Cliff was told by his father "I have a problem with your music: I can't dance to it with my wife!" so that's how an actual waltz was sneaked to a Metallica record.

Every time Cliff’s solo comes in, I nearly cry. He put so much feel into it. To me, it feels like his masterpiece

My favorite instrumental of all-time. I listen to this song at least once a year. On the day of Cliff's death. This song hits different on that day.

One of my favorite songs from this album🤘RIP Cliff

On to and justice for all!!

The (Metallica) song that changed my life was Welcome Home (Sanitarium). I had never heard Metallica prior our local stone John Caldwell putting this album on at the local teen community center. We were allowed to bring our own music and allowed 30 mins. I'm there playing pool, probably listening to Bon Jovi or something and John put on this album which we all knew would be "that headbanger noise crap!" Then Sanitarium played, and my jaw dropped and I instantly became enamored with the sound, and begged to know who it was. I asked for this album (cassette tape) for Christmas that year, and I got both Master and Justice tapes! I was 16. I became a complete metal head and started hanging out with the other "freaks" and learned just how truly cool, intellectual and creative they really were. I learned a life lesson then not to judge a book by the cover after getting to know them. It all started from Welcome Home Sanitarium.

the irony of calling lars' snare a trash can on THIS album is hilarious 😂

The one Metallica song that changed my life, you ask? I would have to say "One". Because up until I saw their video for that song, I had heard of Metallica, in magazines like RIP, Metal Edge & Metal Hammer. But I had never HEARD them. They got NO radio play back then, and they didn't make videos. Until "One". Then one day I saw it as a "Canadian Premiere" on the MUCH MUSIC Power Hour. With host JD Roberts(now an American news anchorman, CBS I believe). And I FREAKIN' loved IT! Next day, I went out to Sam The Record Man and bought ALL their cassettes. And I listened to all 4 of those albums relentlessly. Almost driving my Mom insane in the process. LOL. So yeah. That's the song that "introduced" me to Metallica and I haven't looked back since. Gonna be 52 this year, still and ALWAYS will be a Metalhead. As for which album you should react to next? My vote is on "Kill 'Em All", but when it comes to those first 4 albums, there is NO wrong answer. Loved the reaction. Keep up the GREAT work! 🤘🤘🤘

You can't go wrong with any of Metallica's first 4 album's in my opinion!

I love this instrumental (especially, the harmonizing guitars section)

Rest in Peace Cliff, You were my inspiration to overpower our guitarist with bass.

Cliff Burton is a genius

The guitar work on this track is amazing. Especially the bass

Spanking a trash can? That reminds me of one metallica album hhaahahaah

Hope you’re having an amazing day!

"The Four Horsemen" off Kill Em All, i`ll never forget the first time I heard it...those galloping guitars just blew me away!

First Metallica song I heard was 'Harvester of Sorrow'... That changed my life for sure... Then, I heard 'Eye of the Beholder'... 'Hit the lights'... 'One'... and then I started w/ the entire "Kill 'em all" album and worked up to the 1991 self-titled 'black' album.

Interesting comment you made about Lars and the drums. As I understand it, he used a different snare drum for this song specifically. Go listen to "Photograph" by Def Leppard, and hear that amazing sharp snapping snare in that song. Lars asked to borrow that snare for the recording of this song as it had such a pronounced snap to it (Rick was obviously recovering from his accident at that time and likely wasn't using it - not being crass - just giving context). You can hear in Orion how that snare drum is quite unique and iconic and is the same as Photograph. I personally do not think it sounds like garbage cans - as a drummer myself, I'm actually quite a fan of the way this drum sounds. I think it sounds crisp and super sharp! Though I will say the St. Anger album Lars's drums sounds like pots and pans and I absolutely can't stand anything about it.

Thank you thank you thank you for not interrupting the bass interlude!!!!

@Lilly Jane Reacts Awesome 🔥. And Justice for all! Powerful voice and Lyrics from James on this album 🎤🔥🤘They were really young when they made Kill 'Em All. So his voice was higher. During MOP and AJFA and onto the 90s his voice had so much power and aggression. I think you will dig AJFA plus the lyrical content is badass. Can't wait for you to break it down. Much love from Texas 🤘

Orion is a song you listen to while sitting outside on a summer night getting stoned and just letting the musical changes take you on a journey. Especially the more mellow part of this song. At least that's what me a my buddies used to do back in the day.

Spanking a trash can. haha That will come back as a reference point if you're planning to listen to every single album.

4 words And justice for all!

...and justice for all is my g.o.a.t Metallica song. hearing it and then seeing the album artwork front cover gave me chills. they got a live version of it in Seattle in '89. epic concert. 🤘😎 🤘

KILL 'EM ALL!!! First Thrash album on wax. I would suggest a full listen to Exodus "Bonded by Blood" as well. Kirk Hammet was a founding member and wrote a lot of those songs before jumping to Metallica. Has the BEST frontman of all time in Thrash, the Legendary Paul Baloff!

along with The Call of Ktulu my absolute favorite metallica tunes these instrumentals still speak to my soul like they did when i was 10 & 12 when i first heard them

I was 23 when the album came out. It didn't change my life but it certainly influenced the way I live it and treat others🤘. RIP Cliff "Bellbottoms Rule" Burton.

Best bass solo ever! Cliff will be at the top of my list forever

Metallica has so many masterpieces that choosing one song doesnt cut it, it's like a pyramid with a flat top where so many can fit, they musically raised me since l was a child especially through my teens, their versatility can shred and touch in one single album, no wonder they're the top metal band in the world

Loved your reaction! I'd like to see Kill 'em All next as I'd like to see you react to "Anesthesia Pulling Teeth" which is a killer bass solo by Cliff.

This song has a way of touching every part of human emotion.... It helps with clarity.... I know of several professional athletes and race car drivers that listen to the song before they perform,. If you close your eyes and just listen.. when the song is over and you open your eyes it puts you in a calm place and ready for whatever is put in front of you

Love it subscription officially added 🤘

There is a reason why this was the first(and I believe only) metal album to ever be inducted in to the library of congress for it's historical significance and overwhelming influence in music

I'd like to see Kill 'Em All next. AJFA is great but I would have loved it if the bass had not purposely turned down. For me the song Ride the Lightning was the one that really got me into Metallica and made me a fan.

This album literally changed my life, it brings out emotions that no other music ever has for me. So glad that you found out how special it is and that we could share that journey with you. 👍

Yes, definitely do Kill Em All, for sure!!!

It is most awesome when experienced live in person (ahhhh, memories..)😎❤🤙

Cliff Burton wrote the middle part of this song, and it was his favorite song to play

Love the vocals!

Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Denmark.

You are so kickass! God bless you & your family!

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST INSTRUMENTAL.......EVER!!!!! R.I.P. CLIFF 🔥🤘

I love her so much I grew up in the 89's to see her react take me back thank you.

I was happy to get sheets of this to play.

Great reaction thanks 😘

Sad but true song hit me the most

Been waiting for you to do my favorite song

Fight Fire with Fire (Ride the Lightning). First Metallica song, first heavy metal song I had ever heard. Starts slow and acoustic then explodes with super fast heavy riffs. I was blown away and have been a metalhead ever since. This was in 1987, I was 10. Great reaction! I've enjoyed watching your Metallica journey, keep it up! 🤘🤘

My favorite Metallica instrumental. My favorite part starts at 4:50 here, that bass. Back when this was a demo, it was part of the song Welcome Home(Sanitarium). Lars is spanking what?🤣😆

the song that changed my life was Fuel, from the Reload album. But it wasn't the version that was on the album, or the S&M live version. I used to play a Playstation 1 game called Hot Wheels Racing, it has one of the best video game soundtracks of all time. Their center piece was the demo version of Fuel, called Fuel For Fire. I was obsessed with it, I was 12 and I thought it was the coolest song I'd ever paid attention to. I grew up watching VH1's Pop Up Video and MTV's TRL, but this was something immersive I got on Napster, then LimeWire and WinMX and started downloading Metallica. A cool neighbor of mine introduced me to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Megadeth, and the rest of Metallica at 13 and I became a devoted metalhead, goth/punk, and electronic music guy (techno, dnb, dubstep, ambient, etc). I've been playing music for 19 years, and honestly, if it wasn't for Metallica I never even entertain the idea. I wouldn't be the same man. I wouldn't have the gnarly long hair I have now! I've loved watching your reactions to rock and metal because, honestly, rap rarely ever gets me. I like a lot of old school people and a few other younger rappers and producers but overall I stick to what I like, and make an effort to explore a lot of new things. Love jazz and classical, blues and funk and a lot of progressive rock and some folk/songwriter stuff I mean, eventually I'd imagine you'd want to do all the albums and music right? Doing Kill em All next would be great, then maybe the new record coming out in a few months. It feels like you've really enjoyed yourself and that's the most important part. Thanks for your work, appreciate it!

My above all favorite song of any band.

Many songs changed me, but one I specifically remember that crushed me was Unforgiven II.

I wish he was here for ever and he was a great person

After this masterpiece, you must listen "To live is to die" tl

Master piece!!!!

Welcome to the family, you are hooked... Each album for me represents a different chapter in my childhood, I don't know if I can choose a favorite because they all have a place and got me through some really bad times.

The rotating speaker that's used for organs that's been utilized for the beginning...😊

Still play all this live w millions of others worldwide

Oh, and the song “Master of Puppets” was my “OMG WTF is this?!?!” moment that got me into metal as a teenager in the late 90s.

This song is a journey.

beautiful song 🤟

Hit the lights changed my life. My introduction to Heavy Metal in 1984. It has saved my life!!🤘🏾🤘🏾

This is the first metal song I ever learned to play on electric guitar. Ah memories.

Rip Cliff! Beast Mode on base personified! One of my all time favorite songs, this song pumped me for many a table top and triple in motocross!!

I love watching non-metalheads become fans of (or at least learn to appreciate) metal music.

I love your reaction to this whole album it makes me so happy for young people such as yourself for discovering great music that impacted my life love your videos

Whichever album you do next will be awesome. Hopefully you can get around to all of them eventually.

I remember when this album came out... In the late 80s, it feels like (to me) this type of stuff was taking off. I actually saw the Master of Puppets tour in Cincinnati (with Cliff, opening for Ozzy) just a few months before he died I think. I was 16. This album blew people away. It was, and still is, amazing. The sound of it is ingrained in me pretty much.

Blackened was the song that changed my life as it was the first Metallica song I had ever heard, this was shortly after the And Justice For All album came out. I found the album in my sister's room because I would go in there looking for music and this was the first real "metal" album I heard...I had heard my sister's Twisted Sister, Kiss and Cinderella albums, stuff like that, but finding this album is what actually turned me into a metal lover and fan...my sister never did get that album back lol. After hearing this album over and over, I begged my parents to get me all of their other albums and I just drank it all up. Metal is a language in and of itself, so when you talk about instruments talking, that's 1000% a real thing, but I think other than great symphony, metal is the one genre that tends to surprise a lot of non metal listeners when they first hear it, and I have seen a lot of reactors in the last few years becoming metal heads which is friggin' awesome \m/

The one that changed my life? Outlaw Torn, definitely. It's about James search for replacement of his father figure in his life. It helped me to go through tough times in my marriage, especially last part when he speaks to his future wife to help him with his struggles and not letting him leave, just like his father (Outlaw Torn in this song) did...abandoning the kids. Hear me, and if I close my mind in fear Please pry it open See me, and if my face becomes sincere Beware, yeah Hold me, and when I start to come undone Stitch me together Save me, and when you see me strut Remind me of what left this outlaw torn

What Lars does in the killer riff at 2.11 is amazing. Goes offbeat and forces himself in again. Brilliant!

And justice for all another great album with no fillers.

Metal is the best way to release some aggression.🤘😁

brings me back to my uni days, when i practiced suturing on all kinds of raw meat and had orion on repeat, to this day i still "stich to the riddim" in my head xD

To live is to die is a must listen.

The snare Lars used for the album belonged to Rick Allen from Def Leppard. Rick was still recovering from his little accident so it became...err.. available

I named my first born son Orion after this song it’s just so unreal

Thanks a lot .

Please kill em all is amazing all the songs just as MOP and RTL

That 4 minute mark always gets me man🔥🤌🏼

Fade to Black turned me into a Metallica fan. A buddy of mine played the opening riff on his guitar and I was like “That sounds cool” and he looked up, smiled, and said “that’s Metallica!” It took me a minute to appreciate Hetfield’s voice but I very quickly learned to appreciate their musicianship. 🤘🏻 This track is probably my favorite by them. I never get tired of it.

My Stoner 😊 instrumental since I was 17 now I I'm 40 still gets me every time

Fade to Black From the album Ride the Lightning I saw Cliff back in 85' This was when they were opening for Ozzy They just blew Ozzy away And another good song Is Seek & Destroy Off Kill'em All

Just think, they were in their early 20s when they composed this masterpiece.

Love ya!!!

I haven't seen anyone mention it yet, but the high-pitched fast part in the beginning is actually played by Cliff on bass, as well as the third solo(not the last one, the second and third are connected)

...she said "spanking a trash can"...that shit made me lol...

R.I.P. the GOAT of Bass guitar Cliff Burton!!!

This song is meant to be played on extreme high end equipment and loud enough to shake plaster off the walls!!!

11:07 Clff burton bass solo 1983 live " Anesteshia Pulling Teeht " .

Back in the 80’s Metallica got no radio play for their first 3 albums except college radio. So they were little known until this album because they opened for Ozzy. And that launched their popularity. It was how I saw them first and I was so blown away, I immediately bought their first 3 albums.

My eyes well up every time I listen to this song. Cliff's genius gets me every time.

"lars is spanking a trashcan" now I cant unhear it haha

My first cassette I ever owned and yes I said cassette lol, was kill'em all that my parents got me for Christmas so that would be the album that changed my life and got me into metal but the song from this album was the four horsemen 🤘🤘🤘

I know why it makes you feel better. Cause Metal makes everything better.

😍😍😍

The intro is bass by cliff and drum by lars.cliff bass style is great that difficult to tell bass or guitar.

I was 18 during the Master of Puppets tour. The tour that Cliff died on... his death devastated the metal community. It devastated me. He was so young and really just getting started...and already so extremely talented. Every time I listen to songs from this release, I find myself wondering what direction Metallica would've went in had he still been alive and with them. ...every time I listen to this song, I shed a tear. He was so fucking awesome.

Hit the lights 👽👽👽

It's Metallica leading you out into SPAAAAACE! Fucking love it!