Such a brilliantly aggressive track,from start to finish almost like Metallica saying after this we are mellowing out

@AlloyTUBER

3 жыл бұрын

Absofrickinglutely!

@mfree80286

3 жыл бұрын

If Metallica were a plot, this is Act 1 climax and the next album is Act II's attack point... but we're still developing, not in a resolution/denouement phase. Lots more crises to go from here...

@MKDumas1981

Жыл бұрын

They would have to.

I don't know why but it took me nearly a decade to appreciate this song. Skipped it for ages, and then one day I heard it playing at a store and it was like a penny-drop moment. Now it's one of my favourites, absolutely epic thrash.

People have always questioned if what Lars is doing here is authentic. This album was released in 88 and their peak playing was in 89 imo. Battery and whiplash live in Seattle 1989 was the best drumming I’ve seen from Lars and it holds up quite well to dyers eve. The speed in this song isn’t far fetched for how Lars was playing live a year after the release of dyers eve. Then again Metallica has edited stuff before so who really knows. It’s not impossible but improbable.

@oldmatevb

3 жыл бұрын

Lars could of played this in 88/89 then they stopped playing there aggressive songs as much in black album do forgot about this song.

@GenerationDown

2 жыл бұрын

He’s admitted the drum parts were pieced together in the studio, but didn’t go into detail. You can get the drum stems online and analyze the sound waves yourself. The real question is, to what degree was this done? At a time when you had to physically cut and paste the actual tape, it would have been extremely tedious, but not out of the ordinary for many thrash bands of the time. Bob Rock has done interviews where he talks about the thousands of cuts and pastes done on the Black Album, and that one is a lot slower. Imagine what had to be done for songs this fast, with zero room for error, then keep in mind this is Lars Ulrich, not Vinnie Paul. To anyone that’s curious, do a Google search for, or look on KZread maybe it’s on here, “Dyers Eve Master Tracks.” Thanks to the Guitar Hero/Rock Band games, these are readily available. Load the drums into Garage Band or whatever is the equivalent for Windows. Then analyze the sound waves, you’ll be able to see if the sound waves repeat identically.

@MidnightNotion

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent points, Chaz! I’ve only been editing drums since 2005, so I’ve always had the benefit of ProTools. It’s tedious, but not as much as it would be with tape. Even still, Lars is notorious for chopping up his parts, so this doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.

4:55 you think that, but cocaine existed :D

Alright, on the score: *cracks knuckles*.... same. I'm learning now to separate the whole from the parts with regards to how your scoring works, and while I would put Dyer's Eve further up a holistic list, in so much as it's parts are scored individually I'm in agreement. The whole is, however, much greater than the sum of it's parts. That's one of the things Metallica's always been most consistent with across my entire library of music; if there were a metric for W>S(P), my spidey sense says Metallica's work is around 65-75% representative, which hangs right up there with or above the "historical greats" (because they are one). It's "abandoned CD theory", in a way. If an album was left in a CD player on rolling repeat, how long would it take before you got up and changed it?

Wish they had a few more songs with this kind of energy

Dyers eve is their most extreme song out of their entire catalog, just 5 minutes of crazy fast thrash and a super badass solo and Lars double bassin all the way

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty amazing. Good thing "intensity" isn't one of my criteria, because that'd give Dyers Eve a supremely unfair advantage. Still trying to figure out what "Dyers" is supposed to mean, though. XD

@brandoncrow3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion one interpretation is he's writing a suicide note, like fade to black. "Dear mother, dear father..." The title could be in reference to the phrase "on the Eve of ones dying" hence, Dyers Eve. Maybe that's why the song ends so abruptly. He writes the note, then boom, lights out forever. It's one interpretation that makes sense

@MidnightNotion

2 жыл бұрын

Could be, but if that’s the interpretation, I feel like it would still be “Dyer’s,” because the Eve would be possessive.

@MKDumas1981

Жыл бұрын

The Eve of multiple Dyers, maybe?

@MidnightNotion

Жыл бұрын

That would be Dyers’ Eve, because possessives of multiples have the apostrophe at the end. 🤷‍♂️

i cherish this song so much.. it just spoke to me when i first played it, and i relate a lot to it, gives me so much comfort. will never get tired of it!

this song is def. one of my favs, absolutely brutal way to end an AMAZING album!!

This song is almost everything we wished this album was but didn't end up to be. Great beginning, great "ballad" and great closing track but the rest is just meh. I agree with you on this one, I wouldn't give it more points or less points. 16 is fair. I'm a little sad about Orion, however that top ten is still bad ass and totally cool. We could only wish to hear all those songs in the same live performance 😂 Anyway, I'm very curious about the next album 👌🏻

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

It is going to be getting SO HOT over the next several songs! I’m a huge fan of deeper cuts like Of Wolf and Man and My Friend of Misery, but the whole Black Album is very, very good.

@ElIn1064

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion me too! Also, The God That Failed is very nice, but there are also some songs that are just fillers in my opinion :(

ok dude....i will sub....love your energy!!

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I love YOUR energy! Thanks for making my day!

@sesimie

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion As a Hyper Active MetallicA fan i appreciate these in depth reviews...Always respect a musician's perspective! Bards unite!!

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

And they get better every time because I just finally figured out how to get a good sound recording for this stuff, haha! Took me until Reload, but still!

@sesimie

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion Sounds great man keep up the great work!!

Are you gonna rate S&M as well? If not the entire album, at least the two original songs?

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

I am going to do - Human and No Leaf Clover. Might even do Beyond Magnetic!

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

And I Disappear as well.

@DennisTrovato

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion fantastic. and... Lulu? 🤢

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

METALLICA NEVER RELEASED AN ALBUM CALLED LULU 👀

@DennisTrovato

3 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion well, good that we're clear on that

This is my #2 favorite song by metallica

Hmmm, a 14/4 riff (intro). Intriguing. And I thought my song in 22/4 was clever.

What a closer! This song is so damn difficult to play correctly and as tight as the record, it's ridiculous. My drummer and I worked on this song together for WEEKS trying to get it down. It's a testament to James and Lars firing on all cylinders and Kirk stepping up to the plate and actually putting the work in to write a cohesive, memorable solo. Lyrically, I always thought of this as a suicide note, ala Fade to Black. He's venting in the note, then lights out. I gave them a 3. Instrumentally, this gets a 4 all the way. This song requires your big boy pants. You don't start playing guitar and a couple weeks in tackle this song. They are so tight and also the ebb and flow of the drums create the perfect rhythm contrasts and Lars plays the fastest sustained double bass of their career I gotta give Kirk some love,too. This solo is phenomenal. I've never been able to play it all the way through like he does on the record. And in this particular case(THIS SONG) the wah pedal fits really good. So a perfect instrument score. Compositionally, the song is very well done. Having worked on learning the song, I see the inner workings of the composition, and I think they purposely wanted this to be uber complex. It's a tad derivative of the thrash riff in Disposable Heroes, so I docked a point. But otherwise, great song. 3. Memorability:3 easy peasy, lemon squeezy. Emotionally, I give it a 4. I'm always hype for this song, and from beginning to end, it doesn't take it's boot off your throat. Just an amazing way to bookend an album that starts with Blackened. Gave it a 17, it's definitely in my top 10. Next, I guess we're off to Never Never Land...🔥

They actually are cymbal mutes followed by the tom rolls. Not too hard after a bit of practice to get the speed and accuracy correct

0:35 Hey now, I've been in loud opposition but I've never not left a like.

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

That’s because you’re awesome!

@ElIn1064

3 жыл бұрын

Same 😂

I like the demo version even more Dyerster Of Sorrow or Harvesters Eve if you will... P.S. before watching - if this doesn't get 18...dafaq are we doing here??

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

👀

By the time this series ends a new album will be released.

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

I think maybe your H.P love craft thing may be somewhat true. Considering Cliff loved H.P love craft and he was the one who wrote the H.P love craft inspired songs. So maybe James named it Dyers Eve as like some sort of homage to Cliff.

Maby he stopped it with his mouth, so he had two hands for the toms. 😅

@MidnightNotion

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I want to see someone do this, haha! Though I’ve actually cut my knuckles by accidentally missing a cymbal mute, so maybe wear a mouth guard. 🤣🤣🤣

@helmutstephanwinkler781

2 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion yeah, thats metal 😅😎🤘

You would talk more about the solo, for me it's the Kirk's better solo and complex of his career... has everything: fast scale runs, tremlo picking, tapping, hammer ons, full offs, full step bends on the 22nd fret ... wtf

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

Hey. Thanks for the comment. Please remember that if I talked about every single piece of every single song, I would have to LEARN every song, and every video would be several hours long. I don’t get paid for this, so you’ll have to give me a break on this one. I have to keep non-guitarists entertained just as much as guitarists.

Dude at 5:00 you are saying that it's not possible to choke the cymbal during the fill but look at Josh Steffen´s drum cover of this song on youtube he does it without any problems, and to be honest even i can play that because it's a very easy fill if you ask me ;)

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

You know what's funny? I literally JUST watched Josh's cover before seeing this comment. He does pull it off. However, Josh Steffen is a MUCH better drummer than Lars is. Lars has never demonstrated basically any knowledge of rudiments. His first (and only?) single-stick roll doesn't show up until Load's "Until it Sleeps," his first (and only?) side-stick isn't until "Nothing Else Matters," and as far as I can tell, 99.999% of his fills are RLRLRLRL. The more I consider it, the more I can be convinced that he could have pulled it off in the '80s, but if you take a look at the live performances, he definitely doesn't do the mutes anymore.

@blackdragons95

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MidnightNotion hahaha awesome dude! But yeah trust me iknow Lars is the biggest reason i play drums and i love the guy, but jesus christ he is by far the worst drummer i have ever heard when i comes to live shows. Don't get me wrong i have seen metallica live 6 times and i have absolutely loved it every time. But there is no denying that he barley is capable of playing the drums and keeping time because no other drummer is this bad at actually staying true to what is played on the albums. And dont get me started on how little he knows about drumming in general lol But with all that said i dont hate the guy in any way im just really sad that the only thing that is keeping metallica from making really awesome and complex music is Lars lazy drumming. But if you really want to laugh, watch them perform sad but true in Stockholm 2015 this is one if not the worst Lars performance i have ever seen that or the Live version of to live is to die ;)

@MidnightNotion

3 жыл бұрын

I HATE what he does to the chorus of Sad But True. It’s so ridiculous! 🤣 I’ve been saying for a while that I’m hoping with all my heart that his older age and inability to play fast will lead to more Load/Reload tracks coming into the setlist. They’re a lot more middle and slower tempo, and lots of underrated stuff.

@blackdragons95

3 жыл бұрын

yeah i mean i wouldn't mind them playing more Load and Reload songs because i love songs like bleeding me, outlaw torn, fixxxer, low man's lyric and so on you get the idea haha ;)

Great comments!… you should’ve have more subscribers - not sure what’s going on….

@MidnightNotion

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have to laugh every time someone says “you should have more subscribers,” because my channel has grown 900% in the last year since I started these reviews. So yeah, I’d like more, but I’ve already got way more than I ever thought I would. 🤷‍♂️

@thomasdemagalhaes5955

2 жыл бұрын

@@MidnightNotion I meant, you deserve more :) Great review/reactions... This video for instance, should have way more views... but yes, I think you are on your way there! Good luck!

@MidnightNotion

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks friend! Glad you’re here! Are you playing along?