This isn't an ex member reunion. It's the "Big Four": Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer.

To put this in a different kind of perspective, this show is like if RUN DMC and Beastie Boys and NWA and Public Enemy all got together and performed "Rapper's Delight." This was a pretty epic show.

So good to see Dave with Metallica again. Even if it was only temporary.

These other bands are slayer, megadeth, and anthrax. They played some international concerts called The Big 4. Check out more live. Just find a song from Seattle 89 San Diego 92 or 2015 Berlin, Germany.(preferably Dyers Eve- song from James about his parents)

You guys need to hear the studio version (FROM METALLICA) of that song. My dude who chills and thrills with the solos I know he would like to know

That tour was one of a kind, millions of metal fans probably got their dream fulfilled that night.

“The big 4” that is referred to is the 4 bands that were the face of Thrash Metal Metallica Megadeth Slayer Anthrax

Check out any live song from their Seattle concert, they are all good as hell, the four horsemen is sick

Diamond Head is one of Metallica’s All Time Favourite bands - One of their heroes from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal - NWOBHM - Metal Forever 🤘🤘

This song is not personal feelings, it is a musical recording referencing an actual event, from the killer's point of view. Shit like that is captivating. Look at our world.

Metallica has 4 members on any given time. This was a historic event where the 4 biggest thrash metal bands played together on stage. This is an epic thing. To see it live would have been like not only seeing a unicorn but getting to ride it into a huge battle as if you were a war God. You really don't understand just how amazing that one song in person would have been.

The Big Four was a tour that had Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer on the same ticket. Am I Evil? is the jam at the end of the night with all four bands on stage.

It's the "Big Four": Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. This performance is from a concert in the city of Sofia, Bulgaria in 2010. For the first time, the 4 most influential groups of thrash metal appear together on one stage. For all of us who were at this concert, it is a great unforgettable memory, a dream come true.

It’s time for some more Metallica, “ the unforgiven” it’s a different one that speaks on a different level!!!

Metallica and megadath (personally) are the best metal bands of all time. You guys really gotta check more Megadeth out, tornado of souls, symphony of destruction, sweating bullets, any of those, and don’t stop with the metallica!!! You guys are goats

Lars was a huge Diamond Head fan. We are lucky bc this is a banger!! You really do need to check out the studio version

Orion is a great song too!

That was The Big Four, not just Metallica. After getting into METALLICA (!!) you've gotta start getting into more Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. These bands are the BIG FOUR of Thrash metal. These bands are all incredible. Keep up the awesome work, bros! \m/ Cheers!

All this bands are legends for all metalheads ! And seing them all toghether on the same stage is just fantastic 🤘

I love you guys doing all the stuff i grew up on. Nice to see younger people appreciating legends.

You guys can absolutely be part of the Metal Family. Honestly, think of all the music conversations that you guys can all GENUINLY get it on. Without being phony or anything. You all have checked out so much stuff, and your knowledge in music will only grow. It's pretty fun to see!

Been listening for over 30 years and I'm more alive when I do!!

Watching the five of you vibe out to this is a whole mood. Rock on, brothers🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿

This is from when the Big 4 played live at the same place in Sophia Bulgaria in 2010. I own the DVD with all 5 of their concerts (the DVD got 2 Metallica concerts), but them performing Am I Evil? Is still the best moment and song from the DVD, and can compete with any live moment.

The best band on the planet. This was one of my most favorite songs from the original Kill'em All Album.

Seen Metallica in concert back in July, was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life

This show was a commemoration of the "big four" of American thrash metal music (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax). All of the bands came on stage to perform this song with Metallica with the exception of Slayer (only drummer Dave Lombardo participated).

It does my heart good to see Dave on stage with Papa Het. God-bless metal! You're either with us, and one of us, or you don't exist.

If you liked this song, check out the studio version. This live version is shortened. Am I Evil was the B Side track on the Creeping Death single LP. In that live version you just watched, they ended the song right where the studio version kicked into high gear leading into the outro.

Love seeing you guys getting into Metallica. GOATS of metal. Great reaction and your doing a brief intro/research into the song first has taken your channel to the next level. (and yes, Brandon is always on top of things!) 🔥🔥🔥

I’m a little mad, you guys are showing metal vids I have never seen. Lol thanks guys. Rock on!

Watching you react is like when I first joined the military and was working with people from all over the country with different backgrounds. We take turns playing songs for each other and watching them react to it. I use to only listen to metal when I was in school. I had a whole new world of music opened to me like you guys. I really got into southern rap after living in Montgomery Alabama for almost 10 years and loving Yelawolf, Ritz, Lil Wyte, three six and Juicy J to name a few.

Fun Fact: The intro is a segment from the classical song called Mars: Bringer of War by composer Gustav Holtz its a badass song in itself...

yall should react to Stranded by Gojira. They are a heavier band but still very catchy and melodic

Got a metallica tattoo on my back, love my metal, this is one of the reasons I love this genre/song, metal is a family and from watching alot of your reaction videos... Welcome to the family you guys get it love watching your reactions keep it up 👍

If all you guys get a chance to ever see Metallica in concert you will never regret the concert it will be the most rememberable concert you ever been to it'll be in your brain and you can never get rid of it

I was blessed to see all these bands live one time or another, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax All great bands!

This is a great one Cartier family I've told you once or twice do Metallica and justice for all live in Seattle 1989!

I was listening to this earlier and I wondered when you guys would listen to it......great minds think alike!

The big four coming together....hard to beat

SInger for Megadeth, the band that did Holy Wars, was the original Metallica guitarist. He wrote songs like The Four Horsemen, but he got kicked out of the band. They didn't talk for years. That's why it was so cool to see the old friends on stage again hugging and playing.

I was there! I saw " the Big 4 Tour" a few times, or as we ended up calling it...The big 3 plus Anthrax, lols....You guys really need to get yourselves to a live Metal Show, you'll love it!

This is METALLICA, ANTHRAX, SLAYER, & MEGADETH together, known as the "Big 4" I missed that damn show. But I got to see those "Big 3" shows twice.

Now that's a freaking metal show.❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I was lucky enough to see the big four live at knebworth in the uk, was such an honour to witness everything that unfolded onstage that evening. Insane memories

Think about it… there’s 4 legendary bands on that stage together. To have every single member on that stage together, was just an iconic evening 🔥 Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax Those were the bands on the stage together performing AM I EVIL = EPIC

Now its the perfect time for SLAYER - RAINING BLOOD (live!)

You're already a part of the metal family, brothers 🤘

I've been a Metallic fan since I heard this album, and the studio version of this song has been my favorite for almost 40 years! You guys have to react to it!!

❤ This song immediately brought me back to when I first starting seeing my high school sweetheart❤ He could play this song on his guitar so well 💕 He could play all these songs. I remember him trying to teach me how to play some of them. 😂 I definitely don’t have a gift in that area. Lol.

I think what people mean when they say you need to see them live is actually they mean to go to a concert .. they still be playing and I know you guys would love to see them play in person

That was amazing!!!!! 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

I strongly recommend the Metallica live of master of puppets at lollapalooza in Chicago this year! The way they played, the filming , the skyline of the city just beautiful!

💥💥💥 "Diamond Head, what was y'all going through man" 🤣🤣 That was funny! 😭

This was from a concert with the big four of thrash metal, Metallica megadeth anthrax and slayer, all four bands were on stage

You guys remind me of how, age 14, 15... we'd get together at a friends' house when someone had a new album, and just go crazy up in their bedroom, with all the energy metal pumps into you and hearing new music... stuff would break. :-P This is how metalheads are made. :) \m/

I was at that concert , it was incredible 😁

That is some Heavy Metal old school headbangers!!!!!!!! Luv it!!!!!!!

Back in the 90's from their Black Album in 1993 they were on Tour, and came to My City at the time for an Outdoor Concert on Father's Day. Well, the Radio Station who played their Music at the time had an on Air Singing Contest Acapella Style at a Night Club in East St. Louis, Illinois. I just got there in time to Compete for a Pair of First Row Seats to their Concert that Night Center Stage! Well, i ended up Winning the Pair of Tickets for Singing "Enter Sandman" Yep!, 1st. Place! Great Show!!! Me, and a Friend at the time had a Blast! The Show was in St. Louis, Mo./Maryland Heights, Mo. 1993. 💯❤ Mark Rockledge

You are the nicest bunch of guys I ever saw on youtube and I wish you all the best on you're channel!

'The Day That Never Comes' and 'Leper Messiah' should be your next Metallica tracks.

You guys are great

This was on their Garage Days LP, an album of cover songs, and the Garage Days Revisited double album from the late 90s which had those songs as well as some new covers. My personal favorite of the bunch was Small Hours, originally by a band called Holocaust.

such a powerful song

Y'all are getting closer and closer to reacting to my favorite Metallica song "Ride the Lightning". I feel like any day now I'll see that video lol

you guys gotta listen to pretty much any of your favorite songs but from the live shows between 89-93, especially sand diego 1991. PEAK SOUND AND ENERGY

This is my childhood on stage right there!!

Yes you all can be part of the metal family all it takes is enjoying great music. And welcome to not only the metal family but the Metallica family too 🤘🤘🤘🤘

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) started around 1979 and lasted a few years, but spawned a number of talented bands, some of which went on to enjoy tremendous success, like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, and Saxon. Some older English heavy metal bands even got lumped into the movement and adjusted their sound because of it, like Motorhead, Judas Priest, and Budgie. All ended up becoming a major influence on the early 80s thrash metal scene in California, and they enjoyed generous royalty checks from sales of Metallica's covers.

Ok. You got my sub. Watch u guys for a minute. Metallica is why i shred today. Thanks

Seen metallica 7 times and they never disappoint. The fucking masters of metal

HELL YA yall can be part of the metal family. Metal is all about the music and having a good time.

You guys don't realize what you're witnessing here with the big 4 all playing at once. Unreal!

Great job guys. I am a die hard Metallica fan, a die hard Megadeth fan. Listen to Jump in the Fire and Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica

LAFAYETTE! Dwyer's is a must every time I tour down to NOLA. If one of y'all get a guitar, I'll give ya lessons for free!

In this day of people singing over recorded tracks, playing over recorded vocal, auto tune and lip synching, LIVE music is a rare unicorn. I have so much respect for a live performance, and I honestly despise anything less. The only exception being if there is some health concern that makes truly live music and vocals difficult.

There was 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE at their Moscow concert in 1991!!! 🤘🤘🤘

Good to see some love between Dave Mustain and Metallica. Good to see Dave keeping it up after his cancer battle ass well.

Feel bad I don’t know your names. But I love the glasses the guy sitting on the right is wearing. Cool shades! Love your channel guys!

Diamond Head were part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, along with Iron Maiden. The NWOBHM started in the late 70s and fused the energy and make-your-own-scene attitudes of punk with classic hard rock. It’s impossible to underestimate how important Diamond ahead were to Metallica. Drummer Lars Ulrich followed Diamond Head around for a while just being a fan, and slept on their couch. Metallica has covered four out of seven songs from Diamond Head’s first album (one was never released except on bootlegs). I suggested in another Metallica reaction you should try their cover of Diamond Head’s “Helpless”.

I've said it a million times and I'll say it again, you guys need to do a reaction video to Megadeth "Peace Sells" and "Sympathy of Destruction (Live in Argentina) You guys will love it!! 🤟

Must check out SLAYER, songs South of Heaven, Angel of Death, Skeletons of Society, Dead Skin Mask, Mandatory Suicide, War Ensemble or Repentless just to name a few greats by them.

Lock in, buckle up! Great cover!

these "reunions" are fucking awesome

Metallica - ENTER SANDMAN!!! Y'all will LOVE it. I promise!! 💯💯❤️🖤💙

Seing Dave up with Jeff is heart warming

Metallica- james, rob, Kirk and Lars RIP!!! Cliff there was Anthrax-joey, scott, frankie, rob and charlie Megadeth- Dave who was in Metallica in the early 80's, David, Chris

Very nice blast from the past. I'm hoping to bring y'all into the present day, with my favorite band of the Big 4. This is their 16th album, released only 2 months ago. Check out the track, Night Stalkers by Megadeth featuring Ice T.

Metallica🤘🔥 Love seeing Anthrax up there!

Some brief history of Metallica. They’ve had 8 total members in history. 9 if you include producer Bob Rock who filled in on Bass when they recorded St Anger as they made that album after Jason Newsted left the band but before they got a new bass player (their current bassist Rob Trujillo). They’ve only ever changed bassists besides removing Dave Mustaine and replacing him with Kirk before they even recorded their debut album. The original members were James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine, and Ron McGovney. They replaced bassist Ron McGovney in December of 1982 with Cliff Burton. Then in April of 1983 they replaced Dave with Kirk. Then they stayed that way until Cliff’s death in 1986. Metallica auditioned over 50 bassists to replace Cliff and Jason Newsted was actually last in line originally. However he impressed them especially by hearing about the position and taking time to learn every single song of their set list for their upcoming opening for OZZY. They invited him back and gave him the job. So Metallica now had James, Lars, Kirk, and Jason for awhile. Jason was treated pretty badly by the guys especially by James and Lars because they couldn’t handle their grief of losing Cliff. They drank more and took it out on Jason as they saw him as never being able to fill Cliff’s shoes. It eventually led to Jason leaving the band in 2001 to pursue a solo career for a little while because James wasn’t letting him do solo stuff while he was in Metallica so that combined with the mistreatment and not feeling like he was really part of the band, he left. Metallica then fell into a dark place. While they worked on themselves and James checked into rehab to fix his alcoholism. When he came back they wanted to make an album where they just got all of their demons out and anger out, so they started making St Anger. Now they didn’t have a bassist and they didn’t feel like it was the right time to audition one and bring them in while they were still kinda assholes and working on themselves because they didn’t want to bring a new guy into the toxic environment that forced Jason out. So their producer at the time Bob Rock, filled in on bass for the album. Then, in 2003 when they finally felt like they had matured more and fixed themselves a bit and were ready to treat a new guy properly, they auditioned bassists again, this time selecting Rob Trujillo as the bassist. Who is still their bassist to this day. And despite being still known as the new guy in metallica, he’s actually been their longest active bass player in the band. 2003-2022 19 years about to be 20. Jason was in the band from 1986-2001 (15 years) Cliff from 1982-1986 (4 years) and Ron from 1981-1982 (1 year). So technically, Rob has been Metallica’s bassist as long as all of their other bassists combined. Sorta. Next year he’ll be tied 20 years to (15+4+1=20). But the reason he’s not thought of when you think of Metallica’s bassist, is because those 20 years he’s been in, they’ve only made 2 studio albums. And they weren’t anything like their old stuff whereas Jason was there during their real blow up with the black album, and Cliff was there in the beginning for the first 3 albums which are still considered their best. Their first 5 albums are considered their best and you had Cliff for the first 3 and Jason for the next 2. Jason was there for the 2 after the black album as well but load and reload were vastly different and aren’t held in the same light. Then as I said they used their producer for bass on St Anger, then Rob came in and did bass on their last 2. Death Magnetic (2008) and Hardwired to Self Destruct (2016). Word is they’ve been in the studio the last couple years working on a new album but they haven’t been in the studio full time so the album is taking a lot longer. But we’re expecting it within the next 2 years either 2023 or 2024. If we follow their recent cycle, it seems to be 8 years between albums (2008, 2016) so I’m leaning more towards 2024 which would be 8 years again. And if that’s the case, I’d be almost expecting it to possibly be the last full studio album Metallica may ever make. I mean they’ll all be in their 60’s in 2024. Granted only just, but that’s pretty old to still be trying to tour constantly and put on the high energy shows they do and play the old stuff still that’s fast and heavy and to then still try and make new music again after that. I could maybe see them doing 1 more album after their next one but i don’t know about any more after that. Feel like they’ll start getting to the age where their bodies just won’t be able to take it anymore. And if James’ voice goes or his guitar playing goes, 100% that will be the end of Metallica. No one wants a Metallica without James. He’s been the lead singer for all 41 years. All 10 full studio albums, soon to be 11. And has layed down every guitar track on the album aside from the solo’s which Kirk does. He’s their frontman. People like to say Metallica is Lars and James. And that’s kinda true. They formed it initially. And they’re the 2 that basically write all the songs. Sure Kirk and Rob sometimes contribute some stuff, but it’s mostly all James for the guitar stuff, and Lars works with the producers and sound engineers as basically a sound engineer himself and he’s kinda the one who pieces everything together how he wants it to sound, James has some input on that too but it’s really mostly Lars. So while if Lars was unable to play at some point, in terms of actually laying down drums on a track or performing live, Metallica could live on pretty fine with a replacement drummer, Lars’ song writing and producing skills would be gone unless he stayed on as just doing that and they just had another drummer actually doing the drumming. So their album songs wouldn’t really be the same without Lars. Though James could take over and keep it going pretty well. But without James, I just don’t see Metallica continuing. I don’t think the fans would even want them to. And tbh I don’t think the band would want to either. His sound is really what makes Metallica Metallica.

Pls do Pantera more

That was Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax all together!! 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘

You guys really should re-visit the Metallica - One song. Your understanding of the metal music has grown so much these last six month. So I think that you guys might appreciate the song and the lyrics a little bit more that you did with the first video. The story behind that song is something else.

Their live shit is epic! NO band like em. This is one of my all time fav Metallica songs (yes I know it's a remake - but their version is better). No there's not hella members of Metallica. Theres 4. Those other guys are part of other bands: Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. It was a concert that had all four bands, and Metallica brought them all out on stage for that number

Nice. You can tell who sounds good live and who is kinda rough. Still love the guitar riffs and drums. And these 4 bands are great. Side note you should react to Anthrax featuring public enemy “Bring the Noise”

thanks

They are not all in Metallica. There are three other bands on stage: Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax. Together with Metallica, they form The Big 4 of thrash metal.

'The Big 4' tour was: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax each performing a set. Basically the biggest bands in metal from the 80's.

Y’all need to react to Metallica Live in Seattle 1989….considered one of the greatest live performances of all time

There are only 4 members in Metallica. The others you see listed online are former members. The other people on the stage in this video are members of other bands: Anthrax, Megadeth, and Slayer. These 4 bands make up what we call the Big Four of Thrash Metal.