Metallica - The Thing That Should Not Be (Loud Bass Version)

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  • Mixed and Mastered by Alex Tamulis.
    ‘Master of Puppets’ sounded like the heaviest album ever made at the time of its release in 1986. Yet for all those tunes fueled by violent thrashing, arguably none sounded as heavy as ‘The Thing That Should Not Be,’ an uncharacteristically deliberate, doom-laden affair thrumming with low-end guitars and distortion bass, capped with lyrics inspired by Burton’s love of H.P. Lovecraft.
    The lyrics are based on Cthulhu short stories by H.P. Lovecraft, an early-20th century American writer. These stories depict a certain scary monster dubbed by Lovecraft as the Cthulhu, which is the "Thing That Should Not Be."

ความคิดเห็น • 87

  • @gasmaskedbassist1538
    @gasmaskedbassist1538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I love the fact people make bass boosted stuff for like every bass song Cliff plays

    • @Da_Swifta
      @Da_Swifta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      he deserves it, dude was a beast

    • @NACHON-bl7wf
      @NACHON-bl7wf ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jason’s ones too… at least at …And Justice For All

  • @Dinrad360
    @Dinrad360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The bass tone is just MONSTER

  • @morzatt
    @morzatt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    This damn song is heard much better with a demolishing bass like this, it gives even more air of Lovecraft!

  • @robbiepeterh
    @robbiepeterh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Imagine Metallica created a song like this on their next record; just a genuinely incredible song. It’s mysterious how artists peak and don’t seem to be able to find that kind of magic again. They haven’t done anything inspired since the black album, but for a short run with master and justice they were untouchable... a timespan of only two years.

    • @lapinus
      @lapinus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "They haven’t done anything inspired since the black album"
      no

    • @BluGrass-uy4ss
      @BluGrass-uy4ss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lapinus agreed

    • @lapinus
      @lapinus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@BluGrass-uy4ss Yea that guy probably didn't listen to metallica's other 5 albums, they're all great. Load and reload was full of weird shit like talk boxes, Kirk and James playing different riffs on 2 sides of the track, slapped fretless bass, lots of oriental instruments and generally 2 very underrated albums. St anger was simple as fuck and I just love that snare, combined with the downtuned guitars it just makes you wanna go djent lol. Death Magnetic and Hardwired are just back to the roots and I really appreciate those.

    • @ChristTheSword
      @ChristTheSword 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely. Before they sold out they were untouchable. It's incredible to listen to their compositional prowess prior to Bob Rock. Once they commercialized their sound and went country rock with the Load/Reload disaster, they could never recapture the magic that defined their first four albums.

    • @Craig-gq4gb
      @Craig-gq4gb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChristTheSword yawb

  • @razor8j270
    @razor8j270 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bass makes everything sound so much better 🤘🤘🎸

  • @evildead167
    @evildead167 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Sounds amazing. Also, thanks for the information. I didn't realize that it was Cliff Burton who was the H.P. Lovecraft fan in Metallica.

    • @alextamulis
      @alextamulis  7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yeah, Cliff was a bit of a bookworm, hehe. I highly recommend the book To Live is To Die: the life and death of Metallica's Cliff Burton, it's got tons of great info. www.amazon.com/Live-Die-Death-Metallicas-Burton/dp/1911036122

  • @ST-ln6jx
    @ST-ln6jx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really loud and deep bass, I almost lost my heart!

  • @jfcooking
    @jfcooking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bass? Thats cthulhu's voice itself 🤘🎸🔥🐙

  • @zackjericho7108
    @zackjericho7108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I personally hate all those Loud bass mixes, But this, i actually like it.

    • @gregkosinski2303
      @gregkosinski2303 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t think the loud bass Burton mixes would be my ideal final mixes, but I think they’re great for showcasing Cliff’s genius.

  • @rayswoodshop4467
    @rayswoodshop4467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song always reminds me of the beast in final fantasy X lol.
    Alex thanks for the remixes you do and the sounds we all knew were there !

  • @TheBlackKnight1o1
    @TheBlackKnight1o1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Cthulu image is really cool, but I believe this song is more based on The Nameless City.
    Nonetheless an awesome tune, I appreciate that you boosted the bass so that it could be appreciated!

    • @alexzipperer
      @alexzipperer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guess it's about Cthulhu, even though it has references to the Necronomicon.
      "Insanity
      He watches
      Lurking beneath the sea
      Great old one
      Forbidden site"
      These passages are about Cthulhu without a doubt.
      "Crawling chaos, underground
      Cult has summoned, twisted sound
      Out from ruins once possessed
      Fallen city, living death"
      These ones are about the cult trying to wake him up in the corpse city of Ry'leh, which is an underwater city that only appears if there's an specific planet alignment
      "Timeless sleep
      Has been upset
      He awakens"
      Cthulhu is dreaming eternally, sending messages to the cultists through his (its) dreams, so he can be awaken when the stars are aligned. In the story, he's awakened, but the ritual fails since the cultists are killed by some random seamen and the thing is never completed.
      As far as I remember, there's no Great Old Ones in Nameless City and no one is lurking beneath the sea, because it is a story set in a desert. The antagonists in this story are reptillian/fish people coming after the main character, but it's open to interpretation if he's really being attacked or if it's just hallucination.

  • @Joel-xy7qg
    @Joel-xy7qg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Sounds ten times heavier than original version

    • @gasmaskedbassist1538
      @gasmaskedbassist1538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When you only turn up the presence knob and everything else gets messed up

  • @AJEDDY97
    @AJEDDY97 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Personally, I don't like it, but hey, to each their own. I know that I don't have the tools or skills to do it, so respect to the uploader.

  • @SGodThor
    @SGodThor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1986 I very often dreamded about this Settings on my Mag I always tryed to amplify the bass parts but newer fits like this . Anyway you nailed it ! in my way now Huge thanks for that amazing sounds ! Waiting for more stuff like this :) Very Good Job Alex!

  • @bw9757
    @bw9757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The intro to this song creeps me out for some odd reason

    • @vincentmasterbassist6784
      @vincentmasterbassist6784 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Grey Jedi Order thats a good thing right?

    • @internetuser9342
      @internetuser9342 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's supposed to do that. Actually I think a soundtrack off doom or doom 2 took heavy inspiration from it. Can't really remember which level

  • @EdZam21
    @EdZam21 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    GREAT SOUND!!!

  • @gregkosinski2303
    @gregkosinski2303 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for doing these!

    • @alextamulis
      @alextamulis  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My pleasure, I'm glad you liked it!

  • @Goodooga100
    @Goodooga100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Metallica sound great with louder bass. I feel that Cliff always had his bass so you can hear it. Now days it seems you can't hear Rob unless it a individual or intro. I know this is a bass boost, but I think you could still hear Cliff on the normal tracks.

  • @jbmiles5329
    @jbmiles5329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is music for all the people not a select group !!!!!!!!

  • @bollweevil1976
    @bollweevil1976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God damn man that sounds awesome 🤘🤘

  • @yobrethren
    @yobrethren 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly, that bass centered solo section sounded surprisingly more cohesive and heavy!

    • @alextamulis
      @alextamulis  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for letting me know, yobrethren! :)

  • @chuckyspell
    @chuckyspell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Now it really sounds like the father of "Enter Sandman".

    • @cerealkiller7143
      @cerealkiller7143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In reality, it is the father of "Dream no more".

    • @chuckyspell
      @chuckyspell 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cerealkiller7143 fair enough if it is. I divorced myself from following whatever they do for decades so you're the authority on post-Burton stuff. Thanks for replying.

    • @ashleighsalinas8526
      @ashleighsalinas8526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yet everyone says Cliff would have hated the direction Metallica took. I think he would have gotten tired of fame but he was the more experimental one in the band. Their sound would have changed regardless, but I'm certain that if Cliff had lived OR they let Jason have more creative license their post 80s work would be better. Too many cooks spoiled the stew but no such thing when it comes to writing and recording..

  • @bowswindle8701
    @bowswindle8701 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how to get this tone?pedals? settings? bass mids and treble?

  • @goldlessbassist
    @goldlessbassist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yippie Ki Yay Mister Burton!

  • @madden7732
    @madden7732 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, I love Metallica and this song and the work done behind this, but to differ a little bit what says in the description, Master Of Puppets was obviously not the heaviest album at that time lmao. There was Reign In Blood, Morbid Visions, Pleasure To Kill and many more albums heavier than MOP. Not saying MoP wasnt heavy, but regarding the amount of thrash (and metal in general) albums released that year, MoP stands in a lower position in terms of heaviness. But hell it made history!

    • @nicolaemadalinboboc6704
      @nicolaemadalinboboc6704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly I feel that people really confuse heaviness with being extreme in general when it comes to metal. Reign in Blood and Pleasure To Kill are more agressive and faster, but that does not make them heavier, if anything they sacrifice heaviness for speed and agression.

    • @madden7732
      @madden7732 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nicolaemadalinboboc6704 you've got a point, but still the fact that MOP wasnt the heaviest album at the time stands up.

    • @nicolaemadalinboboc6704
      @nicolaemadalinboboc6704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@madden7732 I would say something like Epicus Doomicus Metallicus was heavier, but overall the extreme thrash at the time was more about speed and extreme vocals.

  • @jeffreywebb7932
    @jeffreywebb7932 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Total bad ass

  • @joshkaye5303
    @joshkaye5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Slow it down 10-15% and tune it to C

  • @yakisamak6374
    @yakisamak6374 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Layan je bro.....

  • @sadsabbath
    @sadsabbath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bass that should not be so loudly

  • @canibalcorpsedead
    @canibalcorpsedead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1986 heaviest album . hell no!

  • @thegrungegod7463
    @thegrungegod7463 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where's the guitar howling at 4:11

  • @alexjonatas4779
    @alexjonatas4779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FUZZ!!!

  • @darchendon7926
    @darchendon7926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Primus beat you to this, Alex.

  • @funnyguise
    @funnyguise 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They should have sacrificed Lars instead

  • @sandraroberts9965
    @sandraroberts9965 ปีที่แล้ว

    d

  • @AdamWarrPhotography
    @AdamWarrPhotography 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This sounds like primus's cover lol

  • @eduardobinotto4818
    @eduardobinotto4818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not Cliff playng. Listen this since 1987 , in vinil. Sounds diferent.

  • @Josh-o
    @Josh-o 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    well yes it's cool but it's too loud now

  • @fcrfortes
    @fcrfortes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bass sounds way too simple to be Cliffs

    • @gasmaskedbassist1538
      @gasmaskedbassist1538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was him, 3rd song on Master of Puppets if I remember correctly

    • @FyRaka
      @FyRaka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thats because the song is really simple. Not much happening, except the solo. But it fucking works

    • @elvergalarga3908
      @elvergalarga3908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The bass doesn't have to be complicated to sound good, Listen Ride the Lighting and even For whom the bell tolls, those are easy riffs but great

  • @darrylstein187
    @darrylstein187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bass sounds floppy...
    Idk
    I effing love cliff but this sounds sloppy and too guitarish.
    It would be 1000x better if he follwed the bass drum, use a pick and more palm muting. Imho

    • @ihatecesar7069
      @ihatecesar7069 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, as I do not know the channel creators process for remixing the song, I can only guess he tweaks the EQ and compresses it. So you can hear the little idiosyncrasies of Cliffs personal playing style. But you have to admit, Cliffs style fits the style of music he plays, but I'm not saying that it doesnt fit other "thrash music"
      p.s. I think it sounds "sloppy" because of the type of strings Cliffs uses. I think you can find out but searching it up his signature Bass guitar from Fender

    • @internetuser9342
      @internetuser9342 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pick??

  • @ldanielfch
    @ldanielfch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    IDK, but this seems to be fake, the sound is not Cliff

    • @andykromer3529
      @andykromer3529 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He's using his Rickenbacker with a Mudbucker instead of his Aria, which is why it sounds different

    • @shytownmofo
      @shytownmofo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And it's tuned down a whole step. Makes it sound heavier

    • @andykromer3529
      @andykromer3529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      shytownmofo I think its in Drop D

    • @shytownmofo
      @shytownmofo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't think they messed with dropped tunings until St Anger. Pretty sure it's d standard

    • @andykromer3529
      @andykromer3529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      shytownmofo I'll take a look at live versions. If they bar their power chords its in drop d
      Edit: Yep you're right. D standard.

  • @doomtank666
    @doomtank666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like a mess

  • @robbiepeterh
    @robbiepeterh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imagine Metallica created a song like this on their next record; just a genuinely incredible song. It’s mysterious how artists peak and don’t seem to be able to find that kind of magic again. They haven’t done anything inspired since the black album, but for a short run with master and justice they were untouchable... a timespan of only two years.