Metallica - Creeping Death (cover)

[DavidP]

@nzmetal

Actually, David, I think you under sell yourself. You have some excellent insight into the early days of metal. You’ve certainly absorbed some solid knowledge back in the day that seems to rise to the surface from time to time.

You’re probably over-selling a little there Jeff, but happy to meet somewhere in the middle

I do rmember as a primary schooler, all the teeangers with Deep Purple, Sabbath, and Zeppelin inscribed on their canvas book bags

As I recall the genre was called Underground Music back then?

I am really a Purple fan. Happy to listen to a little of the other two and even more occasionally others from the NWOBHM.

And when it comes to rock I think Blackmore and then in the later incarnation Morse are superb players.

And I confess, the more thrashy, faster riffier it gets the less I like it. So from Metallica, I enjoy a few songs from the Black album that I suspect some would say was Metallica selling out to a degree

Thanks for the book reference, I’ll take a look

[metramaks]

@nzmetal

Seek and Destroy

I think For Whom The Bell Tolls will be a better entry point. It’s one of the easiest songs in their catalogue, but the main riff is iconic and has the most important metal technique: muted open E and power chords. And lead part with that solo-ish scale run is also relatively simple.

[ToshS]

Impressive as always, Jeff. The guitar tone was perfect!

[nzmetal]

@CD02 Thanks so much, Craig! Glad you liked it

@CD02

I just realised that its been 5 minutes since I watched this with my headphones on and my ears are still ringing

Then my job here is done

@DavidP

So from Metallica, I enjoy a few songs from the Black album that I suspect some would say was Metallica selling out to a degree

Fair enough, David. If they were selling out, which, for the record, I am in the camp they were , then I’m sure their bank balances soothe any guilty feelings they may have towards their early fans

@metramaks

I think For Whom The Bell Tolls will be a better entry point.

Yeah, fair point, Artem. I never actually got around to playing that one until about a year ago, and you’re right, it is much more straightforward than Seek & Destroy.

@ToshS

The guitar tone was perfect!

@ToshS Thanks, Tosh! Really appreciate you checking this one out I recall spending a lot of time working on the guitar tone and getting the palm mutes to sound right, so very glad it came across well