Learn How to Play Blackened by Metallica - Guitar Lesson

Dive into the intricacies of Blackened by Metallica. In this easy how to, you can follow right along with any and all of the different parts in this complex piece.

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[rawwbnoles]

Nearly 20 years of playing. Several years of watching YouTube videos. This is the first set of examples that I've seen where the video is flipped to help you better see what's being played. You don't have to do that thing in your brain where...okay...his hand went to the left three frest, so I have to move mine right three frets. Fucking cool.

[MRDINO]

I've seen many covers of many songs on YouTube but this is on of the rarer ones. Covering a song properly with no improvisation and no mistakes even on the solo. A new bench mark. Looking forward to seeing more.

[ericksousa]

Playing 0.75 or 0.5 speed is helping me fixing several details I have been missing since always when playing this song. Extremely helpful video. Thanks a lot.

[nitras.design]

Finally someone who does a POV.
I never EVER understood why anyone would show it differently as how you do it!
Thanks for this!

[octzano]

1:45 I want one of these guitars that plays drums as well...

[wbspensfan]

When you consider the year Metallica was writing this stuff, you have to wonder what the hell were they possessed by ? Lol
Amazing

[bismarck]

You have some serious talent, amazing . Your timing is amazing dude .
 Metallica is in my opinion the greatest band of all time .

[persephonestorment]

I love that he alternate picks Kirks part but downpicks James 🤘🤘

[pornis]

Amazing! you actually play lots of licks that Hammet himself completely forgot God knows why. Greetings from Buin, Chile.
Rock on bro.

[KaliMaShaktiDevi]

The pause to the the train sound in the solo (4:49) literally kills me.

[marct]

holy shit, you nailed that solo. Kirks best imo. Good job

[robertonome]

I still can't get over of how amazing this solo is... Even years after having already listened to it.

[intoit]

Amazing bro, you nailed it. This is such a hard song that people get wrong and your playing was flawless!

[Eh_O_Nico]

One of the best playings of this song i ever had The pleasure of listening to

[jerryteacup]

Trust me, Blackened will feel like slow motion when you get a hang of the rhythmic anomalities, no matter how fast you play it. Been thinking about making a vid where I'd throw in a suggestion on how to perceive the rhythm in those anomalous rhythms, the idea being to give a full idea of what's going on - when you know all those quirks, it's only a matter of filling them with notes. I wouldn't so much teach how to play it - this video does it. :) Instead, show how to perceive it.

[GreekGuru]

WOW! One of the best covers I've seen of this song. And one of the only covers to play that crazy reversed intro at the beginning. Not even Metallica plays that intro at shows lol 

[Mathieu]

Wow ! This cover song is so well played, The harmonick part at the beginning is so sickly well decomposed, i never new how they made the intro sound like that. Awesome job !

[joetubealong]

Man this put a smile on my face!! God Damn I wish I could play Like that!!!

[Ammosi]

That intro is amazing... This one of the best musics ever made! Your cover honor this master piece!
God job!
Congrats from Portugal! 👍💪🇵🇹

[metalunder]

Ojalá la línea de bajo hubiese quedado grabada así de intensa en el original "...And Justice For All" 🎸 💿