Haha. Rob is the best. He's the longest-standing bassist in Metallica's history, but you can tell he's STILL just happy to be there. He's impossible to hate.

He's just happy to be there.

@@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid His Bass Skills are awesome, but JAson sounds better than Cliff and Rob, the BAss played with Plec, just sounds harder.

The power of bass, what can i say

Exactly!!

And not only that he sings on top of it. I don’t know how he does it, one of the greatest!

@@BA99253 Dave Mustaine too. With more difficult riffs

@@matttucker4269 Dave has a horrible voice though

James is a riff genius, Lars is a genius drummer. Kirk has written some of the best solos ever imo. They are all masters. Ppl give kirk shit but you try to play their set list every night see if you can nail every note.

better still: “The Silence of the Bass”

@@piecaptain991 😂

Reminding me of Jack Nicholson in the shining... Here’s Johnny!!!

Your killing me lol

@@piecaptain991 you beat me to it

He wrote the guitar intro to Ride the Lightning that everyone loves so much

@@Jahomey505 yea and he has ALOT to do with the overall arrangements of the songs since the beginning. He is also a genius business man they dude is criminally underrated overall in the group. No its not the greatest drummer but he sure as shit aint the worst by a long shot. The stuff on justice was wicked drum wise.

@@midnight347 true shit bro. Like I get that his drumming got sloppy after the 90s because he stopped practicing but AJFA has some of the best drum tracks of all time. People sleep on him cause it’s trendy to hate Metallica. He’s by no means one of the greatest of all time, but he’s released some brilliant work and inspired a ton of drummers that a lot of people have in the top of their lists. The hate is ridiculous

@@Jahomey505 you said it best it is trendy to hate on metallica ECSPECIALLY Lars lol. People really undersell his overall value to the band imo.

Or how good he actually is at drums like he isn't out of time because he's bad he's out of time because that is the metalica sound it sounds more heavy metal and evil

For a musician at that level, money is no object when it comes to gear. And better yet, it's a tax write off!

@@Anjohl At that level they don't even pay for it, the makers feel it an honor to give it to them, plus their sponsors make them stuff in their custom shops or have custom builders make them very nice guitars so they'll stay on board.

@@snap-off5383 fair point.

I know bro same

The white V is the original he bought as a teenager. It’s a (probably Korean made) fake Gibson with a bolt-on neck and upgraded pickups. If it weren’t for the history behind the guitar it would be almost valueless. Pretty cool he still uses it.

Slayer

@@youreadopted3960 LOL no...

Jon schaffer

What about the dude from Kreator. That's a pretty clean Rhythm hand as well

@@oanafelicio7764 Definitely. He's just as good at downpicking as Hetfield and on a whole other level once we talk about gallop, tremolo picking and precision. Schaffer's a machine. Have to see a tighter rhythm player yet.

He should put on a wig then

@@KevinGsWK then it's back to the 88 - 93 kit but with his now signature random fills

Perhaps you should dial up some Kip Winger if hair is equal to music to you. LOL! All in good fun.

Lmfaoooo, comes with age 🤣

@Nargathron666 and he's still gonna play it out of time

Yeah ı know

I love how robert enters the room and instantly starts headbanging

It became shadows follow on 72seasons!!

😂

Riff Life

That doesn’t make much sense my dude. It’s inflammation that causes these.

Playing for 50 years will do that

@@Down_Pat and probably everday for hours on end

The only other guy I’ve seen on this level is John Browne from Monuments and even he’d say Hetfield is the GOAT

Is that his KEA V in the next clip too??

@@localmusiclover605 yep

He's not a nice guy. He's just really good at checking himself when on camera.

He's a riff master

More like Lars used a good drum set

@@liammonas4762 Honestly I think it's because they're free from the record labels. They have more freedom with what they can write.

The mojo never left.

He never lost it

@@thoryan946 labels have never told them what they can write, you fuckin idiot

Okay hahahaha that one got me

That’s an insult to beetle juice

That's it! Couldn't put my finger on it.

😆😆

For real, its so cool to see that!

they didnt sadly, but hey, 72 sounds great regardless

also lars is probably got better arms than almost everyone his age

I’d disagree simply because Metallica truly needs Lars. Without him, they’re just a random collection of riffs. 🙂

What song

@@jadendorsey3472 Hardwired to self destruct

@@brianrobertson9580 you must be a drummer hahaha

Hetfield respects Burton a ton

U forgot the"MEGADETH IS BETTER"

@Nemesis 86 right? i guess people just saw lars and began to hate regardless of the subject

@Nemesis 86 Because people don't stop to think before making a judgement. It's basically saying "Hey carpenter, I saw your wood laying out on the street and you weren't looking so I just took it, thanks!" Of course everyone would just be fine with that, right?😅

@Nemesis 86 You said it right there, ignorant. It runs rampant lol

How can u forget about st anger troll

Its not an actual Gibson.

He got rid of the porn stache

This album was his simplest and worst. I think it was "Am I Savage?" that had some really unimaginative drumrolls on the snare. It's probably the age, so I understand.

@@HipnikDragomir So what you are saying is that you don't know anything about drumming.

You got that right!

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After? There are a ton of cool riffs not related to Tony Iommi

Tony is the father of metal. And, the king of the riff. Without tony, there would be no metallica or megadeth

@@jooooeeeeyyy - incorrect. Jimmy Page was creating great riffs before Tony. Plus there was Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. And let's not forget MC5 and Steppenwolf. Tony was a huge influence but he also had huge influences

@@jooooeeeeyyy approved, I just wanted to say that Dave Mustaine wrote awesome riffs.

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40+ years and still recording and touring. Pretty freakn impressive. Oh, and selling out every arena the play. That’s a serious feat for any band, let alone a rock band, and even more let alone a thrash band.

@@HerotsLament Aint my Bitch is one of the best and heaviest Metallica songs.

Hmmm, yes, because it’s not like KZfaq or any other streaming service compresses their audio. Real talk, if you actually bought the album on a physical form, that’s probably as close as you’ll get to the least compression.

Some people live to complain. I got the CD and loaded onto my laptop and then synced to my phone. Sounds great. Everything these days is compressed. People who claim to hear all this compression are again looking for something to complain about. Get a life

@@Sean-yd4uk I believe they limit to -13 dB now it’s not the same as old KZfaq compression...

You don't know what compression is and you are making a fool of yourself.

helps prevent the strings behind the nut from making noise while recording guitar parts. see what he does at 8:50

@@ultex But why would you be concerned about those strings making noise when you don't strike them while recording riffs?

@@jbjohnson4728 you are striking those strings. The vibration flows through the entire string and is picked up in the recording. The wrap/tape is similar to palm muting.

@James Williams But he did not mute the string below the nut here. He did it above the nut. If it helps, it helps. I'll have to try it out some time, though I'm skeptical it'll make much of a difference on a regular guitar and rig above the nut.

It helps if you are recording direct

Yea, kirk really has no input on making the songs. He comes in an harmonizes and solos. I am sure he tried to make some riffs, but then he loses his phone.

@@puppets1979 not completely true, it is quite known that he's come up with a few iconic riffs here and there.

@@todessehnsucht Yes, I know. There are few.

Kirk made some great riffs in the past, but he didnt contributed for this album, only the solos

Not even close

Indeed IT IS, but he changed the duncsn invaders for emgs, and repaired it again