Fun Fact: James Hetfield, the singer of the band actually hates Escape because their label at the time forced them to make more radio-friendly song in the last minute.
That just shows how good they were in their prime where their label forces them to make a radio-friendly song last minute and it’s still pretty good in consensus
@@zackzallie8735 It's kind of the opposite of Paranoid too since while Paranoid is still iconic more than 50 years on, Escape was forgotten the moment the album came out.
The story goes that the album was pretty much finished at seven songs but the label was scared that they couldn't promote any songs as a single so they asked for a more commercial song and....Escape was born
Absolutely! The black album is so over hated. Say whatever about the overplayed songs, The Unforgiven and Sad but true are classics. I honestly would place the black album above Kill em all in my ranking
@@logiclunacy606 I don't know, I personally think death magnetic was their best work since the black album. I would rank it over Kill em all to be honest
my favourite story of my dad’s youth is where he had written down the lyrics to Fade To Black- because he did that with basically all his albums- and his parents thought it was a suicide note 💀💀
The only reason I prefer MoP is because I prefer the weakest track on that (Leper Messiah) over the weakest track on this one (Escape) MoP 10/10 RTL 9.99/10 If Metallica wants to put on the greatest metal show of all time theyd perform Kill Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and close out with Blackened and One
Kill Em All's production for me has its rawness of speed metal and thrash metal. Its so garage-y and full of adrenaline rush. Cliff Burton contributed so much to early Metallica.
The production and mix on Kill 'Em All are kinda punk with how raw they are (like Anesthesia kinda sounds like a demo track), and that's why I love it! It's oldschool, but you can still hear how talented and hungry the band was.
@@DTheAustralian I think is more of an acquired taste, but after some years of listening to Megadeth, i can't picture anyone replacing Mustaine on vocals (at least on the older records, nowadays is another history)
Some people in the chat clowning Metallica yet when Fight Fire with Fire came on they switched really quick!!! I even saw one say “this lowkey hard 🤪”. 🤘🏽
Prog metal fans are too elitist to admit it but Metallica definitely has some very progressive songs, this album and Master of Puppets are a proof of that.
James’s voice on this album sooo good. I don’t know who or what he’s channeling but it sounds amazing. The build up of call of Cthulhu is literally like Cthulhu is rising as they are playing.
Exactly. It's like when my ex first squirted a little during the interlude of Finch's What It Is To Burn. Looking back, I wish I would have recorded it so that I can watch it during Jeopardy commercial breaks
Ride and Master are both 11/10. Such amazing albums! Practically impossible to do better Also Call Of Chtulu has the Hangar 18 ascending chord progression because it was co-written by Dave Mustaine (which auto suggestion wanted to be Mustard)
Kill Em' All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All, The Black Album. That is such an unbelievably near impeccable album run and it really proves that Metallica is not the best, but without a doubt, the greatest Metal band that's existed. You just can't go wrong listening to any of those albums. Btw Brad. Listen to Megadeth, which is also another excelent Thrash Metal band and personally my favorite of the genre.
idc much about metallica's mid carrer/latest stuff nowadays, but no one can deny that those first 4 albums are truly something special and despite the hate they get on the regular, i'm not ashamed to enjoy those albums. great stuff. p.s: rtl > mop
ride the lightning is my favourite album and i'm so happy to see brad enjoy it. i don't usually comment but i had to bc i love this album so much. common brad w
Ride the Lightning's by far my favorite album by them, and Creeping Death is my favorite song off of it, definetly deserved a 10, I'd love to see you do And Justice for All next would be very cool
I'm not sure if Brad would like AJFA purely because of the mix. Hell it's in my top five ever records and even I prefer a fan mix. The song length might throw him off too because AJFA isn't as catchy as MOP
if i wasn't broke af i'd be paying you to listen to rust in peace right now, that's another masterpiece of thrash right there for you brad (someone with money please make brad listen to rust in peace 🥺🥺🥺)
One of the best Metallica albums I hope he listens to AJFA my favorite Metallica album don’t let the lack of bass discourage you brad and thanks for the video !
If anyone were to ask me how to get into metal, my immediate answer would be: “Listen to Metallica’s first 5 albums”. It’s the most impressive quality streak in the history of the genre.
Metallica really makes their name honor, guitars here really have a certain "metalic" tone and feel to them, idk if that makes sense but at least thats how i perceive it
This was the first album I ever bought as an 8 year old. It’s on cassette and I still own it. I have this on original record, cassette, and cd. Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets are complete masterpieces.
This is my second favorite Metallica after St. Anger, it's so lively and fun. And it's the best of their 80s output, although Justice is also VERY strong.
you need to check out Rust in Peace by Megadeth now!!! 😩😩😩 It's up there with Master of Puppets for me, maybe even a bit better and absolutely not only one of the best thrash albums but one of the greatest albums of all time
Fun fact: the whole album is in a tuning higher than e standard because they had to speed the album up artificially cause lars couldn't play fast enough. Also James never sounds this high pitched on any other release.
How have we been allowing this man to be a music reviewer this whole time without him ever hearing the best Metallica album
There's so many things he hasn't spun yet and I think we need to fix that.
I mean he's already listened to MOP so we'll let it pass
RTL > MOP
Not sure how we haven’t got him to listen to St Anger yet either
@@zdoggzero6595 good for him
I love how the cover looks exactly how the album sounds
Exactly the album cover looks exactly like how the guitar tone sounds to me
@@luskcovers2811 couldn’t have put it better
Smaw with and Justice tbh.
@@VARVIS_oh hey, varvis love you’re videos lol
lol I feel the same way with the Black Album
Fun Fact: James Hetfield, the singer of the band actually hates Escape because their label at the time forced them to make more radio-friendly song in the last minute.
That just shows how good they were in their prime where their label forces them to make a radio-friendly song last minute and it’s still pretty good in consensus
Same with Sabbath's Paranoid track. The track is a last to be written for a radio-friendly contract and ended up being the most famous song.
@@zackzallie8735 It's kind of the opposite of Paranoid too since while Paranoid is still iconic more than 50 years on, Escape was forgotten the moment the album came out.
and it’s my personal fav, good looks on the label
The story goes that the album was pretty much finished at seven songs but the label was scared that they couldn't promote any songs as a single so they asked for a more commercial song and....Escape was born
Master of puppets was always my favorite by them, but you can't go wrong with any of their first 5 albums
Absolutely! The black album is so over hated. Say whatever about the overplayed songs, The Unforgiven and Sad but true are classics. I honestly would place the black album above Kill em all in my ranking
@@sleepingpowderz8855 I still think it’s a bit overrated and overplayed but Of wolf and man and after is just amazing
@@sleepingpowderz8855 I'm in the same boat. I like Kill Em All a lot but it still sounds like they are finding they're sound
I think Hardwired was the only good newer album.
@@logiclunacy606 I don't know, I personally think death magnetic was their best work since the black album. I would rank it over Kill em all to be honest
my favourite story of my dad’s youth is where he had written down the lyrics to Fade To Black- because he did that with basically all his albums- and his parents thought it was a suicide note 💀💀
“Getting lost within myself” I LOST MY WAY AGAIN
💀
@@Rachel-Pham james thought hes ronnie radke 💀
Lmao! That's good. It's weird to think our parents were kids as well.
actually their greatest album, I'm glad you finally got your hands on this, thanks to that one individual who donated this, HOO HA
Midbooze numba 1 BTIM fan
@@turqdeth 🍫⭐🐟
You're alive tho
The only reason I prefer MoP is because I prefer the weakest track on that (Leper Messiah) over the weakest track on this one (Escape) MoP 10/10 RTL 9.99/10 If Metallica wants to put on the greatest metal show of all time theyd perform Kill Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and close out with Blackened and One
@@Lottofatto oh yeah, understandable, Leper Messiah is like way harder than Escape
I still prefer AJFA (because I'm a prog snob) but RTL is my second.
This is a certified hood classic.
No seriously, this is by far one of the greatest metal albums of all time, let alone the best Metallica album ever.
Did you actually break up with someone over Christina Aguilera
@@icystorm9 Kinda, she also broke up with me cuz she said she was was pansexual or something and she also didn’t like my music taste
@@redsus4839 =( Sorry to hear that bro
@@icystorm9 It’s ok, man
Kill Em All's production for me has its rawness of speed metal and thrash metal. Its so garage-y and full of adrenaline rush. Cliff Burton contributed so much to early Metallica.
couldnt agree more. its the only album i regularly listen to from metallica
I know I love Kill ‘Em All so much it’s Metallicas best imo
They recording that sh*t on a shoestring budget at 18 in 1980 😂 I always laugh at the "urg the mix 🤓" like stfu 😂
i love how kill em all sounds and every metalhead i know (many) loves it too
@@TheRealHaloLoverjust because there’s a good reason doesn’t automatically make it a good mix
The 1980 era for metalica truly was something special
Fight Fire With Fire is my absolute favorite Metallica song. I'm not typically huge on them in all honesty but the first few albums absolutely hit.
It’s a very great intro, but I’m still kind of torn on how I just can’t figure out where the down beat is.
DO UNTO OTHERS
That’s easily my least favorite song on the album😂
@@casey_kittAS THEYVE DONE TO YOU
It’s probably my 2nd favorite on the album right behind Creeping Death. IT GOES SO FUCKING HARD!
The production and mix on Kill 'Em All are kinda punk with how raw they are (like Anesthesia kinda sounds like a demo track), and that's why I love it! It's oldschool, but you can still hear how talented and hungry the band was.
I can't believe my favorite clothing brand dropped an album
Love how Kid Rock fits exactly with the beat every time
Now it's time for Rust in Peace, another landmark not only in thrash metal but the genre as a whole
Any of the first like 5 megadeth albums really
@@willm5032 first 6, Youthanasia is good too
@@figu6ka379 Ah yeah true!
pros: the instrumentation
cons: the vocals
@@DTheAustralian I think is more of an acquired taste, but after some years of listening to Megadeth, i can't picture anyone replacing Mustaine on vocals (at least on the older records, nowadays is another history)
Some people in the chat clowning Metallica yet when Fight Fire with Fire came on they switched really quick!!! I even saw one say “this lowkey hard 🤪”. 🤘🏽
greatness can't be denied
Clowning for what?
@@figu6ka379elitism!!
Prog metal fans are too elitist to admit it but Metallica definitely has some very progressive songs, this album and Master of Puppets are a proof of that.
AJFA is pretty much a prog metal record through and through
Prog metal fans thought prog means its just many notes can put one single song.
Unless the song switches time signatures like 26 times, prog metal fans will stay unimpressed
@@andrei11dr tru
Nah that's not true it's just the black album after. Every prog metal fan I know praises And Justice For All (other than lack of bass)
James’s voice on this album sooo good. I don’t know who or what he’s channeling but it sounds amazing. The build up of call of Cthulhu is literally like Cthulhu is rising as they are playing.
shoutout to when metallica played in antarctica and DIDN'T add trapped under ice to their setlist
Get this man more thrash metal to listen to
i want Reign In Blood full album review. that shit's revolutionary.
Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, Peace Sells too
Some anthrax would be nice
It would be nice if he will listen to The Legacy by Testament.
Pleasure To Kill mebbe
As someone who loves Metallica's first 3 albums, I'm really happy to see Brad loving this.
what about ajfa
@@ExtremeGutter Justice for Newsted
@@Midbooze justice for Heller
@@ExtremeGutter Still really like it, but not as much as the first 3. If the first 3 are an S for me, AJFA is an A+
@@asierortega1210 totally valid
Exactly. It's like when my ex first squirted a little during the interlude of Finch's What It Is To Burn. Looking back, I wish I would have recorded it so that I can watch it during Jeopardy commercial breaks
top 5 comment
This is officially the worst comment of all time
hey alright
Ride and Master are both 11/10. Such amazing albums! Practically impossible to do better
Also Call Of Chtulu has the Hangar 18 ascending chord progression because it was co-written by Dave Mustaine (which auto suggestion wanted to be Mustard)
Kill Em' All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All, The Black Album.
That is such an unbelievably near impeccable album run and it really proves that Metallica is not the best, but without a doubt, the greatest Metal band that's existed. You just can't go wrong listening to any of those albums.
Btw Brad. Listen to Megadeth, which is also another excelent Thrash Metal band and personally my favorite of the genre.
death
you just skipped over master of puppets huh?
@@henriquepacheco7473 Damn, I completely forgot it was missing. Thanks for reminding me.
Pantera, Death, Slayer, Black Sabbath?
@@figu6ka379 naaaa pantera and slayer aren’t as good imo
idc much about metallica's mid carrer/latest stuff nowadays, but no one can deny that those first 4 albums are truly something special and despite the hate they get on the regular, i'm not ashamed to enjoy those albums. great stuff.
p.s: rtl > mop
Don't know what kind of pretentious deaf cunt would hate first 4 albums, but thankfully never met someone like that
This is more important than whatever I was doing. Time for Brad to validate my opinion on an album I like, AGAIN! 😩❤️
I've never been a huge Metallica fan, but these streams have really changed my point of view, at least with their early discography. This is great!
Can't wait til you eventually check out St. Anger. You'll sure love the production!
Trapped under ice deserved a headphones purely for the fact they didnt play it when they played a show in Antarctica.
ride the lightning is my favourite album and i'm so happy to see brad enjoy it. i don't usually comment but i had to bc i love this album so much. common brad w
Ride the Lightning's by far my favorite album by them, and Creeping Death is my favorite song off of it, definetly deserved a 10, I'd love to see you do And Justice for All next would be very cool
Master is slightly better
Creeping Death was the last Metallica song I heard among the classic 4 albums, it's definitely in my top 3.
I'm not sure if Brad would like AJFA purely because of the mix. Hell it's in my top five ever records and even I prefer a fan mix. The song length might throw him off too because AJFA isn't as catchy as MOP
As a lifelong metalhead.... 80s Metallica hits different... it's GOD TIER stuff!
thats it guys keep spending your money on metallica reactions, i appreciate it
One of the best albums of all time.
i just listened to this a month ago and the fade to black 2nd half riff gave me the same reactionnn
Metallica is going crazy with their new album and my bro is here reacting to Ride the Lightning 😂
0:44 brad turning into penguinz0 caught on camera
if i wasn't broke af i'd be paying you to listen to rust in peace right now, that's another masterpiece of thrash right there for you brad (someone with money please make brad listen to rust in peace 🥺🥺🥺)
Their debut album is pretty good too but certainly not mixed that well. I still think he’d enjoy it
@@rampageblizzard true. tbh if he checked out any of their early stuff i would be happy
Exactly what I was gonna say I NEED that reaction‼️
fight fire with fire, ride the lightning and for whom the bell tolls, what a way to open the album
Literally the golden standard for metal
Fade to black is a top10 song all time for me
There's something about the production of this album that makes it sound like an electrical frostbite
This album was literally made in 1984
I really want to see your reactions to the riffs in AJFA, they're out of this world
blackened, dyers eve, the frayed ends of sanity etc
RIDE THE LIGHTNING LETSGIOOOOOOOO
I FREAKING LOVE RIDE THE LIGHTNING
One of the best Metallica albums I hope he listens to AJFA my favorite Metallica album don’t let the lack of bass discourage you brad and thanks for the video !
I also really enjoy Kill Them All by Midallica.
Finally, after all these years I can have an opinion on this album. I didn't know what to think until Bradley told me
the production on kill 'em all isn't that bad it's common for oldschool metal
Doesn’t make it any better though lol
@@iCookCrystalMeth it wasn't really that bad in the first place
@@buffmywifi3839 I get you. Iron Maiden debut's mix it's a tad punk and old school but I still love it nonetheless.
The production is better than on ...And Justice For All.
Yeah tbh Metallica didn't have a good sounding album until the Black Album.
7:39 who ever paid $2 to make a Bloodhound Gang reference deserves to be canonized by the church.
easily my favourite Metallica album, love the atmosphere and songwriting, top 10 metal album of all time for me
WE’RE GONNA RIDE THIS LIGHTNING 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Whoever put MDK in the chat during For Whom The Bell Tolls I love you so much MDK MDK MDK
Also after you said “ God please save me...” a therapy commercial came on lol too funny😂
I just listened to this whole album this morning and I gotta say, I really like To Whom The Bell Tolls
seriously my favorite album ever! every time i listen to it i just get filled with joy! kill ‘em all is great too!
NO ESCAPE HATE WILL BE TOLERATED. ESCAPE IS GOOD
holy crap i literally got on after work to re-watch your master of puppet’s reaction
homie really said from whom the bell tolls 💀
If anyone were to ask me how to get into metal, my immediate answer would be: “Listen to Metallica’s first 5 albums”. It’s the most impressive quality streak in the history of the genre.
HELL YEAH
So thrilled to see him reacting to this after the Master of Puppets listen
Metallica really makes their name honor, guitars here really have a certain "metalic" tone and feel to them, idk if that makes sense but at least thats how i perceive it
Creeping death is probably Metallica's best rifts ever made.
9:00 OH NO, BRAD HAS HEARD SIX FEET UNDER!?
Creeping Death is my all time favorite Metallica track. Glad you liked it
BRAD REVIEWING A MASTERPIECE LEZGOOOO
Fight Fire With Fire and For Whom the Bell Tolls are such good fucking songs, FFWF was always one of my favorites growing up
This album is GOATED. Bless whoever paid for this reaction.
My favorite Metallica album, so good!
This was the first album I ever bought as an 8 year old. It’s on cassette and I still own it. I have this on original record, cassette, and cd. Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets are complete masterpieces.
This is my second favorite Metallica after St. Anger, it's so lively and fun. And it's the best of their 80s output, although Justice is also VERY strong.
Wym after st anger
@@mybigfather As in it's my 2nd favorite, and St Anger is my 1st favorite
@@icystorm9 can you repeat that? i don’t think i’m seeing right
@@paranoidandroid6691 Why do yall find it so hard to believe I like Ride the Lightning so much? Chat was going mad for it the whole stream
@@icystorm9 i don’t think ride the lighting is the thing we’re surprised about
Ride the LIghtning is one of the BEST Metallica songs -.-
this album is masterpiece
metallica is goated for how they make lars sound amazing
yo was just listening to this on vinyl earlier
RTL is my favorite album, i love the chugginess it really feels like this was the only album that really emphasized it to it’s max ^_^
Let's goooooo
Waited way too long for this
Returns shoutout!
Redsus got owned
you need to check out Rust in Peace by Megadeth now!!! 😩😩😩
It's up there with Master of Puppets for me, maybe even a bit better and absolutely not only one of the best thrash albums but one of the greatest albums of all time
My favourite Metallica album
Fun fact: the whole album is in a tuning higher than e standard because they had to speed the album up artificially cause lars couldn't play fast enough. Also James never sounds this high pitched on any other release.
even more proof lars is a mid drummer
Is that actually true?
Brad needs to get himself a Tidal account for these streams. If the quality of the mix is so important, then lossless is the only way to go.
LETS GO FINALLY
For Whom the Bell Tolls into Fade to Black is a strong back to back.
Can't wait for AJFA
For Whom the Bell Tolls one of those songs you can play 100000000000x times without getting sick of it
That fight fire rifff🥰🥰🥰
Imo Creeping Death is the highlight here
Man I wish I could listen to the 80s Metallica records for the first time again
probs my fav metallica album
We gotta get brad to check out In The Nightside Eclipse i just have a feeling that he'd love it
Kill Em' All and Master Of Puppets are my favorite albums.
Finally, Ride The Lightning goes hard
I hope the thrash metal streak continues because I would love to see you listen to Rust In Peace and South Of Heaven
i just realized this mf need to react to any cliff burton solo
@Brad Taste in Music W8?!?! You listened to the Kill Em All album???? Did you review it at all?
He should react to the black album or And Justice For All
You def have to react to And Justice For All…
I honestly prefer it to Master of Puppets
Although be warned it mixed, oddly to put it nicely
Just listen to And Justice for Jason
Up there as one of my favourite metal albums.
Glad to see that he liked something for once.
Time to do a Megadeth review. Rust in Peace, their best, and then their "worst", Risk