They played this at 1.2x speed live in the '80s EDIT: this is the first ever MetallicA harmony, so it's kinda special song 7:30 Also the end of the song from the '80s live versions is as great as Micheal Scott's "NO NO NO NO NOOOO"

11:40 that part gets me every single time I listen to this song! It’s just so brutal and makes the song more epic and thrashy! Just the energy and everything. Man that’s so the best part of the whole entire song

That sound is the crazy pick attack James was getting from his legendary “Magical Mythical Marshal” amp head that he had modified sonically. Their gear got stolen in Boston later that year…along with that head…still to this day, one of my favorite guitar sounds

Smooth reaction! 🤘😝🤘 That riff is a beast and one of the most under appreciated in Metallica's arsenal

Metal has and always will give me so much get out and get it energy!

When Kill 'Em All came out in 1983 it definitely lived up to its title. No one else could match Metallica's brute force. Kind of like when Mike Tyson hit the heavyweight boxing scene a few yrs. later. Beast on record, Beast in ring.

Metallica- low man's lyric

Hey Dave. Hope you’re well. I’m so glad you’re giving Kill ‘em All some love. Great reaction, and great channel. Keep up the good work 👍

Their lead guitarist definitely has a blues feel in many of his solos. I love it combined with the power of metal 🤘

Loved the "attack" moment reaction! So precious!!

always big energy solos fueling a helluva ride! great video Dave!

one of Kirk's best all time solos is the intro solo, and the best song on Kill Em All.

Great stuff. Especially when you consider the fact that this was their debut album and very first attempt at writing music as a band. These guys were very young musicians at this time.

That scratchy sound going into the solo is the edge of the guitar pick being slid back and forth on the round wound guitar strings.

Nothing like a brutal GUITARLO to start the song off. Kinda gets you to the edge of your seat right off the hop 🔥🔥

one of their most underappreciated masterpieces. i listen to the intro & the end riffs over & over. im subbing just cause you reacted to this song.

My favourite Metallica song of all time!!!

Thanks Dave for the way you analyze the songs I've been listening to Metallica since they started the way you break it down I see and hear stuff in the song never paid attention to thanks

I'm delighted you're enjoying the album as much as me 😁 back when I first heard it in the 80's 😎 still awesome till this day 🤔

This is the Metallica I grew up loving in the 80s, they became something completely different and I still hate it that they went mainstream.

Hey Dave, how are you? That part after “attack” always helps me get heavy scrubbing done (like pots and pans). 😂 I love it and, as always, you. 🥰

Metal is an evolution of rock, which was an evolution of Blues - so hearing blues influences is not unexpected. Black Sabbath for instance who was considered the godfather of metal has major blues influences in their music. Your point with your saxophone is another gem - yah, like jazz/blues, when jamming, each instrument would take a moment to showcase and do a little improv - all while the rhythm and melody played in the background, so the improv stays within the scale and tempo of the song that is being played. Same concept for a guitar solo (or the rare drum or bass solo) in a metal song. Music composition theory still applies and as you can see/hear, it's universal. Then take the lyrics of metal and it's most akin to rap music (at least good - old school rap) - both are deep, and profoundly written and cut like a knife. When you break it down, there are a lot of similarities of rap and metal considering where they originated, and the intent of the music to create a major emotional response on the lyrics. When you think of a profoundly angry sounding rap song it brings the same energy and angst that metal does. That's why metal and rap go so well together in nu-metal style that has become so popular over the past 20 years (a la Rage Against the Machine, or Linkin Park style).

WHAT! He reacted to No Remorse under my radar!?!?! One of their most underrated or rather underappreciated songs and the wildest intro. The intro was my wake up alarm for a long time and I always let it finish🤘 For as long as I've known this song and been on KZfaq I've only seen 2 people ever mentioning this song in the comments and the second reaction channel followed that has reacted to it. And I follow like 10... "Blitzkrieg" is another super neglected song that goes so hard with the riffs and the solo is tasty.

Any Doom fans will certainly know this riff 3:44 (E1M1)

Awesome

Hello I've been listening to Metallica for nearly 30 years, and I really like your reactions to this song...you're probably younger than me

Genius reaction

The classic Doom used this for BGM

Awesome reaction and analyse man,this is one of the best from Kill album if no the best :)

5:01 strange thought perhaps but, it "sounds" like a whirlpool? Certainly a mode of vortex.

Kill'emAll BEST álbum in the history of music !!!!!!!

I always had a soft spot for this song and even better the band that inspired them, Diamond Head, did a cover of this song.

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More Kill em All!

yes! Next should be Whiplash

You gotta check out cannibal corpse's cover of this song it's pretty sick

Best song on the album and it has no Mustaine on it so even better

You are my favorite Metallica "reactioner" lol BUT you still haven't reacted to my favorite Metallica song and that's Halo on Fire from their last album... Please do the official music video or S&M2 version, thank you :)

If you really want to hear something different, you should maybe check out Tied To The Whipping Post by King 810. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Long time watcher. Don't know why I haven't subscribed yet, but I am now. Thanks for your content.

Metal was inspired by the blues bro

Now, please move on to the RIDE THE LIGHTNING album. I just got it on CD last Saturday as my "21st birthday gift". It's even more crazy than KILL 'EM ALL. Bass is better there, and Cliff Burton has most contributions on that album (especially for the guitar harmonies, and also for the legendary intro on "For Whom The Bell Tolls" - he wrote it in 1976)

Bleeding me, aint my bitch, fuel are good songs

fast and furious

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This is not Metallica's song original group is diamond head just Lil history for u

Im glad to see you really dig into Metallica's early classic material. That was when they were at their best, imo.