Any differences in sound on the title track could be because it was recorded after everything else. When listening to the "finished" album, they decided they needed one more fast song to open the album and threw Hardwired together. There's something to be said for that kind of spontaneity. It turned out to be a great song. Sometimes overthinking just bogs you down~

Patrick! it’s OK not to talk all the time

Can’t wait for this to drop! Been listening to your channel for about a month or 2 now. Listen to them while I’m at work and helps me get through the day! Cheers boys, love from England. 🤘

I enjoyed this series so much. I saved this video for Friday night, got a couple beers in and sat down to enjoy the last Metallica reaction. Cheers for all the effort you guys put into making these videos, they’re great.

The "two hours later" gag that Patrick put in the middle of that beautiful break during Dream No More should be punishable by law. Also, James' wrong pronunciation of "Cthulhu" is deliberate, so as to not say the god's actual name and anger/awaken him by mistake, thus playing into the whole Cthulhu mythos. That's also why they named one of their instrumentals The Call of Ktulu instead of Cthulhu.

No way we have to wait a week tk watch this bruuh

I'm seeing people disappointed that this is so far away! Go check out the post on my channel about this video for more details on why we cant do it until next weekend. The Doors video got taken down just after I posted it (which I could not do unless KZfaq allowed me to in the first place) which means that the Doors copyright holders must have a setting for videos of a certain length not containing their music. This is continuing to be a major issue for my channel and will inevitable lead to us only being able to do single song videos. ONE MORE TIME LETS US THANK METALLICA FOR BEING AWESOME ENOUGH TO LET US POST THESE VIDEOS! The money all goes to them anyway, so why on earth an artist would not want that is beyond me.

Now That We're Dead was cut live in the studio with less overdubs than the other songs so that's why it sounds different Also, add a chapter for Am I Savage, it's lumped in with Here Comes Revenge

Metallica seem very comfortable in their skin on this album. They're not chasing trends or trying recapture their past either. It's just Metallica doing all the stuff they do, and it's admirable in its way.

Patrick during the song "Oh wow I just love this part and this whole song really" Patrick after the song "Honestly it was pretty bad but the kick sounded good so" Love the video man, keep up the energetic reactions up!🤣

In the new year, it might be cool for you guys to react to the making of videos from Hardwired to Self Destruct. It's a great watch!

Chris P was SO confident and incorrect when he told you there were no repeated songs on S&M2. There are absolutely repeated songs. Not that it matters much, even the repeats are bangers, but still, the general consensus is that the first one was better. Can't wait for the S&M video!

Thanks for the shout-out, Chris S. Also, love the jokes about not knowing drums and bass. This is definitely an underrated album. I'm glad Patrick enjoyed it as much as he did. Chris P is right about the start of Confusion being similar to "Am I Evil?" which is a song that they did live with members of Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer back when they had the Big 4 concerts. (Though, Tom Araya and Kerry King would typically sit it out in protest because they did not like the song.) Looking forward to "Garage, Inc." You could probably throw in the "Ronnie Rising Medley," "When a Blind Man Cries," and "Remember Tomorrow" with that video, considering they are covers that just released later. I really dig both of those last two. "Lords of Summer" is a lot better in the 'First Pass' version that was released earlier. I think it would be cool if you did a short video comparing the different versions of "Lords of Summer" considering it underwent lyrical changes that made it very 'meta' and self-referential for Metallica. I will continue to profess that you do not need to do the entirety of S&M (1999). James was doing a weird thing with his voice in the late 90s, and it ruins a lot of the classics. But perhaps you want to experience and explore that (like Lulu). "No Leaf Clover" is the best part of the first S&M. And by the way, there are several repeats between S&M and S&M2, including 'Clover.' S&M2 (2019) might even be the better option to discuss in full length video form. (Though, you could potentially skip the orchestra-only parts like Scythian Suite and The Iron Foundry. Not that they're bad, just not relevant to Metallica discussions.) S&M2 features "The Day That Never Comes," "Moth Into Flame," and "Confusion." There is also a different, slower arrangement for "All Within My Hands" from 'St. Anger' on S&M2 that is really, really good. Nice to see that Chris P provides some comfort for spiders by blowing them four times before putting them out of their misery. Charlotte, 2022-2023 rip

I fell asleep during the premiere as it was like 2AM here in Europe :D but thank you guys for doing it again! Going to watch the full video now and looking forward for more Metallica-related things from you guys

The great thing about Spit Out the Bone is all the development. They get so much mileage out of every idea in that song.

Man I love watching these videos. Never stop pls

This was perfect for the back end of my 7 hour drive thanks boys

I cant wait for this, pls drop it nowww!!!! HARDWIRED TO SELF DESTRUCT!!!

Finally we are back on right track boys. A solid album to listen to and review. 🤟

Thank you everyone for going on this Metallica journey with us over the course of the year! But fear not, we will still be listening to Garage Inc. and S&M sometime early next year! I want to focus the channel on more than just one band next year, so our plan to start off will be to pick 4 songs each from these bands, ranging across their entire catalogue, and then decide which bands to listen to more of...those bands are: Megadeth, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Opeth, Ghost, and who knows who else? But also remember that one of the primary reasons for me having this channel is so that I can react to BRAND NEW albums that are just being released, so that is something that will always be done on the channel as long as we are still around! Again, thank you for watching and we will see you next time!

I can't wait!!! This will be my first time listening the whole album and pay attention

Patrick rocking out hard to the chorus of Dream No More makes me a happy man. That riff just burrows into my soul.

Dude says Metallica is not a Metal band. Sugar is not sweet, water is not wet. 😂

Hardwired was the last song written for this record. I think recorded too, so that might be a reason that it sounds a bit different.

Wish i was here for the premiere, I was at work. Thanks for doing this guys. After watching this it's reaffirmed that the Hardwired album may be one of the best albums Metallica has ever done. It's a special album to me.

Patrick promised me the other day to react to a live version of Spit out of the bone as a bonus to this video.. can't wait

This was the album that Kirk Hammett did not have a lot of input on the solos. According to interviews, he had over 250 "musical ideas" that he kept on a cell phone that he subsequently lost just prior to recording this album. As a result, most of the solo recording sessions were coached by Lars and Greg Fidelman.

Now That We’re Dead is in the key of E while Atlas, Rise! is in the key of A. Not a higher key. Regardless, I’m glad you’re enjoying the album from what I see so far. I was so pumped for this album when it came out. I was just discovering Metallica when Death Magnetic came out, so Hardwired was my first Metallica album to come out at the height of my fandom!

one comment on the 1:09:30 mark - one constant thing about Metallica records up until Load/Reload, and then starting again around Death Magnetic / Hardwired is that James tracked ALL rhythm guitars (left and right) - but he’s been known to use different amps, guitars, or even blending amps. so it’s possible that the more left prominent guitar you’re hearing on this album is just a more present amplifier that’s being panned hard left!

It's like every video I've seen so far I think of something and then the "left Chris" just agrees with me. It's crazy how often this happens with all the metallica videos

I was at the 'Spit Out The Bone' live debut in oct 2017, London, that nailed it and it was slightly faster. Loved it!!

I absolutely love the moment where you guys are fighting spiders and looking for a cough drop on the ground SIMULTANEOUSLY. Eventful minute or so that.

Death magnetic and HTSD especially have videos of the album making, you may be surprised about how well-balanced is Metallica in terms of they are still a garage band and how techy they get

I love that you did a skit for the song Confusion!!! 🙏

Patrick’s gonna love the “Halo on Fire” outro.

Well I've enjoy every Metallica album reaction you guys doing, and hey I'm from Malaysia🖐️

Metallica's website has a list of all of their songs with stats on live performances for each song. Might be interesting to check out after checking out some live Metallica. Love the videos!

Shout-out from a French Canadian, you have at least one fan in Quebec 😁. The more I listen to this album, the more I think it is a metallica best of without being a best of.

Nothing weird about Dio singing in Sabbath. Heaven and Hell is one of the best metal albums ever made.

So you know patrick, I usually Mark out every time you make a reference to professional wrestling hahaha. Love you guys videos.

Great video guys!!! Just a correction, James played all rhythm guitars until Load and Reload…he’s been back to doing all rhythm guitars again post-St. Anger, including this album. You guys got it backwards. Lol

The whole gag on Confusion (spider and rich people’s chocolate drop) was hilarious

You really gotta chew chocolate right into the microphone? Jesus goddamn Christ....

43:24 this is the pre-chorus, not chorus in MOP, the chorus is the open power chords with “MOP I’m pulling your strings…” lyrics 😉

I like how all confusion with the spider and the cough-drop happened during the song Confusion 😁

I put this album up there with the first 4. It's a great Metallica album.

Loving it guys

There was a video for every song on this album, one released every day until official album releases

I have been a Metallica fan for 22 years. I love their modern style, but I am glad to see that you mentioned that the kick drum is too loud on many of the tracks. That is normally my only qualm with their modern sound.

My brain feels hardwired to put a moth into flame but I can only murder one. It makes me ask myself am I savage or is my manunkind? Now that we’re dead I can’t dream no more so here comes revenge… so let me spit out the bone because my halos on fire and my atlas will rise and I will be one of the lords of summer! I know what you just read you have a lot of confusion.

After you guys do some Slayer, you have to go back and find the video "If Slayer Wrote 'Spit Out the Bone.'" If you have a feel for Slayer's style, that version is amazing to hear.

I’m surprised that Patrick didn’t notice the increase in volume before the chorus of Halo on Fire. They also, sped up in the solo and I think the did it on the computer

Let’s goo dude! Need s&ms next hahah

"am i evil?" used to be on cassette tape versions of kill 'em all, along with "blitzkrieg" as a result, i tend to feel like the album is incomplete whenever i hear it without them but yeah, "confusion" definitely feels like a call back to "am i evil?" though it is a cover

Thank you so much for bringing up the Yamaha SKRM-100. I saw this being used on a kick drum so many times in the past and always wondered why there was another small drum in front of the kick drum. Mystery solved. 😂

A few thoughts. -Atlas Rise sounds like it took heavy inspiration from Iron Maiden's Hallowed Be Thy Name... maybe in your own time (or possibly when you do Maiden) you can do Hallowed and Atlas back to back. -Atlas, ManUNkind, Bone, and Revenge are my personal favorites from this album. The main riff(s) from Murder absolutely rips face, but the song as a whole just doesnt do it for me. -Overall, while the music is good, to me most of this album feels very forgettable in the sense that i can listen to earlier albums from start to finish and no have the urge to skip... where this album has multiple skippable tracks. -I saw them live at the start of the Hardwired tour, and as with every other time i have seen them it was a great concert with great audio and visual production. On this tour (and possibly after) they did a long break in the middle of Now That We're Dead where the entire band got together at the front of the stage and played an extended "tribal feeling drum solo" before picking their instruments back up and playing out the rest of the song. Might be worth finding a live version of this song to see how much the live version differs from the studio version. -Kirks solos on studio albums have become much more improvisational over time. I personally wish he would knuckle down in the studio and come up with a more composed solo for the studio version and then improvise and noodle for the live versions. As an example of this, the solo from The Unforgiven is one that fits and is also insanely memorable where the solo for any song on this album carries nowhere near the same weight or memorability. Kirk also did an interview recently and confirmed as much, saying that he just enjoys more off the cuff and improvisational solos and has basally decided to do what he enjoys. -A mix of returning to some of the more thrashy elements they are known for and the Load/Reload sound that polarized the fanbase. IMO A good album with some great moments and songs... and (without being condescending) the best the band was capable of churning out at the time of writing and recording. Spit out the Bone was absolutely the best choice to end the album on a high note.

You could also hear the extra songs in Hardwired to Self Destruct deluxe version (Lords of Summer, Ronnie Rising Medley, When a Blind Man Cries and Remember Tomorrow)

They all had videos, they released them all like an hour apart the day before leading up to the release of the album.

I cannot wait for you guys to cover Pantera and then Trivium down the line!

I absolutely adore this album. Listening to all Metallica songs was a huge trip for me because my favourite songs and albums changed so much as I heard more. When I only had the songs I already knew, my favourite song was One and And Justice for All was my favourite album (although I only knew about 3 songs, but it was the same with the previous albums). But by the time I got to Death Magnetic, any song in that album felt as good and often better than my favourite songs from the first few albums, with All Nightmare Long becoming an absolute undisputable favourite that couldn't be compared to One despite how good that song is... then I heard Hardwired and the same happened again. All the songs from Death Magnetic that were apparently unbeatable were completely matched in this album, by almost all of the songs as well. I consider both albums and their songs equally good, but as for favourites, Spit Out the Bone is just THE song. I can't put another song above it; just can't. 72 Seasons I also really loved and I like it more than the first few albums but I don't consider it better than the previous two albums.

Love all the reaction videos of Metallica's albums. Will we be seeing a viewing of Garage Inc. in the New Year? You may need two separate episodes one for each disc.

I always enjoy your interesting conversations during these reactions. Hours just fly by! These guys should check out another legendary highly influential band called Meshuggah. I think their latest album Immutable could be a great start and gives an indication of their current sound.

not just Americans watch your videos, Im from Iran and I like you guys:)

Super cool video as always guys! Really enjoys you're discussions. Also, Soilwork is better than In Flames.

I'm wearing the same metallica t shirt btw love your long reaction videos ❤

Great reacticast video 😊 Will you re-listen to all studio albums on video? I dont care if its the first time or the 99th time, I just like seeing u guys talk about anything. Great chemistry, cool people

My man talks through every single transition

Lords of summer was rerecorded for the album BTW, so there are 2 different versions of the song. Also Dio was in Black Sabbath for 4 records if we count Haven in hell which is basically Black Sabbath under different name.

Guys, murder one is about Lemmy. Murder one, the name of his infamous marshall amp.

Awesome video as always guys! So sad that the studio albums have come to an end. Been watching since the beginning! Anyways, here are a few things I have to say: 1. Garage Inc. disc one is a collection of covers that Metallica had released before 1998 from singles and b-sides, while disc two is a collection of covers that were recorded in 1998 specifically for Garage Inc., so I recommend listening to both discs if you can. 2. S&M2 actually does have some repeat tracks of S&M. While it isn't many, there are still multiple songs that are repeated from before. 3. If you're only doing five songs from Slayer, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Tool, I recommend these five for each in order to get a good span of their discography in there: Slayer - Tormentor, Angel of Death, South of Heaven, Seasons In The Abyss, and Chasing Death Pantera - Cowboys From Hell, Hollow, 5 Minutes Alone, Drag the Waters, and Revolution Is My Name (Also throw in some 80s glam-era Pantera if you can, that stuff is fun) Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name, Powerslave, Infinite Dreams, Fear of the Dark, and The Wicker Man Tool - Sober, Forty Six & 2, Schism, The Pot, and Fear Inoculum (or Pneuma) Sorry for the novel, just some thoughts I had while watching. Great stuff guys! Can't wait for next year!

I'm pretty sure they did repeat songs for S&M2

Present Chris, on Now that We’re Dead, when you noticed James’ guitar panning back full left after that part over like 16 bars, what I hear happening is it creeps over there slightly, then on his last high note, it moves faster and fades out into the riff again. Ya’ll inspired me to try out the audio program at my college, and I love when stuff like that happens in music. Also, if I’m way wrong on that, please do not hesitate to correct me. Also, hope you fight hard Patrick!! :-)

Ok it’s 4am so maybe my brains just not working but…..where is the link to the Discord that Patrick mentioned??

Drop it today !!!

Chris, the start of 'Confusion' probably reminds you of 'Am I Evil' 🤟🏻

Thank you for doing this album, I wanted to ask you if you guys will ever do a Nickelback album, I know how cringe they are, but I think there mix is amazing, they sound super good in my opinion, and will love to hear your thoughts. Thank you

Yall should totally do the Ronnie Rising Medley and When a Blind Man Cries! Maybe with Garage Inc to just do all covers, but both of those are great!

amazing reaction as always. where’s the link to the discord patrick?

Garage is definitely considered a studio album

Im so fucking ready let’s goooo

There is a video of making of this album by the band, that'd be a cool content to watch

I don't understand, why leave it for a week to post? post the video today or tomorrow

Great reaction as always. Even though this is the end of the Metallica journey, highly recommend maybe a reaction for Garage Inc, S&M 1 and 2, and also I disappear. S&M 1 and 2 are similar, they do have some songs from the 1st album. S&M 2 had some from Death Magnetic and Hardwired. And of course it has the acoustic version with strings of All Within My Hands from St. Anger, which sounds great. Couple of footnotes for you Patrick. Since we both are wrestling fans, as you know over the years, Metallica has been featured as theme songs for PPVs, entrances, and for video promos. From this album, AmI Savage was used for the video package for Triple H and Seth Rollins at Wrestlemania 33. Now That We're Dead was also used at the Undertaker's entrance music for his final match, the boneyard match with AJ Styles at Wrestlemania 36. Another fun fact, Metallica was scheduled to play that song at Wrestlemania for The Undertaker, however that was the covid year, so they didnt get the chance, and just used the song for his match.

I would appreciate a wich headphones are good compared to others video

Murder One is about lennie from motorhead and the song was dedicated to him. Even the music video is lennie's life.

Hi Patrick, do you have a business email? Are you still working on engineering projects?

I thoroughly was rooting for the slider climbing and climbing and re climbing the mic arm. He was so scared. Standing feet away trying to blow on it.... spiders arent ohased by wind.but when it comes to 🔥......

1:48:26 sounds like "Am I Evil" without copyright infringement to me.

Chris notices spider and gets up. Spider: FATHER, PLEASE COME HOME!

btw, am i savage? is the soundtrack for the triple h vs seth rollins match at wrestlemania 33

I really enjoyed my first listen.

Where is halo on fire?

Also, what about Lords of Summer????

What happened to Halo on Fire????

I didn't realize that "Am I Evil?" is on the remastered version of Ride the Lightning. Could it possibly be a live version? I know the studio version was on the 1984 re-release (Elektra Records version) of Kill 'Em All, along with "Blitzkrieg." I remember when I was seeking that album out on CD, I specifically hunted for that version, because I love that album with those two cover songs included. :-)

Do you guys ever listen to All Them Witches?

Let me be the voice which favors announcing premieres way in advance. Torture us with anticipation.

Chris shoenberg is such a vibe lmao

you three are the absolute goats

Please do this concept with AC/DC. That would be an amazing journey