The Metallica Thread v. Reloaded

[axeman90210]

The vocals on Metal Militia live from the Hardwired bonus tracks are absolutely terrible.

[Kotowboy]

Yeah I wish James wouldn't do falsetto.

[mikeyd23]

Shortened version of Now That We're Dead on Colbert last night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9Ard5P0oY

Good performance!

[Kotowboy]

The guitars always sound so thin and ropey when it's a tv show.

But James is sounding pretty good and his dyed hair makes him look younger I think.

[mikeyd23]

The guitars always sound so thin and ropey when it's a tv show.

But James is sounding pretty good and his dyed hair makes him look younger I think.

Yup, the guitars on these recent LiveMet shows are so much better though.

[Kotowboy]

So now as of this week - Rob has been in Metallica longer than Jason Newsted was

[TheCountOfNYC]

So now as of this week - Rob has been in Metallica longer than Jason Newsted was

And has played on half of the studio albums.

[fadetoblackdude7]

So now as of this week - Rob has been in Metallica longer than Jason Newsted was

And has played on half of the studio albums.

That's probably why it feels like he's been in the band half the length of Newsted (to me, at least)

[mikeyd23]

So now as of this week - Rob has been in Metallica longer than Jason Newsted was

And has played on half of the studio albums.

That's probably why it feels like he's been in the band half the length of Newsted (to me, at least)

Yup, agreed.

[Mosh]

Rob has been seriously underutilized IMO. He is arguably the best bassist they've had and he's hardly had any chances to use his talent on record.

[Kotowboy]

I think if they gave him a bass solo it would be like " forget about cliff - heres rob !! "

Also he's more of a funk bass player and I can't imagine them having any slap pop any time soon.

The clean intro to ManUnKind is Rob though.

He's got more credits on Hardwired than Kirk ( 0 )...

Plus if you watch the making of HTSD - Rob is there all the time giving suggestions and chipping in.




Also : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U070ZXMGAwA

Halo On Fire

[cramx3]

Also : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U070ZXMGAwA

Halo On Fire

Also, if anyone is interested, I uploaded all my clips from the concert to make one long video.
 It appears people like this video way more than my video of Wherever I May Roam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8cBDi9kVc

[mikeyd23]

Great Halo performance.

[Kotowboy]

Great Halo performance.

Yes. I'm not sure about the live intro but it's alright.

[cramx3]

Great Halo performance.

Yes. I'm not sure about the live intro but it's alright.

I thought the intro was cool

[jakepriest]

Damn that mixing is huge. The drums sound fucking amazing.  Better than on the last two DT albums and live releases.

[mikeyd23]

Damn that mixing is huge. The drums sound fucking amazing.  Better than on the last two DT albums and live releases.

It is sounding really high quality. They said the team that mixed HWtSD would be mixing all the LiveMet and/or MetonTour stuff for this NA tour run, I'm guessing that doesn't mean Greg himself is actually mixing everything but his team of engineers is and I'm sure Greg is overseeing it and signing off on mixes.

The difference in audio quality between these recent releases and previous LiveMet stuff is night and day. So, so much better. Between the audio and video quality, they are almost basically putting out DVD/Blu Ray official release quality stuff for every show, pretty impressive.

For the drums it definitely sounds like they are reinforcing the kit (especially the kick and snare) with samples and blending those with the live sound, the cymbals sound good too, nice and present. The guitars and bass are all AxeFx, so they should be able to get really good direct signals from those. The vocals sound like they have a good mix of compression, EQ, and reverb.

[Kotowboy]

Greg said there are drum samples on the album but not to the point where if you muted them

the drum sound was suddenly disappear.

[mikeyd23]

Greg said there are drum samples on the album but not to the point where if you muted them

the drum sound was suddenly disappear.

Right. I'm talking about the LiveMet audio his team is doing, not the album.

[cramx3]

Kind of wishing I went to that concert out in Long Island last night, a more unique (not by much though) setlist and they performed in the round.  They released more tickets the other day I could have picked up a floor GA ticket but decided against it due to cost.

[Kotowboy]

just contributing to the thread

[mikeyd23]

just contributing to the thread

Oh I know, it's all good. I was just clarifying what I was commenting on, you're good buddy. 

Kind of wishing I went to that concert out in Long Island last night, a more unique (not by much though) setlist and they performed in the round.  They released more tickets the other day I could have picked up a floor GA ticket but decided against it due to cost.

Indoors would have made it a better experience, IMO, even with the same sets. But, yeah, I just looked at that set, Ride, Harvester, Welcome Home, etc... that's good stuff.

[axeman90210]

Fingers crossed for Halo on Fire tomorrow night, can't get over how good that song is. The outro is my favorite lead work from Kirk in a long time.

[cfmoran13]

I love Halo On Fire.  But, I think Long Island got the best setlist of the tour so far.  Three from Justice.  Awesome!

[cramx3]

I love Halo On Fire.  But, I think Long Island got the best setlist of the tour so far.  Three from Justice.  Awesome!

I think that could be due to it being a Metallica only show.  I would suspect they go back to the more generic hit set list for the stadium shows, but maybe I am wrong.

[mikeyd23]

I love Halo On Fire.  But, I think Long Island got the best setlist of the tour so far.  Three from Justice.  Awesome!

I think that could be due to it being a Metallica only show.  I would suspect they go back to the more generic hit set list for the stadium shows, but maybe I am wrong.

I'd guess you are totally right.

[axeman90210]

Just spent a few minutes going through the setlists so far, and this is what it's looking like for this tour:

Hardwired
Atlas Rise
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel/Creeping Death/Ride the Lightning
Unforgiven
Now That We're Dead
Moth Into Flame
Wherever I May Roam/Harvester of Sorrow
Halo on Fire/Sanitarium
Hit the Lights/Motorbreath/Whiplash/Four Horsemen
Sad But True
One
Master of Puppets
Fade to Black
Seek and Destroy
Battery/Fight Fire with Fire/Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman

In the first pivot spot I'm of course hoping for Creeping Death because that chant has got to be epic with a football stadium full of people. Probably lean towards Harvester of Sorrow at the next spot, though I'm fine with Roam as well. As much as I love Sanitarium, I really want to see Halo on Fire live so I'm hoping that was just a treat thrown in for the indoor show. I like the idea of a general KEA rotating slot, preference to Hit the Lights or Four Horsemen of what they've played so far. I also like the idea of rotating the epic thrash album openers to kick off the encore, I've seen all three live already so I'm happy with whatever I get.

[mikeyd23]

^ Good break down. They are definitely sticking to that pattern in the set, just rotating out those spots you highlighted.

[Kotowboy]

If playing a similar set each night means they are comfortable and don't f--- up a rarity then ok.

They played the same set every night on the Black Album tour and they were tight as f---.

Playing a very similar set each night means that by the end of the tour - it'll be drilled in.

On the St. Anger tour they played very different sets and they were very loose. Notoriously.

[Stadler]

Just spent a few minutes going through the setlists so far, and this is what it's looking like for this tour:

Hardwired
Atlas Rise
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel/Creeping Death/Ride the Lightning
Unforgiven
Now That We're Dead
Moth Into Flame
Wherever I May Roam/Harvester of Sorrow
Halo on Fire/Sanitarium
Hit the Lights/Motorbreath/Whiplash/Four Horsemen
Sad But True
One
Master of Puppets
Fade to Black
Seek and Destroy
Battery/Fight Fire with Fire/Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman

In the first pivot spot I'm of course hoping for Creeping Death because that chant has got to be epic with a football stadium full of people. Probably lean towards Harvester of Sorrow at the next spot, though I'm fine with Roam as well. As much as I love Sanitarium, I really want to see Halo on Fire live so I'm hoping that was just a treat thrown in for the indoor show. I like the idea of a general KEA rotating slot, preference to Hit the Lights or Four Horsemen of what they've played so far. I also like the idea of rotating the epic thrash album openers to kick off the encore, I've seen all three live already so I'm happy with whatever I get.

As someone who is fan enough to have every album (except Kill 'Em All and St. Anger) but not a die hard (never saw them live, yet, and haven't even bothered with Lulu, like them DESPITE being thrash, not because of it) that's a pretty goddamn good setlist. 

[Kotowboy]

I have every CD even Lulu.

I have no intention of seeing them live.

I just cannot be bothered. Also they're way too expensive.

[El Barto]

Just spent a few minutes going through the setlists so far, and this is what it's looking like for this tour:

Hardwired
Atlas Rise
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel/Creeping Death/Ride the Lightning
Unforgiven
Now That We're Dead
Moth Into Flame
Wherever I May Roam/Harvester of Sorrow
Halo on Fire/Sanitarium
Hit the Lights/Motorbreath/Whiplash/Four Horsemen
Sad But True
One
Master of Puppets
Fade to Black
Seek and Destroy
Battery/Fight Fire with Fire/Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman

In the first pivot spot I'm of course hoping for Creeping Death because that chant has got to be epic with a football stadium full of people. Probably lean towards Harvester of Sorrow at the next spot, though I'm fine with Roam as well. As much as I love Sanitarium, I really want to see Halo on Fire live so I'm hoping that was just a treat thrown in for the indoor show. I like the idea of a general KEA rotating slot, preference to Hit the Lights or Four Horsemen of what they've played so far. I also like the idea of rotating the epic thrash album openers to kick off the encore, I've seen all three live already so I'm happy with whatever I get.

Is this just US dates? I know I saw all three of Fuel/Creeping/Ride over two shows, so one, I believe Ride, can show up elsewhere. Also, is Unforgiven now permanent? I thought that was a rotating slot, as well. There were also some extra songs rotated into the Wherever and Halo slots. That said, they did 3 nights where I saw them so it's possible they just pulled out some extra songs for the third show that they haven't had to reach for in the US tour.

[cramx3]

That's just the US dates.  There's not enough data to say for sure yet, but judging by the few stadium shows so far, it seems like a fairly static setlist with only a few rotations.  My gut says the LI show last night was a little more varied due to being a Metallica only show and the fact they just played Metlife (maybe an hour drive away depending on traffic). 

[El Barto]

It's essentially the same setlist they did in Mexico, but with a few less songs in the total pool, and they seem to have made Unforgiven and SBT static. The second part is a shame, as I really hate that whole album. I basically got Day that Never Comes, Dream No More and No Remorse as bonus songs while still getting Ride and Creeping. Not too shabby.

[Kotowboy]

The band have said not one word about Chris Cornell from what I can see.

I would love it if they played Black Hole Sun tonight.

I think James would sound great on it.

Pretty Noose would be cool too.