Metallica's Unforgiven Trilogy - A Brief Analysis 

a 2 hour video for 3 shitty songs?

The Unforgiven trilogy is probably some of the most well written music ever

i’m glad they never cut the first part of III to make it a single. they don’t need to do that

A brief analysis? Oh heck yeah let me watch this real qu-OH MY GOD ITS TWO HOURS LONG ITS BEAUTIFUL

2 hours? Time to queue this up in the living room with some refreshments! 🍺🍿

The ad is closed now but there’s no sun shining through.

I'll eventually get to the video after I listen to that intro a million more times.

Bro made a 2 hour video of the unforgiven, thank you for your service soldier

this was NOT brief

Never stop making these deep dives bro, absolute fucking banger to watch with dinner 😤

The first one saved me from ending my life. Living with a disability is hard mentally more than anything cause you’re stuck with it forever. It spoke to me in a way that I realized I not alone and though I’m a very forgiving person the memory is the struggle remains. The memory remains you can say which or another favorite cause of the same reason kinda.

I remember watching the unforgiven music video as a kid and the black and white with the skinny old dude scared me. But then it became one of my favorite songs so here we are. Solid vid

Fuck yeah, gonna watch this bit by bit over the work week

I've always interpreted The Unforgiven II opposite to what you have described here. The way I see it, the narrator is stating that he himself cannot forgive the other person rather than stating that she is unforgiven by society like him. I believe that at the beginning of the song he originally thought that she was unforgiven by society like him, however as the song passes he begins to question whether or not she is actually like him ('Or are you unforgiven too?') This along with the 'The door cracks open, but theres no sun shining through' line foreshadow his coming decision. By the end of the song he has decided that she is not like him and she is just another member of society, therefore he cannot forgive her ('Because you're unforgiven too') I think the 'I take this key, and I bury it in you' line is referring to how he leaves her only the memory of what could have been. As for the major note at the end of the song I don't hear it as very happy sounding, to me it still fits the depressing minor tone of the song.

The unforgiven trilogy is one of my favorite of all time. Only thing that can rival this for me is Rivers Of Nihil doing 4 albums in a concept with 4 Terrestria songs.

The Unforgiven II is my favorite 😢💔 "If you can understand the me, Then I can understand the you"

Ah yes, a “brief” 2 hour analysis, a trend passed down from the Kingdom Hearts community.

Varvis you are criminally underrated, this content deserves millions of views. Excellent work here

Rush's "fear" trilogy goes pretty hard

I sometimes write poetry and the main criticism I get is over my usage of thee, thou, thine, etc. and how it makes it sound too old-fashioned; thanks for reaffirming why I use them (i.e., implying double meaning).

Damn, I was in the middle of writing something similar but you did it much better than I ever could. I’ll still touch the topic with how I personally relate to it cite this video.

I like the first one a lot. And the concept is interesting as a whole even if the sequels aren't as good

A brief analysis of? Surely you jest 😂

I'm speechless here. You really outdone yourself Varvis, fucking masterpiece of a video. Despite the first one being my favorite, I always loved the third one and really find it massively underrated, truly one of the best Death Magnetic songs. Keep these analysis videos coming man, the 2 hours flew by!

I've been actively re-listening to Metallica for the last 3 weeks, Unforgiven 1 was the most listened to track from the whole discography. Incredibly excited about your retrospective on the trilogy!

Thanks yt recommendations for finding another masterpiece

I already know this is gonna be a great vid!

Please make a video about the Triology of Motionless In White Puppets 1, 2 and 3

Lovely video!

Great video man

The unforgiving II is the best one

OH FEED THIS IN MY VEEEEINS! Time to enjoy this with my lunch and the next 3 days of lunches 😅

more of these long analyses please!

I LOVE YOUR CONTENT! I LOVE IT! You’re the best! 🤘

10:25 it's a perfect fourth since the intro is in A minor

What a brilliant video. Thank you for inviting me to revisit these classic songs, especially the often overlooked two and three. The video highlights what an amazing songwriter James is. We can all relate to his struggle. My favourite is number one. 😊

Great video, very in depth, and the deep dive into the story and the musical breakdown was very intruiging, even tho I personally didn't understand much of it lol. Great vid, you earned a sub.

Excellent video, a thoroughly enjoyable watch from beginning to end.

Pretty good analysis, right on \m/

Gotta love kirks solo on these songs

Great job! I always thought that the trilogy deserved deeper analysis. People seem to write Metallica off these days and sort of under rate what they can do/ have done. Unforgiven 2 is my fav, and I’m so glad someone loves all 3, since a lot of fans like 1 or the other but not usually all 3.

III is my favorite and I've been a fan since the 80s!

"A brief analysis..." "Analysis" as long as two Load albums lol. But I dig it.

Somehow I sat through all that in one sitting, when I'd rarely sit through a whole film these days without several breaks! Interesting stuff. Death Magnetic's production/mastering was improved a while back, without any fanfare or announcement. It's still clipped in places but WAY better and (IMO) not fatiguing now, and also without all the flaws of the fan mixes based on Guitar Hero etc. (which improve some things but ruin others, IMO). I used to feel like a load of my favourite songs were trapped in something I couldn't listen to all the way through, or often, but now I can listen to this all day. The 24/96 version they sell on their website is the one I listen to and far better than the release-day CD which I also have. Not better *because* it's 24/96, but that's the version I know, and you can see and hear it has been re-done to fix a lot of the clipping. I don't know if some/all/any of the other versions they sell are updated or not, but that one definitely is. Rumour was the newer version was originally done for the Apple Music release, long before they started re-releasing all the older album remasters. Also, I think the lyric in Unforgiven III is "They've gone away" not "Blame gone away"; the official website agrees, at least. Oh, and on the subject of improved versions of albums initially ruined by Rick Rubin's brickwalled production, anyone who hasn't tracked down the not-quite-finished version of RHCP's Californication is in for a delight, as that version of the album sounds significantly better than the original CD release. (Although I think that has an official remaster now? I haven't got that so IDK how they compare.)

we clearly have different definitions of the word "brief" lol ♥

Best drum sounds of all time? How about Black Sabbath Headless Cross Great video analysis btw ;)

I didn’t notice your black Dahlia murder shirt the first time I watched this video. Fuck yeah dude.

Would you do this for Guns n Roses trilogy? id like to see it, amazing video

Damn this shows how effective those chords are. I love minors.... WAIT WAIT WAIT I DIDNT MEAN THAT

The unforgiven were the friends we made along the way.

Great video....NPK476....you obviously listen to New Kids on the Block.

Fr said brief and dropped a 2 hour vid, I can bear watching up to an hour but anything more and I start to drift off and fall asleep. Will watch through the week! Cheers from the mountains.

I love the unfogiven

The spaghetti in my fridge was calling me when I saw the thumbnail

You know Unforgiven is a good song when even Dave Mustaine had to admit that's the best song they've ever written (even if it was definitely said in a sorta backhanded way 😂), and this was amidst their feud, even if a handful of years out

Unforgiven trilogy breakdown ✅ Fellow Alberta boy ✅ Fellow oilers fan ✅ Nice video, man; earned a sub

Can you please do a recap on holy wars by Megadeth, I really liked that series that was starting

A trilogy of songs I particularly enjoy is the Murmaider trilogy by Dethklok. It even technically has a part 2.5 with The Ocean Galaktik from Brendon Small’s Galaktikon II

Only other trilogy I heard of comes from GNR: Don’t Cry, November Rain, Estranged

I always thought the horn was from the original Godzilla movie

a brief summary thats two hours long😭

hey bud, there’s a video in your ads

Love this video if RU-vid didn’t advertise every fucking minute

Iron Maiden has a series of songs. It’s the Charlotte the Harlot trilogy spanning from 1980-1992

how can you misspell Unforgiven in your intro???

brief?

I guess I should just pay for cable. How many commercials can yo have!?

RU-vid/ advertisetube!!

Unforgiven II feel so much more mature and emotional than the first part, and I think that's because the production on the first one is too slick and sterile (the problem the whole black album suffers from)

2 minutes later another advertisement!! Cool!!🙄

“A brief analysis” 💀

Or how the first song was great and progressively became worse with each newer installment!

A estimate advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement

Bro misspelled Unforgiven in the intro and put Unfogiven

Anyone favor the 2nd one like me??

Could had at least spelled the song right in the title card

Hasnt Soulfly made a song with like 9 or so parts...

So it's about Dave Mustaine.. interesting.

"A brief analysis" * Ends up being 2 hours * "Yeah this one's going on the shelf for later." I'm sure it's a good video, and hopefully I actually revisit it and don't leave it gathering dust.

Why so many ads bro ?

10 seconds and another fucking ad wow

Hate to be that guy… but a Perfect 5th inverts to a Perfect 4th (not a Sus4).

Commercial commercial commercial

A estimate advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement, advertisement. Fuck me another interruption.

Didn’t hear a word of what you said. too upset by the interruptions. Too many advertisements!!

So many ads I can’t pay attention😂

bro said “brief” and made it 2 hours😭

You should reconsider the use of the word brief...

It's James himself. You don't need to talk for 2 hours about it to get that.

"a brief analysis" makes a 2 hour youtube video, my bro you made a whole ass movie and called it "brief"

Brief...?

BRIEF??????

Too many advertisements

I don’t need all of these ads the people that don’t want to see them would never by the product anyway. Find a new way to get money from us!!

Might as well pay for fucking cable TV with all these ads

Fuckin ridiculous amount of advertising.

Too many adds!! This is bull shit RU-vid

a brief analysis 2 hours long

I’ve literally just been talking shit the whole time this video has been playing. Too many advertisements to let me enjoy the video. RU-vid has become a disgrace.

Quit trying to sell me shit!!