8:25 It is "My Friend of Misery" not of Wolf and Man, sorry lol. And also we all know the fucking MOP post-solo riff is inspired on Andy Warhol song by Bowie. Not saying that its everyone but some say this thinking they are too smart, while almost everyone know this, stop commenting this, please

@MetaITurtle

4 ай бұрын

Even though they aren't James's riffs, he Hetfields the riffs to make them better 😎

@DmitryLevin

4 ай бұрын

Forgot important things! More than 80 percent of their music is plagiarism!

@sinisaradosevic6794

4 ай бұрын

My friends of misery no Wolf and Man 😊..

@AtacamaHumanoid

4 ай бұрын

@@DmitryLevin the good stuff, anyway!

@DmitryLevin

4 ай бұрын

@@AtacamaHumanoid Metallica are thieves who stole materials from little-known bands! And the level of musicians is very low and sometimes shameful! I don't understand the people who worship them at all, is this a religion or something? Do you have your own head at all?

Man, this Dave Mustaine seems a pretty cool guy for lending all this riff. If it were me, I' d probably go apeshit and create my own band and call it meganerf or something.

@truthhurts79

4 ай бұрын

But his riffs didn't make them big

@AndE667

4 ай бұрын

​@@truthhurts79Really? Without Dave's music they wouldn't have had enough material for neither of their first two albums

@portugeseking7959

4 ай бұрын

​@truthhurts79 wow that's a stupid comment

@AndE667

4 ай бұрын

@@tubisi Not my point. In order to be in the position to record those albums, they first had to to the previous ones. AND, for that to happen, they needed Dave's material. Both KEA and RTL would be EP length without the stuff he contributed to, and Megaforce wouldn't have that. Heck, they complained about RTL having only 7 tracks despite being 43+ minutes long, hence Escape!

@JRMAV1

4 ай бұрын

@@tubisiTFA was Dave’s and it’s one of their most popular early songs

Dave sure made some memorable riffs at the start of Metallica.

@phadrus

4 ай бұрын

Arguably set a certain tone that was a big influence of the Metallica sound. Love Dave’s asthetic.

@V3ntilator

4 ай бұрын

@@phadrus Yep, for the worlds most successful metal band. I like 80's Metallica a lot, but i were always a bigger fan of Megadeth.

@imagereflection4826

4 ай бұрын

​@phadrusAlthoygh James and Lars already had Metallicas sound before Dave, and Kirk was doing similar things in Exodus at the same time. All these guys were creating similar musical movement at the same time

@dee-taylor

4 ай бұрын

Dave claims more riffs than what has been officially confirmed. He alludes that he wrote "big chunks" of both RTL and MOP. We'll probably never know. 🤷‍♂️

@imagereflection4826

4 ай бұрын

@@dee-taylor The only one he's ever claimed that he hasn't got credit is 1 riff in leper Messiah which Metallica denies. Apart from that he's never claimed anything he didn't get credit for.

As awesome as they are just imagine what kind of music they would've produced if Cliff hadn't passed. He was a genius.

@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns

4 ай бұрын

While they still would've likely gone in the various directions they went, Cliff would've made them all sound a lot better. AFJA especially.

@deathmetalchili6902

4 ай бұрын

He would have probably quit. As soon as Bob Rock got involved.

@emerealm3779

4 ай бұрын

​@@deathmetalchili6902maybe Bob Rock wouldn't have gotten involved

@deathmetalchili6902

4 ай бұрын

@emerealm3779 that's also quite possible. I just couldn't see Cliff being cool with the whole Corperate Music Schill of Bob Rock's approach to making music a product. He'd probably tell them all to "F@ck off....if he's in, I'm out" Hahaha But I could be totally wrong.

@emerealm3779

4 ай бұрын

@@deathmetalchili6902 I feel as if they'd choose cliff over Bob rock

Did not realize Kirk is responsible for so many bangers. That pre-verse Disposable Heroes riff is S+ tier in my book.

@nessy9022

4 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! That Damage Inc riff is my all time favourite Metallica riff.

@severed111

3 ай бұрын

@@nessy9022 One of my fav Metallica riff ever too, it makes me feel the thrash so hard, it rivals some Slayer riffs (which is a huge compliment, as I'm a much bigger Slayer fan).

@nessy9022

3 ай бұрын

@@severed111 I'm more partial to Slayer too 🤘

@yoshimitsu8643

3 ай бұрын

@@severed111 slayers just overhyped They only had couple of hit songs

@severed111

3 ай бұрын

@itsu8643 Their point was not to have "hit songs". Yes, a lot of posers come and go, that goes in for every band, I doubt you listened to every album/song. There's a hidden "hit" that could have played on radio on Show No Mercy, Crionics, it hits on everything that was hot shit in 1983, very Maiden-esque. I'm a big fan of other bands too, Metallica is more mid than Slayer due to all of their terrible albums (Load, Reload, St-Anger, Lulu), still, their first 4 are still in that first 30 albums on that 150 best thrash albums of all time list that goes around on the net and I don't dispute it, I just get tired of listening to Metallica, even MoP and Justice, too much repetition in too long songs. But I still give respect, which you do not, which means you probably weren't born when Diabolus in Musica was released...

Being in a band with James fuckin Hetfield, itd be easy to be overlooked as a riff writer. But god dammit kirk can write some monster riffs.

@ReedHomanMusic

4 ай бұрын

I know some of my favorite riffs are written by Kirk

@xwhite2020

4 ай бұрын

Interestingly the Sandman riff was sub par untill Lars rearranged it. They show how it was written in the Howard Stern interview.

@FleshOnGear

4 ай бұрын

@@xwhite2020it’s still sub par, just like most everything after the first 4 albums.

@xwhite2020

4 ай бұрын

@@FleshOnGear Well that's just your opinion man.

@NathanHydra

4 ай бұрын

@@FleshOnGearthe black album is amazing and I’d take it over kill ‘em all any day all day.

The Call of Ktulu is really something of genius by Mustane.

@Reblwitoutacause

4 ай бұрын

I remember when trying to learn that song. Thinking to myself, "Who the hell could even come up with something like this?!" Then I learned.

@captainjefferies9047

4 ай бұрын

All he came up with was a generic chord progression.

@Samford_

4 ай бұрын

@@captainjefferies9047generic? it’s amazing. you don’t need to diminish his achievements because you don’t like him

@captainjefferies9047

4 ай бұрын

@@Samford_ That isn't what happened. It's literally a generic chord progression. You can find it in dozens of other songs. Metallica only gave him a writing credit because they are generous.

@shadowyyCFH

4 ай бұрын

@@captainjefferies9047 maybe its in dozens of other songs because he pioneered it and those took inspiration from it..

There needs to be some alternate universe where: - Dave was never fired but still started Megadeth anyway; - Kirk was still hired but still contributed to Exodus; - Metallica always being supported by Megadeth and Exodus for sake of touring necessity; - Jason still contributes his 3 bits to Metallica - And above all: Cliff never died.

@artxv524

4 ай бұрын

be in 2 bands? you're crazy?

@gravanon1577

4 ай бұрын

Alternate Dave would be sportin a goatee.

@kylemyers5940

4 ай бұрын

And one where Les Claypool's audition goes well in 86

@sclg560

4 ай бұрын

Oh and don felder never gets fired from the eagles !

@thepolishirishman3217

4 ай бұрын

​@@artxv524 Gary Holt of Exodus was in Slayer for a while at the same time. It's not unreasonable, and both bands put out some absolute headbangers with Holt. I could see a similar situation with Mustaine in some alternate timeline

Kirk's breakdown riff in Battery is one of my favourite riffs of all time and I never even knew he wrote it!

@holgerritzenthaler4405

3 ай бұрын

I don‘t think it‘s Kirk‘s Riff. There is no credit for him on Battery…

@Nero12323

Ай бұрын

It is his riff thats like saying lars isnt credited on the songs even though he wrote the drum parts​@@holgerritzenthaler4405

@miezan8092

Ай бұрын

​@@holgerritzenthaler4405 they do not credit to kirk because its part of guitar solo.

So Jason wrote my all-time favorite Metallica riff (Blackened)? I‘m amazed, didn‘t know that. Props to him!

@user-yn1sf9mq3z

4 ай бұрын

blackened is such a good song! when i was in elementary school i used to play street hockey at the local playground with a bunch of high school kids and that was my introduction to metallica, ...and justice for all over and over and over. and being the youngest kid there, my job was to flip the cassette over every time a side ended.

@MMasterDE

4 ай бұрын

@@user-yn1sf9mq3z According to Jason, he was kinda pushed away from contributing much, which is a shame I guess. Maybe it was to avoid having him credited on a lot of stuff??? who knows, but his bass was mastered low on AJFA.

@titusprime5240

4 ай бұрын

I heard Jason played those riffs for James and James told him they sound like an album opener. Well he was right!

@theoriginaljimmykicker

4 ай бұрын

Y’all notice that it’s the “and Justice for jason” version? The bass actually exists.

@truthhurts79

4 ай бұрын

Damn... you gotta be second generation Metallica fan if you think AJFA is better than the first 3 albums 😂

Kirk doesn't get nearly enough credit for his killer riffs

@TheLotusMachine

4 ай бұрын

He does, he gets credit for all of them.

@empty_set_

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheLotusMachineI think he means the credit from the fans and the music community in general, he's kinda underappreciated.

@Nghilifa

4 ай бұрын

It's probably because James was the most consisten of them in the studio, as far as double and quadruple tracking goes, so people just assumed that he wrote them all, even though we all know now that that wasn't the case.@@empty_set_

@rox665

3 ай бұрын

@@TheLotusMachineexactly, he is credited in every song in the video. Guy must think he deserves a statue or something, but in terms of conceptual and intelectual property, he is properly credited.

@addpowersstreams5364

3 ай бұрын

Kirk doesn't get nearly enough hate for his all other riffs and solos.

Jason writing that blackened riff is pretty outstanding coming into a new band and laying down a riff that rages and never gets old

I’m blown away. Been a Metallica fan since ‘87 and never really knew how much Kirk contributed to the song writing. This is impressive. This for posting this!

@gvdude

4 ай бұрын

This for posting this!

@Sacred_Silence

4 ай бұрын

I never knew Dave had riffs on RTL either lol

@Purpleskyshorizon

4 ай бұрын

@stevenscott same here. Since early 87. I guess you unfortunately didn’t buy the same magazines as I did cause I knew who wrote a few of these earlier classics. For example, I always knew Newsted wrote that MONSTER riff in Blackened. Always loved that. And I always remember Hetfield saying Cliff wrote the main riff and intro for ‘To Live is to Die’. Cheers!

@stevenscott6337

4 ай бұрын

@@Purpleskyshorizonthanks for that. I was 11 when I first heard Master of Puppets in 87. That’s the album that got me into real metal (listened to hair bands like Skid Row, Warrant, and Bon Jovi previous to that). You’re right about the magazines: I never really read any back then. When I started learning guitar at 15, I bought and read Guitar World because it always had sheet music and tabs of songs of different bands in the back. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@ArielBlackmore622

3 күн бұрын

This for posting this!

Kirk and Cliff arguably wrote the best parts of the Master Of Puppets song

@theproletariat8723

4 ай бұрын

Intro, main riff, verse, chorus and first bridge were hetfield which are the parts that make or break that song

@ManowarMasino

4 ай бұрын

@@theproletariat8723 posers = intro, main riff Gigachads = post-solo riff

@inferiorpatty

4 ай бұрын

@@ManowarMasinospit 🗣️ 🔥

@pipocadocs5994

4 ай бұрын

@@ManowarMasinothis guy knows

@ManowarMasino

4 ай бұрын

@@pipocadocs5994 and im not even that huge Metallica fan lol

2:18 Holy shit it's the first time i hear this riff isolated, i cant believe how underrated Trapped Under Ice is

@goodini026

4 ай бұрын

i believe Exodus use this riff or a very similar riff in one of their songs

@gentelmanjunkie542

4 ай бұрын

​@@goodini026just saw a clinic where Gary Holt said Kirk stole it haha

@goodini026

4 ай бұрын

@gentelmanjunkie542 I mean Exodus was Kirk's band so...did he really steal it? Lol

@imagereflection4826

4 ай бұрын

​@@gentelmanjunkie542Didn't say he stole it as it's Kirk's riff he was annoyed as exodus were going to use it but Kirk took it to Metallica. Kirk also says riffs not he first Exodus album were his and he didn't get credit but just left it

@lucianopereiramenezes3148

4 ай бұрын

The most underrated Metallica song

I love that they used a version of Blackened with the bass included. Jason’s bass parts were face melting, dude I so wish you could hear then better on the album

@Strohmberg

27 күн бұрын

I agree!!Jason was to good to be threaten like this..

I like how you used the “and Justice for Jason” version of blackened. Can hear the bass!!

It would have been awesome to hear Kirk and Dave Mustaine write riffs together. Their riffs together were peak Metallica. Not to say James Hetfield wasn’t a master in his own right, but man those RTL riffs are amazing.

@kylehoulihan3875

4 ай бұрын

Peak Metallica songwriting is justice which hetfield largely wrote so no

@Mango-cp1im

4 ай бұрын

@@kylehoulihan3875 no peak metallica songwriting is whenever cliff was in the band. since he was gone the band only got more and more criticism and strayed further from their thrash roots

@Beebalabeeba

4 ай бұрын

A lot of their riffs were written by other bands KZread Ride the plagiarism

@kylehoulihan3875

4 ай бұрын

@@Mango-cp1im justice has their best songwriting it’s a fact. Also cliff wasn’t the reason they were a thrash band and they would’ve 100% steered away anyways. Also who gives a shit about criticism they put out great records after his death

@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist

4 ай бұрын

@@kylehoulihan3875 Almost every song on Justice is far longer than it should be. The songwriting on AJFA is bloated and boring.

I like how every time there are some pretty crazy harmonies going on, you can bet your sweet ass Cliff is responsible for it

@SaintKines

4 ай бұрын

He loved that stuff. Thin Lizzy was an influence from what I understand.

@Purpleskyshorizon

4 ай бұрын

@@SaintKines in addition to Thin Lizzy, Cliff listened to everything from punk to classical to 60s rock, ZZ Top, Rush, Motörhead, Sabbath, Misfits, R.E.M., and God knows what else. That’s what made him so unique.

@user-uz1si3fu1i

3 ай бұрын

Yes but not only that James Hetfield said quote He was king 🤴 of that he always had different lots of ideas that were layered because it had its own character because it was bass guitar and he was genius of harmonies and layered not your typical rockstar but he’d would push it a extra little something and that was so unique about him and I’m surprised he didn’t choose guitar 🎸 because he only chose the bass guitar 🎸 when he’s about thirteen years young in 1975 after playing his piano 🎹

@SaintKines

3 ай бұрын

@@user-uz1si3fu1i I saw another clip where Mustaine said that Cliff pretty much taught the whole band about melody, song structure and how a rhythm section works. The best thing they ever did was draft Cliff into that band.

@barath4545

2 ай бұрын

@@SaintKines It's insane how much talent was in that band at some point - James, Cliff, Mustaine and Lars back he really played drums well still. Lars also gets way to little credit for all the behind-the-scenes stuff, deals, negotiations, networking and stuff like getting Rasmussen to produce RTL and MOP.

The acoustic intro from „To Live is to Die“ is written by Kirk, too. I’ve read somewhere that he wrote it on a holiday in Italy inspired by some renaissance music.

@stimit46

4 ай бұрын

Part can be found on James' riff tapes though so i doubt it and also Kirk isnt credited songwriter, but it definitely wasnt written by Cliff

@cisumevolneblok

4 ай бұрын

@@stimit46 yeah, makes sense. I might have confused this with the intro of fight fire...

That damage inc riff is probably one of the most underrated badass riffs in the entire thrash genre

Jason nested wrote one of their heaviest riff and his bass was muted😢

@Admiral_Kekdog

23 күн бұрын

He is so much better than the current bass player

@oliv9632

16 күн бұрын

Jason has millions dollars now because of Metallica and his bass was muted... Poor Jason

Nice to see that you used the bass enhanced version of Blackened to show us Jason did a great job on it!

@garfieldfan3892

3 ай бұрын

jason added just one note to it no wonder they cut him out of the mix killer riff though jason! listen to pre justice bass lines and compare them to post justice, such a big difference sadly they buried cliff in the mix on the albums

@Killerkarotte1

3 ай бұрын

@@garfieldfan3892Okay. Sober up.

Kirk actually wrote quite a few of Metallica's most memorable riffs!

Man all members are really killer. And damn Kirk is underrated af at riffs

@user-rc8uo3rn7c

4 ай бұрын

Равно, как и Джейсон Ньюстед. 😏

@joelfisk

4 ай бұрын

​@@user-rc8uo3rn7cбратан, можешь порекомендовать русские метал-группы?

Cliff´s musicality... So beautiful and interesting. Adding pretty cool ideas to a thrash metal band.

@joesmith9216

4 ай бұрын

he was the prog master mind of the metal underground, the things he did within the underground metal scene was wild, he put so much work into those first 3 metallica albums

@joshrichards9121

4 ай бұрын

Some of his acoustic stuff sounds medieval in nature

@production5528

4 ай бұрын

Клифф увлекался благодаря отцу и брату совершенно разными жанрами, блюзом классикой, вроде даже джазом, с помощью такого разного музыкального вкуса он и смошг делает такие необычные риффы

@Ky-xm7tc

3 ай бұрын

@@joesmith9216mind blowing he was only 24 when he died

@geraldlocklear4373

23 сағат бұрын

I have revisited Load and Re-Load. They are much better than what I remembered. I get so caught up in the first 5 albums and Garage sometimes that I fail to listen to their other stuff. Still can’t get on board with St. Anger.

Rob wrote a riff in screaming suicide (idk which one, I believe its the breakdown park), he also has writing credits on sleepwalk my guess is for the opening bit. Also I thought Kirk said in an interview he came up with the part in shadows follow that sounds like batmans theme

I never realized just how many of my favorite riffs were written by Kirk. And the riff that blew me away when I was 11 years old that turned me in to a metalhead for the last 28 years? Jason Newstead with Blackened \m/. I don't blame Dave for always harboring some hate for Metallica all these years though. I knew about Metallica using his riffs on Kill 'Em All but not Ride The Lightning too. Now that its pointed out to me, clearly you can hear Mustaine's playing style. Awesome video \m/

@KasumiRINA

4 ай бұрын

Why would Mustaine be mad for receiving royalties for Ride the Lightning sales without actually playing on it?

@animalwillopus79

4 ай бұрын

6 songs. That's all.

Kirk is an absolute monster and it really shows in RTL and why it’s the best album

@dimaakinin5991

4 ай бұрын

Btw I this video, bass is heard easily 🎉🎉🎉

@michaelmccutchen7278

4 ай бұрын

Kirk! Dave Mustaine wrote most of RTL Riffs, get your facts straight! Kirk just played Mustains parts!!!

@helpwhatlk

4 ай бұрын

​@@michaelmccutchen7278 💀???

@amiranovelo59

4 ай бұрын

@@michaelmccutchen7278LMAO calm down

@KasumiRINA

4 ай бұрын

​​@@michaelmccutchen7278 Mustaine's riffs were only used on one or two tracks. Best one, Creeping Death, sounds nothing like Megadeth.

Bleeding me has such a great riff. The song needs more love

@grogueQ

4 ай бұрын

Agreed.

@cruachan1191

4 ай бұрын

James always says how much he loves that song when they play it. One of Kirk's most underrated solos IMO as well

@stevenesbitt3528

4 ай бұрын

It’s part of the big four, along with outlaw torn, fixxxer and imorata 😊

@user-fc7tm8zt3t

2 ай бұрын

Best song on the album

Most of my favorite riffs were written by Kirk, good to know lol

“Dave got violent drunk, we got silly drunk.”

@gennaro4941

Ай бұрын

And Dave made them millions...

@KraneoDestroyer

27 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂​@@gennaro4941

@GrayFox_74

25 күн бұрын

@@gennaro4941he didn’t

@dibari22

25 күн бұрын

I always wonder just how bad of an addict some of these guys are when a group of addicts say "whoa, this is too much, you've gotta go"

@Noooiiiissseee

11 күн бұрын

​@@GrayFox_74 Without his riffs they wouldn't have been able to make their first two albums.

I already knew about Dave Mustaine and Cliff Burton, but I had no idea how many riffs Kirk wrote, I'm impressed.😮

Lars also wrote the One machine gun riff and AJFAs main riff

@ingongo25

4 ай бұрын

Maybe they're not here since he wrote them in the drums lol

@ogorkiszony_

4 ай бұрын

​​@@ingongo25 Well he got credits for Ride the Lighting intro so he can get mentioned in One

@saulmorris9639

4 ай бұрын

he wrote the drum parts and riffs were written by james Hetfield based on the drums

@captainjefferies9047

4 ай бұрын

@@saulmorris9639 It's documented that Lars wrote the Justice riff and sang it and showed it to Hetfield on the drums. Lars does a lot of the riff writing.

@swim_music6476

4 ай бұрын

yeah he also said on the masterclass video that he wrote the One riff so idk why he shouldnt be credited

Also, My Apocalypse is easily Kirk’s best riff.

@phadrus

4 ай бұрын

One of my fav all time Metallica moments

@Spermwhales93

4 ай бұрын

When that riff hits for the first time just on its own in that song you know shit is about to go down

@chriskeilman

2 ай бұрын

underrated

@tillman40

2 ай бұрын

Creeping Death stuff is the best

Amazing that all my favourite 90s Metallica riffs were all written by Kirk. Another little nugget of info re. Enter Sandman: the riff was originally shorter but Lars told Kirk to extend it to repeat the lick a few times which is what became the one in the song. I think that probably says more about Lars’ arranging skill rather than writing but worth noting.

@MrJohnathanRebel

29 күн бұрын

Amazing that you found any of Metallica’s work even remotely interesting in the 90’s when they started their dad rock phase

The interlude in Orion will always be my favourite from Metallica… is just beautiful

Cliffs inspiration of many of those harmonies was from his love for thin lizzy who pioneered the twin guitar attack sound

@user-yn1sf9mq3z

4 ай бұрын

thin lizzy was before judas priest?

@reubster529

4 ай бұрын

@@user-yn1sf9mq3z same year but thin Lizzy was harmonizing the first album

@FangsFirst

4 ай бұрын

Its actually pretty funky. Both bands got their start in '69, but Lizzy had 3 albums recorded and released before Priest had one. Coincidentally, they each added a second guitarist in '74, for Priest's debut (Rocka Rolla) and Lizzy's fourth (Nightlife). Im racking my cobwebbed brain for Lizzy songs on the eponymous debut, Shades, or Vagabonds that used harmonies when only Eric Bell was playing guitars and nothing is coming to mind in thay phase before Gorham and Robertson joined when Bell left. Lizzy had far earlier prominent positions in the public consciousness, though, as they had a hit single (their rendition of "Whiskey in the Jar", to make an appropriate reference in the context of this video...) before Priest ever had anything in the can, and certainly had harmonized guitar *hits* before Priest was a known quantity for much of the world. I mean, _Jailbreak_ came out the same year as _Sad Wings of Destiny_ and while "Victim of Changes" fucking rules, it had none of the cultural cachet of "The Boys Are Back in Town" (still doesnt, I'd hazard a guess). Realistically, the actual approach was plenty established before either of them, just not as a *persistent* technique for an act or a core element of any act's sound.

@reubster529

4 ай бұрын

@@FangsFirst their debut album even had harmonies and their first hit whiskey in the jar released in 72 also had harmonies

No wonder I always liked Megadeth! Dave has always written dope ass riffs!

@ThommyofThenn

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Dave is quite a proficient player

@evgenysemenov6051

4 ай бұрын

I liked Megadeth only because I loved thrash metal, but I listen Metallica till now, but Megadeth was always boring to me.

@brd7226

4 ай бұрын

dave is the legend

@QuasarPolaris

4 ай бұрын

​@@evgenysemenov6051 That's an interesting perspective. Megadeth's sophomore album is heavily infused with jazz and if you listen to isolated tracks for any given instrument on that album, you will notice how creative some riffs actually are. Pair that with the incredible Gar Samuelson on the drum kit and you could surely appreciate the complexity of packing a lot of content in just a single song!

@miuccia_8

4 ай бұрын

​@@evgenysemenov6051you dont need to mention you like something without thrashing another band yk

Man, I had no idea that Kirk wrote almost all my favorite riffs!

It’s really cool to see who the creator is for some very familiar and loved riffs. As much as I was like really respecting everyone that isn’t James for their riffs, one thing to not overlook is that fact that James freaking wrote EVERYTHING ELSE!!! That’s crazy. James Hetfield is a metal madman. Much unrealized kudos to him for not just being your average lead singer “rhythm guitar” player.

@grimreads

Ай бұрын

Next time I see the "Dave wrote em all" meme I am linking to this video

Wow, Kirk and Jason wrote all the best riffs off the black album

@truthhurts79

4 ай бұрын

He contributed very little... hetfield will always be the mastermind of Metallica

@imagereflection4826

4 ай бұрын

Jason only wrote 1 riff on the album

@linoleal7207

2 ай бұрын

Yeah the best one 😹​@@imagereflection4826

Kirk wrote the best 72 Seasons riff, and it was Chasing Light main riff.

@DovahVokuna

4 ай бұрын

Nah man.

@designercaolho

4 ай бұрын

I agree, by far the best riff on the album.

@michael.p18

4 ай бұрын

Real ones know that’s the best riff on the album - jk everyone has their own opinion but I knew it was the best the second I heard it.

@phadrus

4 ай бұрын

That’s my fav riff too. Only one I had even a little interest in learning. Good for Kirk to bad the solos are as boring as the rest of the album.

@mikerules111

4 ай бұрын

Most fun riff on the album to play too. Love it. No idea Kirk wrote it.

The riff in ”The Unforgiven” is so creative and absolutely beautiful.

The harmonized intro to Damage inc. is so damn beautiful it brings a tear to my eye, i play guitar but Cliff is my biggest inspiration not just at guitar but music in general, he made me pick up the bass as well and he inspires me to keep playing and i hope one day i can write something close to what he was able to. R.I.P Cliff

You can tell Dave wrote some of these so damn easily. He’s got a style that is just really unique but not my cup of tea. Kirk gets shit on a lot but imo I find his riffs to be great and some of the most memorable.

@phadrus

4 ай бұрын

His riffs are all great, his solos on 72 however…

@ManowarMasino

4 ай бұрын

@@phadrus i kinda liked darkness had a son solo. Not the best and its kinda ripetitive, but i liked it.

@ManowarMasino

4 ай бұрын

The fact with Dave is that he wrote mediocre riffs for Metallica. Not only because it was the beginning for him, but there wasn't much space since Mustaine's style is Megadeth and not Midtallica. And of course he had limitations between song writing since there was two masterminds in the band, him and Hetfield. So Mustaine gave the best results of his capabilities only once he formed Megadeth.

@Beebalabeeba

4 ай бұрын

A lot of their riffs were written by other bands KZread Ride the plagiarism

@eliasgarcia8511

4 ай бұрын

BS

5:06 Cliff and Kirk took the post-solo riff from a Bowie song, since they were big Bowie fans

@unknownkingdom

4 ай бұрын

Not true, and not true

@FarukAhmet

4 ай бұрын

​@@unknownkingdom It is true. It's taken directly from the song "Andy Warhol". Hammett himself tells the story in an interview.

@KasumiRINA

4 ай бұрын

​@@FarukAhmet it's funny reading a lot of classic bands casually describing plagiarism, my fav is Deep Purple members attitude to ripping off this or that.

@13zzy

3 ай бұрын

@@unknownkingdom its true, do your research before being wrong

@Walamonga1313

3 ай бұрын

Huh really? Interesting. That's by far the best part of the song imo lol. Gonna have to listen to that Bowie one now

Wow, was surprised to see my video in the description. It's nice to see that even I inspired someone

I have to give credit where credit is due, this video is very well put together and the amount of attention to detail is very impressive. Also being able to identify which artist wrote a certain riff is pretty much proof u have an extensive knowledge of music. Some ppl can easily be like “oh I know which band member wrote that song in specific, but not a lot of ppl have tht good of a memory. U n the other hand r on a whole other level. This immense attention to detail is outstanding.

Kirk really seemed to do a lot of those great breakdown riffs. Really added an extra dimension to Metallica's faster songs.

According to Kirk in the Gibson icons video he also says the verse riff to master of puppets is his.

The Day that Never Comes is such a killer track that's rarely give the credit it's due IMO

@bdawg3942

3 ай бұрын

The ending sucks though

@jwilliams5256

2 ай бұрын

Yeah yeah

It's interesting that we have so much insight into the members' contributions. I can't think of many other bands where that's the case. You usually just see the vague writing credits, without any further context.

damn, kirk does some great fukin riffs

The Orion interlude has since the 1st time always been otherworldly and I'll never get tired of it, truly was Cliff's magnum opus in my opinion. Hopefully they'll play it at my funeral one day as well.

Kirk Hammett was cooking on Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets!

Great video. Kirk also wrote the 2nd intro riff to MoP. It’s on a demo of him from his Exodus days.

@spinettagede777

4 ай бұрын

which demo? I wanna listen to it

@penguino8-bit171

3 ай бұрын

​@spinettagede777 it's called, Die by his Hands.

Very cool, good research. U missed Kirk's intro riff in 72 Seasons, and probably some more:) Still - great vid!

That Creeping Death Bridge Riff is also in the song Die by his Hand by Exodus with Paul Baloff on Vocals! Love that he used that Riff in Metallica🔥

Thanks for putting this together. Finally learning something new about their music. Greatest Metal Band of all Time

Love that you included the ...And Just for Jason version of Blackened 😀

i forgot how genuinely beautiful Cliff's writing was. legend!

It’s interesting to piece together how much of Metallica’s signature sound came from the supporting players. Mustaine certainly had patterns of fingering that are recognizable for not only his contributions to Metallica but many of Megadeth’s most recognizable guitar parts as well. A similar idea can be applied to Hammett. In the end, I think it was Burton’s creativity that was the most subtly unique and irreplaceable, and why Metallica’s records never had the same degree of musical expansiveness since his passing.

@davidwagstaff47

4 ай бұрын

But they did replace him. No dis on Cliff, but Jason was a far better fit for Metallica. They didn't know they literally struck gold with Jason in the band. Jason was a bigger force live, and did contribute so much more to the band

@thunderfox101

4 ай бұрын

@@davidwagstaff47 Not really, Cliff taught the band so much about music which affects their songwriting to this day. Jason was a good live player, but he barely contributed to their actual music. His biggest contribution was the blackened riff, but other than he barely actually wrote anything. If you compare him to cliff or rob you find that he didn't contribute nearly as much on any of the albums he was in. This really isn't his fault, he wasn't given the opportunity to contribute as much, but it's still true.

@KasumiRINA

4 ай бұрын

I think it has more to do with his class and not letting James slip into a country trucker like he did in 90s than actually writing stuff. You know, the band just did more respectable stuff before Load/Reload and St. Anger.

So many chill inducing riffs!

great 10 and a half minutes of cool riffs!

Nice video! Metallica was aiming to release no life till leather with all past material, however Dave Mustaine did not want to share credits on two songs that he claims to have written 100% note by note - I believe they are Mechanix and Jump in the Fire - also, another riff that he claims to be his is the Lepper Messia bridge riff, it could be true as the progression of this riff was at the demos from kill and all era, but without the galloping.

Really surprised that the main riff of Fuel was written by Kirk! That's awesome!

Creio que todos tem suas ideais em uma composição, não tomando como uma máxima a ideia de um único integrante. Pode ter certeza que James está presente em cada um destes Riffs.

Fun video, thanks for the upload

Kirk is definitely my favorite member of the band.

Amazing video!

Great video!

You are the ChatGPT of Metallica. Thank you, my guy, you make ‘Tallica reaearch so easy

@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano

4 ай бұрын

Hahahahahaha.

Hey great vid! There will always be debates who is better between Hammett and Mustaine, but I prefer Hammett simply because his riffs are more anthemic and catchier.

@ripperplaysclon152

4 ай бұрын

I hate how much Mustaine focuses on technicality over catchiness.

@diabeticmonkey

4 ай бұрын

@@ripperplaysclon152 I don’t think we’re listening to the same Megadeth.

@dizzy7065

4 ай бұрын

@@diabeticmonkey maybe he listened megadeth from wish

@dizzy7065

4 ай бұрын

@@ripperplaysclon152 he has a lot of catchy riffs you just don't know it

@gombka1144

4 ай бұрын

​@@ripperplaysclon152bro, I could hum to you almost full holy wars punishment due, that's how catchy it is

Thanks for this amazing video. I see it’s helped a lot of people finally realize how much Kirk has contributed to Metallica. Also, I’ve been a fan since 1987. I bought any magazine I could and, like you, I always remembered James saying that Cliff wrote the main riff for ‘To Live Is To Die’ _and_ I believe he wrote the intro as well. If not, then James did a great impersonation of Cliff. Lol

great video!

Probably the best video showcasing every riff within Metallica's Studio discography that showcases everything (Besides James lol)

Cliff loved his harmonies

Awesome video. In my opoinion you could have skipped the Load's era 😂 Cheers from Portugal 🤘🍺🇵🇹

The breakdown riff from Damage Inc is my all time favourite Metallica riff, cool to learn that Kirk wrote that!

Hearing my best friend play Metallica on his guitar when I was 14 inspires me to pick up guitar... this band inspired me to play forever...

@VKHSD

3 ай бұрын

We have similar stories haha

Dave essentially wrote all of The Call of Ktulu, that is crazy

@imagereflection4826

4 ай бұрын

He didn't

@TheSWCantina

4 ай бұрын

He wrote the chord sequence at the start which he later used for Hangar 18.

Man so many great riffs by the band 👍🏾

I absolutely love these kinds of video because they're very informative.

You forgot to mention the master of puppets intro riff that kirk wrote. After the descending riff part

@Samford_

4 ай бұрын

not confirmed

@user-ij9co1cj5w

4 ай бұрын

Probably, it's Hetfield riff

6:33 huge respect to Kirk for writing this badass riff

@postmitotic2164

4 ай бұрын

La meilleure partie 👌

Amazing video

thank you for putting this together! I want to ask you (the creator of the video) or the comunity: are you sure about how accurate this is? It's a very interesting video. Some of my favourite riffs of all time are here.

Wow I never thought i could be the 5th viewer of a good channel.🦶

You can actually kind of hear in Lightning how some of Kirk's riffs sound a bit like Bonded By Blood, and that Damage Inc riff sounds a bit like Piranha. Never thought about that before

@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano

4 ай бұрын

Neither me cuz I don't like Exodus, Testament and those all "true"(boring) thrash-metal bands.

@coldguto

4 ай бұрын

​@@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano i really think you could give testament another chance. If you don't like their thrash sounds, you can try starting with their 90s albums, much more towards death/groove metal

@phadrus

4 ай бұрын

@@coldgutoNew Order is phenomenal

@zevontracy1592

4 ай бұрын

@@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano ?? Testament smokes these guys what are you on Abt 💀

That Call Of Ktulu part was later used for “Hangar 18” main riff except he strums all the strings instead of individually picking each string but he also does that in the intro part!

Well done!

Кол оф Ктулу - Мастэйн? Моё почтение!

The intro of To live is to die is actually Hetfield`s. Proof to that is his own demo riff tapes for AJFA.

I fw how they all got their own styles, it all sounds good and different

All geniuses! All symphonies! Pieces of art! Beautiful

mustaines riffs are goated

Master of Puppets post-solo riff is a tribute to David Bowie, from one of his songs

@legends1979

4 ай бұрын

Also the song title Leper Messiah was lifted from a David Bowie song too

So beautiful ❤👏👏

Ive been a HUGE fan since Ride the Lightning came out. And it was today I learned that Kirk wrote a shit ton of monster riffs...some of my favorites and on some of their biggest songs