Is this a joke?

@VARVIS_

7 ай бұрын

What do you think?

@KardboardKenny

7 ай бұрын

This is bad comedy - Galvatron

@hannesgreen638

7 ай бұрын

pin of shame

@the_yellow_shirted_kid_16

7 ай бұрын

​@@KardboardKennyMegatron, is that you??

@KardboardKenny

7 ай бұрын

@@the_yellow_shirted_kid_16 "here's a hint"...LOL

James is one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. I see him in a list with great artists like Lennon, Mccarthy, Hendrix, Miles Davis and Elton John

@xkmmx2132

7 ай бұрын

You and everyone else that just picked up their first Squier strat with the Master of Puppets tab book. In 5 years they will play actual difficult songs and start to disagree though lol.

@SunnyHF-nf4bc

7 ай бұрын

@@xkmmx2132 You don’t need to have the greatest chops to be a great musician.

@kmcarchive8288

7 ай бұрын

​@@xkmmx2132 Well, I've been playing for almost 30 years; my favourite guitarists are people like Tommy Emmanuel, Jerry Reed, Paco De Lucia, etc... I still think Hetfield is a rhythm guitar icon.

@ezekielbrockmann114

7 ай бұрын

Totally.

@mymanjoker

7 күн бұрын

Even Elton called him that

James Hetfield is and should be recognized as one of the greatest musicians ever. period. Song writing, vocals, rhythm playing, innovation, trend setter and he has maintained a successful professional relationship with LARS?! Hands down, in the same breath as Beethoven, Lennon, McCartney, etc. The fact he isnt widely talked about and revered like a McCartney or Jagger or something is due to the post black album buffoonery the band has become. The Lars not practicing, Kirk flubbing Fade to Black live, the When Doves Cry shitshow, Some Kind of Monster and Bob Rock having an audible stroke on St Anger's mix....and yet still, he is undeniably carrying that band and has by himself pretty much since 83. Unbelievable.

@marioalexanderski9598

7 ай бұрын

And not the mention the chaos that is Lulu

@jyejye1077

7 ай бұрын

I think Load and Reload are amazing albums, and when Kirk started recording his rhythms it really gave the band a more diverse sound, Metallica is the best band in the World and James is the best front man ever.

@dawnkeyy

7 ай бұрын

Nobel peace prize worthy stuff maintaining a professional relationship with Lars 🤣

@dawnkeyy

7 ай бұрын

Nobel peace prize worthy stuff maintaining a professional relationship with Lars 🤣

@8BEATER1

7 ай бұрын

Nobel peace prize worthy stuff maintaining a professional relationship with Lars 🤣

Kirk does this rhytm parts also during live performances. They are not impossible to play. What impresses me more is singing on top of many of that parts by James, as they are often rhytmically complex (I am referring especially to rhytm parts from RTL to AJFA).

@ali965

7 ай бұрын

If you think what James does is hard, you should check out Dave Mustaine. It’s almost impossible what he can do

@apocalypse3485

7 ай бұрын

​@@ali965Muhammed Suiçmez

@VARVIS_

7 ай бұрын

I mentioned that

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

​@@ali965Mustaine is the goat

@brunofreitas9314

7 ай бұрын

​@@ali965but Mustaine doesnt sing, so that means nothing. And James is much tighter and cleaner than Dave

Not only is he a great rhythm guitarist but he's also an underrated song writer.

@huntrrr99

7 ай бұрын

EVH is a better Rhythm player by far.

@troysmithfr

7 ай бұрын

@@huntrrr99 Almost needless to argue because it's not like anybody can shake the entire legacy that EVH left behind

@JOHNNYRIFFS

7 ай бұрын

I love Metallica and James. But ”underated”? He play and write songs in the biggest metal band of all time? 😂

James was the reason I started playing guitar in the first place and is why I wanted to focus on rhythm for so many years. He is definitely one of the best ever.

@RhythmsiPao

2 ай бұрын

same here bro cheers

The short answer is yes. The long answer is yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

@TheDeadTheories

7 ай бұрын

You mean the answer is “yeah-eah!”

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

And the looooooooonher answer is Eddie fuc****n Van Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaalen and Dimebag Darrel! Oh and Mustaine and Mile Petrozza from Kreator. Oh and forgot, Jeff Hanneman and Scott Ian. Oh and Pat O Brien, the guy is a freaking machine .

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

​@@JPR17don't forget Tony Iommi.

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

@@pinkled4429 yeah. I think no one can beat Tony, the real riff master. Nothing would even exist without him the way we know it 🤟

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

@@JPR17 Imagine listening to Into the void in 1971

I think he's top 3. I like Dave Mustaine's rhythm stuff more as a guitar player because of its technicality but nobody is as tight as James. Absolute machine.

@Malaneth

7 ай бұрын

Ever listened to litearlly any metal other than the most basic average shit?

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

​@@Malaneth Megadeth is anything but "basic" lmfaooo

@picklesandwich5949

7 ай бұрын

@@Malaneth Yes I have actually. I don't care how popular the band is the most memorable riffs for me are Mustaine's. You can argue this for so many people. This is just subjective.

@Malaneth

7 ай бұрын

@@pinkled4429 Megadeth is much more technical than most mainstream metal, however I do not understand why you bring them up?

@Malaneth

7 ай бұрын

@@picklesandwich5949 It's only most memorable because it's so basic and mainstrea. Explore more metal

He's in a top 10 rock band of all time. Extremely influential. He's known for fast, sometimes technical and difficult riffs, but most importantly very very memorable riffs. It's not hard to argue that he's a rhythm guitar GOAT, sure.

For rock/metal rhythm guitarists Hetfield, Scott Ian, Malcolm Young and EVH. Hetfield and Ian have incredible precision and tightness to their playing while Malcolm and Eddie played with unreal groove that's impossible to replicate perfectly, just try playing I'm the one. I also think SRV is one of the best rhythm players ever but that's a different discussion

@maticdrgan8610

7 ай бұрын

Gary Holt?

@danielk301

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget Dave Mustaine. In his prime Dave's skill as a rhythm guitarist was on par with James imo.

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

What about Pat O Brien?

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

​@@danielk301 dude Dave is still a beast. Also he's better than Het. Chugging an E isn't that hard when you can play the instrument well. Playing and singing Megadeth requires some serious skills. Not to mention Dave wrote Rust in peace.

@metallaholic

7 ай бұрын

scott ian is so insanely good.

Scott ian is really good also

James is so locked in in his performances, you could transcribe his riffs in a midi program and it’d be just as precise as his recordings.

A lot of people don’t recognize the struggle of playing fast songs like Creeping Death and trying to sing the lyrics, I’ve tried it and either ended up singing the lyrics clearly and being sloppy with my guitar playing or being good at my guitar but mumbling words. Not only that but when you look at things like Battery that is 205 bpm and it has galloping that takes skill man

@Neon_Ghost1

7 ай бұрын

It is so crazy hard especially for creeping death

Just watch "That Was Just Your Life" live performance to realize he is the goat. No one can sing fast and play such a technical riff so well at the same time. Papa Het writes some of the catchiest and memorable riffs in metal. 72 Seasons also proves he hasn't lost it.

It's his sheer precision that I find amazing. And then here's his downpicking. Toronto 86, nuff said.

James breaks your right hand, Dave breaks your left. Couldn’t really say who’s objectively better but I personally like Dave more. Dave always has me like “how the fuck do you come with that?”

I was gonna write a big long dissertation on why James is the best, but I'll just curtail it to say yes. Yes he is.

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

I think you may write it down cause a lot of us are wondering why the hell you think that?

@mattdad8429

7 ай бұрын

@@JPR17 lol perhaps. Basically I was initially going to say for his genre, there are players on par with James, but no one exceeded his abilities. There are thousands of jazz players that know every chord in the book and can run up and down the neck that are technically better than James, but in terms of sheer precision, stamina, and consistency you'd be hard-pressed to find a rock/metal rhythm guitarist that checks more boxes than Hetfield. Just listen to isolated rhythm tracks of your top picks and compare them to James' and you'll find the answer that you seek. I think Van Halen could very well be on the shortlist, Chuck Schuldinar, Dimebag, Mustaine; there's tons of guitarists that smash it in the rhythm department, so I'm certainly not saying James is on some other planet. I just think for what he does, there's virtually no one I've heard that wowed me as much as him.

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

@@mattdad8429 l was just messing around mate 😂 no need to write all of that down, what a waste of your time.

@mattdad8429

7 ай бұрын

@@JPR17 Ah.

@SIRebrum

7 ай бұрын

@@mattdad8429 You call this a Big Long Dissertation ❔

And please don't forget his solos. They are my favorite Metallica solos. Melodies you can sing along to.

Truly an inspiration. I credit James for making me a better guitar player in general

I love videos like this so much just talking about how acrusllt amazinf james is. My brother has been a rhythm guitarist as long as I can remember and I had him to show me the ropes and introduce me to new thinfs when I finally started playing guitar a few years ago, so I’ve always known how cracked James is but still wow

Eddie’s rhythm is unmatched. Look to “I’m the one” as an example.

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

Agree, that's a good example of rhythm playing perfection.

@UchihaZoSo

7 ай бұрын

True that, he's so recognized for how crazy his leads were that his rhythm playing gets overlooked most of the time. In my opinion, Eddie's rhythm playing was the foundation of what made him great. He could go from these wild, creative, all over the place leads and drop straight into the tightest swing rhythm. That's some tough shit to pull off how he did it

@codycoyote7046

7 ай бұрын

@@UchihaZoSo based

@Itelkner

7 ай бұрын

Playing a totally relaxed, open swing feel at high speed with perfect precision broken up with wild, dazzling leads then immediately back in the pocket.

@InuranusBrokoff

7 ай бұрын

House of Pain and Panama are two of my favorite from Ed.

Its the fact that he plays those riffs whilst singing at the same time

Who the fuck overlooks Hetfield? lol

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

A lot of guitar players can play like Hetfield and even faster. Just try listening to other bands 😉 search Pat O Brien, there, I gave you the answer.

@JamesWilliams-nb8ig

7 күн бұрын

​@JPR17 can they sing and play disposable heroes

I'm so glad James is getting the respect I always felt he deserved after so many years trying to play like him

As someone who grew up listening to Metallica learning to play guitar and then trying to learn how to sing and play at the same time? For us normal mortals our brains tend to want to synchronize our hand movements to our mouths and often times James Hetfield will play something that is completely different tempo or rhythm to what he is singing so his mind can literally focus on two complex tasks at once and that is nothing short of godly

@VARVIS_

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely man. To me THAT exactly what you said is what sets him over the rest. Thanks for commenting

James lives in Olympus. The rest of the guitar players live on earth.

Muhammed Suiçmez from Necrophagist. Also a vocalist while perfectly playing complex technical death metal riffs and solos.

@VARVIS_

7 ай бұрын

Yes, he is absolutely up there too. Plan on doing a video on him shortly

@Malaneth

7 ай бұрын

Finally someone with a brain

He's great at rhythms but his solos are damn good too.

To me, James is the greatest rhythm player ever. Adam Jones is also tight as hell.

@Gorre022

7 ай бұрын

Jones made a few flubs when I saw him live in October 😖💙

He is a walking metronome, his timing is spot on. The band follows him live. Which is uncommon. People here keep bringing up the new guys who are monsters. Is he on the same level as guys doing tech death, or dino, or jeff waters...no. Look, he has been surpassed since the 90s. We get it. But the big 4 paved the way for them all. James pioneered the style you hear in this video, everyone today carries the torch. Just like how Acdc or Scorpions paved the way for Hetfield. As for Mustaine he is the more well rounded guy for sure and has better command of the fretboard. But for right hand technique in the 80s, Hetfield was the gold standard.

@johnp82

6 ай бұрын

It's like the Jimi Hendrix vs modern guitarists argument.

@iamgribs

6 ай бұрын

@@johnp82 Exactly. Kill em All came out 40y ago. No use in comparing him with Meshuggah Suffocation etc

The show in the back is 1993 Basel Switzerland, specifically Disposable Heroes if anyone is interested, great show

James is an awesome musician and a cool cat. Def one of the best

Scott Ian has an amazing right hand too. Dudes super underrated.

Someone who can downpick master at 200+ bpm while singing and looking badass at the same time is a god amongst men

He is the reason I started playing guitar.

Yep

John Schaffer,Hetfield,Mustaine,Holt and Ian are the goats

Either Him or Malchom.

James Hetfield's playing was my gateway to thrash. He was also my gateway to appreciating what being ''tight'' means for a musician. And finally, he was the one I'd compare anyone to in terms of rhythm guitar quality... He's the benchmark. confirmed GOAT

It's my favourite, he's for sure one of the most clean and tight players out there, the best voice for what metal should be (never liked guys that have opera singing voices or just screams and for some reasin, metal frontman that doesnt play guitar or bass, it's not the same) and he is, the most charismatical one. So with all that, yeah. He's the one.

Yes

Exibit A: Listening to Rick Beato alternate-picking "Creeping Death" I rest my case.

Yes. Next question please.

James and Chuck Schuldiner are my idols in the guitar world

Great right hand.

The only person I'd ever put over james would have to be dimebag not even mustaine could touch dime. Dime was gods gift to guitar RIP

@lalolanda3996

7 ай бұрын

Dime's solos were awesome yes but his rhythm parts goddamit only he could come up with them He and Chuck are the best in my books

YES!

James is a god, always has been strong as an individual whilst always keeping his cards close to his chest, i think their is an example of an amazing human being and musician. To be honest, i rarely listen to Metallics these days, Ive moved on from alot of there stuff though still class ...And Justice For All as one of the best albums of all time!

I say yes because he's never ending making new riffs once you think you heard them all something you never heard comes out fast or slow

There is one thing which is writing those riffs, then recording them to a perfect degree, then adding the lyrics and to sum up, playing it live. When you combine all together, I think that it's pretty clear that he is the GOAT. Never seen anyone plays that accurate, precise and powerful. It's like he was made in a lab. Kirk said in an interview lately that he can play this songs in his sleep.. If I can compare anyone to his ability it must be Dimebag and Criss Oliva, and they also written all the lead parts.

Yes.

If he isn’t, I am left wondering who would be. His down picking is pretty much unrivalled

@JPR17

7 ай бұрын

Search and you'll find plenty of dowstroking players in Metal 🤷 Hetfield is just the popular one

@mikerauter1859

7 ай бұрын

exavtly, the band is huge he gets all attention. Jon Shaeffer is faster and tighter too.@@JPR17

@cdsmetalhead99

7 ай бұрын

Terrance Hobbs' down picking makes James' stuff look like Smoke on the Water

@eattheheat1919

7 ай бұрын

@@cdsmetalhead99 ahh damn! I will check Hobbs out 🤘

@iamgribs

7 ай бұрын

I mean his main claim to fame is he pioneered this style of playing. Obviously people have surpassed him, like Hobbs, sure, but Hetfield brought that percussive style of playing to the game. There were other great players too with a style similar to his such as Peterson, Ian. Then you had Mustaine, Jeff Waters, Gary Holt who are great rhythm players but also great lead players as well, super well rounded.

Maybe kirk uses the wah petal cause it sounds badass? I never saw anything wrong with it and the way he uses it only adds to the music, im tired of people belittling his style

Forget the guitar only... while singing at this level he is a monster at this age!! Dont forrget..back, knees, wrists, joints...damaged and his vocal ability and especially those downstrokes. He made metal look cool and great!!

He is not only a great rythm guitar player, he still is a great singer (so now you can stop using the age excuse for Axl Rose). On a recent Rick Beato interview Kirk admitted it's hard to keep up with James playing.

Yeah the fight fire with fire riff is insane

I and anyone into heavy guitar have known for over 30 years that James Hetfield is the best rhythm guitar player on the planet. He has not been overlooked or under appreciated, he is the God of Riffs... and yes lead players and rhythm players should be judged separately. Of course then you also have rare talents like Randy Rhodes, Jerry Cantrell, and Dimebag who are equally amazing at both.

R.I.P. Kevin Geordie Walker, was one of the greatest rythem guitar 🎸 players ever to walk the earth yet remains virtually unknown along with Killing Joke

Yes. Without a doubt.

Something people don’t talk about is that James Alternate picks like lots of riffs, you cannot tell me or ever convince me that a human can downpick fight fire with fire, not even with an 8 ball of coke

@knightfall9394

7 ай бұрын

i dont think anyone is gonna tell you that he’s down picking fight fire with fire, its pretty obvious when he’s alternate picking certain riffs. I know there’s that gary holt quote about james downpicking stuff a lot of people wouldnt, but he’s not downpicking everything

@kingtaco4064

7 ай бұрын

@@knightfall9394 and you’re the very first person I’ve seen that’s ever said anything about it besides me lol

Chuck schuldiner, Alexi laiho, muhammed suicmez they all play complex riff with vocals and also Solos.

@VARVIS_

7 ай бұрын

Those guys are all up there in my opinion, good comment

are they playing disposable heroes on the background?

@VARVIS_

7 ай бұрын

Good wye Yes they are

I vote for Dino Cazares of Fear Factory.

Try Terrance Hobbs of Suffocation and Luc Lemay of Gorguts.

James isn’t just one of the best rhythm guitarists in the world, he’s one of the best musicians in the world, his guitar playing, his vocals, his stage presence, his song writing they’re all amazing

@nicolaemadalinboboc6704

7 ай бұрын

Hetfield himself said Metallica are so and so as musicians, but they work magic in how they come together. I definitely think he was modest, but as far as musicianship goes, Hetfield is an example who is very good at what he does, but also limited. He doesn't play solos (except a few), and his sense of melody sounds very simply. He only excelss at playing riffs. A guitarist who can play both complex rythms and complex melodies would be a much better guitarist. And yeah, Dave Mustaine would be a better guitarists overall, however I think the argument is wether or not Hetfield can be considered the most important rythm guitarist instead, since his style of playing metal influenced everything that puts a heavy emphasis on technical precission, speed and power, from thrash to death-metal, djent etc., wether he is a direct or indirect influence on those musicians, but ofc Mustaine could always claim he influenced Hetfield's playing style.

Yea he is, no questions asked

@dcmastermindfirst9418

7 ай бұрын

Wrong. Malcolm Young is far more consistent

@tallycahamuhlhetru26

7 ай бұрын

​@@dcmastermindfirst9418 Oh, c'mon now.... Hetfield inconsistent?😂

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

​@@tallycahamuhlhetru26chugging E isn't exactly an accomplishment

@MrGul

7 ай бұрын

@@pinkled4429 Actually, it is! Being able to play something "easy" completely perfect is harder than playing something "difficult" half-assed. Both James and Malcolm are experts when it comes to playing easy things perfectly. Ask any touring modern rock and/or metal guitar player if they know anyone with better rhythm timing than James or Malcolm. It's not about playing complicated stuff, it's about doing a perfect performance.

What's crazy is singing at the same time as playing these riffs.

Malcom young hands down

Simple answer: YES!

In his prime he absolutely was the best rhythm guitarist on the planet (like 1984-1989 ish). You could say you think other guitarists had more groove or had tastier licks and riffs but honestly pound for pound it has to be James. People dismissing him by saying they can play stuff like battery and fight fire with fire pretty easily, and yeah you can probably play what passes as a really good attempt at it,I am sorry but you’re not getting it to the level of James at his booze fueled peak, he was a freak. Yeah it may be like a 10 percent difference, but that 10 percent IS the difference maker on those records. (RTL, MOP, AJFA). PERFECT timing on all the tracks. He was an absolute studio BEAST and would back it up and then some live. All while being a phenomenal songwriter and formidable singer with an insanely unique voice. Post 1991 though ehhhh

He should solo more often. I like his leads

james hetfield is the best rhythm guitarist of all time. arguably one of the best musicians of all time as well.

Yes. Next question.

James is for sure god-tier rhythm guitar player. His riffs are not extremely complicated from a purely technical pt of view. But his attack, the time signatures, the seemingly simple straightforward nature of his riffs makes many of them absolutely memorable. It's only when you try to play them that their difficulty appears; even if they're not musicianship showcase parts. And on top of that he has to sing over it... A+ frontman for sure. I'm on the Megadeth bandwagon though. It's just a different flavour of God.

My top 3 rythm guitar players are Jon Schaffer, Dave Mustaine and James Hetfield. Those three can be put on any order

James is the most mimicked guitarist to ever live. More people learn his music than anyone. His stuff isn’t easy but it’s not so difficult that it’s intimidating to new players. Master of Puppets will always be the blueprint. Yes there are more technically sound players but none that have inspired so many to pick up a guitar as James has

He is going to be my guitar hero for the rest of my life. Then Chuck (RIP) Dave Mustaine is more technical on the left hand. But James is brutal/aggressive on the right hand. Both are great it is just I just can't stop listening to Metallica's riffs (RTL MOP and AJFA). I love Malcom's rhythm skills too. sorry for my English. 65 percent of Metal guitarists who love riffs will always say that they have listened to James ' riffs and learned it. He is fast but his real unique talent is his stamina/endurance. That makes him a riff machine. I'm glad there is a video like this about him. He is underrated. I admire all Lead guitarists out there they are great. But James is the reason why I have now a vision and mission to play guitar.

@VARVIS_

2 ай бұрын

RIP CHUCK

If you like EMGs, ESPs, high gain & scooped mids, you owe James a debt. "Nice jazz pickups!" t. Kerry King upon seeing EMGs in James's white Explorer. To say nothing of his playing!

@dasistthomsen9

7 ай бұрын

Metallica does not scoop mids

@rocketpigrecords3719

7 ай бұрын

@@dasistthomsen9 yes they do lol you're redacted

@dasistthomsen9

7 ай бұрын

@@rocketpigrecords3719 No , they dont

@rocketpigrecords3719

7 ай бұрын

@@dasistthomsen9 hey, reject? No one fucking cares about how they did shit on St. Anger. Go be special somewhere else, don't forget your helmet.

@bored7772

7 ай бұрын

​​@@dasistthomsen9they would scoop the mids on the amp and then have a EQ pedal to scoop the midds even more they used to scoop hella mids they don't so much anymore

I don’t think he is the best rhythm guitarist ever. However I do believe he is the best frontman ever

I mean, he's good at what he does. I don't understand this need to say something or someone is the "greatest ever" all the time.

My MT Rushmore is Hetfield, Mustaine, Malcolm and Iommi

The G.O.A.T. is the tape recorder that was sped up for the guitar parts.

That' no brainer. Jaymz is The G.O.A.T. Also in song writing.

@pinkled4429

7 ай бұрын

"I'm the table yea yea yea"

Not the most technical by any means, but like with Jimmi Hendrix and the question of who is the best guitarist, is he the most important+skilled rythm guitar player in rock? I think there is a good argument for this. While guitarist before him were more influential, they weren't as focused on precision, speed and power, and while rythm guitarist after Hetfield were more technical, they probably weren't as influential. Before Metallica, what mattered in rock music was the lead guitar or simple catchy riffs that repeated themselves over the course of a song. Take Meshuggah for example. More technical than Metallica, and lauded for their playing, but would Meshuggah's focus on precision and rythmic complexity over melody in modern metal exist without Hetfield putting a stronger emphasis on rythmical precision, machine-gun speed, percussive power and more complex compositions compared to the heavy-metal that existed before? When it comes to lead guitar, there are many other styles of music that can compared or could be seen as better than metal, but I don't think any genre of rock music has the impressive rythm guitar playing found in metal; wether it's thrash, death-metal, djent, progressive, and all those styles with impressive rythm guitarists, all those styles were influenced by Hetfield's take on playing rythm guitar.

Short answer yes

James is a great rhythm guitarist, for sure, and I haven't paid enough attention to his playing. I'd say my choice for greatest rhythm player is Eddie Van Halen. It was his rhythm playing that really set him apart.

GOAT

It's not easy to argue against that, really.

Yes he is.

James Hetfield is the GOAT *Metal* rhythm guitarist. Malcolm Young was the GOAT *Hard Rock & Rock n' Roll* rhythm guitarist. Runners up: Dave Mustaine, Hanneman/King. And I'm only counting specifically rhythm-dominant guitarists of a 2 guitar rock band, so am not including Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Iommi, EVH, Randy Rhoads, Dimebag or anyone else who was a single guitarist in a band. Nor am I counting anyone like Slash who was the lead guitarist but created a lot of his band's riffs. Similarly, I am not counting anyone like Jerry Cantrell who was mostly the sole guitarist of his band but often tracked both separate lead and rhythm parts.

Hatfield is God when it comes to rhythm,lead,vocals,lyrics,….13 out of 10….X

He is pretty impressive

He has a touch for riffs

It's not even the fact of recording fight fire multi tracked precisely it's playing it fucking live and singing it all of that included accurately. That's what's fucking insane.

James is great, but I’d wager a bet 90% of the old school thrash rhythm players would be just as good. He’d even admit that himself

@iamgribs

7 ай бұрын

Eric Peterson comes to mind.

I see a lot of threads going back and forth over Mustaine and Hetfield's skill. I personally have always seen Mustaine as the 2nd lead in a 2-lead band. He plays, on average, close to 50% of solos over the course of their catalogue (in fairness, I haven't listened to a ton of their newer stuff/much past 13, so this could have changed). While I am a huge Metallica fan, and Hetfield specifically is my favorite guitarist and primary influence for rhythm technique, I would toss 2 other names into the ring as very good rhythm players from the same general genre and age of metal. Eric Peterson of Testament has always reminded me of a combination of Mustaine's rhythm complexity and James's heavy-handed approach to riffing. I personally like his playing a lot as well. Then there's Scott Ian of Anthrax, whose down-picking skill is quite possibly as good as James' (both being heavily influenced by oldschool punk). He has always defined the tone of Anthrax's guitars in the album mix (imo, ymmv), with them maintaining a pretty consistent sound even while cycling through various lead guitar players. I'm not saying they're better, but they may be better comparrisons as specifically rhythm guitarists. I do get that both Dave and James are the singers/frontmen for their respective bands, and that comparing them in that light makes a lot of sense. However the video seemed to be specifically about rhythm guitar playing, so I thought I'd toss a couple of other really good players (imo) out there for the heck of it 😁

try and find some of his demo tapes from the master of puppets era = his palm mutes on the disposable riff sounds like almost like a Fast Tracer 2 computer guitar riff. if it was made today I would think he was cheating haha

Without a doubt…

Oh fuck yeah het is the man Dave Mustaine admitted that as well

need to check out a guy called greg fulton