What seemed strange at first was that rather than play the album as everyone in attendance has heard it hundreds of times, Metallica opted to play the album in reverse order! So – and underlining the brilliance of the decision I may add – the opening drums of ‘The Struggle Within’ started proceedings. A strange choice of song and more-so a strange place to play it given the frenzy they’d whipped up with a set of all pre-1985 tracks previously!Īfter a taped intro and video explaining the recording of The Black Album we were treated to the album in its entirety.
Certainly it was a song I’d never heard live before and whilst there was nothing wrong with it, it really just dropped the energy of the setlist as the crowd generally didn’t know it, couldn’t sing along and the 6 minutes or so to play it passed with more than a little bit of a collective ‘meh’. We were here to hear The Black Album in its entirety, but before that we were treated to a Beyond Magnetic track, ‘Hell and Back’. Really heavy and a crowd singing along at top of their voice made for a very memorable moment. I did not however expect to be impressed as much as I was with the most amazing sound of the next track though… I’ve heard it many times before, but tonight ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ complete with Rob Trujillo bass intro, sounded immense. It was clear that the band were on form tonight, and were out to impress. That was a double-whammy right out of the trap which got the crowd going.Īnother Kill ‘Em All track next with a splendid version of ‘The Four Horsemen’ which also sounded brilliant. Metallica arrived on stage to ‘Hit The Lights’ and then went storming straight into ‘Master of Puppets’ without stopping. Having seen them often it does start me thinking about what songs I want to hear live, and even though I knew they were doing The Black Album in its entirety I did still have a wish list of tracks I wanted to hear one of which was the first song of the night. This was the twelfth time I’d seen them live, and they still didn’t disappoint! Metallica’s Set List From June 9 Download Festival – Castle Donington in Leicestershire, U.K.On Saturday 9th June, Metallica played the Download Festival once again. Metallica have posted a slew of photos from the evening on their Facebook page as well, check them out here. In the two minute clip fans can watch here, Metallica stop during ‘Enter Sandman’ for some crowd participation served up Hetfield style, just a small taste of their monster two hour set. They played the entire disc in reverse, in addition to a handful of other ‘Tallica classics including ‘The Four Horseman.’
Last night the metal giants powered through their eponymous album released in 1991. According to Copping, a mere two weeks later, Metallica signed on to play and the rest was history.
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