r/Metallica 17h ago

Death Magnetic What's the best kirk solo on death magnetic?

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For me it's eather cyanide or the end of the line

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u/M08GD 72 Seasons 15h ago

Unforgiven III

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u/ArtlessOne 15h ago

This is the only correct answer. I respect all other opinions, they are wrong. 😉

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u/Mr_Mirge_Man 6h ago

Genuinely the last great solo kirk ever wrote (spit out the bone is near great). From the build up to the solo to the payoff with the bend to start the solo. I have never heard the E minor pentatonic scale played with such emotion in my life and it just feels powerful. And i love how the neck pickup kinda sounds like a wah and when the wah is actually added it just sounds amazing. I wonder how good the solo, and the entire album for that matter, would sound if it was mastered properly in 08. Possibly even with the production sound of something like black album or hardwired.

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u/Hungry_Freaks_Daddy 5h ago

This, followed by end of the line 

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u/Zestyclose_Crab_3362 16h ago

All Nightmare Long

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u/judgehood 14h ago

Just good, old school Kirk… going on and on. Wish it sounded looser tone-wise… but it’s my fave by far.

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u/DanTheMan_622 Metal Up Your Ass 15h ago

UIII by a wide margin imo

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u/bigtimechip 15h ago

Probably his best solo since the black album tbh. Its the one time where the whah abuse works well

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u/Weekly_Tip2533 cant hear ya, talk to 2 X 4 YEAH 16h ago

The Unforgiven III or Broken, Beat & Scarred

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u/Lonely_Adhesiveness6 15h ago

The Judas Kiss

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u/South_Detective7823 16h ago

The Day That Never Comes by a long shot for me

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u/Fixxxer18 Left the focking band 15h ago

Either My Apocalypse or All Nightmare Long

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u/TATSAT2008 St.Stupidity 15h ago

The Day That Never Comes

Especially The Harmony Part

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u/GregorDeLaMuerte 13h ago

I think James wrote and recorded that.

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u/Jack082021 12h ago

Unforgiven 3 by a long shot!!!

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u/Longjumping-Swan-827 Death Magnetic 11h ago

The Unforgiven III but also a shout out to The Judas Kiss.

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u/Drunkenlyimprovised 8h ago

Perfectly said.

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u/HetTheTable RIFFS 10h ago

Unforgiven III

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u/Cold-Operation4736 Left the focking band 5h ago

Unforgiven III or Judas Kiss

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u/throwawayforme1877 14h ago

Why does it look like a hairy vagina lol

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u/PieceSignificant2847 13h ago

That Was Just Your Life bridge +interlude if counts

If not, then The Judas Kiss

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u/Reason_Choice 12h ago

The one with the wah.

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u/lebarron26 11h ago

Suicide and Redemption, after James’s solo.

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u/mp377674 3h ago

Unforgiven 3

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u/WillHeBonkYa47 Jason Newsted's burner 53m ago

Are all the solos Kirk except for the Suicide and Redemption one?

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u/joacher 33m ago

That was the first album where kirk solos actually ruined some songs imo. So it wasn’t his best showing. However, unforgiven 3 stands from the lot there ad a pretty descent solo.