Metallica - Master of Puppets Played Extremely Fast Live

[guih6661]

MASTER OF DOWNPICK!!!!

[cakma]

Master for 7:20 fuck!!!!!!

[juanthedy]

suck my dick megadeth is the best band of the 80's

[Narendos24]

@juanthedy

Suck my even bigger dick, no they're not.

[juanthedy]

@Narendos24 poser detected.

[Narendos24]

@juanthedy

I just think there are better 80's bands than Megadeth; though Peace Sells was a pretty good album.

[crazyjack43]

WHAT THE CRAP MAN THATS FREAKIN FAST

[pkj77]

it´s usual speed

[LordVerdo]

Sounds normal to me lol.

[jeffhardy664]

hay id try to play a 9 min song as fast as i could to end it

[BroHam214]

I hate how the mid solo is being played by James but they put the camera on Kirk

[bryanslash]

i only could downstroke some parts

its really fast

[ciaranw520]

I can't even air guitar this fast.

[emokiller907]

This is Metallica right in their prime

[FixxxeR208]

a word to the uploader: they are the world's greatest metal band, ever. not only the '80s.

[NickW0608]

how much adrenaline do you need to pick that fast.

[Martyfriedman001]

kirk did nail the solo even on super high speed

[buzzsaw177]

@Martyfriedman001 Cause he's Kirk!

[florintheps3boy]

:/ same thing happens to me when i play to much GH, i go bersker, happend the same with those :D

[mbabs15]

Raw and a little sloppy,but they didnt care they knew everyone was going crazy. After the 100th time playing this you would want to get the energy out too .

[DamageIncM]

This is not THAT fast...

It was quite normal for them to play it at this speed.

And it isn't that hard... all you need is energy...

[benbigcollector]

@DamageIncM you try playing the whole thing not just a minute of it then tell me its not hard

[DamageIncM]

@benbigcollector

Ahm, I've played this track for 10 years, sometimes almost every day, or couple of times a week.

THAT's why I said that. I'm just used to it...

[jerryflack4eva]

@DamageIncM you're right, after playing it for years, you play it at this speed easy.

[DamageIncM]

@jerryflack4eva

Yeah, it's like when you do something all the time, like walking the stairs in your house or any other type of handling, you can do it so easily and with so much precision, you can also do it faster.

I must say, I did have a time when I couldn't even keep up with the studio-version's speed because I hadn't practiced for a while, while I played along with faster live-versions before that.

It's also just how much you're used to it.

[guruvag]

how many bpm is that man?

[SplitSpades11]

There was a little drug called speed that i know for a fact was involved in this.

[ad1170]

i think they did this because lars when nervouse played drums really fast so there only soloution was to learn to keep up.

it was funny picking a new bass player and most of them struggling to keep up

[Trixter943]

IM sad that i wasnt born in time for the metallica revolution

[violavpeace]

Just because they play really fast dont mean theyre the best metal band. By saying that your disrespecting slayer and all the speed metal bands. Metallica is the best for being so original at the time. The gods of thrash!

[evilkanival1423]

... FASTER! FASTER!

[jeffhardy664]

@evilkanival1423 thats what she said

[FlareStorm10]

That's some f*cking down-picking o_o

[rocafella142]

You can hear them hitting bum notes and hear them accidently hitting string they're not suppose to hit....and i fucking love it. This was when music was the best, raw and aggressive.

[MrNameisnotimportant]

I'm the liker number 300! and who the hell cares!

[BrodinBrothers22]

Why are they better because they play faster? Makes no sense!

[TheNehetCZ]

Kirk's guitar is probably muted through the riffing, or his hands would fall off. :D

[BZ123456BZ]

lol i play master this way and it felt wrong... BUT NO MORE HELL YEAH MASTER OF PUPETS I AM PULLING YOUR FUCKING STRINGS OMGGGGGGGG

[kranen1]

Maybe the best thrash band of the 80's ^^ Can't touch Judas Priest in the 80's. Not by a longshot.

[iamafreebird100]

Downstrokes are really tiring but not for these guys

[az0950334]

to bad thay dont sound like that any more

[95ApEx95]

lol By then they'd probably played the song 500 times beforehand so it's no wonder they can play the entire song a little less than twice as fast x)

[andyguitar95]

James is machine

[MrMetallica72]

this dont sound very fast



[halonerd04]

@MrMetallica72 it's alot faster then the studio version

[ohgoditsjames94]

@MrMetallica72 It's over a minute shorter....lol

[MrMetallica72]

this dont xound very fast



[esppaul]

Lars always played shit faster live. His nerves got the best of him

[metallica4413]

@esppaul its his adrenaline he gets really pumped and then thats the result right here

[clarkyboy95]

@esppaul I think most people would be like that.

[kushal73]

new name...methtallica

[iR0cha]

THE KING OF DOWN PICKING

I JUST LOVE YOU JAMES!!

[capnkdawg]

@iR0cha His right hand is possessed

[TiMfilms60]

awesome! but i wonder something, why does lars's bass head have the metallica label on it and not the alcohollica labal? haha long live metallica!

[fnuggie]

How Kirk nailed the fast parts of his solo is just... O.O

[rotolo]

now i get why dave i pist..

[kushal73]

is this all downpicked or alternating cuz if its not these guys had to have been on meth good damn...

[DocKeul]

@kushal73 yes, it's downpicking as always. They are the masters of downpicking ;-)

[Direksone]

@kushal73 probably wasted as fuck!

[kaymant9]

im watching it and i still say its impossible to down pick that fast

[boggsty]

@kaymant9 it is possible. with 10 years of warming up, indeed.

[suicidalchesseburger]

@kaymant9 its not that hard i can down pick it perfectly

[MetallicaDependent]

I decided to edit the description: Metallica playing master of puppets really really fast. this proves that they are the greatest metal band ever.

[uofm97]

Ain't it weird that just 2 years later, James' voice suddenly DROPS and develops a roaring barking style?

[AndreWhiplash]

WOW!!!! FASTER OF PUPPETS!!!!!!

[325natalie]

jesus....

[Metallicgnacio]

I can't fucking believe how James downpicks that fast

[AlvoTV]

EET FUK!!!!

[kapaa112]

now we see how fuckin good was lars.

[longliveheavymetal56]

they did alternate picking in this

[KillModzzor]

@longliveheavymetal56 No they didn't

[horseman863]

@longliveheavymetal56

i don´t think so. james is a killer downpicker

[Unknown7637]

james: OMG he fucking pass the solo, next time we play it faster

[maikeloco24]

now i rule YouTube!!!

[OrgasmicPotatoe]

Tabarnack !

[pmanderson]

@Formutha Cool :)

[Formutha]

Not to brag....I still play it faster than that. lol

[pmanderson]

@Formutha Then post a video of you playing this entire song faster than this using all downstrokes. I'd love to see it :)

[Formutha]

@pmanderson Honestly mate, I would do that. There are 2 problems though.

1. My recording shit is definitely not good enough to post. That's why I mainly do Vloggy things.

2. I CAN'T do downpicking like that anymore. I used to be able to do it like fucking crazy. Then I lost touch. I'll have to pick it up again.

[pmanderson]

@Formutha Fair enough. I play guitar too, but I don't post videos because I've got nothing to record with. And because I'm lazy.

[Formutha]

@pmanderson I've got an Alexi-600 Scythe and I've got a Line 6 half stack on it's way. If I can get to finding a good recorder, I will definitely try to post some stuff.

[crazylocoguitar]

@Formutha get a jackson, im tellimg you their way better.

[kane916]

@crazylocoguitar ive always preffered esp but i only like the pre-fender jacksons fender really fucked jackson up

[crazylocoguitar]

@kane916 hmm, both are really great guitar companies, but no, jacksos are back on track since 2 years ago with being with fender. Back in 2001 to about 2008 they were really shitty guitars but now jacksons are the same as they were in the 80s.

[butt4242]

Cocaine+ alcohol=Master of puppets

[TheLaMoFo]

@butt4242 the song is against drugs

[andron2000]

Battery is faster than master.

[Likeyoucare]

2 words. Darkness. Descends. Faster than this.

[squigy29]

This is all normal speed

[IKnowMyEnemy123]

@squigy29 Sorry... No. You can hear it after the introriff, it's too fast. You can hear it in the pre-chorus too.

[Jacopsman]

Fuck me I can't even follow the original speed on my guitar, these are no men, they are Monsters of Heavy Metal!

[Gaharzysko]

Hetfield sounds like Zakk Wylde

[572ss1972]

R.I.P (old) MetallicA

[0618099004]

5 people could not play this fast.

[BmanRocks1996]

I can play along with this with only down picking and I now mess up when I play the studio version

[maidenizeyou]

the word downpick makes me throw up all over my keyboard.

[munchy040]

@maidenizeyou y

[avidmoviefan]

Right hand of Hetfield = Right hand of God

[Julio17523755]

@avidmoviefan Sounds like he was a masturbater pro... LOL

[axelmetal7]

MY FUCKING GOD!

[Marshallstack3203]

I learned it like this (all downpicking at the same speed) so when I try to play with the record version I get confused.

[amazonikk]

It has to be some kind of record to be able to downpick that fast whilst (probably, I men, it's Metallica...) drunk.

[amazonikk]

@amazonikk mean*

[ryanguitarist1]

@amazonikk yeah drunk..singing and drunk..think lemmy gave em some tips...and some speed

[ltownrocker133]

Someone pulled a Mustaine and took some heroine...

[MrMetallicaforlife]

and people say kirk is overrated....

[mom300]

@MrMetallicaforlife now days yes

[cooliovasquez]

@MrMetallicaforlife he is

[davemurray16]

You obviously didnt hear Phantom of the opera Maiden Japan that stuff is much faster that this...and whole concert is fucking fast

[Tomlja99]

this is world record in master of puppets :DD

[m4cest]

@Tomlja99 I'm not trying to impress anyone, and it s OK if no one believes me, but I can sing faster than this...

[MrMi95]

@m4cest u can sing faster... but i can play the same tempo on my guitar :D

[LilBabyGirlie]

Their brains where on fire with the feeling to kill, and it won't go away until the drink all your beer

[jiko12]

@LilBabyGirlie SEEK AND DESTROY BABEEEEE

[LilBabyGirlie]

@jiko12 Hell yes

[GU1TARV1LLA1N]

Man they were just awesome back then....

[jman6987]

lol may be they didnt like where they were playing

[Cinasso90]

Probably they were in a hurry to catch a beer ^^

[kyyyrus]

aaah, the good old days, when music was made for fun not for money. too bad i was swimming in my father's pants then

[CHRIStdujarniSCHTMIT]

@kyyyrus hell jeah, that are exactly my words

[MADmemphis564]

@kyyyrus Trve... u can still do this but u wont get many fans i mean u can get many fans but then u will start getting the money so its all gonna start heh anyway being an underground band isnt a bad idea :)

[TriviumAscendancy1]

@kyyyrus lmfao, this made my day :D

[fnuggie]

I see alot of comments about some of their other songs being faster. Yeah but dude! It's all downstrokes! It's fucking fast alright! :P

[fresnoharley]

I saw then on the armored saint and raven tour back in the 80's and they played the whole thing faster.It was freakin awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[AutodromoF1]

The actual reason why they played it so fast was because they were starting to sober up and wanted to get to booze backstage ASAP.

[kaptinkrunch47]

How could this guitar hold together through this amazing epicness?

[weirdalyankosin]

am i only one who thinks this isn't that fast? i mean sure its alot faster but its still not that fast

[MetalMexa666]

@weirdalyankosin considering the lenght of the song and the amount of downpicking in the song, yeah its pretty fucking fast.

[weirdalyankosin]

@MetalMexa666 but as i said... its alot faster but its still not fast in comparison to some songs

[MetalMexa666]

@weirdalyankosin yeah is not that fast compared with i dont know fight fire with fire because of the tremolo pinking on that one, but as i said i think this is the faster you can get playing this song live with all that downpicking.

[klazzera]

extacy, nothing more :P

[leunamme888]

James should sing like chipmunk

[huggies12345]

The reason they played it so fast was because kirk left the oven on

[iShadowRacer]

@huggies12345 LMFAO XDD

[Inkaaliy]

@huggies12345

rofl XD

kirk rules =)

[waikintsui304]

@huggies12345 "i smell something burning... KIRK!"

[habbosuks439]

@huggies12345 i thought he had to take a piss

[kirkhassan]

@huggies12345 lol best comment ever

[suckapunch565]

@huggies12345 no, kirk's wife put him on laundry duty... i heard shes real tough on him...

:/

[waikintsui304]

@huggies12345 james: do you smell something burning?

everyone else: KIRK!!!

[WallSpace]

i prefer this version

[kourtas03101994]

the original is 8:38 and they played it in 7:25 lol !! pure awesomness

[oi565]

@kourtas03101994 actually 7:20

[aboveaxis]

cocaaaaiine...hell of a drug! haha :D ..... this is fucking brilliant!

[Emporiad]

just think, this would probably be the normal speed if dave mustaine was still in metallica

[BurninAss]

@Emporiad if he was still in metallica this song would´ve never become so epic. 

[MetalAdam420]

@BurninAss It would have become legendary.

[Gamez4Lif3]

@Emporiad Dude... mustaine can't even fucking sing... playing fast doesn't mean that you're good

[MetalAdam420]

@Gamez4Lif3 just because you sell more dont mean your good either, just had to get that off my chest.

MEGADETH & METALLICA = Mutually Assured Destruction

[KillJoy353]

@Gamez4Lif3 james can't sing either. everybody seems to forget this. it's thrash, the vocals fit the music.

[Gamez4Lif3]

@KillJoy353 Dude James can really sing... but anyway sorry i even metioned mustaine on this vid... i shouldn't have done it because now i'm doing what i hate most xD

[KillJoy353]

@Gamez4Lif3 lol

james couldn't really sing till after he blew out his voice. he could sure yell though.

[TheMiszczjedi]

fuckin extreme fast

[oroan25]

when i play these song with a friend we play at the same speed :D

cuando toco esa rola con un compa la tocamos a la misma velocidad :D

te exitas la neta .)

[horseman863]

best metal band in the world

[1986kirkhammettfan1]

dude imagine if metallica could still play as fast as this and james voice had as much balls as it does here, they would be the best wothout a doubt, and i also tried to play along with this and i failed epicallyXD

[chivas4lif13]

hand of doom!!!

[666danielclark666]

Them playing at the total wrong speed, means they need to practice a lil more. not that they are the best.

Listen it sounds crap, fast or not.

[ghisbetterthanrb]

@666danielclark666 r u fucking high? its metallica who gives a fuck how fast it is this song is a fucking masterpiece

[666danielclark666]

@ghisbetterthanrb Im just saying, that they played it at the complete wrong tempo...I love the song, but this performance fucking sucks.

[EpsilonX]

@666danielclark666 megadeth used to play hangar 18 at a faster tempo. it sounds thrashier. and dude, it's their song, they can do whatever the hell they want with it. if led zeppelin can turn the stairway to heaven solo into a stupid 2 minute jam session, then these guys can play this song at a faster tempo.

[666danielclark666]

@EpsilonX You say its as though its intentional?

I dont think it is.

[shuttsworth]

some1 was in a rush to go home lol

[ph1lli66]

if anyone has noticed they shaved off a minute from the song. take a look at james' left hand on the neck during the verses. THATS EFFIN QUICK!!! obviosuly much faster that standard playing.

[Snakeplisskin440]

Not the fastest. Speed has nothing to do with talent anyways. But I give them props for stepping it up a notch. That's pretty sick \m/

[thrashard87]

it's not that fast actually...

[mordumandy]

this isn't that fast? lol

[Metallica7000o]

@mordumandy i see what you mean because your thinking of the studio version. remember this is live. the play all downstrokes. its faster. but still they play it perfectly like its the easier song in the world. that proves they are fucking amazing

[lsh10270]

i hope their arms r alright,,,

[JaymzGamez]

HOW THE FUCK DOES JAMES DOWNPICK THAT FAST?! I can barely go 2/3 that tempo without my wrist cramping up

[keppa13]

that pose james is doing. BRUTAL ._.

[nasseeeee]

The reason they don't rock like this anymore is because... THEY FUCKING CUT THEIR HAIR :(

[keppa13]

@nasseeeee LOL true that xD

[lbmspb]

They still play Master fast live, faster than the 90s, faster than the studio tempo, but this is way faster and all downpicking, INSANE. I like it.

[pierreo33]

Playing fast = nervous.

[empreme]

@pierreo33 Hell yeah they were!! They were on tour with Ozzy!!

[thelapoflux]

what happen to these guyS?? they were sooo good..sober? married?

[FucktheDeadGirl]

@thelapoflux ahaha "married?" Win.

[NeverAloneForever]

Sigh. This must have been just after Cliff's death.

[blackrobewiz]

This isn't all that fast. I play it faster when I'm just screwing around.