Audio Engineers React to "...And Justice For All" by Metallica!

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Patrick listens to Metallica's revered 4th album for the very fist time and Chris helps him to understand it!
Link to listen to AJFA on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/4Cn4T0...
Link to purchase CD version of AJFA:
www.amazon.com/Justice-All-Re...
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:24 Vinyl Talk
00:10:21 Thanks and Upcoming Videos
00:14:01 The Small Band Experience
00:16:15 AJFA Album Expectations
00:21:37 "Blackened"
00:28:25 Initial Impressions
00:37:20 "... And Justice For All"
00:47:12 Guitars and Classical Song Structuring
01:02:20 "Eye Of The Beholder"
01:11:43 "One"
01:23:39 "The Shortest Straw"
01:32:23 "Harvester of Sorrow"
01:38:06 "The Frayed Ends of Sanity"
01:45:55 Song Sections, Mixing Techniques, and Balancing
02:06:16 "To Live is To Die"
02:17:50 "Dyers Eve"
02:24:44 Comparing AJFA Mix to MOP Mix
02:26:03 Overall Thoughts
02:32:47 Carcass and Municipal Waste
02:37:39 Black Album Reaction?
02:41:26 Outro
Thank you so much for watching!

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@Squic83 Жыл бұрын

This album is a real masterpiece. Period.

@frankhassle9366 Жыл бұрын

One of the few that hasn't diminished with age, and demands listening from start to finish.

@mstrasser Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Remaster is enough. All the cries for remixing it to "hear the bass" nah. Not that Metallica ever would adhere to them. It's perfection captured to tape and needs to stay as is

@spackle9999 Жыл бұрын

It's like the beautiful painting in the museum that you admire but don't visit as much as the comic book store.

@monkeysezbegood 7 ай бұрын

@@mstrasserthe only album that needs a remaster is death magnetic.

@borisnegrarosa9113 5 ай бұрын

My favorite Metallica album. After this one they only went downhill.

@jesussaves9855 Жыл бұрын

The reason the chorus is more aggressive on One is because it's about a guy injured in the war and he's in constant agonizing pain. He's frustrated because he just wants to die. But the hospital he's in is keeping him alive.

@fixxxer3456 Жыл бұрын

A vegetable that doesn't want to live anymore but can't communicate it. Man, that's just pure hell

@jp1170 Жыл бұрын

Their lyrics are 100% not dumb. They all have deep meaning. Maybe pull them up and read them before throwing out an absurd statement like that

@TheFbiFilesRepeat Жыл бұрын

Yea that was stupid lol

@fclefjefff4041 Жыл бұрын

This album is wildly overrated and a lot of the lyrics are juvenile

@1980TruthSeeker Жыл бұрын

@@fclefjefff4041 Get out of here. Song writing from James is some of the best in (heavy)music, period. Let me see you write lyrics about the end of the world in "Blackend". Reference to mother nature her death and your own mother. It's very juvenile to write about injury in war, addiction, failed justice system. What are your lyrics about, your first heartbreak?

@ansontigersportspics8063 Жыл бұрын

@@fclefjefff4041"widely overrated" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@ogulcanyolcu8714 Жыл бұрын

@@fclefjefff4041 I'm pretty sure you love Pantera and Slayer so much.

@vibingwithvinyl Жыл бұрын

"To Live Is To Die" is pretty symbolic. It's about Cliff Burton and to me, the fade in and out are about life and death itself, how it really has no beginning nor ending.

@figu6ka379 Жыл бұрын

"symbolic" was a secret pun

@clonexx 9 ай бұрын

I know this is older, but I’ll reply anyway. To Live is to Die is written in the way their grief played out. The beginning is their serenity when they have Cliff. The fade in of the abrupt distorted guitars is intentional to signify the chaos and complete shock overriding their serenity when they crashed and realized Cliff was dead. Then it basically goes through their stages of grief. I got annoyed when he rolled his eyes, and later bashed the spoken words as “a stupid saying”. What was said was personal to Cliff, something he partially wrote combined with something from an author he liked. Shit, part of that is written on his tombstone for fucks sake. I doubt he knows any of this, so it’s not his fault, but it definitely rubbed me wrong.

@ZealousPowerr 9 ай бұрын

@@clonexxthanks for explanation. Good timing too.

@CreepyNeighbor666 11 ай бұрын

One of the most influential metal bands in history and he goes "The lyrics are stupid, I could write a Metallica song after listening to this". If it was that easy, thousands of bands would do it.

@jorgechavezhartley8785 10 ай бұрын

First time watching this channel...has he come up with a Metallica song since they put up this video? I'm sure what the answer is..

@tritotrofo 8 ай бұрын

Ok wait when he said that? I’m watching but maybe I skipped?

@unoeinars746 7 ай бұрын

This "expert" have no idea about music what so ever. Just thrashing one of the biggest bands of all time with nothing to come with at all by himself. Very very bad reaction to one of the biggest metal albums ever created

@jwinnfield9192 7 ай бұрын

@@unoeinars746to be fair he says he is not a music expert, his job is to capture audio and mix it and produce it to it’s most favourable sound. The rest is his opinion, as in what he likes etc.

@Randall_Kildare 6 ай бұрын

Thousands of bands *HAVE....* but there can be only *one.*

@clintmorrison5863 Жыл бұрын

I just don't understand the hate for 'One.' What an incredible song- slow burn at the beginning and the build up to the end of the song.

@oliverfajnor2071 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, its just "An Audio Engineer" who doesn't understand that conveying emotion is the main component in creating music and has no idea how to do it...

@arbayer2 9 ай бұрын

I also think from an emotional theming standpoint a singular experience of One but without going back to see the live-action music video with the "Johnny Got His Gun" portions deafens someone to the concept the song's about - going from clean to James' vocals overlaid to overdriven guitar without that, it seems like a contrast without context. One of the times where I'd say the track without the music video trappings doesn't necessarily suffer depending on the listener, their research, and so on, but isn't a complete look at the track.

@Noahiscoolandweirdbutyeah 5 ай бұрын

He didnt call the intro garbage he called the tone garbage, its really spanky

@adsr5863 3 ай бұрын

I'm an audio Engineer and "One" is my favorite song of all time. Literally wouldn't be in the music world if it weren't for that song. Most audio guys treat their subjective opinions as fact and are very conceited. This record isn't as balanced of a mix as the Black Album, but the booming low mids of the guitars give it a distinctive sound that anyone would instantly recognize.@@oliverfajnor2071

@matejatomic3897 Жыл бұрын

To Live Is to Die was written for Cliff. It was the last song that had his writing in it. The speaking part was one of the poems Cliff wrote. The whole song could be parted into sections and be seen as grief and acceptance.

@nehuge Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The speaking part is on his tombstone. It was a dedication to him as it was something he wrote in poetry. That and they were grieving during this phase of his death. So original poster please take back your blasphemous remarks .

@nuke2313 Жыл бұрын

^^^^^

@MyGodIsDJ Жыл бұрын

I mean, their reaction to To Live Is To Die is a case point of importance of knowing context. To a certain degree I may agree with some of their points from strictly "technical" side, but when you include the context of this song, the tragedy behind it, this song instanteneously gains another dimension.

@matejatomic3897 Жыл бұрын

@@MyGodIsDJ Definitely agree with you!

@user-xp1qh7kt8q 11 ай бұрын

Idk if they knew that or not but I think if they kept that in the back of their mind while listening to it I think they would’ve appreciated it a lot more, also I think the reason it’s an instrumental because all of Cliff’s main song were also instrumental

@Patrik0911 Жыл бұрын

The spoken word in To Live is To Die were the last lyrics of Cliff Burton, the whole instrumental is Metallica doing a tribute to Cliff and mourning the loss.

@dirtballmcnasty3582 Жыл бұрын

The Book of Counted Sorrows... That's where Cliff got those words. Check it out. It's crazy sh*t.

@DReeves87 Жыл бұрын

Man the eye rolls during cliffs writing had me eye rolling Patrick! Come on friend, these are some of Cliffs last contributions! The whole song is in tribute to Cliff in my eyes

@cullertransportation Жыл бұрын

Because it is.

@NandR 11 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't trust his opinion on lyrics. Mixing, yeah. But these are some of the best lyrics they've written. Far from Kill Em All where they started. This album and Load/Reload have some awesome powerful lyrics.

@cullertransportation 11 ай бұрын

@@NandR I don’t even entirely trust his opinion on mixing….he’s said some questionable things about sounds and I disagree.

@clonexx 9 ай бұрын

I just saw this video even though it’s older, and his take on To Live is to Die is ignorant. The harmonies and writing for that song is heart wrenching, and it is a full on tribute to Cliff. The “stupid” fade in of the distorted guitars interrupting the serenity in the beginning is symbolic of the bands serenity being destroyed when the bus crashed and they realized Cliff was dead. Him bashing the spoken words as “throwing in a stupid saying” really rubbed me the wrong way. I doubt he knows that Cliff wrote part of that, combined with something from an author he liked. The part he wrote is even on his tombstone, so the disrespect of it really didn’t sit well with me at all.

@weddingvideographerireland Жыл бұрын

The harmony section in TO LIVE IS TO DIE is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

@plisk72 Жыл бұрын

i have never sat through nearly 3 hours disagreeing with every word out of somebody's mouth HAHA. i can sum up this entire video, something incredibly beautiful is being played and Pat is "this is stupid" and chris is like "i like it"

@kylehoulihan3875 Жыл бұрын

The whole time besides one and to live is to die pat loved it tho?

@Captainslow556 Жыл бұрын

Dudes just mad bc he’s fat and bald

@costacus7581 Жыл бұрын

ok so should everyone love this album because you think it's good? The point of this video is to give an actual professional opinion, as opposed to just saying it's good without caring about what is being played. I actually think that people challenging the music is what makes the album so great

@herbertwest9626 Жыл бұрын

@@costacus7581Professional? He hears three seconds of a song and yells "garbage". Very professional.

@cornelius8617 11 ай бұрын

@@costacus7581problem is, they are so embarrassingly not professional. 😅

@salvation2979 Жыл бұрын

This album is iconic. Not one bad song on this album.

@mithildharmadhikari2832 Жыл бұрын

I almost flipped when he called the intro to one garbage hahahahah

@jochencooper2751 Жыл бұрын

Same here man and when he said they should have another singer wtf!!!!

@metalage9751 Жыл бұрын

Everything about 'ONE' works. It's a fucking masterpiece.

@jochencooper2751 Жыл бұрын

@@metalage9751 100%

@NowSethaboi 10 ай бұрын

@@metalage9751One is overrated, best part is the epic machine gun riff

@Silver_Bullet1999 4 ай бұрын

Yeah idgaf what this guy says, One is my favorite song ever because it inspired me to teach myself to play the guitar and fall in love with Metallica

@clintmorrison5863 Жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite Metallica album. James's angry vocals are awesome. Dyer's Eve may be their most underrated song.

@rustydog2112 Жыл бұрын

The virtually non-existent bass guitar will always make this album sound a little unique and weird. All the low end is really coming from James' guitar

@Wanderer_Rogue 11 күн бұрын

Prince's "When Doves Cry" doesn't have any bass at all. Fun fact for ya.

@beebssqueebs3843 Жыл бұрын

It's crazy how much bass there is in the version you guys listened to!

@Michael_Dolences. Жыл бұрын

Almost, dare I say it, too much bass. Lol

@stivanwin Жыл бұрын

I am Not shure, but i think ITS the original tone from the cd

@VitoVitonerLanci Жыл бұрын

@@stivanwin I grew up listening to the CD. That bass was not there. I don't know what they're listening to, but it's absolutely not the original released version.

@AeroFix94 Жыл бұрын

@@VitoVitonerLanci might be the remastered version released. If it was "and justice for jason" they would have told us.

@beirch Жыл бұрын

@@AeroFix94 The remastered version on Spotify sounds nothing like this. There's no way it's the Spotify version cause the bass practically flies in your face in the version they're listening to, and it's barely audible in the Spotify one.

@popotopo99 11 ай бұрын

This is Chris’ favorite Metallica album. You can tell because he is smiling a lot

@PresentChris 8 ай бұрын

It's tough for me between this and master, both are soooo good.

@TheBlackenedOne Ай бұрын

@@PresentChrisAre you actually Chris from video?

@thebatt962 Жыл бұрын

Frayed Ends is probably the most complex Metallica song in terms of guitar work and I love it. Even the riff under the solo is insanely complex. Most underrated Metallica track and a super deep cut.

@Oscar101996 Жыл бұрын

Actually my favorite song 🤌🏻

@WFly101 Жыл бұрын

Eye of The Beholder better

@justinnichols1881 Жыл бұрын

@@WFly101 literally my least favorite song on their first 4 albums 😂

@zachforde3798 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe he was dissing the lyrics as if its not some of james best work

@nils_b2346 9 ай бұрын

@@Oscar101996Yeeeesss

@Nichwar19 Жыл бұрын

One is not cringey dude come on its one of the most iconic metal songs. I respect your opinion tho.

@nemesis8626 Жыл бұрын

As a big metallica fan though it is vastly overrated and to me it's nowhere near the best song even on the album, I meen the leads are iconic and the ending is awesome but let's face it the majority of the song is just waiting for it to kick in to the heavy part its not consistently awesome from front to back

@nemesis8626 Жыл бұрын

Don't get me wrong I don't think it's bad bad, just the verses are abit boring to me rhythm wise, Kirks lead playing is some of the best he's done period

@av3nger3 Жыл бұрын

I don't respect his opinion lol. An audio engineer with no understanding of musicality? The guy on our left was far more interested in listening than commenting, and he has my respect.

@rayray5091 Жыл бұрын

I don’t, he’s fuckin slow

@facelessandnameless Жыл бұрын

I don’t respect his opinion at all 😂

@fam.hunger5244 Жыл бұрын

To this day i still think the so called "production" of this Album is absolutely phenomenal. The dry sound brought out the most aggressive guitar-tone ever and the drums just sound great. I do not understand why some people complain about the bass drum-sound - the sound of the bass drum is just great and innovative! And was actually copied by almost everyone afterwards!

@NanoverseProductions Жыл бұрын

This album is an abomination production wise lol. But its classic

@robertshepard2117 11 ай бұрын

The guitar was so bottom heavy the kick drum needed that tick on top to highlight it. I remember when my friends with their huge subs in their cars for the bass heavy rap would play this disk and the whole car would vibrate. And no you don't hear the bass,it has been admitted the bass was all but eliminated in the mastering. And Kirk's tone and playing was heavily influenced by Kirk's lessons he was talking before the recording with Joe Satriani. And much of the of the "tone" of the guitars is due to the active EMG pickups they were using which some say is kinda sterile sounding,but I love.This took the thrash sound as far as it could go and it is my favorite album of all time.I wouldn't change a thing,this is where they were at that time,that's the point of an "album" it's a collection of where the artist was creatively or thematically at that time.

@pentagonoenllamas 10 ай бұрын

@@robertshepard2117 I remember I first heard the album on cassette on my dad's boombox and every time sonething palm-muted was played it seemed it was about to explode.

@RafaelCDet 7 ай бұрын

"the most agressive guitar-tone ever" i love this guitar tone but c'mon there's at least 50 albums with more aggressive guitar tones

@beirch 7 ай бұрын

@@robertshepard2117 The tone isn't really due to the EMG pickups, it's more to do with James and Kirk actively choosing this tone and dialing it in through their amps and effects. I have the exact same pickups on my guitar and it's not like you get this tone out of the box with them.

@krazzko Жыл бұрын

To live is to die is not a just a song... This is masterpiece and last love letter...

@robmart116 11 ай бұрын

To live is to die>The call of ktulu>Orion>suicide and redemption>anesthesia pulling teeth

@justindevoe9556 Жыл бұрын

The black album definitely isn’t their best album, but it is by far their best produced album. Definitely worth the listen, Bob Rock did some cool stuff with that album

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

We recorded the reaction for Black album a couple of days ago! I just have to finish the edit and then upload it! We talked FOREVER and had such a good conversation!

@Saiyan585 Жыл бұрын

Load had great production. The snare was WAY too loud in the mix on the black album. Nearly ear piercing on The God that Failed.

@zane4575 Жыл бұрын

The Black album is a glorified Def Leppard album. The best tone and production is MOP, and it's not even close.

@theofiloshatzigiannis5308 Жыл бұрын

@@zane4575Anything after ajfa has better production and the black album has the best one

@cullertransportation Жыл бұрын

I loved every Metallica album except Saint anger which the snare sound absolutely ruined. The black album though is my favorite.

@TheJerseyNinja Жыл бұрын

Blackened is one of my favorite Metallica songs. And favorite songs ever. Sometimes it’s my absolute #1. So many things with that song. The reversed intro, the call and response echo section that switches the second time through where the echo comes before the regular vocal. The post solo section where the main riff sounds like it changes but it’s just the drum fill before hand playing an extra 1/8 note to come back in on the off beat. And the riffs and solo and drumming and vocals are all just badass

@TheJerseyNinja Жыл бұрын

Also personally I think the guitar tone on this album is incredible. It’s certainly the most unique and obvious album guitar tone of all time. It’s so fucking punchy. I have it tone matched on my axe fx and I use it soooooo much for so much I play it’s just so badass. However I will agree from a technical standpoint it’s not the BEST tone out there. I also truly fucking LOVE how heavy and deep the black album tone sounds and I love the MOP tone too

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

The pre-echo thing is so unique! I have only ever heard that in a handful of songs before!

@YouTubeIsTwitter2.0 Жыл бұрын

It’s one of those songs you listen to and mid way through you’re like holy fuck I remember how good this song was, not many songs have that affect most you remember and then skip parts of it, blackened every second is gold, I don’t blame you for it being your number #1 , badass song man.

@casachezdoom2588 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, was the first song I ever head of Metallica, I wa sold.

@sighermike 6 ай бұрын

@@TheJerseyNinja I remember when Hardwired came out and I heard someone go back and record Moth to a Flame and Hardwired using the And Justice tone and I realized that album was just as heavy as And Justice was. It's definitely an iconic guitar tone.

@sho76und3wd 11 ай бұрын

I didn't realize that opinions could be wrong.....until the day I listened to the fellow in the striped shirt speak about this album.

@vibingwithvinyl Жыл бұрын

This is my favourite Metallica album. It's so dry sounding and aggressive.

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

It really is a dry record! I think that is why i liked it so much as well.

@insidethestudio3886 7 ай бұрын

So, after going back and listening to the original and remaster, I've concluded that y'all are listening to the "...And Justice For Jason" version of this album. The awesome bass guitar run in "Justice" wasn't audible in either the original or remaster...

@MetalMilitia83 Жыл бұрын

Another great discussion guys! As someone who’s never mixed an album, it’s nice to have some more technical insight on mixing.

@MetalMilitia83 Жыл бұрын

Oh,also, would love to hear some megadeth reactions as well.

@Wilss Жыл бұрын

The lyrics aren't stupid if you actually take time to know what he's singing about.

@infinity4866 Жыл бұрын

Yeah you need to do the Death Magnetic album now by them. Such a good album man.

@melkor5901 Жыл бұрын

That's a great case study, because the music is fantastic, one of my favorites, but the production choices are questionable. So you can get a lot of interesting reactions.

@diltberg9627 Жыл бұрын

Bud to live is to die is a song made in loving memory of Cliff Burton

@moistchris1 Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy To Live Is to Die more if you knew the story behind it relating to Cliff Burton, and how the sections can be viewed as stages of grief/acceptance. It's one of my favorite songs

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

Oh that does sound interesting!

@johnsetzler6911 Жыл бұрын

@Patrick Musilek The slow intro, written in a Spanish style,repeats like an infinite memory - over and over again... The heavier part: A symbol for the loss and aggressions they felt. Solo #1: Kirk's feelings can be heard in every string he hits. The slow part: The slow part which sounds very silent is now including more harmonies - acceptance of the loss and the will to carry on... Solo #2: It is a kind of a laid back and more harmonized solo - It's representing how deep the death of Cliff Burton has touched them. The heavy part again: They tribute Cliff in doing what Cliff would want from them: To carry on with the music. The outro: Exactly the same as the intro - symbolizing that the song (the memory on Cliff) won't ever have an end. The last riff is cut which is symbolizing Cliff's life - cut short at such a young age.

@chantaldavis3012 Жыл бұрын

@@johnsetzler6911 I see the intro being you coming into this life then the end being you leaving it.

@cullertransportation Жыл бұрын

@@johnsetzler6911except James played solo 1. It’s the second song he did a solo on, the first being solo 1 of master right after the harmonized descending guitar line.

@Saiyan585 Жыл бұрын

Lars is the sole reason the bass was lowered. Lars and Lars alone. This was confirmed by Flemming. I wish James would've pushed back. He was probably tired of bumping heads. Jason also wrote the main riff in Blackened on his bass.

@Metalovai Жыл бұрын

This is definitely not the original version or the remaster. None of them have audible bass whatsoever. This is some of those KZfaq remixes with more bass in the mix. Also thanks for the new microphone setup.

@monohedron9633 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. @PatrickMusilek says in the vid this is the '2018 remaster' but that's straight up impossible. I'm afraid people may start buying the 2018 remaster to get the bass... Damn I just almost did it myself. But a careful study on Discogs shows theres also inaudible bass in the 2018 version. So what are they listening to here???

@timlovegrove1097 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I had to go and listen to the remaster to check and while the bass is marginally better, it's still nowhere as audible as it is here. This has to be one of the "Justice for Jason" versions.

@monohedron9633 Жыл бұрын

@@timlovegrove1097 I find it hilarious TBH. It's a talk of 'audio engineers' not knowing they haven't heard the real AJFA, and thus missing the elephant in the room by several miles. And how come Chris Parker (supposedly a 'Tallica fan) wasn't shocked dead? He should start screaming "wait wait!" like 30 seconds into Blackened:) Now, there is also a possiblity they mixed some other audio here in the vid than what they heard (??). Anyhow, this entire series is strange. In another vid, Kill'em All also doesn't sound the same. I've no idea.

@TeamWolfySoupy 6 ай бұрын

@@monohedron9633 I'd be very surprised if Chris Parker said anything about this album at all, considering he's not in the video.

@MBx19v Жыл бұрын

I'm only up to Blackened but something seems off, maybe it's KZfaq, but there's WAY more bass on the version in your video than I expected. I even want and listened to Blackened after clicking on the Spotify link in the description and it doesn't sound anything like the same to me.

@Madhouse2332 Жыл бұрын

Remastered version

@HighOnFire1997 Жыл бұрын

@Madhouse2332 no its the And Justice For Jason version. Look it up on KZfaq.

@Madhouse2332 Жыл бұрын

@@HighOnFire1997 My bad

@mfree80286 Жыл бұрын

1:16:12 This is that indeed... and that's also the section of the song that will test audio systems to their limits of accuracy because the harmonized lower chords in the riff will turn to "gruuunk gruuunk grUuUunk grunk" the moment the signal is interfered with in any way, it just completely collapses in an almost unique way. If the setup's prone at all, it'll do it at 2/3 volume. It's a wild technical trivia point. 1:21:56 gotta point out that what you're criticizing here was a conscious stylistic choice, as the protagonist is popping in and out of a hellish reality and a semiconscious dream state. You can feel it happen when the teeth-gritted painful "hooold my breath" heavy chorus gets faded out on "....wake meeee" and all the 'color' comes back to the clean lead guitar on the section break. He just "passed out" into la-la land again.

@ClarkSpencer1 10 ай бұрын

what version of Shortest Straw is this? You cant hear all that bass on spotify remastered version.

@PatrickMusilek 10 ай бұрын

The whole album is the 2018 Blackened remaster. It is the mix on the $5 CDs currently for sale on Amazon and at Walmart.

@tactical_potato81 6 ай бұрын

Not entirely sure if you've read up on it or have been told but the song to live is to die is actually a song entirely about Cliff Burton's life. They're late basis. The abrupt ending represents his life being cut short. When you have an understanding of that particular song you have a different understanding and appreciation for the song itself

@PatrickMusilek 6 ай бұрын

It puts the song in a different perspective for sure!

@deportedsouls3165 Жыл бұрын

I love the guitar tone on this album, as well as the songs!

@demonicon1 Жыл бұрын

My favorite album of all time! Heavy af and James's voice is incredible

@jugularmusic Жыл бұрын

When you were guessing how James was going to sing ... And Justice For All, you pretty much accurately figured out how James would sing the verses from The Struggle Within off The Black Album! When you listen to The Black Album, please catch that on the final song! "Reaching out for something you've got to feel"

@linusfotograf Жыл бұрын

I've listened to this album 500 times but never this remastered version. There is bass! What the hell?

@user-BenjiCS 7 ай бұрын

It’s on KZfaq and it’s called “and Justice for all 2018 remastered” it’s not official so someone probably turned the bass up a littlw

@MrJaybon Жыл бұрын

my fav metallica album of all time

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

It's my favorite of the three we have listened to so far!

@blurr2426 Күн бұрын

2:16:24 there is a song with just the bass and drums during the verse! it’s called the outlaw torn off Load.

@kabudahtv331 4 ай бұрын

This recording is OBVIOUSLY NOT the original release because you can clearly hear the Bass! I have seen may versions on KZfaq where fans added bass.

@Mine_CraftLP2 3 ай бұрын

They said it in the video

@shortman3980 Жыл бұрын

22:50 wtf i hear bass too but i can't hear from original flac version. Which version are you listening to?

@jerkerjansson386 11 ай бұрын

Damn! I've had this record since it came out in 1988 and I have never heard the bass like this. What kind of black magic is this?

@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp 10 ай бұрын

They said it was the remastered version, but the remastered one on Spotify lacks bass as well. I don’t know if Patrick bought it directly on Metallica’s website and there that’s another remastered version

@jerkerjansson386 10 ай бұрын

@@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp Could it be a "Mastered for Itunes" version, just like the one they used in the Death Magnetic video?

@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp 10 ай бұрын

@@jerkerjansson386 IDK, but I just ordered a remastered 2018 CD version of AJFA to hear if it sounds like the one on this video. I’ll keep you posted

@VolgarR 6 ай бұрын

@@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tpdid it?

@shadowgs_5077 5 ай бұрын

Update usss@@5VHIB5VHIBE5VHgb3tp

@randallrobinson125 11 ай бұрын

One thing. This was the album that James, Kirk and Lars absolutely took out the loss of Cliff on their instruments. Singularly focused to absolutely destroy each track. The smiles came when they toured off it for 3 years.

@discountdracula Жыл бұрын

Clicked out of the vid the second I saw him turn ‘down’ the volume when Blackened started.

@TeamWolfySoupy 6 ай бұрын

How'd you comment then

@ShounenN Жыл бұрын

To Live is to Die should represent kind of a chronological story of a life ending abruptly and the pain it leaves behind. So the parts of the song represents emotions at each certain period of time. Example: The beginning is the peace and quiet of life and the comfort it brings and the slowly creeping in chugging is the unexpected freight train ending your life before you even had the chance to realize..

@AnthonySpecialeJr 11 ай бұрын

I'd love to know what 2018 Remastered Version you listened to, because I have the 2018 version and the bass *for sure* is not this high in the mix. It's at least 6 dB lower. At least a link if you listened to it online.

@lawencelawson5089 Жыл бұрын

I almost listened to this guys reaction.. and then I realized that he bought a DIO album thinking it was Eminem’s band album. Dodged a bullet there ..

@chriskeilman Жыл бұрын

On the elipses: they are there to indicate that words have been omitted. They can come at the beginning or the end of a phrase; in this case "...And Justice for All" comes at the end of the Pledge of Allegiance so the words before it are being omitted and they're only using those last 4 words as the title.

@cullertransportation Жыл бұрын

I use elipses way too much….and I use them wrong…but I love them lol

@chriskeilman Жыл бұрын

@@cullertransportation They can also be used for a number of reasons, including a pause, so you're probably using them right! I'm just super into this stuff because I'm a copywriter, so it's my job. I think we can have creative license for how we use punctuation.

@cullertransportation Жыл бұрын

@@chriskeilman i totally agree, and don’t mind misuse of punctuation… I just don’t like when people use no punctuation at all

@airforceaggie Жыл бұрын

They were at there absolute best on this album it’s always been my favorite 🤘🤘

@chadgreenaway8289 Жыл бұрын

Dude, those were cliffs words spoken in to live is to die.

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@MBx19v Жыл бұрын

Finally watched the whole thing, the audio that comes from your video has much louder bass than either the original version or the remastered version (both on Spotify) when I was just comparing all songs, it's very weird. You should do Kill 'em All and the Black Album, the contrast from the most raw to most polished would be fun.

@thrashmetal00 6 ай бұрын

Patrick: Do you ever wish someone else was Metallica's vocalist ? Chris: without hesitation, No.. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@huttanamaihala2276 2 ай бұрын

If there’s one untouchable thing in Metallica is Hetfield songwriting, vocals and guitar playing. That shit was silly

@e-train765 Жыл бұрын

I've always loved the drums on this album and always believed it was Lars' best work, it's nice to see others see that as well 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

@God-vl5tk Жыл бұрын

First rule of reacting to Metal: Never talk in the middle of a Solo

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

Oh no! I have a very bad score then lol! I did try to do better the more Metallica I have reacted to!

@blitera7261 Жыл бұрын

Speak less, listen more

@NowSethaboi 10 ай бұрын

@@blitera7261when the reactor reacts to the song 😱😱😱😱😱

@joeynovak3318 5 ай бұрын

"The lyrics are dumb" that immediately discredited this review

@FyreofShadow Жыл бұрын

What video did you guys use? This mix seems like the bass is much higher than normal, which definitely isn't a bad thing especially if it's an official band-uploaded video.

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

The official remaster from the 2018 re-release. There is a deluxe set featuring like, 146 songs but also just a single disc version with only the original 9 tracks. We listened to lossless versions of that disc.

@drummerdudeman2 Жыл бұрын

@PatrickMusilek that's strange because I am listening to that exact remaster right now with lossless audio and you can't hear the bass.

@user-BenjiCS Жыл бұрын

On the deluxe box set they put rough mixes of the album with more bass which is probably what you listened to

@FyreofShadow Жыл бұрын

@@user-BenjiCS The rough mixes also don't have the solos though, and these do.

@user-BenjiCS Жыл бұрын

@@FyreofShadow good point

@AnthonyLeeBand Жыл бұрын

Right on man 🤘🤘

@what2127 Жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely react to their album death magnetic now. I just know that you guys will love it

@oliv9632 Жыл бұрын

ok your reaction on To live is to die is way off point, you definitely didn't get the message behind the music but you're a "sound engineer" so...

@Wanderer_Rogue 11 күн бұрын

Naw man, the ellipses was super cool, I didn't have the special glasses... ...and I looked right at it.

@ryangreene50 Жыл бұрын

The guitars sound alot thicker when theyre layered and panned like 6 times even with lower gain. Also helps that mesa amps are pretty tight and compressed by themselves already

@ryanjacobson2508 Жыл бұрын

The lyrics of the album seem to have a theme of corruption and decay, whether of the Earth, the courts, the mind, etc. They're far more interesting than what you hear on like 95% of other rock albums.

@METALOZON 8 ай бұрын

And Jusctice For All is my favorite album. Ride and Master cannot compete overall with it. The sound, especially the drums, are just something else, and James sounds awesome.

@huttanamaihala2276 Жыл бұрын

Nothing sounds better than silence after playing One very loud with a nice pair of speakers🌫

@diltberg9627 Жыл бұрын

Wow one is a masterpiece what are you talking about

@Acillatem23 8 ай бұрын

What version are y’all listening that has bass? Last time I checked Apple Music, the Remastered version has almost inaudible bass

@PatrickMusilek 8 ай бұрын

It is the 2018 Blackened Remaster version. It is the same audio that is on the CDs sold at Walmart and Amazon for $5!

@WilmeroFamous Жыл бұрын

Please do all albums i really like these kind of videos!

@whistlindixiesmallengine2085 Жыл бұрын

It was around the time they switched from Seymour Duncan JB and 59 to EMG 81/81 for Kirk and EMG 81/60 for james pickups make a massive difference in sound

@mfree80286 Жыл бұрын

56:22 Wasn't there a little section of a previous song in the last song on Dark Side of the Moon? It's been long enough since I've listened through it that I can't place it now....

@drummer7557 Жыл бұрын

OMG I hate when people talk over a effing song. This is my second favorite metal album of all time. It’s flawless and perfect. Just like when I heard it when I was 12 years old for the first time. I’m not really sure how somebody could’ve gone this long and not ever heard it. Lol. Oh well. 😂

@zane4575 Жыл бұрын

The chubby guy's opinion is way too important to not be heard over the music. I especially needed him to describe what everyone is hearing.... nothing like a running commentary

@m_b_lmackenzie4510 Жыл бұрын

@@zane4575 Chubby guy is trash. He can make quite reaction videos...

@stevehartke Жыл бұрын

@@zane4575well it is his channel... but I do agree with you, hahaha

@melkor5901 Жыл бұрын

It's kind of the whole point of channels like this though, listen to the music by itself if you don't want it interrupted.

@joerve128 Жыл бұрын

@@zane4575 yeah if he made any remarks that were true you are right, but he doesnt know jack shit. I dont even believe he is an audiio engineer.

@TrainSkater3709 Жыл бұрын

Why is the bass so audible in your version? On spotify i can barely hear it with a good eq, but here it’s clear as day

@austinhanna8328 Жыл бұрын

What version of this did you guys listen to because the versions on metallica's official yt and spotify don't have this much bass. Sounds like y'all got the fan enhanced experience

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

We listened to the 2018 Remastered version!

@Steven-hc8jb Жыл бұрын

Produced by the Black Album with the songs from Justice...what a dream❤

@scottdreger7137 Жыл бұрын

If you don’t like One I can’t listen to you . Sorry

@twelvemonkeys8786 3 ай бұрын

Completely agree. I hate the video version though.

@matthewcooper6191 2 ай бұрын

@@twelvemonkeys8786agreed. All the reaction videos I watch it seems like new listeners only pay attention to the video and not the music and lyrics

@jasonbryant.bassguitarplay3641 11 ай бұрын

First time viewer here. And i totally enjoyed hitting SUB. The way both of you guys broke this album down was in depth. This album was made during an intense time within their band. Yeah the original album was dumbed down in the bass. But for me i just adjusted my equalizer settings to hear the bass. On a different note, i played in a melodic metal band for 3 years. And we had a few songs that were anywhere from 5 to 9 mins long with multiple changeups like Metallica. And when you are performing a song that complex it feels like time goes into FFwrd. Kind of a weird feeling.

@weddingvideographerireland Жыл бұрын

I’ve never encountered another human being who doesn’t like ONE, so not liking it is actually an achievement of sorts.

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you very much for looking at it like that! A lot of people seem to be mad lol! When we do our "Metallica Through the Years" type of video, where we talk about my whole journey after I have heard almost everything, I will talk more about One then. For now I will just say that I have heard other bands attempting the same structure and type of song and I feel like many other bands have done it better than Metallica did with One. That is not taking the lyrics or the meaning of the song into consideration, just looking at it from a purely song structuring and performance standpoint.

@weddingvideographerireland Жыл бұрын

@@PatrickMusilek I’m curious to hear examples/recommendations…

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

@@weddingvideographerireland i will make a list and compare when we make that video. I was originally going to make a separate video about just the song One, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea. The video would probably just get lots of downvotes and people yelling at me in the comments...so we'll see if I decide to do it that way or wait until our big Overall Metallica discussion!

@weddingvideographerireland Жыл бұрын

@@PatrickMusilek Sounds good - looking forward to it. I love all of these long Metallica videos where you all listen to the full album from beginning to end. Please do it for all of them.

@ForzaMilan-xy1yl Жыл бұрын

Death magnetic next?

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

We've actually decided to do Black album! After that maybe!

@smittycal Жыл бұрын

What’s funny about ONE is that it has changed over time into more of what your talking about. This is the album version, but seeing them do it live over the years has definitely changed the approach to the song and how it’s played. That said I do like the meaning of the song and that can add bonus points over any writing technical flaws or writing choices. But I get what your saying in regards to ONE, but it’s still possible my favorite Metallica song because I enjoy the ride more then anything and the story telling and imagery.

@sadsadasdsadasdsadas Жыл бұрын

They didn't use any clicks or anything like that during 80s or 90s, I believe they only started using those in the past years.. which is about a time considering how much Lars has regressed over the years. You should check their Live show from Seattle 1989 to see how amazing they were in the 80s. Their prime was 1985-1991. Lars was great during the 80s, he is probably one of the most, if not the most influential drummer of all time.

@nicibrugier Жыл бұрын

Since hardwired Lars has a click before songs so that he starts them at the same tempo

@LightningJackFlash Жыл бұрын

They used click for sure. Not sure about Kill Em All but For Whom the Bell Tolls was recorded to a click track already. I'm sure other Ride The Lightning songs were done to a click track as well. And obviously next albums too. Black Album no doubt.

@fam.hunger5244 Жыл бұрын

Seriously? Do you think the 80's was stone-age? Of course bands used clicks back then! Almost ever im history of recordings clicks was used in one or another way. And Metallica used clicks on every single Album they recorded in the 80's of course. Flemming Rasmussen did a lot of interviews where he tells how they recorded RTL, MOP and Justice, and he said several times they used clicks. Of course they did! No one, not even in the 1930's, recorded a record without a click or a guide track that was "recorded" with clicks!

@NanoverseProductions Жыл бұрын

Nah Lars sounded great thru the 90s too. He fell off after St Anger.

@sadsadasdsadasdsadas Жыл бұрын

@@NanoverseProductions He sounded good in the 90s.

@jensmoller6999 Жыл бұрын

Jason wrote the main riff of blackened

@RicoAlbarracin 2 ай бұрын

At the 1:35:04 mark, you mention that what would another band sound like doing their own version of the songs. Although it's for a different album, Metallica released The Metallica Blacklist, with a bunch of artists doing their own versions of songs from The Black Album.

@PatrickMusilek 2 ай бұрын

We plan on reacting to a few songs from Blacklist, but there are just too many to do all of them! I know I personally want to hear the Dave Gahan (from Depeche Mode) version of Nothing Else Matters!

@harryhurd2474 Жыл бұрын

I recommend that you delve a little into the history of Cliff Burton and what happened to him. And what he meant to the band. Then maybe you’ll understand To live is to die a little better.

@Abrahamhamham 11 ай бұрын

Serious question: what's wrong with fade ins and fade outs? I don't get it.

@Huddle_House56 Жыл бұрын

They drowned as much of the bass out as they could with that EXQUISITE guitar tone. It’s IN the guitar tone to my ear.

@PatrickMusilek Жыл бұрын

There is definitely a lot of lows in the guitars and that does mask what little bass there is.

@marcreichman 11 ай бұрын

Can you clarify which version this is? The bass is WAY too present for this to be the original release or the official remasters.

@popotopo99 11 ай бұрын

I agree, for a minute I thought they were listening to And Justice for Jason

@woahh.curtiss Жыл бұрын

i listen to a lot of metallica but periodically i visit a hiphop album titled “Under Pressure” by Logic. a studio debut album with some intuitive production. I recommend giving it a listen, then presumably listening to the second album “The Incredible True Story”. They each have a very jazz approach that scratches my classical itch after thrashing all day. Cool vid though guys, everyone loves a metallica reaction!

@Jagheter123 6 ай бұрын

Can you please tell us where/how you are listening to this? I have the original version on CD and the remaster on vinyl, I have also listened to both versions on Spotify and Apple Music probably a thousand times and it sounds nothing like this where you can hear the bass as clearly. We all are wondering! Please tell us 😅 It almost sounds like a good mixed “Justice for Jason” album on KZfaq.

@PatrickMusilek 6 ай бұрын

It is the 2018 Blackened version that is the official audio for the album now. You can go to a Walmart near you and pick up the CD version of Justice for just $5 and that is exactly what we are listening to.

@mfree80286 Жыл бұрын

50:10 I believe the term you're hunting is "I don't know art, but I know what I like." The exact Orson Welles quote is “I don’t know anything about art but I know what I like.” though.

@_threepointedcircle_ 10 ай бұрын

The vocal at the start of Frayed ends of Sanity is from the wizard of oz. I think shortest straw and harvester of sorrow are a good precursor to the black album way of writing.

@PatrickMusilek 10 ай бұрын

Yes I definitely recognized the "oh-wee-oh"!

@RedNightmare757 Жыл бұрын

Ok for some reason i am finding it hard to believe its your guys first listen to this! Aint gotta lie to kick it big dog! Lol im just teasing! 🤘

@smoke_lc 7 ай бұрын

Hearing you talk through to live is to die’s interlude literally made me wish I never lived and just died

@feralkitty9378 Жыл бұрын

This is probably my favorite production of the first metallica albums, it just fits thrash sooooo infintely better than their previous albums.

@crescendo5594 Жыл бұрын

Jason Newstead actually wrote the best riff on this album haha

@chadwallace3598 10 ай бұрын

Which one is that?

@crescendo5594 10 ай бұрын

@@chadwallace3598 The Blackened riff. That’s a ridiculously awesome riff. My favorite on this album and one of my favorites of theirs overall.

@jasond4949 Жыл бұрын

James's vocals hit like a hammer on this album.

@TerribleEnglish Жыл бұрын

The main riff in Blackened was written on bass by Jason - one of his 3 writing credits - including the really cool part where the riff is played in a few slight variations (mentioned by Chris at 33:13) - but interestingly that particular part is left out when the song is played live. I believe there's a small section of The Four Horsemen that's left out live too, for anyone who's interested.

@thrashmetal00 6 ай бұрын

Every die hard Metallica fan is well aware of what they do on their live performances

@TerribleEnglish 6 ай бұрын

@@thrashmetal00 a. How do you define 'diehard fan'? b. What about non-diehard fans who may be interested? c. Why the need for a smart-ass comment?

@thrashmetal00 6 ай бұрын

@@TerribleEnglish the smart ass comment was from you trying to give information on something any die hard metallica would already know.