This song reminds me of my dad, who committed suicide when I was 20, he was a war vet and Metallica was his fav band. I only play it twice a year, on his birthday and on a day he decided to end his life. Happy Birthday Dad.
As a Veteran that has been diagnosed with terminal cancer every time I hear the words to this song I know exactly what he is saying!! I’ve been fighting this for going in four years now, and that’s just when I was diagnosed. Who knows how long I had it before they found it. Either way, the words are so true and I am jammin to the baddest m f ers to ever hit the stage!!! God is Great!!
Summer 2014. Me and my friends were driving back from the beach. When we arrived home and were about to leave the car, this song started to play. We stayed inside and enjoyed the entire song in complete silence. Still today one of the best memories and moments I've ever had.
Thanks Tyler for these beautiful lines.... yes, this song amazes me over and over and over again. It's actually too beautiful to exist at all. Unearthly. Magical. Epic.
I am 80 years old and am never tired of listening to them - they have a unique style and unbelievable arrangements. The singer is exceptional - their music will live on forever.
I am 66 and have seen Metallica 31 times. I can not imagine what life would have been like without their music. Met James in Costa Rica in 2016 and got the chance to thank him for everything Metallica has done for me.
Especially when you are going through a dark time in life. I'm 44 I've been listening to Metallica since I was 14, that 30 years. I don't listen them all the time but I always go back to them when I'm in pain. This song always gets all bawled up inside
Think yes. But no I listened to relieve the hurt and make me feel better. Other than a handful of songs I'm smiling n rocking the whole time. Not crying or being hurt by no means! Maybe I'm more about the instrumentals rather than the lyrics but no I don't listen to s*** that makes me cry on hurt.
This song reminds me my father. Lost his life to brain cancer 11 years ago. Metallica helped me through so much shit .... They're simply THE greatest things that ever happened to rock/metal
unless you are on a mobile phone you shouldnt get ads,sadly its part of the you tube app agreement ( terms n conditions) bet you get that upgrade to premium pop up quite a lot? very annoying :/
They are history ... Rip circa 1991 and I would give them 91 Black as it was good... they are playing on salvage time... James voice is not even close to what it was..
Kirk’s final solo in this version is one of my all time favorite pieces of music. It always gives me the release of emotion I need at times. So beautiful 🤘🏼
Considering this was posted 13 years ago and so many people have come back to watch this today shows just how incredible they are. Their music just speaks to you! Absolutely love it!
The moment when I first saw and heard Fade to Black on a concert was one of the most emotionally extrange momments of my life. I was 100% happy and 100% sad at the same time. I was drowning in tears but smiling even with my eyes. I've never felt like that before, nor after again in my life.
The moment I first heard this, I felt chills and got hardcore goosebumps. The feeling you get, when listening to this song is amazing. It will always be my favorite song of all time, so emotional and sad, yet awesome.
Considering how "dark" these lyrics could be interpreted, I have always found this song extremely beautiful and uplifting. For me it very much gives me the feeling of wanting to overcome depression and anxiety. Not by ending my life, but by finding the will to overcome my challenges and carry on. Very ironic considering the song talks about giving up.
i am sincerely glad to hear that. i, myself, used to have suicidal thoughts due to depression until God delivered me. This song reminds me....as if i need reminding....what it was like....where God brought me out of.
it's the beauty of music, it touches people so differently. As you do, I have the same uplifting sensation when I dont pay attention to the lyrics. cheers!
I choreographed a ballet to early metallica. Fade to black an excellent example did use a zipper studio version. But ya know. We need more metallica ballet matches. They are the nutcrackers.
This is probably the best Metallica song for two reasons: 1. The sexiness of the harmony/melody connection 2. Lars actually finds a sweet spot and for a few minutes there sounds like a good drummer And that's just beautiful.
thegorn68 Lars can surely play better drums than your sorry ass and he definitely has alot more money than your broke ass so shut it ,,watch what you say about people,,
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ALIVE!! Simply Put.....This Song is Rock n Roll in its Purest Form.... from an Extremely Talented Band. This LIVE version of Fade to Black is AWESOME!! And this from a guy who is not a huge Metal Fan. But love some Metallica!!
do you like Orion? it's my favourite Metallica tune well it's on the master of puppets my favourite Metallica album! and.One that's another amazing tune from the and justice for all album, if you like a couple of their tunes there's nothing stopping you from listening to more they are an amazing band!
oh my god, I realize that I was 17 when the 1st Metallica album came out and I'm 56 today and I still listen with so much pleasure to this mega metal band. long live metallica and all the fans
thank you Metallica for helping me hold on to life when everything seems hopeless. when you're depressed and feeling hopeless this song strikes a chord deep within. just spreading a sense of hope that not everything is lost and people have felt the same way before and have overcome it. THANK YOU JAMES,KIRK,LARS,CLIFF,JASON.
That's good if you feel like that about this one. But I find it odd since this is about giving up and wanting to die. Wish it would help but just describes how I feel on and off. I would more think this song pushes people to do it.
I honestly think James is underrated and underappreciated for his guitar playing. The dude is one of the best rhythm guitarists around and can shred the fuck out of a solo, all while also singing. The dude has talent and is criminally underrated in my opinion.
I disagree, he is not underrated. People consider him a riff lord. He might not be the lead guitarist Sweep picking around, but his talent as a rhythm player are second to none. He's a legend for sure.
@@DMulisha13 I know most people know, especially Metallica fans. But outside that i feel like he's underappreciated for his playing. Thats all i meant haha
Ive met a guy 8y ago that introduced me to playing guitar and not just playing Metallica ,but to feel music. He was a great guitarist. He went to Paco and Metallica numerous times. We drank to this song just 2 weeks ago and while we were playing it he was getting angry at me because I was playing it faster than it is.He passed away yesterday. You will never be forgotten buddy, and I will never listen to this song the way I did before, THANK YOU !
I listen to all genres of music ranging from 17th century classical to rap but I have never heard a more soulful and heart wrenching song like this. Probably the greatest song ever.
My very first concert I have ever attended was Metallica back in the 90’s in Germany 🇩🇪. Happy to report that I passed the appreciation to my children. My 21 year old learned to play Guitar and jams with his siblings 16, 7 and 5 to Metallica. I have done something right in my life.
Best thing .... my son wouldn't touch my guitars then. Till I got sick, heart attacks. Now I play guitar and sing songs at a nearby church, begging for my foods and heart medicines. Im trying to learn this piece. Hope to play this one day. Even if I cut the song to smaller parts to suit my playing. God bless you man. I know it's a year before, but us Metallers never gets Old.
First concert my kids went to at 14 and 16 was Metallica in San Francisco. Blew their minds. They still blast them 5 years later and talk about it. No one else plays live like them. Ive been to at least 20 other concerts of other bands/groups. No one does it like Tallica!
let me ask this question about the people who disliked this masterpiece. so these people came in watched the video listened to this song and decided to dislike this?? I mean wtf!!
OH.. so sorry Mr Metronome with perfect Pitch it was completely unlistenable was it ? LMFAO.. idiot AND.. if i may ask, as you a Professional Musician or composer or in any way professionally associated with the music industry
Just saw Metallica in Buffalo for the first time live. Hetfield made a statement about suicide mid song at the transition point. Told the audience it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem - he said, someone loves you. We love you. Ive loved this band since the first time I heard them but I have a profound respect for Hetfield now. He's a great person as well as great musician.
@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 brother, I don't know who you are but hope you're still here and things got better. Know that a metalhead here is wishing you the best. Tomorrow is always a new day.
I love the fact that during a song about suicide they take the time to stop and mention “are you alive? how does it feel to be alive?”pretty responsible.
This song is not about suicide, but about making it and beeing alive after all problems accuring in your life. One should not give up. "Missing one inside of me" but still living. Let the dead part of you go, but stay.
Hetfield has written this song during their Europ tour. All their material has been stolen, amps guitars etc.. They lost some hope to perform the tour, but the band with whom they share the stage let them play with instrument. Sorry for my unperfect english cheers
@@WasilijSaizev I'm pretty sure it's about suicide since it talks about losing the will to live and at the end he says "Death greets me warm , Now I will just say goodbye" and it fades. (Fades to black)
@@Draddex no, this is the change inside of you. The thing, you lose is your part, that fades to black. It's the part where the music changes in the song. Since he is ascing people:"Are you alive?" He said that in the interview.
@@WasilijSaizev "It's a suicide song, and we got a lot of flak for it, as if kids were killing themselves because of the song. But we also got hundreds of letters from kids telling us how they related to the song and that it made them feel better." -James Hetfield in an interview with Guitar World (1991). Hetfield also explained that he and Lars were obsessed with death while making the album. So yes, the song is about suicide. The reason why the song is so popular and why it's such a masterpiece is because so many people including myself relate to feelings portrayed in the lyrics.
Life, it seems, will fade away Drifting further every day Getting lost within myself Nothing matters, no one else I have lost the will to live Simply nothing more to give There is nothing more for me Need the end to set me free Things not what they used to be Missing one inside of me Deathly lost, this can't be real Cannot stand this hell I feel Emptiness is filling me To the point of agony Growing darkness taking dawn I was me, but now he's gone No one but me can save myself, but it's too late Now I can't think, think why I should even try Yesterday seems as though it never existed Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
This song has pulled me out of some tough times, and has really gotten me up and moving. I've listened to Metallica since I was 6 and I won't stop now. Absolute masterpiece
The moment when I first saw and heard Fade to Black on a concert was one of the most emotionally extrange momments of my life. I was 100% happy and 100% sad at the same time. I was drowning in tears but smiling even with my eyes. I've never felt like that before, nor after again in my life.
The song that completly changed my life... call me the exception that confirms the rule.... 17 years old, already done with life, this song somehow brought me back from a road to the end.
Dude, my heart breaks for you. So many people suffer due to so many things. Metallica has gotten me through more situations in my life than I could ever explain. Music is everything to me.
Im very glad this song was made. Most songs you hear these days are either cheesy love songs or about a women's ass. This song actually highlights a real issue in modern day society. And as someone who's felt suicidal in the past, this song helps allot.
I still remember the road trips to go work the iron with you my friend,we`d play this song over and over again but now you`re gone and i`m still here in 2020 listening and living....Til we meet again Kev....
Minha filha aprendeu a escutar Metallica comigo ,de presente de Natal dei a ela uma guitarra e um violão poucas vezes ela pegou já estava tocando as músicas q mais gostava .hj fazem 20 dias q ela se foi e o último pedido q ela fez a mim foi tocar fate to back no seu velório.e assim e fiz .pra sempre vou te amar minha eterna Bibi
You know what..I've listened Pink Floyd, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple etc. all great bands, solos, vocals...But this band is a another dimension. Since elementary school this guys always finds a way too get to my heart
This is the song (specifically the intro and Kirk's opening solo) that made me fall in love with the band, the genre, and the instrument. I was 14 or 15 years old listening to Ride The Lightning on my brand new CD player playing along with my starter guitar and this song started and I could just FEEL something change.
Powerful chords matched with very intelligent lyrics. Feel it deep in the soul every time I get the honor to listen and or watch these legends amongst men. 🍀
It's ' Sad but True' When 'Nothing Else Matters' All seams 'Unforgiven' You reach for 'Whiskey in the Jar' You 'Seek and Destroy' You longing for 'Day that never Comes' You thinking of 'Blackend' You 'Fade to Black' BUT 'The Memory Remains' 'now i will just say goodbye' ❤🎵🙌✌🤘💥
I lost one of my best friends in life to fucking drugs. We used to play Metallica a lot as a 3 person band. I miss him so much and feel so guilty that I wasnt there when I was needed. And Justice For All was that intro album that brought us together as teens. I love you Jason Worley, Im sorry I wasnt there for you.
Ur not guilty, life is complicated and, unfortunately 2 short. I play this song 4 my mother, my angel, and the loves of my life, i will see them soon keepyoheadup
Gabriel Bernabe I get chills from every second of every Metallica song (that I absolutely love) The Four Horsemen Seek and Destroy Jump in the Fire Ride the Lightning Creeping Death For Whom the Bells Tolls Fade To Black Call of Ktulu Master of Puppets Sanitarium Orion Disposable Heroes Battery Blackened One Harvester of Sorrow To Live is to Die Enter Sandman Sad But True That Was Just Your Life Moth Into Flame
Besides the whole song, i cant be the only one who get chills each time when after james nails the first verse of the riffs at 4:37 kirk kicks in the back with a slide and they go on, dude it is so epic that each time i replay it i get chills..
Seen em live in Dublin, just before Cliff passed away, 86 i think without google, dear god i cried, like when Phil Lynott died :{ Brilliant bass players ) in different ways XX love you guys, you made me hope & dream! Thank you Claiff, Phil - RIP & YNWA
Let's face it, they're not recording because they didn't have adequate means to do so. No one would be carrying a decent camera to a Metallica concert, but I'm sure everyone had their cell phones in their pockets. As soon as phones got halfway decent cameras slapped into them,... 🤷
@@cornflex8779 Agreed i hate looking at the comment sections of any live performances and there's always some stuck up music elitist, purists acting as if its music crime to record a live performance with their phones and blablabla good all days.....this generation sucks blabla back then people were better shut the fuck up already. Bet if we gave phone technology to people in the 1500s they would be recording Shakespeare or Beethoven plays as well. People are always going to be the same.
This was one of the first songs I heard from Metallica when I was 13 (I'm 25 now), and this Fade video was the first for this great song. I will always be grateful not only for this video and the performance, but also for Metallica. My favorite song of theirs that he heard in my worst moments and by force of fate I'm still here to continue listening to it. Metallica forever!!!!!
Greatest band of all time you could literally hit play on their cds or cassettes and just listen talented all the way around a national treasure for sure. Also them and Chevelle are 2 bands that sound the same or better live its unreal honestly gives me goosebumps reliving those concert memories.
@@mirkecWii That's completely truth!! Actually, I think that solo in the ending is 90% of the song, without it it's just another song. But they decided not to play it!!
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This song reminds me of my dad, who committed suicide when I was 20, he was a war vet and Metallica was his fav band. I only play it twice a year, on his birthday and on a day he decided to end his life. Happy Birthday Dad.
I am so sorry for your lose mate may he find the peace he was robbed of and salutes for his service to his country
I'm Sorry
This is my funeral song when im gone.
Gave me the chills too. Sorry for your loss. May his soul find peace.
ArchAngel` Naw I'm so sorry :(
As a Veteran that has been diagnosed with terminal cancer every time I hear the words to this song I know exactly what he is saying!! I’ve been fighting this for going in four years now, and that’s just when I was diagnosed. Who knows how long I had it before they found it. Either way, the words are so true and I am jammin to the baddest m f ers to ever hit the stage!!! God is Great!!
All the best bud. Lost my mother to it 6 months ago
Vet here too, permanent fucked up spine, is it service connected? If so are those asshole paying for everything?
@@salbill4484 tin foil hat looking extra pointy today
So many kisses to milan, i love you dont'forget
You're a legend brother rock on, this song has saved my life and always been there when I needed it even heard it live. Keep the fight going!
Summer 2014. Me and my friends were driving back from the beach. When we arrived home and were about to leave the car, this song started to play. We stayed inside and enjoyed the entire song in complete silence. Still today one of the best memories and moments I've ever had.
I WISH I HAD SUCH A LOYAL FRIEND
Fr. The first time I heard this song I just sat there for a good few minutes afterward
Good memories are great to have....
Nice story, God bless you bro.
Thanks Tyler for these beautiful lines.... yes, this song amazes me over and over and over again. It's actually too beautiful to exist at all. Unearthly. Magical. Epic.
Legendary Music that will never come again.......
You never know, pray we live long enough to see a renaissance of true art and beauty
I can't imagine a world without Metallica
zerkzy842 that is a horrible thought! It would be shit!
I'd rather not xD
I can't imagine Metallica without a world
A world without METALLICA? Of course not!
zerkzy842 there would be no world without Metallica
I am 80 years old and am never tired of listening to them - they have a unique style and unbelievable arrangements. The singer is exceptional - their music will live on forever.
Thanks for answering a question i sometimes make to myself. Will I still listen to the music I love when I am an oldman? It seems I will.
dang man, I wonder how people reacted to you back then in the 80s when you listened to Metallica.
Keep rockin dad😁
I am 66 and have seen Metallica 31 times. I can not imagine what life would have been like without their music. Met James in Costa Rica in 2016 and got the chance to thank him for everything Metallica has done for me.
I so agree with you.rock on
Metallica music is Dark. Its always been for decades. Its not a walk in the park. It makes you think , hurt, cry.
Feel
Especially when you are going through a dark time in life. I'm 44 I've been listening to Metallica since I was 14, that 30 years. I don't listen them all the time but I always go back to them when I'm in pain. This song always gets all bawled up inside
Think yes. But no I listened to relieve the hurt and make me feel better. Other than a handful of songs I'm smiling n rocking the whole time. Not crying or being hurt by no means! Maybe I'm more about the instrumentals rather than the lyrics but no I don't listen to s*** that makes me cry on hurt.
Sometimes it hurts
Sometimes it hurts
This song reminds me my father. Lost his life to brain cancer 11 years ago. Metallica helped me through so much shit .... They're simply THE greatest things that ever happened to rock/metal
NOT EVEN ALL SONGS FROM TODAYS POP MUSIC CAN EVEN TOUCH THIS 1 SONG
MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GENRE WITH ANOTHER TARGETED AUDIENCE.
true words.
thats cause Metallica are true GODS OF ROCK
James Quinn Metal*
Согласен!
Getting an ad in the middle of the song should be illegal.
unless you are on a mobile phone you shouldnt get ads,sadly its part of the you tube app agreement ( terms n conditions) bet you get that upgrade to premium pop up quite a lot? very annoying :/
skip to the end of the video and click replay button then problem solved..
Who the fuck doesn't use adblock? If you're on your phone, change DNS settings to one that blocks ads.
David Jonsson Because I’m an old young person. I don’t know about these things lol
@@davidjonsson7165 these things make me feel illegal and not reliable :)
I will cry my eyes out when this band is nothing but history.
I will be right there with you.
@@stevetrook5155 oh
They are history ... Rip circa 1991 and I would give them 91 Black as it was good... they are playing on salvage time... James voice is not even close to what it was..
@@kurtbarlow9917 oh please sit back
oh please lets not even think of such a tragedy as that, talk about the day rock dies....
Kirk’s final solo in this version is one of my all time favorite pieces of music. It always gives me the release of emotion I need at times. So beautiful 🤘🏼
And as great a guitarist as he is, I watched an interview where he said he was amazed by how much better James is. Such an awesome song all around.
Agree 110 percent!🤟
It's so sad how he's stopped caring about making an effort for his solos nowadays
Considering this was posted 13 years ago and so many people have come back to watch this today shows just how incredible they are. Their music just speaks to you! Absolutely love it!
Couldnt agree more! we can never let this matter piece die
its is an amazing performance. As ALL Metallica performances are. But my favorite Fade To Black performance is from their Cunning Stunts concert.
It's now about 35 years after I first heard it, and it is still epic!
3:13 10.05 AD 2022 IT od great to bo alive ❤️🌹🌀💓🥂🍾🌁🌪️🌬️🌪️🌊🌀🍰🌋🤪❤️❤️❤️
Considering the song is actually 38 years old, makes it even more incredible :-)
This is real music . The feeling is unexplainable
The moment when I first saw and heard Fade to Black on a concert was one of the most emotionally extrange momments of my life. I was 100% happy and 100% sad at the same time. I was drowning in tears but smiling even with my eyes. I've never felt like that before, nor after again in my life.
Music is music, but this is good music
The moment I first heard this, I felt chills and got hardcore goosebumps. The feeling you get, when listening to this song is amazing. It will always be my favorite song of all time, so emotional and sad, yet awesome.
Fucking badass
Exactly
Considering how "dark" these lyrics could be interpreted, I have always found this song extremely beautiful and uplifting. For me it very much gives me the feeling of wanting to overcome depression and anxiety. Not by ending my life, but by finding the will to overcome my challenges and carry on. Very ironic considering the song talks about giving up.
i am sincerely glad to hear that. i, myself, used to have suicidal thoughts due to depression until God delivered me. This song reminds me....as if i need reminding....what it was like....where God brought me out of.
it's the beauty of music, it touches people so differently. As you do, I have the same uplifting sensation when I dont pay attention to the lyrics. cheers!
I choreographed a ballet to early metallica. Fade to black an excellent example did use a zipper studio version. But ya know. We need more metallica ballet matches. They are the nutcrackers.
He wrote this song cause some effa stole his amp
Makes me wanna create and achieve dreams
Fade To Black always will have a special place in my heart.
This is probably the best Metallica song for two reasons:
1. The sexiness of the harmony/melody connection
2. Lars actually finds a sweet spot and for a few minutes there sounds like a good drummer
And that's just beautiful.
Lars has FORGOTTEN more about drumming than you probably ever knew douche bag. Get an original thought fuck stick!
Easy now. Lars is an excellent drummer. He's just not a consistent drummer.
thegorn68 Lars can surely play better drums than your sorry ass and he definitely has alot more money than your broke ass so shut it ,,watch what you say about people,,
iTesla that was a low blow. I love it
iTesla ii
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ALIVE!! Simply Put.....This Song is Rock n Roll in its Purest Form.... from an Extremely Talented Band. This LIVE version of Fade to Black is AWESOME!! And this from a guy who is not a huge Metal Fan. But love some Metallica!!
Not a huge metal fan myself, more into Gnr, ACDC, Pink Floyd, but Metallica is friggin awesome
saaaaaame
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ALIVE!! Epic ... just so very epic! I love being alive, best part of life ever!
Michael A. Phillips THISSSS
do you like Orion? it's my favourite Metallica tune well it's on the master of puppets my favourite Metallica album! and.One that's another amazing tune from the and justice for all album, if you like a couple of their tunes there's nothing stopping you from listening to more they are an amazing band!
If this isn't played at my funeral I'm not going
John We4k lll same here
Your comment made me giggle...What a kick ass rock song!!!
@@lisahatton5718 rock? It is metal
@@furkanbursa5453 thank you for your opinion,but I call it rock and roll... Always have, always will..Rock on .🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@@lisahatton5718 It is not his opinion, it is officially metal, to be exact Metallica is thrash metal :)
oh my god, I realize that I was 17 when the 1st Metallica album came out and I'm 56 today and I still listen with so much pleasure to this mega metal band.
long live metallica and all the fans
@@zippydooda I miss when music was just music honestly. I much prefer things that way, those things don't need to be a part of everything.
thank you Metallica for helping me hold on to life when everything seems hopeless. when you're depressed and feeling hopeless this song strikes a chord deep within. just spreading a sense of hope that not everything is lost and people have felt the same way before and have overcome it. THANK YOU JAMES,KIRK,LARS,CLIFF,JASON.
What about Robert and Dave😂
I would rather thank them all but Jason and Mustaine as they probably havent even helped on composing this song
Vincent Prakash yes you are right listening to Metallicas songs makes me happy
That's good if you feel like that about this one. But I find it odd since this is about giving up and wanting to die. Wish it would help but just describes how I feel on and off. I would more think this song pushes people to do it.
This song doesn't offer hope. It's about suicidal depression that leads to death.
I honestly think James is underrated and underappreciated for his guitar playing. The dude is one of the best rhythm guitarists around and can shred the fuck out of a solo, all while also singing. The dude has talent and is criminally underrated in my opinion.
I disagree, he is not underrated. People consider him a riff lord. He might not be the lead guitarist Sweep picking around, but his talent as a rhythm player are second to none. He's a legend for sure.
@@DMulisha13 I know most people know, especially Metallica fans. But outside that i feel like he's underappreciated for his playing. Thats all i meant haha
I don't think he's underrated lol, I think the whole Metal community undividedly hold JH as the best or better of the guitarists
totally concur
amazing guitarist, great showman
I’ve probably watched every live version of this song on TH-cam. This one is the best.
Lol, me too. Can confirm, this is the best.
try irvine 1996
Seattle 1989 >>>
Slower intro solo, the atmosphere and the best outro solo improvisation by Kirk in my humble opinion make this one the best.
Hands down the best one out there
Una de las mejores y exclusivas joyas de metallica🔥🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎵🎵🤟🏻🤟🏻🌬🦇
Man I’ve heard this song so many times and it still manages to give me chills every single time
The emotion behind it makes my spine chill
I could not agree more
Same with me
yea
Beautiful
Ive met a guy 8y ago that introduced me to playing guitar and not just playing Metallica ,but to feel music. He was a great guitarist. He went to Paco and Metallica numerous times. We drank to this song just 2 weeks ago and while we were playing it he was getting angry at me because I was playing it faster than it is.He passed away yesterday. You will never be forgotten buddy, and I will never listen to this song the way I did before, THANK YOU !
Sure he did
@@submissivebottom2741 Ye you know. People never die lol
You should write some erotic stories, this is like really the start of some gay porno
Thats it...play with feeling...I have only been playing for almost 4 years and after all the theory it's paying off...I can disappear and get lost.
I liked the way kirk played the first solo slowly. It really captured the feel of the song's energy.
Dat prof pic, with dat comment...
Priceless
Unvergesslich die Jungs werden mein Herz ewig rocken 🎸☝️🫶Danke fürs hochladen
The best part from 0:00 to 8:25
right
👍
so right
LordSwaggy me too ^_^
Mischa
I listen to all genres of music ranging from 17th century classical to rap but I have never heard a more soulful and heart wrenching song like this.
Probably the greatest song ever.
U sir have my respect. I also think this is the best song ever
same
Nah Gucci gang is better, the emotions in that song is fucking heart-wrenching
Agreed. Best musical compilation
Same I love rap but damn thanks dad for getting me into legendary music like this
Everytime I'm fading to black I come here.
Simply one of the best songs ever written
Yes my friend, it is the best song ever.......
@@alfredkonig4639 Only Metallica could make a musical masterpiece about suicide
To my best friend Grace whom loved Metallica as much as I do you are missed and loved thank you James beautiful song!
So very sorry to hear about your friend. :) *hugs*
the first solo has an effect of a warm tender cuddle to my soul
Im with ya young lady. Kirks a beast
I honestly prefer what hetfield is playing in the background, so simple yet so beautiful. Acoustic sounds even better.
3:35 to 3:46 james is really feeling the song man! How the expression in his face changes
He probably remembered what inspired the song
Look at 2:53 to 3:02
Ozzy
My very first concert I have ever attended was Metallica back in the 90’s in Germany 🇩🇪. Happy to report that I passed the appreciation to my children. My 21 year old learned to play Guitar and jams with his siblings 16, 7 and 5 to Metallica. I have done something right in my life.
That’s awesome
Very cool.....
Absolutely! U rock 🤘🤘
Best thing .... my son wouldn't touch my guitars then. Till I got sick, heart attacks.
Now I play guitar and sing songs at a nearby church, begging for my foods and heart medicines. Im trying to learn this piece. Hope to play this one day. Even if I cut the song to smaller parts to suit my playing.
God bless you man. I know it's a year before, but us Metallers never gets Old.
First concert my kids went to at 14 and 16 was Metallica in San Francisco. Blew their minds. They still blast them 5 years later and talk about it. No one else plays live like them. Ive been to at least 20 other concerts of other bands/groups. No one does it like Tallica!
I couldn't imagine the world without my wife and my kids. The first was left me! My kids now is all my life.
let me ask this question about the people who disliked this masterpiece. so these people came in watched the video listened to this song and decided to dislike this?? I mean wtf!!
Diveen Varma
Kirks timing and James pitching ruined it for me personally.
they probably disliked for lars
Diveen Varma do not know what music is if it hit them in the salad
OH.. so sorry Mr Metronome with perfect Pitch
it was completely unlistenable was it ?
LMFAO.. idiot
AND.. if i may ask,
as you a Professional Musician or composer or in any way professionally associated with the music industry
IKR
January 1st, 2021 and still rocking to Metallica!
3rd.1.2021
@@mohdaken9536 4th
6th!
Metallica will be rocked for forever!
same
🖤
My fav all time song from Metallica and I'm going to be 71 in a couple of months !!!!! Damn they are the BEST !!!!!!
My favorite also am 61
Just saw Metallica in Buffalo for the first time live. Hetfield made a statement about suicide mid song at the transition point. Told the audience it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem - he said, someone loves you. We love you. Ive loved this band since the first time I heard them but I have a profound respect for Hetfield now. He's a great person as well as great musician.
You can sense the sincerity in James too. In his music and interviews. He means what he says.
@@timothysnow4107 Yes he gone through a lot in life to... Me to but my DEMONS ARE GETTING THE BEST OF ME NOW FRIEND
@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 hold on friend.
Absolutely love ❤️ 😍 Metallica!!!!!!
@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 brother, I don't know who you are but hope you're still here and things got better. Know that a metalhead here is wishing you the best. Tomorrow is always a new day.
And James was only about 21 when he wrote those lyrics too. Impressive stuff.
Sums up like what 21 feels like
& he wrote it because his favourite amp got stolen
I love ❤️ James❤
No way dude, everyone knows dave mustaine wrote everything. 😂😂
real talent of a genius 🐐
I'm pushiing 50, been listening to Metallica since I was 18, still the besytand only band to honor our veterans!
I specially love "Emptiness is filling me to the point of agony". Wow. That's so spot on. It truly amazes me.
The best part it doesn't fail to send chills all over my spine every time I hear it.
I love the fact that during a song about suicide they take the time to stop and mention “are you alive? how does it feel to be alive?”pretty responsible.
This song is not about suicide, but about making it and beeing alive after all problems accuring in your life. One should not give up. "Missing one inside of me" but still living. Let the dead part of you go, but stay.
Hetfield has written this song during their Europ tour. All their material has been stolen, amps guitars etc..
They lost some hope to perform the tour, but the band with whom they share the stage let them play with instrument.
Sorry for my unperfect english cheers
@@WasilijSaizev I'm pretty sure it's about suicide since it talks about losing the will to live and at the end he says "Death greets me warm
, Now I will just say goodbye" and it fades. (Fades to black)
@@Draddex no, this is the change inside of you. The thing, you lose is your part, that fades to black. It's the part where the music changes in the song. Since he is ascing people:"Are you alive?" He said that in the interview.
@@WasilijSaizev "It's a suicide song, and we got a lot of flak for it, as if kids were killing themselves because of the song. But we also got hundreds of letters from kids telling us how they related to the song and that it made them feel better." -James Hetfield in an interview with Guitar World (1991). Hetfield also explained that he and Lars were obsessed with death while making the album. So yes, the song is about suicide. The reason why the song is so popular and why it's such a masterpiece is because so many people including myself relate to feelings portrayed in the lyrics.
I am 52 years old and still in love with this band. Over 30 years and excited to hear them. Wishing myself to continue like them for another 30 years
Eines der besten Musikstücke die ich kenne ( Ich persönlich liebe es )
Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free
Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone
No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try
Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye
bambang setyawan Thanx!
bambang setyawa
How does somebody write lyrics like that. James hetfield is one of the greatest lyricists of all time no debate. Fade to black is a masterpiece
2008: When you can advertise how your video is in HD quality. It sure was a different time.
dude you should have been the top comment 🔥
Wow, HD Video! It's so sharp it's like I'm there. My mind is blown!
META is great without video too!!!
720p no less.
also the last year of good music...Sadly
one of the most melodic guitar piece in rock songs
This song has pulled me out of some tough times, and has really gotten me up and moving. I've listened to Metallica since I was 6 and I won't stop now. Absolute masterpiece
The moment when I first saw and heard Fade to Black on a concert was one of the most emotionally extrange momments of my life. I was 100% happy and 100% sad at the same time. I was drowning in tears but smiling even with my eyes. I've never felt like that before, nor after again in my life.
Sergio Lázaro Martínez amen brother, exact same situation with ya
@@derekknight9789 😂
Derrick knight I am a veteran.
This song DOES NOT ENCOURAGE SUICIDE!!! It helps me understand why they did it.
@@jeremyparr9448 wdym by "why they did it"?
The song that completly changed my life... call me the exception that confirms the rule.... 17 years old, already done with life, this song somehow brought me back from a road to the end.
💖
I know what you mean.
It saved me too.
i hope you are well and happy
@@xalau5270 I'm doing well, still dealing with some ghosts from my past but i've learned to live with it. Thank you for your kind post!
cant get much better than this..
This is Metallica’s best song. It shows how versatile they are and they’re just not a hard rock metal band.
Then again - this is still metal . . Only balad👍🏻👍🏻
Don’t forget One
Second best, one is the better song
Yes one and fade to black are without doubt two of my most favorite mettallica tracks. Because of the fact that it mixes metal and ballad.
Nothing else matters
Thanks,brother passed little over 5 years ago. His favorite song.
Masterpiece.
strange but everytime I hear their songs despite the lyrics I feel happy and energized.
Metallica THE BEST
Aida Lico pumps me up.>:)
it is catharsis
Dude, my heart breaks for you. So many people suffer due to so many things. Metallica has gotten me through more situations in my life than I could ever explain. Music is everything to me.
I honestly cannot believe that a song like this was made.
Im very glad this song was made. Most songs you hear these days are either cheesy love songs or about a women's ass. This song actually highlights a real issue in modern day society. And as someone who's felt suicidal in the past, this song helps allot.
@@w-james9277 he means it's too good to be true. Nothing negative
@@tieman3790 ik
For some reason, this was the most peaceful Metallica performance I've seen...
All hail Metallica!!!
🎸🤘🤘
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Hahaha 😂 right! Awesome!
@@motivationmusic4643 😂😂
Why do U even take uo the challenge...
😅
My favourite metallica song, and the first metallica song i heard 30 years ago. Got me through some tough times
I still remember the road trips to go work the iron with you my friend,we`d play this song over and over again but now you`re gone and i`m still here in 2020 listening and living....Til we meet again Kev....
My favourite song... No words.. Metallica is a living legend.
Согласен..у меня так же .стоит на вызове телефона))
@@Alex.Fedorov. 👍🔥✊️💖💥💖✊️🔥👍
Металлица всегда вовремя...
This song relaxes my soul.
I saw this video eleven years ago. it totally changed my life. Thanks Metallica for everything you’ve done for me
RIDE THE LIGHTNING WAS MY FIRST HEAVY METAL ALBUM..
I WAS TEN YEARS OLD ... (1985)
WAS A SHOT TO MY BRAIN..
Ismael Britez Servicios Aduaneros same!
Me too brother..
I seen Metallica 8 times and it never gets old
Down2# 4 life WOW
u lucky 😔
Only 8 times. My boyfriend and I met in Cal State Dominguez at the Metallica concert with Fight, Candle Box and Suicidal Tendencies in the 90's.
Fade to Black has to be one of the best songs ever written
Minha filha aprendeu a escutar Metallica comigo ,de presente de Natal dei a ela uma guitarra e um violão poucas vezes ela pegou já estava tocando as músicas q mais gostava .hj fazem 20 dias q ela se foi e o último pedido q ela fez a mim foi tocar fate to back no seu velório.e assim e fiz .pra sempre vou te amar minha eterna Bibi
Mr Hammet playing the guitar is just so sweet....unbelievable attention to the detail...that is so important by the way...I love this band
We will all have 30 years of memories of brokenhearted who either stayed or left .. this is for everyone
Man, I really hope you don't look up where the idea for this song comes from.
@@davejava5569 look it up. I'm not going to take heat for spoiling it for everyone.
@@DerFroschsCrackedEgg ok man thanks
You know what..I've listened Pink Floyd, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple etc. all great bands, solos, vocals...But this band is a another dimension. Since elementary school this guys always finds a way too get to my heart
Same for me.
have had several metallica periods in my life and im only 19 so im hoping for many more to come
This is the song (specifically the intro and Kirk's opening solo) that made me fall in love with the band, the genre, and the instrument. I was 14 or 15 years old listening to Ride The Lightning on my brand new CD player playing along with my starter guitar and this song started and I could just FEEL something change.
0:05 - 1:41 I'AM LISTENING THIS PART EVERYDAY. WHAT A SPIRIT.
That solo is pretty neat
😅😢😢🎉😂❤❤
Powerful chords matched with very intelligent lyrics. Feel it deep in the soul every time I get the honor to listen and or watch these legends amongst men. 🍀
I'm here in Houston, Texas on Christmas Eve 2020 at 10:11pm watching a video of the best band EVER! METALLICA!!!🤘 😎🤘
I have seen them in live show... the best band ever! They make you feel alive!
@@hks4133 Are you alive? How does it feel to be alive?
@@LundiForest Just great!
It's so deep and it hurts so much... This bands music will be immortal!!! Thank you Metallica
This tore me apart right now, right in the feels, kirks solo was unreal
Остынь Дядя.
It's ' Sad but True'
When 'Nothing Else Matters'
All seams 'Unforgiven'
You reach for 'Whiskey in the Jar'
You 'Seek and Destroy'
You longing for 'Day that never Comes'
You thinking of 'Blackend'
You 'Fade to Black'
BUT 'The Memory Remains'
'now i will just say goodbye'
❤🎵🙌✌🤘💥
that was beautiful
I lost one of my best friends in life to fucking drugs. We used to play Metallica a lot as a 3 person band. I miss him so much and feel so guilty that I wasnt there when I was needed. And Justice For All was that intro album that brought us together as teens. I love you Jason Worley, Im sorry I wasnt there for you.
I lιѕт мy вeaт ғrιend aт a yoυng age тoo. ιтѕ creepy нow мy вeѕт ғrιendѕ naмe waѕ Jaѕon alѕo. jaѕon Sтeιner. тнιѕ ѕong reмιndѕ мe oғ нιм. I нope тнaт yoυ ѕтay ѕтrong and ĸeep.yoυr нead υp.
+Miaa Blaze loѕт мy вeѕт ғrιend*
I lost My friend Janiya Thomas last year, and i play this song to remember her. R.I.P. Janiya.
John Grossl another cock and bull story :3
Ur not guilty, life is complicated and, unfortunately 2 short. I play this song 4 my mother, my angel, and the loves of my life, i will see them soon keepyoheadup
Anyone get goosebumps while singing the beginning? "life it seems will fade away, drifting further everyday"
+Michael NoLastNameHere same
Gabriel Bernabe
I get chills from every second of every Metallica song (that I absolutely love)
The Four Horsemen
Seek and Destroy
Jump in the Fire
Ride the Lightning
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bells Tolls
Fade To Black
Call of Ktulu
Master of Puppets
Sanitarium
Orion
Disposable Heroes
Battery
Blackened
One
Harvester of Sorrow
To Live is to Die
Enter Sandman
Sad But True
That Was Just Your Life
Moth Into Flame
Can't wait to get more goosebumps when I see them on August 11 in Seattle 🤘
Gabriel Bernabe was it a good gig man
Gabriel Bernabe I get goosebumps at "None but me can save myself,..." part everytime... so fucking epic
Besides the whole song, i cant be the only one who get chills each time when after james nails the first verse of the riffs at 4:37 kirk kicks in the back with a slide and they go on, dude it is so epic that each time i replay it i get chills..
Not the only one
2:53
I think that's one of my favourite live songs. MetallicA ForEver
hands down the best metal band ever.
Thank you Metallica
BeautyBySajida/ قناة ساجدة حسونة morning
One
Metallica one
One
sos China a mi me en canta ser chino sos linda bo
This song gives me so many emotions and feelings that I can’t explain and I love it
Seen em live in Dublin, just before Cliff passed away, 86 i think without google, dear god i cried, like when Phil Lynott died :{ Brilliant bass players ) in different ways XX love you guys, you made me hope & dream! Thank you Claiff, Phil - RIP & YNWA
You can tell it is an older concert because not everyone in the crowd is recording it, but rather enjoying the music
Let's face it, they're not recording because they didn't have adequate means to do so. No one would be carrying a decent camera to a Metallica concert, but I'm sure everyone had their cell phones in their pockets. As soon as phones got halfway decent cameras slapped into them,... 🤷
More like they fold and let them selves be told what to do now. It's sad what this country has turned into.
Thats how it should be not Instagram or texting just enjoying in the moment
I’m sure everyone in the 80s 90s and 00s would’ve recorded if they had phones
Y’all are so blinded by nostalgia it’s crazy
@@cornflex8779 Agreed i hate looking at the comment sections of any live performances and there's always some stuck up music elitist, purists acting as if its music crime to record a live performance with their phones and blablabla good all days.....this generation sucks blabla back then people were better shut the fuck up already. Bet if we gave phone technology to people in the 1500s they would be recording Shakespeare or Beethoven plays as well. People are always going to be the same.
Sometimes this song is so right.
your right cmilt 5150, particularly in age now with forced positivity all over the place!
Todd Yonder yes it is sad I guess that why no one likes me I’m just too negative I guess huh...
wish cliff was alive to see this
He would be playing the song if he was still alive BUT without Jason newsted, I don't think metallica would have been as heavy and aggressive
He's watching down from heaven and happy to see that they've been playing music for more than 30 years
Yes
I love Metallica ❤️ There's not enough words to express how much their music speaks to me.
I can, %100, relate to that..
Man I've never been a Metallica fan but this was awesome.
same here!
People who aren't Metallica fans usually like Fade to Black but I am a huge Metallica fan
Why? You should listen to ride the lighting! The album this song is from, it's amazing!!!
This song never gets old!
Its genial!!!
This was one of the first songs I heard from Metallica when I was 13 (I'm 25 now), and this Fade video was the first for this great song. I will always be grateful not only for this video and the performance, but also for Metallica. My favorite song of theirs that he heard in my worst moments and by force of fate I'm still here to continue listening to it. Metallica forever!!!!!
Greatest band of all time you could literally hit play on their cds or cassettes and just listen talented all the way around a national treasure for sure. Also them and Chevelle are 2 bands that sound the same or better live its unreal honestly gives me goosebumps reliving those concert memories.
0:26 The greatest solo in human history.
The outro one is the best
@@mirkecWii That's completely truth!! Actually, I think that solo in the ending is 90% of the song, without it it's just another song. But they decided not to play it!!
Yes Sir ...its clear by now that in the future we can proudly say that we lived the age of METALLICA .
We co existed with these monsters of music
If they don't play this at my funeral, I'm not going.
저두요 😂
Lol. Good one
in memory of a beloved friend. R.I.P. Thorsten
Something about this specific performance of Fade to Black is so peaceful.
The best intro of the history!