebag darrell.

[@Mattube1983]

(Eyes Rolling) the hate train for Nickelback is still going around. It’s really getting old

[@bigmike9527]

@@leob4403 im not comparing foo fighters to nickleback,id rather listen to nicklback than the foo fighters,as a a matter of fact i refuse to listen to the foo fighters because they fucking suck.if they come on the radio i either change the station or just turn off the fucking radio.

[@tub3scr3am3r]

metallica's hardest solos are in the justice album

[@kylester0055]

Idk, Ride The Lightning solos are crazier than AJFA.

[@thatsjuancooldude9409]

@@kylester0055 no they're not

[@kylester0055]

that's Juan cool dude They are٫ Kirk goes crazy٫but yeah the AJFA solos are harder

[@kylester0055]

Familia Sanchez Calderon absolutely.

[@jmelder6499]

RTL solos are crazier and have more special complexities to them, but overall, the …AJFA solos rank higher in difficulty

[@n8boof]

Ride the lightning or Where ever I may roam

[@MsDavo123]

Nathan Simpson true man pentatonic run in ride the lightening took me weeks

[@SaSSaBJJ]

Wherever i may roam is one of the easiest imo

[@sebastianxu9084]

Salvador but it’s easily one of Hammett’s best solo

[@pvsnoir]

RTL is a pussy solo in comparaison with shortest straw (I’m only talking about the difficulty)

[@zoro21345]

Wherever is one of the easiest ones but sounds so brutal heavy

[@carlosmatos9848]

For Whom The Bell Tolls solo is way more difficult ;)

[@_Iss]

@Dave Mustard Hi Dave! Wheres Kirk Ketchup?

[@ElliYeetYT]

No all the solos from St Anger are so hard that you can’t even hear them.

[@willardwayne3]

Man, that repetitive hook (that's what I call it so ease off....) he does in tolls still to this day tries to trip me up bit past half way every time. No matter how many times......

[@24FretsSunny]

You got nice pair of ears 👂..Great work!!! Cheers from India!!!🤘🤘🤘

[@ethangilworth7891]

There’s really no doubt, Dyer’s Eve is significantly harder than Creeping Death’s solo

[@adamaj74]

Dyer's Eve solo isn't that good, imo. It's mostly wah-wah, jibberish, noisy, and discordant. I'm a huge Metallica fan. Just because a song is fast doesn't mean the guitar solo is good.

[@mikepshena]

@ThrashMetal dude that solo is cake compared to creeping death. learn something about guitar other than being a beginner

[@Macrohard_On_Fire]

adamaj I love that solo

[@ethangilworth7891]

@@adamaj74 didn't say it was better just said it was harder

[@adamaj74]

@ThrashMetal I CAN play most of Metallica's songs and solos. But even IF I couldn't do any better, what does that have to do with anything? If YOU knew anything about playing the guitar and could actually play the songs yourself, you wouldn't say such things.

[@presjoseph149]

Blackened has an extremely difficult solo

[@mustafaemir462]

No its very easy man

[@benjamincohen4190]

That’s actually a really easy solo 😂

[@Xmrz666]

Well actually is easy 😅

[@dylanromanic]

@@leob4403 Its a much more basic solo and it was one of the first solos I could practice with on a daily! But its a pretty easy solo, most of it is just fast but its not that hard 😁 Just keep playing

[@malowski111]

As far as Metallica's solos go that would definitely one of the more difficult, the people above are just posturing.

[@oiEL-X]

9:26 every dragonforce riff ever

[@LouSassoleSledgecock_III]

Just lovely lol

[@titorialiano2419]

cuz its power metal

[@DaniEl-un7ef]

lol

[@vvjokinen7786]

looked for this comment

[@mintwestwood7827]

When I first heard Creeping Death, I realized the respect I needed for Kirk. Also I think the reason this solo is harder than Dyer's Eve is because it's almost as fast but also like 20 seconds longer

[@snopallchannel241]

9:26 when coke kicks in

[@JoseCruz-dk3fi]

More videos like this please. This is the most I've enjoyed one of your videos

[@BeruDeWitt]

Rt

[@phillyhank8726]

Not sure if it’s the hardest but the one Kirk solo that gets me right in the heart is “Struggle within”

[@bandavet]

Hum... being lead guitar in a Metallica Tribute Bande in Brazil, for me the hardest KH solos are on "...And Justice For All" and "Black Album" records. Take a listen to "The Shortest Straw" (siiiick whammy bar work), "Dyers Eve" and "Don't Thread on Me" solos and tell me what you think. Nice work on "Creeping Death", by the way :)

[@qjones7298]

bandavet Don’t Tread on me is far from the hardest solo on The Black Album, Wherever I May Roam and Through The Never are much harder.

[@freshmilk980]

9:26 *Rings of Saturn mode activated*

[@flagovhate]

ROS are fucking garbage

[@emilioisokay_2252]

Flag Ov Hate you’re garbage

[@syndiconv2618]

Flag Ov Hate why tho

[@cesarefrancescoriggi]

In my opinion the Hardest Metallica Solo is Ride the Lightning.

[@jonpresley1163]

Cesare Francesco Riggi Same. It's so damn long too lol

[@pvsnoir]

Pussy difficult comparing to shortest straw

[@IbrahimAhmed-zi5bw]

Its beautiful and meaningful. Kirk played amazing arpeggios

[@User-lu3gv]

+James Hammett RTL solo is the most underrated solo. Sounds ez. It's not.

[@pvsnoir]

Kill 'Em All did I underrated the solo ? No I said the solo is easy comparing to shortest straw. I actually prefer the RTL solo but you didn’t learn to read

[@michaelcornale1320]

I litteraly love your channel man!! I’m French by the way and I’m in the process of learning how to play guitar at 43 years old. Would be great to receive a small reply to my comment…..keep up to upload some bangers for us 🙏

[@elcrack3343]

I think that the hardest metallica solo is shortest straw....

[@Walamonga1313]

No doubt, it's just so random and hard to even figure out. And it's probably Kirk's fastest playing, along with maybe Dyers Eve.

[@aguitarist2246]

Walamonga 1313 Yeah

[@ronjrusso]

Yeah I was going to say that one too. Definitely my favorite and feels the most varied and "dynamic" I suppose.

[@Metalguitarpete]

Shortest Straw is obviously a collage of technique specific sections, each part sounds like an exercise all stuck together. The hardest part is nailing the whammy scoop at the beginning.

[@hellfire7284]

Nah it’s creeping death

[@xxjoStaxx]

I think the solos in The Shortest Straw, One, The Thing That Should Not Be, Battery, Fade to Black, and Harvester of Sorrow are pretty tough to master too. But yeah, Kirk solos like a mad man in the Creeping Death solo, for sure. I've always played his solos by ear too, except the leads/solos and the main solo in One, which was the first Full solo I learned when I was 11. I learned that one by tab in Guitar World Magazine. I had already gotten down a few parts of it by ear, but got the full solo downpat after I studied the tablature. Kirk has Always made badass solos, and they seem so effortless for him when you see them play live 🤦🏻‍♂️ I'll go back through some old Met songs and see what solos I remember being really hard to get down. Years ago, in my playing prime, I knew how to play every single Metallica song ever released up to S&M, as well as the solos and all lead parts. I seem to remember there being a tough solo or two on the Black Album, but I could be mistaken. Or they could've just seemed difficult for me at the time, for whatever reason 🤷🏻‍♂️ I did always like playing For Whom the Bell Tolls, all the leads and especially the solo 👍🏻🤘🏻 And the Sandman and Roam leads and solos. Sorry, I'll stop rattling off songs I like lolol 😂 Hard to contain myself when it comes to Metallica and Kirk 🤦🏻‍♂️ They were (He was) the main reason I started playing guitar back in late 1994. Kirk Hammett, Jeff Hanneman, Dino Cazarez, Satch, Steve Vai, Dimebag, etc. Good video 👍🏻🤘🏻

[@angadgianirogers1844]

Well the solo of the thing that should not be is not heard to me it’s one of the easiest solos it’s just got some whammy bar stuff and some small licks that’s it. For me the easiest Metallica solos are For whom the bell tolls And The thing that should not be

[@mikeygrizz23]

Damage Inc sounds incredibly difficult.

[@Macrohard_On_Fire]

I learned it yesterday :)

[@ynotsammy]

Currently learning Fade to Black's solos. So much fun learning these and feels good to ALMOST get it down

[@josephstalin172]

LOVE UR VIDS!!!!!!!KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!!

[@lancesicat9623]

Every song in St. Anger

[@notmozart8866]

Some Kind Of Monster has a solo in it. It's crappy, but it counts. So fuck you

[@josephljhawthorne]

Yeah you'd have to listen to St. Anger to figure it out

[@lonesilentbull]

blackened has got to be one of the hardest metallica solos IMO

[@Zielix20]

blackened is easy but seems to be hard before you try to learn it

[@bigtbake61]

Kirk doesn’t even play that fully anymore

[@chiquiMoe]

Blackened has one of the hardest metallica riff

[@kasper5688]

troy baker Don't take my word for it but they don't play alot of solos because it slows the song down (don't really get the point of that but guess it could hurt live shows...)

[@pstudio4096]

Very helpful, I'm trying to learn the lead parts. Lead is not really my forte. This song will be forty on July 27th. As all songs on RTL. I intend to cover this song in it's entirety for the RTL anniversary. It's my favorite song of all songs. I already have the Rhythm guitars, bass and drums recorded. This solo will be the biggest challenge for this project. So I really appreciate videos like this one. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@MatmanPDX]

I've been trying to cover Metallica songs for like 20 years, and the longer I try, the more I realize I'll NEVER sound as good as they do! It's just a basic principal of the universe: People are different, and have different talents and abilities. I just wish I had spent all that time learning to write my OWN music, instead of beating my head against a wall for 20 years!

[@willmckinneystan685]

I think “Dyers Eve” is harder

[@musicdoessudip8104]

It's quiet inspiring to see such effort and dedication,;which is required to be a good guitarist or any other instrument player . Don't give up...(this msg is for me and others struggling to improve)

[@stopmotionknocks255]

4 years ago I thought I’d never be able to play this . I was right .

[@notmozart8866]

9:27 sick shreds bruh

[@shee_eesh]

Not Mozart dragonforce

[@mateuszbok4466]

My toughts exactly :)

[@ryuukaobantie7272]

Archspire has some competition

[@CJG4L]

Rings of Saturn shit

[@anthonyw2059]

sounds like galaga

[@mateipopescu4338]

Ride the lightning sounds tough to me

[@quix99]

Matei Popescu fuckin love that solo. By far the 1st section is probally his most melodic

[@TheManWithSomeTypeOfPlan]

Ride the Lightning has like a 90min solo(being a bit dramatic with the length lol)

[@ShredHeadJHJ]

It's not hard. I learned it years ago as a teenager, and I don't consider myself anything special of a guitar player, especially by today's standards. You should give it a go, you might be surprised.

[@mateipopescu4338]

@@ShredHeadJHJ i dont even have an electric guitar. i only have an acoustic but im getting my hands on a kickass electric guitar and amp in a month or so

[@Ssv714]

ride the lightning is all pulloffs. super easy. Shredding is the hardest part of most solos and rtl has no shredding in it

[@MarcSnow]

Great video man. Cheers from Brazil

[@tavicotavio]

*HUE HUE HUE HUE*

[@danielalexandre2316]

Marc, grande mestre!!!! você é foda!

[@ricardourrutia8066]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@MarcSnow]

De onde tua mãe te botou no mundo

[@MarcSnow]

@Alan Moreira tmj man

[@letsexchangecansandbadadvi4245]

I have followed your channel for some time now..?WOW!! ITS GROWN ALOT...BEYOND AWESOME🤘🤘🤟🤟👍

[@triphazard3953]

Well, I am thoroughly impressed. Learning any guitar work by ear is an absolute challenge. Great job dude 🤘🏼😆🤘🏼 oh btw, I need to barrow that delay pedal! 😂🤣 new subscriber here, happy to support your channel.

[@pal7316]

The hardest Metallica solo is anything by James Hetfield, for the only reason that you MUST play it with only down picks

[@nickkellam9155]

He plays riffs with downstrokes but soloing he uses alternate picking

[@mvximumbeats3141]

@@nickkellam9155 r/whoosh

[@varzat6416]

" i alt pick master of puppets and yes i am also retarded"

[@yoiamhere4737]

While dyers eve may be harder, creeping deaths solo is quite epic as well

[@seth6string]

This was me in my bedroom in the '80s, rewinding a few seconds of Metallica riffs and solos on cassette tape, over and over, all day.

[@floriandobkowski7291]

More of these kinds of videos please!!

[@notmozart8866]

Dyers Eve and The Thing That Should Not Be. The first one is the fastest Kirk ever played and the second one is one hell of a mess that is kinda good actually.

[@Walamonga1313]

gamesandguitars003 Blackened is definitely tougher in some sections for me than Dyers Eve due to the weird timings. Hardest overall solo is Shortest Straw's though (in my opinion).

[@finps9786]

These kinda videos are awesome! Please do more \m/

[@andrewfinn]

Wo, great to see how you can learn a solo with all of your Knowledge of chords, arpeggios, scales, etc.