The problem is that this track is absolutely generic. So, Metallica had everything to really make “Nothing Else Matters” a better song than it is.
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Metallica are also a band that knows how to write good ballads, classics like “Fade to Black”, “The Unforgiven”, “Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” and the essential “One” are some of my personal favourite tunes ever. There are commercial, radio-friendly songs out there that are absolutely worth listening in my opinion, tunes like Priest's “Revolution”, Maiden's “Wasted Years”, Scorpions' “Blackout”, etc. All the girls in my school love this song, so that's a clue of how easy-listening this song is.Īnyways, I don't label songs as “bad” just because they are commercial. This song absolutely marks the new commercial direction Metallica headed for with the release of the self-titled. If you're a bit more of a casual listener of all forms of music you'll find this track to be enjoyable, if not then I'd recommend you avoid it. Simplistic enough that the first time I picked up a guitar I was able to learn how to play the beginning 'riff' with no knowledge of musical theory or guitar playing at all.
This song has one draw back, it is very simplistic. Next comes the singing, never before has James captured this much feeling in his vocals and the song continues build up as the electric guitar sneaks into the chorus and finally the finishes with that solo, a very short but powerful and moving solo. From the second that acoustic guitar starts playing its like a wave of pure expression and it only builds from there. This song gains power from something else: pure emotion. This song is not heavy, it does not have a fast tempo or technicality. Metallica has never backed away from ballads and some of their best songs are ballads (Fade to Black and One) so it seems logical in my head to assume that even if they had stuck to their old sound a song like this would come through eventually. Look at me ranting though, you're reading this because you want to know my feelings on this release. This isn't something that bothers me personally and whenever someone uses 'mainstream' or 'radio friendly' as an excuse to hate this song (or any other metal release) I feel responsible to remind them that Sabbath's first few albums hit the billboards and I've heard Iron Maiden and Metallica's earlier music on a local radio station that usually sticks to rap rock fusions. you have to go back and play thru each instrument and obtain 72 stars to unlock ice cavern for each solo career.This song truly marks the beginning of Metallica's commercialization. NOTE: you will NOT also obtain other career achievements (vocal, bass, drums, guitar career).
The final song is easy enough to sing and play at the same time. THEN SWITCH both instruments to Expert and play the final song "The Thing That Should Not Be.” achievements pop up after playing the final song - no need to go and complete all 50+ songs. Play and obtain all 5 stars in 15 songs until you unlock the ice cave venue (72 stars total).
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**MIC TRICK: as an alternative to a fan, if you have the right setup, it also works to put the singer's mic into your headphones earpiece (i have full turtlebeach headphones) with the volume up to max and have vocals set to beginner, then turn on your TV sound so you can play along.** beginner’s vocals will produce plenty of star power to boost your score and easily attain 5 stars per song.
Play an instrument on whatever difficulty you’re comfortable with and add beginner's vocals using the mic trick (**see below**). unfortunately, only one profile, the band leader, can obtain band career achievements.** you should see a coiled blue snake icon above your name indicating that you're the band leader. **BE SURE before you start that you check/change the profile you want to attain the achievement is the band leader by going to the preferences screen where you select an instrument, difficulty, etc. You can also one-man band this achievement in BAND CAREER and get both achievements: Nothing Else Matters and Metallica (finish career on expert).