I combed through the entire album and found the top 24 riffs. Here I rank and perform them from #24 to #1. Which is #1? Guess now! ;) Check out all my videos at: www.the-art-of-guitar.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/theartofguitar
Uh...sounds like you're playing these slower than on the album, with waaaay less distortion and zero aggressiveness. Were you intending to make them sound weak?
The metal militia post solo riff where you commented , "what was James drinking?". The answer is most likely whatever Dave Mustaine was drinking. Many of those "weird" riffs are clearly his style and probably written by Dave. Great job playing them all!
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It sounds like his style and does one of his signature tells. Chromatically shifting the entire riff. Dave does this quite a bit.
Holy shit! Someone with an ear AND a brain! Mustaine is the fucking MAN, and these chumps stole his songs for 3 albums, as even on Master Of Puppets has Mustaine writing.
I don´t blame him, unless he follows the lates (2018) news he won´t know Mustaine claims he wrotte the whole song, altough that part easly was a Mustaine riff.
@@antoniocenteno1483 I believe that fact was already out since 1983. It was the Metallica fanboys who formed their own notions for DECADES about how 'little' Dave wrote looking at the much obfuscated *cough* 'co-writing' credits.
@@sainandanramakrishnan4812 no, all we knew was he wrotte must of horsemen and jump in the fire (last one entirely), and that he co-wrotte phantom and militia but the last ones we knever knew to wich extent, neither metallica or fave ever pronounced themselves until last year and that was Dave so we know is 50/50 chance that is the true, there's nothing about fanboying about that, they just never said anything
@@antoniocenteno1483 Yeah we now know unambiguously that James wrote the lyrics to those songs, but it was Dave with the music. Then again, everybody knew Lars decided to change the lyrics that no one cared about anyway with the sole purpose of poking his nose into credits that he had no other way of penetrating. Lars is a businessman more than a musician, band PR, reputation and image is super important for him.
Wanna see the originator and master of the F.U chords watch Eric Clapton play power chords and minor barre chords. Never could tell if he was flipping off his guitar or everyone else watching him play.
I once went through an entire jam session with a spider on my guitar. Right on the top of the neck around the 12th fret. I never needed to use the 12 fret on the E string, so he was out of the way.
The chorus of Whiplash, the verse of Jump in the Fire and the part thats soloed over on Motorbreath. I can't believe how many great riffs there is on Kill Em All. I remember jamming out to the CD a million times learning most of its riffs. I just need to spend more time with Hit the Lights and Pulling Teeth. (Hint use short scale bass to pull off impressive bends without killing your fingers)
0:47 it wasn’t James who wrote the riffs only Mustaine could write stuff like that you can hear the difference between some Riffs from Kill Em All and Ride The Lightning. Ride The Lightning has more power chords and palm muted open e’s and Kill Em All had some single note lead riffs and also you can hear some Megadeth influence on some riffs on Kill Em All. Despite that both are great albums. But when it comes to solos Ride The Lightning has better solos than Kill Em All. On Kill Em All Kirk’s solos are much more bluesy and straight forward. But in Ride The Lightning he added some “chops” and small “moments” in the solos and that made some great solos like Fade To Black and Creeping Death. I hope you understand what I’m saying. Also what is your favorite Metallica album and favorite album in general. And if you can love this comment it would be great and leave a reply too. -Stoopid Gitaa Playa
A riff doesn't have to be complex to be a great one.. Just gotta go with the feel.. Metallica prove this all the time.. P.S. The Four Horsemen main riff sounds way too awesome.. 🖤
So amazing! I heard my first Metallica song just 5 months ago and since then, I am addicted, bought my first guitar 2 months ago and ready to rock :) Next time do a top 10 solos of each album ;))
The way you played the end of the main Four Horsemen riff the 2nd time through is the way it’s always sounded to me on the record: 6-7 5 7p5 7p5 7p5 I always play it that way and don't think I’ve seen anyone else play/tab that 6 on the low E at that part, so I got pretty pumped when you played it haha.
I remember the first time I heard Seek and Destroy, it was when they introduced Mandatory Metallica on a radio station. I was familiar with Black Album but Seek and Destroy was amazing! I bought the album and very soon after the rest of the first 4 albums. Mike, this type of video on Rust in Peace would be amazing!
The riff in hit the lights pre solo is the exact same as the pre chorus in lux aeterna the new Metallica song I think it’s great how this new album is like a compilation of techniques from the earlier albums
Music starts out as AC/DC-style blues-rock riffs.. morphs into Motorhead-style riffs.. morphs into psycho-half-step-dim 5th-gallop rhythms (ie proper metal) riffs some time before 3:00.
I would have rather seen No Remorse higher on the list but it's personal preference since it's my favorite song on the album. Usually my favorites aren't the typical ones such as Leper Messiah on Puppets or Blackened on Justice.
I picked #1 before I started watching!! But then again, that entire song is my top however many riffs it has. This is still my favorite album by them. Long live thrash!
Two thumbs up!! I agree with your number one riff !! I have an SG 2018 and would like to get your same Sg tone, what pick ups did you use? You can do a video showing your mods on that SG, what about that stop tail? Thanks for sharing and teaching your guitar tricks !!
Fun story regarding your n6 riff. I did pay much attention to Metallica in my 15's, was more into bands like Sepultura and Kreator back then but my friends formed a band and The Four Horsemen was one of the songs we practiced on... So... we got each a pirated download of this song copied over to each of the members that had... some glitches. For example that riff was played in some 11/8 beat as the F to E was off beat and super sped up. So this specific section became impossible to play in sync, 7 years later when I actually got a real CD of Kill em All I discovered how it was actually supposed to be played.
Love that SG! What year and exact model of Gibson SG is that? Are the zebra pickups original? Is the Tailpiece original? I've never seen one like that.
