This is why Metallica is done

Is Metallica's best songwriting behind them? Will they ever write tracks on the level of Master Of Puppets or Enter Sandman again? In this video I breakdown the key compositional elements that made old Metallica songs great. To demonstrate how their old material is different than 72 Seasons, we'll be watching a live performance of "RIDE THE LIGHTNING", recorded in Montreal Canada. Random modulations, 5th harmonies, anthemic riffs....has Metallica lost touch with their artistry trying to please their ever expanding fan base?
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[@USMCTexan]

I don't think they will ever capture lightning in a bottle again like they did in the 80s, but every once in a while they come close to it with a song here or there. I think they need to make the final album be a complete love letter to the fans and just be thrashy as possible, make Cliff proud.

[@jakubkaras7810]

If only,it would be amazing,but i think we will never see them "able" to do this.And it's sad.Metallica was a great band long time ago.Unfortunately.

[@michaelpatrick6840]

I was at the Minneapolis concert in ‘17 when they played the first ever, new song live from the unreleased upcoming album, hardwired. I was smiling ear to ear hoping the whole album was going to sound like the song did. Well, here’s to hope 😊😮🍻🍻🍻🍻 🍻

[@USMCTexan]

@@jakubkaras7810 - If they realized that Room of Mirrors, Spit out The Bone, and Lux Aeterna are all the songs that make people think Metallica is capable of what fans want. I think proof that they keep doing things fans don't care about is their movie they made recently, some of the songs on the new album not getting any love at concerts, but oh well.

[@jasonwilson8877]

This i fully agree with

[@shredderzing8829]

Don't give up, make cliff proud

[@Notyourbis]

Metallica isn't done,it has a huge fanbase that will stay with it

[@OZHKAR1]

Absolutely

[@dimkent6659]

Have heard of Motorbreath? Ηit the Lights? Fight fire with Fire? No? Well you just wanna be called Metallica fan... you ain't one 😁

[@Notyourbis]

@@dimkent6659 i did,what is your point really?

[@azazelreficulmefistofelicu7158]

Huge fanbase without taste.

[@Notyourbis]

@@azazelreficulmefistofelicu7158 what taste?

[@brettbunke9096]

Saw them in 89 nice to see they can still pull off there good music

[@27pugsly]

They can still do Blackened 😮

[@shanealanhaag]

I personally really love the new album. I heard them in New Jersey and the new songs sound amazing live.

[@Blaze-xe8gt]

I saw them live in '96 and never wanted to see them live again untill this 72 seasons tour. They sound amazing live

[@annstevens6223]

I saw them in 2017. Show was amazing. Only gripe was it being at a football field.

[@thebluesrockers]

@@annstevens6223 "Well then kick a field goal and shut the fuck up!" hahaha Just joking.

[@playaycampo]

New album rocks. They still play old stuff at same speed and clarity as in their 20’s. Lars is killing it, Papa Het is alive, Kirk is ripping and Rob is phat. Metal Rules 🤘🏼

[@ShredmasterScott]

They may be the best live metal band I’ve ever heard

[@jvk3144]

​@@ShredmasterScottThat would be Opeth

[@themetalhead1463]

@@jvk3144 Opeth? Noodly and wankery filled. It doesn't matter to me how proficient or accurate a band is at their instruments, I am looking for some good hooks and good groove. I tried the Opeth thing and Dream Theater and couldn't get into it.

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

@@ShredmasterScott And probably better than Iron Maiden, which was unconceivable for me after seeing them like 10 times in the last 20 years, playing the entire 7th son album in 2014, Redoing the Live After Death concert in 2008 or playing the best of the Blaze Bayley's era (X Factor and Virtual XI) in 2017. For me Iron Maiden was the number 1 metal band of all times. But I must say that after seeing the shows Metallica made these late years, and especially attending to the 2 shows they performed in Paris during the ongoing 72 Season tour, my brain has been wipe off by their performance. I was so impressed that now, I'm just watching all the live video they release of their songs during the tour, always hoping they'll play some songs they haven't played yet so I get to see a live performance of as much as possible of their insane discography....

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

@@themetalhead1463 Opeth is cool, but it has some flaws. Progressive metal is nice but listening too much of it will make you dizzy. Which isn't the case with Metallica: I can listen to their entire discography in a row, non album songs and cover songs included without being bored a single time (I even did it this summer while driving for hours in my cars while going and returning from holydays). This is rare, because listening always to the same genre of metal can get you bored (Thrash metal, Death metal, Black Metal, Doom MEtal, etc...) there are very few bands that aren't like this...

[@zenoslime]

i know we all go gaga for the "tornado of souls" solo, but the "ride the lightning" solo is another in the same stratosphere imo. at least in feeling...

[@brpadington]

Kirk has done some amazing solos over the years.

[@hms2407]

Disposable heros solo is as good as TOS

[@brpadington]

@@hms2407 That track in general just rules.

[@hemmygrant]

What an awesome crowd Montreal, head banging , no phones

[@guyute6386]

kind of hard for me to think of a band that just 4 weeks ago, got 160,000 people to buy tickets for them over two days in NJ as being… “done”.

[@Five_Factor]

Hes talking about there ability to make legendary songs which they cant seem to anymore not the bands overall popularity

[@henry373]

What is different about metallica is not having cliff Burton he was a musical genius orion is a masterpiece a symphony as good as any classical music piece and without a doubt one of the greatest musical constructions ever put on a bass guitar. Every member of the band has there place and its obvious to see were cliff fitted in and his contribution.

[@nobodyshero8700]

....And Justice for All was the last Metallica album that I could honestly say I liked every song on the album. They still kill it live. Great band.

[@outerspacern]

Same here. I love and justice and think it's just as good as the first 3.

[@UpTheIrons12]

@@outerspacernI thought they weren’t great after the Black album

[@rodbelding9523]

Yeah I agree, ...And Justice for All is the last great Metallica album. I honestly think they fell off a cliff after that album (pun not intended). Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of songs I like after Justice, but that's their last album that's good front to back.

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

There were some underdogs on the classic 4 first albums: Pulling Teeth (outside the astonishing live performances of Burton, it was just a bass solo on album), Escape (basic thrash metal song with nothing special about to say). All the songs of the Black Album are Imo far above these 2 songs, and there are lots of songs of the Black Album (Sad But True, Wherever I May Roam, Through the Never, The God That Failed...) I would rank above several of songs of the 4 first albums... I consider th Black Album part of their classic era with the 4 first album actually (even if I do consider there is a huge sound changing from AFJA to BA, but again, it was the same from KEA to RTL)

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

@@UpTheIrons12 -Kill Em All: Speed Metal at it's best -RTL: Thrash Metal's Biblical Album -MOP: Thrash at perfection -AFJA: Technical and Brutal Thrash's wonder. -Black Album: Still thrash but emphasize mor on clean production and composition than into agressivity (lots of heavy songs though) -Load: was a really good album if you are more into hard rock and Stoner/Doom stuff. -Reload: Much more grand audience songs (which were actually good), and also much more "meh" songs than in Load. -Garage Inc: 20 years of splendid covers of killer songs from bands everyone should be listening to -S&M: A bit pretentious imo, and most of th songs doesn't work (the symphonic orchestra + the metal band). The 2 exclusive songs are very good however. -Mission Impossible 2 (I Disappear): OK song. -St. Anger: A complete disaster. Most of the songs still have some potential when you listen closely, but the production ruins everything... -Death Magnetic: Metallica doing their best to come back to their roots 25 years after Kill 'em All, Not perfect but nice compositions and sharp songs, and a good reinsurance that Metallica wasn't completely lost in a dead end road after St. Anger... -Lulu: Not a Metallica album, side project, can't be judged as a Metallica album. People need to stop focusing on this album. -Beyond Magnetic: The forgotten EP (mainly because it came out at the same time of Lulu). has actually some pretty good songs with good potential -HTSD: Cool album, even if I find average the songs everyone loves on this album (Hardwired, Atlas, Moth, Spit out the Bone, Now that We're Dead) and just love all the other songs that most people dislikes... -HTSD Deluxe Edition: 1 exclusive song + 3 covers, all made between 2008 and 2014. They're so good, all of them. -Helping Hands: Acoustic version changes really the songs, in a surprising way, but not bad at all. 2 Exclusive cover that are OK, but not on the level of the originals -Blackened 2020: Another acoustic version of a great classic. Same as Helping Hand, it sound strange but so good at the same time -S&M2: Didn't listened much of it, put the composition between the metal band and the symphonic orchestra seemed to worked way better for me. Will need to check again. -72 Season: I liked it. Way better than HTSD imo, reaching to the level of DM which was the best modern era (XXIrst century) Metallica album, but I'm not so sure now. 72 Season is catchy and heavy. It has songs perfectly shaped for some live crowd singing (Too Far Gone, If Darkeness had a Son, Lux Aeterna, Chasing Light) and Songs just here for the headbanging (72 Seasons, Crown of Barbed Wires, Screaming Suicide, etc...). Gets too much hate with people that can't accept they can't write songs anymore like they did in the 80's.

[@ItzBotz]

Shred is the number 1 fan o metal lica

[@18hot30]

not really he is like the music snob, knows that this will get hits and other stuff won't

[@kostas_11182]

Unfortunately people nowadays don’t have to buy an album to listen to, we all have access to all of the songs through internet.. So low selling albums can’t be a criteria to a music album’s success!! Anyway, haters gonna hate, do better yourselves people 🤟🏻

[@neil3467]

Will they ever match their peak again, no. That’s why it’s called a peak. Did they just write some cool songs for a new album? Yes. Did they put on a great show and entertain me in NJ last month? Yes.

[@shredderzing8829]

Bands like black Sabbath and Nirvana when they where done they still have a massive fan base and never are completely gone. No band dies.

[@ancienbelge]

RTL is one heck of a song

[@Mechanobi]

People will be listening to Metallica 200 years from now. If that is done to you, try and write a song that lives for more than 6 months… That said the evolution of an artist is what people love. Crossing one’s arms and saying an artist is not what they used to be is dishonest. You respect the body of work or you are no real fan. You do not have to like everything, just find what you like, you can always hit replay. The anger in asking why not write more like the artist used to? The answer is obvious, the artist moved on because they already done it.

[@teddynugent2463]

💯 🎯

[@jeremymoorer1611]

In that case they can be artists in in their basement without anybody else listening to them. If they want to sell records and make their fans happy then playing their old stuff will do the trick

[@tetsusiega2]

But if what they moved on to is just a worse version of what they used to be capable of, how is that valid? The main gripes of people from the last 3 records were that they went on too long repeating the smallest variations of the main riffs of the song. There’s been a clear lack of proper structure building and arrangement from them while it’s pretty obvious they were trying to go for the same goals they achieved in the 80s. What does that leave you with? It leaves you realizing that they aren’t capable of writing those arrangements, at least not on their own. Cliff, Mustaine, and Jason each helped them harness those elements in a way that they haven’t been able to achieve without them. I LOVE Metallica, but part of truly loving something is also being able to be honest about them. It’s still better than having nothing, and I’m glad they’re still out playing and attempting to make music…but it kinda speaks to the testament of how hard it is to make something truly inspiring and awe inducing.

[@Tigermaster1986]

>> If that is done to you, try and write a song that lives for more than 6 months… --- Lol. Metallica can't do that either. Apart from the songs from "72 Seasons", the most recent song they play on their current tour is from "St. Anger", and that album came out 20 years ago. They obviously can't produce any new music that is on par with what they used to make.

[@imagereflection4826]

​@@Tigermaster1986They've been paying Moth Into Flame, Hardwired and Day that never comes all those songs are more recent than St.Anger songs.

[@scottnixon9367]

Remember...they were party animals in the early days. Under the influence makes your creative juices flow much better. So there first 4 albums are amazing. The Black album on in my opinion...suck major. I used to see them in clubs in the SF Bay Area. Saw them on the Day On The Green in '85. So much better in the early days. I guess I am just old school.

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

The Black Album is actually pretty good, it's just that they've downgraded their aggressivity level on the songs to give it a clean look for all the casual audience they were seeking to reach. The writing and composition on this album is top notch, even if the 3 previous albums will always outstand it, it still is some really good composition. In 85 I was still a kid watching He-Man on TV, I wish I could have seen what the Thrash Bay bands (Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill, Testament, Agent Steel, Forbidden, Death Angel, Dark Angel, Possessed, Vio-lence...) looked like... But since I'm not an American either, I guess I'll have probably missed it either if I had been an adult back then...

[@HeathenDance]

It's not being party animals, it's being young. They didn't write stuff under the influence lol. "HEY, I'M SO FUCKING DRUNK. GOT AN IDEA FOR A SUPER AWESOME SONG." That's just a myth. Also, the Justice album is not amazing. It's very good, but, apart from Blackened and One, overall, is definitely not on par with the previous 3.

[@BrianCThru]

i've downloaded (dont tell lars) just about every song on the new album onto rocksmith 2014. a lot of these songs are really fun to play! "you must burn" and "chasing light" are my favorites.

[@leodileo]

I was at the montreal shows. Amazing performance but my god the stadium had so much reverb, I wish they opened the ceiling but great show overall!

[@annstevens6223]

I’m pretty sure the roof on the “big o” is permanent now.

[@bman8366]

I gotta admit, I absolutely love the new album... it's by far their best album since Black (and arguably even better than Black). So, I ain't complaining! :-)

[@HeathenDance]

=(

[@warwickaudio]

It’s worth noting that they credit Cliff for a lot of the composition technicalities on the earlier records. Once he died, it started to become less and less technical and more vocal driven.

[@kkkkkk-dh7xd]

Cliff Burton is so overrated, Dave mustaine is the key to the good stuff Metallica has put out

[@HeathenDance]

@@kkkkkk-dh7xdCliff Burton was a great musician, that being said, not even Bach pleases everyone. I love Megadeth and Dave's work, but the classic Metallica sound has nothing to do with Megadeth. They are actually two very distinct bands, when it comes to style and sound direction.

[@Tharsis_]

9:47 Man, it's always so cool to see James and Lars connect with each other like that. The fact that the whole band still has clear chemistry makes me happy to see even if their newer album wasn't their greatest.

[@Bleh8181]

They’ll never write songs like that again, because this was 40 years ago and they were different people

[@Possiblyclinicallyinsane17]

I think in this video they played well but it doesn’t have the same feel and energy that was in 1984-1986

[@fiddlergreen74]

Dave Mustaine is a co-writer of this song too

[@vm6729]

he is sh it

[@cirishnspanish4915]

Interesting, those chords even sound good on acoustic when you apply a forte technique to it.

[@sole__doubt]

I wish I could listen to their new music with fresh unbiased ears. I just cant get over the damage that St Anger did years ago.

[@teddynugent2463]

Can you get through one Metallica video without mentioning your boyfriend, Dave Mustaine, every damn time. If Mustaine is that great, Megadeth would be the biggest band in the world and yet they're not even close. His voice is terrible and his music is not timeless. Don't get me wrong, I like Megadeth but gtf over it.

[@27pugsly]

I actually love the new album 💿

[@-Tedward]

6:53 This riff is a certified "Try Not to Headbang" riff. IMO, metallica doesnt quite make these like they used to

[@Phuh_Queue]

LoL maybe not “done”…….but “METALLICA” ended a LONG time ago.

[@thebluesrockers]

"When Metallica came out most people hadn't heard anything like it. Sure there was some serious metal heads into heavier music than the tradition metal music, but most people hadn't heard anything like it. Just like a crack addict says "You really only get that super, high the first time you try it" then you spend the rest of your life trying to chase that high. I don't do crack, but I know that I can't hear Metallica for the first time again. The first several albums were excellent. But by the time they released the "Black album" They had done all that could be done. They became an iconic band. Putting a huge staple in music history. I'll be a Metallica fan for the rest of my life. Why? Because I love all their albums up to the "Black" album. They could have recorded a country album and I would still be a huge fan of their early accomplishment's. Nothing or nobody can take away my love for "Ride The Lightning" Kill Em' All" "Master Of Puppets" "And Justice For All" & the "Black" album. Anyone who nay says anything about Metallica after they've recorded those iconic albums is a true pickle whistler"

[@kevonicus]

People in the comments who don’t know this guy’s whole thing is trolling people crack me up.

[@toro5280]

He should bring back the death hog.

[@user-re9ep2jx8d]

Done? Not as long as they're on your mind which is constantly

[@jnbovee]

I've been thinking about this..... Seriously thinking about this... 'Ride the lighting' is Metallica's greatest song.

[@mrseaweed88]

Absolutely agree

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

Well, when I first listened to the album (around 1994), this song didn't marked me at first. I way more blown away by songs such as For Whom the Bell Tolls, Creeping Death or Fight Fire With Fire. I was even wandering why they didn't named this album with one of these songs. After 10 or 12 re-listening, songs like Ride the Lightning, Fade to Black, Trapped Under Ice and The Call of Ktulu started to resonate so much more in my head, and I now understand why they named the album RTL... Is it better than the songs Master of Puppets or ...And Justice For All? Hard to say, but it's definitively a song that's in the top 10 of their amazing discography.

[@Kapricorn.Musick]

I just saw them play tonight and dide, theyre so good live. And the graphics they were showing on the screens were sick. Its a whole damn experience, man.

[@MostlyJustAlex]

Did you see them in Phoenix?

[@Kapricorn.Musick]

@@MostlyJustAlex yeah

[@MostlyJustAlex]

@@Kapricorn.Musick Same - they did an amazing job, even with him just getting over Covid.

[@johngraymusic]

Even if they never write anything new or "more fired up " they'll do fine with what they have. My opinion 😊

[@doesnotconquerall4997]

I love how people call Metallica Sellouts when Dave Mustaine is literally a nft peddling cryptobro

[@imagereflection4826]

No-one in the thrash scene tried harder to sellout than dave mustiane and thats since the beginning

[@XxSEETH3RxX]

72 Seasons is like listening to a bad cover band trying their best to be Metallica

[@Jwoodill2112]

damn. that's a great way to put it.

[@user-vk3lk1zf3g]

I think Kirk Hammet's best accomplishment is always going to be as a founding member of Exodus. Who knows what would have happened if Combat Records hadn't sat on 'Bonded by Blood' for almost a year before releasing it?

[@Andrew300082]

I like the intro Bassline to 72 Seasons because it sounds like Dick Dale’s Miserlou, and I like Inamorata, and that’s about it

[@jamesalexander6417]

I liked the new album personally. Inamorta was the best track and I jam to that song going down the road since it was released.

[@Harrythe1st]

I remember when I was a teen when I try to keep it up at the end I tried to play different styles many times to variety, the times when you bought lp and then made a copy to cassette player 😇

[@XXIII_89]

Im pretty sick of hearing about Metallica.

[@vm6729]

yeah he is getting annoying with this titles

[@OrpheusV3]

I wonder what would've happened if Dave stayed in Metallica for some reason and continued playing together and Clive is still alive in this timeline.

[@teddynugent2463]

If Dave remained in the band. They would have broken up after the first album.

[@Taydutt13]

You cant please em all.. i love those first four albumns and i enjoy them today like i did when I first heard them. So that is something we as fans will always have. I know its not what people want but its what we have.

[@Eddie-In-Las-Vegas]

The fact that they made 4 (albums) in a row that are considered "untouchable" to many is miraculous and unheard of in the music business. Most bands cant do anything good after their freshman album and dissappear. Most bamds have two great albums tops. So they have more than accomplished something that hardly nobody has done. They know this and keep putting out new material just for the touring aspect of things now.

[@brydon07]

The new album is so good idk why ppl compare it to old stuff ppl need to stop Comparing people change music changes it sounds heavy

[@ArslanNur]

Yeah the new album isn't bad, the only problem is Kirk not giving a fuck about his solos. As a lead guitarist, I've always loved his early day solos, and it disappoints me that he put up such a bad "solo"(more of an alternate picking warm up than anything)

[@justanish6966]

​@leon6110 Yeah Kirk was just plain LAZY on this album. I usually respect his solos too

[@Jwoodill2112]

I'll compare it all I want. it sucks even compared to their last album. I listened to this new one once and never again. hardwired I listened to many times since it came out

[@themetalhead1463]

@@Jwoodill2112 This album is a grower. About half of the last album (Hardwired) were throw away songs.

[@DrywallMuncher_]

Seriously, people think Metallica are some perfect superhumans incapable of age. I think the album is pretty damn good for how long they are and how long they've been around

[@MoreAwsomeMetal]

I never understood why so many fans got pissed off after the Black Album era. I wasn' t upset with the Load Reload era, but many of my metalhead pals were (one of them even said he was done with Metallica after Load and sold me his Kill'em All record I didn't owned yet), but it's not like they've turned their back on what they did before: It's not like Pantera who wiped out al of it's 4 first album of their hair metal era ever since Anselmo drove them into that thrash groove style with Cowboys from Hell. Metallica always played song from all their previous albums, and always half (if not 2/3) of their songs performed live were always from their 5 first albums. I liked what they did with the Garage Inc, and the S&M, but I really didn't like the St.Anger. Was I completely pissed off, and screamed "What is that shit? Metallica are sold out and I'm never listening to them again!" No. I just said "Well they did a terrible album with St.Anger, and I'm going to listen to other bands albums which looks way more promising" It's just like those angry fans are just into Metallica and nothing else. Of course they'll never write down songs like they did in the 80's, but that's OK, because there are plenty of other Thrash metal and Death Metal bands who wrote some killer songs as well in the 80's 90's and 2000's. People just need to stop focusing on metallica as the only Thrash Metal band out there and start to look around and discover the metal universe. And as for 72 Seasons, people are just too picky once again. It's a very good album, as good as Death Magnetic was.

[@gregtallica1441]

Lol, i love coming across these Metallica click bait posts. They're playing to 90k people every night to sold out stadiums. 72 Seasons is a great record, they play what they want. Metallica is alive and well, out selling every metal band in records, concert tickets. Long live the kings!! But, please keep the click bait posts coming. 😂

[@stephenjones1046]

Ali didn’t fight his whole life

[@ShrubPlays]

The "anthemic" riff that you said only happened once is just a variation of the second intro/the outro riff, in my opinion. So it makes sense that the specific part only happened once.

[@niggasjit]

The difference's name wasnt Dave Mustaine.. the huge difference in composing creativity lays in the name of one Cliff Burton.

[@rawkinj6609]

My favorite throll is Shred. I was a that show, 242 J . Thanks for the laughs and light heartedness in this oh so serious world of caca poopoo!

[@nk1974]

They still can’t believe that people like MOP. Especially the young people. That RL riff always reminds me of the I Am Iron Man riff. That is exactly what I think of when I hear it.

[@jaimev840]

I blame the solos, I wish they can be more melodic and neo classical with a slight rock

[@Danboi.]

This is the soundtrack of my youth.. gave me goosebumps 👌 memories.. by the time I was 16 I was playing these songs in all the pubs in Perth. Elevating me to god status with the ladies 😉 Sold my 69 LP and went to live Germany. Got to meet all my favourite artists of the time.. Flew over to Milton Keynes and saw my favourite band Megadeth support Metallica, Got to meet Ronnie (Dio), chuck (death)..anthrax, iron maiden, max Sepultura... best part was Pantera. RIP Darrell. good times.

[@palikariena7292]

love the PRIEST hat! would love to hear an analysis of their earlier/pioneering/pre 'turbo' guitars

[@Albee213]

Metallica is like Star Wars. No matter what happens the fans keep showing up no matter how bad the material is. I have purchased every Metallica album and didn't buy this one. The last 4 I listen them once and forget they exist taking up space that could be better used.

[@enerpro2955]

I get your schtick but in all honesty the record sales seem irrelevant at this point in The biz. The money comes from touring where they keep selling out

[@themetalhead1463]

Exactly! Especially with streaming and other ways of listening.

[@user-io6qb6pq4h]

“Angry again and again and again….”

[@deangullberry5148]

Kill 'em All released July 1983, that's 40 years ago (I added that because it's hard for musicians to count above 4, so you're welcome). While it's amazing that any band can still get along after that much time, eventually creativity wanes. They may release more material, but eventually Metallica will have to end.

[@d-freh1009]

People said they were done after St. Anger.. Death Magnetic was a good album in my opinion.. I haven't heard the other recent albums yet.

[@jdd3786]

What made Metallica flourish in the early years was their ability to be creative and play what they felt. The new album sounds like the radio. Doesn't mean they're finished though.

[@HeathenDance]

I wish I could at least HATE the new album. But it's so bland and boring, that I can't even do that. LOVE METALLICA, THOUGH.

[@AnkothOfficial]

So Ride the Lightning is basically a modernised version of Hallowed Be Thy Name? It's about a guy contemplating his life choices whilst in death row. But it's set in more modern times with the guy about to get the electric chair instead of getting hung in the gallows like in Hallowed be Thy Name. I guess you could argue as well that the medieval British theme of Hallowed be Thy Name is more fitting of Maiden, whereas Metallica has that "contemporary" American vibe that suits their style.

[@Iesous27]

They may not be what they used to be, but lux aeterna was a pretty good banger. Just like Megadeth, they just don't have that young and electric mojo anymore.

[@arniesmith6033]

After watching that live performance i dam hope they come to Perth Australia (Which is not on their planned tour) because that shit was awesome.

[@bongo_baggins]

It's a trip that 72 isn't being received as well as Hardwired, I actually think it's maintaining the same level, and even raising it on certain moments. James' vocals are actually better than last time I think, idk, there's something going on with James' vocals lately that's pretty cool, like he's found a more focused approach to attempting the untamed vocals of his youth. He's obviously not replicating them, but is showing a "mean old man" version of it. Like a lion at the height of his reign versus the scrappy cub in the flower of his youth. Maybe he's sending it cus he knows an end has to come at some point.

[@annstevens6223]

I had a lot more fun listening to hardwired than 72.

[@3_14pie]

I like their new album... I just expected them to do more experimental stuff as they get older, since they already are the biggest metal band and rich as fuck... but apparently no, we probably won't ever get a new creative metallica song

[@marynajacobs7538]

All the haters love Metallica! All the non haters also love Metallica. Metallica 4ever. Shred also looooves Metallica. All his videos is about Metallica! Metallica better give Shred a few guitars for free. James Hettfield can sing oprera, country, metal, have you heard him sing death metal?????? He kicks canniball corpse ass. James is the Chuck Norris of metal voices. Seriously I have this mp3 where he sings death metal. Fight fire with fire. Imagine James singing real death metal. He can easilly do it too. But like what he sings and so. Life choices. They look good for 60.

[@cristophersanchez6287]

Maybe if 72 seasons wasn’t so expensive it would sell more

[@nathanv.4397]

James clearly used to read for inspiration. It likely aided in his excellence. It's a certain 'muscle' exercise that enhances certain cognitive abilities. He should read and do guitar exercises, buy a Latin dictionary, some candles, salt, and a Ouija board, and communicate with cliff.

[@obst7759]

I was done with Metallica when the Load album came out.

[@sonofliam8601]

Same here.

[@timturk1899]

I remember being 15 years old when my friend and I saw this, "New Metallica album..?!!" On Megaforce Records then. We literally ran home to listen to the New album. Blew our minds, and better than we could have expected. There were only a few of us then, and most didn't relate..?! That's one of the most memorable experiences I remember in life! They sure don't write em like they used to! That was a great sounding version these days, and your description, Shred, about taking chances with these crazy changes in riffage "That only a 22 year old would try". I felt like when I first heard this, that first day of release, when 15 years old again. Awesome! Thanks Shred!👍💯🔥🔥🔥🤘🎶

[@EdisonVillelaPor]

They got old and rich, they will never do anything like in the old days.

[@troypowell2403]

Where are you coming from dude this is one of the first songs I’ve ever learned. I learned it before 1990.

[@RobotYawn]

Many ppL say Ride was the last REAL Metallica cut.

[@DavidMartin369]

Inspiring to see they can still pull off a live performance like this. Riffs like that channel something primal in all of us, definitely missing that in their post-Cliff music. Will they will ever compose songs like this again? I don't know. Inspiration for songs like this comes about when you have the right mix of youthful rebelliousness and rage. Hard to channel that intensity at their age.

[@beyondthehorizon75]

I disagree with your view on their older age. They could STILL channel that anger and rage that's still in them (just look at what James has gone through in recent times) and make great music again. They just have to realize that themselves, particularly James. He's still that confused, angry young rager.

[@eweng903]

Don't think Metallica are done yet. To improve on 72 Seasons on their next album they need to write more songs with different tempos, experiment with different sounds and styles, and write more complex and challenging songs.

[@The_Blue_Blur1991]

Ride the Lightning is my favorite song for a reason

[@jackcashman6420]

Lars was DONE after the 91 Black Album. To go from a huge drum kit(1981 - 1993) to a jazz drum kit just amazes me!

[@brpadington]

This song has Mustaines influence all over it.

[@imagereflection4826]

Part of it

[@scav76]

They need to get back on the drugs and alcohol! same with Dave Mustaine. All bands write their best shit when they're off their faces!! And I'm not even joking.

[@teddynugent2463]

I have to admit. That's true to some extent.

[@ch1417]

This song is full of Mustaine riffs, you can tell its his structure and style. Wake up dead features some modified versions of what he wrote for ride the lightning. Dave Mustaine has credit on this song within the album liner notes lyrics etc

[@imagereflection4826]

1 riff. Out of 6

[@ch1417]

It's was Tuesday morning

[@Raven_of_Doom]

I've been done with them for a while. Huge respect for them (hung out with them backstage on the Justice tour and saw them just months before Cliff died, opening for Ozzy), but i can't blame age here. There are a lot of old guy bands (my age, mid 50s) that still have anger and energy. Plus so many new bands. Same with Maiden. Loved them, but too mellow now.

[@nathanv.4397]

You. Made the early solo / bridge sound like W W with that chord

[@lowe_the_showe202]

I like how shred acts like he hadn’t heard this song 13,032 times

[@micahwatz1148]

They just need to get the old guitar tone back and reverb back. Its the mixes and tones that are killing these last two thrash based albums

[@Notasheep7778]

It was over in 96. Well,they need to s/op trying to please everyone and not give a f*ck again

[@Molly87]

I was there!!!! What a weekend!!!

[@ni4ni775]

Justice was their last great album.

[@Jaytherocker608]

72 seasons is killer

[@neil3467]

A grower too. Much more so than the previous two albums.

[@bristol1312]

New album the riffs are not very exciting or moving . Especially the opening riffs not very memorable compared to the older first few albums ..imhop. I hate to say but they set the bar so high

[@1990muthafukin1]

They sound amazing live but they play too slow, and the material just isnt there. Too Far Gone, Inamorata, Lux, Shadows Follow, Sleepwalk, and Room Of Mirrors just isnt enough.

[@StockA4]

If I'm not mistaken, Dave wrote that "perfect" anthemic riff.

[@imagereflection4826]

No dave wrote the spider chord progression

[@StockA4]

@@imagereflection4826 I stand corrected, thank you!

[@finnimcfinger]

It's hard to be as rich as they are and be angry for long. Each album of theirs that comes out feels as if they are trying to pantomime the anger from the youth they are, now, so far removed. They're acting angry because they don't know anger like that any more. Good for them, but unfortunately, not incredible for their music. BUT To be fair, as of this videos publishing, they've sold 125million more records than I have. What the fuck do I know?

[@delvec]

"Sweating on his g string playing with his wood"

[@kesamek8537]

The need to re-hire that songwriter.