30 Metallica BLACK ALBUM Riffs Ranked and Performed!

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  • čas přidán 17. 03. 2019
  • This will be the last one of the Metallica series. It's not that I hate Load, I was just going through a tough time in my life when it was released so I kind of avoid it. :/ More to come from other artists. Thanks for watching all 5 of these. :)
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Komentáře • 274

  • @rangamsarmah2061
    @rangamsarmah2061 Před 5 lety +306

    I'm waiting for the st. anger one. Just so that people can realize that even though the songs arent that well written, most of the riffs are killer, and sound insane in drop c.

    • @prometheustv6558
      @prometheustv6558 Před 4 lety +9

      The guitar blend together and the drop tuning makes it sound extremely muddy.

    • @Carbon2861996
      @Carbon2861996 Před 3 lety +23

      Okay, Kirk. But can you play Some Kind of Monster?

    • @hetfieldwannabe8176
      @hetfieldwannabe8176 Před 3 lety +8

      Purify and My World, man. So underrated. Sweet Amber too. Fuck yeah man

    • @dssunited
      @dssunited Před 2 lety +10

      @@Carbon2861996 no, the notes in between will fuck with him

    • @Foxikaze
      @Foxikaze Před 2 lety +10

      @@prometheustv6558 That's mainly because of the shitty production quality. Look at System Of A Down's breakthrough album Toxicity. It's a very well produced album, yet 99% of their discography is in Drop C

  • @nhproductions1895
    @nhproductions1895 Před 5 lety +306

    Next video:
    Songs to play if a random guy/s give you a guitar.

  • @WonderWaageRadio
    @WonderWaageRadio Před 5 lety +59

    Hearing these riffs played on a single guitar really makes you appreciate the overdubs and the layering.

  • @itsbrazzi5918
    @itsbrazzi5918 Před 5 lety +353

    Please do this for Megadeth

  • @kleenklyine
    @kleenklyine Před 5 lety +73

    Death Magnetic next? That album is so underrated and has so many kickass riffs.

  • @RichieHelf
    @RichieHelf Před 5 lety +43

    Unforgiven solo riff is probably my favorite black album riff. Often overlooked due to it being under one of Kirk's best solos, but that riff is straight beauty

    • @yobrethren
      @yobrethren Před rokem +1

      totally agree, unforgiven is just such a nice and heavy thematic song with nice drums, lyrics and guitars

    • @MKDumas1981
      @MKDumas1981 Před rokem

      Isn't the solo backing riff the same as the verse riff, though?

    • @blahzay_
      @blahzay_ Před rokem

      @@MKDumas1981 it’s the verse Bass riff played on guitar, for the most part. The verse rhythm guitar part mirrors the vocal melody with an open A string drone underneath, mostly

  • @derekb6728
    @derekb6728 Před 5 lety +97

    Yes finally the black album! Are you gonna do load and reload?
    Edit: Nevermind I read the description

    • @Mrsmacieks
      @Mrsmacieks Před 5 lety +1

      Do you really like those albums or its a joke?

    • @thewisebread3653
      @thewisebread3653 Před 5 lety +17

      sucks because they both have some killer riffs on them

    • @hotcuppatea5024
      @hotcuppatea5024 Před 5 lety +2

      I find that peculiar because certain songs, albums, or artists help me through the rough spots, so I remember them forever.

    • @lawabidingcitizen5153
      @lawabidingcitizen5153 Před 5 lety +3

      @@Mrsmacieks They do contain some good songs

    • @syx5455
      @syx5455 Před 5 lety +8

      @@Mrsmacieks come on load and reload are great. What is so bad about them?

  • @CanineGaming77
    @CanineGaming77 Před 5 lety +81

    I know you're not doing the Load era but if you do ever decide to revisit this series, I'd love to see Death Magnetic/ Hardiwred riffs ranked and performed! Quality content as ever!

  • @robertp4634
    @robertp4634 Před 5 lety +16

    I play some of thoes songs differently and I've been playing for over 20 years. Got to love the fact that theres always something new to learn and hear.

    • @manuelhuijboom2526
      @manuelhuijboom2526 Před rokem +2

      Same here, but I did notice he doesn't play The God that failed correctly. This version it is not as interesting as the original version.

  • @leerobbo92
    @leerobbo92 Před 5 lety +36

    Looking forward to the inevitable Peace Sells and Rust in Peace versions of these videos ;)

    • @vladislav2471
      @vladislav2471 Před 5 lety +1

      MEGADETHHHHH

    • @antoniocenteno1483
      @antoniocenteno1483 Před 5 lety

      That´s funny, cause i feel like those might be the only two Megadeth albums he would do... Not that the rest is not worth trying, Megadeth is fantastic.

    • @benparsons4979
      @benparsons4979 Před 5 lety +2

      @@antoniocenteno1483 Countdown to Extinction has some pretty good riffs, on par with the Black Album imo

  • @dualberetta2755
    @dualberetta2755 Před 5 lety +12

    That break riff from the struggle within is so underrated

  • @tymanning2832
    @tymanning2832 Před 5 lety +21

    We have this album to thank for making Metallica as big as they are today. I also believe this album made more people open to heavier music in general.

    • @yobrethren
      @yobrethren Před rokem +1

      This entire album is just quintessential rock and metal, banger after banger with beautiful production, style and lyrical content. I completely agree

    • @nishanth6403
      @nishanth6403 Před 2 měsíci

      Prolly the greatest heavy metal gateway album ever made

  • @hswizzle2535
    @hswizzle2535 Před 2 lety +7

    I feel like don’t tread on me doesn’t get enough love it’s such a heavy song and so unique from what I’ve heard I’ve never heard a metal song incorporate patriotic sound like they did

    • @friedchickenlover420
      @friedchickenlover420 Před 10 měsíci

      imo i think that its the song metallica expected to be pooular cuz it sings about snakes and war and thats basically what the album cover is

  • @dylanzrim1011
    @dylanzrim1011 Před 5 lety +26

    I’m willing to bet you’re doing a Metallica tribute gig soon and this is your practice

    • @The_Buff_Guy
      @The_Buff_Guy Před 5 lety +1

      You don’t need to practice Metallica riffs. They’re not megadeth riffs.

    • @nishanth6403
      @nishanth6403 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@The_Buff_Guy Yeah Let's pretend that Justice and puppets didn't have insanely hard riffs aight.

  • @HannahCope88
    @HannahCope88 Před 3 lety

    I totally guessed No.1 would be Sad But True. Almost 2 weeks ago now I watched the full live stream you did for learning, playing, recording and mixing the whole track. So cool to watch you do all that, it's one of my favourite tracks from that album and I had it in my head for days after watching that video.

  • @DopecrawleR69
    @DopecrawleR69 Před 5 lety +29

    Please, make 10 Metallica ST.ANGER Solos Ranked and Performed.

    • @gergoolle5773
      @gergoolle5773 Před 5 lety +5

      Shortest video ever

    • @gst013
      @gst013 Před 5 lety +4

      Then the 10 best basslines from And Justice For All...

    • @1m3agle
      @1m3agle Před 5 lety +2

      and 10 best lulu riffs

    • @jonlund5545
      @jonlund5545 Před 5 lety

      Their isn't any or is that the joke

    • @-AK-
      @-AK- Před 5 lety

      @@gst013 Justice has some kick ass basslines. No joke, go check out "...And Justice For Jason"

  • @SchwartzerAdler
    @SchwartzerAdler Před 5 lety +35

    Too bad there won't be any videos for the other albums.
    Really sad how sometimes, for some people, music can be ruined by circumstance... :(

  • @yardleyyardley2631
    @yardleyyardley2631 Před 5 lety

    Dude....awesome Metallica videos...watched and enjoyed them all! Thanks you rock man!

  • @Millertime1717
    @Millertime1717 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I watch your videos but never comment. Thank you for what you do and the time it takes.

  • @rerditirerthz5568
    @rerditirerthz5568 Před 5 lety +2

    This video made me love even more The Black Album
    It's so full of great/amazing riffs and moments!

  • @Connorshredz04
    @Connorshredz04 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for uploading this!

  • @Shimmings
    @Shimmings Před 5 lety

    I’ve really enjoyed all five of the videos, but I think this was the best. The variety of riffs makes this the most interesting for me.

  • @adamputtergill
    @adamputtergill Před 5 lety +53

    sad but true, definitely best song on the album. Main riff is bomb as shit.

    • @Mrsmacieks
      @Mrsmacieks Před 5 lety

      The only good song on this album in my opinion

    • @PhantomLord099
      @PhantomLord099 Před 5 lety +7

      smacieks In my opinion, nothing else matters and the unforgiven are way better than Sad but true

    • @phantomphoenix4981
      @phantomphoenix4981 Před 5 lety +1

      One of my favorites along with holier than thou

  • @jav6665
    @jav6665 Před 5 lety

    Like this series! Keep it going man
    Great playing and great clean tone
    Distorted tone ...
    great idea on the series 👍🏻

  • @shadow-ff5qb
    @shadow-ff5qb Před 5 lety

    This metallica series are great thank you for the share and awsome playing and also like your little comments on the videos. I would love to see your other series. Have a nice day from Turkey.

  • @javierdiazsantana
    @javierdiazsantana Před 3 lety +4

    For me the coolest riff from that record is the second riff from Of Wolf & Man, when the rhythm guitar starts on one side of the panning and then the other side enters (E, F, E, b and b flat)

    • @kkarx
      @kkarx Před 3 lety

      Yes! This and Whenever I May Roam.

  • @mitchsmix269
    @mitchsmix269 Před 3 lety

    This is super helpful for learning through the songs on an album, gives me a great place to start. Great video and totally agree you should do Megadeth

  • @grimtheassassin
    @grimtheassassin Před rokem

    This is incredible.
    I bet these songs are so fun to play and easy to learn.

  • @TokaSFC
    @TokaSFC Před rokem

    Really love your playing, just felt the sound to crunchy, treblely, think you should have gone more bassy and heavy and whatever people mean when they say "scooped" don't even know if that's how it's spelled ( not my native tongue ), none the less, really fucking awesome dude, you're one of the trullest Metallica playing guitar-man on the plataform, i'm always finding mistakes on other people but you nail pretty much always, keep up the great work!

  • @maybenot4267
    @maybenot4267 Před 5 lety

    Aaaaaaaaand i'm done playing every riff you covered, way worse than you did
    I was totally going to bet on enter sadman for the #1 haha, nice play !
    Keep going, best youtube channel for guitar learning

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 Před 5 lety +1

    As a big Metallica fan it was awesome to see this mini-series, I'd love to see another one of these for some other bands

  • @thickestmoney93_47
    @thickestmoney93_47 Před 5 lety +6

    Please consider doing death magnetic and hardwired, theres some absolutely kickass riffs in there

  • @nickmilner8911
    @nickmilner8911 Před 5 lety +1

    Is it sad but true that this is my favourite album ever? Doing a rundown of riffs from it just made me realise why! 😁🤘 (my fave riff too btw)

  • @hurpy_2284
    @hurpy_2284 Před 5 lety

    Great series! Hopefully you do this but with Pantera, Megadeth, and slayer as well!

  • @rondomartin7786
    @rondomartin7786 Před 5 lety +5

    Sad But True main riff sounds like something Jerry Cantrell would write

  • @leonid7785
    @leonid7785 Před 5 lety +22

    Im sad that this is the Last one. Cayse DM and Hardwired has amazing riffs :/

  • @flobe2141
    @flobe2141 Před 5 lety

    Damn, I really liked these and I really like Load. Oh well I hope things got better for you. Maybe you can do Black Sabbath sometime?

  • @shanerod9708
    @shanerod9708 Před 5 lety

    Thank u for a Great vid. Would love to see you do one for Def Leppard’s Hysteria. Especially since they r being inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame this year. Thanks again.

  •  Před 3 lety +1

    My favorite one in the album is the verse riff in Sad But True. So groovy and powerful

  • @dwiki001
    @dwiki001 Před 5 lety

    Great job. Thanks, btw, the second enter sandman chorus fill is a little different to what you're playing.

  • @fredriksvard2603
    @fredriksvard2603 Před 5 lety

    Holier, god that failed, struggle, through the never, sad and wolf are all super satisfying to play to me. More so than songs from their other albums, blackened being an exception.

  • @rocco_yonadab
    @rocco_yonadab Před 5 lety

    Like always nice video
    This is a great end
    Pd:Death magnetic

  • @DL500316
    @DL500316 Před 5 lety

    Awesome! It’s sad to see that this will be the last one in the Metallica series, but do you plan on doing the same thing for other bands?

  • @givenspade
    @givenspade Před 5 lety

    You should keep doing this because I really want to see this for Hardwired to Self Destruct

  • @Pannemat
    @Pannemat Před 5 lety +19

    Just wondering how many people here know West Side Story. ;-)

  • @josefsecillano1105
    @josefsecillano1105 Před 5 lety +2

    1:40 AND THE ROAD BECOMES MY BRIDE

  • @IronMonkee
    @IronMonkee Před rokem

    I've never noticed until now that the pre verse riff of The Struggle Within sounds pretty much note for note as the intro riff to Octoclops by Forced Entry.

  • @paradigmshiftz7
    @paradigmshiftz7 Před 2 lety +1

    My no1 favourite Black Album riff is the Through The Never bridge riff, always have a lot of fun playing that part when i play thorugh the song. Closely followed by the Holier Than Thou and Of Wolf And Man main riffs

  • @HDMI1147
    @HDMI1147 Před 4 lety +1

    Yes! I love the sad but true riff it's so heavy!

  • @prestonhawk3331
    @prestonhawk3331 Před 5 lety +3

    I use the sad but true main riff as my walk up song in baseball

  • @ryanwest942
    @ryanwest942 Před 5 lety

    Those pickups sound awesome! May I ask what they are? What year is the SG?

  • @davov3214
    @davov3214 Před 5 lety

    Cool series!

  • @cobain_92
    @cobain_92 Před 5 lety +1

    Dude, the post solo riff in Struggle Within is the best riff in the world!

  • @LostSoulNo301281
    @LostSoulNo301281 Před 3 lety

    I loved the accidental harmonic just before the intended harmonic during Nothing Else Matters

  • @anemicroyalty8764
    @anemicroyalty8764 Před 3 lety +1

    #26 Is such an underrated one, it’s reminiscent of Walk by Pantera.

  • @darianortiz2338
    @darianortiz2338 Před 5 lety

    Great video riffs plz do a Mick Mars artist series

  • @JaradS99
    @JaradS99 Před 5 lety

    This Metallica content is awesome !!! 👏

  • @TheCobradragon
    @TheCobradragon Před 5 lety

    You should do the solos ranked as well! ;)

  • @mykneeshurt8393
    @mykneeshurt8393 Před 5 lety

    this is a cool series / idea. Not a fan of this album but who cares what I think. Keep up the great work!

  • @antoniocenteno1483
    @antoniocenteno1483 Před 5 lety

    I love you for give this album and songs like Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters the place they deserve (not that i think Sandman should be No.1)

  • @flipperbooch2194
    @flipperbooch2194 Před 5 lety

    4:19 got to learn that!

  • @soullessSiIence
    @soullessSiIence Před 5 lety

    That guitar can pierce my soul with all that excess mids.

  • @65kid54
    @65kid54 Před 5 lety

    Stripping it down like this, you can see how much better the riffs are before they did this album.
    Like can you imagine James and Lars sitting there like “yup, that’s a good riff, how can we use it” while writing this album. And yet somehow it turned out this great.

  • @sygyl
    @sygyl Před 5 lety

    dang really surprised the struggle within intro wasn’t higher. that’s my favorite part of the song

    • @zoranallen5205
      @zoranallen5205 Před 5 lety

      Zaacre The intro to struggle within is absolutely one of my favorite intro riffs, but the rest of the song is just so dissapointing to me

  • @BenniBodinJagell
    @BenniBodinJagell Před 5 lety

    I was surprised the Nothing Else Matters verse riff wasn't included. I would have put that quite high up on the list, as I think it's a bit underrated in general.

  • @LEE_MILLARD
    @LEE_MILLARD Před 5 lety

    Great arrangement of my friend of misery bass intro riff

  • @user-ui9gh9bg4e
    @user-ui9gh9bg4e Před 5 lety

    Really cool tone, what amp is that?

  • @johnpowell4014
    @johnpowell4014 Před 5 lety

    What is that tailpiece on the sg I can't find any information about it

  • @brianbond7856
    @brianbond7856 Před 4 lety

    Is that a standard SG and what type of amp and effects u using

  • @KKMDStyle
    @KKMDStyle Před 5 lety

    Were you using pedals effects on your amp?

  • @themuchdingdong
    @themuchdingdong Před 5 lety

    At least I could finally call the last two, even in order

  • @alejandroarita9413
    @alejandroarita9413 Před 5 lety

    What pedals did u use in the video?

  • @wombozombo
    @wombozombo Před 5 lety

    Can you do the same with solos or licks? That would be fun to see too.

  • @robertschererx
    @robertschererx Před 2 lety

    The verse riff of the Unforgiven was missing- would have been in my top five !

  • @Aruk02
    @Aruk02 Před 5 lety

    4:09 that riff is a goddamn nightmare for me to play, got any tips?

  • @robertbarker9579
    @robertbarker9579 Před 5 lety

    That 🍒Gibson SG is cleannnnnn

  • @rubenjo
    @rubenjo Před 5 lety +11

    Man, Metallica really slowed down after Justice! This album is still really good though. It’s just different.

    • @redtoesmaster2931
      @redtoesmaster2931 Před 5 lety +2

      Have you not listened to anything after justice???

    • @thewisebread3653
      @thewisebread3653 Před 5 lety

      Ruben Jó you gotta listen t death magnetic or hardwired. Both of those have some really fast riffs.

  • @simonanderss
    @simonanderss Před 5 lety +6

    just gotta ask, is the heart in he backround thas been in your last couple of vids a reffrence to KH3?

    • @TheArtofGuitar
      @TheArtofGuitar  Před 5 lety +4

      No it's a sketch one of my young students made.

  • @jamessappington4661
    @jamessappington4661 Před 5 lety +4

    The real question is how far you’ll take this series!

    • @TheArtofGuitar
      @TheArtofGuitar  Před 5 lety +13

      Until I lap Metallica and end up writing all the riffs for their new album before they get the chance. 😂 No this is the last one for them for now.

  • @igortokarski9517
    @igortokarski9517 Před rokem

    Your #22 is MY #1

  • @miker4284
    @miker4284 Před 5 lety

    Wow, i perfectly guessed top 3 :D

  • @trickshotsmoviesandcubing2317

    The main riff from WIMR is #1 on this album for me

  • @AdamEmond
    @AdamEmond Před 5 lety

    Bummed to read that you won't be doing load/reload. Those are Canon Metallica for me. sucks how music be like that sometimes, though.

  • @Awesomethebatman
    @Awesomethebatman Před 5 lety +16

    megadeth pls

  • @moviejumper
    @moviejumper Před 3 lety +1

    pls can you do it with hardwired?

  • @MonkeyAssasin25
    @MonkeyAssasin25 Před 5 lety

    you should end off the series with death magnetic, tons of awesome underrated riffs in that album

  • @dssunited
    @dssunited Před 2 lety

    As much as I don't like West Side Story that DTOM riff is sick

  • @YohAquino2
    @YohAquino2 Před 5 lety +1

    do all the big 4

  • @nw379
    @nw379 Před 5 lety

    #27 should have been way higher! That one is fun to play.

  • @aadityam9999
    @aadityam9999 Před 5 lety

    Rust in peace next?

  • @jamesnorris3311
    @jamesnorris3311 Před 5 lety

    Time to bust out the wah for 30 metallica solos ranked!

  • @Zosojuan
    @Zosojuan Před 5 lety

    Do the solos next

  • @wardrunaragnar5031
    @wardrunaragnar5031 Před 4 lety +1

    Two of the best riffs ranked at 29 and 30?! Wow. To each their own I guess 🤷‍♂️

  • @jaseaquino
    @jaseaquino Před 5 lety +5

    I'll rather wait for ST. ANGER Riffs instead of Load/ReLoad.
    *OH WAIT...* 😂😂

  • @somshekhar7431
    @somshekhar7431 Před 5 lety

    Please do Nirvana next time. Kudos for this one though!

  • @longinuscyclone213
    @longinuscyclone213 Před 5 lety +7

    whos ready for tomorrow lol

  • @emilianoguimpel2728
    @emilianoguimpel2728 Před 5 lety

    Gotta do one of this series with Soundgarden, at leaste with their most famous albums (Love, Bmf, SU and DOTUS)

  • @miadm9527
    @miadm9527 Před 5 lety

    Why Duesemberg trem is disassembled?

  • @ByJxne
    @ByJxne Před 5 lety +1

    Next do solos?

  • @arsehole5795
    @arsehole5795 Před 5 lety +1

    Do Load please