Metallica The Four Horsemen Live in 1986 at Quebec City Canada 

The tempo was so fast i started singing the mechanix

Megadeth looks diferent here

In 1986 they played fast as fuck

I love that Dave recorded the Mechanix faster to make Metallica look bad, and then Metallica just plays The Four Horsemen live faster than that and actually palm mutes it

Can wait for someone to invent a time machine

Speed is a hell of a drug

The best live performence of The Four Horsemen (my opinion)

We all here have GREAT taste in music!

This is so raw, like a beheaded chicken running around sprouting blood.

Man I wish they hadn't toured so much. James would still have that fukn growling voice..

Hetfield was killin it with the muted power chords

filmed in 86?!! Way better footage of some of the crap people filmed with the latest technology.

lol this ain't the four horsemen, its mechanix at this tempo haha

I was in high school from 86-90 and got into Metallica in 84. RTL was one of my first albums ever purchased. When I was in high school, Metallica was a bunch of nobody’s, and only myself and about four others in my High School even knew who these guys were. I was the only one who wore a Metallica patched up Jean jacket every day. I used to collect rare Metallica albums back then. I still have my collection stored away somewhere (Different colored vinyl albums of Creeping Death & Jump in the Fire as well as picture discs, bootleg concert recordings, interview picture discs, etc). I remember When AJFA came out, we had about 10-15 more students in the school that suddenly became fans. I knew things would never be the same from that point on. Once they hit the mainstream and became popular (pretty much from 1990 and on), I pretty much lost interest, as the nostalgia of being in that small exclusive club of fans was gone.

this has to be Metallica's best performance. ever. Hetfield's voice at its best!!!!!!

this show happened on my 1st birthday :)

Though i don't listen speed - thrash metal anymore, i can't forget this song..It was my fav Metallica song..It was at the Kill'em all, as i remember and Dave Mustaine had takken part in the synthesis, writing of the song, if i'm right..So much powerful riffs, it was underrated, as the most people like the Seek and Destroy from Kill'em all..Anyway..

now this IS METALLICA!!!

Anything in this world gets old.

Looks like James was surprised at Jason's vocals at 4:16

i am 100% not gay, but look at him! fucking gorgeous!

Badass. Love me some old school Metallica. Back in the day when Metallica played fast and brutal

and the clarity in the guitar notes, wow fantastic thank you for posting!!

Now this is the untouchable Metallica!

how lars triple paddle that fast ?? i wish i have his leg that time , so damn fast

Funny how even tho Dave co wrote, they played slow on the no life till leather.

They've played it at fillmore last year with the Sweet Home Alabama part :)

cliff died on 9/26/86 RIP

I didn't know that Metallica played The Mechanix on this.....

wow his voice was soo amazing back then!

Wow this is great clarity!! sound clarity I can actually hear the kick drum

they played the middle solo part at the 30th anniversary concert at the filmore, look it up its pretty awesome.

4:16 Jason:deaaaathhhh, James:oh nice man a- ha... JASON I love you man!

the good old days .. playin all the song in a super fast tempo ..

How i wish there were HD recordings from 1981-1988...

This is 86 i like it when James says it old song only 3years apart. Gd times. In life. Saw Cliff ERA 4x was really gd as can be

Wow.wasn't expecting a speeded up version awesome.one of my favorite Metallica songs

3:40 One of the best Thrash riffs ever, if not the best

It really sucks that James didn't scream the lyrics live back then I'm so glad he does now

0:22 James is reading the sign

god jaymz is right at home with that guitar, fantastic timing!

long live metal!

Funny I went and bought an Explorer like James's in 1986, just because he's the only dude that can rock one like him. Great clear vid, thx for sharing \m/

For those of you sniffling bastards who say Kirk sucks, check out the solo at 5:18 And then slap yourself in the face really hard.

Very good mobile camera for 1986, the video recorded of most cameras of 1986 was like a cartoons

In the same year, the guys came to Brazil....i was there in two fucking best ever shows!!!!...great times.

Oh God, the speed and intensity o_o \m/

dream setlist

I was there!!!

I call the slow part "Sweet Home Alabama part" because the guitar riff is pretty similar. It has the same rhythm. It's the part that starts at 3:28 in the studio version.

Nothing like having Cliff singing

This is the Metallica I love.

Metallica forever!!!!!

amazing solo

No man, Metallica came at first time to Brazil in October 1989. Two shows in São Paulo and one show in Rio de Janeiro, in the tour of ...And Justice for all album! Unfortunately I had only two years and didn't see the show! hahaha

I love how in the early days lars is up so high you cant see him and his hair is in his way LOL

Velocity inspired by The Mechanix

Thirty years ago to this day if the date here is the 5th

best setlist ever!

I agree, but... you can't appreciate the "old school" style and say... "Good Ol' times!" ;)

Time Machine + HD Camera

Well in this video they play the song in the same tempo as Mechanix studio version and you hear the solo played at the same speed here. So Kirk can't play it? Watch the video and you see Kirk playing the solo here. I'm pretty sure Dave couldn't play as melodic solo as the "Sweet Home Alabama" part solo (the slow part in the studio version). It's not Dave's style but still. I think it's one of Kirk's best solos. IMO melody > speed (of course depends on solo).

yep jason was in metallica in 1986 and it was on the damage inc tour

You speak so much sense my friend.

Metallica was better when they were dangerous alcoholics........but they kickass these days though

kickass setlist!

@MaggaraMarine example fade to black solo and orion solos. Man those are just beatyful

cuando yo era un muchacho de 12 años que grupo grande

Great quality.thanks uploader! METALLICA FUCKING RULEZ THE UNIVERSE

RIP Cliff.

Ah this is so awesome... just got home from bar. Its fucking 02:00 at night and i have wached metallica videos now 2 hours. Drunk as hell but no problem.. i'm rocking in my room now!

a québec en 1986 j'aurais tellement voulu être là

The PHA-KOUGH guitar

James was a beast

How do kids grow up without music idols like Hetfield?

They actually started to play that fast just before Cliffs death

@vild3r: Cliff died during the Master of Puppets tour man. They took Jason so quickly because they had the Japanese tour right after his death. So the first part of the Puppets tour they did with Cliff, the second part with Jason (1986 and 1987)

metallica is my favourite band but still i can see lars leave so many drum solo, master piece rolling as in recorded version...

Why the hell do the same so called fans bitch no matter what or how Metallica plays a song ? I mean today they've sold out , they cut their hair, or they don't play as fast and then you watch an old video back in the day and ask why are they playing to fast or that doesn't sound right because Lars is doing this or Kirk not doing that , come on people no band sounds the same over a 30 year period. If you're going to be a Metallica fan be a fan. Do I like everything they've done why hell no but am I going to to quit being a fan that would be a big hell no and do I miss the old days yes with a passion. I love to listen to slayer,megadeth, and anthrax but do you know why they don't go outside the box like Metallica it because they will lose all their fans if they even tried to test the waters Metallica did. So don't judge me I just want everyone to be a fan if you were lucky enough to grow up during that era and I'm 49 so I know little of what I'm talking about.

5:17 I fucking liked that "ooh"

Both wrong, Kirk can play really fast and Dave melodic because they are proffesional guitarists, deal with it, both are awesome but with different styles, it´s just a matter of opinion, just don´t try to force it into others.

this version finishes destroying the Mechanix and shows who the true thrash riders are !!!

On concerts they have play 200% speed song's :D

it was only about 4 weeks after cliff died they were back on stage with jason newkid on bass!!! they did think about ending the band after cliff's death but they said cliff would kick their ass if they did that and that was not something cliff would want !!!!!

Yep it's Jason, No doubt.

This was when Lars knew how to play those fucking drums. And yeah, good old times indeed.

@ThulensOrd The date is written the American way, December 5, 1986, not the European way. You can look it up and you see that Metallica played Quebec City on that date.

I feel like in this era they played this fast for 1 of 2 reasons: 1) They were trying to throw Jason off and make him look stupid. and/or 2) Jason came from a thrash background and wanted to play this fast where Cliff was more of a Blues and Jazzy style player.

you gotta feel sorry for Jason stepping in on a tour that was already in full swing replacing arguably the greatest bass player of all time whi had just died.

THAT WAS REAL FAST MAN

yes i agree, that was wrong date, cause on may of that year Cliff was stilled alive and jason comes to the band on Octuber of 86

@thereinr2 this is December of 1986 its Jason on the bass. in the US we put month,day,year 12/5/1986

wow, blazing! this is a great show, had this fucker on VHS bootleg back in the day. havnt seen this footage in decades. really captures that energy of Jason being new and the band being pissed as fuck and there is that weird green lighting the whole time. fuck, they used to play with fucking balls eh? too easy to talk shit now, but man, in 85, 86, those guys were at the top of their game, even lars. gonna have to check if the rest of the show is up, I seem to remember a smoking version of thing that should not be in this set.

my thoughts exactly

The date can't be right. Cliff was still alive in May 1986. Unless you are using the obsolete illogical american way of writing dates.

Holy shit thats fast.

Metallica were so TIGHT that time, they could just walk through a mountain. And make a tunnel or sth.

me encanta la velocidad que empleaban en el pasado

Sadly no this was just after he passed away. It says in the setlist that Jason Newstead has a bass solo.

agreed