Metallica - Frantic but it's 23% more frantic

Frantic, like much of Metallica's 2003 album St Anger, is one of those songs that is chock full of incredible riffs and an honest, aggressive energy. But it's also 6 minutes long. My friend Nick and I decided to whittle the song down to its core components and throw our own twist on it!
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The idea was to bridge the divisive conversation about St Anger - If you love the original, you may think this is just pretty good... If you hate the original, though, you just might find that this version is actually pretty good!
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LYRICS:
If I could have my wasted days back,
Would I use them to get back on track?
Stop to warm at karmas burning
Or look ahead, but keep on turning?
Do I have the strength to know how I'll go?
Can I find it inside to deal with what I shouldn't know?
Could I have my wasted days back
Would I use them to get back on track?
You live it or lie it!
(You live it or lie it)
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle
Keep searching, keep on searching
This search goes on, on and on
Keep searching, keep on searching
This search goes on, on and on
Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tick tock
Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tick tock
My lifestyle determines my deathstyle

[@MrTerrordactyl]

My car’s extended warranty determines my death style

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

Always thought this album would be massively improved with just some trimming (and better production, of course). The songs themselves have a lot of good parts, they just repeat endlessly until you hate them.

[@luiss.r.8328]

Desde el Load & Reload vienen haciendo eso. Alargar y alargar las canciones en el intento de ser pegadizos y aunque en algunas lo consiguen en otras tienen dos riffs buenos explotados hasta la saciedad.

[@musik7466]

Trimming, yes, thats why they need a producer with the job to actually produce (ie Bob Rock in the early 90s) towards a more conmercial approach and structure. All of the latest metallica albums have the same problem, its just endless new parts and bloated sections. 72 seasons is a bit better on some songs, but most of them could essily loose two thirds. Or more.

[@m.r.4455]

Exactly!! Load and Reload were their last albums where songs had an enjoyable structure.

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

the sound is truly unique, they really do suffer from some extremely sub-par mixing and recording, honestly. but i love St. Anger. it's such a unique album. the snare-fix remasters on youtube make it very enjoyable!!!

[@maxobrien3104]

Bruh, trimming is putting it lightly, the album should only be 30 to 40 minutes long, take it from someone who will defend the original version of all within my hands with his life, there is no reason for any of these songs to be longer than 3 minutes, and the album clocks in at roughly 75

[@mattbunn12301]

As a huge Metallica fan this fucking kicks ass! Awesome work.

[@toddbarriage]

That means a lot, thanks man! This cover came from a place of love, the riffs on this record are soooo fun

[@HarblesBarkley]

Oh, MAAAAN. I need a full cover of this album STAT. This is fantastic 🔥

[@toddbarriage]

Yoooo thanks!! We’ll be smacking out an EP in a few months, our 5 favorites from the record 😊

[@HarblesBarkley]

Yesss! I love it! I found you on TikTok, first video that popped up, and now I'm diving into your channel and loving it!

[@toddbarriage]

That’s so rad, holy crap! I hope you enjoy your dive into my stuff!

[@HarblesBarkley]

Todd. God dammit, I loved the deep dive into your channel so much. I hope you blow up, the bell is clicked, Spotify is followed, god damn my dude, keep killing it. 👏🤘

[@toddbarriage]

@@HarblesBarkley my friggin hero 💙 can’t wait to share all the stuff I’ve got cooking with you, it’s gonna be a fun next few months & beyond!

[@scottgalloway1819]

Listening again, and realised that this song (and presumably others on St Anger) are raised simply by using a decent sounding drum kit. One of my lecturers at university when I was studying sound production said that the St Anger snare sounded like, and I quote, "a skeleton having a wank in a biscuit tin".

[@toddbarriage]

lmao that’s such a brilliant description! The drum & bass tones held this record down real bad. Also the out of tune guitars… there’s a lot haha

[@bigbrownhouse6999]

Drum sounds and also vocal performance/mixing

[@AaronKaiMCDNLD]

he deadass just described Lars lmfao.

[@HentaiTrapLord]

I'm too high for this 🤣

[@HentaiTrapLord]

@@AaronKaiMCDNLD Holy shit 🤣🤣🤣

[@lens_hunter]

Love this cover, and I actually love the original song. St Anger has a couple of okay songs, but it was clearly an album that needed to happen for Metallica's sake. They were clearly not in a good place, and the fact they managed to push St Anger meant they could get through anything. Death Magnetic and Hardwired are great, imo. So for that reason I'm glad St Anger exists.

[@toddbarriage]

Thanks so much!! I love the original too, St Anger is unironically my favourite Metallica record lmao. The riffs are just SO. GOOD.

[@BGRANT777X]

God damn how is your sound so good? Its like a thick and rich syrup of sound poured into my ears.

[@toddbarriage]

When I’m mixing I ask myself “could this sound better?” and keep going until the answer changes from “yeah it totally could” into “maybe but idk anymore”

[@Novembrine616]

The length and the vocals improved this soooo much. Really, killer vocals man.

[@toddbarriage]

Thanks, that means a lot!

[@blackace69]

No hate but i think they went little to hard on vocals

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

nope.@@blackace69

[@Rockyrules1995]

That was KILLER! Thank you for correctly writing this song. I was 12 and thinking “did they forget to finish this song?”

[@JMFproducer]

You had me at the snare tone.

[@toddbarriage]

I’m genuinely concerned how I’m gonna do Saint Anger without the PAAAANG! sound lmao

[@JMFproducer]

@@toddbarriage I prefer your snare tone waaaaaaaay more. 🤘🏻

[@petereggenhofer1370]

Thanks Todd, we all need this since 2001

[@darrenhawe]

Why is it that I’m never prepared, Todd? This rules.

[@toddbarriage]

You rule 💙🙏🏻🙏🏻 & I’m never prepared either!

[@blakerainwater6036]

This is really good. I was a Metallica stalker before and during the St. Anger period. I remember in interviews the band said they were going for a rough garage feel. And went on to say that they used cuts that they knew the guitars had gone out of tune somewhere in the mix. I thought oh know that does not sound good. Then the album came out. I listened to it a lot. And everytime I liked it a little more. I always felt there was a classic album in their somewhere. Years later You Tube comes along and talented fellows like you proved it. You live it or lie it.

[@toddbarriage]

Blake, you friggin' rule. St Anger is an awesome record, it just needed to be trimmed down a bit and it's a solid hardcore EP haha

[@markdaoust9537]

This has got some serious He Is Legend vibes. Good stuff!

[@toddbarriage]

yooooo that’s a spinkick of a compliment 💙🙏🏻 thank you so much!

[@HarblesBarkley]

After coming back to this video: it totally does has that later He Is Legend vibe. (Also can't wait to get their first album back on vinyl early 2022)

[@fynixstudios]

I literally just found your channel and I'm absolutely FLOORED by your versatility. Some of your pop punk stuff has you soaring, some really cool voice cracks, the sum 41 stuff definitely impressed me, but this is a whole new level. I have so much I can learn from you and it makes me so fuckin happy.

[@toddbarriage]

Yo, thank you so much! I’m listening through some of your stuff right now, I’m stoked to hear what else you come up with in the future. This lavender town cover is dope

[@fynixstudios]

@@toddbarriage I've never had comments like that from an outside source! Thank you so much! I worked really hard on that, so it means the world to me to hear you say that! Cant wait to hear more from you, and cant wait to take what I can learn from you into practice as well!

[@user-nz5ob3du5l]

Just found your channel. After hearing your vocals on everything else, this was super impressive to me. Versatile and solid. 🎉

[@Resident-of-Pluto]

Finally, "my lifestyle determines my deathstyle" but good.

[@toddbarriage]

if i had Alabama hands I’d get “death style” knuckle tats

[@Symphony79]

This is just too good man ..🤘

[@benoitfigliuzzi7715]

This is awesome! I dunno how your cover has not been spotted more yet... I'll share it as much as I can! Keep on the good work and feed us more! From France with love

[@toddbarriage]

Man, thank you Benoît, I appreciate you a lot! Hope you’re having a good week!

[@DmitryMusatov]

I'm so happy I've found your channel! You're so talanted!

[@toddbarriage]

Thanks Dmitry!! I’m happy you found it too 💃🏻

[@ArcticChonk]

2:08 Jesus, this riff HAS NO RIGHT becoming this heavy!!

[@andyhare8250]

The tuning of the guitars, the evenness of the drums, the synchronization of the parts, and the mixing/mastering of the track were all better than the original. And I feel like the original has no excuse on the mixing/mastering front, given that it was released in 2003, a year after Disturbed put out Believe.

[@toddbarriage]

Damn, thank you Andy! That’s what made us want to make this cover, to try our hand at a well-produced Frantic. We love that record & wish it was given a chance, from a production standpoint

[@jongbong1912]

Who gives a fuck about disturbed 😂

[@TheShaggster37]

I mean there was a reason for the awful mixing and drum tuning. Metallica was behind the Napster lawsuit and Lars got all petty and said "what if we made something so awful nobody would bother stealing it?" What he failed to realize is that it was so awful nobody wanted to buy it either. St. Anger is one of the most notorious metal albums of all time because of it. Shame it was a losing battle.

[@oldfart6938]

Tallica fan boy here w 26 years of music/guitar experience… You guys killed it! 🔥 🤘🏽💪🏽 Ty for being awesome 😎

[@Dino-sk5mj]

This is really good! I will definitely subscribe. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🤘🤘

[@jonathanfredriksson3502]

Dude! You made me love this album hahahaha!

[@toddbarriage]

oh hell yeah!! glad I could help spread the love haha

[@jonnysee2948]

Loving all this, yes please thank you!

[@jam5133]

Love this channel!

[@toddbarriage]

This channel loves you!! 💙

[@_LuxStein]

Wound up here today on the 20th anniversary of St. Anger. Searching for Frantic because it was about the only serviceable track on the album, but this is WAY better. Knocked it out of the park!

[@Flopjangz]

These videos are super entertaining! Keep it up man :)

[@toddbarriage]

Thank you!! I’ll keep’em coming every week until I run out of ideas haha

[@ippotsk]

Todd's harsh vocals are so gnarly, don't know how he does it. Love the screaming duet at the end.

[@CerealEater.jr.]

pretty neat yall

[@kresnocondroobsgyn8668]

Amazing cover

[@colehague2238]

The gain in the vocals 😩😩😩

[@danabbate4623]

1:50 Frantic... tick... tick... Hey a Kitty Cat! This is FANTAS... TAS... TAS... Tic!

[@toddbarriage]

I appreciate how Blink was running frantically, it’s as if he knew… & Thank you! 💙☺️

[@Symphony79]

Need more of this ...st.anger the album rulz ..

[@daywalkermike]

Good ! I especially like the vocals !

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

no reason to have this song be this fucken short but GODDAMN!!!!

[@toddbarriage]

My attention span is nonexistent hahaha I’m happy you like what’s here!

[@asuka_the_void_witch]

truly sublime regardless =) @@toddbarriage btw made a mashup with the original: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5Xbe3WuadZ7mc0

[@romaevt546]

dayum, this is really good!

[@aram285]

your hetfield impression is great

[@86thsamurai]

No clue how you dont have millions of subs. Amazing work!

[@toddbarriage]

I really appreciate that, thank you!!

[@atticusrosales298]

Nice supermega shirt, Todd!!

[@toddbarriage]

Eyyyy thank you!! Love those boys!

[@Rick88843]

If frantic was released on hardwired or Death magnetic

[@toddbarriage]

That’s accurate!

[@1195ramos]

Vocals done just PERFECTLY ON POINT.

[@ULTRAVIOLENCECHANNEL]

10/10 my dude I don't know how I missed this

[@toddbarriage]

Yo, thank you!! I’d love to do more like this

[@junhyeokjeon815]

very nice cover

[@daeniel10]

Notice how the drums are the ones that changed the most from the original?

[@snowrum]

Bro I feel like I get an As I Lay Dying feel from this while listening to old school metal..HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO GOOD!

[@georgezorbas9036]

What voices are these...dudessssss

[@mayursoowamber7549]

That duet of screams to end off 🤌🏽✨

[@user-hg8ol4tx5i]

1:51 Cat sneaks up Cat Bites! 1:54

[@marvinjc3583]

Awesome dude!!! 🤘🏻🥰

[@toddbarriage]

Hell yeah, thanks Marvin!

[@joeymayhem6669]

Man i love this with high volume 🤘🔥

[@toddbarriage]

metallica riffs go so hard, you GOTTA crank them!

[@TheSeaUponUs]

Arthur’s fist made me laugh so hard hahahahahahahaha

[@toddbarriage]

when Nick suggested it, I felt so stupid for not thinking of it myself hahaha I'm real lucky he did this one with me!

[@yashvora8389]

I fuckin love Metallica and eventho the band was goin thru a lot when they made st anger they still had some banger songs, this being one of em. Y'all fr killed this shit and hey I wanna download and headbang to this cover too 🔥🔥

[@toddbarriage]

Thank you Yash!! St Anger had the best riffs, Nick and I are working on a full EP of St Anger covers and once it’s done we’ll get it up on Spotify and all that 💙

[@yashvora8389]

@@toddbarriage St.Anger most def had some of the best riffs man. And when y'all do get the time pls cover blackened once cuz the sound u guys have mixes perfectly with that song ❤️💯🔥

[@jimmytaylor6385]

Please do the rest of the album like this

[@toddbarriage]

Nick and I have a lot going on individually so it got pushed back, but we do plan on making this a 5-song EP!

[@JordanTeachesJiujitsu]

Incredible 👏

[@toddbarriage]

💙 my guy, thank you!!

[@sonicbluezx3]

Man that was killer.

[@StewTheTrue]

Very well produced!

[@lucianoaguero6795]

Arthur meme in the background is strangely appropriate for this song

[@RandomMusik]

Impressive how it's exactly 23%

[@Georgepappasjrmusic]

Arthur fist! haha Great work guys

[@justindensonvibes]

Been listening to that album lately and, tho I always liked it, I now actually think it was ahead of its time. I appreciate it way more than I ever did. This was a very interesting flavor added to the song. 👏 👏 👏

[@ztarzcream]

I don't like St Anger. But I think I love this. These vocals are just WOW!

[@MichaelScullyMJS]

That was awesome!

[@toddbarriage]

Man, thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@chadgordon3931]

Damn you guys made this song sooooo much better!!!!

[@toddbarriage]

yooo thank you Chad!

[@kevinxpowell]

I must concur, this is pretty good!

[@toddbarriage]

Thanks Kevin!

[@musicuniverse4]

Muy buen cover . Metal !!!

[@filipmadar217]

Damn this was good.

[@harryprice208]

0:50 the Arthur pic in the background is my favorite part haha.

[@toddbarriage]

i was heartbroken when I didn't come up with that idea, and relieved when Nick did! haha glad you liked it

[@rafzombie]

didnt realise frantic was 6 mins long fuck. and just the removal of the snare made such a major difference. great job

[@toddbarriage]

FRANTIC IS SO LONG hahaha nick and i are having fun going back through shortening these songs. the riffs are fantastic

[@aitorayala]

Nice!

[@toddbarriage]

hey, thanks!

[@logik1677]

Broooooooooo so fkn hard! love it

[@guillermoperezfraile6296]

THISS IS AWESOME "Joe Duplantier" 😀

[@MrDrake-ps2yi]

Vocals sound like a mix between Hetfield and Joe from Gojira.

[@toddbarriage]

Ohhh that’s a tasty compliment, thanks!

[@marthastubbs8321]

Great

[@nathanpanggaz8216]

Dam son this is awesome

[@toddbarriage]

merci beaucoups!

[@alansauceda2408]

Damnt it . . Its fantastic

[@omarmendietaang]

Muy buen cover

[@toddbarriage]

thank you!!

[@phoenix21studios]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@toddbarriage]

Thank you!!

[@shannonbiggers3312]

"You live or lie it!"

[@toddbarriage]

my lifestyle, determines my deathstyle KEEP SEARCHING

[@Gsmoovie420]

Your drum sound is incredible

[@toddbarriage]

Thank you Mr Bezos!

[@Idontwantayoutubehandle.]

Unexpected incredible vocals, wow

[@marcin2x4]

Guitar tone is spot on! Exactly the same as on the original record. Wish you did full version! :D

[@LLSSPoet]

That was fuckin badass

[@lawrencekay3787]

You should do some kind of monster! This was amazing

[@toddbarriage]

slowly working up the courage!! i’m sure it’ll happen soon :) glad you enjoyed this!

[@bigbrownhouse6999]

This is pretty good

[@toddbarriage]

you just get me

[@applemask]

St. Anger could have been a shocking, searing primal scream of a record, and sometimes it is, but it's constantly held back by the inexplicable decision to make it sound like the aural equivalent of the human arse.

[@toddbarriage]

I agree! That, plus having the songs be 7 minutes long when they could've been 2-4 instead. Shame

[@applemask]

@@toddbarriage I mean, if you're going to make the songs that long, don't fucking outlaw guitar solos

[@kalburo29]

Wow cool!

[@toddbarriage]

Hey, thank you so much!

[@franciscodiaz3028]

I actually liked this album, great video!

[@XelaReu]

My boy knows how to "Fran-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tock" with the best of them.

[@DanielRojas-rh3ho]

Expectacular me gusta mucho.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@toddbarriage]

Thank you!!

[@shredkettle]

The screaming rocked so hard

[@toddbarriage]

oh hell yeah 🎉💃🏻 thanks!

[@augustocesar1058]

Muito foda 🤘

[@TheBorwig]

This is the second song I’ve heard of yours and I’m freakin obsessed. First was Pop Punk Master of Puppets and after 75 listens, I checked out another track. Bro. I loved Metallica back in the day until St Anger which I had a hard time listening to so I kinda drifted away. All that to say, you make this song so badass. Sorry about the novel.

[@thesaturnsound]

Low key kind of like this one more than the original lol this is amazing

[@toddbarriage]

I appreciate the hell outta you haha thanks!

[@thesaturnsound]

@@toddbarriage haha hell yeah 🔥no problem!

[@AlectriXSharpness]

What good mixing and an actual snare does to a mf

[@jameswallace3439]

Great cover, Todd. Reminded me of NXT Takeover 30.

[@toddbarriage]

Oh wow, thanks James! Really cool comparison, I appreciate it :)

[@karakenio]

damn, son

[@Gabriel-tz5gp]

Holy shit, now I need the full album with this sound

[@toddbarriage]

oh yeah crap i have two more i forgot to finish thanks for reminding me!!!

[@Alex_McFarland]

you guys are the only remaining real rockstars

[@toddbarriage]

Well, as they say… I'm through with standing in line to clubs I'll never get in It's like the bottom of the ninth, and I'm never gonna win. This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be. I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs and a bathroom I can play baseball in And a king-size tub, big enough for ten plus me (Uh, so what you need?) I'll need a credit card that's got no limit And a big black jet with a bedroom in it Gonna join the mile high club at 37, 000 feet (Been there, done that) I want a new tour bus full of old guitars My own star on Hollywood Boulevard Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me (So how you gonna do it?) I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame I'd even cut my hair and changed my name 'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars And live in hilltop houses, driving 15 cars The girls come easy, and the drugs come cheap We'll all stay skinny, 'cause we just won't eat And we'll hang out in the coolest bars In the V.I.P. with the movie stars Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair and, well Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar Hmm, hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes Sign a couple autographs, so I can eat my meals for free (I'll have the quesadilla, haha!) I'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me (So how you gonna do it?) I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame I'd even cut my hair and changed my name 'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars And live in hilltop houses, driving 15 cars The girls come easy, and the drugs come cheap We'll all stay skinny, 'cause we just won't eat And we'll hang out in the coolest bars In the V.I.P. with the movie stars Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair And we'll hide out in the private rooms With the latest dictionary, and today's who's who They'll get you anything with that evil smile Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors Gonna pop my pills from a Pez dispenser I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs Lip sync 'em every night, so I don't get 'em wrong Well, we all just wanna be big rockstars And live in hilltop houses, driving 15 cars The girls come easy, and the drugs come cheap We'll all stay skinny, 'cause we just won't eat And we'll hang out in the coolest bars In the V.I.P. with the movie stars Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair And we'll hide out in the private rooms With the latest dictionary, and today's who's who They'll get you anything with that evil smile Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar Hmm, hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar