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[@MatthiasCorvinu]

"I didn't even hear any damn bass on there." Should we tell him?

[@joelmacdonald6994]

Tell him what? That ‘tallica was a complete dick to Jason? He sure didn’t deserve it. Jason was a perfect fit. Here’s a wild thought, Rob has now been with Metallica longer than Jason was. And unfortunately, I have to say they both have the same number of solid albums. Jason was there through their hay day though.

[@majazaborowska4123]

@@joelmacdonald6994 i think he meant just what metallica did, you know. just basically about turning the bass down, not about how they treated jason. but you are right, ain't gonna lie

[@diesel3333]

🤣🤣🤣

[@reggiewhite4111]

Its why this is their best album

[@PotatoL001]

@@reggiewhite4111 What?

[@BigTuna8810]

Am I the only one who absolutely loves The Frayed Ends of Sanity? The solo on that shreds.

[@jeroenkoster1366]

No, you're not the only one, but I love every song of this album.

[@Lancelot30]

Definitely not, that’s one of my top 3 on this album.

[@xafbxmoto269]

Dyers eve and frayed ends are 💯

[@HypeWrecks]

Every song on this album is insanely good.

[@AhmedRasool91]

Frayed Ends of sanity or shortest straw , IDK which one to pick as my favorite, With an album like that man you just can't pick

[@Dookiesnootch]

The guitar solos on this entire album are Kirk’s best work, in my opinion.

[@arjunski]

agreed!

[@sciontc9240]

Kirk was playing like he had something to prove

[@TheNothing6]

Kirk's solos on the first five albums are amazing! And he has a lot of good solos since, but I agree, Justice is probably his magnum opus!

[@lassehilling1262]

Dont forget fade to black tho

[@reynaldorodriguez6232]

Solos on this album are my favorite! But every single solo Kirk does is amazing! He's a God to me! 😁

[@jaycizzo]

IMO, Metallica is the greatest because they blend heavy and brutal with melodic and catchy like no other band I've heard.

[@hoopsmccann639]

if those are the aspects of metallica you enjoy, have you listened to opeth?

[@trxr4kdz]

@@hoopsmccann639 now watch this. Even though Opeth does it at a very elite level (Opeth Fan Here), have they ever done it better than Metallica has? And imo they haven’t

[@hoopsmccann639]

@@trxr4kdz opeth is unquestionably more heavy and brutal than metallica, and are more melodic too. metallica is faster, and given that opeth is a prog band, probabky more catchy. but an opeth hook gets stuck in my head for weeks, while i can't say the same for metallica. i love both bands, but the contrast, to me at least, is that metallica is a speed metal band that incorporates melodies well, while opeth is a melodic death metal band (early opeth) that writes very proggy songs. so for opeth, being brutal and melodic is the core of their music while the core of metallica's music is playing fast. again they are both awesome though.

[@trxr4kdz]

@@hoopsmccann639 well you I agreed with what you said besides two points. I believe that most of Metallica’s hooks are absolutely catchier than any riff any band can come up with (Master of Puppets, Enter Sandman, Fade to Black, One, Nothing Else Matters, etc.). And yes I understand that point is almost purely subjective. And secondly, I think that Metallica has found a way where they can thrash the hell out of a song, while at the same time achieving beautiful melodies to the point where it becomes frankly undeniable. But what we can agree on, is that both bands are absolutely great!

[@hoopsmccann639]

@@trxr4kdz when i re-read what i wrote, i don't think it came out as clear as it was in my mind. what i was saying is that metallica writes catchier music, because opeth is very proggy and prog isn't catchy, but opeth's hooks have the staying power to stick in my head for longer periods of time. for example, i have listened to an opeth album for a couple weeks, then i will take it out and pop in an album from another artist and 2 or 3 songs in i have taken it back out, only to put that same opeth album back in for a couple more weeks. it's a different kind of catchy, if that makes sense.

[@capp00]

And Justice for All is 11 minutes longer than Master of Puppets in runtime with only 1 additional track. This album was like "want to see how fricking long and hard we can play 1 song?.....Bam, 9 minutes"

[@johnpatrick1647]

Merciful Fate is 11:10 long. Not as good as Orion, but it's their longest track.

[@andrewdavis9980]

@@johnpatrick1647 That song is a compilation of Mercyful Fate songs though. 🍎 and 🍊

[@rohantiwari7801]

What about Rime of the Ancient Mariner? Maiden is on another level. Or Empire of the Clouds.

[@Mop_v21]

@Tester 1 *Bell Witch has entered the chat*

[@DexXx84]

@@Mop_v21 Nightwish: who asked for "The Greatest Show On Earth?" (the piece is like 5 songs in one and is 25 minutes long in total :D )

[@arjunski]

Just you wait till Dyer's Eve, your ears will never be the same after listening to it.....

[@spEv3r77]

Best song on the album.. imo

[@_Jamesjpn]

@@spEv3r77 With to lives is to die and and justice for all

[@jakemayfield2818]

@@_Jamesjpn To Live Is To Die gives me chills everytime I hear it

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

It won't be fully changed until he hears the bass-boosted version

[@THEREALBONGMAN]

@@spEv3r77 Cause it was one of the last that Cliff wrote...

[@darkwishanimalswall6066]

AND JUSTICE FOR ALLLLLLL

[@bananaman9226]

he should listen to the songs with ajfa for jason so we can actually hear the bass

[@idontlike.4881]

...and justice for Jason

[@cathy8187]

*sick guitar lead plays*

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

The riff starting at 2:27 was actually written by bassist Jason Newsted on his 4 track. When he introduced to James, he was blown away by it. He would go on to ask Jason how the "tricky riff" went. The cruel irony is, that Jason's bass is pretty much rendered mute on this entire album.

[@paulknowles6433]

I don't listen to the original album anymore. And justice for Jason is the only version I listen to now dude 🤘

[@HvyMetal4Ever]

@@paulknowles6433 That mix is so damn good. To live is to die sounds so much better with that enhanced bass.

[@paulknowles6433]

@@HvyMetal4Ever I remember as a kid I used to play justice real loud. It made my bedroom windows vibrate but at weird parts of the song because the bottom end mix is such a mess. Justice for Jason made the album come alive when you can hear that backbone. When they released the "remastered version" it was the EXACT same album as the original!!

[@FyreofShadow]

@@paulknowles6433 In my honest opinion, I like Ahdy Khairat's remixes better. The bass is more balanced in the mix, and isn't as overpowering.

[@paulknowles6433]

@@FyreofShadow it's probably a matter of taste. To me as long as you can hear Jason's contribution you're hearing the music as complete as it was composed without all the obvious messing with the mix done by Lars and James. Still a defining album of my youth. I'm just glad we can listen to it properly these days.

[@mike50cal.26]

Alex, Imagine being in a packed arena. The lights go dark. The next thing you here is that intro to the song. Then the stage explodes with James and crew in front of you! That was my fist Metallica show!!! My favorite album of all time! Thanks for the memories!

[@sgt.d.1311]

Fuck yeah!

[@metallimama5850]

I just described the same thing!!!! And have the same chills and memories every time I hear that intro. Cheers to the oldchool Metallifux!

[@wesleybusbin]

As was mine. An when the break down came after the solo on this song. It was elbows everywhere. The whole show was awesome!!!!

[@Heyoo414]

Yep my dad told me that’s exactly what they did at his show

[@billynothnagel8850]

I can and I did see this in late 80 s

[@panoseu3213]

Τhe fact that you have reacted in multiple bands and kinds of music but you ended reacting especially at Metallica entire albums is showing the greatness of this band. No matter how many bands you will listen to. You will always return to Metallica.

[@anthonybotonis4541]

Aint that the truth!!!

[@austinsanniota]

Yo for real!

[@wildae.]

definitely

[@craigutter4372]

2 reasons for that. 1. Metallica kick fucking ass. 2. Metallica fans will watch this over and over cuz were loyal cult members. Good music equals good business.

[@alpinote]

siiiiiiiii y a éste album

[@der_jannik_0115]

Can’t believe we get the Justice album right after Master Of Puppets❤️❤️❤️can this channel get any better??!

[@mokane86]

He could react to Ride the Lightning next?? 😅 🤘😈

[@GlamprinceRockking]

Yes it can...very easily. React to Faith No More's - Album of the Year and Angel Dust. Also check out Anthrax's- Sound of white Noise or Slash's Snakepit -Ain't Life Grand

[@OriginalMiztiki]

@@mokane86 Exactly!

[@GlamprinceRockking]

@@ervv2905 King for a day is cool. I prefer Sol Invictus though.

[@nomoneynomo]

@@mokane86 I agree! It’s their best album.

[@CLB-xl7jt]

I saw Metallica in 1989 on the AJFA tour. They opened with Blackened. I still remember the energy to this day. Freaking amazing!

[@Ultimatemusings]

I saw that tour too! It really was amazing!

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

How many songs did they play? Those AJFA songs are long as hell

[@Ultimatemusings]

@@TheLucidDreamer12 I just looked up the set list from the show I went to in 89' They played 18 songs!

[@zaqwertyfish]

Bristol CT 1989... I was 16... Packed 6 people into my 1980 Monte Carlo... When the show started some dude yelled 'BLACKENED!' as it faded in...

[@RobCaldera]

Saw them twice on that tour and the energy was like nothing I had seen before (well, except when I saw them on the Master tour). Opening with Blackened was just blistering!

[@KingRichard1013]

Harvester of Sorrow is one of my favorite songs ever on the justice album. It’s heavy, dark, the guitar work is so badass. And the lyrics really speak to me too.

[@colonelaid5206]

Yes yes

[@jasoncurry207]

Harvester is my all time favorite metallica song

[@AndyJHeuer]

@@jasoncurry207 Nice! Mine too. So good.

[@timetheous]

Harvester of Sorrow was the song I listened to over and over when I first purchased the ...And Justice For All CD (it was the first music CD I had ever bought when CDs became a thing) ... it is my 2nd favorite Metallica song (the first being Leper Messiah) .

[@jaybo_219]

Agreed

[@anonshadow2239]

The reason I got into Metallica right here. This whole album is an all time masterpiece

[@GrimReacts]

soooo close to 666k! youre gonna love this album bro, seriously the best album metallica ever made imo. Can't wait for you to react to Dyers Eve, probably the most mental drumming from lars!

[@JD.Knight]

Number of the Beast reaction for 666k subscribers 🤟

[@DBSG1976]

This album came out when I was 12 and it blew me away. Hands down my favorite Metallica album.

[@123timmon]

i read the comment, check again and exactly 666k. props :D

[@alpinote]

Si señor. El Mejor!!!!

[@TheCarnaGeYT]

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE AGREES THAT THIS IS THEM AT THEIR BEST , PERIOD..HANDS DOWN GREATEST METALLICA ALBUM EVER.

[@burialofficial8913]

And Justice For All is my favorite Metallica album ever

[@dapaintbrush6965]

My one to

[@AndyJHeuer]

My fav as well, with Harvester of Sorrow my all-time fav Metallica song. Though objectively Puppets is their best album.

[@davidburns6284]

It's a masterpiece.

[@jaimesegura7318]

Shortest Straw is my favorite Metallica song ever.

[@seanbrent8294]

Their best album and blackened is my fav song

[@michaelmccourt4992]

8:13 Hetfield: “...take your breath away” Hefner: exhales

[@hierbich]

Just wait for dyers' eve. My favorite Metallica song ever. I'll be watching.

[@MetikalMan]

Fastest ever metal?

[@hierbich]

@@MetikalMan probably not, but definitely one of the fastest metal songs without the 0000000000000000 stuff. lol

[@paulpv7]

@@hierbich Try "take no prisoners", "Poison was the cure" or "Mechanix" by Megadeth for fast metal without 0-0-0-0-0.

[@hierbich]

@@paulpv7 ooofff Sorry, I just don't like Megadeth.

[@flame_zzl]

@@hierbich I was a huge Metallica fan before. A month ago I discovered Megadeth and my life has changed, I can't stop listening to them.

[@organicmethamphetamine2391]

fun fact: the intro of Blackened was played in reverse

[@Alex-om2jt]

Metallica's most underrated song, they deserve to be among the best for me

[@Luke-hr1lt]

Imo their most underrated song would be like the frayed ends of sanity or something not really super popular

[@henry247]

Its not underrated at all lol

[@Alex-om2jt]

​@@henry247 Dyers Eve

[@cindysherf8818]

They are considered the best by far

[@rellikinvictus1057]

How do you get this far in life without hearing this song?

[@charlesrocks]

Right. All of my children could name the first four Metallica albums by the time they went to kindergarten.

[@Mattyona23]

Because not everyone listens to metal tf?

[@JulAgu78]

@@charlesrocks exactly man!! Same here. Teach them kids what good music really is.

[@joshuahammond1585]

Seriously though !!!!

[@goncaloramos9394]

blackened is the best song from ajfa all the way up there with dyers eve

[@kylebrady969]

Intro to Blackened will go down as one of the most epic moments in their career, hands down.

[@johndrews206]

I personally like the intro played backwards kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3uUp3afmaZoacU

[@TheAwsumFunk]

I won't complain if "Alex Hefner" becomes just a Metallica reaction channel lol.

[@derekcleffi6476]

@Deadlock T if you are into thrash, check out some death metal. Kind of a step up in terms of heaviness, but you may like it. Death is a great band, whether you like their early heavy work or their later technical stuff. Check out sepultura for some beautiful Brazilian thrash. Final pick is gojira, they actually tour with Metallica. All great bands, go check them out if you haven’t already!

[@ruchardo_]

@Deadlock T you should try testament, exodus, overkill, as the previous guy said, also younshould try death metal, like obscura, monstrosity, gorguts etc, all of them are really fucking good

[@bjoern_thun_dersteel]

@@ChosenInterval yes

[@bjoern_thun_dersteel]

@@derekcleffi6476 Death is amazing! My Favorite Band of all Time with Pantera, Exodus,Testament and Sacred Reich

[@jameslevario2254]

He needs to do a sabbath marathon to go back to metals beginning

[@joshgerschutz361]

I remember when Alex was just a new guy in the metal scene, now he's a veteran and digging into the greatest metal of all time

[@kirat666]

Really bro, a veteran?

[@stopspammingmesrsly]

After the solo when the riff comes back. It's just incredible energy.

[@CrAsHeD69]

Literally I’m fine if you spend the next 6 months doing nothing but Metallica’s discography - AJFA is gonna blow your mind

[@ky-sepi-ota-layharjo9369]

Just imagine being a really hyper 12 year old hearing this for the first time. Damn I miss the old days 😁

[@ovaismalikvo]

They have so many legendary albums but this album from start to finish is still probably my favorite of the bunch. These dudes are the metal kings.

[@marvinssjaime9676]

Fun fact:The intro of “Blackened” that fade in,actually is a reversed track ;) Greetings from a Mexican Fan 😎👍

[@F.A.F.O.818]

This album is the standard for Metallica, a must own, their best work ever

[@dcasper9884]

“This is the type of song if you start listening to it while brushing your hair you got scalp left” I FUCKING DIED!

[@benholmes7501]

This is absolute killer live. I’ve seen Metallica 11 times and they’ve done it each time. It absolutely kicks ass. Glad to see you’ve found the urge for Tallica.

[@miskahaukka]

I’ve necer clicked this fast.

[@bigjay123]

Liar

[@amorodioamor4388]

He meant other than porn

[@johngutierrez3425]

Same here!!

[@LicMegags]

Same

[@Cloudy_SkieZ1]

I have to say. The look on your face any time they go from hard thrashing to harmonized guitars through a transition is so like wholesome? Wholesome isn’t right...like wide eyed awe. So happy you are doing more Metallica, movin on to the next one buuuuddy.

[@shannonjohnson6532]

First album I ever bought with my own money. Got it on cassette when I was 10. It blew my mind then and still does now at 42.

[@nickcarlson2708]

I've been waiting for a To Live Is To Die reaction for 3 years. I'm hoping my wait will be over soon

[@guitar_noodle]

Not only is and justice for all my favorite Metallica album, it’s their most technical album.

[@jasoncurry207]

Absolutely i feel the same way

[@angelson4091]

The best version of Lars 🤣🤘🏼

[@tieman3790]

Wasnt Cliff the most technical?

[@tieman3790]

Or do you mean guitar difficulty

[@aaronlane5800]

The guitar at the beginning is actually backwards! Pretty cool idea!

[@ThisisStephennn]

Producers reverse sounds all the time. But, not so much in metal

[@ESPirits87]

Jasons idea

[@number6223]

Beatles did it.

[@johndrews206]

I love it played forwards. Not the album reversed version kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3uUp3afmaZoacU

[@knightedincydonia]

I've been listening to Metallica since I was around 13. Your videos make me wish I hadn't listened to them before so I could enjoy their albums as much as you do

[@tristramcoffin926]

When you are so floored by Metallica's Blackened that you accidentally snot on yourself...

[@chrishanson6566]

Cannot believe I have been a subscriber for over 2 years watching your journey into the metal life

[@willie1062]

Can we talk about how heavy that guitar sound is? Holy shit its heavy.

[@LicMegags]

I've always tried to mix my guitars like this song on my recordings when I played hardcore punk. I did not succeeded that much tho

[@jasoncurry207]

Yep ive always kept my guitar tone similar to this lol so perfect

[@codelingmusic4559]

and it's even without bass

[@Ryan-xn3mt]

Metallica gives you heavy!

[@chrisoberg6888]

@@codelingmusic4559 I was gonna say its cuz they cut Jason's bass lol.

[@JohnnyOttosson85]

Justice is their best album. Lyrics, harmonies and solos are awesome.

[@MotoXjunk]

Totally agree

[@Nico-kp9wf]

And bass guitar as well haha

[@nickrispoli2532]

You’re basically going through what happened to me my junior year of high school. Granted we’re like the same age, but yeah once I discovered Metallica I went on an absolute binge listening to every song I could by them

[@mariobergermann1119]

A big "high five" from overseas, Mate! It's so cool watching you listening to these Gods of Metal!! Thank you, have a great day, can't wait for your next reaction...!

[@davidburns6284]

I bought this album the day it came out in September 1988 and it's still kicking my ass today. One of the greatest metal albums ever. Very heavy, very progressive and very deep. It really doesn't get much better than this.

[@xplayndo5890]

my top favorite Metallica album period .

[@JohnnyOttosson85]

Same here my friend

[@rusherdasher8826]

Same here

[@jeroenkoster1366]

Damn right.

[@tobbeman1006]

Same

[@phudeo4947]

Some times I’m too into other music, I forgot how awesome Metallica really was.

[@leon5150]

A a teen in the 80’s, Metallica was like a prize fighter on a win streak. Just when you thought they were at the peak of power, they amp it up again and blow it away. No one ever said “yeah, they’re ok” it was always “METALLICA!!!” One great album, not just songs, after another.

[@peo4989]

yeah man this made me almost loose my shit back in the day in semicommunist sweden. One day i had straight clothes jeans and well pressed shirt. Day after i listened to Kill em all and justice for all livge version with a big live collectors LP/EP edition my sis bought for us...i go to school with holes in my jeans and metallica tanktops and chains as a belt :)....thats what Metallica do to you. Im so thankful to my sis.

[@arjunski]

Second favorite Metallica song! Such a great solo to this one!

[@jackaltwinky77]

Which is your top?

[@drewskull5181]

The first time I heard this song I was hooked on Metallica. At the beginning of the song I listening with headphones, I was Alex, 30+ years ago 🤣

[@davidebosio384]

It's nice to see so much enthusiasm in listening to this song, I'm 42 and I grew up with these records and still listen to them, "Blackened is my cell phone ringtone" XD. Great Alex !!! congratulations for the channel

[@raytull3922]

The first time I saw Metallica live was on the "And Justice for All" tour in Houston at The Summit. They began the show with this song and I lost my f**kin' mind. Amazing!!!

[@JulAgu78]

AJFA is probably my favorite Metallica album. Man! I love this band. Been a fan since 1985

[@spEv3r77]

Fact

[@jasonhughey4434]

Seen them 19 times first time Monsters of Rock 1988

[@ricardoggomes99]

The best Metallica album. Spoke and ran away.

[@jochencooper2751]

I've been listening to Mop and Ajfa since their release and still can't decide what I prefer,Blackned is just iconic still to this day, that intro makes the hairs on my neck stand up every time

[@tallycahamuhlhetru26]

James' chugging riff behind Kirk's solo has to be my favorite chug.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

I don't think a lot of people realize the fever of anticipation in the long 2 years between Master of Puppets and ...Justice. Firing in the cassette and hearing the intro to Blackened with zero radio play on ANY song and one of the member replaced since the last studio album? It was an unreal time. For a lot of people, even the Black album didn't have this level of anticipation.

[@lyleb.5614]

7:30 Metallica has made us all snot on ourselves at some point, its a badge of honor.

[@armelind]

This tour was my first and only Metallica concert. I paid $17 for the ticket and $15 for the shirt.

[@MaddogJones]

That's so sad brah! After this pandemic you gotta see them one last time before it's too late!!!

[@armelind]

@@MaddogJones nah i saw them when they were still good. I have seen plenty of online concerts for free that i couldnt sit thru without cringing. I wont pay over $100 per ticket for the same cringe.

[@bryguysays2948]

1 word Aaron M. Inflation

[@thoronthol1175]

I saw them five times on this tour :) Never saw them live again.. where did you see them?

[@armelind]

@@thoronthol1175 San Antonio, TX

[@theearthrexden]

Alex’s face every time Kirk plays a solo😲

[@Bean0cean]

the face he makes when kirk plays the thing that should not be's solo

[@solonartv7961]

The best Metallica cover band (Blistered Earth) got their name from the lyrics of this song. If you get a chance to see Blistered Earth live, DO IT!!! You won't regret it. Killer live show!!!

[@alvargalvan]

all the solos on this album are amazing

[@oscarherreros7272]

Please do the entire album! For me, with this album Metallica reached their peak.

[@FormedBox]

The drumming on And Justice For All is absolute fire 🔥

[@bim41337]

In my opinion, this is the best solo Kirk ever put down on a record. It's telling a story of its own, its full of feeling and fits perfectly into the overall tone of the song.

[@Abby-yx4ff]

My favorite is fade to black

[@j.t.3798]

Tats are sick, bro. Legendary bad ass band!! Great reaction!

[@jasongroomes7987]

Blackened should be everyone's work out song. If this doesn't pump you up, you're already dead! Blackened is a 12 minute song crammed into a six and one-half minute masterpiece.

[@jamesbeitman5186]

Had this on vinyl when it first came out. This album got me through a rough patch and will always be my favorite album.

[@The_Last_Ninja]

Same can be said for the first two Metallica albums. Hit the Lights on Kill ‘em All and Fight Fire with Fire from Ride the Lightning definitely set the tone for those albums. It’s their trademark and us metal heads love it…

[@Kezmaefele]

Someone gave me this tape for an off campus bus trip in like 9th grade and I just kept rewinding this song over and over again. I didn't know what trash metal was at the time, all I knew was my world had changed.

[@joelmacdonald6994]

This was the first entire Metallica album I heard too. Grade 11, but I was a bit behind the curve, it was already “old” at that point. Didn’t live in an area where metal was popular until then. I knew a few songs, but that album sold me. Same deal, bootleg tape. That said, my first Metallica album that I bought was Ride the Lightning. RTL is still a favourite, but all the first 4 are amazing.

[@KenKopper]

This song was the main reason that my cassette got worn out.

[@Shonschannel]

AJFA, the love of my life. I was 19 when this came out and saw them on tour for this album. Front row right in front of James...

[@Metaljonus]

One of my favorite guitar tones. Fucking crushes!

[@TheREMIXrage]

Best metallica song 🤘

[@chriso6719]

I hope this means you are doing the ENTIRE ....And Justice For All album.

[@SuperDalton72]

Metallica was not only a heavy metal band traching and screaming,, they could play and sing everything from opera to classic an they always let you let you hear there lyrics clear over the music,, bthey think of everything when they play.. they are good as hell,

[@mraxeattack]

I still get goosebumps every time I listen to this song (or most Metallica songs, honestly). So good. Can't wait for your reactions to the rest of the album!

[@Robisquick]

Greatest intro to any metal song ever ever. And thanks to Jason Newstead for thinking of the idea to play a throwaway guitar section and reverse it as the intro to this song. Genius move.

[@RafaelMartins-wq4bt]

My first metal album ever was this. Discovering this kind of music back in the late 80s was amazing. And yes, Metallica were different. First album without Cliff, James Voice was more agressive and (even) Lars played the best drums of his life. Sometimes it feels likes the drummer is the leading musician. Take me back, please...

[@Demonsday]

The intro you hear is actually being played in reverse :D

[@chriswallace17]

1st Metallica song I ever heard... I was 14 or 15... I've never stopped 30 plus years later.

[@greghitt1704]

Same here. Read a review in the local newspaper and on that picked up AJFA vinyl in 89 and hooked on the band since.

[@yesdeere1376]

Ride the lightning was it for me. I’m a drummer as well and my first full song I learned was for whom the bell tolls. The rest is history

[@Blackjacksnapper]

Me too!!! True fan all my life!!! Ever since and justice for all came out. Thanks to my buddy who said I needed to listen to it. And the next thing you know I went to the and justice for all tour.

[@metal00carn]

One of my favorite songs of theirs live. Everytime James yells "FIRE" in the song they set off monster fire Pyro on the stage. Once when I saw them perform it at an outdoor stadium they had that fire Pyro step up around the top of the entire stadium for those parts. It was bad ass.

[@youcoofy1404]

The giggles are so accurate man. The crashes ugh so good lol

[@alpet67]

I have to say, it's really awesome to see a young man truly appreciate the artistry of the music from my time. I was born in '67 so these were the jams the rebels listened to in my day. Stuff like this was considered 'Devil Music' to my parents and their generation, imagine that!

[@michaelpigford5880]

Yup! I knew they were wrong though. Actually .....I didn't care. Greetings from 1971

[@SDGMK25]

The lyrics are also an innuendo for his mother’s death cause by lung cancer due to smoking. Deadly nicotine kills what might have been. Breathing nevermore.

[@oldkid8811]

The God that failed on TBA was about this as well

[@jesus-fv1sz]

the solos on this album are crazy frenzy

[@csgo-ls4ni]

Love Metallica, for the last 30 years, since I was 11 or 12 and all of their music, Kill - Hardwired. Love 'Em all. Lee from South Africa.

[@wildae.]

this is my all time fav album of metallica. I just love it how you have started liking metallica. Keep on making more video.

[@brunoyanez5263]

Just wait till Ride The Lightning, Fight Fire With Fire :)

[@JKM395]

This was my first Metallica album. Still probably my favorite for that reason.

[@oldkid8811]

When the waiter asks James how he wants his fish, he responds with "BLACKNED!"

[@aldante7079]

i think youre the best reaction channel simply because youre so open minded and youre charismatic and i love that you do some resarch too before listening. youve earned a new subscriber and my eternal respect 🤘🤘

[@jon-pauldupont5746]

That SciFi sounding stuff at the beginning is actually the intro played backwards. This album is also where the term “Newsteding the bass” comes from since Jason Newsted is buried in the mix

[@sefikjasarevic4692]

First time!? Wow.. I bought this album 1988 the moment it came out.. I froze.. It was something absolutely different from puppets, lightning and kill em all.. OK Master of puppets is killer but Justice is some crazy unbelievably great album.. This is album that I can listen from first song till the last without skipping Countless times, nights, days, hours I have spent listening and enjoying this beautiful album... What energy used to be realest wooow.. The best time for me when is overcast, dark heavy grey sky and headphones on and BLACKENED is coming out.. Every song is winner.. I don't even care about Lars hating the eye of beholder, for him is ugly song, to me sits perfect on the record... Harvester of sorrow... Ahhh the best song ever... The frayed ends of sanity agghhhhh kills... And to finish album with Dyers eve common... And justice for all is the best Metallica record.. I know it is so hard to say it and the reason why is simply because of Master of puppets and Ride the lightning but sorry guys my ♥ goes with JUSTICE..

[@irishrebel1976]

DO THE WHOLE ALBUM!!!!

[@teamatfort444]

Can’t wait for Harvester reaction

[@jeroenkoster1366]

Same here, one of my favorite Metallica songs!

[@teamatfort444]

@@jeroenkoster1366 yeah riff just before the first verse goes hard as fuck

[@jeroenkoster1366]

@@teamatfort444 Talking about hard, these lyrics are just so dark and disturbing, and more relevant now then they were back then, which is not a good thing.

[@jarbarian]

We played that song live at every show. Just imagine how sore my forearms and wrists were playing a full Metallica show, all down picking for 2 hours every night!

[@shirrepoffer]

Started listening to Metallica back in -95 when I was 7 and I still feel like you when I listen to them today. Such an awesome feeling. Metallica never gets old!

[@jakeflorian3334]

Wait until you watch Metallica live Seattle 89’ lol best live performances