Remixing Metallica's DYER'S EVE so it doesn't sound like sh**

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https://youtu.be/ FFvPFPY8DSI - Remixing Metallica's DYER'S EVE so it doesn't sound like sh**

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10 Underrated Songs On Classic Albums

From https://www.wearethepit.com/2022/09/10-underrated-songs-on-classic-albums/:

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Dyers Eve – Metallica For all of the albums released during Metallica’s glory years, And Justice For All occupies a bit of a weird space. As much as the band may have still been firing on all cylinders, there was an almost progressive tinge to some of these songs as well, stretching everything out into long drawn out exercises just for the hell of it. Thrash was about more than just heavy riffs though. This was a genre born out of punk, and they saved all that energy for the final song on the record.
Right as we wrap up the touching Cliff Burton tribute “To Live is To Die,” “Dyers Eve” is the fastest that Metallica ever got during the ‘80s, making something that had the same bite as a hardcore punk song with the finesse of a metal track, with Kirk Hammett’s leads stampeding across your brain every time you hear them. Even though the song’s lyrics may have just been about teen angst, the construction of the track is enough to win you over, with James Hetfield reaching superhuman levels of intensity on the breakdown sections of the song, putting all of those years listening to people like Johnny Ramone to use.
And anybody who has ever slightly complained about Lars Ulrich’s drumming needs to hear this track alone, as he practically drives the band along for 5 minutes with the double bass hitting you right in the chest every time you hear it. Metallica may have gone down the more radio friendly road just one album later, but every high energy track that they’d ever made seemed to be preparing us for this.

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Metallica - Dyers Eve 87' James' Riff Tapes

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Original

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https://youtu.be/fdKg_XnviE8

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Cover

https://youtu.be/f0_bjf7Gm_g

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Good Drumming on Facebook

I came upon this video that features Mike Portnoy playing drums on a cover of Metallica's "The Shortest Straw," which is a killer tune: https://fb.watch/amGu097ewi

I came upon this video that features Ami Kim playing a drum cover of Metallica's "Dyers Eve," which is a killer tune: ahttps://fb.watch/amGAuMggwF/

DYERS EVE Timing Finally Makes Sense

If you poke around this blog long enough, you'll get a sense that the Metallica tune called "Dyers Eve" on the And Justice for All album means a lot to me as I have used the "Dyers Eve" label on the following posts.

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After watching the above video, I added this comment:

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I truly like the idea that at least 15 others in the world thought I had a good enough thought that they clicked Like and that no one clicked Dislike under my comment.

Little Kruta Nails Dyers Eve!!

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For context, the Metallica version that was remastered as part of the 30th anniversary of "And Justice for All" (which I purchased):

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Some DE Info

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_story_behind_metallicas_dyers_eve-79182

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Eve Dying, Wise Thoughts & Sadie Girl

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How are the masses reacting to the above?

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And for a change of pace, here are some thoughts:

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And for a change of pace, here are some pictures of Mark & Susie's dog. Her name is Sadie and I don't know if I will ever get to see her alive again.

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Where Do You Go from DE? Apparently, To the Sandman

I've heard variations of the story Lars Ulrich tells in this article - Lars Ulrich: The Song That Marked the Peak of Metallica's Progressive Side "Five minutes of, basically, what we jokingly call 'math metal,'" the drummer says. - which, in summary, says that playing the long tunes - like the title track among others - on the "And Justice for All" album on tour was not something they wanted to do. Guitarist Kirk Hammett said something about this when he said in some interview that he felt like the audience was bored. Thus, in the Big Picture, that's why the ideas for the next album - the Black album - focused on shorter songs. I used to think that there was someplace to go after "And Justice for All" that would take them to a Dream Theater-type place with even crazier time signatures and such and that that was the Metallica I wanted to hear, but, as time has gone by, I realize that bands that play record the same album over and over really don't trip my trigger. Plus, honestly, if Ulrich and Hetfield wanted to go the polar opposite and write an album with :30 second songs, like *n*l C*nt, then that's their prerogative as no one can be more knowledgeable about Metallica than the 4 guys in the band.

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Here are the comments about the above article, including the "Justice was the last good Metallica album" & "Bob Rock ruined the band" stereotypical comments that seem to show up when an article is penned about Metallica.

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Editor's Note: You may have wanted to point out when Star Wars fans say that "George Lucas ruined Star Wars with Episodes I - III", they are being idiotic since George Lucas INVENTED Star Wars and it's his story to tell. Good for you for not being distracted by the obvious tangent....