Very cool, Jarvis

You guys did it so good, this video should call: People who found Kirk's phone

James called and said anyone using up strokes is "DISQUALIFIEDAHHH"

Let's take a moment to appreciate that guys Hetfield impression

3rd place: connor kaminski: sounded like Metallica turning into Pantera.

I dunno if just me but........ a lot of these sounded like “Battery” covers

3:40 sounds like a riff that could've been on AJFA, legit.

3:38 that tone and production is SICK

Shoot, totally missed this. I even wrote St Anger song ”Purify” in the style of ...Justice

The thing about “Metallica inspired” riffs is Metallica has such a wide spectrum of sound. Someone could write a Kill em all style to black album to st anger. And they’d all sound different

2:42 that kid *NAILED* that tone. It makes me so happy hearing someone getting it right that I want to scream

5:35 my former guitar teacher! Gratz him

4:23 if Kirk was a lifeguard

4:03 if battery was on hardwired

*sees Jayden is in this contest* Me: This kid is gonna win solely because he's a kid. Much better entries in this vid to choose from Jared come on now.

there’s something unnerving about someone playing “metallica” in a full adidas tracksuit

5:22 This guy has a Hetfield style guitar in the background and he doesn't even play it, what a madlad

1:33 I don't care what you say, this is the best one. Change my mind.

4:23 when you sound and look more like Kirk Hammett than Kirk Hammett

Most interesting part of this video is how easy it is to hear which album each guitarist took inspiration from when writing their riffs

Am I the only one who thinks the one at 4:00 was the best? It's not as technical as the others but it just nails the vibe completely

No offense but Jaydens was literally no remorse and moth into the flame stitched together for rhythm

next time: riffs inspired by Deftones! Make it happen, Jared

I was a little bummed out when my riff wasn’t in here, but then I watched all the entries and now I know why lol. Great job everyone, killing it!

3:30 sounds more like slayer than metallica, maybe it’s the tone

3:39 is the best, the tones are perfect and the riff is so Metallica

3:39 Dude, Macleane Ryan with that perfect Battery tone. Absolutely sick!

Cedric's riff sounds like something straight off Death Magnetic... wow

3:39 That tone is the best one in the entire video.

Jared: *Talks about METALLICA* Also Jared: *Wears Hard Rock shirt*

2:32 That kid was absolutely channeling Kill Em All with the first riff and maybe a bit of Hardwired with the second one. Awesome work, absolutely schooled everyone else.

4:03min was my favorite! What a nice uptempo thrash riff in good old battery style, Cecric Dreyszas! \m/

You can hear Metallica, every Monday streaming past live shows for charity... Metalli-Fun-Facts before FunFact guy gets here: Metallica was going to be the name of a metal magazine but their publisher friend said they could have it. Master of Puppets was going to be named Disposable Hero's and there wasn't time to change the LP art. Geddy Lee was orginally slated to produce Master of Puppets until they moved the recording sessions overseas.... and Les Claypool auditioned for Metallica when Cliff died but they said he was "too good"!

1:57 sounds like beast and the harlot avenged Sevenfold

5:34 is probably my favorite for the slower, Load/Reload vibes it gave off. The clean intro is great and the transition to the heavy is exactly the sort of more melody-driven stuff from that era (and the interim 2007 and 2014 years too) 3:39 is also kickass. Explorer? Check. Classic Boogie era guitar tone? Check. Headbang factor? \m/ \m/ 4:23 is interesting because I can totally hear Kirk's Black Album era lead tone in there. His playing is great too.

Guy at 4:02 deserved the win,I literally thought he was doing a cover of a song off of hardwired to self destruct

getting big hardwired vibes from alof of them

Who else knew that the kids was going to take the price

3:40 was the best in my opinion.

6:02 was the winner for me. - It’s a simple riff, but that guy honestly wrote something worth turning into a full song.

First part of the riff at 3:12 kinda sound like 'Metallica meets Korn' for some reason

3:26 just tune your guitar to drop A and you've got yourself a sick slipknot riff

4:02 man's definitely a slav. he even got the adidas tracksuit on.

3:04 Ummmm actually Jared... The black album...

I would kill for a, "Best DEATH inspired riffs" video.

4:03 thats like the best

Jayden went old school, headbanging, and with the guitar.

Jared, this is awesome! Please more contests like this!

A few I recognized instantly 1:33 Connor Kaminski: Pretty much Battery intro mixed with one or Sanitarium, that was just your life intro, definitely justice tone, the day that never comes and to Live is to die and basically any clean Metallica riff but mainly those (great harmonies and great Metallica sounding btw) 1:44: The first lick is the god that failed maybe, justice tone also, I heard My apocalypse, battery and a slowed version of harvester of sorrow mixed with eye of the beholder, leper messiah intro, for whom the bell tolls and Justice for all breakdown after the solo, that was just your life and for some reason pretty similar to domination breakdown but not metallica neither 1:57: Definitely the fast Mustaine riff from Ride the lightning, the judas kiss, battery, damage inc, fight fire with fire and disposable heroes, trapped under ice, Leper Messiah, shoot me again and a very fast orion ending and maybe more idk 2:10 Roland Kudor: Damn its so Hardwired, and spit out the bone but mainly hardwired, damage inc, fight fire with fire buy yup its so Hardwired 2:31 Jayden Tatasciore: Also Hardwired, Spit out the bone and Frayed end of sanity cool riff, pretty much Slayer sounding 2:41 And justice for all breakdown mixed with the riff from Dyers eve after the solo, eye of the beholder also but not sure, btw sounds sick!! 2:51 Im not good recognizing solos but i would say frayed ends of sanity or shortest straw with justice one, also I heard puppets influence a lot and One 2:53 Brett Anspach: Master of puppets, disposable heroes, battery, master of puppets and fight fire with fire, too much justice and puppets albums influence in there 3:11 Bernard Lamo: He looks like kirk lmao, thats SO master of puppets obviously mixed with the riff that kirk wrote from my apocalypse but mainly puppets 3:30 Methiums first think came to my mind was black magic from slayer, the riff its more slayer tan metallica lol but creeping death and damage inc and blackened, better than you, ride the lightning and anything by them from the 80s I would say 3:30 Macclane Ryan: Battery, creeping death, great thrash sounding, eet fuk guitar and seattle 89 behind, simply gorgeous, dont trad on me and damage inc. 3:49 That was just your life and fast cyanide, seek and destroy because of the drums mayybe (?) great solo 4:02 A lot of Battery and blackened with all nighmare long and damage inc 4:23 The WAH! any solo after they recorded justice album 4:58 Spit out the bone, blackened, battery again, shortest straw, creeping death, damage inc again lol Im tired lol maybe later I say the others

4:23 Love this guy's vibe

how to be metallica: e standard with open e palm mute with powerchords on 3 5 and 6

Mike sounded awesome. I want him to release a record

0:02 they should release a new album with this picture in the album cover

Let's just hope that kid's parents don't take all the money for themselves.

4:02 THAT RHYTHM IS SO TIGHT.

Let the Ogilvie guy record the entire track! AHAH that's cool and hilarious.

Who else wants to see this but with megadeth?

Thanks for putting me in man :)

I'd say my top 3 were: Eugene Klokov (5:34), Connor Kaminski (1:33) and Macleane Ryan (3:40)

1:57 we all knew the YEAAHYEAAH was coming 🤣

5:10 nice to see a left handed guitar player you don’t normally see many

Didn’t they say they are ready to start recording but couldn’t because of the situation?

Macleane Ryan's was my favorite. Sounds like something that could have been on Ride the Lightning of Master of Puppets. Reminded me of Battery, or Damage Inc. Jayden was really good too. Kill em All inspired for sure

That tone at 3:39 is epic! And that Explorer oh man! 🤯🤘🤘

Best Lars inspired drums. 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Love the videos you playing guitar inspired me to start playing and I’m still going strong playing guitar thanks jared

Awesome video! These submissions killed it

3:38 this guy should’ve won

2:31 I want to start a band with this kid, he has talent and a lot of time to even further improve

2:53 True Metallica is Cliff Metallica Not enough bass🤘

Mike has a set of lungs on him, getting 87-88 Hetfield vibes. Great work.

I really love when you makw videos with your community!!

Kirk is gonna come here for riffs after he loses his phone again..

I dig this because it's like a test in a way to see how the Idols have truly left their mark and we have learned from them. The kid definitely won, he was the only one I feel got close to the entire discography, the rest were basically from the black album forward

Loving the new KZfaq icon Jared! Hope you’re well man 🤘🤘👍

Awesome riffs and songs from your super talented audience!! And I totally agree with your picked winner!

Oh man, when James gave that guy the look... That killed! I'm dead! Mike had a NICE riff at 5:13!

I would send u stuff if I could but idk how

It's great seeing all the Ibanez love with many of these guitarists! I love it!

I loved all of these. Even the ones that were just slightly modified songs. The best part, everyone knew lars' drum extent lol.

Guy on 4:00 predicted the riff for 72 seasons

i thought sammy g made a surprise appearance there for a second 😂😂

The guy with the more beer guitar definitely nailed it with the tone,the guitar,and the fact that he didn’t just take take parts from an existing song like many others did I appreciate that

Connor Kaminski is my absolute favorite, but i'm also a sucker for a song that starts out slow and progressively gets faster and heavier. That was fantastic.

2:26 damn id accept that

No offense here, but I feel like the kids always win just cause they’re kids. Like yeah, cool, you’re 5 and you play. It’s like an instant ticket to victory. I think 2nd place was the best imo. Like you could be an adult who put 20+ years into mastering your craft, but some 2 year old will still win lmao.

Connor Kaminski's one gave me chills

Jayden crushed it! Nice work

5:28 wtf euronymous? 😂

6:15 i dont get why people sing to mics and not record them.. i thought that james entered the challenge for a second tbh

Thanks for putting me in!

Dude I swear, the last dude sounded exactly like hetfield

the first rule of fight club is: you do not talk about fight club.

3:22 this was gella good version of st anger

4:57 Enrico Magno with the face melting riff was probably my favorite

We need 2nd part now! 🤘

Dude trying to sing like James sounded like avenge sevenfold

3:13 I can’t tell whether it’s Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning or Saint Anger

Mike Ogilvie's singing was pretty spot on.

Pleasantly surprised, this was better than expected... now you need to make a metallica song, from people's metallica inspired riffs!