Metallica - Blackened intro (not backwards)

The intro of the song Blackened on the album ...And Justice for All by Metallica. Intro being flipped again to how it was actually recorded. The intro is famous for being played backwards on the album. Features only a picture of the albumcover. If you want me to send you the file, feel free to ask!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Blackened
• And
• Justice
• for
• All
• intro
• backward
• backwards
• real
• recording
• Metallica

[NaNUbwityogrl]

this intro was on one of their demos and i guess someone gave them the idea to put it in reversed.

[badasskurt]

it jason's idea ;)

[badasskurt]

+ was

[Kizak6]

Way better like this. Dunno why they reversed it. Must've been Lars' stupid decision.

Disclaimer: I still believe it sounds very epic on the album version... I just like it more this way :P

[badasskurt]

actually, it was Jasons idea to reverse the intro ;)

[JosephKuby]

I'm surprised he had any creative input given the way they treat him.

[badasskurt]

yeah, that's true. But Jason actually got a writing credit on Blackened... one of two on his first two albums, the second being My Friend of Misery off Black album. So he had a little creative input, but regarding the span of years it wasn't much :P

[NIMHFS]

damn, that sounded cool.

they should've used that at the END of the song...

[TheOriginalGayman]

This is awesome. It really does have a very bitter feel.....a very dark sound to it....it's maybe even scary sounding :S

[WickedWestsideWill]

ooooh gotta love dem good music chills haha, ROCK ON!!

[lilaxlros]

@Kizak6 i actually read the book about cliff burton. its said in the book that it was cliff who wrote this intro and reversed it not jason. but who knows..

[rwd4life]

@AndyB1286 yeah man , i notice it when i play as well , it comes naturally afterwards

[AndyB1286]

@rwd4life : appreciate the comment :-) I've been listening to music since I was like 7 or 8, and it was around 15 or 16 that I realised I could work out what some chords were just by hearing them. It helps if you play an instrument like the guitar or the piano, then when you hear certain notes or chords you remember them from all the times you've played them on the instrument :-)

[rwd4life]

@AndyB1286 wow my friend , your musical ears are very sharp.

[AndyB1286]

@rwd4life : I think I know why someone might have disliked this (it wasn't me, by the way). It's in the wrong key. Metallica recorded Blackened in E, the pitch has been changed on here to F#, either that or it was automatically changed when it was uploaded.

[rwd4life]

Who disliked this? Probably just mad this wasn't something they came up with.

[Billinois78]

I was thinking: It would've been really cool if they tagged this to the end of Dyer's Eve (the end of the album).

[MiiNiiSTRYOFSOUND]

jason newsted was a legend. and metallica treated him right, just notsome of the fans at first because he was filling so hard shoes. r.i.p. cliff burton

[MylinaspaincA]

the mp3 file please