What Famous Metallica Songs Would Sound Like With St. Anger Drums

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

Think you possibly can deal with the insanity? In the clip, the creator PolarWhale tunes their snare and tom drums to a St. Anger-like timbre, then proceeds to play by “Master of Puppets,” “Creeping Death,” “One” and “Enter Sandman” with the tones. All 4 songs come from Metallica albums launched earlier than St. Anger.

Watch the video down towards the underside of this publish.

Us steel followers know the St. Anger snare sound properly, 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 snare wires from the underside head of the instrument, the ensuing tone was extra booming — extra like a tom than a daily snare.

Two years in the past, Ulrich mentioned he nonetheless stood by the choice. “I’m always just looking ahead, always thinking about the next thing,” the drummer defined in 2020. “Whether it’s Metallica always thinking ahead or in my personal life or in relationships, whatever I’m doing.”

Earlier this 12 months, a Metallica music included in Netflix’s Stranger Things 4 gave the band a recognition increase. In the season’s finale, the character Eddie Munson performs “Master 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’ll play Global Citizen Festival and their Helping Hands Concert to finish the 12 months. Get Metallica tickets right here.

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