Metallica - Hit The Lights Demo

[lunne14]

if i didn't know it was hetfield i would think it was mustaine :P james has a sick basstone :O

[DetBlirSkitBra]

@lunne14 u f*ckin' dickhead... it's a good violin tone, nothing else

[lunne14]

@DetBlirSkitBra Violins are heavy! :D

[DetBlirSkitBra]

@lunne14 hihih :D

[MrPowerchord93]

A piece of crap 4 track tape recorder with lead guitar punched in on the vocal track can never hold back the awesome of a young, pissed off James Hetfield.

[sicfuker25]

it´s like diamond head on steroids

[SheikhJunt]

Ron McGovney's bass tone is sick!

[Moukeaf]

@SheikhJunt Dude, this was Hetfield on bass.

This demo wasn't really Metallica as we figured it.

The line-up was Ulrich on Drums, Hetfield on Bass and Lloyd Grant on Guitare.

It was at the very beginning of Metallica, just before recruiting Mustaine and McGovery

You'll probably never find a version with Ron, the Album's one is already with Cliff.

[xxxmacedonian712]

The shit!



[Demonman26]

If it weren't for Dave Mustaine, Metallica would be sounding too much like Diamond Head, and there would be no Ride the Lightning.

[LadyBritannica]

@Demonman26 *super gasp!!!* O.O A world without Ride the Lightning? ...I think I need a moment! D'''=

[tehgrim08]

who the fuck is singing?

[CameronWasmund]

@tehgrim08 Hetfield has done all of Metallica's vocals on albums and demos and shit.

[tehgrim08]

@CameronWasmund sounds nothing like hetfield

[CameronWasmund]

@tehgrim08 You do know this was recorded in 1982 right? Try listening to Jump in the Fire garage recording. James' voice changed a lot in the early days.

[tehgrim08]

@CameronWasmund yeah i know that it just really different but i listened to the jump in the fire one and you can tell its hetfield

[Laurelindo]

@CameronWasmund Also I've heard that James tried to imitate some other singer from another band of the metal genre - he stopped though, since he didn't sound similar enough. XD

[DeathMetalorgetjized]

@leahcimrac More agressive, yeah

[leahcimrac]

I think this sounds better than the actual cd version.

[fuckyouall915]

United for thrash

[fuckyouall915]

UFT!!!

[AeroFix94]

haha dave just ruin the voacals, he sucks! the real hit the lights is better with just james!

[hola332]

@AeroFix94 ur gay 

[AeroFix94]

@hola332 you are!

[bloodyfool23]

@AeroFix94 This is James singing. Fail.

[AeroFix94]

@bloodyfool23 hahaha nope dude, dave is back up vocals and you can like only hear him!

[bloodyfool23]

@AeroFix94 the only backup vocals recorded here are still hetfield's. please do your research before commenting.

[AeroFix94]

@bloodyfool23 you are kinda funny dude :))

[bloodyfool23]

@AeroFix94 and you're pathetic. don't even have the balls to admit you were wrong even after trying to insist you weren't. i bet you're probably still a fucking 14 y/o virgin or something

[AeroFix94]

@bloodyfool23 stop defending dave your slut!

[SploogeForTheWin]

@bloodyfool23 Fourteen year olds usually are virgins, unless they're molested..

[Itachifan186]

@AeroFix94 You've either never listened to Megadeth(you seem like a Metallica fanboy anyways) or you're just a fucking idiot.

Oh wait, you're both.

[badcompanypersons]

this has dave on guitar right?

[hola332]

@badcompanypersons yes

[jjredd6]

i love the dubble vocals with dave

[ilikezelda64]

Digging the mixing here. Meaty.

[MedDoDo]

if u don't like dave voice u must know that u're so dumb. u gonna tell me that u don't like slayer too and that u don't like ozzy osbourne because his voice is too weird for ur dumb asses ? 

[Killnumb]

Dave's voice! XD

[AGEGRAGON]

dave mustain never participate in the cover that be loyd grand dave only coperate for some song but not in the demo file

[Thrashsmash97]

I don't think Dave ever sang, but I hear 2 people singing :p or maybe it's just the revervb.

[n00bt00bpr0ducti0ns]

@Thrashsmash97 James and Dave :)

[mets4life3064]

Dave sounds nothing like himself lol

[gnrmetallica95]

haha DAVE's singing

[DakrSnooze]

EVERYONE HAS TO CHECK OUT THIS SONG!! "RAISE THE FLAG BY SANKTUARY" IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON KILL EM ALL BUT ITS BRAND NEW. MIGHT WANT TO CRACK A COLD SCHILTZ WHILE LISTENING TO THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!

[billydab0b]

im sorry but that solo was absolutely terrible...im sure dave was not "himself" during the recording

[billydab0b]

is that dave singing??? sounds just like modern dave singing rust in peace live lol but his shredding makes up for his voice

[220g]

This was originally written in 1979, but wasn't recorded until 1983. 32 fucking years old and still kicking major ass!

[mehtaalihkuh]

i just heard the big bang of thrash metal (this was metallica's first song written and first song recorded in it's first form with ron mcgovney on bass and dave on lead guitar)

[mehtaalihkuh]

i just heard the big bang of thrash metal (this was metallica's first song written and first song recorded in it's first form)

[VitalSigns1]

lol this sounds so much worse than the studio album. still cool though

[CrushedJustice]

@VitalSigns1 lol what do u expect they were on tight budgets when recording

[JustALambOfGod]

omfg esto suena asombroso *o*

[kokexc1]

a 14 personas no les gusta Metallica con Mustaine o simplente escuchan regayton..

[Skateoftheunion]

@kokexc1 regayton jajajajaa

[DaManiac878]

Isn''t it nice how they ripped of Judas Priest for the intro?

[Gilbert128]

@DaManiac878 its called influence -.-

[GeorgePossessedMe]

@DaManiac878 thats like saying Coheed & Cambria ripped off Iron Maiden becuz their singer has a...lets say, higher-than-average voice (dont bash me, i luv Maiden, and C&C, is decent)

[kleber1983]

wow they where HUGE fans of Diamond Head at the time, you can cleary see that here....

[karambolization]

I don't like metal, but this one KICKS ASS!

[lilshopper212]

@karambolization how do u not are fucking kidding me

[benrsmith31077]

Is it just me or does this track have a real Iron Maiden feel to it? Reminds me of the Iron Maiden for some reason.

[XxZero97531xX]

the drum intro sounded like the very begining of KIMB by megadeth.. just sayin. not that i care. i thinks its pretty cool

[kilulafo]

So wait - this is James singing? I thought it was Dave...sounds pretty wicked though.

[Dixoncheesepuffs]

@kilulafo no dave just played lead, sometimes would talk into the microphone between songs in metallica. he only sang in megadeth

[kilulafo]

@Dixoncheesepuffs I managed to get that far myself.

[RiceKiller191]

Ohh good old Mustaine.

[Metalmadness84]

I like pure garage thrash !!!

[underscoreisnotvalid]

OMG 1:55 that high pitched rack tom is the most non-lars sounding thing ive ever heard

[abvflux]

@underscoreisnotvalid

WTF, have we found something more rare than him using a ride cymbal?

[educatedcockroach]

Holy shit, you can tell Hetfield is pretty damn young. I think his voice cracks a few times on the chorus.

[RealMusicBook]

Epic, Mustaine, Hetfield, Cliff, and Lars..

Those guys are the real big 4!

[kjellis345]

@RealMusicBook This isnt cliff though... its ron

[viggeksigge]

who's singing??

[clayandaaron]

@viggeksigge Hetfield, but when you hear 2 voices Mustain is on backing vocals

[dougmilne27]

@viggeksigge a very very young james hetfield =p, think dave is doing background vocals too?

[MrSchwermetalle]

fuck all this hetfield vs. mustaine talk, MUSTAINE AND HETFIELD FUCK YEAH!!!!!!

[LadyBritannica]

@MrSchwermetalle Fuck. Yes. It's about DAMN time someone OTHER than myself make a statement like this... >.<

[kaueosbourne]

13 pagodeiros por aqui!

[bullsonparade9020]

THANK GOD THAT CLIFF AND KIRK RECORDING STUDIO VERSION

[steviesound2000]

You ever wonder what Metallica would be like if Dave wasn't fired and Cliff didn't die?

Bet they wouldn't have worked Bob Rock. That guy ruined Metallica!

[dannybazzer123]

@steviesound2000 Oh yeah Bob Rock ruined them ... by producing one of the greatest rock albums ever? (Black album)

[DanielSHRED]

@dannybazzer123 yes he ruined them. without him black album wouldn't be that commercial how it was with him ;)

[dannybazzer123]

@DanielSHRED I would mind if the album was commercial and crap.. but its not its a great album.. The point to be made is that Metallica as well as make a shed load of money reached out to a larger audience and majorly put Metal on map more.. Bob Rock seems like a nice guy from what I can gather and a good producer. The black albums good, S&M was a interesting idea and St Anger has some average songs. Reload and load were a joke to me they went to alternative...

[GerMaggot555]

@dannybazzer123 the black album was the first step away from thrash

[creepingdeath131]

real thrash



[Doyoulike4]

Ron stayed april to november. That's more than two months, this is ron and mustaine FYI.

[blacksheepchops]

classic

[XxJoeordazxX]

this demo is with ron mcgovey or cliff burton? ron right?

[yadrition]

@XxJoeordazxX cliff

[auroralavigne12]

@XxJoeordazxX cliff Ron bearly stayed 2 mounth maybe

[Megatallica83]

It sounds like Dave and James mixed

[MeTaLhEaD78943]

the fuckin demos are the best!

[metallica8019]

this album is so good i just love metallica!!

[kgkologlu]

I can't even imagine this squad playing Hit the Lights on stage in 2010. I guess the world wouldn't dare to hold the pressure of it's awesomeness and killed one of'em after seperating their great lead guitarist.

[meyer412]

GOD I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

[OSKARULRICH]

prefiero la voz de james 

[lokesea1587]

@OSKARULRICH es james

[OSKARULRICH]

@lokesea1587 te juero que se scucha la voz del mustaine enserio te lo juro

[JewFroProducti0ns]

all my body fluids just oozed out after hearing that kick ass main riff.

[aassyr1111]

playing along with this one made me feel much better

[Zeppelin131001]

Can someone tell me the answer to this is No Life Til Leather the original name for the first album because i know thatin 83' they changed it to kill em all

[MikeyboyMovies]

@Zeppelin131001 Metal Up Your Ass

[Jonathannovak1]

@Zeppelin131001 lol they originally wanted to call it Metal Up Your Ass, I think.

[uranium993]

is this james singing?!?!?!

[xBenjaxGuitar]

this song is fucking historical!!

it´s even bigger than WW2!!!

[Computerwizard666]

@xBenjaxGuitar it shud be in the bible

[TROLLINGCENTRAL]

@xBenjaxGuitar I WOULDNT GO THAT FAR YOU FUCKING DICKHEAD

[xBenjaxGuitar]

@TROLLINGCENTRAL fuck you, go do your mom....

[TROLLINGCENTRAL]

@xBenjaxGuitar ALREADY HAVE :)

SHES BRIMMING WITH CREAM

[ThazuaBlackarrow]

The No Life 'Til Leather demo is Kill 'Em All on steroids.

I'd sooner buy this than the actually album.

[hitlerlovedjews11]

@ThazuaBlackarrow actual*

[ThazuaBlackarrow]

@hitlerlovedjews11 MUH BAD MAN.

[Mortif3r]

im so grateful they did not do this fluctuating in the voice and pull it so loooooooooooong. sounds like glam metal not like thrash metal. dun like it that much. ><

[Ompaloompa99]

Reminds me of king diamond... (NOT AS GOOD). He was a fan of him, this is what probaly influenced him to sing like that.

[marshmallow117]

metallica!

this is sik

but

i prefer album version

[TheDisposablehero5]

10 people who disliked this video can fucking die Thrash metal is the best and all older vinyls from metallica kick ass My fav Kill em all Ride Justice Master Black album and the garage days i hate people who talk about megadeth or metallica we must join the METAL Militia and Destroy All Rap and Bieber Fans

[ThazuaBlackarrow]

@TheDisposablehero5 You're an idiot.

[TheAntiHeroHimself]

@TheDisposablehero5 I think we should prohibit the use of the "J" word, the "B" word and both together on video comment boards for videos of good music, for the sake of the prevention of the self-destruction of the metal empire. I agree with the comment, people who come here and dislike videos are just trolls.

And to all; BANDS LIKE METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX MAKE THRASH FOR US TO ENJOY THE GENRE, NOT SO WE CAN ARGUE ON WHO'S BETTER. ITS NOT ABOUT BANDS, ITS ABOUT THE MUSIC.

[frankwhite432]

@TheDisposablehero5 come on man, not all rap is bad, just the new stuff from this decade and the 00's. go back to 82 and listen to that stuff. im black and i crossed over into rock music from rap. yea rap rock songs do exist

[MikeyboyMovies]

@frankwhite432 me too, i agree, only todays rap is bad not old rap with ice cube, ice-t, run dmc, etc. i thought i was one of the only metal heads alive

[kilulafo]

@TheDisposablehero5 Seriously, people can think what they want. Just ignore fans of bands you don't like.

And those 10 negative ratings are probably trolls. And i respect trolls.

[DimeRR5150]

@TheDisposablehero5

Have Ride the Lightning on vinyl too!!

[kilulafo]

@TheDisposablehero5 Why don't we just listen to our music and ignore fans of rap and bieber?

[KeybladeKorney]

@kilulafo it's impossible cause were living in a society with ignorant kids

[kilulafo]

@KeybladeKorney Sigh...

[Silentzio]

@TheDisposablehero5 Yeah destroy those assholes, destroy anyone who has different taste and perspective. :) Trash metal is the best whatever would it be. :D Even Metallica cannot understand the perfect term and recall it's origin. I just hate categories. Think, don't hate!

[metalthrasher89]

it is james u idiots

[RawwestHide]

god this is better, why did they fuck this is up in the studio

[davemurray16]

@RawwestHide Because thats Dave Mustaine on guitar haha

[CodModder1942]

@RawwestHide because james hit puberty

[matvprado]

This james and dave on vocals.Dave is, technically, making a back vocal.

I say that because every band of Metallica and Dave himself said que never front sang for Metallica, so...

[ihatehaircuts1]

i only know about this song because it's talked about in my 'and justice and for all' book from metallica.

[fayufo]

Is Mustaine the singer? ´cause it sounds very different to James :S

[bw326]

I'd bet anything that that is Mustaine on vocals.

[2012Romney]

Sounds like the lead singer from Dream Theatre lol

[labrascie]

i have no words for what i just heard right now...

[spaceboy9874]

one things for sure.............. i know that IS NOT James on vox

[TarbleSauce]

@spaceboy9874 Thats funny because it is!

[BrandonCrazyTV]

there are ten fags that leark among us and shall die

[TROLLINGCENTRAL]

@BrandonCrazyTV MAKE THAT 11

I DID THE 11th ONE BTW

:)

[LordMoxas]

@BrandonCrazyTV make that 13

[nickrathmann]

@BrandonCrazyTV

homophobia is pretty gay... and you spelled lurk wrong.

long live metal. fuck what its become.

[kilulafo]

@BrandonCrazyTV Along with the 19 idiots who can't spell/give positive ratings to people who can't spell.

[DaemonTamer1]

@BrandonCrazyTV  now it's 14...

[DaemonTamer1]

@BrandonCrazyTV now it's 14...

[benf199105]

watch?v=xdKYBt8Efcs

Check this out, 1978 record by a British Heavy Metal band named Weapon. Metallica likes "Weapon" alot lol :P

[paulthewhite]

Dare I say that Hetfield sounds like the dude from Def Leopard? :D

[SlipknotMaggotism]

They had to find their inner Metal. This demo is like, how do you describe it, like not fast I should say as the real thing, not the demo. Y'know? O.o

[3ombieautopilot]

James sings like he has no balls :D

[carrurru]

@3ombieautopilot

jajajajaj yeah XD

he sings a lot like diamondhead in their "no life till leather" demo... soo good he changed for an agressive style for kill em all :P

[xXflapjackboy880Xx]

what i find is weird is why people are having a fight about st anger when clearly they are listening to a demo tape of kill em all people keep your opinions to urself unless ur looking for a fight

[hoikevinhoi]

he sounds like a disco singer its rad

[kevincarilo]

They don't suck.. They were just overrated..

[haveli96]

Favourite Metallica song!

[MegaCrusher99]

Dave Mustaine created some of these songs and made them sound badass. So stop bagging on Megadeth! Megadeth and Metallica are both good. Stop saying which one is better.

[FalamsProductions]

@MegaCrusher99 i agree 100% dude, but i do have to say the way they treated dave afterwards was wrong but dave bitched the whole time but oh well thats in the past, and everyone who listens to metal knows who metallica and megadeth are, because they changed the face of thrash and any type of metal forever.

[KirkyStu]

@FalamsProductions , i like it. bring on hell!

[cletisevans1]

thats why we're high and drunk again...kill the lights...cops....

[6661murderface]

una de las mejores canciones de metallica pero hoy en dia es mierda pura

[m4l531]

@6661murderface se estan recuperando otraves amigo ;)

[PatoPatoEloElo]

@m4l531 dejalo al pelotudito ese de 6661mariconface

[m4l531]

@PatoPatoEloElo SI

METALLICA SE VA A RECUPERAR EN SU SIGUIENTE ALBUM

DEBERIAN VOLVER A FIRMAR CON FLEMMING

[nightprowler93]

Thrash Metal was basically the new wave of american heavy metal.(other than a little bit of german and canadian bands). It told the British bands ruling at that time that (no offense but) ITS TIME TO DIE!!!!!

[heavymetaleroful]

the second solo was writen by loyd grant and the first by dave mustaine and live in those times james was only a singer

[BSUOSUlover]

Metallica is a much more diverse and mature band. They have tried a hell of a lot more styles than megadeth. that being said, megadeth is more aggressive, and has better lyrics. I prefer Metallica, but they both have things going for them. Now shut the fuck up

[vargasisking]

@BSUOSUlover imo metallica wins lyric wise. and yes i do agree metallica is the more mature band. i cant say i like both bands cause thats stupid,cause i fuckin LOVE both bands!!! metallica and megadeth are my no.1 favprite band

[BSUOSUlover]

@vargasisking Ya i can see how one would prefer Metallica's lyrics. Justice had some great lyrics on there, and believe it or not, I would say the 'black album' had some of their best lyrics yet (imo). but yes, bot amazing bands

[jerey34]

john petrucci.

[simonslash96]

haha, it doesn´t sounds like james on the vocals!! :D

[benf199105]

@simonslash96 i think hetfield and mustaine are both singing or they have put some crazy reverb and echo on it because his voice changed massively compared to the record if it is him.

[simonslash96]

@benf199105 yeah, i agree!! :)

[Demonman26]

@benf199105 James Hetfield was just trying to sound like the singer from Diamond Head. Diamond Head was a big influence on early Metallica.

[benf199105]

@Demonman26 i know that diamond head were a big influence and that he really likes king diamond but i think they've done something to his voice in the recording because if you look at Kill em all and the following tours his voice is completely different. I guess if he was really trying and straining to get his voice that high fair enough. i think mustaine was singing aswell though, and for a time they had other singers aswell, james played bass in the early days too, so anything is possible! :P

[MetalOliver]

Lars was such a noob back then lol, he became better but now hes back to his roots :(

[mossemalm]

@MetalOliver Lars had always been a noob ;)

[larsloveskirk]

I'm so sick of hearing kirk play the first four bars of every mustaine solo, than acts like he wrote it. deuche bag.

[pottedsalad]

well said man and fuckin awesome name! :D

[VidGameProductions]

@larsloveskirk he never claimed he wrote the first bars. in interviews he says he didn't write the beginning. oh and you spelled "douche" wrong..