Metallica - Fade to Black (Cliff Burton Loud Bass)
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2015
- This is my version of "Fade to Black". I mixed it using Reaper and mastered it using T-Racks CS. This is part of my "Burton of Lightning" project, I'm actually uploading all Burton songs I can find in mogg format, that way I can mix the bass as loud as I want to.
This sounds as if Metallica were a power trio, so whenever Kirk plays a guitar solo, Cliff is the only one providing foundation, rhythm and harmony to the song. I think that with this type of line-up, Cliff's work can really shine and stand out in the mix.
If you add a rhythm guitar, things get cluttered and the bass disappears. And my goal here is for us to hear every single note Cliff is playing. So the volumes are all switched. When we hear guitars on a record, they're always much louder than the bass, and this is our revenge! Here the bass is the star!! And Cliff deserves that, his arrangements are simply beautiful and shouldn't be buried in the mix, so please listen to it as many times as you want and promote it away.
How was able to do that? I had access to the original isolated tracks, so that way I felt free to mix them and highlight the sections I thought were richer to the whole project. That meant cutting off some of James' guitar parts during Kirk's solos, and leaving Lars out of the spotlight cause he mixes his drums super duper loud since he's the leader of the band. That way, Cliff's bass line came to life and the song sounds amazing! - Hudba
The enhanced bass gives the song an even darker and more melancholy feel, which is so much more powerful
Wow it does making me fall asleep
@@agestor4483 that’s not good lmao
@@stevenlee1075 it soothing. Im not all about the sing. mostly into the sound and beat
@@agestor4483 it’s not super soothing or calming for me but it does make me PUMP with excitement as I either play along on my bass or just listen. The galloping part kills my hand by the end though
@@stevenlee1075 but at that time i was tired so made me sleepy but i would headbang
i was thinking bass was a boring instrument
until i heard what cliff wrote
Cliff is the man! His bass playing inspired me to pick up the bass. I hope Cliff is jamming out in the Great Gig in the Sky with all the greats
Zoe Fry he left Metallica to join Skynyrd man
tyhg224444444444 you sure it wasn’t Satan? Cuz cliff was badass and heaven is scared of badasses
All time top 5
If not top 3 of all time
He’s in a band with Dimebag, Randy Rhodes, Dio and Nick Menza
that part at 1:50 ooh so sweet.
Stunning!!!
I knew he went up high for that part but never knew it was such a cool riff
I love that part! It get's lost in the original mix. Cliffem All!
Really like how the echo is more present, more dramatic.
32 years ago today. We miss you Cliff
1:49 is such a cool fill
Every Metallica song ever would sound so much better with this kind of mixing.
99.5 KISS in San Antonio used to play a bass-boosted version of Fade to Black late at night during the mid-1980s. I recorded it off the radio during my senior year in early 1986, and together with the bass tab from the Oct 86 version of Guitar for the practicing musician magazine, learned how to play Fade to Black on bass soon after Cliff died. It took me several months to get it down, and was the first song I learned on bass. I recognize that those first efforts at bass playing were part of the mourning process, though the grieving continues on some level.
Bass playing has become a beloved lifelong hobby for me over these many years since then, and I look forward to many more if it is God's will.
Rest in peace Cliff, and eternal gratitude to you for inspiring me and countless others to pick up a bass and learn to play it
dude, what an incredible story! Thanks for sharing, all the best!
Still the best bass player and one of the most amazing musicians in the world.
Jackson Teller yeah was like Hendrix and Rhoads, but on bass
@@EetFuk8 check out the bass on spiral architect - a sceptics universe
It would be great to hear the call of ktulu like this. great work
When I listen to that song, I'm in the other world...
Make metallica ur methadone. Glad u were able to quit meth
"This can't be real..."
“I was me, and now me’s gone” man, exactly how I felt after bashing my head in, and spending 2 years in rehab, wanted the end so bad to set just me fucking free, instead of that crap.
Got better though. Love this fucking song.
I hope you are doing even better mate, happy to hear such stories like this
I don't know why but the melodic intro always gives me goosebumps. Every single time. Still one of my favorite Metallica songs!
This song still makes me cry.
He was never gonna make the simplest bass riff boring. So good
harmony is amazing cliff was good at that
Amazing work. It's the first time I can hear Kirk's ending solo so clearly
That is actually how the bass was suppose to sound like. I reckon this how the base actually was and toned down just like justice. Wow. One of the greatest pieces of music I have ever heard creeping death and Orion....throw Master of puppets in there
Best part of the song - 0:00 to 6:52 - make you fuckin cry.
great job man, cliff was the best, every note was wonderful, thank you for your great work, please upload more.
It’s amazing how just making the bass heard more in this already deathly deep song add a whole universe of feeling and strength... yet nobody seems to wanna give the bass their due, I always say u can always use more bass
goosebumps listening to cliff in just the proper way, the solo reaching for the stars on those massive bass gallops
Love that bass lines
Especially after 01.03 I began to play bass parts without realizing.
this deserves more likes and views because sounds sooo epic and beautiful , nice work btw man
Good Work!
Why the bass was so quite in the early Met-Albums? It Sounds 1000 times better!
its lars wanting the drums to make your ears pop, this is most obvious on ajfa (all the jokes are true)
BEacsuse they hate all the bassist
That was the way they mix back in the day nothing against Cliff or anything like that
Because it kinda takes your attention away from guitar which is the main thing to average musical listeners which make up the majority of fans so bands just kinda leave it quiet
They're still like that in their later albums
man this is a really great mix, the bass and the echo on the vocals gives to the song a beautiful darkness
This song gives me goose bumps everytime!!
In the description you talk about a power trio... this song played by 3 ppl is beautiful. Especially when the bass is playing the main riff while the electric guitar is just soloing, truly powerful
I'm so glad you liked it, Tag Unga! :) thank you for watching
What a treasure, thank you
Gold Medal for Alex ! You Cliff´d my day!
great, just great
Nice Alex ! Love it !
POR SIEMPRE CLIFF!!
I love it!!!
Great work dude
This is best Metallica.
This is the first time I heard Cliff's lines in the verse section. Some great stuff got buried in the original mix!
Got my bass in it's case sitting in the corner think I will pick it up and play it now.
did you play my man?
Metallica was always known for having such low bass in the mix (what they did to Newstead is just awful), but damn I didn’t realize they did similar shit to Cliff himself!?! This is amazing
the verses were....haunting. gave me chills. well done, one of the better adaptions I've ever heard.
EXCELLENTTTTTTTT
Very nice work Alex. Awesome shit bro
I like the ending extended and the whole solo felt so powerful ❤
Muito bom cara!!!
Love this
Ever metallica song deserves loud bass
Sin duda una obra de arte maestra
I wish I would have come across this years ago. Older bro and I used to disagree over the guitar solo. I loved it. He said it was drowned out by the rhythm. He was right.
Interesting story, Tom Kelly! Thank you for sharing
Cliff forever ♡
Cliff forever
I,love this bass parts……...and the double bass from lars
I have lost the will to live after quitting methadone, except when I hear this.
So technical !!
Do And Justice for all with Louder bass
Hddr Rrew lol
...And Justice For Jason
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louder 0 is still 0 :D
juanpax64 dumbass comment
I was playing by ear since tabs are usually incorrect, and it was close but still off so finally I got it to sound right thanks to this lol. You can hear every note he played ❤
thank you! :)
This is fucking therapy!
OMG How have I never heard this before?!!!! Just fucking amazing!!!
Awesome. U should mix Metallica's next album lol
Holy Shit that Bass of the Beast..
Idk if I’m hearing things but there’s a bit more reverb on the vocals here and that’s a pretty cool touch
If the drums in the solo would be a little bit louder so you can hear the douple bass than it would be perfect.
Cliff el mejor!
It wasn't until I heard a bass boosted version that I realized Kirk's solo around 2:30 is just a variation on the first half of the song's bassline further up the neck.
The best song
For a cat that could shred, he always laid back and played right where he needed to. No flash. No ego.
Cliff amazing
METALLICLIFF : CLIFF THE LIGHTNING
FADE TO CLIFF
BASS POWEEEEEEEERRR!!!!!
A verdadeira sinfonia do thash metal.
God, this solo is just goddamn amazing
Hammett was indeed inspired back then
Alex Tamulis He can still be, just not on Hardwired since he just went there and improvised basic wah fills with the same scale as always, but the solos in Death Magnetic are amazing
cliff the best
un abrazo al cielo amigo nacho
🤘
Bruh it makes the solo sound awesome
Aí sim o baixo aparecendo e fazendo distaque
Whenever there is lightening in the sky i know that he is jamming up there
🤘🖤
The phrase at 1:50 is juat gold
Where can i download these bass bosted song? I was planning on making a playlist.
Damn with actual audible bass this song fucking kicks ass!!!
🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
They need to remaster it again. Cliffs bass makes the song so much better. Why would they hide his talent. Wish I could tell them I like this better than there remix
This is how the bass must sound, no Flemming Rasmussen production. Martin Birch should produced it like we hear Steve Harris.
Thanks Guido, this means a lot, all the best to you, dude :)
These are fantastic. Ktulu and For Whom The Bell Tolls please!
Hey Todd, I did For Whom the Bell Tolls, please check out my channel and I hope you like my rendition. Ktulu will be near to impossible since the stems weren't shared with the population, hehe. Mixing without stems is not possible, the result would boost the whole song and it would sound like crap. Anyhow, talk to you soon!
@@alextamulis I found Bells! CZcams recommended. Nice work! And no worries on Ktulu. Can only work with what we have, right? Happy holidays!
this is the only version of the song i listen to now
MORE BASS!!
Probably cowbells too
How did you get the audio tracks of each instrument?
probably gh metallica
Yo Alex would u be able to make an updated instrumental version of this song? Or do you know where I can find a really high quality one that already exists? The best one I can find on YT is 12 years old
Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free
Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
Goodbye
cliff pls coem back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This guy Is an haronics wiz
Wow... this version of this song could probably mash up pretty well with Hollow.
Why didn't they turn the bass sound up so it could be heard? This version is BETTER than the album version!
Goddam this is better than the album version
good good good good good!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This si how the bass have to sound in all the fucking metal songs, loud and powerfull
Ahh shityeah
Bass guitar did awesome on this track.
Agreed!
This has more reverb than it does extra bass
Anybody know why basically every CZcams video has its comments turned off now?
This one doesn't, you can comment away! :)