METALLICA - Blackened - Drum Cover 

One of the few to get the kick pattern right on the main riff. Awesome!!!!

You make me want to stop playing guitar and start learning drums haha. Great video as always!

Always loved the fill at 3:39. Honestly my favorite fill by lars. I don’t care what anyway says bout lars, he influenced me in so many ways as a drummer and musician listening to early metallica

OMG that fill at 5:32 totally killed me. Absolutely unexpected, outstandingly performed! Nice

3:38 That might be my favorite Lars drum fill of all-time. Instant goosebumps.

Lars' drumming patterns and fills were incredibly modern for the time.

You convinced me Lars Ulrich is a better drummer than people give him credit for. And you are amazing, mate.

That fill at 3:41 might be one of my favorite drum pieces Lars ever wrote and you fucking NAILED it. Fuck yes \m/

Finally someone plays the kick part correctly

My favourite song played by my favourite drummer of youtube

I was in high school, playing drums for my band once, and at the end.of the concert I has someone ask me "how do you remember all those notes" and I told them "I don't fucking know, it just comes to me"

1:30-1:35's blast beat always gets me. Its nothing special but it just sounds amazing for those 5 seconds

5:32 epic....

The greatest metal song in the world! There's no better son lg in the world if you ask me. Sure Master is good but this shit is complex riffs and time changes I love it. Kudos to Jason Newsted for the main riff in this song. So if you guys think James wrote the main riff your wrong. It was Jason's riff and after James heard It he said this should open the album. And boy did it

I've been picking at this song on and off for years and I always ended up shelving it/finding it too overwhelming, your playing and particularly your visual here have been an enormous help to me this time. Thank you very much, you're a fantastic player!

Lots of people bag on Lars but he was one of the innovators of a new style of drumming. We forget the patterns he was playing are now part of the lexicon of all modern metal drummers. The syncopated rhythms on the double bass. The lazy triplets. The sound of his drums were different. Every drum sound in the 80’s was huge booming bass with a gated snare with a bunch of reverb added in post. With Lars everything was tight and sat up in the mix. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

03:11 My favourite Lars fill.

5:32 Holy...

here i'am.... 4 years later... Having breakfast... and re-watching for like...10000 time this master piece... U ROCK!

Great job like always Josh!. And for the metallica fans out there. 10 days and counting

I must agree with the comments about 5:32, that was totally unexpected but fricken BADASS!!!! Keep up the good work dude, YOU ROCK!!!!

Back when Lars wrote brütal drum parts. A request if I may; Forgotten (lost angels) by Lamb of God. I think you'd nail that shit. Regards from one Josh to the next ;)

just watched your Joey Jordison Blackened video, thought "yeah he's pretty good, bit OTT". Watched this and within a minute i'm thinking "HOLY SHIT, THIS GUY CAN PLAY"!!!

5:19-5:27...guitar riff is off bit is always AMAZING out of the box approach to this song!!!like!!!

Epic drumming. Lars fills and parts in this are bit of a masterpiece. Putting it all together in one take will always be an impressive feat.

still the best blackened drum cover to this very day...

Came here for 3:38 - Was not disappointed. Been trying to get that fill on point for some time now. I always fuck up.

Wow, amazing. Crazy watching you play this to think they wrote this in the 80's

5:09 - 5:27 gives me chill, Guitar goes back to Main riff but changed abit and Drum goes straight to Verse riff but offbeat. Clever

1:30 The Double Kick Is Insane

Very cool. Good on the blast beats. I love when drummers know when to emphasize fills to make them really stand out....this is a song where keeping the (always changing) beat is paramount. Wish more drummers played like this.

yes yes yes! I have been wanting to see this cover with your new stuff for a long time. You should do more old covers again. Really good.

The section that starts at 2:18 and all the way to the solo is what made me love Lars' drumming

Would love to see you tackle some Trivium...I know you're not a big metalcore fan but give their "Shogun" album a listen! Epic shit. Super progressive.

Awesome cover and awesome shirt!!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite show and one of my favorite bands of all time. Too sweet. Thanks buddy......

5:32 One of the reasons why i loves Ol' Josh Steffen over here.

The rhythms in this song throw me off so much, Lars' drumming is so tricky and keeps throwing me off the 1. Those crashes on the 2 with the snare just trick my brain into hearing the rhythm wrong like an aural illusion. When he comes in after the solo one beat late, that's how I've always heard the riff since I was a kid. I'm still struggling to train myself to hear it right. Still one of my favorite of his performances/compositions. Flawless cover.

This guy is good. Probably better than Lars is at this present moment. In any case I always loved this song but didn't know how to play it with one foot because Lars usually doesn't do double bass. So thanks for clearing up those parts for me.

My god..didn’t even know the double kick was a thing! I’ve been listening to rock n roll for decades and have always loved drums. Didn’t even know this existed. Incredible.

Grat job Josh! Play some stuff of Sepultura!!! Greetins from Brazil

Takes me back to my days riding my 7th grade bus, being the only little girl head swooshing to AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, every morning. Good days man, good times.

Amazing drum cover!! Metallica is Fantastic

En lo personal, el mejor álbum de Metallica. Excelente cover!!!

This drummer Is sick!

nice George Costanza shirt....awesome episode but a more awesome drum cover

the stamina is unbelievible!!!!! im an instant fan!!!!! keep it up!!!

Best song from best Metallica album for me ! Great cover ! ;)

To this days that intro gives me chills. Amazing song.

Jesus H christ, bro, I watched your vids when you had just 500 subs or so and i cant believe how much this channel has grown, I've alot of catching up to do.

One of my fav metallica song!..... what an awesome shirt also from of the best sitcom ever!

Absolutely flawless. Good shit Josh. ;)

5:32 I've watched this video so many times but it still makes me smile hearing that fill. I think it's actually one of my favourite drum fills ever just coz it's so unexpected and good

always loved that fucking explosion

Ok this is just one of my favorite metal songs sick man sick you nailed it

Great drummer as always. :)

What's the difference? You're their biggest seller!! Hahaha love the shirt!

This is the best cover ever done, that kick part is so correctly, finally someone who plays well that! You are amazing!

holy shit you're really good

How do drummers use both feet and both hands at the same time? That shit just amazes me.

3:12, he used that same fill in “Now That We’re Dead” maybe it’s a callback to that? As soon as I heard that I thought of “Now That We’re Dead”

And this is how Lars should sound when he plays it.

I m dreamin about meeting such a passionate tallica drummer as you are. Playin the whole master/justice, like perfect, together.

Dude play Dyers Eve, that is literally like the best Metallica song

Once again Sir amazing Cover! Top Notch! Always a pleasure. Keep them coming.

I strongly despise megadeth fan boys, when I asked was Lars ever a good drummer in an album they stated , no he's shit, napster bitch, etc. In my opinion he was a beast

This could be the best drum cover I have ever seen.... kept it true to the song, just that one beautiful addition towards the end... well done sir, I am officially subscribing

Do you know Gojira ? Art of Dying is great

Man what a great drum arrangement and you played it flawlessly. Respect

3:42 You didn't choke the hi-hat with the pedal

I just fell in love with this song, and I want to learn it on drums. My double bass isn’t there yet, but this one is so much fun to jam out to. I’ll definitely be using your cover as reference! The changes in time signatures throw me off

5:32 my favorite part

Dude this is awesome..hoping to be able to play this well one day. Listening to this I had no idea there were so many bass drum diddles! Especially in the main riff. But it makes the song soo metal.Listening also to Pantera of the same era and I can see a lot of metal similarities

I was wondering when you'd redo this song!!!!!! 😁😁😁👍👍👍 bad ass josh!!!!!!

The last few weeks i listened very often to and justice for all after i took it from my shelf again ^^ and too see josh has made a cover from blackened is even more perfect. Great job as always!!

Great cover man :D I've always felt like that section after the solo at 5:10 the drums are weird xD Playing along with it on guitar, that part always throws me off. Don't know how to explain it :p

The drums on this classic is quite phenomenal. Outstanding work man! 🎧🙏

Jerk store shirt. Instant subscribe.

Dude that was almost perfect. Everyone has their own style and you I think you did this in your own style there were moments where you were I think adding going a little fast but very good. I hope to be as good as you one day!!!!!

Josh, what's your take on the St. Anger album?

Great song! Dyers eve and blackened are drum perfection and you pulled it off brilliantly.

Wow, that epic fill at 3:40.. Always mystified me when I heard it on the record.. You nailed it immaculately 👍🏻

I can't get enough of this kick sound... Keeps me coming back again and again.

"I like to play" -Garth

Great job, your timing was perfect, awesome double bass.

Не, в натуре класс. Ваще за*бись, чётко...умеете...могёте просто. P.S. Don't use translator - it won't help - it's Russian meme&slang taken from here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o7uDERvtqhc.html and meaning BRAVO&EXCELLENT!!! ))

5:33 I love when you add fills like that.

5:32 came out of nowhere

As usual... those fills at the end are so tasteful... just for a second, coming out of the official parts and showing us those mad skills

How do you maintain your speed. I've been working on this song for a couple of weeks now and every time I try my arm gets super tired on the hi hat.

I love the sound of your bass drum! Man that took me back

I hope Lars doesn't sue you.

Very much appreciated this! I can sense that your feel for the music is right on. One of the best I've seen.

could you please cover cyanide?

That was awesome man. Fantastic and flawless.

You know, considering you make something like $45 a month (If I recall correctly) on RU-vid, you should consider setting up a Patreon. That way, if people decide to be a patron, you'll have a more steady cash flow to maintain your kit and stuff, as opposed to having to rely on random donations on PayPal.

I've been obsessed with this song for about 3 days already and now you're playing it!! It's s like you read my mind!!

You're really good....maybe you can teach Lars how to play

Nailed it... as lot of people dont realize how technical Lars was on that album...perfect sound & great job!

You’re playing so long I can’t hear the bass... ooh wait

That was a really good cover. I really enjoyed it!