FIRST TIME listening to Metallica - "The God That Failed" EMOTIONAL REACTION 

"The healing hand held back by the deepened nail" is one of James' best lyrics IMO, both poetic and brutal

One of the most underrated kirk's solos

my friend of misery

This song comes straight from James childhood where his parents didn't use conventional medical treatment for his mother who had cancer and left it to faith to heal her, but she died.

That is what many still don't see, it is what makes Metallica different from the rest of the bands and it is in a group of very few bands with those characteristics. The composition, the melody, the deep lyrics in his songs. It is not always about going as fast as possible if the song is not accompanied by good lyrics. In his melodies you can find the feeling that is in his lyrics. That's why it's my favorite band.

This song, my friend of misery and wherever i may roam are my favourites on this album

One of Metallica’s heaviest songs. Very underrated. Jason’s bass is think and Kirk nails the solos. 🤘

The three Metallica songs I usually turn to when I'm feeling down are Fade to Black, One and Bleeding Me off of the Load album. Also is that a new tattoo on your arm? It's badass

Bleeding Me

FADE TO BLACK was always my go-to; really, the entire RIDE THE LIGHTNING album was shaking the walls and rattling the windows.😁

The guitar solo for this song was all Kirk Hammett. Jason Newsted, Kirk Hammett, and Lars Ulrich were going through divorces during the making of this album. “Lars, Jason and I were going through divorces,” Hammett told Playboy in 2001. “I was an emotional wreck. I was trying to take those feeling of guilt and failure and channel them into the music, to get something positive out of it. Jason and Lars were too, and I think that has a lot to do with why the Black Album sounds the way it does.” - Kirk Hammett James had also made the songs more introspective for this album because he knew that the lyrics would end up being more relative to a universal audience. "“It just got a little too easy to keep writing lyrics like the Justice… shit,” he confessed to Classic Rock. “Itʼs too easy to watch the news and write a fucking tune about what you saw. Writing shit from within is a lot harder than writing the political shit, but once itʼs out it feels a lot easier to put your weight behind, especially live.” - James Hetfield The animosity and tension that was featured in the documentary "A year and a half in the life of Metallica" certainly did add to the emotion that was being put on full display on this album in my opinion.

His mom had cancer and refused treatment because she believed God would heal her. She died.

I always understood the verse "Broken is the promise, betrayal" as being directly related to the title and to be told from his mother's perspective, how she believed God would eventually heal her and how he eventually failed her instead

“It was such a bizarre way to end the song” just like it was a bizarre way for James’ mother’s life to end with just nothing because she wanted god to save her.

My friend of misery is my favorite to play on that album.

I'm a bit more old school Metallica but, this one and Of Wolf And Man are great ones. Happy Halloween! 🎃🎃🎃

This song and my friend of misery hit hard for me especially since losing my brother in 2015 left a void with so many unanswerable questions

Yay my second favorite song on this album.

One of my favorites from this album. I'd say that the middle part of My Friend Of Misery, the next track, is probably my favorite thing on this album. Also, that The Unforgiven solo was amazing. Wherever I May Roam and Of Wolf And Man are also highlights for me right there. Not a bad album by any means, even if I'm much more a fan of the older albums.

This is why metallica is a money making machine the music the lyrics the style so deep in the hole makes something looking so sink the pink just flawless

The way you reacted to the line "Healing hand held back by the deepened nail" is incredible...I have never seen another reactor react that way.... you are so intelligent... you perfectly under stood this song... That is why I just subscribed!!!

Happy Samhain 😊

The last note for me is because the entire heavy song is about the anger he has for everything that happened but at the end of having seen so much anger gone, what remains is sadness

I always felt this is part 1 of the James Trilogy. On this song, he gets out his pain and frustration over his mother’s death, in “Mama Said” on the Load album, he gains empathy and understanding of his mother despite their disagreements, and “Fixxxer” on Reload is James resolving his feelings towards his father, who walked out when things got tough.

i cannot put into words how Massive and meaningfull this track is!! Great reaction keep it going forward!

This and the struggle within my 2 favourite songs of the black album. Great video as always ❤

I've been listening to this song since the album came out. I really played it when my grandfather died in 2015, and again now with my mother being diagnosed with ALS.

I was in high school when this album came out. This really struck a chord with me in particular having been raised in a hyper religious background than losing my father at 17. I completely understand your reaction. This song gets you all in your feels every time.

That solo is one of the best on the album imo, it's sick. The whole song is sick really. Fuck the whole album is! Long live Metallica!

This song really hit when it came out. I was 12 and it was the first time i realized that god had failed me. I didn’t realize other people felt the same way I did, especially adults

I have witnessed Doctors have no reason for why my mother in law is still alive after being told she would be gone in 24 hours. I watched my baby brother get hit by a car, head hit the windsheld and the road. We were told he wouldn't survive. He did. We were told he would never be able to talk and walk. He's doing both. He's still alive and recovering from TBT but getting better every day. Miracles happen. God is real . But in each of those situation, we didn't turn our backs on the people God put in place here on Earth to help. We just more importantly, leaned on God. We prayed for the guidance of those Doctors to lead us to the best possible outcome. And here we are. God can and still does work wonderous miracles but he also lets the world work as it does.

Me personally when it comes to songs that represented James’s childhood I personally thought that the song Dyers Eve was so much more of a raw powerful emotional experience then The God That Failed. Especially with the guitar playing and that song you can really feel the raw emotion and anger that is being expressed within the lyrics and James’s guitar Riffs.

Still the BEST song off the Black Album IMO. Great emotional reaction to the solo, I 100% felt that!

Its crazy and awsome, that u find ppl find an obscure song that u love, and find other ppl feel it 2

Something kinda neat about the intro; As they play the first few chords during the "call-and-response" part, I believe you can faintly hear the sound of a shotgun cocking, something you can see James recording in the videos chronicling the making of the black album.

Don't forget to like other people's comments if you like them It helps with this channel as well

Cool vid thanx Lilly

Bleeding me off load has some of the most intense singing. You can hear so much emotion and passion in his voice, it blows up my insides every time. One of my favourite metallica songs for sure

My favorite song on the album. I love Kirk's solo in this one. The lyrics are really powerful too.

Your feeling with the Kirk’s solo shows why Kirk is a great guitar player , he produces feelings , he transmits something … he doesn’t need to be a virtuosity… he needs to transmits feelings and that’s it’s all

my friend of misery, the unforgiven, and the god that failed are the best songs on this album

This song full of pain,and anger

Amazing song (like the whole album). At the beginning of the second part of the solo (6:37) , Kirk plays the highest possible note of his guitar over the riff with the lowest possible note of James' guitar. Awesome!

This is one of my top 5 Metallica song

I was looking at all my scars and this is what i feel like to my kids the god that failed

Cant' wait for "Misery", it's everyone's favorite "sleeper song" from the album.

This song was directed at everyone who bank entirely on their faith being the solution to everything and not willing to do the work that is required to make their lives better... James Hetfield's mom was convinced by her church that her cancer would be cured by prayer and she would be healed by "God"... her faith and lack of comprehension ended up costing her life, because she refused medical treatment. Pride can be a crutch at times because people are not willing to admit defeat or concede that they have been wrong their entire lives... so, they dig into their beliefs even harder. It's frustrating dealing w/ people who r not willing to compromise based on misguided beliefs. I was raised under quasi-religious teachings ... and I learned later on that imposition of beliefs is not the way to go... Beating a faith into an individual can be catastrophic, because when they realize later on that they have been lied to or misled... their minds cannot adjust to reality and they end up self-medicating or self-destructing. In James Hetfield's case, he lost himself in alcohol abuse and reckless behavior (Metallica was often called 'Alcoholica') ... He recalled coming home from tour in Metallica's early years and had made no money because he spent days on the road getting drunk and destroying property offstage (The costs were deducted by their managers from his paycheck) ... James lamented that he "bought furniture for a bunch of promoters..." I tell people that they are free to believe whatever they wish to... but they should respect others' beliefs and not deride, condemn or attack them for it... and that course of action seems to be a common problem. Everyone seems to refer to "God" as their higher power, but a majority of them have no idea or comprehension of what "God" is... It may be the "will of God" that a hurricane lashes a coastal region, but how you prepare for it before and how u deal w/ the aftermath is entirely up to those who survive. People have a choice of helping those affected and in need of assistance... or just dismiss their plight and give in to apathy and ignorance. No one can say it was the will of a higher being to pick up a weapon and commit an atrocity against civilians or drop bombs on unsuspecting people and take lives... They chose to do that on their own, whether by obligation or threat or even free will. But devastating lives is reprehensible and atrocious... there is no justification to inflict misery, suffering and death on those who have done nothing to deserve that fate... Agnostics can argue that there is no consequence of any of our actions... but there is uncertainty about what awaits us when we pass away, and that is what we have to be wary of. Which is why we r obligated to handle our lives as best as we can w/ caution and awareness... not ignorance and self-medication. The presence of a "God" is irrelevant in my opinion... People r going to do whatever suits their fancy and wield their faith as a cudgel against those they dislike or carry out actions that have poor consequences. We all know that every single one of us is going to pass away, and we have no idea what lies on the other side of life... But the fact remains that we have lives to lead and we have a choice to be constructive, destructive, or even apathetic... There was a good chance that James Hetfield's mother would not have survived even if she had been treated for cancer, but we'll never know... Voivod's guitarist Denis 'Piggy' D'Amour was diagnosed w/ cancer in the 80's just as Voivod was starting to take off... Piggy underwent treatment and was finally declared cancer free... He spent the next 15 years writing, recording music and touring w/ Voivod... Sadly, he was diagnosed w/ colon cancer around '04 and passed away in 2005 at age 45. But getting treatment for cancer might be the difference between an early death... or a few more years of life. And it is your life to live, not God's...

Metallica is MUSICAL BEAST

Every song on the black album is awesome

Guys… she get it! 🙏🤘

You'll love my friend of misery...

St. Anger, The Unnamed feeling and Fade 2 Black

One of my favourite Metallica song ever!!!

That opening pounding of the bass and drums to me is the anger James feels toward the religion that kept his mom from seeking treatment. It's like he's personally beating on the church with his rage.

This is one of my favorite Metallica songs

Carpe Diem Baby always picks me up.

I felt kid james crying in the solo

Part of the problem is that life sucks and there is only one end to the story. Passing it off as God's will is the easiest way to deal with the fact that despite all our delusions, we aren't running anything.

Sad But True is my favorite. Life.

Harvester of Sorrow is definitely my goto

Great vid as always. I have been wanting to ask, did you do your hair like Lily Munster on purpose? Did or not it looks great.

One of my favorite sleeper hits from the Black album!

a brilliant epic song from a brilliant epic album, the black album is a masterpiece. maybe a masterpiece in a bit different way than the first 4 albums but a masterpiece none the less

'Agony in guitar solo'.... Agree 🤘🏻

The last few notes of LINKIN PARK's "In The End" are practically the same as this. Has anyone else noticed that?

KILLER VIDEO!!! 🤘THE DONG I CHOSE TO MAKE MOVE ON IS... "FADE TO BLACK"...💕🙏😊💯🎸🥁

The agony you felt in the guitar solo is kirk trying to play in tune

1 more for Bleeding Me... plus Outlaw Torn

James comes with this same energy on Fixxxer. Definitely worth a listen

It's a song about story of james when he is a little kid. When her mom had cancer who believes of christian science. She refused to take medicines and refused to the doctors care. She used to follow the practices of faith healing instead of doctors treatment. Im one of your followers since you started metallica journey. Looking forward your next album Load and Reload, St. Anger. Death Magnetic.

Best song off the album imo.

Ohh girl i realy like your channel can't wait to see Death Magnetic album reaction greetings grom Poland ❤👍

Last 4 songs in this album are the best of the album

Love this song...was forced to grow up in church only to see the hypocrisy and greed as I got older. "It's all fake meatball"

One of the best on the album

ilove the day rha tha nve comes

I’d say it’s their best song off of their best album

Thank FUK for logical, critical thinking ,skills !! Had doubts about yours.. but you proved me wrong, comfort="hit the lights"

So that is Kirk Hammett's solo and that is an E Minor chord at the end, which actually comprises of six complete notes not three

Definitely a contender for heaviest Metallica tiff

Fade To Black

Try "Hero of the day" off of their album titled "load". A deeply judged and under appreciated album.

This Song Is Actually About James's Mother Who Was A Christian Scientist. And Wasn't Afilliated With Any Medical Attention. When James Was Just 13, His Family Took A Turn. His Father Was Kicked Out Of The Family. And 3 Years Later When James Was 16, His Mother Suffered From Cancer And Refused Medical Attention Atrociously, And Believed In God That Could Save Her From Cancer. That Attempt Soon Backfires As She Dies From Cancer When James Was 16 Years Old. For The Next 2 Years, James Moved To His Older Brother's House, Where He Lived For The Next 2 Years. In The Lyrics For "The God That Failed," James Stated How God Could've Reacted If He Acted Quickly Enough To Solve This Emotional Tragedy. Line 1: "Broken The Promise, Betrayal." Line 2: "The Healing Hand, Held Backed By The Deepened Nail." Line 3: "Follow The God That Failed." Like We All Know, This Is Indeedly, Sad But True! -Mike's Railfan Studios

This and My friend of misery are best tracks from Black album for me.

Outlaw Torn live Manheim Germany 2019 epic healing

Kirk is the metal version of David Gilmour. No other metal guitarist can tell a story in a guitar solo like Kirk Hammett can.

Fade to black. Ride the lightning.

If morality isn't defined by a universally excepted list but rather up to the individual, then morality means nothing. Serial killers think they are moral, but I'd never say that a Serial killer is moral.

“…religion lacks critical thinking skills” well yeah - that’s faith in a nutshell.

I love Metallica always have and always will but the song that does it for me is blackened I was born in 83 so I grew up in the height of the cold war.

when i am feeling sad i listen to FADE TO BLACK or FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

YO NOVA HAS A BRAND NEW SONG & VIDEO OUT !!! “GET INTO IT !!!!!!!!!!”

Bleeding me, off the load album is mine, off this album I’d say I’dgo with my friend of misery

Nothing Else Matters

I’d be interested to see your reaction to “Mama Said” by Metallica. The entire song is based on James’ relationship with his mother. There is no other Metallica song like it and I’ll leave it at that cause I hate spoilers…

All nightmare long from the death magnetic album!

James❤️

The unforgiven for me

The Outlaw Torn

Best track on the album, and that's saying a lot considering the tracks on this album.