Leper Messiah isn't as obvious a gem the first time you hear it, but after you've heard it a handful of times, you'll find yourself singing along without even realizing it. Glad these guys are finishing off the album, but don't forget about Ride the Lightning and And Justice For All. Both albums are right up there with Master of Puppets in quality.
@@lorenzofabozzi2531Not even close. They got inspired by one Mustaine riff from the Ron's garage days and made it way different to be their own Metallica version. Master of Puppets has no Mustaine riffs/rip offs
I'm surprised you guys didn't comment on the lyrics. When this came out there were multiple scandals involving high profile televangelists/ministers, and I have always felt this song addressed that so well.
Lars is absolutely slaying it on the 72 Seasons Tour, so I would say he has definately gotten back in shape. They actually played Fight Fire With Fire (one of Metallica's fastest more thrashy songs) FASTER than on the album, just like they used to do in the early days, and Lars was literally kicking it HARD!
Leper messiah is such a bad ass song. Some James best lyrics. And those guitar riffs are sick. Especially kirk coming in on those arpeggios in the solo,🔥
Another skill of Lars is that he is usually the one who structures songs for the band. James writes most riffs, Lars puts them together and makes suggestions, and Kirk writes (or improvises for the recent albums) the solos. Everyone overlaps a little bit since they all have input, but that's the main dynamic for their songwriting
Kind of think this is the only deep cut on the album? Orion maybe you could argue? Or Damage Inc.? But what other song would be considered a deep cut. Album is only 8 tracks?
Only when you’ve heard this song a few times do you start to feel it just marching along - never taking pause - just keeps going and going and it is empowering and ruthless.
Ryan's reaction to the yelling, please read the lyrics, see what the song is about. James is mimicking the holy men the song is about. Heavy, relentless. Classic.
When I met Lars he was the nicest guy. He really listens to what you have to say, and whether it’s true or not, you believe it because he seems absolutely genuine. We had a great conversation and he really did come off a authentic and genuinely decent. He gets a lot of shit for two main reasons. One is because his drumming has become sloppy, it doesn’t seem like he practices much anymore, compared to James who is still a monster on rhythm. Then there’s the Napster lawsuit. When Napster was in its prime, you could download any music you wanted for free. This didn’t sit well with a lot of bands, and Lars was the face of those bands that didn’t want to be at the front. Lars and James were control freaks back then, the thought of their music being outside of their control wasn’t something they could deal with. They own their own music, which is rare for a band. Despite what people think, it wasn’t about money really, it was about control. In the day of CDs, bands got very little from CD sales. So those are the two main reasons Lars gets so much hate, in my opinion. As I said before, I feel he’s a genuinely nice guy who listened to what I had to say despite me being the millionth person to tell him likely the same thing.
@@sadwingsraging3044 No, and I don’t see where I said Metallica should either. I just outlined what I felt their part of the lawsuit was about, more so than the money. That doesn’t mean they weren’t correct that Napster was proliferating massive copyright infringement of all artists.
@@Charlie_Alpha_Echo 1 the "music industry" is not dead it's ripping artists at every opportunity. The owners and the people at the top are still getting filthy rich. Napster was a fork in the road that stirred things up. The industry could have embraced the future and new technology and done just fine. The might have even made it equitable for all involved. That's not the road the picked. They stood paralyzed at the fork causing the industry to stumble. In the end here were are and the music gets made still. Universal Music Group made 10 billion last year and Sony Music Entertainment made 8.3. there are 110 million albums are sold each year in the states. 2. From the point of view of the consumer and artist, Clear Channel buy up all the radio stations did more damage than Napster. Which side are you on?
If you spent a fair amount of time listening to this album as a kid, eventually every song becomes your favorite at one time or another. This one was my favorite on the album several different times. Every song is so good, it’s impossible not to have a “moment” with each of them
Im going througth a pretty rough breakup and this just came out, you dont have any idea of how helpfull a simple reaction video can be, honestly it light up my day little bit, thank you.
Metallica has hours of themselves in studio during the creative process and it's really cool to watch.mostly for Death Magnetic and Hardwired, and there's a full documentary of the creation of the Black Album, so there's alot of stuff out there to check out. Personally, I enjoyed watching the Death Magnetic stuff
It's funny, because, to me, when you are listening to the whole album, this songs always sticks out. It is the song with the most groove in it on "Master Of Puppets". Yeah, when you just listen to single songs, this one might sound not that special by itself. But in context of the album, this one is great, because it's more compact and just sounds different than the other songs on it. Great content by the way.
The only reason why you haven't heard more requests for this song is because it gets overshadowed by the other amazing tracks on this album, but it's a great song. Can't wait for The Thing That Should Not Be (my second favorite Metallica song after Disposable Heroes)!
Lars is very unfairly hated. I don't think he's an asshole, a lot of people can't stand him because of Napster, and because he's in Metallica. Personalitywise, some people find him a little annoying, but I doubt they are perfect themselves, so F em. He brings a lot to the compositional aspects of their music and making all their changes seemless. He's actually a pretty important piece.
He used to be good, and he used to bring a lot and he used to be important. Now, he is an asshole, and his drumming sucks, as does his drum sound. Also, he is annoying. But nobody’s perfect.
Great song, great album! I met these guys 20 years ago and they were all very friendly and down to earth. Lars was super friendly and signed everything I had, no questions asked, and took several pictures with me! I have loved Metallica since 89 when I was 12 years old and will always be my favorite band!!! People don’t appreciate what Lars has brought to metal and not being the greatest drummer, he still has some killer drums, so leave Lars alone!!
You guys would appreciate the Load & Reload albums from Metallica given they are A) groovy as hell, B) James' best & cleanest vocal performances vs this older era, C) less "full thrash". Oldschool metalheads shit on them because they are 'hard rock' instead of thrash, but so many good songs on there you'd like.
I think I sort of agree... though I would amend it to say you could throw half the songs away and make one great album from the best songs from both. To Ryan's point about "great albums" and George saying "there are no 'skips' so far on Master of Puppets"... there are definitely skips on Load and Reload.
@@brad_wilson I’ve always felt they should have just did one album with the ten best songs. If they did that it would probably be my favorite album by them 😅
As a guitar player/tone nerd, the guitar tone on this album was something to strive for. People seriously google what the amp settings were on James and Kirk’s setup. To tweak the treble, bass, mid, tone, gain, volume and reach this thrash nastiness is to find something truly special and ROCKING.
My favorite tone ever is Pepper Keenan on the COC (corrosion of conformity) album Wise blood. They were a bitter record executive away from releasing first and becoming the next sonic arrival. It's a crazy story if you don't know it. Pepper is James's homie and favorite guitarist. If you somehow missed out on them, as most did, you should check them out said the other guitarist. He plays with Down most recently, but he discusses all the amp part swaps and jacking with pedals and pedal order to get the sound he wanted, and today he cannot remember all the odd things that he did in order to replicate that tone. Deliverance & Wiseblood are 1 through 10 all solid songs. Nothing to skip over "senior limpino", maybe. But it's 30 seconds long. 🎶🎶 When those bones! that you own! have long----- been- dust--ed . 🎶🎶 Probably the best lyrics out of anybody i can think of at the moment. Your probably very cool josh. 😉
@@JoshAintSoCool Yeah, on that little documentary they did looking for a bass player Pepper even tried out for bass during the video. Lol. I have only met one other person who has ever heard of COC. It's kind of a shame if you like it heavy and mean with a little grove flowing through it. The damn radio stations tell us what we're going to listen to 6x a day, it breaks my heart when I try to turn someone on to them and they don't start listening to them on their own. Lol. I understand that they just jive with me, but back then radio had a massive influence. But it all worked out like it did and fckn James Hetfield was gifted to the world. Taking the passing torch and title of riff lord from Iommi. I remember my buddies brother bought ride the lightning in around 85, and I unintentionally quit listening to anything else after recording it to cassette. Everyone in my circles got hooked. Back then Shout at the devil came out as something different too. However the G&R Appetite album sounded just fundamentally diffrent, I had never heard sounds shaped like that ever before. The newest sound in rock & roll, is now classic music. Time is a heartless monster.
Master of puppets is a flawless album!!!!!! Cant wait to see your reaction to Damage Incorporated 👹😈👹😈 ....Enter sandman was the start of my Metal journey!!!! If it weren't for Metallica I wouldn't even know what metal was. I stopped playing video games and basketball back in high school and devoting myself to heavy Metal/Guitar and all things Heavy Metal bc of Metallica. Life changing band.
It was not on patreon, but I did request this song quite some time ago. I believe it was on one of your early Metallica reviews. But this is one of my favorite deep cut Metallica songs.
This was the very girst Metallica song I heard on a mix tape back in the day. The riff was unheard of and killer at the time. Then I heard Puppets itself and never looked back after them two songs. Just so ahead of its time.
And if you want to see behind the scenes Metallica You HAVE to see Some Kind of Monster! A problem and resolution of said problems that were 20 years in the making. A must watch for Any Metallica fan.
It was awesome to see both of your reactions when the epic middle section hit, because I had the same experience. The beginning section is okay, but the middle section takes it to playlist status.
"Yeah but this is in their prime though" 🤣🤣🤣 George lol. I think this song is super underrated, but it's like a 9/10 on an album full of 10/10s. Great review as always. Also it's me again! ELDER - THE FALLING VEIL!!! Gotta shoot that shot lol.
To me, this is one of the songs that defines thrash metal. The changes, the breaks, the speed and the ability to put it all together. Anyone of these riffs could define a whole song for some bands.
I appreciate you guys continuing to do reaction videos to heavy music. You are always very honest... you hear and talk about the raw power, technical excellence and originality, even in "so-so" songs like this. A lot of people are turned off by heavy music because it is not traditionally pretty or beautiful. But there is a lot to appreciate here, and sometimes the mood just calls for something rowdy and gritty and beefy... this fills the bill perfectly. Keep up the great videos 👍
There are plenty of behind the scenes videos for Hardwired that documents the writing process for that album. Then of course Some Kind of Monster the movies has a lot of the writing process but a whole bunch of other things.
A great number of metal fans, in their tiny minds, feel that technique and speed is what makes a drummer good. That's far from reality. Lars fits Metallica and does exactly what these songs called for. Let the haters hate.
This guy gets it! I say the same thing all the time, some of the criticism is deserved though in terms of lack of practice and messing up live, but overall Lars doesn't deserve the h8 he gets.
Lars is pretty unique, too. Like his stuff on IJFA, the off-beat cymbal crashes and stuff is just super interesting. He's no virtuoso, but he's definitely his own player.@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead
You gotta think about this, those parts you dislike, the "chant" moments, give the crowd something to participate in with the song. Metallica is, first and foremost, a live band. What one thinks might sound hokie while listening alone, literally transforms the feel of the song while being performed for a live audience.
This is my favorite one to play on guitar and sing at the same time like het from this album, is layback, fun, relax, heavy chords, the whole song breaths good, this is my warmup song along with seek and destroy, both easy to play and sing
The people who say Lars is an asshole or whatever are stuck in the 90s. The guy I’ve the last twenty years has been one if the best guys in music. Check out his meet and greets, he’ll have a conversation with everyone
Exactly, he's the most welcoming and engaging with fans and is very humble now. He went through his rock star phase in the 90s but also I think some people miss his very Danish sense of humour.
Love this song. Great way to continue the second side of the LP, after “Disposable Heroes.”I listened to this album incessantly when it came out. The lyrics were so timely attacking 80s televangelism. \m/
I always enjoyed the lyrics towards Evangalists & fake make TV Preachers with alm their mindless congragation chanting & praising them...I felt song told a good story to open eyes.
Leper Mesiah is the best underated song by Metallica. It fits right in, in this place in this monumental album that no other band would have been able to produce in their wildest dreams. \m/
As a metal drummer for the past 37 yrs( im 44 now) I can COMPLETELY agree with u about metal/thrash band vocals. Which is why early days Sepultura,Slayer,pre-black album Hetfield are some of my favorite thrash metal bands vocally, Suicidal Tendencies has really good vox, D.R.I stuff like that
This is probably my favorite song off of Master. It’s so gritty and pounding in your face lyrics. Wicked riffs. Love it! Once again another song I’ve requested that has fallen on deaf ears. Don’t know why I try?
Ryan mentioned in the Harvester of Sorrow reaction that he felt like James was right in there with the band when the music was being put together when he composed his vocal lines, and that's exactly the case. When James writes lyrics he comes up with the melody first and then composes the lyrics around that, down to the syllable. You can listen to metallica's demos where it's just James and Lars jamming and James is singing along the melody but he hasn't written lyrics yet (i've linked a video of it below). They are truly commited to making sure every element of the composition is well thought out before signing it off. th-cam.com/video/mttRSacXpKk/w-d-xo.html
Not for their early albums, but for “Death Magnetic” in 2008, and “Hardwired to Self-destruct” in 2016, they have a behind the scenes/making-of for each song those albums. Check it out on youtube.
As a Black American who also enjoys the hell out some Tallica, I must say I'm with y'all on catching up on there huge catalog. I suggest " Kill em all"! For those looking for a more heavier, thrasheshier, black metal influenced Tallica!
Guys, they _have_ a documentary about their process, and it's called, _"Some Kind of Monster."_ You guys are prescient, and that's why I (we) love you.
Back in the mid to late 80’s my friends and I would skateboard and we had all 4 albums on rotation along with Slayer, Iron Maiden, Dead Kennedy’s, Ministry and Ozzy Osborne
I can assure you, George, had you reacted to every song on the album but this one, leaving it that way indefinitely, y’all would have seen an ever growing number of requests for this one too. It’s the most “background music” track on the album, so admittedly, I never think to play the album with this song in mind, but it’s always a pleasant surprise in the flow of the greatness.
James wrote the riffs and Lars made them a song. So basically he is the "composer". That's where Lars really shines. He can construct a song better than anyone.
Leper Messiah is great song that gets lost in the sea of epic songs on this album.
definitely
i think its one of their best songs because it has one of their best jam sessions.
Nah, it's the second best song on the album after Orion.
Eh it’s one of their only good 40 songs so I wouldn’t say it’s overlooked
This. The bridge/solo KILLS. Unfortunately, it’s sandwiched between the brilliance of *Disposable Heroes’ and the epic journey that is ‘Orion’.
One of my favourite Metallica tunes. Such an underrated song.
Cliffs bass is perfect !
I agree. The lyrics are on point
Leper Messiah isn't as obvious a gem the first time you hear it, but after you've heard it a handful of times, you'll find yourself singing along without even realizing it. Glad these guys are finishing off the album, but don't forget about Ride the Lightning and And Justice For All. Both albums are right up there with Master of Puppets in quality.
Leper Messiah was my favorite song when I first heard the album in the late 80’s…and it’s still my favorite now
Great albums but not even close in quality when comparing it to Master of Puppets
@@danielwilson9724 puppets stands alone, every song is a classic. top tier song writing
@@benpawlett9336 couldn't agree more!! Besides early Sepultura, Master is the best thrash record ever written in my opinion
@@benpawlett9336 Justice is better :)
I miss the days when you guys analyzed lyrics, because this song has great lyrics
On your TH-cam videos it shows where people tend to leave, my guess is it didn’t keep enough people as a lot of people like seeing the reaction more
@@riffhousestudios96TikTok generation can’t handle a 20 minute video
@@WishMount Sad but True 😁
Yes! I pair this one with Creeping Death in terms of lyrics. James' cadence/chant is intentional. I imagine him in the pulpit delivering the message.
They've never cared about lyrics what do you mean
The break of this song is ABSOLUTE NAAAAASTY. One of the best of them..
Yeah those licks are amazing.
Cause probably was written by Mustaine
@@lorenzofabozzi2531Not even close. They got inspired by one Mustaine riff from the Ron's garage days and made it way different to be their own Metallica version. Master of Puppets has no Mustaine riffs/rip offs
I'm surprised you guys didn't comment on the lyrics. When this came out there were multiple scandals involving high profile televangelists/ministers, and I have always felt this song addressed that so well.
That is what it is about. Hypocrisy in the televangelist churches
my thoughts exactly
He said he didn't like the lyricism but maybe he meant the vocal delivery. Calling out televangelists is always cool.
Yeah for me it's this song and Make Me Laugh by Anthrax I think are the best songs that touch on this
Lars is absolutely slaying it on the 72 Seasons Tour, so I would say he has definately gotten back in shape. They actually played Fight Fire With Fire (one of Metallica's fastest more thrashy songs) FASTER than on the album, just like they used to do in the early days, and Lars was literally kicking it HARD!
The last two albums have been absolutely fantastic; Lars has definitely stepped it up.
Lars' fills have always stood out to me on this track. And the lyrics heavily condemning televangelists is great. A hidden gem for sure
Leper messiah is such a bad ass song. Some James best lyrics. And those guitar riffs are sick. Especially kirk coming in on those arpeggios in the solo,🔥
Another skill of Lars is that he is usually the one who structures songs for the band. James writes most riffs, Lars puts them together and makes suggestions, and Kirk writes (or improvises for the recent albums) the solos. Everyone overlaps a little bit since they all have input, but that's the main dynamic for their songwriting
The first three albums, Cliff had a huge part in ideas as well.
@@Johnnymack666You love to hate lars man. Give him credit where its due.
The deep cuts off of Master are growers, not showers.
Most definitely
That’s what she said….
Kind of think this is the only deep cut on the album? Orion maybe you could argue? Or Damage Inc.? But what other song would be considered a deep cut. Album is only 8 tracks?
@@seancoats1241 Disposable, Thing, Leper and Orion. I consider Master, Battery and Damage the "singles" of the album. Welcome is the "balad".
@@Metal_God i can agree with that!
Only when you’ve heard this song a few times do you start to feel it just marching along - never taking pause - just keeps going and going and it is empowering and ruthless.
I can't wait for you guys to React to "Ride The Lightning"
It's bonkers that they haven't heard that track yet. Man they are going to love it.
I think they did on their PAteron
+1
Best metallica album by far!
Ryan's reaction to the yelling, please read the lyrics, see what the song is about. James is mimicking the holy men the song is about. Heavy, relentless. Classic.
When I met Lars he was the nicest guy. He really listens to what you have to say, and whether it’s true or not, you believe it because he seems absolutely genuine. We had a great conversation and he really did come off a authentic and genuinely decent.
He gets a lot of shit for two main reasons. One is because his drumming has become sloppy, it doesn’t seem like he practices much anymore, compared to James who is still a monster on rhythm. Then there’s the Napster lawsuit. When Napster was in its prime, you could download any music you wanted for free. This didn’t sit well with a lot of bands, and Lars was the face of those bands that didn’t want to be at the front. Lars and James were control freaks back then, the thought of their music being outside of their control wasn’t something they could deal with. They own their own music, which is rare for a band. Despite what people think, it wasn’t about money really, it was about control. In the day of CDs, bands got very little from CD sales.
So those are the two main reasons Lars gets so much hate, in my opinion. As I said before, I feel he’s a genuinely nice guy who listened to what I had to say despite me being the millionth person to tell him likely the same thing.
LARS ULRICH was absolutely right about everything. Downloading KILLED the music industry. 👎🏼
@@Charlie_Alpha_Echo People who need extra motivation to play music are better off not playing music.
Do YOU work for free?🤔
@@sadwingsraging3044 No, and I don’t see where I said Metallica should either. I just outlined what I felt their part of the lawsuit was about, more so than the money. That doesn’t mean they weren’t correct that Napster was proliferating massive copyright infringement of all artists.
@@Charlie_Alpha_Echo 1 the "music industry" is not dead it's ripping artists at every opportunity. The owners and the people at the top are still getting filthy rich. Napster was a fork in the road that stirred things up. The industry could have embraced the future and new technology and done just fine. The might have even made it equitable for all involved. That's not the road the picked. They stood paralyzed at the fork causing the industry to stumble. In the end here were are and the music gets made still. Universal Music Group made 10 billion last year and Sony Music Entertainment made 8.3. there are 110 million albums are sold each year in the states. 2. From the point of view of the consumer and artist, Clear Channel buy up all the radio stations did more damage than Napster. Which side are you on?
You will love the Thing That Should not Be! the most groovy song on the album
One of my favorite guitar solos!!
They have reacted to it already 👍
@@vietnamd0820 They have now, not when I wrote this comment lol
@@ThePaJomaster
I just realized your comment is a year old
Every song on this album was a masterpiece.Period......
Sin dudas, es un álbum redondo 👐de lo mejor de esa época de la banda y en su discografía completa🎶🎸
If you spent a fair amount of time listening to this album as a kid, eventually every song becomes your favorite at one time or another. This one was my favorite on the album several different times. Every song is so good, it’s impossible not to have a “moment” with each of them
Leper Messiah is one of their best songs in my opinion.
"Metallica on a bad day is better then some MFers on their best day". That's what it should say on their exhibit in the Rock N Roll hall of fame.
*was, not *is
@@ruman962IS NOT WAS.
Im going througth a pretty rough breakup and this just came out, you dont have any idea of how helpfull a simple reaction video can be, honestly it light up my day little bit, thank you.
Metallica will be in music history for a LONG time.
Mozarts of Metal!
Metallica has hours of themselves in studio during the creative process and it's really cool to watch.mostly for Death Magnetic and Hardwired, and there's a full documentary of the creation of the Black Album, so there's alot of stuff out there to check out. Personally, I enjoyed watching the Death Magnetic stuff
And there is always Some kind of monster documentary!:DDD
Those “making of” documentaries are awesome. Amazing how they take a 3 second riff and build it piece by piece into a song.
I Love Leper Messiah, this is one of my favorite Metallica songs 😀🙂❤
Thank you george! Black Sabbath are definitely the pioneers! Any real Metal Head will tell you that! I'm 51 I've been listening to metal forever....
This is not a bad day of Metallica at all. This is another masterpiece with awesome lyrics.
It's funny, because, to me, when you are listening to the whole album, this songs always sticks out. It is the song with the most groove in it on "Master Of Puppets".
Yeah, when you just listen to single songs, this one might sound not that special by itself. But in context of the album, this one is great, because it's more compact and just sounds different than the other songs on it.
Great content by the way.
One of my absolute favorite best evfer Metallica deep album cuts. Such a fantastic song that gets so overlooked.
I appreciate you guys not stoping the song as much and listening more!
Lars is the ringo Starr of metal. He is perfect for the band he plays in and plays exactly what is needed for the song.
LOL
Lars is exactly the Ringo ...not even the best drummer in the band
The only reason why you haven't heard more requests for this song is because it gets overshadowed by the other amazing tracks on this album, but it's a great song. Can't wait for The Thing That Should Not Be (my second favorite Metallica song after Disposable Heroes)!
They already did The Thing That Should Not Be. About a year ago.
Side two of this album is soooooo good. Love side one but damn...side two is out of this world
@@cl7510 yeah, this post was from a year ago when they originally did this video, before The Thing That Should Not Be. This is an old Patreon video
@@stevekozlowski5963 my bad. I usually check how long ago a comment was posted before responding. I must be slipping.
Lars is very unfairly hated. I don't think he's an asshole, a lot of people can't stand him because of Napster, and because he's in Metallica. Personalitywise, some people find him a little annoying, but I doubt they are perfect themselves, so F em.
He brings a lot to the compositional aspects of their music and making all their changes seemless. He's actually a pretty important piece.
He used to be good, and he used to bring a lot and he used to be important. Now, he is an asshole, and his drumming sucks, as does his drum sound. Also, he is annoying. But nobody’s perfect.
One thing for sure is that yall guys are making metal fans love metallica again
Great song, great album! I met these guys 20 years ago and they were all very friendly and down to earth. Lars was super friendly and signed everything I had, no questions asked, and took several pictures with me! I have loved Metallica since 89 when I was 12 years old and will always be my favorite band!!! People don’t appreciate what Lars has brought to metal and not being the greatest drummer, he still has some killer drums, so leave Lars alone!!
The groove, the build, the crescendo, & the finish... Just bangin'. Always did.
You guys would appreciate the Load & Reload albums from Metallica given they are A) groovy as hell, B) James' best & cleanest vocal performances vs this older era, C) less "full thrash". Oldschool metalheads shit on them because they are 'hard rock' instead of thrash, but so many good songs on there you'd like.
King nothing of bleeding me would be good
I think I sort of agree... though I would amend it to say you could throw half the songs away and make one great album from the best songs from both. To Ryan's point about "great albums" and George saying "there are no 'skips' so far on Master of Puppets"... there are definitely skips on Load and Reload.
@@brad_wilson I’ve always felt they should have just did one album with the ten best songs. If they did that it would probably be my favorite album by them 😅
Couldn’t agree more. The Outlaw Torn and Bleeding me are 2 of the best songs they’ve ever come up with.
Im a old school metalhead i did the music on load and reload however, the lyrics fora good portion of the songs are not Hets best work.
This song really grew on me over time... Kurt's solo followed by the rhythm guitar solo is amazing.
Kirk
I love the melody that they play during the fast breakdown, before and after the solo
Every song on this album is great
As a guitar player/tone nerd, the guitar tone on this album was something to strive for. People seriously google what the amp settings were on James and Kirk’s setup. To tweak the treble, bass, mid, tone, gain, volume and reach this thrash nastiness is to find something truly special and ROCKING.
My favorite tone ever is Pepper Keenan on the COC (corrosion of conformity) album Wise blood.
They were a bitter record executive away from releasing first and becoming the next sonic arrival.
It's a crazy story if you don't know it.
Pepper is James's homie and favorite guitarist.
If you somehow missed out on them, as most did, you should check them out said the other guitarist.
He plays with Down most recently, but he discusses all the amp part swaps and jacking with pedals and pedal order to get the sound he wanted, and today he cannot remember all the odd things that he did in order to replicate that tone.
Deliverance & Wiseblood are 1 through 10 all solid songs. Nothing to skip over "senior limpino", maybe. But it's 30 seconds long.
🎶🎶 When those bones! that you own! have long----- been- dust--ed . 🎶🎶
Probably the best lyrics out of anybody i can think of at the moment.
Your probably very cool josh. 😉
@@Thesaurcery4U2C I didn’t know he was friends with James, but It makes sense since James has some vocals on their tracks! Nice.
@@JoshAintSoCool
Yeah, on that little documentary they did looking for a bass player Pepper even tried out for bass during the video. Lol.
I have only met one other person who has ever heard of COC. It's kind of a shame if you like it heavy and mean with a little grove flowing through it. The damn radio stations tell us what we're going to listen to 6x a day, it breaks my heart when I try to turn someone on to them and they don't start listening to them on their own.
Lol. I understand that they just jive with me, but back then radio had a massive influence. But it all worked out like it did and fckn James Hetfield was gifted to the world. Taking the passing torch and title of riff lord from Iommi. I remember my buddies brother bought ride the lightning in around 85, and I unintentionally quit listening to anything else after recording it to cassette. Everyone in my circles got hooked. Back then Shout at the devil came out as something different too. However the G&R Appetite album sounded just fundamentally diffrent, I had never heard sounds shaped like that ever before. The newest sound in rock & roll, is now classic music. Time is a heartless monster.
I've commented a few times to others on Patreon hoping to see a reaction to Leper Messiah and here it is 🤘great song and a true banger!!
Often overlooked song on this album. Cliff kills it on this entire track.!!!!
Definitely my favorite on MOP so its surprising to hear its the only one that didnt get many requests
A majority of music listeners let the radio station decide what their favorite songs will be.
Master of puppets is a flawless album!!!!!! Cant wait to see your reaction to Damage Incorporated 👹😈👹😈
....Enter sandman was the start of my Metal journey!!!! If it weren't for Metallica I wouldn't even know what metal was. I stopped playing video games and basketball back in high school and devoting myself to heavy Metal/Guitar and all things Heavy Metal bc of Metallica. Life changing band.
They've reacted to Damage Inc already. Just gotta find it in their videos.
Ryan and George couldn't have missed any harder one this one. They need to re-react. Leper Messiah was made to blow out the subs in your ride....
One of my Metallica favorites... glad you choose this to react.
YES! Been hoping for this one for ages, amazing song. Heaviest standard tuning song ever IMO.
This is one of my favorite Metallica songs - highly underrated deep cut!
It was not on patreon, but I did request this song quite some time ago. I believe it was on one of your early Metallica reviews. But this is one of my favorite deep cut Metallica songs.
This was the very girst Metallica song I heard on a mix tape back in the day.
The riff was unheard of and killer at the time. Then I heard Puppets itself and never looked back after them two songs. Just so ahead of its time.
And if you want to see behind the scenes Metallica You HAVE to see Some Kind of Monster! A problem and resolution of said problems that were 20 years in the making. A must watch for Any Metallica fan.
It was awesome to see both of your reactions when the epic middle section hit, because I had the same experience. The beginning section is okay, but the middle section takes it to playlist status.
"Yeah but this is in their prime though" 🤣🤣🤣 George lol. I think this song is super underrated, but it's like a 9/10 on an album full of 10/10s. Great review as always.
Also it's me again! ELDER - THE FALLING VEIL!!!
Gotta shoot that shot lol.
The new elder album is so damn good
I wasn't a huge fan of this song until they played it live 2016 in Minneapolis and now it's one of my favorites.
I love seeing your reactions, IMAGINE growing up with this music as a teenager!
I love seeing you guys react to the same changes that are built into me from the 80's. Makes my heart happy.
To me, this is one of the songs that defines thrash metal. The changes, the breaks, the speed and the ability to put it all together. Anyone of these riffs could define a whole song for some bands.
I absolutely love this song and is featured in my riding list of songs I play when riding on my Harley on road trips
I appreciate you guys continuing to do reaction videos to heavy music. You are always very honest... you hear and talk about the raw power, technical excellence and originality, even in "so-so" songs like this. A lot of people are turned off by heavy music because it is not traditionally pretty or beautiful. But there is a lot to appreciate here, and sometimes the mood just calls for something rowdy and gritty and beefy... this fills the bill perfectly. Keep up the great videos 👍
There are plenty of behind the scenes videos for Hardwired that documents the writing process for that album. Then of course Some Kind of Monster the movies has a lot of the writing process but a whole bunch of other things.
Saw this live just a few months ago, such an epic song
A great number of metal fans, in their tiny minds, feel that technique and speed is what makes a drummer good. That's far from reality. Lars fits Metallica and does exactly what these songs called for. Let the haters hate.
This guy gets it! I say the same thing all the time, some of the criticism is deserved though in terms of lack of practice and messing up live, but overall Lars doesn't deserve the h8 he gets.
Lars is pretty unique, too. Like his stuff on IJFA, the off-beat cymbal crashes and stuff is just super interesting. He's no virtuoso, but he's definitely his own player.@@BigHomieSteveTheMetalHead
One of my favorites on MOP. The bridge alone is so killer!
can't wait for the Ride the Lightning reaction. absolutely legendary song and a historic solo
Been watching your reaction videos for many years and still enjoy watching you having fun listening to metal. You guys are always good vibes!
You gotta think about this, those parts you dislike, the "chant" moments, give the crowd something to participate in with the song. Metallica is, first and foremost, a live band. What one thinks might sound hokie while listening alone, literally transforms the feel of the song while being performed for a live audience.
Absolute hidden gem. The bridge and solo is amazing.
This album is truly a masterpiece and worthy of a complete listen 🤘 Can’t wait until you guys listen to Damage Inc!!!
They've done Damage Inc, gotta find it in their videos.
And they didn’t like it lol
@@rockdrigo9326At all!
This song is just badass! I love the changing tempos, the gnarly riffs and the whole groove!! 🤟🤟🤟
This is my favorite one to play on guitar and sing at the same time like het from this album, is layback, fun, relax, heavy chords, the whole song breaths good, this is my warmup song along with seek and destroy, both easy to play and sing
My man George! I listened to Sabbath because of my grandfather and Metallica from my uncle. Great taste in metal bands 🤘🔥
The people who say Lars is an asshole or whatever are stuck in the 90s. The guy I’ve the last twenty years has been one if the best guys in music. Check out his meet and greets, he’ll have a conversation with everyone
Exactly, he's the most welcoming and engaging with fans and is very humble now. He went through his rock star phase in the 90s but also I think some people miss his very Danish sense of humour.
Love this song. Great way to continue the second side of the LP, after “Disposable Heroes.”I listened to this album incessantly when it came out. The lyrics were so timely attacking 80s televangelism. \m/
This is probably my favorite tune on the album. I have always had big love for this song especially the intro
One of my favourite song , the lyrics are great and the idea behind is brilliant.
bros, its been years since i've started watching you... its always a metallica song, hahahaha good stuff, keep it up
This is a classic! Kinda sneaks up on you the more you listen to it. It’s just a jam!
Absolutely one of my all time favorite Metallica songs..
I always enjoyed the lyrics towards Evangalists & fake make TV Preachers with alm their mindless congragation chanting & praising them...I felt song told a good story to open eyes.
The middle section of Leper Messiah is one of my favourite on the whole album
What i trully appreciate at George and Ryan is that they say what they don't like. I like that very much.
Leper Mesiah is the best underated song by Metallica. It fits right in, in this place in this monumental album that no other band would have been able to produce in their wildest dreams. \m/
It’s the ‘escape’ of “MOP”, that said-I dig it 🤘
That's disrespectful.
No, that's "The Thing That Should Not Be", that song is too slow and repetitive.
This is a hidden gem banger on the album. It comes from James' upbringing in religion as a child. A 10/10 imo.
As a metal drummer for the past 37 yrs( im 44 now) I can COMPLETELY agree with u about metal/thrash band vocals. Which is why early days Sepultura,Slayer,pre-black album Hetfield are some of my favorite thrash metal bands vocally, Suicidal Tendencies has really good vox, D.R.I stuff like that
This album is great from beginning to end, blew my mind first time listening to it. A MASTERpiece, pun intended lol
This is probably my favorite song off of Master. It’s so gritty and pounding in your face lyrics. Wicked riffs. Love it!
Once again another song I’ve requested that has fallen on deaf ears. Don’t know why I try?
Mine is Disposable Heroes from this album...
This has been my favorite Metallica MoP song for decades thank you for reacting. ♥
Lars ain’t no asshole, he’s just direct. You’ll always know what he thinks. In person. I find that refreshing.
Lars is not an asshole. He's Danish. Making him an asshole
Vocal delivery and lyrics deserve some mention. And those riffs ARE NASTY!!! Underrated song.
The transition and interlude in this song is one of their best.
Ryan mentioned in the Harvester of Sorrow reaction that he felt like James was right in there with the band when the music was being put together when he composed his vocal lines, and that's exactly the case. When James writes lyrics he comes up with the melody first and then composes the lyrics around that, down to the syllable. You can listen to metallica's demos where it's just James and Lars jamming and James is singing along the melody but he hasn't written lyrics yet (i've linked a video of it below). They are truly commited to making sure every element of the composition is well thought out before signing it off.
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Not for their early albums, but for “Death Magnetic” in 2008, and “Hardwired to Self-destruct” in 2016, they have a behind the scenes/making-of for each song those albums.
Check it out on youtube.
spot on analysis guys
As a Black American who also enjoys the hell out some Tallica, I must say I'm with y'all on catching up on there huge catalog. I suggest " Kill em all"! For those looking for a more heavier, thrasheshier, black metal influenced Tallica!
They played this live in Texas when I seen them
Lars is amazing to meet in person. He was so kind and took time with me.
Guys, they _have_ a documentary about their process, and it's called, _"Some Kind of Monster."_
You guys are prescient, and that's why I (we) love you.
Back in the mid to late 80’s my friends and I would skateboard and we had all 4 albums on rotation along with Slayer, Iron Maiden, Dead Kennedy’s, Ministry and Ozzy Osborne
I can assure you, George, had you reacted to every song on the album but this one, leaving it that way indefinitely, y’all would have seen an ever growing number of requests for this one too. It’s the most “background music” track on the album, so admittedly, I never think to play the album with this song in mind, but it’s always a pleasant surprise in the flow of the greatness.
James wrote the riffs and Lars made them a song. So basically he is the "composer". That's where Lars really shines. He can construct a song better than anyone.
Mustaine claims it's his song.
Didn't get credit and he can claim whatever he wants. Master of Puppets is 100% Metallica album
Love early Metallica. This album STILL hasn't clicked!!!!! And I've been listening since around 88.