My First Time Listening to ...And Justice For All by Metallica | My Reaction 

Dyers Eve still gets me emotional. You can hear the venom pouring out of James.

One was one of the first songs I tried to learn when I started playing bass, but I could never figure it out because there’s no freaking bass on this album. Some guys wanted me to go play it with them and I told them I didn’t know it and they said we’ll just play it with my volume at zero. I guess if Metallica did it I’m certainly nobody to complain.

Blackened is absolute god tier. Will always remember popping the cassette into the tape deck and hearing that intro for the first time. Life changing

Im glad youre back

i wish i could hear this album for the first time again, great video btw

Fun fact: the guitar in to live is to die in 19:03 , is the last riff Cliff Burton wrote before his passing, and they never played that song live until around 2010 or 2015 (i don't remember the exact date)

Today’s the 37th anniversary of Cliff Burton’s death. He was the original Metallica bassist. This album is the first album with their new bassist, Jason Newsted. As part of his hazing, the band members completed muted all of his bass lines. You can find RU-vid videos with his bass lines in the album that’s entitled “And Justice For Jason.”

James' rhythm on the whole album is immense but especially on Frayed Ends. Riffs for days on this thing.

This album was released in 1988. The bass player Cliff Burton died in 1986. The band was in the depths of grief. James also talked of how the death of Cliff reopened wounds regards his mother's death when he was a youngster. Their most technical album. Kirk's solos are amazing on this album.

This is the Metallica album I grew up with, I can't wait to see what you think of it!!

I’ve noticed your observations becoming more and more interesting and astute as I’ve followed your channel. Your mention of the softer sections sounding like “springtime” and the heavy drums on one mimicking the gunfire at the start were genuinely on point! Keep it up :)

My older sister got me this album for Xmas, as she didn't have it. I think I was 15. I had the first 2 tracks on repeat for an hour. I'd never heard anything so complex. I understand the love for MoP, but this album will always have a soft spot with me.

When the world needed her most, she returned! :D Also this was the first Metallica record I listen to.

I am so excited to see your Metallica journey! Much like the dynamics on this album, their discraphy is going to be quite surprising as you get deeper into it!

Ur reactions are amazing. You vocalise everything I feel bit can't put into words. Thank you

Welcome back Molly! Missed ya. 💯👍

Really thoughtful and descriptive comments. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts!

Man. If I could go back and experience this album for this first time. I know this album like the back of my hand and just seeing you react to certain musical points was great.

Let’s go you finally reacted to this Album🙏. One of my favorite albums

Been looking forward to this reaction! This came out a few weeks before my senior year of HS started. It's pretty much what everyone was listening to that first semester.

Such a masterpiece, and boy were they pissed off when they made this album, and rightly so. I don't care what anybody says about the mixing on this album, the chug and heaviness of those riffs - totally scooped - is MY THING!!! Also it was a statement: We've lost our bass-player, so there is no bass. I know that was rough for Jason, but he was put into an impossible situation when he joined them after the death of Cliff. Point: The chugginess of those riffs and that scooped, dry mix is what I still define as the ultimate Progressive Thrash sound! I just LOVE IT! Bass players: Follow the riffs of the guitars or go away... HAhahahahaa....

Обожаю ...And Justice For All. Он всегда заряжает меня творческой энергией и силой к жизни. Спасибо за обзор!

Amazing reaction! Absolutely loving your Metallica journey!

Yes! My favorite music reviewer reacting to my favorite album of all time! I’m glad you liked this. I love that you call super aggressive heavy metal drumming “percussion” like they’re a tropical samba band. I love that you say A CUE STICK instead of acoustic and I love that you refer to their fast songs as “fun speediness”. Great review from a great reviewer!! Suggestion for next one: NIN “The Downward Spiral”.

A classic and "To Live is To Die" and "Dyers Eve" are timeless. This whole album has that raw fist in your face atmosphere

This is a great album. Glad you enjoyed it. Molly, you have a radio voice! I could totally hear you on like an overnight program. "That was Track 1, Blackened by Metallica..." So cool. Glad I found your channel. Looking forward to more. Keep up the good work, and stay Metal!

Just got home from a trip time to check this out- I'm already pumped

Imagine listen One for the first time, what an experience! Continue your journey with the Metallica albums, very fun to watch Molly!

love your comments, is nice to hear your "out of the box" words of this masterpiece of metal music. cant wait yours for the "Unforgiven" song in black album!

This is my favorite Metallica Album, Still wish Cliff could of been on it.

Molly is back and with a KILLER album!

Finally you’re back again, welcome back!

Nice one!! 👏This is my fav from them, keep it up!! 👍

I love your narrating. You speak in a very soothing manner. Love AJfA 🤘🏻

Loved your reaction! 🤠

May be my favorite album from them, the dynamics make it so memorable. Blackened is a good song to put as your alarm I'll say that. Great reaction!

Just discovered your channel, glad to see people's first reactions to such classic albums and bands. Wonder if one day you will do such band as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. They're not full on metal, but very great rock band

this was posted on my birthday, wish i would have watched it at the time because perfect birthday gift

OMG!! I missed you Molly! ☺️☺️

She has returned! Good to see you back! As to the album, I like it! Jason Newstead took over for Cliff Burton very nicely (however no one can ever replace Cliff Burton) and One was the first track from Metallica I have ever heard, and I have been a Metallica fan since. Best time to ask, which Metallica album have you enjoyed the most so far? Me, do I have to say it? It's Ride the Lightning! It's the album that I associate with Metallica the most. Master of Puppets is a close 2nd and,,,,And Justice for all is 3rd. Glad to see you back!

So excited for your reaction to metallicas (black) album 😳can’t wait😁

I love this album, it isn't the same level as the albums before it but its still amazing and it's probably the most technical and progressive album they've done. Glad to have you back, one hell of an album to come back with

I was just wondering where you've been! Looking forward to the video. Hope all is well! Today's request : Voivod-Nothingface. One of the most unique bands in metal history.

Welcome back, Molly! ...AJFA is my fav Metallica album, can't wait to hear your thoughts.

That dive bomb at the end of the solo of and justice for all is just so epic

I feel bad for you having not heard this album before. One is one of my favorite songs of all time. Great video as always love seeing your reactions. From seeing all your other reactions I highly suggest you listen to the pierce the veil album the jaws of life!

Nice reaction. Also, nice DVDs.

This is James's angry album from a vocal standpoint. Probably my favorite Metallica album

Welcome back, I missed you. I noticed that I like your facial expression. I'm not so good at English, and I apologize if my comment is rude. I expect your reaction to black album so much.

In my humble opinion this is Metallica’s best album. James’ voice is deeper and more abrasive fitting the lyrical themes of political corruption and paranoia found throughout the album, and the more vulnerable emotional damage explored on Dyers Eve. The music also is their most interesting and dynamic of their 80s albums, sacrificing some of the all out speed of earlier albums for parts that are slower or mid tempo in pace which just helps to enhance and intensify the more aggressive parts, and even though the songs for the most part are very long and don’t follow conventional song structures they’re never boring. The only minor gripe I have with this album is that the bass guitar is buried under everything, but even on their prior records that was always the case as well, it’s just more infamously noticeable here, but with music this great it almost doesn’t even matter.

The most weird and wonderful metal album. If you let yourself love the sound, you’ll absolutely love the music. To Live Is To Die is a top 5 song for me.

Thanks for your reaction. My favorite album of all time. Listened to it thousands of times, great lyrics, mastery play, heaviness, power and fantastic solos. Everybody on its peak. All haters blame Jason on his bass play. Don't agree at all, in this case his playing along brings so much more heaviness into the songs. None of their later albums brought that perfection. My dream would listen to a concert with songs just of that album.

This was the last classic Metallica album for me, after this they mellowed down almost into a different band. Some people loved it and they made a lot of money from it. The album is notorious for their being hardly any bass on it but that's what makes it the unique classic that it is!

Metallica was my first metal concert for this specific album's tour. You talk about the growing start of the album then the music explodes. They did that at the live show, and when the music starts these mortar shell/explosions went off. My hearing immediately went to just high pitched tinnitus/whine so loud I couldn't even hear them even though I could see them on that stage playing. Quickly though it came back and I loved it. Though my ears rang for a day or so afterwards, but I never told my mom in case I could see them again. :)

Welcome back!! Oh one of my fav Metallica albums I love the dark and metallic (kinda industrial) sound it has. Lars at his peak

HELL YEAAAA I LOVE THIS ALBUM AS WELL!!! I would love too see your reaction to the next album The self titled Black album!!!

My favorite Metallica album believe it or not. Love the guitar tone on it

Great reaction 👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘 also I just want to let you know that, Harvester of Sorrow that you heard is absolutely nothing compared to its live versions. It is one of the heaviest songs of all time when they play it live. And its best version is their Moscow 91 performance. You should definitely watch that performance. It's legendary 🤘🤘🤘 I never listen to the studio version, but I have 4 different live performances of it on my playlist

Also just curious, I know your mentioned your uploads would be more randon and sporadic, but do you know how often you'll be uploading? (Once a week, bi-weekly?Monthy?)

Yes and yes and then a third yes and a fourth and a fifth (and I can go on with this for hours on end, I really can). A legendary review :)

fav metal album ever

E esse é o meu álbum favorito do Metallica, obra prima!!!!

My favorite Metallica album of all time, and it's not really close. Favorite song on this album- Frayed Ends of Sanity. And yes, it's all better with the bass remastered in. Still. Epic. Also, your shelf has changed. i noticed because if those are all your movies then great taste :)

My favourite Metallica album by far. MIXING BE DAMNED!

the difference between this album and the next one is pretty big to say the least. its their most commercially successful album to date. it'll be interesting to see what you think. from here through the next few albums their sound goes through a pretty huge change before they end up circling back more towards their earlier sound. you'll see.

A radio station here in the philippines has the songs in this album.

You should watch the official music video to "one" it's a whole different experience to the album version

Dyers Eve is my favorite song, i love it Please, i really want your reacción to Helloween Albums, every álbum is unique and different Saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽

The only version of this album i listen to is "....And Justice for Jason" bass youtube video 🤣🤣🤣

Fun fact: the beginning intro is reversed guitar! I love your genuine reaction keep up the good work!

Nice to see ya 👋

Welcome back.

I would love to hear your thoughts on a Lamb of God album. Ashes of the Wake might be a good place to begin if you have not listened to them before. They are a metal band with some epic, seriously evil sounding riffs. Having followed you for a while, I think you might like them!

I'm not much of a fan or that into Metallica but it is nice to hear every now and then something from a band like them and go _"Oh yeah I can totally hear the influence on future bands right here."_

Love your reactions! Hope you'll do my favourite Metallica album too, the Black Album.

The best album they will ever produce in my opinion

The next album takes a bit of a turn. I look forward to your reaction.

This is my favorite Metallica album, and To live is to die is my favorite track. Very much agree, a masterpiece :) Used to listen to that and Orion on repeat. You should check out the video for One if you haven't, it's got clips from the movie that inspired the song, Johnny got his gun. Very dark stuff.

Hope you’re doing well!

This album was my introduction to Metallica. It will probably be forever my favorite album.

A great album. I remember when it was released and a lot of people didn't like the sound of it. One reviewer said it sounded like it was recorded in a matchbox. It didn't have all the big boomy reverb and echo like previous albums. I really liked, and still really like, how it sounds. There's a serious lack of Jason's bass, but I've listened to the And Justice For Jason remix, and honesty I just prefer the original release. I mean, that's the way it came out back then. It sounds how it sounds. I almost think it was a blueprint for the nu-metal scene that came about in the 90's. Tight, in your face, sounds as opposed to big boomy concert hall sounds. Slayers South Of Heaven also came out in 1988 and is also awesome. People give Lars a hard time these days, but back when Justice came out he changed the game. I remember repeatedly watching the video for One, and the double kicks, and being in awe. All my friends were too

I know this might be an unusual suggestion but you need to check out Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (aka "The New World Symphony"), and it definitely needs to be Leonard Bernstein's version from 1962 (the only one that got the tempo right). It's a classic and I think very entertaining for those accustomed to metal music.

Watch their official "One" video and it will give good context to that great song. That video was immaculately edited and produced. You'll definitely get a different perspective about the song while watching and listening as supposed to just listening to it. My favorite song on the album!

This one is probably my favorite though I do love some of the later songs too.

Which one your favorute album of metallica that you have done?

The start of The Frayed Ends of Sanity is used in the wizard of oz

Fun Fact: 'One' is their very 1st video -and, imo, their best. Lars (the drummer) was just on the 'Smartless' podcast and had a bit of the history of it. Super interesting! Also, that video literally switched my musical taste from gangster rap to metal.

You should try listening to Living Sacrifice’s Reborn album. It is metalcore/groove metal. I think you would like it and they are so underrated.

Shout out to Jason!! 😅 Also just wondering if you are willing to react to a Pantera album? Great commentary!!

You NEED to start reacting to some Opeth. I’d recommend Still Life or Blackwater Park to start, but all their early records are incredible.

This album is in many ways a multi-faceted protest album. They cover topics from "climate change" with "Blackend", to dangers of capitalism, to injustice in law and politics, to pain and trauma of war, to the mistreatment of the mentally ill. Each song exploits and exposes another injustice in our world and protest against them. It's like a more modern day heavy metal version of a 60's protest album. Talking about the issues we face today. It's one of my favorites.

It's a masterclass in song writing, and probably the platinum standard for what Metal as a genre can produce.. buy boy is it mixed like dogsh*t. And you think that'd of been the end of bad Metallica mixing but they somehow toppled their efforts here with St. Anger and Death Magnetic. And I know how everyone talks about how they took Jason's bass out but honestly I find the drums harder to listen to than the lack of bass. Maybe that's because there is no bass that the drums sound extra dry but geez is it fatiguing. Excited to check out your reaction, it's a pinnacle effort in terms of musicianship.

Blackened and the Justice album was my intro to Metallica and heavy metal back in '89 as a g'n'r addled 14yr old. to this day i still think Hetfield's justice amp tone is the best ever. (even without Newsted filling in the bottom end;)

You got the Black album video coming? That's going to blow your mind.

The Justice album is what I coin a “Grief Album”. It was written, performed and recorded in a way where three young men carried on business as usual immediately after the death of bassist Cliff Burton. However, as people process grief , it bleeds through their everyday routine in ways they cannot fully understand. That’s why this album stands out. It’s dark gritty, and very upset and balls to the wall. And it also cries unexpectedly as it does in To live is to Die, then they let out the pain in Dyers Eve. Justice is a very emotionally honest album. It’s a treasure

Drum’s? Yes, please!

“One” is my favorite Metallica song. It made me wanna watch the movie they used for samples; “Johnny Got His Gun”.

Here we go ladies and gentlemen😉

In case you didn't know track 8 "To Live is to die" was a tribute song for Cliff Burton who died on a bus crash. The spoken words near the end was Cliff's poem

To me this is peak Metallica. Everyone goes OFF on this album, the drums, the guitars, the vocals! The big energy and thick intensity mix perfectly with smooth lighting fast riffs and vocals. Please check out Paranoid by Black Sabbath. You'll love it!