Metallica Orion Reaction!! 

These were 23 year old kids who made this!!!

Leper Messiah always gets passed over. Such an underrated song.

Yeah Sori, that’s how you listen to this masterpiece. With eyes closed.

Greatest instrumental ever created! Impossible to recreate the feeling of this song, a total fucking undying masterpiece! For me personally, one of the greatest metal songs of all time..

Yeah Cliff was classically trained, and Orion is seen as his swan song so it's very sacred territory for Metallica fans. Structurally, this is a sonata allegro (in short, a musical piece where a main motif or theme is introduced, developed and then returned to in a final form in three stages), so it's basically a piece of classical music, done by heavy metal instruments. On their next album, they used whatever riffs and melodies Cliff had left behind and made them into another (great) instrumental track (though there's 4 lines of spoken poetry in it) as an homage to his memory, called To Live is to Die. I kinda think Sori would enjoy that one. Mikael Akerfeldt even says that if not for that song, Opeth wouldn't exist, so I hope you can do that sometime too.

I've broken my lurk mode after months of watching your reactions just to comment on this video (because its that important to me and many others I think). Sori, could you listen to it again, with headphones, on your own, and as usual, close your eyes. But this time, think about the nature of your own life, the up's and down's - let the feel of each current moment of the song help you choose where to go next, and let it narrate what it is you choose. The music IS the story. What parts of your life were an adventure? What parts were a struggle? What parts were sublime and which you felt very grateful for? Which parts are of you moving on from something and growing? Keep in mind also, this was the pinnacle of their original lineup work, and it was a piece that the immortalized who is regarded as one of the most legendary bass guitarists in metal history, because the majority of what you hear in this song (and in master of puppets) came from him. The writing and playing of this track was a very personal bonding between all the members. Cliff was the one who introduced the suggestion of melodic writing into their work, it is mostly because of him that Metallica hits more feels than for instance, Megadeth, and proves that technical superiority doesn't make music actually superior in the human aspect. Some trivia: James Hetfield, the vocalist/rhythm guitarist, has the notes to the middle of Orion tattoo'ed on one of his forearms. Also, thousands of guitarists around the world became musicians specifically because of the emotional impact this song had on them. I feel this track does not and never will need lyrics. Sometimes they just don't. The scales, harmonies, and rhythms of the instruments are the lyrics. You can hear it all day, but you have to actually listen. Consider my suggestion, Sori. :)

One of Metallica's greatest songs ever, Rest In Peace Cliff Burton... the greatest bass player of all time.

Finally! Next react to "To Live Is To Die" by Metallica

Every musician has that song that made them pick up their instrument of choice. This one is why I play bass. All Hale Cliff Burton

Disposable heroes make it happen.

Yes Cliff went to school for music theory. He was the heart and soul of 80s Metallica. If you want to fully appreciate Cliff you need to react to Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) video. It's the bass solo that got him into the band. James and Lars though it was just a really heavy guitar at first then realized he was playing bass. He really revolutionized how the bass was played.

Solid 10 for me. Musically, one of the most astute and progressive arrangements in Metallica's catalog. Should you do a full album listen to Master of Puppets? Yeah. 100% yes. The whole album builds upon itself, and every song increases the overall impact. Vin, though, Damage, Inc. is musically heavier than Disposable Heroes, thought the lyrical content is way heavier in the latter song. Switching gears, maybe one day listen to Iron Maiden's Transylvania, the granddaddy of metal instrumentals.

8:42 Sori caught it on first listen, the magnificence of the climbing guitar run that ends in the hammer-on/pull-off lick that is the crown jewel of this masterpiece, IMO.

The bass is killer in this song. Cliff could rip it up like a guitar player. Hell, lot's of guitar players can't do what he did. Their instrumentals we soooo good. Too bad it all went away when he died.

Why do people always forget about "Damage Inc." when it comes to Metallicas heaviest shit. It's absolutely the most brutal song they've ever written

Ha Sori smiling at the camera and giving a “thumbs up” mid song is all the review we need. Love watching you guys. Great channel.

Guys... Please do call of kthulu or to live is to die by metallica... Especially to live is to die.. You will love that song an it has words near the end of the song

This is a great song....I do prefer Call of Ktulu, but this is definitely solid.

Battery, Damage Inc., Disposable Heros and I love the lyrics in Leper Messiah.

Dont know you people but when the final solo ends and the riffing outro starts is like i get chills everywhere. It could never ends and i will never be enough.

They named it Orion because they said that when they wrote the melodic bass part with the little harmonics and delays it sounded to them as though they were floating through space.

It began with Battery and ended with Damage Inc. So it came in with a bang and left with a bang. Still my favorite album of theirs.

commenting just as you start to play... this is such a beautiful piece of music... very powerful

Makes my heart smile seeing you two just groove with the emotion conveyed by the song. Orion never disappoints

One of the best Instrumentals ever!!! Did not expect another Metallica this soon.. Also... New tool music confirmed for next year

Orion: a song that can end a relationship 😂

Love u 2 and thank for bringing good content and good thoughts on your channel🤟👍❤️

I like the 4 minutes of darkness with the song playing softly in the background. Awesome space metaphor. Brilliant ;)

I as a youth, saw Cliff Burton as an Idle in my world. I sweated for hours, months, years to learn all i could from this man. He lives in me and in all of us through memories and his music, now and till the end of time.

Cliff Burtons masterpiece, he was so incredibly gifted, playing and writing music.

This song, this instrumental is an absolute masterpiece. Just sit back, relax and listen to the guitars and it is like an emotional roller coaster. This song has inspired me to learn the guitar, beautiful instrument in this instrumental shows all of its qualities.

My buddy & I, back in the day use this song for warm up sessions. Brings back alot of good memories!!!

I'm the opposite, a lot of times I'd prefer instrumental over vocals, or even a foreign language song where I can't understand whats being said. There are a tonne of great lyricists and vocalists out there, not saying that there isn't at all, but a song without them is more about how the music in a raw state makes you feel. Edit: Think you have a point Sori, some instrumentals do sound like they should have lyrics but it's stripped away, kinda like back in the day a cd or tape for a single might have an instrumental version included.

Instrumentals are the best to draw and paint to because the lyrics aren't there to distract.

That baseline! Damn, Cliff was a genius!

a total hypnotic roller coaster of instrumental bliss

It’s a masterpiece alright, you HAVE to do ‘Call of Ktulu’ now, the way the riff builds up is just incredible

when I listen to orion I see the harshness of space with stars exploding in nuclear force during the heavy parts and during the calm parts the empty void of space with nebulas and galaxies in the background... floating through space the entire song.

Cliff Burton's MASTERPIECE. ROCK IN POWER, CLIFF!

7:43 flashes the happiest memories of my life in my mind and as the song plays my happiness continues with it like a lovely lullaby of happy dreams and bright sunny days.

I believe Cliff went to music theory classes and he also listened to a lot of classical music as well.

This masterpiece is in my top 5 Metallica songs. It’s also Cliff’s magnum opus and was played at his funeral. Sometimes the bass and guitar is so good they add enough colour to a song without the need for vocals. Vocals would ruin this song, imo. This song takes you on a journey without the need for vocals. The instruments create such an amazing atmosphere and unique feel - for me I feel like I’m floating through space seeing just the stars and planets all around me, and being at total peace in that moment. The Call of Ktulu is also a great instrumental by Metallica that also creates its own atmosphere. Check out the live version with the SF Symphony.

Loved the little solo hidden outro you put in there!! Lol!

Got to admit this was your best breakdown of the lyrics ever .

You guys should really check out "Phantom of the Opera" by Iron Maiden too. Its off their first album so it actually has their original singer Paul Di'Anno singing, who by all rights was a great singer with a wildly different style than Bruce Dickinson. I honestly prefer Paul to Bruce. The song itself is beyond epic with lots of passion and intricate changes fueled their youth and hunger. By far my favorite maiden song.

Personally I've always loved metal instrumentals. You learn real quick how good or bad a band is as writing music. Most people focus on the lyrics and singing but when you take that out of the equation it forces a band to really concentrate on making a song as interesting as possible. I have always loved Orion & Call of Ktulu and To ive is to Die. All 3 are great peices of music and song structure. Another one at the top of my list is Woodpecker from Mars off the Real thing CD from Faith No More. Probably one of the most influential and underated bands of the late 80's and 90's. Listen to Billy Gould's bass playing in Wooderpecker from Mars, you'll learn where Fiedly from Korn got a lot of his inspiration for example.

Great spot in the song to go back to sori. I knew u would like that song, it’s full of emotion!

I like that you appreciated the solo during the "waltz-time" 3/4 section.

Cliff is excellent on the bass

Disposable Heroes is fucking heavy but I think Damage Inc. Is way heavier. (If you are using the actual definition of heavy then The Thing That Should Not Be and Dream No More are the heaviest Metallica songs ever... they both just happen to be about Cthulu 👌

l used to listen to this album years ago almost every night, something about this song and welcome home sanitarium used to energize and calm me down at the same time, the different vibes, transitions and melodies in this are so diverse that its a mind journey when you are laying down

This song is a masterpiece of composition in my opinion. Just beautiful

I am more of a call of ktulu man, but I looove this track.

Here's your official fan request.... Disposable Heroes!!! :P One of my favorite songs on the album. Also think you need to listen to Call of Ktulu. IMO, their best instrumental.

This has always been a favorite even as a teen. The solo at the end always gives me goosebumps.

One of my all time favourite Metallica songs Rest in Metal Cliff Burton you legend!

This is Cliff Burton's "Magnus Opus"... his One Big Goodbye. It includes parts written and recorded with Dave Mustaine. I will admit that I am not the biggest METALLICA fan. But ORION is far and away among my favorite songs. I can no longer imagine a world without this song. Even Classical Conductors have told me this song is worthy of Bach and Mozart. Without a word, the song conveys emotion and mental images evoked from within. Vin, brother. Sometimes we have to grow into an attention span. I know I did at times.

For me the thing that should not be is heavier than disposable, the riff on that song kicked my ass when i listened to it the first time

ahhh finally did this one. Thank you for this reaction! This song always gets me a bit sad because of Cliff Burton's stand out performance here and realizing we'll never hear him play again. It's hard to believe that sound in the beginning is a bass guitar.

Why am I on the floor laughing at you guys verbally fight. Love from Australia.

OPETH "BLEAK" - you owe it to yourself, Sori. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooori.

Satyricon - mother north (opera) | amon amarth - twilight of the thunder god | rainbow - stargazer

Welcome home sanitarium - beautiful and very emotional song with great solo ;)

The Ode to Cliff and what an emotional ride this song was. It showed the true genius of Burton before he passed. RIP CLIFF!!!

If you do Opeth again do Demon of the Fall, it's short and it's heavy, I think Vin will Like it!

A 4.5 for Orion? :( It's a masterpiece, to race a classic like Orion itself is sacrelegious! Vin - you the man! :D

"We're both people"... That was GOLD!!!😂👍👍

The Bleeding!! so funny. you have to do that one now

Symphony and Metallica - The Call of Ktulu

Dyers Eve - Metallica please 🤘

Probably my favorite song by them of all time. It brings so many emotions out

I had tears streaming down my cheek on this one. RIP Cliff. I would love for you guys to do "To live is to Die", which is another Metallica instrumental. Sori, I'm hurt in my soul (not really but kind of...lol). I always have your back here but, my god, ... a 4 ?!?!?. Vin, well done my friend. You have honored and made proud the metal community, your family, and dare I say, Cliff Burton himself. Great video!

Metallica - Dyer's Eve needs to happen. And so does Metallica - Hate Train

Call of Ktulu..also instrumental.

This song flows so good! One of my favorite classics!😝🤘

First of all, congrats on 30k subs. Totally deserved, and gonna keep on climbing, I feel. Keep up the great work. You are both so easy to watch and your musical awareness is second to none 👍 If I had one request it would be Metallica’s ‘The Thing That Should Not Be’, taken from the mighty Master of Puppets album. Wishing you both all the best ☺️x

Nutshell - Alice In Chains

You should give the Rodrigo y Gabriela version a try sometime.

Very intense song! Always keep an open mind to an “instrumental” song! Yes, the words tell a story but the sound of the band makes the music sing!

After 30 years - one word goosebumps !

I imagine a space battle, Star Wars vs Star Trek, when I listen to Orion.

awesome guys! its pretty random but you guys should review Sun Doesn't Rise by Mushroomhead !

Good call on Orion, I was surprised to see you doing it because its an instrumental. Its one of my favorite Metallica songs along The Outlaw Torn. I think you should do that sometime, its an under appreciated gem.

When I first heard this it was on cassette tape, you couldn't skip it and I'm glad I couldn't, that whole album is perfect.

death voice of the soul beautiful instrumental piece, nice to see the channel growing so well, in regards to opeth, try the lotus eater, rock on! \m/

Metallica - Bleeding Me

Vin, when you said that 18 year old you didn’t want to bother with an instrumental song after hearing the pure thrash of Battery and that was me when I discovered the song last year (I was 17). Someone told me earlier this year that Orion was “a musical masterpiece”. After hearing that I had to check it out and now I’m in love with it. I was glad to see that by the end of the song we had the same reaction

I have seen a lot of people online, who have no interest in metal whatsoever, listen to Metallica (and Orion in particular) and get legitimately moved. It's great to see. They are obviously the king of kings of metal, and really deserve to be on the Mt. Rushmore of rock in general. Their variety and composition is genius (thank you, James, for your talent, and Lars for being a mad scientist when it comes to stitching the songs together), and they can go from speed to melodic to gallop and get you pumped every time.

Cliff Burton was amazing!!

If you like guitar "whining", please listen to Pantera - Cemetary Gates and wait for it. :)

I love this song. I get the image of a hunter stalking their prey, deer or the like, and the prey grazing in a meadow, then the hunter creeping up on them, then as the tune builds, its like the chase, culminating in the kill and then a fail to black signifying the end of the hunt.

Vin & Sori you made it further than me have a great day

You gotta do Metallica- Welcome Home, Sanitarium

I think one of the more important elements to enjoying and understanding metal music is to be ready to throw the lyrics out the window in some circumstances. Not that they don't matter, but in most bands the instrumentation is far more important in expressing the emotion of the song. Not to say that the lyrics cannot be profound and highly intellectual, but its more about the atmosphere that a song builds up. Anyways, you guys should really check out the song "Incarnated" by the band Obscura. I think it represents what I'm talking about perfectly. And I'd really love to hear your thoughts on the lyrics too, they read like a beautiful poem. Keep up the awesome reactions guys!

Whenever I had the power go out during storms and I had no fan for white-noise to help me sleep, I played this song because it is a serene and soothing song to me.

...this is a BASS OPUS Vin....i was sadden to know you skip this song....never knew anyone who did that for this song..the intro was bass.@ 4:09 interlude is bass. 6:25 is bass and 9:02 is bass SOLO...Sori I totally agree when the guitar goes into soaring highs and sings/screams it's like a howl in the night....the call of ktulu off of ride the lighting is insttumental...and friend of misery off BLACK album was suppose to be...but glad to hear that this the best instrumental you've heard VIN...heart broken Sori wouldn't listen again and gave a low rating...

Yay finally more Opeth, hopefully it is something from the Blackwater Park or Deliverance albums. Either of the title tracks will suit Vin's needs for memorable metal riffs.

Chills everytime.

Everytime that you listen to a song, you expect a history from it. Most of the time the history is told by a lyric. But this song, even without a lyric, tells me a history. I think it's a trip to space. To another planet. The beginning of the song is a rocket launching, with all the energy. The start of Cliff's riff is the outgoing of the earth's atmosphere, with energy but not too much. The pause and calm part with Cliff's introduction is the space part. No rockets, not much energy but calm and relax. Then it turns to energy again, and that means the reach and land in the other planet, with the adrenaline to accomplish this mission. It's a Masterpiece.

Hahaha Vin - "there's not really much for the bass to do, like . . . . " . . . Opeth!? 😂