What Well-known Metallica Songs Would Sound Like With St. Anger Drums

A drummer on YouTube has made a video enjoying traditional Metallica songs, however with the drum sounds of St. Anger. Certainly, they changed all the drums on the tracks with the ringing, open-snare drum tone of the metallic legends’ polarizing 2003 album.

Assume you’ll be able to deal with it? Within the clip, creator PolarWhale tunes their snare and tom drums to a St. Anger-like timbre, then proceeds to play by means of “Grasp of Puppets,” “Creeping Demise,” “One” and “Enter Sandman” with these tones. All 4 songs come from Metallica albums launched earlier than St. Anger.

Watch the video down towards the underside of this put up.

Us metallic followers know the St. Anger snare nicely, whether or not we like or not. When making the Bob Rock-helmed St. Anger in 2002 and 2003, Metallica’s Lars Ulrich experimented with turning the snares off on his snare drum. By eradicating the wires from the underside head of the instrument, the ensuing tone was extra booming — extra like a tom than an everyday snare.

Two years in the past, Ulrich mentioned he nonetheless stood by the choice. “I am at all times simply wanting forward, at all times occupied with the subsequent factor,” the drummer defined in 2020. “Whether or not it is Metallica at all times considering forward or in my private life or in relationships, no matter I am doing.”

Earlier this 12 months, a Metallica tune included in Netflix’s Stranger Issues 4 gave the band a reputation enhance when the character Eddie Munson performs “Grasp of Puppets” on guitar in a pivotal scene. Metallica subsequently welcomed their new followers earlier than some seemingly tried to “cancel” the group.

Metallica lately wrapped the vast majority of their 2022 tour dates. They’re going to play International Citizen Fest and the Serving to Palms Live performance to finish the 12 months. Get Metallica tickets right here.

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