Metallica: Fight Fire with Fire (Milan - January 21, 1987)

Notes:

The Fastest live perfomance of Fight Fire with Fire ever recorded

Enjoy!

[serjofadown]

James started at a higher but still pretty legit tempo and then Lars came and add like +1000 bpm to the song lmao

[Timmorrisjr]

It’s so fast that Lars is damn near playing a blast beat lol

[TorNationGamingTnG]

2:47 james and kirk start all over the place, but somehow synchronize. incredible

[cool_skeleton]

James doesn't even have time to breathe that well for that brutal bpm

[KaiJones]

These shows following Cliff's death fill me with so much sadness for James, Lars and Kirk at that time. They're incredible because they're so visceral and fast - but they're so visceral and fast because they are grieving so much. It's pure catharsis. Just want to give them all a hug.

[EusojL]

I never thought they ever went to that level, it's so fucking fast that the riffs are not even noticeable

[gabrieldzwonowski]

Slayer fastest song is necrophobic and is this speed. This proves that if they wanted to they could annihilate any band. No one could touch this band in the 80s. Especially with cliffs spirit of death

[rolasleyva]

This and the Winnipeg 1986 are the fastest Fight Fire with fire performances ever. Even faster than Toronto 1986, what a crazy tempo

[freaksound]

First time watiching this and I can't believe that this can be played faster. The album is already fast.

[masswellwilliamson]

They are actually fighting fire with fire here.

[ConnorR.mp]

damn, the tempo is all over the place, from 220 almost 260 in places

[alexhøst]

2:10 metallica is so fast this guy couldn't even fight fire with fire

[luizzex]

lars could easily do some really insane blast beats on this era

[mattdad]

GOD! That two-guitar part was amazingly clean for being that fast. Not really even any audibly flubbed notes. 1987 was their angriest year by far.

[dmitriirudovskii]

Perfect song to start a concert. “Fight fire with fire”, “Battery” and “Blackened” are most perfect songs to begin the show with.

[deflandre]

Hearing just live version - this is pure awesomness. But looking at the date I have no doubt that they still were feeling anger after Cliff's death. They were angry, furious, full of emotions which took its way in this song.
They probably did not miss even one note. Crazy.

[tukanrock]

This was a joke to Jason, they were fast on porpuse! They wanted to make jason fail. But we got this awesome piece of gold

[g]

They had ALOT of sadness and grieving that they relieved by playing live. Listen to Fight Fire With Fire the night before when they were in Nice and also 4 days after this Milan show when they were in Essen. The BPM in those performances were just as high as this one. It's safe to say they were in the process of grieving. But it is often in times of distress and despair where Man is at their best.

[adrito_talukdar]

James before the song: lets troll Lars by starting the song at a faster tempo lmao
James after the show: WHO TOOK ALL MY COKE!?

[chipweber]

Lars dare I say can play blast beats 😂 who knew?! This is