Axl isn’t as bad as he gets made out to be, he still hits all the notes but his voice just isn’t as powerful but neither is James’s. Vince Neil or Bon Jovi on the other hand….
This was one of his better vintage vocal performances. On other songs like Ride the Lightning and Trapped Under Ice, his voice cracks like someone going through puberty.
Fair enough. But you have to admit, post-covid Axl's vocals are nearly shot. I can't unhear the Herbert Family Guy voice as he sings now. I say this not as a hater, 'cause I've seen GnR twice since 2009 and the first time (Chinese Democracy) was one of the WORST shows I've ever seen, but the reunion show on the 1st leg I'll never forget.
Right now, they're sounding better than ever. They all sound great, Robert and Lars together is just amazing. I'm just loving all I'm hearing from them.
@@luisugalde6956and there touring currently all in there 60s! There’s a reason there the number 1 metal band in the world and forever will be THEYLL NEVER STOP THEYLL NEVER QUIT CAUSE THERE METALLICA!!🔥🔥
Almost everything was spot on, except Lars riding his infamous china cymbal. Those cymbals are not made for riding, much too noisy and awful tone. He should ride on a crash instead, but theyre too high I guess?
@@robinleveille3772dude, Who the hell are you too tell the drummer for the biggest band on the planet who he should be playing. He can play anyway he god dam pleases.
UNREAL. The quality of these performances is so good given their age. It sounds tight. James gives a amazing vocal performance given that he's 40 ish years older than when he first recorded this. So grateful to have them still able to perform at this level. Amazing
oh my gosh why is it that your breed is absolutely totally committed to type the most sterile, solemn, dismal, preachy e-sermons??? Christ, get a life!
@Melor pelor Not Lol, he skips a lot of notes in high speed songs. In Fight Fire with Fire, instead of playing the support notes among the last 2 power chords of the main riff, he just plays the power chords. Stuff like that
Unfortunatly, I think he uses autotune for high notes. But if this is the case, it's alright because : first of all James is getting old, and his voice can't be as powerful as it was before ; and second of all he doesn't overuse it.
You can tell Lars is making a hell of an effort there. Fuck, the man is 60 plus. Keeping up with that shit non-stop is difficult and he did not disappoint. Legend
Kill 'Em All is my fav album! My father and i would listen to it whenever we were in the car, and I'm glad to have a vinyl of it from 1985 in my possession, thank you for the pinnacle of the thrash album!
James nailed the singing perfectly, it's the good balance between his older more mature and heavy voice with some of those outrageous "80s-james hetfield screams" right where they count! It's one of the better live versions I've heard of the song!
Hetfield are playing and singing like never before even passing trough some tough sh1t. Keep it going, Hetfield, you're such a badass (now more than ever!) Love from Brazil!!!
It has been amazing listening to James' voice on the old material, get better and better, over the last decade or so. I mean, it is an AMAZING feat, that he can pull off those "Kill 'em All" vocals, better than he EVER has. Hell, hats off to the whole band. They just keep getting tighter and tighter, every time I hear them. I love it! :)
Playing everything in Eb standard was a great choice for James's vocals, just not so much for the actual songs (well some of them, specifically the ones in E, others like this one (A) sound great a half step down (Ab/G#)
These live performances just hit different if you've been there yourself! This band has the most passion when playing I've ever seen live! That is what makes Metallica more then great for me. They don't just play music, they live it!
Wow, this is amazing. Even from mid or late '80s James lowered his voice when singing songs from their first album, like The Four Horsemen. Seeing him going again for those high notes at his age is great to see. Solid AF
All of you including cliff and Jason are the best ❤❤❤ my whole life started listening when I was 13 or 14 now 52 and still loving the journey thank you
What an absolutely astounding performance from the mighty Metallica!! The fact they can all still play and sound this good when they're not exactly 18 any more is mind boggling! James' vocals are almost getting back to the early days of those hard to sing high notes, and he did amazingly well here, sounded bang on!! Lars did a spectacular job too, and indeed so did Rob and Kirk...Very very tight performance....Well done fellas!! \m/
Was there and it was amazing ! Lot’s of energy and lot’s of fun. They really seemed to enjoy themselves, and so did the crowd … The whole concert was streamed live on Dutch tv that night. Great gesture from the best and biggest metalband 🤘🏻💪🏻
@@JohnnyRaven69 I’m gonna agree a bit with the other guy. He really can’t hit the high notes anymore. Specifically in this song and trapped under ice. Love him tho
It’s a beautiful thing to see the spark of youth again in their playing. I think the vibe has spread throughout the entire Metallica community. I’m 46 and watching these guys since they started the tour has gotten me younger again. I quit drinking and drugs when inamorata hit my ears, moved back to my home town and started body building and playing guitar again and have never felt happier. Music is a magical spiritual gift! God bless Metallica!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🙏🙏
What a festival was Pinkpop 2022! I was one of the lucky 70.000 to be here and see Nightwish, Volbeat, Kaleo, Turnstile, Nothing but Thieves, 21 Pilots, Deftones, Imagine Dragons, Nile Rodgers and many many others. And above this all we got Pearl Jam and Metallica preforming better then we have seen them do for a long time. These 3 days are never to be forgotten🤘🏻
Interesting that they played this only in The Netherlands so far. Rest of the tour (including Prague where I saw them) they played Damage Inc. as the first encore.
I read that james felt depressed before going on stage, his mind messing with him that his old.. The older he gets and as long as he keeps playing the more of a legend he will become.
Speed metal machines!!! Excellent performance after all those years and after 2 years of Covid-19 pause!!! Grew up with them back in the 80s and still having their music running through my vains and my brains! Love you guys! May you live and metal forever!!!
You know shit is serious when James plays the whole song looking down at his guitar
"Are you sure about this?" - First song of the Encore.
Legend.
Maybe he said that 'cause the crowd doesn't even move
Let us cross our fingers for Bleeding Me and Trapped Under Ice
Trapped under ice was mind blowing 🤘🏼
Fr
Bleeding me was so emotional for james on pinkpop. Cant wait to watch it on the official channel
I think they're going to upload Trapped under Ice and One from Florence
they played Trapped Under Ice in Hockenheim, which was the first time I saw them live, I hope they upload some songs from that show, it was awesome
Wow. Hetfield hitting his vintage vocal tones at 60, whilst Axl Rose can't not embarrass himself. Post-covid Metallica is super tight
Axl isn’t as bad as he gets made out to be, he still hits all the notes but his voice just isn’t as powerful but neither is James’s. Vince Neil or Bon Jovi on the other hand….
@@PortlandSucksss I wouldn’t go that far, he was better during the Chinese democracy tours especially from 2006-2010 but he still kills it
This was one of his better vintage vocal performances. On other songs like Ride the Lightning and Trapped Under Ice, his voice cracks like someone going through puberty.
Fair enough. But you have to admit, post-covid Axl's vocals are nearly shot. I can't unhear the Herbert Family Guy voice as he sings now. I say this not as a hater, 'cause I've seen GnR twice since 2009 and the first time (Chinese Democracy) was one of the WORST shows I've ever seen, but the reunion show on the 1st leg I'll never forget.
James whoops Axl's ass all day long on everything...
The fuck? Since when did papa have the ability go that high with singing? Very impressive.
The fact James even attempted to sing a song he sung when he was basically a kid is amazing. they’ve looked pretty good lately
I respect him for being nearly 60 at the time of this around 58 pretty sure and trying to sound like he did on kill em all back when he was 19 in ‘83
@@goldenwolf8081To be fair, he could never really nail this song, even in 83’.
James looking and sounding solid AF. The whole band has been nailing these songs really well lately, like they've found the fountain of youth.
Right now, they're sounding better than ever. They all sound great, Robert and Lars together is just amazing. I'm just loving all I'm hearing from them.
James needs to find the tekneek for this song again cuz his voice is all over the place with the voice cracks again
@@mikeortiz9664 i think he's doin aight all things considered . he kills the pre chorus and chorus tho especially the end one🤘
Kreator
eh...that's a stretch. they're still sloppy AF.
The most underrated metallica song from their youth
Mm no ? you must be very young to think that.
@@Mark.13. i think it's just one of those songs that sounds a billion times better live than on the recording.
@@Mark.13. it’s better thank seek and destroy
ENOUGH WITH THIS UNDERRATED CRAP!!!!!! IT'S FREAKIN' ANNOYING!!!!!!!
I was about to say that.
How the hell James can sing playing that riff??!!
Even more mind blowing if you remember that it was basically his 2nd year as a frontman
@@deran1983 well yeah, but I mean nowadays, he still can do it!
Practice, practice, and then.... practice!
He's skipping half the notes on this performance
He plays WAY more complicated riffs while singing than that. He's a gangster.
They definitely have found a sweet spot in their sound and performance! Amazing how they are improving with age
Better than ever in some aspects!
they cut way back on the shows after 2017. I think they do 60 or 100 shows a year now that's it so they make sure they all count.
@@prodigalbrock I think they are at the 30-50 count now which is good.
@@luisugalde6956and there touring currently all in there 60s! There’s a reason there the number 1 metal band in the world and forever will be THEYLL NEVER STOP THEYLL NEVER QUIT CAUSE THERE METALLICA!!🔥🔥
The KILL 'EM ALL album shouldn't be missing in any metal collection, otherwise you've missed something. And preferably on LP. 😎🤘🏻
Well said. If you're missing something then you're missing something.
@@whahappend8222 pure poetry
Have it on picture disk album !!! 🤘🤘🤘
Ah yeah, I have the original LP!
"I'm cool I listen to vinyls"
Color me surprised. This is the tightest I've hear them live in years. James' voice was great, Kirk's solo was spot on, Lars kept tempo. Awesome job.
They’ve been really tight since coming back from Covid. Saw them back in November and the entire show was this clean
They’re tighter than ever now! I think they’ve got Lars using a metronome in-ear!
"Lars kept tempo" LOL that bar is really low 🤣
Almost everything was spot on, except Lars riding his infamous china cymbal. Those cymbals are not made for riding, much too noisy and awful tone. He should ride on a crash instead, but theyre too high I guess?
@@robinleveille3772dude, Who the hell are you too tell the drummer for the biggest band on the planet who he should be playing. He can play anyway he god dam pleases.
James totally nailed here. The more he aged the better he manage to sing Metal Militia, really!
It is understandable amazing, this has to be the nicest metal militia play ever
Phantom Lord, Jump in the Fire and Call of Ktulu!! True Metallica rivethead
Why METALLICA don't play MY APOCALYPSE in any Live concerts ??? This song is so UNDERRATED as well very Brutal.
I agree with you. I remember how i was in Moscow and songs from Death Magnetic not sound. That sad, but true
Too fast
Cause Lars
@@КириллВахненко They played it on Moscow' show in 2010 on the second day. As for me the song is rather boring. Not one of my favorites.
It's shit
"Through the mist and the madness we are trying to get the message to you"
UNREAL. The quality of these performances is so good given their age. It sounds tight. James gives a amazing vocal performance given that he's 40 ish years older than when he first recorded this. So grateful to have them still able to perform at this level. Amazing
oh my gosh why is it that your breed is absolutely totally committed to type the most sterile, solemn, dismal, preachy e-sermons??? Christ, get a life!
Yes and hope it stays that way for a looooong time...
I concur
@@michaelrichey6783 His guitar playing is already getting worse, you can see it when he plays songs like fight fire with fire:(
@Melor pelor Not Lol, he skips a lot of notes in high speed songs. In Fight Fire with Fire, instead of playing the support notes among the last 2 power chords of the main riff, he just plays the power chords. Stuff like that
It's bringing tears to my eyes how good they sound at this age and point of their career. I hope i get to see them live at least one more time
2:26 How did he hit those high notes? Simply amazing performance!
Yes, and he is enjoying it.
Unfortunatly, I think he uses autotune for high notes. But if this is the case, it's alright because : first of all James is getting old, and his voice can't be as powerful as it was before ; and second of all he doesn't overuse it.
@Tristan Ribeiro not pitch corrected at all, he's using his head voice. Easier to reach high notes and sounds more powerful than falsetto
@@VitorBarbosa hum... Nevermind. I just thought he used it at 2:04 or 2:15 for example, but it is way more impressive if he doesn't use autotune.
@@VitorBarbosa but again, autotune is like a calculator : you can use it to correct yourself, but many people use it to cheat.
You can tell Lars is making a hell of an effort there. Fuck, the man is 60 plus. Keeping up with that shit non-stop is difficult and he did not disappoint. Legend
Oh man chills when James opens his mouth and hits those 1983 notes. This performance is a time machine!
The message has been received!
An intro tape for Metal Militia? Awesome!
I was thinking the same thing!
@@chafdawg2000 Same haha
F / Bb and then:
Bb A G E E E E E E E E E E E E G A E E E E E E E Bb A
@@Underdogrecording yes dude! LETS GO
They are playing it like they are in their 20s again. It's insane! Rebirth of Thrash Metal right there. Those fans are lucky.
Metal Militia
He blows my mind every time.
Rob's bass over there sounding ferocious. This has always been on my top 3 off of Kill 'Em All. Underrated tune when it comes to the old stuff.
Kill 'Em All is my fav album! My father and i would listen to it whenever we were in the car, and I'm glad to have a vinyl of it from 1985 in my possession, thank you for the pinnacle of the thrash album!
I like Load the most ngl
@@haidee58 love mama said from there!
@@kreatiftroubadour6738 ?
@@haidee58 I like the song "Mama Said" from that album
I wish I had a father like that
i been looking this for 6 hours now, is Beautiful
im still looking and listening daily
James nailed the singing perfectly, it's the good balance between his older more mature and heavy voice with some of those outrageous "80s-james hetfield screams" right where they count! It's one of the better live versions I've heard of the song!
Almost 40 years on, there's no way James can hit those notes like on the original, but holy fuck he gave it his best here... awesome!
I just enjoyed it, this is really awesome.
You guys did your 20-year-old selves proud, effing awesome.
I know Cliff was smiling brightly at this and playing his bass in heaven like he was there!
Just unbelievable how James's voice is perfect, and reaches such notes still !!!! | M |
Omg James. I dont know how much improvement his voice can take? Every year is getting better and better
When the white “V” comes out, it’s on!
Hetfield are playing and singing like never before even passing trough some tough sh1t.
Keep it going, Hetfield, you're such a badass (now more than ever!)
Love from Brazil!!!
METAL MILITIA!!! Awesome
0:53 can't embrace how I love that single bend, both in the 1983 and live version.
It has been amazing listening to James' voice on the old material, get better and better, over the last decade or so. I mean, it is an AMAZING feat, that he can pull off those "Kill 'em All" vocals, better than he EVER has. Hell, hats off to the whole band. They just keep getting tighter and tighter, every time I hear them. I love it! :)
Playing everything in Eb standard was a great choice for James's vocals, just not so much for the actual songs (well some of them, specifically the ones in E, others like this one (A) sound great a half step down (Ab/G#)
This video came out 5 days ago and I’ve shamelessly watched it at least 16 times now. Amazing execution.
Shame and Metallica don't go together!
These live performances just hit different if you've been there yourself! This band has the most passion when playing I've ever seen live! That is what makes Metallica more then great for me. They don't just play music, they live it!
After 40 years and they still kick ass !!!
Wow, this is amazing. Even from mid or late '80s James lowered his voice when singing songs from their first album, like The Four Horsemen. Seeing him going again for those high notes at his age is great to see. Solid AF
God they need to play this song more. It’s still very underrated after nearly 40 years.
The fact James still hittin them notes and playing that riff is insane
Please!! Upload Bleeding Me from Landgraaf. That song was even more then awesome!!
All of you including cliff and Jason are the best ❤❤❤ my whole life started listening when I was 13 or 14 now 52 and still loving the journey thank you
What an absolutely astounding performance from the mighty Metallica!! The fact they can all still play and sound this good when they're not exactly 18 any more is mind boggling! James' vocals are almost getting back to the early days of those hard to sing high notes, and he did amazingly well here, sounded bang on!! Lars did a spectacular job too, and indeed so did Rob and Kirk...Very very tight performance....Well done fellas!! \m/
Amazing performance from james... wow 😮
Was there and it was amazing ! Lot’s of energy and lot’s of fun. They really seemed to enjoy themselves, and so did the crowd … The whole concert was streamed live on Dutch tv that night. Great gesture from the best and biggest metalband 🤘🏻💪🏻
Out f~ing standing!!!!
4:11 Bass 🤘
Awesome song
Every video they’ve put out from this tour has been amazing.. they are running on full power.
2:32 James knows that he has his voice back! Nice!
Incredible performance, vocals sounds great, instruments tight af. Sounding better now live than they have for a long time!
They are having fun up there. That's the best part.
James can still get those high notes!
nope
@@JohnnyRaven69 I’m gonna agree a bit with the other guy. He really can’t hit the high notes anymore. Specifically in this song and trapped under ice. Love him tho
They aren’t that hard to hit tbh, James is a great singer but his range isn’t that big
I love the imperfections, because It's what makes This performance unique.
Always a treat when we get deep cuts! 🤘🏼
It’s a beautiful thing to see the spark of youth again in their playing. I think the vibe has spread throughout the entire Metallica community. I’m 46 and watching these guys since they started the tour has gotten me younger again. I quit drinking and drugs when inamorata hit my ears, moved back to my home town and started body building and playing guitar again and have never felt happier. Music is a magical spiritual gift! God bless Metallica!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🙏🙏
Fuckin right, man. Thank you Metallica.
I'd like James to try some of these vocals in studio for a track or 2.
This band kicks ass always.
speed metal 🖤 🤘
Wow , what an oldie but a goodie! You guys nailed this, thank you for sharing! Much love from Utah USA
Wow, The Speed, The Precision, Jamez his Vocals. As always What a Awesome Performance guys. Ik hope your Lives are Forever!!
Clean and powerful performance
This is amazing to watch. Gives me goosebumps to see this old stuff performed live still. Well done fellas!!!
Man that was amazing, metallica hasn't missed a beat.
Thanks for releasing your concerts to your community,long live Metallica family
Classic Metallica 🙌
What a festival was Pinkpop 2022! I was one of the lucky 70.000 to be here and see Nightwish, Volbeat, Kaleo, Turnstile, Nothing but Thieves, 21 Pilots, Deftones, Imagine Dragons, Nile Rodgers and many many others. And above this all we got Pearl Jam and Metallica preforming better then we have seen them do for a long time. These 3 days are never to be forgotten🤘🏻
Takes me back to my late teenage years,,,,love it!
Metallica has been my favorite band since about 1986. love you guys.
Yesssss!!! The vintage Metallica is backkkkkkk. This is the sound I love and miss 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Wow that's awesome and amazing
Metal Militia live performance was great. I can't wait to watch from official metallica channel
This is the official channel, no?
@@destructionman1 they put this comment in when it was still in the waiting room
The best 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼
Saúde vocal que fala!
Sonzeira, James e banda toda arrebentando!
Epic!
Imagine being nearly 60 years old & trying to keep up with your 20 year old self! Somehow they did lol. Well played lads, well played!
I love this song! (and my kids (7 and 11) as well!) Thank you James, Lars, Kirk and Robert for still doing this
Interesting that they played this only in The Netherlands so far. Rest of the tour (including Prague where I saw them) they played Damage Inc. as the first encore.
Mi favourite song
James' voice is PHENOMENAL.
I've seen this more than 10 times already
I read that james felt depressed before going on stage, his mind messing with him that his old.. The older he gets and as long as he keeps playing the more of a legend he will become.
Speed metal machines!!! Excellent performance after all those years and after 2 years of Covid-19 pause!!! Grew up with them back in the 80s and still having their music running through my vains and my brains! Love you guys! May you live and metal forever!!!
I was there, shocked everybody when they played it, fucking amazing!
The precision of that intro is incredible! That alternate picking sounds sooo tight!
ABSOLUTELY SHREDDING!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥
One of my favorites!! Wish I was there!!
it's really epic to hear james sing and play with confidence like james hetfield again i loved every bit of it.
hell yeah metal militia!!! 🤟
Amazing singing!!!!
Metallica good performance of the song called Metal Militia performed live in Landgraaf Netherlands 🇳🇱 on June 17th 2022.
This is a track that sums up what Heavy Metal is all about! Masterpiece indeed!
Amazing vocal!!!
This song sounds awesome at 2022.
Amazing. Best band everrr
I live for this moment...