Metallica - The Unforgiven (REACTION) WRITER REACTS - First Time Hearing It 

James is a poet. His lyrics are so deep. He has the way of writing lyrics that are very very personal to him yet vague enough for the listener to interpret to their own life and experiences. There are 3 unforgiven songs. This is the first one.

Great reaction, i love finding new people discovering metallica for the first time. As mentioned this is part of a trilogy, and it deals with James's struggle to deal with his parents and his upbrining in a very strict household. I cant forgive them, i cant forgive you, i cant forgive myself are the themes of the three songs. The third one coming after years of therapy and a lot of personal trauma that have helped James let go of some of that resentment. Several songs off this album are about James and his relationship with his mother in particularly. Specifically, "the god that failed", which is about his mother refusing medical treatment and dying of cancel due to her beliefs as a Christian Scientist that god would save her. Most of the band's lyrics prior to the black album were about society - war, death, drugs, etc., but the Black Album started to get real personal. James is a great lyricist, very highly underrated. And has only gotten better with age.

You've really gone down a rabbit hole. There are so many good songs by Metallica. For me the very best: Fade to Black (the album version) with the theme of suicide, but of course Master of Puppets, sensational both musically and lyrically (drug addiction). Or One, which tells the story of “Johnny Got His Gun” (the original video also uses many scenes from the movie)

PLEASE consider doing the Unforgiven II & III ASAP so you can see the the progression.

A great one to start with 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 When you get to Enter Sandman, check out the one from Moscow 1991 🤯🤯🤯🤯 Let's just say there were a couple of people at the concert 😂😂😂 "One" is another awesome song from then. It gets you in the feels

MUCH MUCH MORE METALLICA 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘…..they have so many bangers lyric- and instrumentationwise….they are just next level in so many respects 🔥🔥🔥🤘🤘🤘

One of the great ones! ❤

This is a GREAT song!!! You gotta do the song "ONE" and "Master of Puppets" and "Fade to Black"!!!

Haunting, this one haunts me..

Just keep listening to METALLICA. You will find yourself rocking out!

please do the sequel! Unforgiven II

Sad But True is a masterpiece. Give it a try next.

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This is epic !

great stuff here! IGreat reaction...love the way you break this down

My favorite by Metallica

I love em to pieces…my very favorite song is Call of ktulu…. And now I’m also obsessed with HP Lovecraft😂 😂😂

React to "One". Official video please. Great song better video. It'll blow your skirt.

Great! :) So there is a Unforgiven 2 and 3 as well. Hope you will do those soon to. :)

they played Moscow in 1991, in front of 1.6 Million people.! Amazing video..highly recomend.

if you like Hard Rock/Metal with good lyrics ... check out Avenged Sevenfold

Good one Saeed. Would really like to see what you think of "Indestructible" by Disturbed. Fantastic energy and the lyrics would definitely give you something to talk about.

Have you ever tried Helloween? You might want to try "We Got The Right".

A great song to start with Metallica. I suggest you also check out Unforgiven 2 and Unforgiven 3 to complete the trilogy so that you can compare all 3 songs. Personally 3 is my favourite. My 3 favourite bands are Metallica, Led Zeppelin and Cold Chisel. All 3 are great bands but they all have discographies filled with bangers.