What if Megadeth's Holy Wars was on ...And Justice For All? | Metallica Album Crossovers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2023
- Five months in the making, and I'm incredibly proud of the final result. This project, a rendition of Megadeth's 'Holy Wars' in the style of Metallica's 'And Justice For All', is perhaps the best-mixed and mastered work I've ever created to date. During the process, I explored new techniques, departing from heavy EQ matching that I'd used in previous 'What If' projects. The outcome is a track, I feel, that's fresh and unique in its own way.
Throughout the song, I've hidden various 'AJFA' Easter eggs for you to discover, and maybe a little classical lick too. see if you can spot them all!
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Huge thanks to:
- @alexeyayzin8512 for assisting me in the early stages of this project's development. Your input was invaluable.
- @GreenmiIe for providing AI voice mixing resources and valuable tips. James' vocals have never sounded better.
- @joshsteffen (Josh Steffen) for the main inspiration. If you haven't already, check out his Lars rendition of 'Holy Wars' • HOLY LARS... THE ULRIC...
- My sister, who created the amazing thumbnail, the lifesaver of all time for this project.
- And last but not least, our neighborhood cat, Oyen, for keeping me company and my sanity intact during early morning sessions.
Thank you all for your support and enjoy the music!
We are so back.
WE ARE SO BACK.
we are so barack
YAYAYAAYYA WE ARE SOOO BAAACKKKK
Ya'y you are so back!!! 😂
So back are we
Sounds straight out of an alternate timeline where Dave never got kicked out
Oh man at least we get to experience that to some degree
I think it was for the better however, my god that would of been absolute domination
Sounded like riff wen-king after a while
If Dave never left and Cliff never died I wonder….and you know Metallica does too
All the kill em all stuff was written before cliff joined so the only real example of a Mustaine / Burton song would be When Hell Freezes Over later renamed The Call of Ktulu and that's a pretty damn good example of things that could have been
Time traveler: *moves chair*
The timeline:
The detail on Lars hitting the crashes with his patented "one-beat-later" method is incredible.
i know this is such a perfect song for lars to ruin it has all the characteristics of a song that he is unqualified to play on
@@AlbanianThrash harsh truth
Josh Steffen - Holy Lars. Check your sources.
Metallica’s sound comes mostly from Lars’ drumming.
@@AlbanianThrash I think it sounds cool
I respectfully request to do the entire album in this fashion. Badass!!
Yeah I agree so much!
Hell yeah I did love to hear that, them reverse it if and justice was write by megadeth
Why ruin such a great piece of art?
Lmao hell no
What about AJFA like Rust In Peace?
The fact that this is consistently sounding like Metallica AND Megadeth the entire way through, I'm severely impressed, the guitar work especially at the start was super standout to me, the way you alter riffs to mimic AJFA mannerisms will never cease to be a joy to listen to
Metallica and Megadeth merge would be the ultimate Thrash band 💯💯💯💯
It’s not.
@@Wtfiswhattheysaysaid: " It’s not."
Oh darn. Thought it might be cool. Guess I'll just go listen to something else. Thanks for letting me know.
That’s exactly what my thrash band in my head sounds like wow it’s savage !
I think he nails Lars' drumming even better. Spot on. The sloppy double bass at 4:35... LMFAO
This is written and mixed so well.
Definitely the best thing you've ever made, and it's near the top of the best Metallica what-if's I've heard.
Yes
not really
@@iPwnMETALLICA yes
It also shows how crap MegaDave’s lyrics are. 😂
@@HeathRSthey really were bad. But they sure did sound cool
This is actually insane. It really does sound like it, only a huge Metallica and Megadeth Nerd/Fan would know how to make something like this. Big props to you. I've never been this happy about a fan made Band/Song crossover.
The Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Mustaine quartet would have ruled the world. Nothing beats the original solo from this song.
Kick Ulrich and get Menza
@@alpkorsanFuck yeah
@@alpkorsan we cant do that,they would be to OP
Probably Lars would have pratice more xd@@alpkorsan
Megadeth's lineup on Rust in Peace was far superior to ANY Metallica lineup.
It's chilling how accurate this is. The instrument tones and Hetfield singing is so on point.
Exactly what you said, man! It's insane how good it is!
Except...there's audible bass. :D
Right?! Like how tf is this possible?
I for one welcome our AI overlords. However, this has a way to go on vocals. Sounds too Mustainey (unless that was what Bryce is going for). Check out Metallica Chasing Light - Ride the Lightning tone by SOSO and Greenmile. They re-sang the vocals from scratch and fed the resulting isolated vocals into a RTL optimized James model. The vocals are almost verbatum RTL (and the track absolutely slaps). I think on this one Bryce is running actual Mustaine's Holy Wars vocals through a AJFA James model. To get closer to true AFJA James I think he has to re-sing the song himself in a style more closer to how James would actually sing it and then feed it through that AFJA James model.
@@japhy4529consider that the more Rust In Peace half of the song
With AI advancing like this for vocals, the “What Ifs” are about to reach a new level and I’m excited to see what you can do brodie!
A.I is unbelievably helpful at times
Helpful at butchering other people’s music for a few clicks on TH-cam. 😄 These talentless hacks and their swooning fans are hilarious
@@RoRo-vr6wx Until it destroys or enslaves us all.
A new level you say...
...of confidence?
...and power?
🤘😁
@@EPÏKUS.MUSÏC😂😂
This song is now part of the Metallica discography on my personal audio server. I want whole albums with Mustaine's songs and riffs, Hetfield's vocals and Ulrich's drums.
Absolutely stunning. Love it. The speed at the very end gives me the shivers.
Lars drumming would have justified better than the original drummer in those days. Holy hell ! Those double bass section was Phacking lit 😮
Hell no, Menza is ten times the drummer
@@nasserbukhari9513All the Megadeth drummers were better than Lars…
@@stangsrule01 I see no lie
@@stangsrule01chuck behler isn’t much better
This is absolutely insane. The cadence of the drums, and Kirk’s solos. The tones. If someone listened to this album for the first time they’d just assume this is another song. Unbelievably good job !!
Lots of people do AI covers, but nobody writes new Metallica solos like you do. Love it
I agree, the solos are top notch.
even added the whaaaaaa
stateofmercury dpes a pretty good job too
Absolutely!
Can you imagine what Hetfield, Burton and Mustaine might have achieved...
If Lars wasnt a douchebag
Yep, with Dave Lombardo…
You mean becoming the biggest heavy metal band in the world?
Keeps me up at night
Just replace Lars with Nick Menza
This is by far the best 'What if" I have yet discovered and listened too.. no shit, this could be a straight up bonus vault find song from the AJFA sessions... 10/10
Jesus fucking Christ, I didn't expect this to be so bloody spot on.
The harsh voice of Hetfield back then, those early Metallica riffs, the clumsy drumming of Lars... Omg
My favorite Megadeth song on my favourite metallica album! Wow
Same!
Same!
Yep, same. 88’ Metallica and 90’ Megadeth were forces of nature.
same! 😌👌
same haha
This is absolutely incredible. Would love to hear both bands react to this.
Очень круто сказанно, надеюсь мы это увидим 😊
I'm sure Dave Mustaine would hate that xD He would be like... Ugh... Metallica screwed my best song
"It sounds like Nick is playing with broken legs and arms".
@@williams6334 XD
@@joaopedrofontestraducoesI mean… the guy who made this channel is awesome. But this version is a turd compared to the original in the drumming alone.
The production of this is nothing less than incredible. The sound is nearly identical
That Raining Blood bit was cheeky and im for it.
This kicked ass.
that wasn't raining blood
@@formatcforcortexit absolutely was in a higher octave
listen carefully - it's the melody from "in the hall of the mountain king"
Hmm. Never thought about Raining Blood--I took it as a nod to Helloween, but yeah, Raining Blood is like the first half of the Mountain King riff, but building in a different direction. It's short enough to be either.
Even the way you did the riffs sounds more like something James and Dave would do together rather than on their own individually. Awesome job man.
Agreed, he must have listened to no life til' leather a million times
When I hear things like this, I truly believe that we are living in a multiverse and the realities are converging right before out very eyes.
Insane result. You can really see the amount of work you put in the arrangement, details, etc. It's honestly crazy. Kudos!
I now want to hear every Megadeth song sung by AI Hetfield, and I say this as someone who likes Dave's vocals
There’s always one. 😂
Why does it bother you that someone else likes something you, apparently, don't? Moreso than that, why are you mocking him for it? How does it affect you that he enjoys Dave's singing style? I don't understand people like you...
@@nommy210why does your profile pic scream autism? no one gets the internet, i guess.
I love Dave's Vocals too!!!
@@nommy210haters bro, they not happy within their own existence, only get validation from being hateful. It's sad really.
I've always felt like Megadeth's riff + Metallica's guitar tones would be insanely good. you've proven me correct.
Metallica has better Rhythm guitar, but id take Megadeth for Lead and solo.
In a heartbeat except for the leads for trapped under ice and the thing that should not be. Those stay.@@JoshAllen17Goated
@@richardspillers6282 Oh yea🤘🏻
@@JoshAllen17GoatedMetallica has chunkier riffs but Megadeth's are more interesting to me. Couldn't imagine something like Lucretia's
@@Walamonga1313 I agree if we’re comparing say RIP to Load and Reload but Metallicas Thrash albums have some absolute mastery as far as riffs go. Megadeth tries to be overly complex and i think they do really good in some cases, but others they fall flat on their faces failing to establish a good rhythm because its too all over the place.
The work on vocals is killing.
How you achieve that tone of Justice is very precise.
the In The Hall Of The Mountain King lick at 4:06 was so good
You talkin Savatage
@@stuartewoldt1513no i think they talkin the classical piece
@@TheMostEccentric I am.
@@stuartewoldt1513 Right! Savatage did a cover of In the Hall of the Mountain King but titled it Prelude to Madness.
The album cover is a masterpiece in itself! This is fucking awesome! 🤘🏻
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One might say it's very meta 😂
It is!!
Metadeth haha!
...I had to look at like 4 times and still couldn't figure out which band it was copying more. Never realized just how similar they actually are!!
Ride the Extinction!
That false ending, too!!!
Now if this inspires a real Metallica/ Megadeth collab album, ill be blown!!!😮
You got more chance of getting blown by both bands than that happening I reckon
@@paulh5295If someone put some serious money into this, I bet It Will work and turn into a sold out masterpiece
Dude I’m impressed by so many things here… but mostly by your right hand technique to nail the nuances of James picking and palm muting. Besides that, lemme say guitar writing is a bit “overdone”, but I love it. So many details and arrangements 🤘 it’s just great when you can feel all the hours put into this project. You should be terribly proud of yourself. Thanks!
Something that makes me happy is the drum mixing is MUCH more close to the ajfa sound. very well done. Very amazing mix!
Agree, Lars added the high-end to the kick that they never had on previous albums. Def one of the iconic sounds of AJFA. Can't have AJFA without a bright bass drum!
I really love how the guitar tone, bass, snare, bassdrums, all of it, sounds straight off of Justice.
Absolute genius.
bass??? on ajfa???
What fucking bass are you hearing on AJFA? (Not James and Kirk’s guitars)
Everything is spot on, except the bass being audible..
Even better than that sh1t original mix!
@@bove2k918That's pretty much the Jason and Trujilo era 😅😅😅
Need this on Spotify asap
Man, I would love for this to be on a Streaming platform somewhere, I think I've already listened to this like 14 times in the last 2 days. Not only that, but I've been clicking the drumbeat in my mouth, and practicing the riff here! Amazing content. Seriously.
I wish the whole AJFA was mixed like this 🤤
Get over this And Justice mixing issue, it is was it is, since 1988. The sound is part of the album vibe. I hope you someday get this.
I agree. Honestly the first 4 albums don’t really hit for me and it’s cause of the low sound quality 🤷🏻♂️
@@LRM5195 The first 4 albums is the reason that Metallica is one of the greatest ever in Metal. Black album is the reason they are one of the greatest on the whole Rock music. Master of Puppets has a perfect production for the year it was put out, influenced countless bands and producers.
@@realitygutter9694 Oh thanks, that totally changed my perspective and now I’m enjoying the first 4 albums. Wow!
@@LRM5195 Wow, you have self appreciation issues. Wow, I feel sorry for your disrespect and irony, shows a lot. Wow, you have no taste and wow, you are incapable of enjoying some of the most game changing albums in the history of Metal. Wow, wow, wow. Finally I really don't give a rats ass whether you change your mind or not. WOW.
I am legit freaked out by this. Holy crap. Gave me chills. It’s so good. It would fit right onto Ajfa.
Easely tops everything that is present at AJFA. It have agression, tempo, depth of sound, while retaining the dry-sound of AJFA. Amazing.
@@user-fe1xc3mz4xnah, blackened, to live is to die and especially frayed ends of sanity are awesome songs, but I agree that this would be a top track!
It would top blackened and every song on the album
@@swayedvr3002no
This is so stupidly good, holy hell! Great guitar playing, composition, and production! I love when I come across a song-be it original or a cover-that just oozes with passion like this
Im almost in tears with this , amazing work and i cant stop listening to it
So that's what it would have been if Dave Mustaine stayed in Metallica during the AJFA era? My God, this is amazing
The world weren't ready for this
No, it's what an AJFA song would have sounded like if James Hetfield had come up with the barebones musical ideas for Holy Wars before Dave.
@remnant24 If this came out before Dave could put the finishing touches, he'd be cussing at the whole world, claiming, "They stole my idea," like he does with some songs from the first 2 albums. I have Ride the Lightning to the Black album, then jumping all the way to their latest album. I've seen Dave's credits on Ride the Lightning on either a couple or some of the songs as the booklet states. It's a 2021 reissue, so if there are any issues with a 2021 copy, then the others before it are also. Dave would be livid to hear this back in '89 before he finished his rendition of the same song. Instead of just being bitter, he'd already be on lawsuit mode at this point.
@@lakerfan2874 Yeah possibly. Dave was in a dark place at the time (which was terrible for him but wonderful for us). Metallica seemed fair about crediting his part in the songwriting at least.
Dang, two massively talented massive egos just cannot exist in one band. But listen to it, if only that weren't true.
Hot dang that goes hard
fuk im on season 6 of this video
Damn dude...that's pretty incredible...
I hope both bands here this. This is so well done.
This is the best crossover I've ever heard in my life, holy shit. The 2:46 riff is SICK
The Easter egg riffs and licks are perfect and hilarious
That outro right at the end is so spot on lmao, great job man
Brilliant! The tone, the vocals, and especially the re-writing of riffs is spot on. Impressive understanding of the original song AND the inner workings of AJFA. I've heard a lot of "What if xyz song was on abc album?" stuff on TH-cam but this is hands down the best I've heard.
Would purchase a full album of this
Definitely 🤟🔥
I was impressed and then the vocals kicked in. Now I’m floored. Incredible.
You should be very proud of this, it is absolutely mind blowing, my head is splitting down the middle!!
This is quite impressive. I have been hooked on listening to holy wars lately, so I’ve been checking out all kinds of videos related tothe song. So glad I ended up stumbling upon this. Amazing. Two of my favorite things in metal blended into one brilliant track. Thank you!
Would love to hear a "slayer cover" of an old Metallica thrash song
dyers eve or damage inc
Or Disposable Heros
Fight Fire with Fire, trapped under ice, creeping death, battery, master of puppets, disposable heroes, damage inc, blackened, the shortest straw and dyers eve
Whiplash by Slayer
Fight Fire With Fire would be the best pick for that imo.
I love how Kirk is still clearly in the band! Love this, great work! :)
Yeah man Kirk is 100% there with the whammy and wahwah. The solos are very Kirky...
@@igorstrzalkowskiI read that as "kinky" lmao
If you imagine 90s Kirk, same thing@@anony-moon
The voice is so accurate! It is the best sounding James AI audio I have ever heard! And the actual song rocks too!!!!! Rock on brotha! Please make more of these!
Two of the greatest albums of all time from any genre.
THAT MID SECTION IS SO FUCKING HEAVY 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Fantastic playing, mixing, everything its so perfect - and with justice being my favorite tallica album and this being my favorite deth song, Im in heaven
I've read that Metallica thinks Justice is such a poor album, and I absolutely disagree! One has got to be their best song! So many of the songs on their first 4 albums are first rate. Defining of the band and the genre.
This was savage af. I like how it gives James the same cadence to the lyrics.
Luv the "Scatterbrain" riffs (ah la - [I'm not going] Down with the Ship) you put in there - nicely done!
Surprisingly on point! Great job!
This is fucking unbelievable. As a major Deth head, I am so impressed. The outro solo is so characteristically Kirk it’s wild.
Characteristically Kirk = less impressive compared to Marty. I’m my opinion. Go ahead and get mad.
Awesome interpretation though. Insane really.
I usually drop these at about 30 sec in. Steady at 3:30, but think the tempo is slightly a bit quick for AJFA
@@ScottNelles no one asked.
I mean you are right but still.
That part at 4:34 where everything gets progressively faster is borderline neck-snapping levels of heavy. Metal af
Just amazing. Your productions are really great.
Nailed it, keep doing this great work man. Subscribed 🤘🏼
2:15 - 2:50 is absolutely genius. Gooooooosebumps when James sings that first sentence
This is what I said!
Incredible work! The vocals are really uncanny with how they simultaneously sound like both Hetfield and Mustaine haha. But musically it is perfect and full of little Easter eggs. I love it!
Speaking of Easter Eggs, Steel Panther has tons of them, including the descending pentatonic lick from seek and destroy inside Death to all but metal.
I honestly can't say if I like Dave's vocals more than James', even though sure, this is AI, but it sounds SO DAMN accurate that if I didn't know, I could probably never tell... There's even James' signature YEAH and so on, I mean come on, it's so crazy how far the AI's gotten...
This is awesome, i love how they mixed in that little bit of ajfa solo part near the end
i like how we can actually hear the bass on this 😅 imagine a full album consisting of crossovers like this, WITH bass included
💯 agree
bass is gay
@@FranschK Gay ass take
@@FranschK Shut it, Lars.
@@FranschKsup lard
4:06 I love that lick of In The Hall Of The Mountain King!! Nice touch!!
IKR
that's raining blood
What a masterpiece. Would love to see the entire album of rust in peace in AJFA style alongside James' vocals.
Sounds like a new song that the band played after recording the Justice album, I love it 🤘
You nail it. It's like this song was part of AJFA since 1988. Amazing work!!!
Can you do Tornado of Souls by 1986/Puppets Metallica?
Oohh, that’s a great shout
Someone make it happen please
Haven't dappered with Master in a while, and I do love Peace Sells to death
What a version! Incredible, amazing!
Brilliant idea, bravo my friend
You caught me by surprise. Thought it was just gonna be an uninspired redo with AJFA guitar tone but this is a SICK reimagining that keeps true to Megadeth but also sounds like it could’ve been made by Metallica 🤘 Amazing work
This is fucking perfect, exactly what I’ve been looking for from a Megadeth cover done in Metallica style. Awesome work!
Dude you killed it! Brilliant! Love this!
This is an insanely cool- and authentic-sounding mashup of Metallica and Megadeth songs! Great job! \m/
I keep coming back to this song. It feels like it came right out Metallica's discography. Fantastic.
This is such an incredible interpretation. Definitely the most creative video I've seen in this style. I really love how different it sounds but it also really shows just how impactful Menza's drumming was in terms of shaping the songs. It's definitely strange not to hear his signature grooves underneath the riffs.
Very very nice man!!!! Amazing job!
hit the nail on the head there pal. incredible work
Now that's something I've been waiting a long time. Can't wait to hear Moto Psycho in the style of St. Anger
So you pretty much want one of the worse songs played in the style of one of the worst albums. I get the irony.
You get perfection when you blend the 2 best metal bands together!
Man...this is amazing! Great job!!
Absolutely brilliant - Kudos!!!
I don't comment on vids like this very often because they seem derivative and lacking in real feel and understanding of the source material. This.... THIS is a huge exception! This is truly amazing and a serious work of art that it seems the creator really took on as a passion project. Please, PLEASE, keep this shit coming!!!!
Holy wars? Yeah, more like holy shit, this is astonishing! As a fan of both bands, this ruthlessly KICKS! Love how it's not just a simple tone swap either, it actually feels like something I'd hear off of AJFA with all of the changes sprinkled around. Fantastic job, dude! Keep this up!
first time on your channel...awesome work!!
great mixin' bro
You somehow made Holy Wars even more technical. I love it.
minus the drums
The drums are better here.
@@adameves5970 heck no they arent
It does sound like Metallica... but to downgrade the drums and Marty's solos is kind of unfortunate. Definitely nailed the sounding of it like it coming of AJFA though
@@adameves5970Blasphemy
Dude... this might be the most impressive thing I've seen in quite a while 💯👏
Subscribed! Keep up the creative work!!
great job bro!! very good !!
Amazing, great work!
i cannot imagine the amount of work put in this video
Perfect Work! Here are some of my obvious findings:
00:45 - The Shortest Straw's main lick (original: 00'46)
02:14 - Blackened's Breakdown (original: 02'34)
04:12 - And Justice For All's pre-solo lick (original: 05'03)
04:24 - And Justice For All's solo (original: 05'16)
2:21 the drum accents from the intro to The Frayed Ends of Sanity
2:14 sounds more like The Frayed Ends of Sanity
4:06 Slayer
I don't get the shortest straw one, even though I know the song perfectly.
Edit: Oh, now I get it, but wouldn't call it the main lick lol
@@franrus6718 it's actually from In the Hall of The Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
This is sooo sooo good! 🤘🏼
Wow. This is amazing man!
THE EPIC RETURN OF BRYCE BARILLA!!!!