Metallica - Nothing Else Matters DRUMS ONLY

This is Lars Ulrich's Drum track for the song Nothing Else Matters off of the album Metallica (The Black Album)

"Nothing Else Matters" is a song by heavy metal band Metallica. It was first released in 1991 on the self-titled Black Album which includes the hit single Enter Sandman. The song reached #11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Charts in 1992.

Singer and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield initially wrote it to a former girlfriend, but now he cannot remember why;[citation needed] some say it meant that "no matter how far" he was (since Metallica spent most of their time on tours), he was still "so close" with the heart. He considered it a very personal song and was not going to publish it, until drummer Lars Ulrich heard it and wanted it on Metallica. Now Metallica considers it a song dedicated to all their fans and it has become a staple of their live performances.

Its intro is an E minor arpeggio beginning with the open E, G, B and high E strings. It was first rumoured, and then confirmed by Hetfield on Classic Albums: The Black Album DVD, that he started composing it while he was on the phone with his girlfriend and only had one free hand.

It is one of the few Metallica songs in which Hetfield, rather than Hammett, plays the guitar solo being that Hetfield recorded all rhythm and most harmony tracks on the band's first five albums. It is also the only Metallica song that does not feature Hammett's playing (excluding Cliff Burton's bass solo (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth). In response to a question asked by a fan in So What!, the magazine of Metallica's official fan club, Hetfield confirmed that he recorded every guitar track on the song.

The video was premiered on MTV on February 26, 1992. It was directed by Adam Dubin; it consists of parts of the "A year and a half..." video tape which was shot during the recordings of the Black Album. MTV will however not air the video during day hours any more because it features nudity in the form of pin up posters that are taped up in the studio. It also has a picture of frontman Kip Winger, in which Lars Ulrich is seen throwing darts at him. The video was removed from Youtube.com in December 2008 due to 'copyright claims by a third party'. The Single would hit the top 10 in the UK - reaching number 6.

For its appearance on S&M, its orchestration was arranged by Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. This live version is found on the S&M album. This version was also released as the single "Nothing Else Matters '99", which included the B-sides "−Human", and the S&M version of "For Whom The Bell Tolls", on January 4, 2000.

There is also an acoustic remix of "Nothing Else Matters" that is called the "elevator version" with no electric guitars (replaced by acoustic guitars, even for the solo), Kamen's orchestrations, and Hetfield's voice only; it appears as the B-Side to Sad But True.

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[Thrashvel]

The decay on his snare sounds really bad in this.. Is this ripped right from the album version?

[chisox91]

yep

[tavoomalkutaja]

if you don't like the way Lars plays, then why are you watching his videos????

[norwaydude95]

What do you mean by "Lars was the best" ? Lars is still great for his age and comparing him to other drummers is just stupid since nobody plays the same style. And this is real drumming.

[McZcott]

Start at 00:06-00:07 if you want to play along with guitar.

[KurdtKobain09]

@whiteley1989 Right. But I'm tired of people thinking that Lars is the only one who can do it...

[whiteley1989]

@williamtrevormcneil love that comment and completely agree thats what makes a good drummer if they can produce the perfect drum track for a song even if its really easy

[666indahouse]

played the first minute for the first time completely without mistakes....

[williamtrevormcneil]

@drummingRobb sorry if he's not ripped double-bass at 3214654bpm doing insane fills every 2 seconds, he's just doing whats best for the song. you wouldnt know that LoBviously

its Nothing Else Matters by the way, incase you were too retarded to read the title

[mauriceh01]

this is awesome... is there a way to get the actual file for this drum track? I want to install it as a track on my 8-track. Thanks.

[drummingRobb]

This is the most boring drum track of all time!

[FrostC1Elite]

How do you do this?