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Danish guitarist covers Metallica in inventive classical style, sounds better than original
He made this song all his own and it was incredible!
Randy Aragon
02.19.20

Even if you’re not a fan, everyone knows who Metallica is.

The changes are you either love them or can’t stand them, though it’s hard not to respect their success. Many people have done their best to cover the world-famous band, and some even sound better than the band themselves. This Danish guitarist is definitely one of those! This guy puts together a classical guitar cover of “Nothing Else Matters” that may just blow the original out of the water.

What a mesmerizing performance—this guy kills it!

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Soren Madsen is a world-renowned guitarist who posts incredible covers to YouTube.

This cover of “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica is definitely among his best. Madsen has a YouTube channel with 131,000 subscribers where he uploads brilliant covers of legendary songs just like this one. Even so, the classic rock lovers were particular fans of this one.

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At the start of the video, you can see Madsen sitting in a chair with a beautiful classical guitar in his hands, extremely focused. He plays the melody to the popular song by Metallica with one hand before bringing his other hand up to begin his own smooth version of the song.

Recorded live at the Church of Harlev, in Denmark, the video embodies the majestic sound of the classical acoustic guitar.

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Madsen continues to play his gorgeous rendition with the stunning architecture of the old church built between 1175 and 1275 in the background. Without skipping a beat, Madsen goes through the Metallica song on his classical guitar and the sound he produces is phenomenal.

It’s like you can feel his love for the music radiating through his instrument.

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Everything about the Metallica cover is outstanding—Madsen soars into the music and makes it his own.

Metallica would be more than proud, as this cover gives the original a run for its money! Toward the end of the song, Madsen unleashes a flurry of breathtaking notes that will leave anyone in a trance.

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Each note seems more powerful than the last. This talented musician does a wonderful job of transforming the song while keeping all the important qualities the same as the original. But as it turns out, Madsen is not just an expert guitarist—he was also a very gifted athlete.

Madsen was in the 2000 Olympics, and his row team was known as the “Gold Four.”

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Born in Middlefart, Denmark, Madsen was a rower in the Olympics where his team took the bronze medal after an intense battle.

Since then, his music has taken over where he’s proved to be in a league is his own. This particular cover had people on YouTube raving for the multi-faceted talent. Millions of music-lovers watched this epic cover performance.

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Over two million people watched the elegant Metallica cover, with 69,000 likes on the unique video.

On top of the millions of views and 69,000 likes, thousands of people also left comments for Madsen, many Metallica fans made jokes about the fact that he was playing in a church! The medal-winning Olympian has a plethora of other amazing covers on his YouTube Channel as well that are definitely worth watching.

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In this transformative cover, Madsen swung for the fences and knocked this one out of the park.

Needless to say, performances like this one are what makes YouTube such a great creative space for artists and creatives of all kinds.

To see the sensational Metallica cover, watch the video below!

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