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You can definitely hear the Motorhead influence in this song.
Yes you can
i hear much more Charged G.B.H. and Broken Bones than motorhead here
@@win7275 I wasn't a big punk fan, but I had a friend that was. Went to a GBH show at a local club in about 1991. Had no clue who they were, but I had a great time at that show. They're a very good live band.
Venom , Raven , Holocaust ....
@@win7275 Discharge and Venom
Young Metallica. In their 20's. Kill em all is a badass debut album.
Cliff was 22, the rest were 20 when the album released, so they were 18-19 while writing and recording it.
@@Lolquake I think Lars was 19.
Still one of my favourites.
Whiplash is my fav....
it's crazy to realize they were still in their 20s around the black album
Thatâs not BEFORE they were Metallica. Thatâs WHEN they were Metallica. âNo Remorseâ and âThe Four Horsemenâ are a couple of pretty wicked tracks from the Killâem All album you should definitely check out.
In regard to Jamesâs parents, his mother actually passed away before Metallica was formed and his father basically abandoned the family so neither of them had any idea of what type of music he was making at the time.
They already reacted to the four horsemen. It's definitely one of my favorite Metallica songs.
@@eliot2283 Cool. I missed that one I guess. đđ»
Yeah I think this was a great album, not that I don't like their others but after the Injustice album they started going soft in my opinion.
@@PaulChapmanPcTech I agree. Seemed like they became The Bob Rock Band and started sounding like he wanted them to rather than staying true to themselves. The last two albums they released after firing him are significantly better than any they made during his tenure in my opinion.
@Kalda Forn Derp
James was 19 when this version was recorded. They have an earlier version on a demo where james is playing with Ron McGovney and Lars and it was recorded when James was 18, the year before.
Takes me back to my tape trading and fanzine days! I have the original demo somewhere on tape, need to dig it out.
The original recording on the demo tape was not James playing.. it was actually Dave Mustane on guitar.
@@Blackdog06019 good catch.
And DAVE MUSTAINE.
Yes, Metal Militia was written in 1982 when Hetfield was 18-19. Hetfield DID play guitar on the original recording from No Life Til Leather. The original recordings of Hit The Lights, Mechanix, and Jump In The Fire were just Mustaine.
I play this lullaby to my 3 year old daughter every night before she falls asleep. LOL
Lullaby??!!! đđđ
Metal militia was definitely a song where Dave mustaine was writing riffs for the band. You can always tell the songs he contributed to. After ride the lightning, you can see shift away from his riffs to kirk hammets. No in a bad way , just very different. Be interested to see if Dave stayed in how they might sound. But instead we got 2 badass bands not just 1. Dave later played a few songs live with them off kill em all. Cool to see them play together after all these years.
James wrote 99% of the riffs after Dave left. Kirk only really wrote his solos
Voodoo Custom Pickups Kirk wrote the sandman riff and the Phrygian riff in creeping death
@Jay R On point. My sentiments exactly. đđ€
@Jay R oh geez you definitely sound like a metallica fan lol they have alot shit albums and theyre so mainstream because they started sounding easy and commercial
Yeah you can hear Dave's riffage all over Kill em all. Fast, aggressive and unrelenting are all Mustaines hallmarks.
The whole band were pretty young when making Kill em All, I think james and kirk were around 20 years old, lars was 19 and Cliff was 20 or 21.
Kill 'Em All was released a little bit more than a week before James' 20th birthday.
Pretty incredible really
When it was recorded, but it was written before then. Some songs were written years prior by James and Dave Mustaine
wierd how you left out dave mustaine..he was a driving force
Cliff was 4 years older than the rest of the band
Jump in the Fire is probably their most underappreciated gem đ
Definitely. Itâs amazing.
Catchy af!!
even though he didn't write the main melodies this song showcases cliff's genius at using drones and vibrato's with his bass, accompanying the guitars, which was different from everyone else. under the lyric verses he changes his riffs to kind of match the guitar riff but not completely following it to give the music some texture...this is what he added to the song writing not just great melodies.
Seriously Cliff is up there for changing the way bass is played for me
This is why Metallica is Big 4! And why Dave is in one of the other Big 4 thrash bands. Those riffs cant be denied!
The hardest song on their debut album.
Great album btw.
At that point Thrash was in its infancy and the punk influence was very noticeable on Kill em all (that originally, they wanted to call: Metal up your ass).
Lex, if you love thrash, listen to the album Bonded by Blood by the very first thrash metal band that formed in the late 70's: Exodus.
Bonded by blood is not only a gem and a cornerstone in thrash but it is a blueprint as well.
My favorite songs on this are Piranha, Strike of the beast and A lesson in violence.
I think Whiplash is heavier, but no matter, they both f..king rock
@@gsdfan8455 I think he means in terms of playing. Whiplash is quite simple compared to this
This song with bass atleast is pretty simple if you slow it down. Two things makes this song tricky to learn. Speed and that little breakdown after solo
Back when Metallica was young and Cliff was killing it. I saw them in 86 when they opened for Ozzy. Met the entire band outside their hotel and got photos. They were approachable then.
Sure you did
Do you think theyâre lying in a comment section to brag to a bunch of strangers?
If thatâs the case itâs beyond sad... Doubtful though.
I got to see them open for Ozzy too. My first metal concert ever at 14 yrs old. I seriously doubt there will ever be an era of metal as great as it was in the 80âs.
@@pookybear971 yip I reckon they are to brag to a bunch of strangers in a comments section.
@@musicevolution6549 not made up. They stayed at the then, Hotel Syracuse, which is where all the groups stayed at when they played at the War Memorial. If I was going to make something up it would be better than meeting really young Metallica and getting pics of them as they headed out to the show. It was a cool experience for a 16 year old kid.
When they were Still Metallica, Not before they were Metallica, this is the Metallica I listened to.
Ok Boomer
Boomer here. Saw this tour. I'll always have that.
One of my favorite Metallica songs, I'm so excited you guys are doing it!!!
You young folks taking me way back here. Love it
I LOVE that album âŠnot a bad song on it
the funny thing about this song is that James sounds a lot (his voice) like Exodus's singer of that time. Even if the first Exodus album got released way later. It's really particular to this song I find.
Lex, I am so proud to watch your knowledge of these bands grow over the last year, you now at the point where you casually spit out the year for the first Metallica album, and have a grasp on how old they were when they came up. You are literally a sponge on this information and its really cool to see. Thanks for sharing your metal journey with us :) Brad- you have found your own way through all these songs as well and have come a long way from "I dont know what I like" to a pretty solid top 5-10 bands. Proud of you bud
When I was playing bass guitar, one of my fav songs to play :)
Cliff was, and remains, one of the hardest rocking bass players who ever lived.
He had a real feel for music, and what the low end could do for a song.
I still miss him a lot to this day.
This is how Metallica is SUPPOSED to sound ... This is why people say Metallica has changed or sold out. This was raw and brutal.
Yes when they were 18-20. They're almost 60 now, I guess you're not that crazy to want them to sing the same.
On one hand i get it, but Metallica talked for a long time between AJFA and TBA about not being satisfied playing their more complicated and longer songs and how they wanted to just do something more simple, groovy, and fun. All descriptions of TBA. I dont even like the album but it always struck me more as Metallica just trying to chill out a bit, and then it accidentally blowing tf up
Every album is how Metallica is supposed to sound. I love how diverse Metallicaâs sound is across their catalog.
Eh. I feel Like Puppets/Justice was their peak. They're still cranking out bangers though.
@@cristealaurentiu2440 Not that crazy at 60 but 30 in 90-91 if you can see the reference, I guess people don't get it what sold out is, do you?
Itâs one thing to head bang and bob to the drum beat, itâs another when you bob and weave to the guitar riffing. Lex is getting it down, that smile on her face when she gets it, priceless! Keep reviewing and Reacting!
HAHAHA Lex's priceless nodding at that first pause.
Waiting to see their Fight fire with Fire reaction .. get the feeling Lex will enjoy that one
Great song đđ€.. this was not before Metallica.. most of these songs are from their garage days with mustaine from megadeath but still Metallica.. the original with cliff and Dave...RIP Cliff
YUP... you had to be there. It is cool to see you guys diggin this SOUL MUSIC. đ€âĄđ
SRV and Flea to name a few were known to use super glue to seal/cover cuts on thier fingers from playing so much.
She is now one of us, the Metal Militia!
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) had his two pennies worth in writing this with the others and most of the Kill 'Em All album before being kick out of Metallica and then formed Megadeth. You can tell he had a lot of influence in all of the songs on the album.
To my knowledge Dave Mustaine is the only person who can truly play lead on this song to this day, the opening especially. Compared to version off No Life âTil Leather in contrast to Kill âEm All.
Lex knows what she's talking about. You absolutely right...
in addition to what ppl are saying, a lot of early metallica songs can be attributed to lots of northern euro metal music that most Americans were not familiar with but which lars knew about. many of these songs sounded like their European counterparts but licensing and overseas copyrights were a harder thing to formalize back then I guess.
This is my Metallica I grew up with.
Brad was right
That was the beginning of thrash đ€đ€đ€
I've seen some comments saying "This music isn't for them, they like soul" and so on and so forth. Which I am sure a LOT of the songs you guys have listened to is correct, BUT I feel that the fact you guys give it a try and listen to stuff out of what you're used to I personally admire. I was in band in highschool and was taught to have appreciation of all types of music, it's a language we can all understand if you take time to listen and try to understand the feeling of it. You don't have to like it, but if you try to at least give it a listen, it gives you a different perspective of things you wouldn't think to see from. *I* appreciate you guys doing these videos, to me it seems like you enjoy yourselves even if you don't enjoy the song. You guys keep doing you in my opinion! Much love
Listening to different music might be a bit of a shock to the system, but it kinda softens your ears up allowing you to be more open to similar stuff in the future. It expands your expectations for what music can be. I don't think I would've liked this let alone appreciated this in high school, but I did later on and still very much do.
\m/ this is metallica to us ol' skool bangers. kill em all, lightning, puppets(bass- cliff RIP) and justice(bass- jason).
Yeah, they lost more than just a bass player when Cliff died.
My childhood hi school anthem :D
Metallica rarely play 'Metal militia' live lately... they claim it's a silly song where they were just starting out. Metallica emulated bands they had admired @ the time, like Judas Priest and Manowar.
James Hetfield said he developed better lyrics on the 2nd album 'Ride the lightning' as their songwriting improved... but "Kill 'em all" is still a great metal albumđ€đ€
Are you sure about Manowar? I never heard Metallica admiring them.
@@DominicanManowarFan Me neither. By KEA, it was about Priest, Maiden, Venom, Motorhead, Diamond Head, Saxon, Angel Witch etc.
The only thing great about kill em all is the facts that its their debut. Most songs are very forgettable. It was influencial, but compared to their other stuff its just weak
@@tieman3790 you must be young and discovered Metallica backwards (newer albums -----> older albums) because Kill em All was the shit in the 80's!! Those of us that were there when this album came out laugh at your "forgettable" statement. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth, Seek and Destroy, The Four Horsemen, Jump in the Fire, Metal Militia and, last but not least, WHIPLASH!!!!! Those are the real Metallica songs. There are a few songs they put out after ....And Justice for All that live up to their original image but you are fuggin' nuts to say that its "just weak" compared to their later stuff. Now go sit down and let Gen X run the play list.
@@coreymettler5896 haha no need to get defensive. youre right tho. you did list some great songs, but objectively speaking, musically those songs are worse then later stuff. but still enjoyable.
She's totally correct .. The erra .. Had to be there.
Ahhh, the mighty Cliff Burton!!! He was so ahead of the curve RIP!! This is Thrash Metal! This album, Killing Is My Business and Show No Mercy were the original Thrash playbooks!!đ€đ»đ€đ»
5:08 , she feel the heavy metal force!!!
My favorite Metallica song!
Thank you guys!!!!!
early stuff. they couldn't have been 20 give or take a couple years. Just sitting here jammin. Every song, there you rookies are! Was a very different time. Was only radio airplay except the late night talk shows. MTV come out and actually play 24/7 music. Have you heard Megalomaniac by Incubus?
First album.....had to wait till 88 to see them....were good ....but Nirvana in 91 best gig I ever went to ....and I went to thousands
Back when matallica was young and wanted to take over the world I love pre black album metallica
This is Metallica at their best! Pure thrash.
Kill em All will always be my fav album of theirs.
Metallica - Whiplash
And they still have so many more great & amazing songs! Also gotta get to Holier than Thou, their cover of Queen's Stone Cold Crazy, and my favorite(Kurt Cobain's favorite also) of early Metallica, Whiplash
James voice was so different, howling vocals..the beat is groovy and just has that Metallica signature sound..so good.
He didn't know how to properly use his voice back then which resulted in him blowing his voice out in 1990
Metal Militia: One of the fastest-played masterpieces ever.
True guitar "shredding", as Brad & Lex were saying. Yes, players have to build up thick calluses on the fingertips of the fret hand. On the way to doing so, you do tear up your fingers.
You should watch some play through videos or 'how to play' tutorials, that will show the guitar technique and how fast it actually is !
When this album was recorded James was 19, Lars was 19, Cliff was 21, and Kirk was 20
ahhh so Cliff was the designated buyer....LOL
@@willwozniak2826 prior to 1984 the legal drinking age was 18.đ€
LOL Lex, you hit the mark on that age guess. "Kill 'Em All" was released about 2 weeks before James Hetfield's 20th birthday.
Ok, held my breath for a while now, but, lexy, you are so fucking cool!!!!
Love from a old Metallica fan!!!!
YES, YES, YES...More early Metallica??? YES please!!!đ€đ€đ€
It's hard not to immediately reach for my bass when I hear old Metallica. It's like when I hear Rancid - so much fun to play.
Thatâs why the first three albums are my favs. The Cliff effect
Same when I hear Mustaine's riffs...hard af not to grab my guitar đđ
No Remorse from this album is awesome.
Lex; James wrote the lyrics for YOU!đ 'The metalization of your inner soul, twisting and turning... Spreading the message to everyone here - come let yourself go! ... We are trying to get the message to you!' Your soul, like ours before you, is being metalized! And isn't it wonderful?! đđ
This is my favorite song by my favorite band
My favorite band of all time. Riff Master James is my favorite.
That speed metallica is what i fell in love with when i was pissed of i used to lissen to this speed metallica đ€Łđ€Łâșïžâșïžâșïžđ«đź
They're both such a good balance. He's more towards the neutral side and she's definitely a metal soul. The girl brings up such great points and this latest one about "how it would've been back in the day, the guys drknkng cheap beer and playing fast.
Kill 'Em All along with Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets are still the best Metallica album. Back when they were young and heavy. Later went for a bigger Audience and got more commercial. Listen to Phantom Lord đ
Well isn't that the point? To expand to larger audiences? Stating in your niche is a great way to either fail or stay mediocre
@@voodoocustompickups2547 It can be done. Death never sold out yet developed their sound. Metallica just lost interest years ago. They have played it safe for over 40 years now
Normal evolution. I cant imagine 60 years old guys still headbanging like they were 20's...
@@keithfarrington6616 But Death also didn't go nearly as long as Metallica. Chuck was smart so im sure he would have evolved as well
@@voodoocustompickups2547 My point is that Death evolved a considerable amount from their Screem bloody gore to The Sound of Perserverance. The song writing vastly improved, the complexity improved, the lyrical content also became more mature going from zombies and that sort of thing to drug taking during pregnancy and so on. The one thing they stayed through to was their sound. Of course their sound changed somewhat but not to ridiculous levels like Metallica.
People say that Metallica have evolved over the years but realistically they have two distinct sounds. Progressive thrash on the first four albums plus DM. And just groove rock on the rest. They havnt evolved that much. Unless you want to talk about St Anger which I think we shouldn't đ
Time to React Metallica - So What
Ew.
Yo, itâs too awesome to see my black peepas digging some Metallica. Iâve been a metal head all my life and it sucked to not know any brothers or sisters that could relate. This is my favorite album by the way. And itâs beCAUSE of the rawness. Peace yâall!
My favorite song of my favorite album!!!!!!!!
We called this speed metal in my day. I miss the 80s
This wasn't before metallica, this WAS metallica
The reason the Guitar is so rad on this first album was because Dave Mustane, lead singer of Megadeth was their lead guitarist. After he got kicked out, Kirk, his replacement, has gone on record to say he had to take professional Guitar lessons for a while to get on the level of the band. Dave Mustaine, Cliff, and even James were beasts back then. It's my favorite Metallica album just for the rawness, and for the pure thrash on tracks like 'Hit The Lights', and 'Whiplash' (both of which you should check out some time).
Dave did not record a thing on this debut album, nor any of the others that followed.
To see the transition to the 90's you must do the reaction of "Bleeding Me" from Load album. Perfect Jame's vocals and lyrics and a precisely way to join the entire song with the fucking amazing Kirk's guitar!!! One of the best Metallica's song ever, no doubt!! Not as heavy and fast as usual, but so deeply emotional and taking all the time the song needs. That's exactly the way this song must be created, it's perfect, it's different!!
The frayed ends of sanity next!
This was their first album! Megadeth Guitarist, Dave Mustaine was their guitar player. They were 18-20's during this album. They were very young!
Dave did not record on any Metallica album past the "No Life To Leather" practice album.
Dave Mustaine from Megadeth was the original guitar player from Metallica he wrote some of the classic legend songs that stuck around ie this song The Four Horsemen Jump In the Fire The Call of Ktulu
I bet these guys would love Metalocalpyse (the show)
You can separate Metallica's eras by "When Lars still had a ride"
Lol. Except I donât think he uses it once on justice. And I lump justice in with the 3 before it. What about u? Really doesnât use it more than a few seconds on master.
@@CoboProdz the ride was stopped being used since ride the lightning, i cant think of a single moment on mop and onward where he uses the ride
@@CoboProdz I tend to think of Kill Em All/Lightning as one era, then Puppets/Justice.....then...well everything else.
@@ECxTheMaster he uses it for a small part on disposable heroes
@@sevendeep interesting. If weâre getting really specific Iâd split them up this way.
Kill em all
Lightning and master
Justice
Everything else that no one cares about
Metallica - Bleeding me
Back when Metallica were great. Kill Em All is an amazing album and completely ground breaking in terms of the start of Thrash Metal.
Oh i was đ±HEAVY METAL,80's in Puerto Rico đ”đ·đ€bands play in gargeđ„ and in the parents house patios for like 3 or 5 $ butt rockers from diferente came for arund the Island and đ„free for all đ©đžđ€đ€đŒ
Dave Mustain!!!!!!
Metallica.
James'mother had already passed away when he was 15 or 16, and i think he lived with his brother until somewhere around Metallica was formed, so he wasnt in a strict household anymore
This is one of the GOAT albums.
I wished you listen and react to the whole Kill 'em All album. This is/was the Gold Standard for Metal.
CZcams has recordings of Dave Mustaine before Kirk Hammett. Check the liner notes; Mustaine co- wrote this song, Hit the Lights, Jump in the Fire and Phantom Lord.
"Kill Em All" Has to be my fav.
So many great songs to choose from on this, their first album. Think you've reacted to a couple of them already, and you can't go wrong with any of the ones you haven't yet. 'Whiplash' and 'Blitzkrieg' come to mind
You guys are great ! Love to hear Metallica again!!!
This is how Metallica sounded before they were a band for over forty years. I pride myself on being there from the very beginning but Metallica grew, changed, got old, like we all do and I love them much more today than I ever did then for it!
My favorite Metallica song and best album. Wish they played this live more often.
REAL METALLICA..... PLEASE MORE RESPECT
Guys, in 83 they were about 17 yrs old ...probably each of 'em. Damn, i was 20 đ
I have been playing guitar for 27 years. Used to play in several metal bands. In the beginning, it is very painful as you learn to play. After a while you develop calluses on your finger tips. Then if you play as much as a regular gigging band does There is more pain. On tour I used to use super glue on my finger tips because yes, they would start to rip open and bleed. The super glue hardens in the wounds and covers your finger tips. Then you develop even harder calluses. I don't even have finger prints on the tips of my fingers anymore. LOL!
When they recorded "Kill'em all", Cliff was 21, Kirk was 20, James and Lars were 19.
Kirk wasnât in the band it was Dave back then
@@sliptera3 You're wrong buddy, Dave was kicked before that.
@@lug23 how am I wrong this is off their first EP and Album which Kirt didnât join until right after the second album Ride the Lightning
@@sliptera3 apparently somebody told you the story wrong.
@@lug23 Kirk did come in on Killâem all but this was recorded before KillâEm all on the âNo Life for Leather EPâ which Kirk and Cliff wasnât in the bad at the time
the greatest ode to metal
Seen them in 85 touring for ride the lighting album , small venue Royal oak music theater in Detriot.
Welcome to the Metal Militia!!đ€đ»đ€đ»
You should watch "Murder in the front row" it's all about how the bay area thrash scene started.
Itâs all in the wrist itâs not hard to get the hang of I learned this song in a week
thank you
Brandon asked about growling technique so I'll get into it a bit. The screams and growls in any band don't actually come from your throat if done healthily. The come from the false Vocal folds, the epiglotis, the soft pallette, and nasal area.
If you try to scream and growl through the vocal folds, it causes them to slam together and swell. This can destroy your voice, which many (including James from Metallica) actually ended up doing.
Examples of proper screaming/growling can be seen in bands like Jinjer, Spiritbox, and Eskimo Callboy. For instance, the lead singer of Jinjer can go from growling and screaming, directly back into clean vocals. This shows she is doing it the healthy way, as if she wasn't, she couldn't go directly back into clean vocals.
A great way to get an idea is to clear your throat, as though you're trying to get someone's attention. Notice how the sound is generated and vibrates right at the throat opening and the roof of your mouth? That is the part if your anatomy used for proper metal growls and screams.
I've been practicing this for a while and am half decent at it, following vocal coach tutorials on CZcams. It'd a cool trick to learn!
It sounds fairly civil now, In the 80s all of this was totally thought crazy by most people lol, not at all considered âmusicâ back then,
This is also similar to one of their influenceS, UK band VENOM.
I loved it..that was sick yo
Great song đđ€