So this is why (warning Metallica content)...

[pipelineaudio]

There's a difference between playing that fast, and playing that fast consistently enough to triple track 3 really tight guitar tracks to tape while the recording studio time is running and you need to get an album out the door. Obviously they weren't getting the level of inhuman precision they wanted and had to figure out a way to.

1000%. If you play ONE track, and had it on a metronome or whatever, and you are good, it'll sound really tight. Put two on and now there's going to be a serious struggle. Though it MIGHT just sound fat like that if there aren't too many staccato parts

 

[RaceU4her]

The whole Master of Puppets album start to finish was done September to December 1985. And that would include setting up for and recording all the different instruments on the analogue equipment of 1985.

They made a decision to get the sound they wanted which is no worse at least than modern people quantizing every drum and guitar note.

however long it was, it wasnt a time issue, it was they couldnt play as fast and as tight as they wanted, so they cheated. its not changing my opinion of the album, if anything it just helped me in my guitar journey cause i spent who knows how many hours practicing over their albums learning every nuance at full speed, but finding out one of my favorite bands recorded slow and sped it up is like finding out my favorite player who won me a championship was cheating on steroids the whole time, i still love the dude and the memories are great and will last forever, but now its tainted knowing he cheated. i take pride in recording everything i record in one take as if it was a live band, hearing bands do much as much editing as some dude bums me out

 

[JerEvil]

Man isn’t Creeping Death faster than MoP?

 

[romanianreaper]

Het used to nail puppets during the Black Album tour but he struggles these days.

While on topic, to the guys with mighty right hands, do you notice that you've slowed down a tad or just don't have the same arm stamina as you got older? I used to be able to chug to 220bpm for 3-4mins straight no sweat and now I struggle to get past 2mins. Aging is a bitch

I cut my teeth on playing that Hetfield downpick chug. Im like you man. As I get older, I cant do that anymore so im over in the corner like B.B. King, sweating and holding one note.