Metallica: Worse Than You Think 

0:50 “Every Metallica record has imperfections” *Shows Lulu more times than any other album* Very true, my friend, very true

'i have a legitimate right given by the universe to make fun of megadeth' i'm dead 😂😂😂😂

I hope this means we're eventually getting St. Anger: Better than you think

Totally agree that 'My Friend of Misery' could have been a beautiful instrumental. Jason's Bass line as heard on those live videos, has so much melody and depth...

“Orange Album”. I just associate this colour with the 80’s.I dunno why... *Dave Mustaine picture shows up 1 frame*. Also AJFA has the high ground 10/10

Honestly I see this album as an a equivalent to some of the Beatles and The Who albums. Not necessarily fans favourite, but the best way for people to be broken in. Also, its commercial success is not a bad thing whatsoever. It made Metal so much more accessible. They were some of the first to let people know that liking metal is not a bad thing. Most metalheads even today have such an arrogance towards non-metalheads that makes the genre sometimes inaccessible. The black album was a way to bridge that gap so to speak. Musically, there is no doubt filler within the album. However, the band themselves were at their peak and higher, which makes the black album era of metallica still on of my favourites

I would love to hear Hetfield's original "crib death" lyrics to Enter Sandman.

jason said my friend of misery was supposed to be an instrumental but didn't turn out that way. maybe they didn't want to because it was jason's riff

Yeah E minor alright yay!

Does that mean that the black album is a moon?

I remember watching "A Year And A Half.." back in like 1994 and seeing Kirk record the solo for "Struggle Within". My mind is still blown.

Sad But True was the first Metallica song I ever heard. Heard it on the radio. I'd tune in every day just for Metallica, the station I listened to even had Metallica Mondays among other things. When I was very very young I lived for the radio. When I was 11 or 12 I got my first CD player, bought my first Metallica record at the local movie store. I think it was MoP. I listened to every track hundreds of times on repeat. I was completely taken by heavy music. When I graduated HS I started to branch out. Pantera has since become my favorite metal band, however, Metallica will always by my original number 1, the band that got me into metal, got me into guitar, and influenced me and my playing to some unknowable extent far beyond my own comprehension. All I know is I NEED heavy guitar in my life

andry: every album has a flaw and some good things lulu and St anger: maybe I have some hope

I can’t believe James thought “Through the Never” was “Wacky” it’s one of the best songs on the album and plain kicks MAJOR ass! I kind of shocked by that one but they do play it a lot on tour.

0:51 The repeated flash of lulu is hilarious

1- And Justice For All 2- Master Of Puppets 3- Ride The Lightning 4- Kill Em All 5- Black Album I like every metallica song from 1983 to 1991 thats 47 songs , i like Death Magnetic, Beyond Magnetic and Hardwired To Self Destruct too

Perfect I needed it друг 3:48 blyat its missing the god that failed

1-Ride The lighting 2-Master of puppets 3-Justice for all 4-Kill em all 5-Black.

Yes! PODCAST finally! Can't wait to hear from you :)

_"The absurd amount of Wah"_ Well, that's Kirk Hammet for you.

Happy holidays andriy

Hey, I am a big fan, I never really comment on videos but I felt like I should say this to you. I am a huge Metallica fan, my friend is a big Metallica fan too but he doesn’t like how I only like them and how they are the only metal band I technically listen to, I try not listening to most metal because I don’t know if it is satanic. No one else is a big Metallica and talks about them besides you (on RU-vid), when I found your channel it inspired me to play bass even more, it told me about cliff and I thought lars was my favorite (I’m a drummer). After seeing the cliff burton hardest to easiest video and seeing the part about live at day on the green I watched the whole video and loved the way he played, you can tell he loves bass and wants to show how good he is, he also likes a challenge. I have baby hands so bass is kinda hard to learn right now but I don’t care, cliff also seems like the type of guy you would like to hang out with. Thanks for giving me the chance info about Metallica, your the best. And one last thing, what’s a good and non expensive bass I should buy?

You’re so close to 100k subscribers! I remember when I stumbled across your Total Cliff cover series two years ago, when you only had 11k subscribers.

your accent is cool man. dont worry about it. i dig your passion and how you know so much about their music. i grew up with them got to see Master, Justice, Black, Death Magnetic tours. i first heard them in about 1986. on the school bus going home and my buddy handed me his cassette walkman and put the headphones on my head. it was Leper Messiah. i was living in east coast at the time. have you heard the quarantine acoustic version they did on the song "Blackend" its really cool.

I like it, dont care what anyone thinks

When they finally played Misery live with the crowd helping with 3 part harmony, holy cow what a performance. Great song!

Very cool exercise in thought, very cool video and researching, writing and editing this took a LOT of work! Great job!

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A PODCAST LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Great videos man. "My Friend" is one of my favorite Metallica songs, and now I'm imagining the chorus without "MISERY!"... 🎵🎵🎵 You insist that the weight of the world 🎵🎵🎵 Should be on your shoulders 🎵🎵🎵There's much more to life than what you see 🎵🎵🎵My friend of miserayyy... That's much better. I never noticed how jarring that word is until you pointed it out.. thx.

6:29 dude was so pissed he had to repeat it 2 times

Stoked! Subscribed! Just found you, your content is rad! My first album was Ride, on cassette, in Summer ‘84! Saw them w/Ozzy in ‘86! Definitely checking your podcast on iTunes, thank you, Sir!👍🤘😎

Love the intro 🤘 you have a new subscriber keep it up buddy

That cunning stunts performance of My friend of misery part is just perfect....and it opens a lot of questions. Someone brave and talented could do one hell of a job by covering and rearanging that song....

My friend of misery is my favorite track. Allthou it does turn into "stadium rock" towards the end, like most of the other tracks

I love seeing load and reload mashup list. I usually have it at Fuel, Aint my Bitch, Better than You, I Disappear (Its of that era), King Nothing, Untill it Sleeps, Hero of the Day, Devils Dance, Unforgiven II, Bleeding me and outlaw torn

I love that editing haha! I suppose it takes more time, but it sure pays off.

4:21 I see what you did there😏

Don't forget about the cowbell in My Friend of Misery's chorus...

Almost to 100k, man, keep going!

Within songs, they often transposed keys in sections. Part of 'The Struggle Within' is in G minor and a lot of the songs go from E to F# minor.

wait what as soon as I thought of Metallica and opened RU-vid, I see Andriy's video. that can't be a coincidence!

Still believe that Black Album is a logical extention of the direction they were going in on AJFA.

Yeah, I have always thought that there are songs/parts on Load/Reload that if the blues sound waa minimized on, they could have been on the Black Album, or made Black Album Part 2 (which I'm sure would have also been very successful, maybe more successful than Load/Reload). Also, I do agree and have noticed that some songs on the previous albums in the 80s could have fit on the Black Album as well, or hinted at it. Songs like For Whom the Bell Tolls, Thing That Should Not Be, Harvestor of Sorrow (and maybe their 80s ballads too or other midpaced songs like Creeping Death, Ride the Lightning, Escape?, Master of Puppets, The Four Horsemen, No Remorse, or maybe even The Shortest Straw or something else of AFJA). If you want to see what I mean, go check out StateofMercury's channels of the songs from the 80s if there were on the Black album. Sounds really great in my opinion, and made me realize how they could fit the Black album's style. Also, interesting thought on a link album between AJFA and the Black Album. I feel Death Magnetic would fit nicely there (thought it was released in 2008). I feel it has a good combination of complex/thrashy from AJFA, and midtempo/strsightforwardness of Black Album. Just a thought though. Hardwired is the same but with more emphasis on Black album/Load/Reload influences (midtempo/strsightforwardness with more blues stuff than on Death Magnetic). I feel like Death Magnetic could have also come right after the Black Album as well, or something like it: a fusion of past thrashy/complexity with midtempo/strsightforwardness of just released Black album. Nonetheless, interesting to think songs on albums like Load/Reload, Death Magnetic, and Hardwired that could fit the Black Album and make a Black Album part 2 almost. I have always felt as well that there were thrashy parts on the Black album as well, in songs like Holier Than Thou, Don't Tread on Me, Through the Never, Of Wolf and Man, and The Struggle Within. But anyways, I do think it is a grest album, one of my favorites, especially production wise (the drum sound, bass tone, guitar tone are all great). Also, an unrelated and probably ridiculous idea, but what if they released something called the White Album? How would it sound I wonder, and how would it be similar or different to the Black Album, or whatever else we've heard from Metallica before? It is intdresting also to examine what I call the "wave of black albums" in the early 90s, where bands opted to go less thrashy/progressive and followed suite after or around the time Metallica released the Black Album. I'm talking albums like Countdown to Extinction/Youthanasia/Cryptic Writings by the other band, Sound of White Noise by Anthrax, The Ritual by Testament, Force of Habit by Exodus, I Hear Black by Overkill, Chaos AD/Roots by Sepultura, Renewal/Cause for Conflict/Outcast/Endorama by Kreator, Grin by Coroner (still pretty progressive album), The Human Factor/Hanging in the Balance by Metal Church (could even put Blessing in Disguise there), Cuatro/Drift/High by Flotsam & Jetsam, Art of Rebellion by Suicidal Tendencies, Independent/Heal by Sacred Reich, Something Wicked by Nuclear Assault, Distortion/Green by Forbidden, Mourning Has Broken by Sabbat, Set the World on Fire/King of the Kill/Refresh the Demon/Remains by Annihiliator, and I'm sure the list goes on.

Let me put my comment into context. I got into Metallica in mid-1986 aged 12. I quickly bought Master of Puppets (special order then even in the UK) and acquired copies of Kill ‘em All and Ride the Lightning. All good stuff and a huge range of music across these 3 albums. I recall reading about Cliff’s death in Kerrang magazine in maybe October 86. Justice came out in ’88 and I’m pretty sure I bought it in the first week or so of release. Now I had 4 albums (all quite different in their own ways, I fell out of love with Metallica for a while as they hadn’t released anything for so long, so when the Black album came out in ’91, I bought it on the day of release. First listen was forgettable, but in those days, I had the cassette (remember those) in my car. I probably didn’t change the cassette for maybe 4 months, just listening back and forth. Yes, I agree, it’s not a perfect album. But, it’s a damn good one and in reality lifted Metallica out of obscurity and made them much more accessible. If not for the success of the Back album, many of the others may not be as easy to come by. I quickly upgraded my various LPs, tapes and copies to CD versions. Every release since then has been bought on the day of release, apart from elements of St Anger, I’ve never been disappointed. Regardless, I appreciate your analysis, keep up the good work.

IMO the chorus riff of My Friend of Missery is awesome

I'm not entirely sure which album I heard first, but it's between Black Album's Enter Sandman, and Kill Em All's Seek and Destroy. I heard both all the time on the local rock/metal station as a kid.

Awesome editing friend!

Another great video!!

Yeah, well... That's just like, your opinion, man

The bass censor sound beep sounds like cliffs first strike on master of puppets.

My friend of Misery and The God that failed are 2 of my favorite black album songs. I definitely hope there is a demo without vocals the way Jason wrote it when the remastered box set comes out.

I love how u dig all these things up great job.😉

Nobody: Subtitles: *dutch*

Who likes the album?

Hey Andriy, I don't get all of your notifications, I got one for this, but not for the previous 2

I love 'Through The Never' ! It sounds closest to '...And Justice For All' out of everything on the black album, which is what I had hoped it would be a follow up to. I was both happy with new the sound of this album, as it was still a great album, and disappointed as well, because it wasn't anything like anything previous albums, mainly "Justice", as it was still fresh in my mind. I still play the shit out of that album. The black album ? I can't remember the last time I listened to that for more than a song or two at a time.

You have Jason Newsted's haircut, that's uncanny

Wherever I may roam is probably my favourite Metallica song.

Would have been interesting to recreate My Friend Of Misery as instrumental combining live versions and the studio one.

So close to 100k!!!!

Idk why I just find it so wholesome he calls us friends 😂😭

Don't Tread on Me is the best song on the Black Album. Weird that it was held in such low regard by it's authors

Merry Christmas, Andriy!

Enter Sandman was the first song I think I heard by Metallica, but the first album I listened to was Kill em all, I didn't even know what thrash was yet, but I fell in love with it from the start.

Despite the fact that the whole album is great.. "Don't tread on me" is a masterpiece!

Not gonna agree with those comparissons on Hardwired songs

Love your stuff dude keep it going

I love ur edits and humour

My favorites on the Black album are Holier Than Thou and My Friend Of Misery. They really are stand out tracks and weren't overplayed on the radio if played at all. The middle part of Misery is a beautiful rendition that could have been a part II to To Live is To Die. But I agree that a good majority of the album has filler. And I really can't stand Enter Sandman much anymore. lol

Strange... The chorus from My Friend Of Misery is one of my favourite moments of that album

Maladec, Andriy, MetalliGeek kicks ass!

Its great that there are podcasts about metallica on itunes, but couldnt you put them on spotify too?

By the way, I like dome Hardwired songs better than dome filler stuff on the Black Album

Did anyone else get a SlipKnot music video as an ad on this video????

2:13 Metallica II KING NOTHING Track list: 1. Fuel 2. King Nothing 3. Minus Human C Tuning 4. Until It Sleeps Balled One 5. Where The Wild Things Are 6. The Memory Remains 7. No Leaf Clover 8. Low Man’s Lyric Balled Two 9. The Outlaw (Instrumental) 10. Fixxxer. The album would be in c# tuning which works with jazz sounds of music and it hits like a meteor and the album would be at literally 58 minutes long

In fade to black you talk about how the heavy musical interlude serves as the chorus between the slow verses. Perhaps that's what they should have done with my friend of misery. As in just not putting any lyric in that part. I always liked that song though. Even the chorus!

Andriy is like the Davie504 of Ukraine but without bass

My ad is literally just the new slipknot song

Nice, thanks for the video

I love ya Andriy! Greetings from Romania!

its a very good album, but the songs all seem a little abridged and a bit overproduced. I really wish they played other songs from the album than just sad but true, sandman, unforgiven, wherever I may roam, nothing else matters. Probably their most mainstream album My friend of misery is great when played as a jam live, shoulda been an instrumental song

My mother always says that the 80s were the orange age

Woo July 5th 1992 - Allentown, PA - my first show ever when I was 10 (almost 11!) - sorry. love seeing old concert shirts lol.

Very few bands are doing new and revolutionary stuff a decade and five albums into their career. The record isn’t groundbreaking but it was a great way to bring new people to both Metallica and metal more widely. I was 11 when it came out and was already interested in metal from my minimal exposure from Iron Maiden having a couple of U.K. no. 1 singles in my childhood that actually got some radio play. A friend’s brother letting me hear the Black Album was the starting point for me seeking out actual metal after years of loving my Dad’s Queen and Deep Purple records. I started buying Kerrang! and hanging out with the guys in school who were metalheads. I picked up a guitar a couple of years later and my teen years were heavily influenced by my discovery of heavy music.

Nice haircut man

Holier than thou, was one of my favourites :(

Actually, Misery is the only one of the three songs debuted on the anniversary tour that's made any appearance in a standard set. They played it in Melbourne in 2013.

being a tallica fan since 1985 and all the way up to load... i rellay dont understand the critisism of the black album.. what i like the most about tallica is the hard the power, the tempo changes the breaks tha solos. the power... all that is not on the black album... and yet, i find it an AMAZING album.... the songs u mention here as some bad songs, i think are wonderfull .. somehow, they manage to be all what i love from the first 4 albums.. without doing it... the riffs the melodies the sound does it all to me... theres no need for alot of different riffs, no need for alot of tempochange breaks and all the great stuff..... the songs alone does the trick... somehow :)'

"I don't know why"

My favorite music from Metalica is My friend of misery and its guitar solo for me is the best ever. My opinion!

In my teens, I would buy a whole album just for a couple of songs, though I then listened to the rest as well. Some of them I lived, some not, and I bet I wasn't the only one like that.

I liked the 'Overload' idea. And made a playlist on Spotify! Let's hear it!! \,,/

video has some editing issues, but it doesnt affect the quality🤟

Coming from the Thrash-recordsThe Black Album was not "playing it safe" at all.

When I listen to this record it starts on track 2. Sandman was one of the first from them i had heard and then subsequently learned to play. I just can't do it any more

I’ve been here since 900 subscribers and I knew you’d be big man. I’m so proud of your success. Keep it up

The Black album is when I lost my love of Metallica. In my opinion And Justice For All is the best Metallica album and after that kill ‘em all.

What a coinsidence, I just watched Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker

Bonus cool points for the use of subjunctive 😁😎