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  • that has got to be one of the meanest basslines ever

  • The God That Failed ??? WHAT GOD ??????

  • @satanas66688 the one that doesn't exist

  • @XtremedesyrWoWSC i agree

  • What the hell was Kirk thinking about the dreadlocks?

  • this was back when they where still kool

  • James was brought up a Christian Scientist, meaning he wasn't allowed to take medicine or be given medical help, along with learning about the human body. It was against his religion.

    And so when he mother was dying of cancer and no one was allowed to help her, he had to sit back and watch her slowly waste away until she died.

    This song is about his difficulty in believing in a god who would let his children suffer like that.

  • Please somebody call 911 my neck is broken

  • @DinZg4ever hahaha ikr!!!! xD

  • @DinZg4ever (calls 911) Operator: This is 911 operator what's your emergency? Me: This guy broke his neck. Operator: How? Me: Head banging to Metallica. Operator: They kick ass, TURN THAT SHIT UP!

  • 'I see faith in your eyes

    never your hear the discouraging lies

    I hear faith in your cries

    broken is the promise, betrayal

    the healing hand held back by the deepened nail

    follow the god that failed'

  • The people missed that the medicines was created by God. Think this...

  • @lester01 lol

  • lol polish TV :D

    pzdr dla polakow :D

  • this song is just about how james mom relied on god to heal her from cancer but she died, thats all about the title

    stop arguing like children

    we are not here to fight over religion but we are here for the music

  • Fighting over the internet is like playing in the paralympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded. Some wise person said this once, and couldn't have said it better. I'm a proud catholic and I don't care about atheists or their opinion, and neither should you. The inet is not the place to convert or make someone see the light. If people are stupid enough to argue without full knowledge of things, and this applies to both sides, then it's just not worth it, so live your life and gtfo of YT.

  • god made me atheist.

  • @omfgodied Actually maybe the church made u atheist

  • @JohnfromPerth "God" is compassionate because he allows you to atone for your sins. All he asks is for you to repent, and ask for forgiveness. As long as you are forgiven, you will not go to hell, or be damned. Simple? No?

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  • this song isn't even about any of the bullshit you epople think it is, go watch james' interview about the god damn song!

  • @wesispimp9000 Post the link to the interview. anyway, you´re right!

  • @strophorus alright i'll search for it and if i can find it again i'll post it.

  • @wesispimp9000 and youtube won't lt me post the link :(

  • @wesispimp9000 Thank you sir to pointing out this truth.... this song is ALL about james's mom.

  • @Epid3mics yeah, i just hate when people try to pick apart the song when its not about what they are picking at.

  • @JohnfromPerth here's the thing its called free will to do with your life what you want. It's not up to God to help you with every little problem you have. And why can't you people ever come up with something original. You guys always freaking harp on this one point. I'm getting sick of explaining it all the time.

  • Dont know, why on hell u guys are talking about thos religions... peoples have their own things... dont comment thos...

  • *FTW*

  • @JohnfromPerth you obviously dont respect other peoples beliefs

  • I dont get you guys.. This song is about James mom having cancer.. Her being a Christian Scientist she relied on her "god" to heal her of her cancer.. She never got help from doctors so she ended up dieing.. The God That Failed

  • @ArticKing420 At least one person knows what the song is about.

  • @ArticKing420 At least one person knows what the song is about.

  • The Catholic or protestant christian (technically the same thing) Jewish, and Islamic religions are the problems we have failed these 3 or 4 based on whatever you want are the roots to half of our problems im Protestant but all religions are stupid ik its contrasting itself but what am i supposed to believe a lying priest or an angry musslim and in my mind all gods hav failed and we are the source to this failure we follow the god that failed

  • What happened to lar's drum set there use to be 4 drums in the front and now there is only 2?

  • Enough talking about God not existing, just enjoy the damn song!!!

  • @cjs11227 Thank you! Atleast ONE person understands how to enjoy a damn song!

  • I swear I'm going to flag every comment about Justin Bieber for spam from now on!!!!! Go ahead and feel free to flag this comment btw!

  • GDZIE JEST KRZYŻ!!!

  • @mynumberisnt4556169 I could never get into megadeth. I tried and i like a few songs but they just don't do it for me. As far as dave leaving the band alot of that was on him because he was coming into practice late , Usually hammered. The rest of the guys tried telling dave to get help but he wouldn't hear it so they kicked him out. Now jasons departure was james's fault.

  • @spikeman23 yeah, i guess thats all true... idk why i hold such hatred towards them... i guess i just never really saw them as being metal. from the first time i heard them i just thought they were rock but everyone called them metal when the seemed almost mainstream to me, ya know? i guess it all stems back to that old question "did they sell out? yeah, they sold out every night." idk, i guess i just need to shut up and enjoy the fact that they're not the jonas brothers.

  • God: Excuse for wars

  • This song was about how James' mother died of cancer, whom relied on God to heal her because shes Scientific Christian or something, which means if you get sick you can't get medicine like penicillin or something if you have a cold or something.

  • @SitotiKurton true. He is one hell of a guitarist though.

  • Your Metallica - The God That Failed video was posted yesterday on Facebook group The History Of Metal. Great job!!! I also make YouTube metal videos, but they're of a completely different nature. ;)

  • if you don't know james hetfield its christian

  • @ipdanielmetalhed He was raised a christian scientist, which is a funky form of Christianity that forbids learning about the body and seeking medical attention.

  • @doomcrue87 which is a retarded branch of Christianity. Hell even people in Jesus's time got healed because, wait for it, They actually acknowledged that he was a healer and went to him to get healed, not just pray that they would get better. They actually sought him out to be healed.

  • aaa tvn na poczatku zajebiscie

  • @Muniek97

    ooo i potem rydzyk ooo tak

  • I Think James took on the shape of a Unicorn while he was playin this.

  • @JohnfromPerth this is y i dont belive in any gods no more i waz born and raised 4 12 years 2 belive in gods but i have many qustions how come we think that roman gods are fake what makes god any different from them hell a god who loved his people would not let them fight like we do

  • In reality, if the world had started in society with the intelligence it has today, religion wouldn't exist. Religion was formed upon theories about unexplained things. As more things are explained, the followers just merge it with their religion and still claim they're right (for example, how old the earth is.)

    Lets put it this way; You may be allowed to have text corrections, but you don't get bonus points, and you still have an F.

  • @ShadowthePast test. Fuck.

  • here's what everyone's bitching about the song and how ungodly it is and how much metal suck ...........if thats the case why the hell did you guys watch the video in the first place ...........................its not a song condeming religon every thing thats its just a song and a damn good one too

  • This song should be every atheist's theme song.

  • @JohnfromPerth Except in buddhism, where hell is only a plane of exhistance you endure until you can completely forgive yourself for all your sins. Then you are born into the next plane, and the next, and next, until you comprehend the only being capable of enlightenment is a human, and only then, through great meditation.

    Song seems like its only been half done, still, amazing chorus.

  • @JohnfromPerth Exacly.

    There is no God who will trow people easly in hell.

    Evrey religion is wrong, they should STFU when saying a god will trow evreyone in hell for eternity just because they dont want to believe but havent done anything wrong also.

    You know, the world is Insane.

    I'm gonna do what i want to do, i dont care about lies from people that made this up.

  • Ja pierdziele, że wstawić Rydzyka do tego to trzeba być mocnym xd

  • @mynumberisnt4556169 kill em all and 2 songs form ride the they created master they "best album" but i love justice

  • man, metallica sucks so bad they actually can make a anti-god song sound like shit

  • @deathanddoommetaller u are stupid

  • @deathanddoommetaller naooooooooooo state metallica are amazing

  • shhhh! tryin to enjoy this masterpiece.

  • james mother was dying from a deadly disease and she believed in god and didn't want treatment , she thought he was going to save her ... he didn't , james wrote a lyric about that , the god that failed ...

  • @MrKnuckles999 this is true,he was angry that she died when she could've beeen saved

  • this song is actually about Jesus' condemnment. example: "broken is the promise, betrayl all" betrayl reffering back to the last supper when Jesus said "One of you will betray me" and "the healing hand held back by a deepend nail" healing hand reffering to Jesus bringing back a blind person's sight, healing some wounded, and bringing back the dead; and held back by a deepend nail reffering to Jesus being nailed on the cross, and even the name "The God That Failed" reffering to when, just before

  • Jesus died he said "Why have you forsaken me Father?!" forsaken can also mean to "Fail" but then Jesus realised that God didn't fail him when he went to heaven.

  • SYNC VIDEO FAIL.....

  • @gtanski amen, pride in thinking they are holier than thou

  • i believe there is a higher being but i dont think its how people portray it

  • Birch made the black album.

  • Most of you misunderstand meaning of this song. Its not against all religion or god. Its against "Christian Science" sect that actually is against Christianity. James parents were members of this sect. Contrast between sect and Christianity is also shown in this song.

    "Pride you took, pride you feel.... not the word, not the love, not what you thought form above"

    Pride is greatest sin in Christianity, its against love and word (Bible, Genesis, In the beginning was the Word ...).

  • pretty cool video, love the solo on this tune!

  • you tell um jesus

  • what is this i dont even

  • the song isn't about god actually failing, it's about james' hard childhood as a christian scientist, so stop w/the arguments

  • TEMAZO!!!!!! DIOS SUCK!! LA RELIGION COMERCIAL :S

  • Bad ass video

  • and to anyone plays guitar and i just started a few days ago... how hard is this riff?

  • @TheAbcd1978 I doubt its hard, nothing close to Master of Pupppets + the tempo is slower easier for your arm and downpicking.

  • @PentchoGuit i hope because quite frankly... i suck :P lol

  • @TheAbcd1978 It's not very hard, but you're gonna need some time to learn the basics (your muscles have to get used to the motion and that isn't easy). Once you get the techniques right, songs are easy to learn.

  • @TheAbcd1978 pretty easy

  • @TheAbcd1978 hitting the notes on the riff is easy, but like most of the black album making it sound like the song is a bit hard. its not like buhbuhbuhbuh its like buh. buhbuhbuh. takin those lil rests in between notes is key. but overall its pretty easy. 3rd song learned. 1st was iron man, 2nd was enter sandman. it takes a long time to get it just right with expert songs.

  • Lets strangle that fucker, and shoot him in the head twice see how he likes it.

  • @JohnfromPerth Agreed man. Apparently that's just too hard to grasp for everyone else.

  • f***ing nice solo three hurais for Kirk

  • @metallica4ever211 kirk is the best at what he does

  • @JohnfromPerth Exactly.

  • I like this song, no religious controversy in that comment cap'n

  • how many years will i headbang with this song??

  • For the last time this song is about James and his childhood and the fact that his mother didnt belive in doctors and that kind of thing she beleved that nature would take care of them his mother passed away from cancer when James was 16

  • I don't see why everyone thinks this song is controversial, I don't believe God has failed me, but I still listen to it and love it. It's about the flaws in religion, but it doesn't condemn it. You can't be angry at God and not believe him at the same time.

  • About 4.000.000.000 people is christian, islamist or hinduist. These religions and many more have "rules" you have to follow. One of them is that you can´t kill an other human and almost every religion (especially these three) have that "rule". But still are the religions fighting each other of who´s right, sometimes to the death like in religion wars or just street fights! So why fight each other? You all break your belives!

  • @TedvanBrakel

    Yes, all those religions also have a rule that says don't lie. So when someone asks where your relatives are so that he can kill them, you are not supposed to lie and you should tell them because you are not supposed to lie. Also in war when someone is shooting at you, don't shoot back, you are not supposed to kill. Also when someone is trying to kill your family and you have a gun, don't use it in self defence, just sit there and die. Turn on the TV, God has failed.

  • Just because it says god dont mean have a war about it..its like the crusades again D: .. I belive in him but i like this song(heard it yesterday :D)

    Just stop ranting about it

  • @TheAbcd1978 That's religion though: Don't like it? = War!

  • @SWGVonogardPelo lol yea me and my crazy people will attack your country!

    We delcare war to easy in mankind.. i understand horrid crimes and self defense..other then that. why?

  • @TheAbcd1978 Alot of things lol. Easy to see aswell. Just look at the American media.

  • @SWGVonogardPelo I love old america...and kinda of new america.. but i hate the MEDIA! They got more control then the congress at times.. :/ who cares what they do.? they can eat shit and die! lol

  • @TheAbcd1978 Lol. True.

  • @SWGVonogardPelo Yea like liensy lohan or whatever got 90 days OMG WOO! IM SO SORRY!!!!!

    Bitch. lol . I know people who get like 6 months for the same thing but shes rich so it dont matter >.<

  • @TheAbcd1978 She got it for drink driving or something lol xD She's so stupid.

  • Good tune...But I agree w/ metalmania310

  • hey, stop this discussion, if you believe in God, ok, good for you, who don't believe, ok also, right?, just enyou the great song!

    Metallica 4 life

  • im christian,love jesus, and this song to. nothing satanic about it.metallica isnt a satanic band, and any one who thinks so is just ignorant.

  • How about I go to atheist bands and be all like "HEY THEY'RE ATHEIST. THEY'RE A GOOD ATHEIST BAND" as if somehow being Christian or Atheist enhances the band itself?

  • @annon003 lololololololololololol :'D

  • people have to relize one thing about metallica and i now what im talking about there me favorite band. they write about ting espcially james that bottled up inside him instead of writing shit about fast cars girls and money. if you go back all the way to kill em all to now maybe you'll find one about that everything else is emotions. just look at creeping death they were only in there early 20's when they wrote that metallica in my opinon is probably one of the most mature bands

  • I got News for You Metallica. The god that Failed was that Pathetic god You worship say-Tan. He got his sorry tail end Kicked at the Mighty Cross of JESUS CHRIST. You better get Your Heads out of Your satanic tail end and Wake up. You will Bow Your Knees to Jesus Guaranteed. People wake up satan is The false god of this world, he is NOTHING. Obey Jesus New Covenant Gospel while You still can. 2 Thessalonians 1.7-9 4get Metillicas Pathetic Lying Ilk satan. Jesus is the Real Deal. Have a Greatday

  • @Love6653 Oh my god, you know absolutely nothing about Metallica, pull your ignorant fanatic head out of your ass and actually research the things you are bashing. Knowing people like you, if you hear the word research, you probably sprint to your Bible. I'm going to go out on a limb here, but you probably also believe America is a Christian nation.

  • @thetooltornado

    Calm down Mr Tornado and stop BLOWING things out of Pro=Poor-Shun Dude. I know exactly what I am Talking about.Don't go out on a limb cause it might break off on Yu Mr. Tool. They are satan worship dudes, Check out the Illuminati and there Demonic control of the music industry. We will see who knows nothing Mr Deceived one. Also go check out the video series they Sold There Souls for Rock and Roll.. Gee some things are just to Obvious. I don't follow a God Who Failed. They do.

  • @Love6653 HAHAHAH, omg you make me laugh dude, seriously its hilarious. Your narrow-mindedness is mind boggling!

  • @Love6653 you amuse me. SCIENCE DAMN YOU!

  • @shidoink

    Hey Shid-Doink go Boink. HA HA. The Bible Dad Gum You.

  • @Love6653 fuck off and listen to your Justin Beaver shit

  • @MetalxMilitiax101

    Hey Metal Headed Milly-Teeax Go take satan, and put Him where the sun don't shine Dude.Is that Inn lKnee wiegh two Talk 2 Good ol Love6653?? Get Your Mouth Washed out with Soap, then Maybe We can talk .You can Lis-10 To Leave it 2 Beaver Ok Just-10 Time 4 Dinner Dude. HA HA Have a Great Metal-Ica day Dude, and I guess 2 You Nothing Else Matters, since Your UN-4-Give-In. jest Fade 2 Black Jack Ok. Have a Great day Milly-Teax Metal dead Head.

  • @Love6653 What the heck are you saying? Try using complete sentences instead of using crappy symbols that little ten year olds use. Also, I'm Christian and I'm not going to Hell if I listen to this kick-ass song. And do you know them personally enough to call them "satanists"?

  • @MetalxMilitiax101

    You call Your Self a Christian and use that Foul Language Mr Metal?? I use Silly Language jest cause Eye like doing that. You are a Christian Only if You have Obeyed The New Covenant Gospel Of Jesus. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 Few People that Claim to Be Christian are Mr. Metal. I do not say that to be Mean, it just is the fact. Do You Know Metalica enough to know they are not satanic Mr. Metal? All You need to do is listen to there Lyrics. It is Quite Obvious.Have a Great day.

  • @Love6653  Dude, I'm a girl and don't tell me how to run my Christian life. You too, sir, have a great day

  • THIS IS THE BEST SONG ABOUT GOD EVER MADE!

    you fanatics go fuck ur self with ur long comments srsly this song is carrying truth about the world

  • when i said to my mother our fate is shit and we dont even follow anything from there and belive lots of bullshit like faith healing lol....we fought over that for hours i mean how stupid is she when i had swine flu she prayed for me omg ...i was like STFU OMFG WHATS UR PROBLEM!?

  • Well if this is world of god ....god fails i totaly aggre with song sry christians i am one of you but i am not blind i cant belive this song exsists ...haven't noticed it before

  • christian science is retarded

  • @FamousNateNat138 what science?

  • @FamousNateNat138 Christian science makes even less sense than vegetarian lions

  • How can you be "anti-god" to something that dosen't exist??

  • Its True The God Has Failed For Papa hets mother and he did love her alot and took care of her while his dad virgil hetfield just walked out on them and left them and she died when james was only 17 then by a miracle he became famous in 1981 with metallica and now known and the best thrash metal band to date metallica forvever

  • god EPIC FAIL

  • wtf its just a song !!

    james hetfield was grown as a CHRISTIAN SCIENCE !!

    so he wrote this song because his parents died , !!

    but i believe in god , and im a christian .. !! but this song rocks .. metal up your ass !!!

  • oohh yeeah nice song \m/

    **hugs

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  • it isnt exactly the same but u got a point there... but anyways chill m8 Metallica kicks ass!!

  • @MightAndMusic ???? can you explain?

  • Damn! Look at hetfield go on the guitar!

  • Shit I thought they were playing at a senior citizens center :O.

  • shit man look how he's got his giutar, when im learning metallica songs i got it up by my shoulder, fuck im amature lol..

  • @potheadNZ yeahh dude same here like he has his guitar down near his hips and i can bend my wrist to stroke the strings properly and im like 12

  • @potheadNZ

    its gota be heard 2 play a solo down there, prolyl y Kirk does em xD

  • Hey dont bring yourself down im just like that too. :)

  • Nobody's there to answer prayers. That is why prayers aren't effective. There isn't any god. It's like Saint Nick and the Easter Bunny. It's a myth.

  • this song is about james strict childhood as a christen his parents would not use docters or medicene and belived that god would heal all there sickness then james mother got cancer and they wouldnt treat it and she died

  • @funkymonkey0426 thats so sad

  • Smart Inference

  • @funkymonkey0426 Apparently in your culture learning to spell or english in general is against the rules?

  • @funkymonkey0426 check your spelling man

  • @kimpax are you an english teacher??

  • omg this was 2 days after i was born XD love this song

  • Za solówe daje 1000 punktów!

  • Here's some thoughts...

    What is it that is not to like, religion, or God?

    Can you have God without religion?

  • @GoFedererWoo Religion. If you can not accept the terms of how to worship, or to practice, or to please your god, gods, goddesses, then it is the religion. Though, if you ask your god to give you something, and they FAIL to do so. You hate your god.

    No, you can not have religion without a god.

  • @AtrociousWolves an individual can choose not to believe to religion but to believe in god.....i personally believe in god,a not understandable power that created us....but i can not accept the way any religion projects god...

  • there is no proof that god exist!

  • @bobjames55555 and there is no proof god doesn't exist!!!

  • @GoFedererWoo its great to not have religion or god

  • It's sad but true

    god is fuck

  • Yes, couldn't be about cooking or fishing.

  • Anything with God in the title is bound to start some annoying comment fight about religion.

  • @metalmania310 of course, badass song tho, and the reason why james wrote it makes sence

  • @metalmania310 exactly, ppl cant accept that their faith isnt the only one in the world

  • @metalmania310 Yep..

  • POLSKA IN DA VID

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  • 0:41 Muahaha Polska x] I Rydzyk na czele:D (Poland :o)

  • Why is god better than me?answer me please!U dont know God!U know what people say and tell!and u dont even question it?tell me again why is he better than me?I know I EXIST!

  • God gives people faith that their good deeds in the end will pay off and they will be rewarded, not only that but it gives people faith that when we die we do something else besides rot in the ground. Its common human nature to wish for more than what is. You can question it, hell, i'm agnostic, but don't be a dick.

  • true

  • but it doesnt mean that god exist, it can be only human nature as u said..

  • i don't see why people don't beileve in god. what's wrong with believing in someone that's better than you are? that's basically what religon is.

    see religon is just having guts to believe in a myth sor-of-speak,

    No gut's no glory that's all.

  • @Jfkdjfd "i don't see why people don't beileve in god. what's wrong with believing in someone that's better than you are?"

    because people believe in what they want?

  • and why am i getting downrated? its only the truth. people are entitled to their own belief's