Thanks for watching! I’m very aware that Kirk shows the main riff with the D# dyad in the MoP lessons video; Metallica has a LONG history of changing their riffs over the years, and I suspect this is one of those cases. I’m strictly going off of the isolated rhythm track by James on the original album! Give it a listen and you’ll hear it too. What Metallica classic do you want a breakdown on next? Lemme know!
Metallica is just like any other band from that era... They’re getting old!! - I love them, and will love them until the day I’m in the ground, but I’m sure they’ve adapted easier ways to play some of their stuff over the years especially for their live performances just because the riffs would be easier to execute in a live setting as opposed to the different s tones and sounds they get when they’re meticulously going over stuff for an album. 🤷🏻♂️ I love this video dude!!!
i ve listened to it many times, slowed it etc. To me it seems that the dyad that dominates the riff changes randomly during the song. Some times it is a D and some others it is clearly an Eb. I think James did not pay much attention when recorded the layered rhythm tracks, and it might be a finger displacement/a bit sloppy, as the riff is fast. If you hear them live however they have always been playing this with Eb, there s no doubt about this
Here's one 4u....exodus' scar spangled banner. You'll have fun with that song. It may be the best and one the most badass songs ever......yet nobody has heard. This would be a brutal stamia song.if you've never played it, its must have song for all thing brutal
I looked up an old Avenged sevenfold song I knew and realized just how wrong I had learned it and been playing it. It was sooo hard to unlearn the wrong and relearn the right.
Just remember people, James also sings during this madness, and that's why he is one of the best frontmen of all time. I wonder if my biological step-dad Ben agrees.
I know I can only sing and play the chorus parts . I can't for the life of me do the verses ,it's mental. !!!!!!! I have been listening to this song for 25 years and know it in and out. my right hand falls apart as soon as I try to sing the verse!!!
@@SheaRecordmetal you have to play the song so much that you don't even look at the guitar when playing, and everything has been practiced so much that it's second-nature/muscle memory to play it, then it's easy to do. Goes to show how much James honed his craft, imagine playing any of the AJFA songs, they're way harder than Puppets songs.
@@tiagometallica007 Via de regra os créditos de composição vão apenas para quem criou a harmonia em geral, logo, mesmo se o Kirk fizer adaptações no riff para complementar a música, ou mesmo criar o solo (o que ele sempre faz), isso não entra nos créditos. Muito dificilmente James compos todos os detalhes das duas linhas de guitarra, mas pode ter sido sim hahah ou seja, não da pra saber de quem são essas linhas citadas no comentário.
Whether it's Kirk or James who wrote it, that riff that Kirk plays in the bridge to this song is one of my favorites. And while Ben knows more about playing this song than I ever will, I SWEAR he's missing some notes to that riff...
@@lior777 Metallica don't write tabs. What you see in a "official tab book" is a third party publisher, and a guitarist who is guessing how they played it. Usually the notes are right, but they are played in the wrong part of the neck. Sometimes they are completely wrong (this goes for all tab books by the way). Sometimes there'll be Guitar Pro files floating around the internet that are correct, because someone took the time to really get it right. The same way that Ben does. Heck, Metallica can't even remember how they originally played it half the time and half to go back and relearn it when they have to play certain songs live again (10 or 20 years later). If John Petrucci gives you a tab, and he wrote it himself.. of course it will be right. But Metallica aren't really that kind of musician. Still love their stuff.. not criticizing them or anything.
9:17 this one is a total disaster in the official tab book. Like waaaaay off. Probably the worst transcribed riff ever. I'm surprised Metallica still sells those books on their website
You think the official Battery tab is bad, look at Blackened. The main riff is laughably wrong. I can’t believe it got past anybody to be in the official tab book
@@stephenjeffrey1982 I came here to say this. That riff is so far off. It's not even close. It always threw me off back in the day when I was trying to learn the song.
@@stephenjeffrey1982 I remember bitching about blackened years ago. My buddy was all no man that's what the book says. I said dude, music goes in your ears, not your eyes. Book is wrrroooonnnggg!
At 9:17, there is actually more going on with James riff. It's not just E and G powerchords. You can actually hear what he plays at 3:00 in the Battery vocal track, it's pretty cool.
I get the impression that some of those little "stops and skips" were something they discovered by accident during recording or editing, and then made part of the song. Fight Fire, RTL, MoP, Damage Inc, and a bunch of songs on Justice all have this, but starting with the Black album, this just goes away. Andriy needs a video on this.
"The Four Horsemen" I'm sure the main riff is tabbed incorrectly in most places. Would really appreciate you having a look at this one Uncle Ben🙏🙏🙏😁 This was the first Metallica song I ever heard (back in the day), as is still my absolute favourite. It epitomizes everything I hold dear about "my" Metallica.......... even though it was really written by Dave Mustaine...oops🙄
@@ville-veikkokangas5281 On the intro riff nearly all tabs and on-line lessons show the 5 to 7th fret A-string with the droneing E-string. But when James and Kirk go to the E-string the lessons and tabs show 7th fret and nothing else. I'm sure the band play more notes on the E-string, that mimic Lars's kick drum. I saw an early vid of Metallica with Dave Mustaine on guitar, admittedly they were playing "Mechanix", but on the same riff I reckon they're fingers were doing a lot more than 7th fret E-string. Would love some confirmation on this. Uncle Ben seems to be an expert at finding the nuances that others miss. Fingers crossed he makes our dreams come true🤞🤞🤞🤞
@@triad5766 @Triad hi I think they play the A string 5th and 7th fret with the droneing open E string, like we all do. But where the tab books show 7th fret E string before returning to the earlier mentioned A string riff, I'm convinced that the band quickly play 5th fret E string followed by 7th fret E string. And they do it again on the ascending/descending part of the riff too. I've convinced myself that I can hear the extra notes. And I'm also pretty sure you can see more finger movement from Dave and James in that really early live Metallica video. I know it's just a case of one or two notes, and that I'm just being an obsessive fan boy, but I think this is the kind of nuance that Uncle Ben could help me with.
Fun Fact: I bought the official tab-book around 25 years ago as a teenager. It was transcribed by some guys sponsored by guitar magazine and these tabs are exactly what you are talking about. They were just knowing what they are doing back then.
I totally agree: the coolest part of Battery is the riff behind the solo. I have always loved how heavy it is, and if I happen to hum the song, I generally hum that riff, totally oblivious of the solo in the background.
11:18 The most elusive. The one that we keep chasing as it scurry's away from us. The one that keeps the song fresh all these decades later. How did he do that?😆😂
he needs to check out the frayed ends of sanity rhythm guitar under the solo. Have no idea whats going on there when he shifts to galloping on the A string. Also listen to the rough mix for blackened because it has no solo and its easy to hear what hes playing (unlike frayed ends lol)
And now Im learning Battery after 15 years of playing guitar. Thanks uncle Ben! Im glad i waited this long so I can do it right. Its so satisfying to play the song to speed.
Great lesson! These "battery" shouting transitions when the riff sort of gets cut short have been fucking with me for a long time. I never could wrap my head around wtf was happening even when I listened to the isolated guitar tracks carefully. At some point I gave up and just made something up that was close enough to be able to keep jamming along. You have really done a great job of slowing it down and making it crystal clear for me. Thanks for that.
First “Blackened” now “Battery”...20 years of muscle memory to override. I’m curious if there’s a biggun to find off RTL...”Creeping Death” or “Fight Fire with Fire” maybe?
The dyad thing is SO clear now when you hear it after watching your video! Wow, and to think at first I thought you kinda went deaf but in the end I have been deaf for 20+ years! Awesome man!!!
This guy the real MVP for showing us this. I will say this though, sometimes bands will play stuff differently live than they do on the actual recordings. It makes it hella confusing to try and play it the "right" way because you're always being thrown off by how they play it on the record vs. at a concert. Cheers!
Wow, I’ve listen to those isolated tracks for at least 2 months so I can hear the guitar more clearly.... and never ONCE noticed the change of D#F# and DF#. Sure enough as soon as you said that I went and gave it a slowed down listen and by golly you were right! Thank you so much for that insight on this tune I love so much.
In the rhythm under the solo, the first of the two B flats is palm muted, as well as the F sharp. When James does the (B flat B flat A) and (F sharp F sharp F) the first chord of the grouping of three is always palm muted.
I played this song today and I found out I was playing wrong! Thanks. I can't figure out how to play Phantom Lord's main riff accurately. I'd love to see a video about that!
I’m just starting up my channel and I actually did a cover of battery but I played it to the best that learned it if you can give it a watch and give me feedback of how I did ! No solo tho !!! Love what you do always enjoyed your vids
Awesome Ben! 🤘😀🤘 FUN FACT: Not many people know that ‘Battery’ is about the 80’s thrash scene in San Francisco and a club on Battery Street. (Not Artillery Batteries as I first thought!)
Only one point in and you’ve already blown my mind with the verse dyads, Uncle Ben! I only thought I was a Metalli-geek. I guess it’s back to bass playing for me
All this is right I learned all that from the original books as a teen. Haha kind of tells my age. The first 4 original album books is what I started with.Glad you showed the correct way for people. Thanks Ben
Thank you for clearing this up, for so many years I’ve always said that the official tabs didn’t sound quite right. Well their we go folks this sounds spot on, and cheers to Uncle Ben for putting us right. For your next Metaliclassic could you dive into Harvester of sorrows? I’m sure I have it right but Metallica have their secrets and tricks that some again think are right. Look forward to many corrections to be made. Oh and also, a year or so ago I sent you a photo of a tremolo a mate had set up for me saying it was done by his “guitar tech” well I took it to a well known guitar guy here in Townsville and for sure it was as you stated, ‘visually not right’ now I have a sweet 7 string Universe as it should be. Keep up with your content mate, much love and respect, Al
Love your channel, and love when you breakdown Metallica songs.. especially the small details that tabs miss. I can already play most of these but love seeing your interpretations. Your attention to detail and tone is great. No fake news tabs here.. just the good shit. I actually love that comparison by the way, because people act like the tab books say it's so.. so it must be so. Instead of thinking for themselves, using their own ears and figuring it out for themselves.
This is the song that turned me into a metalhead for life. Heard on a walkman from a stoner in 9th grade woodshop class. Opened up a world of music, friends and the reason I learned to play guitar. And here we are 30 years later and Im just learning the right way to play it!
Awesome lesson Ben, and dude, yeah, that song is full of some complex riffing!! I'll never forget there first time I heard it either!! I was in love!!!!
What blew me away was hearing the big chords behind Kirk’s little riff in the middle on the deluxe box set/riff tapes. I thought it was a “new” riff that had been cut from the final version because it’s so buried in the final mix.
i love that e pedal tone riff and i always heard 3-5-7 on the A string until i listened to the isolated guitar track. i don’t know why they skip it live. love these videos always show me things i’ve never heard.
I played that first riff correctly for years until I was watching covers and noticed everyone else playing it the other way so I switched how I played it -__-
Thanks Ben. As someone who actually wants to play rhythm this is great. As for suggestions, I know you've tackled the fast riff in Frayed Ends of Sanity, but how about that gnarly one before it? (3.20 - 4.02)
That riff before the solo was Kirk's riff btw (the one that you're playing around 9:15) . Such a cool ass riff. Kirk also came up with the riff that is somewhat similar in Damage Inc, again in the bridge section before the solo. He's an underrated riff-machine that guy!
There's a lot of little nuances in there riffing that a lot of people miss. For instance Damage Inc. It wasn't until just a couple years ago that I notice that the verse riff goes to F on the low E for a few notes at the tail end of the riff. It can be hard to hear under the vocals is probably why nobody really notices. I hope yall can figure out which riff I'm talking about. Haha.
Listening over a year later, and your tone during Kirk's middle section lead-line at 9:17 sparked a node in my grey matter. Played "Spit Out The Bone." Yep, same riff. Or least same riff ending.
This video was a revelation for me, and never occured to me it would be played like that. Having said that, though, I still do prefer the original "wrong" way of playing the riff. It sounds better to me, and it's probably why so many people misheard the riff as being played that way, because it sounds more natural and better melodically, at least to me. I'll keep playing it the "wrong" way.
i've always had a difficult time slowing down a riff and yet keeping all the same nuances intact this guy does it effortlessly and it's awesome makes it so much easier to learn the riffs if you can learn it slow then speed it up as you get comfortable with it since so many of us get locked into certain hand habits. also excellent for catching all the small subtle changes you might not otherwise and yeah i'll take this channel over any tab books he's almost always more correct.
Makes sense D# is the leading tone to E so using it to enter only makes a ton of sense and with a classical training and background it’s a no brainer Uncle Bens really everyone’s Daddy
Always had the D within the verses. Thought it was odd, but the tab book I had in the 90s said that was it so I obeyed. This video of Kirk doesn't look like he's dropping that 2nd finger though, just staying in the minor 3rd diad shape? czcams.com/video/E6rxqdglYM8/video.html Battery starts at 3:48
David1917 Metallica has a LONG history of changing the way they play their riffs over the years. I’m just going by what’s on the MoP album, find that isolated guitar track, slow it down, and I swear you’ll hear the D dyad!
@@BenEller Oh I'm aware. Just interesting even in a lesson to show the modified version, I always figured the changes were just for ease of playing live. They also always cut that pre-solo section now to ask if the audience is alive. Well James, I'd be even more alive if you gave me that fucking riff!
Beyond thankful i already played the diads on my own for years. The pentatonic craze a few years ago really led some of us to pick up these riffs easily 🙏
Awesome as always ! Another guitar part I always see wrong is in the song Hold on loosely. Most people dont play the in between palm mute chug in the opening riff
I've just realized rewatching this while practicing the song proper... Kirk's riff in another phrasing is the main riff of "Spit Out The Bone" and now I'm curious as to why Metallica and many other bands seem to love that particular scale pattern at the fifth and seven frets for so many songs.
Thanks for watching! I’m very aware that Kirk shows the main riff with the D# dyad in the MoP lessons video; Metallica has a LONG history of changing their riffs over the years, and I suspect this is one of those cases. I’m strictly going off of the isolated rhythm track by James on the original album! Give it a listen and you’ll hear it too. What Metallica classic do you want a breakdown on next? Lemme know!
Metallica is just like any other band from that era... They’re getting old!! - I love them, and will love them until the day I’m in the ground, but I’m sure they’ve adapted easier ways to play some of their stuff over the years especially for their live performances just because the riffs would be easier to execute in a live setting as opposed to the different s tones and sounds they get when they’re meticulously going over stuff for an album. 🤷🏻♂️ I love this video dude!!!
i ve listened to it many times, slowed it etc. To me it seems that the dyad that dominates the riff changes randomly during the song. Some times it is a D and some others it is clearly an Eb. I think James did not pay much attention when recorded the layered rhythm tracks, and it might be a finger displacement/a bit sloppy, as the riff is fast. If you hear them live however they have always been playing this with Eb, there s no doubt about this
Here's one 4u....exodus' scar spangled banner. You'll have fun with that song. It may be the best and one the most badass songs ever......yet nobody has heard. This would be a brutal stamia song.if you've never played it, its must have song for all thing brutal
What about the rhythm part over kirks little stem part ?
My friend of misery, ride the lightning (pre solo and kirks solo), Damage Inc or dyres eve
Ben, you can't just do that. Think of all the muscle memory people like me have to unlearn. That's just torture.
true
28 years I've been playing this song. Fuuuuuu...!!!!
It's going to be like learning to ride a bike again.
I looked up an old Avenged sevenfold song I knew and realized just how wrong I had learned it and been playing it. It was sooo hard to unlearn the wrong and relearn the right.
I know. That's always the worst.
Just remember people, James also sings during this madness, and that's why he is one of the best frontmen of all time. I wonder if my biological step-dad Ben agrees.
And the stuff Mustaine plays while he sings! Metal gods.
@@HabAnagarek lets be clear, mustaine doesnt sing
@@theTutenstien true xD
I know I can only sing and play the chorus parts . I can't for the life of me do the verses ,it's mental. !!!!!!!
I have been listening to this song for 25 years and know it in and out. my right hand falls apart as soon as I try to sing the verse!!!
@@SheaRecordmetal you have to play the song so much that you don't even look at the guitar when playing, and everything has been practiced so much that it's second-nature/muscle memory to play it, then it's easy to do. Goes to show how much James honed his craft, imagine playing any of the AJFA songs, they're way harder than Puppets songs.
Always said it, Kirk's riff over James' power chords is extremely underrated. Kirk's inputs to MOP are the unsung heroes of the album.
That's actually James' riff. Kirk doesn't have any writing credits on Battery
his riffs from Master Of Puppets, Disposable Heroes and Damage Inc are some of my favorite Metallica riffs of all time
@@tiagometallica007 Via de regra os créditos de composição vão apenas para quem criou a harmonia em geral, logo, mesmo se o Kirk fizer adaptações no riff para complementar a música, ou mesmo criar o solo (o que ele sempre faz), isso não entra nos créditos. Muito dificilmente James compos todos os detalhes das duas linhas de guitarra, mas pode ter sido sim hahah ou seja, não da pra saber de quem são essas linhas citadas no comentário.
Everything that ever happened is underrated.
In fact, I don't think anything that ever existed has ever been highly rated.
Whether it's Kirk or James who wrote it, that riff that Kirk plays in the bridge to this song is one of my favorites. And while Ben knows more about playing this song than I ever will, I SWEAR he's missing some notes to that riff...
Finally, the only trustworthy source.
Tabs written by Metallica themselves?
@@lior777 Metallica don't write tabs. What you see in a "official tab book" is a third party publisher, and a guitarist who is guessing how they played it. Usually the notes are right, but they are played in the wrong part of the neck. Sometimes they are completely wrong (this goes for all tab books by the way). Sometimes there'll be Guitar Pro files floating around the internet that are correct, because someone took the time to really get it right. The same way that Ben does.
Heck, Metallica can't even remember how they originally played it half the time and half to go back and relearn it when they have to play certain songs live again (10 or 20 years later). If John Petrucci gives you a tab, and he wrote it himself.. of course it will be right. But Metallica aren't really that kind of musician. Still love their stuff.. not criticizing them or anything.
@@Jonw8222 I meant if Metalica themselves wrote tabs
@@lior777 Yeah, that would be good, maybe then the tab books would be worth the money they charge for them.
@@lior777 ...don’t exist.
"The best riff that Killswitch Engage never wrote"
I giggled
9:17 this one is a total disaster in the official tab book. Like waaaaay off. Probably the worst transcribed riff ever. I'm surprised Metallica still sells those books on their website
Frrrrriends!
You think the official Battery tab is bad, look at Blackened. The main riff is laughably wrong. I can’t believe it got past anybody to be in the official tab book
@@stephenjeffrey1982 yeah almost forgot... x2x2x232 wtf
@@stephenjeffrey1982 I came here to say this. That riff is so far off. It's not even close. It always threw me off back in the day when I was trying to learn the song.
@@stephenjeffrey1982 I remember bitching about blackened years ago. My buddy was all no man that's what the book says. I said dude, music goes in your ears, not your eyes. Book is wrrroooonnnggg!
At 9:17, there is actually more going on with James riff. It's not just E and G powerchords. You can actually hear what he plays at 3:00 in the Battery vocal track, it's pretty cool.
It’s a super sick riff!!!
So long, Polyphia song I'm trying to learn, it's Metalli-time!
I relate so much 😂
You don't even have to change tunings lol
@@justinfuzzyhat Good! It took me two damn days to get my floating-trem Strat back up to standard lol
You'll never learn it with that attitude. I feel your pain tho bro, it's one hell of a long process.
Learn Aviator dude! That’s what I’m learning rn, but Jason’s solo is a bitch. I’ll probably finish it in a week tho
I get the impression that some of those little "stops and skips" were something they discovered by accident during recording or editing, and then made part of the song. Fight Fire, RTL, MoP, Damage Inc, and a bunch of songs on Justice all have this, but starting with the Black album, this just goes away. Andriy needs a video on this.
"The Four Horsemen"
I'm sure the main riff is tabbed incorrectly in most places. Would really appreciate you having a look at this one Uncle Ben🙏🙏🙏😁
This was the first Metallica song I ever heard (back in the day), as is still my absolute favourite. It epitomizes everything I hold dear about "my" Metallica.......... even though it was really written by Dave Mustaine...oops🙄
I would also like to learn The Four Horsemen in a correct way 😄pretty sure im playing it wrong
@@ville-veikkokangas5281 On the intro riff nearly all tabs and on-line lessons show the 5 to 7th fret A-string with the droneing E-string. But when James and Kirk go to the E-string the lessons and tabs show 7th fret and nothing else.
I'm sure the band play more notes on the E-string, that mimic Lars's kick drum.
I saw an early vid of Metallica with Dave Mustaine on guitar, admittedly they were playing "Mechanix", but on the same riff I reckon they're fingers were doing a lot more than 7th fret E-string.
Would love some confirmation on this. Uncle Ben seems to be an expert at finding the nuances that others miss.
Fingers crossed he makes our dreams come true🤞🤞🤞🤞
Horsemen gets my vote, too. Good call.
@@buckrodgers2303 I honestly don’t know what you’re trying to say here. What other notes would they be playing?
@@triad5766 @Triad hi
I think they play the A string 5th and 7th fret with the droneing open E string, like we all do. But where the tab books show 7th fret E string before returning to the earlier mentioned A string riff, I'm convinced that the band quickly play 5th fret E string followed by 7th fret E string. And they do it again on the ascending/descending part of the riff too.
I've convinced myself that I can hear the extra notes. And I'm also pretty sure you can see more finger movement from Dave and James in that really early live Metallica video.
I know it's just a case of one or two notes, and that I'm just being an obsessive fan boy, but I think this is the kind of nuance that Uncle Ben could help me with.
Fun Fact: I bought the official tab-book around 25 years ago as a teenager. It was transcribed by some guys sponsored by guitar magazine and these tabs are exactly what you are talking about. They were just knowing what they are doing back then.
I totally agree: the coolest part of Battery is the riff behind the solo. I have always loved how heavy it is, and if I happen to hum the song, I generally hum that riff, totally oblivious of the solo in the background.
Me too. Love playing JHs part during the solo.
11:18 The most elusive. The one that we keep chasing as it scurry's away from us. The one that keeps the song fresh all these decades later.
How did he do that?😆😂
Thanks Uncle Ben! Your video on Fight Fire With Fire saved my life. You’re the coolest
Yes that riff is madness. Very hard to nail.
Ben,
How about the rhythm guitars behind the Blackened solo?
There's some crazy stuff going on there!
Was thinking the same thing!
That riff in Blackened is one of my favorite riffs behind a Metallica solo! Would love it if Ben would make one of these videos for Blackened.
While we're on blackened, I've NEVER been able to figure out the tapping part in the first solo.
yes please this, but in general Papa Hets rythm playing on the ...AJFA album was crazy, some of the most insane and punishing rythm patterns
he needs to check out the frayed ends of sanity rhythm guitar under the solo. Have no idea whats going on there when he shifts to galloping on the A string. Also listen to the rough mix for blackened because it has no solo and its easy to hear what hes playing (unlike frayed ends lol)
Stem ending 2 at 10:55 is the same thing they did on Spit Out The Bone's main riff. Love it
And now Im learning Battery after 15 years of playing guitar. Thanks uncle Ben! Im glad i waited this long so I can do it right. Its so satisfying to play the song to speed.
Condolences to those of us who grew up learning from the Metallica tab books. One day, we will learn to adjust to reality... one day.
lol, seriously!
Great lesson! These "battery" shouting transitions when the riff sort of gets cut short have been fucking with me for a long time. I never could wrap my head around wtf was happening even when I listened to the isolated guitar tracks carefully. At some point I gave up and just made something up that was close enough to be able to keep jamming along. You have really done a great job of slowing it down and making it crystal clear for me. Thanks for that.
First “Blackened” now “Battery”...20 years of muscle memory to override.
I’m curious if there’s a biggun to find off RTL...”Creeping Death” or “Fight Fire with Fire” maybe?
I’ve done a fight fire video, search it out
Ben Eller hell yeah! Gonna watch that one next
@@BenEller Ben, FINALLY resolve the mystery of Dyers Eve's 23232 vs 22222 :)
@@aek4018 its 222222 ffs
AEK No chance it’s 232323
Love your videos and how they show the real genius of parts that are lost by poor tabs.
The dyad thing is SO clear now when you hear it after watching your video! Wow, and to think at first I thought you kinda went deaf but in the end I have been deaf for 20+ years! Awesome man!!!
Thank you Ben. For those of us that love the details of technical metal you are a Godsend.
This guy the real MVP for showing us this. I will say this though, sometimes bands will play stuff differently live than they do on the actual recordings. It makes it hella confusing to try and play it the "right" way because you're always being thrown off by how they play it on the record vs. at a concert. Cheers!
Thanks a lot for the Kirk riff. I never really knew how to play it by ear.
Wow, I’ve listen to those isolated tracks for at least 2 months so I can hear the guitar more clearly.... and never ONCE noticed the change of D#F# and DF#. Sure enough as soon as you said that I went and gave it a slowed down listen and by golly you were right! Thank you so much for that insight on this tune I love so much.
Uncle Ben...you are by far, my favourite uncle ! Thank you for these amazing videos ! Please do more Metallica dissecting.
The captions put some applause in there for you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That intro sounds brutal!! Thanks for the lesson!
Wow. I’m blown away by this 🤦♂️ I’ve been playing it wrong lol
I’m a simple man. I see Ben Eller & 80’s Metallica? I’m clickin that shit quick.
This information is worth millions, and i need to watch them in more detail
The riff under the solo is one of my favorites for a long time. So brutal.
Excellent!! I never knew that rhythm part was different under the solo. Also never knew the little diad in the main riff was a thing. Nice!
In the rhythm under the solo, the first of the two B flats is palm muted, as well as the F sharp. When James does the (B flat B flat A) and (F sharp F sharp F) the first chord of the grouping of three is always palm muted.
That’s true!!!
What the hell man !
I wouldn't be surprised if you make a video showing your subs how they've always been writing their names wrong 😅
Nicely done
The exact thing I have always wondered about battery is the first thing you tackle, great stuff as usual!
I always knew something was off, and I never fully learned this song because of that feeling. Now I can riff comfortably and correctly!
I played this song today and I found out I was playing wrong! Thanks.
I can't figure out how to play Phantom Lord's main riff accurately. I'd love to see a video about that!
Thanks uncle Ben !!! Finally learn the part before the solo awesome 👏
I’m just starting up my channel and I actually did a cover of battery but I played it to the best that learned it if you can give it a watch and give me feedback of how I did ! No solo tho !!!
Love what you do always enjoyed your vids
That riff in your intro is filthy, I didn't know they played those riffs like that, thanks for another cool lesson mate!
I just started to learn this song by ear and you post this, thank you
The only source other than the original recording.
Hetfield is the master/inventor of a the rhythm solo behind the lead solo.. re-listen everything. awesome spot Ben
Lucretia exists
yes sir Blackened. Exists.
@@mattjns Lucretia far more difficult to play tho
Vivi * Not sure that’s the same topic.
Awesome Ben! 🤘😀🤘
FUN FACT: Not many people know that ‘Battery’ is about the 80’s thrash scene in San Francisco and a club on Battery Street. (Not Artillery Batteries as I first thought!)
Oh wow I did not know that!
Ben Eller 1 Thing You Never Noticed About Battery by Metallica! 🤘😜🤘
Slowlier is my new favorite word ... good work dude . Shred on🤘
Your tone with the electronics are pretty spot on. Nice job unkie Ben.
sooo the grunge pedal is no longer needed?
Only one point in and you’ve already blown my mind with the verse dyads, Uncle Ben! I only thought I was a Metalli-geek. I guess it’s back to bass playing for me
Awesome Ben. Those little details have been bugging me for ages and never could find them tabbed down. Until now
All this is right I learned all that from the original books as a teen. Haha kind of tells my age. The first 4 original album books is what I started with.Glad you showed the correct way for people. Thanks Ben
Thank you for clearing this up, for so many years I’ve always said that the official tabs didn’t sound quite right. Well their we go folks this sounds spot on, and cheers to Uncle Ben for putting us right. For your next Metaliclassic could you dive into Harvester of sorrows? I’m sure I have it right but Metallica have their secrets and tricks that some again think are right. Look forward to many corrections to be made.
Oh and also, a year or so ago I sent you a photo of a tremolo a mate had set up for me saying it was done by his “guitar tech” well I took it to a well known guitar guy here in Townsville and for sure it was as you stated, ‘visually not right’ now I have a sweet 7 string Universe as it should be.
Keep up with your content mate, much love and respect,
Al
Oh, I never noticed that !
It's SAD... but TRUE !
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Yes I quit.
This riff is so hard to master! Thank you for your work 🤟
Love your channel, and love when you breakdown Metallica songs.. especially the small details that tabs miss. I can already play most of these but love seeing your interpretations. Your attention to detail and tone is great. No fake news tabs here.. just the good shit. I actually love that comparison by the way, because people act like the tab books say it's so.. so it must be so. Instead of thinking for themselves, using their own ears and figuring it out for themselves.
This is the song that turned me into a metalhead for life. Heard on a walkman from a stoner in 9th grade woodshop class. Opened up a world of music, friends and the reason I learned to play guitar. And here we are 30 years later and Im just learning the right way to play it!
And it’s still the meanest riff ever!!!
Awesome lesson Ben, and dude, yeah, that song is full of some complex riffing!! I'll never forget there first time I heard it either!! I was in love!!!!
Dyers Eve and One, Uncle Ben! And the post Kirk's solo riffs of Master Of Puppets. Looooong have I waited... 🤘🏻 🤘🏻
What blew me away was hearing the big chords behind Kirk’s little riff in the middle on the deluxe box set/riff tapes. I thought it was a “new” riff that had been cut from the final version because it’s so buried in the final mix.
Great video!! Am I the only one that noticed how similar Kirks guitar part right before the solo (9:00) is to the main riff in Spit out the Bone??
i love that e pedal tone riff and i always heard 3-5-7 on the A string until i listened to the isolated guitar track. i don’t know why they skip it live. love these videos always show me things i’ve never heard.
Ben is by far the best guitar teacher on youtube
I played that first riff correctly for years until I was watching covers and noticed everyone else playing it the other way so I switched how I played it -__-
Holy sh*t, just listened to the isolated tracks and to think I didn't ever noticed that subtle change... mindblowing.
Learning English with Onkel Ben, drop c tuning, not like I heard dropsy tuning. Had to rewind and hear it again 😂😂😂 greetings from Germany
This helped a lot, thanks uncle ben
I really wish uncle Ben had 1mil+ subs.
Only guitar channel truly worthy of it.
That thumbnail is amazing
Totally agree, these tabs have been wrong since the internet was born!
Thanks again Uncle Ben! love your channel!
That's awesome. In the 80s we played all power chords. Totally wrong. But mixed up with a good drummer and bass, still rocked the garage.
They're called DIE-ads because that's the only metal thing to call them.
Thanks Ben. As someone who actually wants to play rhythm this is great. As for suggestions, I know you've tackled the fast riff in Frayed Ends of Sanity, but how about that gnarly one before it? (3.20 - 4.02)
I never noticed how much Kirk's riff in the middle section sounds like the intro hook from Spit Out The Bone. Cool
One of my favorite Tallica tunes! I'd love to see you do one for Holy wars since I see many people play some of its main riffs wrong.
World: pre- and post-corona
Battery covers on YT: pre- and post-Ben's video
That riff before the solo was Kirk's riff btw (the one that you're playing around 9:15) . Such a cool ass riff. Kirk also came up with the riff that is somewhat similar in Damage Inc, again in the bridge section before the solo. He's an underrated riff-machine that guy!
There's a lot of little nuances in there riffing that a lot of people miss. For instance Damage Inc. It wasn't until just a couple years ago that I notice that the verse riff goes to F on the low E for a few notes at the tail end of the riff. It can be hard to hear under the vocals is probably why nobody really notices. I hope yall can figure out which riff I'm talking about. Haha.
I’ve been playing the pre solo riff right. Shocking.
Listening over a year later, and your tone during Kirk's middle section lead-line at 9:17 sparked a node in my grey matter. Played "Spit Out The Bone." Yep, same riff. Or least same riff ending.
That's awesome lesson, love this song but I always have hard time because unorthodox chords
Uncle Ben! Absolutely wonderful video! And super useful! Thanks for all your hard work Broseph!
This video was a revelation for me, and never occured to me it would be played like that. Having said that, though, I still do prefer the original "wrong" way of playing the riff. It sounds better to me, and it's probably why so many people misheard the riff as being played that way, because it sounds more natural and better melodically, at least to me. I'll keep playing it the "wrong" way.
Hot diggity damn I’ve been waiting for this. A proper lesson on my fav Metallica song. Thanks Uncle Ben for the great lesson, as always!
this cleared out my confusion of the riffs of this song. Thank you, Uncle Ben.
Ben, you are one of the low-key funniest guys online. Whenever I need a laugh I can watch one of your videos and you always deliver.
Ben you are a genius battery master even Carl Brown plays it wrong!
i've always had a difficult time slowing down a riff and yet keeping all the same nuances intact this guy does it effortlessly and it's awesome makes it so much easier to learn the riffs if you can learn it slow then speed it up as you get comfortable with it since so many of us get locked into certain hand habits.
also excellent for catching all the small subtle changes you might not otherwise and yeah i'll take this channel over any tab books he's almost always more correct.
You sir, are a national treasure!
Never gets old, this one. Thumbs up Ben!
I miss playing my guitar, I think it time I pick it back up, clean it, re string it....and shred.
Makes sense
D# is the leading tone to E so using it to enter only makes a ton of sense and with a classical training and background it’s a no brainer
Uncle Bens really everyone’s Daddy
Thanks Uncle Ben, your vids are exceptionally punctilious and I can't think of anyone who does this sort of thing better. Thank you, D
Good to know I've been playing it right the entire time. Thanks Uncle Ben!
More smoothlier? Oh, man, stealing that lyrical explanatory lick for my arsenal. 🤘
Damn I always went down to a C on that pre-solo riff, turns out that's the bass walking into the G. Thanks!
Always had the D within the verses. Thought it was odd, but the tab book I had in the 90s said that was it so I obeyed. This video of Kirk doesn't look like he's dropping that 2nd finger though, just staying in the minor 3rd diad shape? czcams.com/video/E6rxqdglYM8/video.html Battery starts at 3:48
David1917 Metallica has a LONG history of changing the way they play their riffs over the years. I’m just going by what’s on the MoP album, find that isolated guitar track, slow it down, and I swear you’ll hear the D dyad!
@@BenEller Oh I'm aware. Just interesting even in a lesson to show the modified version, I always figured the changes were just for ease of playing live. They also always cut that pre-solo section now to ask if the audience is alive. Well James, I'd be even more alive if you gave me that fucking riff!
Beyond thankful i already played the diads on my own for years. The pentatonic craze a few years ago really led some of us to pick up these riffs easily 🙏
I got quite a bit of practicing before I come back to this lesson..very cool though..🤟
Been playing this song for 25 years and its always been a bit of a mystery. Thanks Uncle Ben! \m/{>_
Awesome as always ! Another guitar part I always see wrong is in the song Hold on loosely. Most people dont play the in between palm mute chug in the opening riff
I've just realized rewatching this while practicing the song proper... Kirk's riff in another phrasing is the main riff of "Spit Out The Bone" and now I'm curious as to why Metallica and many other bands seem to love that particular scale pattern at the fifth and seven frets for so many songs.