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The live version from Russia has over a million people chanting "Die", one of the craziest moments in concert history.

I'm with you Birch , I never looked at the lightning and thought it looked like the letter "M", Thanks Alexis. I bought this album in 1984 when it first came out.

The entire album is FIRE! When this album came out it started a metal revolution. It lit a fuse that exploded with Master of puppets. Which completely changed metal forever.

Fantastic song, it is great to watch the live in Moscow 1991 version with 1,000,000+ people chanting “die” it’s surreal

Welcome to where time stands still… no one leaves and no one will… I LOVE that song!!

I've never noticed the M either, I been listening to this from day 1 and have multiple copies over the years

I feel like I could sit with Alexis and Burch and talk for hours like longtime friends. It always seems so genuine and fun. This was a great reaction!

Been listening to them since 86 and never noticed the M either. Good eye

Old metalhead here too and never noticed the "M". You learn something everyday.

The lyrics from this song were inspired directly from The Ten Commandments movie. The late Cliff Burton came up with the title, Creeping Death, when he commented that that's what it looked like as it swept through the town.

Now for a special, You two need to react to the live performance of this @ Moscow 1991. I'm 47 and I never noriced the M from the bolts on the cover.. You are not alone.

One of my favorites

I'm 47 years old and this is the first time I noticed the lightning M. Crazy.

I'm a huge Metallica fan and have never noticed the M on the cover either. Creeping Death is a master class in intensity, everything about it. The solo is so good.

James and Cliff were watching the 10 commandments, Cliff called the Angel of Death "Creeping Death", and that was the genesis ---npi, of the song.

Love your channel. So glad I found you. Great that you're sharing the classics I grew up jamming to.

I’ve been watching this channel for several months now, but I’ve never subscribed and I don’t know why. But now I do know why ha ha ha. It’s real. There’s no fake anything. You’re not putting hands to face with your jaw dropped open and your eyes bugged out. It’s an authentic reaction. I’m subscribed now. Great job both of you.

Kirk Hammett Wrote The Guitar Riff...When He Was 16 Yrs Old!!

Wow she's got very fast attention to detail I never noticed the lightning em before. Nice catch!

My dad took me to their show.. holy moly greatest show ever! Metallica’s music is based on drug addiction, mental illness & political violence just pure rock & roll rebellion

Ride The lightning is my fav Metallica's record by far. Such a classic!!!

What a great song. The one that created a controversy, back in the day, was "Fade To Black". Lots of discussion about that one's theme.

made me appreciate the song all over again, thank you guys

The lightning around the chair on the album cover also looks like wings.

I too feel like a blind man, I've never noticed the M either.😮 I've bought this album at least 6 times since it came out.

In an interview the interviewer said something like "Creeping Death is obviously write by someone with a religious upbringing." James responded "Or it could've been written by someone who had just watched The Ten Commandments."

omg girl the thing you noticed about the lightnings forming the letter m...all those years i missed it lol I'm blown away 😂😂😂

54 yrs old here, ive known this album since it came out, never seen the M before either lol

Alexis is a dream! Love all Metallica reactions, keep it up.

I think it's from the perspective of the angel of death, the deliverer of the final punishment on Egypt, not all the plagues. In some lines it sounds like it's the perspective of Moses also.

Damn it man. I’ve never noticed that M and I’ve have it since it came out in 84 😅

It kinda gives you chills

Never noticed the lightning-M. Had the vinyl, had 2 singles with the same motif, have the CD. See it every now and then over the last 40 years. Never noticed it. It's one of those things where they go "Don't you think it's a bit on the nose" in the creative meetings. Star Trek did the same with me a few years back. Data is the android, Lore is his duplicitous brother (also android). Then about 4 years ago I saw "Trust Data, not Lore", and I finally got the wordplay. After 30 years of fandom.

Cliff Burton was obsessed with the movie, had the band over to watch it on his VHS. Hence the song.

Moscow, 1991, Creeping Death. Monsters of Rock.

Creeping death live 1991 mosco. The best watch.

Bought the album when it came out and never saw the M. Holy crap I feel stupid now

The lightening in the shape of an M, never noticed that, nice catch!!!!!

I didn't notice it either until now. Thank you Alexis.

you know i'm turning 32 this year been listening to metal since i was 14, and i always thought the "electric chair" in the "Ride the Lightning" album logo was a silver oldschool microphone.

My favorite version of this song is from the 1991 show in Moscow. Check it out.

Led Zeppelin- Since I've Been Loving You (live at msg 1973)

Thank you! Even in Omaha, the few punkers & Californions showed us! Salut!

It’s so cool you did that album version over the Moscow one everybody does

When I was very young. My parents brought us kids to watch the original version of the Ten Commandments in a local theater. I still remember it to this day.

My favorite Metallica album! Keep up with the great music❤ love to hear more queensryche! Promised land is an awesome underrated song.

#CliffBurton wrote this masterpiece with w riff and Corus from #kirkHammett from his teen years, and was put into an Exodus song called Die by His Hands, but never made it to a Exodus Album.

I never noticed the "M" in the lightning either. Wild. Now, I can't unsee it.

I seem to remember an interview where, I believe, James had been watching Ten Commandments and thought it would make a cool song.

Hey Mr Birch, I was in high school when this album came out. Creeping Death had always been my favorite song. However, it was 30 yrs later after watching that Charletin Heston movie the Bible on Easter Sunday, later I was listening to this song and it hit me in the face, and I was blown away that I never caught that before. These are definitely some of the best lyrics ever wriiten.

I think the 'M' on the lightning strike cover was probably an accident but who knows? Good observation. I never noticed it before either.

Us metalheads have grown up but still love our metal

So glad I got to grew up in the late 70s and the 80s great album

I definitely would recommend Sanitarium and Master of Puppets for Alexis to check out. 🤘😎

Great reactions! From what i know, the story of the song has been told by James Hetfield, the vocalist. He said Cliff Burton, the late bassist, and him were watching the "Ten Commandments", the famous movie classic, when he suddenly made the comment: "Creeping Death" as the scene was portraing the death of the pharoe's son. So, that was the beginning of the writing of the song, i'd say.

The plague is the Angel of Death sent to punish Egypt for not believing. So really it's written from the Angels point of view. Also they've said they write about things that frighten them, a good example being trapped under ice.

One of my favs from Metallica next do the Four Horseman

I just seen them a month ago in jersey

This song absolutely rocks from start to finish but the solo and the part right after the solo are my favorite parts.

Metallica was my introduction into Metal back in 1988/89 or so? Maybe 90. Idk, was a kid then but man oh man when I first heard it. I was like wait, what? This is the best thing I have ever heard. First cassette tape I bought was this, I never noticed the M till Alexis pointed it out too lol

Saw Metallica in Phoenix a month ago and Creeping Death was the first song they played was awesome 🤘🏻

First time commenting and not sure if you two are father/daughter or just know each other but enjoying the video. To the gentleman, have you seen Metallica before the arena days? I'm asking bc I've only seen them in clubs. Once, at a skating rink, lol. Anyway, keep up the great work and introducing the young lady to some fine music.

I agree, Burch, The Ten Commandments, one of the greatest movies ever produced and your right they destroyed it in the remake. I pull it every now and again to rewatch and still marvel at the special effects and size of it. Seeing though CGI still wasn’t around back then.

This song was the very first song my old band rehearsed, it was and still is to this day one of the most fun songs i have ever played on the guitar. This song really show that Metallica is just not some braindead "just write a lyric for a quick cool factor band." And i think that is one of the big reasons why they became as big as they are.

Still favorite track off that album

Their brilliance at such a young age is what made them who they are. You didnt get such in-depth POV's in lyrics like this unless you had experienced musicians or a team of writers/composers. They were 20-21 years old at this time. They were the Mozart's of Metal.

Burch is every Metallica fan introducing someone, who has never heard them before, to the best Metallica

Ive never noticed the m either and ive had this album over 30 years lmao

This song is what attracted me to Metallica, I also bought the album when it came out but never noticed the M in the lightning either, so don't feel too bad.

Omg I’ve never noticed the lightening M either!

I`ve listend to the Album for over 30 years, got it on vinyl and the shirt and also haven`t noticed the "M" on the cover. Crazy!!!

Speaking of holiday traditions, "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving.

You need to do Lepper messiah

Great song. Great Album.

8:23 transitions like that are why Metallica became so famous in the 80s before they got any of their mainstream attention. No one could put a song together like James and Lars whether it was Dave, Kirk, Jason, or Rob helping them along the way, those 2 had the magic when it came to songwriting. People want to talk about musicianship sure. Megadeth has always had class A musicians. Guys like Queensryche and Tool were about their technicality but man nobody could put songs together that flowed so well like James and Lars.

Great reaction ........ i bought the record when it came out almost 40 years ago then a few years later i bought the tape and in the late 80s i bought the cd and for crying out loud i had a big poster of the cover art in my bedroom for most of my teen years and never ever saw the ''M'' in the lightning ..........

Your in studio sound is SO GOOD. You do not appear to be wearing lav mics. I can't see a stationary mic, so maybe it's overhead? There's hardly any environmental sound at all. Yet you are both loud and very clear. No weird reverb or anything. Just really clean intelligible dialog. Very impressive!

Master of Puppets is a must considering Alexis's commenting about the song's perspective...

Holy shit, I’ve never noticed the Lightning M either!!

I'm with you Burch, we grew up the same era, to this day we never miss ten commandments every Easter.

No worries Burch. You aren't the only one. I'm 56 yrs old. I, too, had the vinyl. I, too,, saw the M, for first, time, with you.🙂

Cliff Burton and James Hetfield were watching the Ten Commandments and Cliff said in a spooky voice as the angel of death came by on Passover “ Creeping Death” so James and Cliff wrote this song.

I have the album since it came out and no... I never noticed the lightening M either. Maybe I did? I can't remember much of those days.

I did not care for this song too much back in the day for some reason. I never really gave it much thought, but I became familiar with it enough that some lyrics stuck in my head, but had NO clue it had anything to do with Moses, the bible, or anything - just never paid that much attention. Fast forward almost a decade later, when I am watching the movie The Ten Commandments on TV, and all these little things keep popping up that sounded familiar - the mention of plagues and darkness 3 days long, hail to fire, the bush of fire, blood in the Nile, and of course, the phrases "let my people go", and "so let it be written, so let it be done" - finally a light bulb goes off, and I recall where I heard it all - I race to my CD collection, pull out RTL's booklet, look over the lyrics to Creeping Death, and bam! There it is. All of it. NOW the song made sense to me, and NOW I had an appreciation for it. I really enjoyed the movie so now that there was a "soundtrack song" for it by Metallica, it was even better. Creeping Death is now my top fave Metallica song, along with their Diamondhead cover of Am I Evil. One of these days I am gonna have to stitch together a "fan video" combining the song and scenes from the movie.

Im 52 I didn't see the M in the lightning either brother. I have this Album to this day on every type of media. Saw them live 3 times on this tour alone, have 3 Ts with this cover on it...never saw it. But now you cannot unsee it lol

Never saw it either, Good eye Alexis!!!

The song that introduced me to Metallica in 85.

I never realized before, but the song goes thru God sending Moses from the bush of fire. Then it goes thru a few of the plaques.

I never noticed that m on album cover since now. I bought it back on 80's

Oh wow! The heaviest riffs ever!

Little side fact about James Hetfield (singer/rhythm guitarist) is that his parents were Christian Scientists, so he spent a chunk of his early youth around religion.

I’m down for a Ten Commandments reaction!!!!!!

Best Passover Metal song ever! LooooooL

Don't feel bad I never seen the M neither. Just told my son about you video and he said "yeah you never noticed that? This is music from when you were a kid ". Lol

More than just the "plague". It's the archangel's perspective.

Fun fact..... The Riff at 8:25, just before they sing "Die... By my hand" was written by Kirk Hammett when he was 16 years old.

Master of puppets is the album that brought to metal specifically orion.ride the lightning, kill em all (aka metal up your ass) and justice for all and the black albnum in that order my favs

Fade to Black

to spot that M sign from the lightning strike, girl you are so smart