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Metallica - New Album

Something for the Metallica fans still out there....

Mission Metallica is an official site bringing you snippets from the new album, behind the scene glimpses from the recording studio, various other random videos, old photos, live concert recordings etc. all for free.

I've got platinum access to the site however I'm not sure what extra that gives me over standard access but I've taken a snippet from the main trailer for the site which reveals some riffs from a few of the new songs they've recorded (I don't know whether they'll end up on the album though).

It's certainly going to be better than St. Anger from the sounds of it but they're putting a lot of pressure on themselves by building up the hype and saying they're going back to their old school style (they've gone back to standard tuning, the snare drum has been tightened back up and the solos are back at least).

I'll just sit back and wait for the "Metallica have sucked since 198x" comments.

You mean "Shit" Anger. Worse fucking album ever. I hope to god this one is their redemption.

After the Black Album things went downhill though Load and Reload have a few great tracks.

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Guitar work is still on point, Metallica in general just hasn't done it for me for a long time, lyrically they used to kill and now it's like 'meh' (least for me). Kind of glad they're still doing their thing I guess. :|

havent listened to em since cliff....and fuck lars

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I just don't believe them anymore. St. Anger sounded like the band recorded their tracks, then james recorded vocals on his yacht, sipping martinis and still trying to sound rough.

When I want metal, I'll stick to Dethklok.

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Four negative replies but only two downloads of the sample.

I like a LOT of variety in my music and listen to all kinds of shit from DnB, metal, rock, dance, acid, punk, blues, classical etc. so I can somewhat appreciate the various changes in direction they've taken and still enjoy it (well, a fair portion of it anyways). I agree that their recent albums have been somewhat lacking but I'm quietly confident that they'll put something out that will blow the previous few albums out of the water (even if that isn't exactly setting the bar that high).

I can handle any Metallica album but St. Anger. Which imo was atrocious.

bull... there were at least two descent tracks on St. Anger....

I look forward to any metallica. Their drums and guitars.... damn g.

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I look forward to any metallica. Their drums and guitars.... damn g.

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Originally posted by ZootedLooter
havent listened to em since cliff....and fuck lars

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Nice to see RIck Ruben producing. He'll kick their whiny sellout asses and make another album that sounds more like Master of Puppets and less like the drivel that they have put out the last 18 years.

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New album title is "Death Magnetic" and it'll be out in September.

I listened to the clip. They're still in the same toilet since 1991.
Lars is a HUGE fag and should quit pretending to drum since he is too old to kick. He should start a bon jovi cover band.

The rest need to get back on hard drugs and alcohol. It's their only hope.

i never said i didnt respect or like metallica......i just said i havent listened to em since cliff...one of the bars i regulared(every night) had all the albums(except cliffs) on the jukebox and it drove me nuts all night long....i used to put in 5 bux just to play Story of the Clash 2 disc set just to piss off all the metalheads....so its not the metallica so to speak....i was just tired of hearing the same shit all night long

but now i guess i my musical tastes progressed past em....once i hear hetfields (polished) voice i lose interest....i still love the first 2(no not 3)

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One of my mates hosts a huge bbq once a year and many of us can play guitar so there's usually half a dozen acoustics lying around the garden and a few electrics indoors so we inevitably end up jamming.

Knowing many of their dislikes for "new" Metallica (i.e. post Black album), I used to whip out a verse and a chorus from some of the lesser known Load/Reload songs and they responded excellently asking me what band/songs they were from so they could listen to the studio recordings. When I said which band and which album(s), they did a complete U-turn and said "pah, I don't listen to those albums - they're shit".

I don't mind what people's views are of Metallica. I enjoy most of their work, they still kick ass live and I enjoy jamming along to their music with my guitars (it's one of my biggest stress relievers - second to wanking) although admittedly I do tend to jam along to the older work mainly.

The tracklist for the new album has been announced and here are the tracks in playlist order.....

That Was Just Your Life
The End Of The Line
Broken, Beat & Scarred
The Day That Never Comes
All Nightmare Long
Cyanide
The Unforgiven III
The Judas Kiss
Suicide & Redemption
My Apocalypse

I may just have to give this a listen.

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Going to see them next month , hopefully they play a couple of tracks off the new album.

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I was never a big fan of load/reload when they came out, I think I was listening to newer bands around the time (Machine Head, Snot, One Minute Silence, SoaD) but I can listen to those albums now and enjoy them for what they are, rock albums but not thrash like their early stuff.

That snippet sounds promising but it's hard to judge what the new album will sound like, they should release a single before Reading/Leeds then play the song live. I remember way back at Donington '95 they played '2x4' and it didn't go down too well as no one had heard it before, I also remember James having a really bad mullet that day.

What I'm hoping for from the new album is some hi-tempo songs that don't go into a halftime feel once the intro finishes and a few long-ass solos with a decent structure, which Kirk was known for, solos like 'Creeping Death' & 'Shortest Straw'. I hope he cuts back a bit on the wah as well, I like wah solo's but he over used it on the black album. Saying that, any kind of solo will be nice compared to the absense of them on St. Anger.

I'm happy Rick Rubin is producing the album, he's worked on some of my favourite heavy/thrash albums so I'm pretty confident he'll get a good sound out of them, but it's up to band to deliver some good tunes as well.

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I can listen to those albums now and enjoy them for what they are, rock albums but not thrash like their early stuff.

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sounds good although it will take some doing to be up there with ...And Justice For All.

I started to lose interest in them with the release of the Black Album. Yes, it had some great songs, but it in my mind it just seemed like they had watered things down and gone too commercial .

<NOTREALLYAIMEDATMETALLICARANT> I'm all for bands trying to reach a bigger audience, but it shouldn't be at the expense of their music...are you listening Green Day?</NOTREALLYAIMEDATMETALLICARANT>

Load and Reload have some great tracks too, but St.Anger? what the fuck happened there?

Lets hope they redeem themselves with this one.

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September 12th, just a month away. Definitely in the mood for this new album after having And Justice For All in my head unit for the past week. Forgot just how many kick ass tracks were on that album (besides One of course).

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Originally posted by The CandyMan
You mean "Shit" Anger. Worse fucking album ever. I hope to god this one is their redemption.

After the Black Album things went downhill though Load and Reload have a few great tracks.

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There was some alright tunes on St. Anger but they fucked it up nicely with the production side of it, it's a pity they didn't turn to Rick Rubin earlier.
Has anyone heard Cyanide yet?
Can't say I'm impressed, it must have took a whole 2 minutes to come up with the 3-note main riff it's a far cry from ...and justice. It reminded me of their song 'Cure'
At least the drums sound better, I think I even heard a double-kick drum somewhere, Plus, the bass sounded pretty good

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Can't say I'm impressed

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Originally posted by Vampire
I got the 256kbps MP3 release straight from the soundboard and listened to it LOUD on the way to a meeting this morning and, after a few listens, it's growing on me now (a bit like an anal wart). The YouTube version (obviously) doesn't really do it justice - when I first listened to it on there, I wasn't impressed either.

As it's the first live performance of this song, it may be a little rough around the edges so I'm reserving full judgement until the official release.

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WTF? I only wanted to post once and this shit happened. It's fucking goofy.

Can a mod fix this shit?

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Originally posted by parasiticgannon
I haven't been a huge fan of there later work either, I thought Load was OK at best, a few decent tracks, ReLoad was fucking hideous, Fuel wasn't that good of a song and that was about the best song on it, and Unfor-fucking-given 2 WTF? is that about?

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Originally posted by The CandyMan
This post here makes your opinion shit. The End.

St. Anger was much, much worse than ReLoad. I listen to all of St. Anger through once and took it out of my cd player never to play it again. Only other times I took a listen was when other people played it and it was still total shit. There is no comparison. ReLoad was maybe their second worse album but St. Anger definitely as the top spot and there is a huge gap between the two. Load has some killer tracks, if you disagree go kill yourself.

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Originally posted by Vampire
As it's the first live performance of this song, it may be a little rough around the edges so I'm reserving full judgement until the official release.

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Metallica's myspace page has another new song called The Day That Never Comes. It sound aight.

It's NOT the old Metallica, So if you can't get over that. Then don't bother.

Just got two tickets to the album launch party at the O2 arena in London on 15th September. £13 for both tickets including VAT and ticket handling charges. Nooooice! All proceeds from the London gig will be going to Youth Music, the UK's largest children's music charity which is pretty decent of them.

The album has been leaked, I'll give it a listen sometime today.

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The album has been leaked, I'll give it a listen sometime today.

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I was late on this one. Just decided to do a search and found out it was infact leaked. I was going to report it for ya, but NEVERMIND, lol.

Great day, The Dark Knight and Metallica. Sweetness.

::EDIT:: I agree with Vampire 100% Don't turn it up to loud. LOL.

I think my main problem with the newer Metallica is. James singing style. I like the old style better.

Another ::EDIT:: Make that #3, LOL.

I like it. it's not ...And Justice. or The Black Album, but it's better than St. Anger, Reload, and even Load.

On September 2, 2008, a French record store began selling copies of Death Magnetic, nearly two weeks ahead of its scheduled worldwide release date,[26] which resulted in the album being made prematurely available on peer-to-peer clients. It is currently unconfirmed whether Metallica or Warner Bros. will be taking any action against the retailer, though drummer Lars Ulrich who was questioned about the leak on a San Francisco radio station gave this response:“ Listen, we're ten days from release. I mean, from here, we're golden. If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. Happy days. Trust me. Ten days out and it hasn't quote-unquote fallen off the truck yet? Everybody's happy. It's 2008 and it's part of how it is these days, so it's fine. We're happy.[27] ”

So where the fuck is our great copies? Fucking French can't do anything right.

I've had a couple of listens to it now an I'm really liking the new material. The thrash songs I was hoping for are there, "That was just your life" & "My Apocalypse" are two that have caught my attention.
"Cyanide" is starting to grow on me like an anal wart the solo sounds better than the live version I heard (it sounds a bit like a Tom Morello solo at one point).
I wasn't too impressed with "The day that never comes" to begin with, the ending sounded like a jam session at first listening, but I'm liking the whole song now.
All in all it's the heaviest material they've done since ... And Justice, I think they've done a good job going back to a thrashier sound and I'm looking forward to the tour.

Are they playing/appearing at the O2 arena, even if it's just a piss up for the release it's a good £13 spent.

Yep... forgot to come back and update with my review.

There is still a slight hint of St. Anger in some of the vocal material and riffs (i.e. constant thrashing of a powerchord which they rarely did before) but the majority of the album is a mix of their previous albums (exc. Load/Reload).

First listen - I was a bit disappointed.

Second listen - I started to pay a bit more attention to the song structure/riffs etc.

Third listen - I'm sold. I love it. I'm a big Metallica fan so I'm biased with their material but I honestly think it's really good. Others may disagree but that's their opinion. The production could have been better in terms of sound quality as it seems a bit... "raw" and unpolished but that was most likely their intention.

valvehead: ...yes, they will be performing at the O2 arena. Rumours are that they'll be playing the entire album with a few classics dotted around. No mention of a support act so it's either one fuck-off gig (starts at 6.30pm apparently) or they'll be finishing early.

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Yep... forgot to come back and update with my review.

There is still a slight hint of St. Anger in some of the vocal material and riffs (i.e. constant thrashing of a powerchord which they rarely did before) but the majority of the album is a mix of their previous albums (exc. Load/Reload).

First listen - I was a bit disappointed.

Second listen - I started to pay a bit more attention to the song structure/riffs etc.

Third listen - I'm sold. I love it. I'm a big Metallica fan so I'm biased with their material but I honestly think it's really good. Others may disagree but that's their opinion. The production could have been better in terms of sound quality as it seems a bit... "raw" and unpolished but that was most likely their intention.

valvehead: ...yes, they will be performing at the O2 arena. Rumours are that they'll be playing the entire album with a few classics dotted around. No mention of a support act so it's either one fuck-off gig (starts at 6.30pm apparently) or they'll be finishing early.

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I think my main problem with the newer Metallica is. James singing style. I like the old style better.

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Have to say after listening to the new album for the past few days Metallica has redeemed itself for St. Anger. Have to agree with para, not better than most albums up to the Black Album, but definitely an improvement.

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Have to say after listening to the new album for the past few days Metallica has redeemed itself for St. Anger. Have to agree with para, not better than most albums up to the Black Album, but definitely an improvement.

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For the first time in vcd history I agree with para. The album is growing on me. I like the first 6 songs the most. All nightmare long is my favorite.

If you believe what you download, the proper retail rip was released today and the clipping/distortion still exists so it seems to be a problem with the production or mastering.

The Metallifans are going barmy on the official forums with flamefests a-plenty. Probably the most notable song with this unfortunate problem is "The Day That Never Comes" (just listen to the last 15 seconds or so to see what I mean - ouch!).

Intentional or not, it was still a fuck-up that has marred an otherwise great album for me.

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ManCandy did you ever listen to that CD Within Temptation? You better fucking have.

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What Album was it that you gave him ?

Not grabbed this metallica album yet but did catch them live a couple of weeks ago and they played " Cyanide" and "The day the that never comes" The latter was my fav.

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The Heart Of Everything, That is an amazing CD.

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Thats a pretty sweet album. You should check out " The silent force" and "mother earth" if you hav'nt already.

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According to Kirk/Lars... the intro to Cyanide is based around morse code for S.O.S. (which is now blatently clear once it's mentioned).

Oh.. in addition to the gig at the O2 arena, it seems that everybody is being invited to the "indig02" after party which is being hosted by Guitar Hero so you can play Death Magnetic on the big screen. Small print states that Metallica may or may not attend. It's free so I'll drag my brother to it anyways to have a look around.

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According to Kirk/Lars... the intro to Cyanide is based around morse code for S.O.S. (which is now blatently clear once it's mentioned).

Oh.. in addition to the gig at the O2 arena, it seems that everybody is being invited to the "indig02" after party which is being hosted by Guitar Hero so you can play Death Magnetic on the big screen. Small print states that Metallica may or may not attend. It's free so I'll drag my brother to it anyways to have a look around.

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Well any word as to why all the distortion? Like you said previously the last 15seconds of The Day That Never Comes sounds horrible?

I got the Flac release of it today and theres still a shitload of distortion on all songs. Any word if it's intentional? I wish it sounded more refine, I would like it even better if it was smooth.

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Ted Jensen from Stirling Sound Studios 'apparently' said it was nothing to do with him and he's pretty ashamed to have his name against the album.

"I’m certainly sympathetic to your reaction, I get to slam my head against that brick wall every day. In this case the mixes were already brick walled before they arrived at my place. Suffice it to say I would never be pushed to overdrive things as far as they are here. Believe me I’m not proud to be associated with this one, and we can only hope that some good will come from this in some form of backlash against volume above all else."

There's no official statement from the band yet though (but then it has only been out for a few days - legally anyway). Also, people have been advising that the GH3 release of Death Magnetic doesn't suffer from these flaws.

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there is a GH3 rip of the album on TPB. its better but not perfect... also there are some flaws in it since you cannot merely rip the audio tracks out. apparently he is going to fix for his next 'version' of the album.

Well I guess if someone finds a perfect, let the rest of us know. I'll do the same.

Just finally got around to listening to this. The general sound bothers me, production wise. It is not old Metallica. Old Metallica you knew every song on the record was great this is lacking. It isn't bad just I have high expectations of these guys.

On a unrelated note, new Trivium isn't that bad

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Well I guess if someone finds a perfect, let the rest of us know. I'll do the same.

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a.b.sounds.lossless (http://www.binsearch.info/?q=Metall...-2008-uk_retail) - if you don't understand what that means, tough

That's the flac version but there's also a "Metallica - Death Magnetic [VERTIGO](2008/MP3/CBR 320)" available as well, but I can't post the link to that (private music torrent site)

Now, might I be the first to suggest that you ladies go out and buy it?

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Now, might I be the first to suggest that you ladies go out and buy it?

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Article about the bad sound can be found here.

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I've attached a picture of the difference between the official release and the GH3 release stolen from that guy's site.

The bottom one is obviously the CD sample.

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I've attached a picture of the difference between the official release and the GH3 release stolen from that guy's site.

The bottom one is obviously the CD sample.

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Got this a little while ago, I skipped right to the end of The Day That Never Comes, and it does sound A LOT better, There is some noise to it. It's not perfect, but it's damn near.

On my way to work I turned on a radio station that I sometimes listen to and a song was on. The first thing I noticed about this song was that is sounded somewhat "distorted" and though of Metallicas new CD. Then comes a guitar solo and I'm almost positive it's them. The song ends and dude says, "That's Metallica with blah blah." My point is I thought it funny that I could tell it was their new stuff by the sound quality. It really is crap.

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No point starting a new thread but I saw them again on Monday (02-03-2009) at the O2 arena.

The Sword and Machine Head were supporting (I only caught Machine Head but they were pretty good).

Metallica put on an awesome show (if you don't like Metallica, stay away from this thread.. I'm aware they are somewhat disliked by many people but... start another thread bashing them if you feel the need.. I'm a Metallica fan as well as a metal fan which I realise conflicts at a lot of the time so..).

Setlist was...

That Was Just Your Life
The End Of The Line
Creeping Death
Holier Than Thou
One
Broken, Beat And Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
Turn The Page
All Nightmare Long
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Damage Inc.
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
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Too Late Too Late
Phantom Lord
Seek and Destroy


Awesome performance... sound was fantastic, lights were good, pyros were back (they weren't there during the last O2 gig).

Only problem is that I was getting a lift home and he said "I want to leave before the encore to avoid the car park rush"...so Sandman finished and me and my mate donged our way back to the car park and wondered where our lift was. It turns out he meant "I want to leave before the last song is over" so, due to the NO READMISSION POLICY, we missed out on Too Late, Too Late (which happened to be only the second time EVER that they'd played it live) as well as Phantom Lord (our lift's favourite song) and some of Seek & Destroy (which I've seen a dozen times before but it's always a riot).

I know a few people don't like the new album for various reasons but the simplified riffs on it work because that's exactly what they did for the earlier albums (opening riff for Puppets... a simple down the E string riff... Seek & Destroy.. basic pentatonic E riffs... etc. etc.).

Only thing I'm gutted about is that they didn't play The Judas Kiss which they premiered at Nottingham.

Only a few hours after the gig had finished, Metallica had posted the London gig ready for download ($9.95) which is damn good quality so at least I got to listen to the songs I missed.

A+

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Heh... call it fate or whatever but due to me and my mate getting our wires crossed and leaving early, he got home about 45 minutes earlier than expected. He got into bed and about 10 minutes later his heavily pregnant missus (who still had another 4 weeks to go) went into labour... there was no reception in the O2 arena and if we'd stayed until the end we'd have been hours late so he'd probably have missed his kid's birth.

I feel better about missing the songs now.

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Is it just me or is there encore always Seek and Destroy ?

Managed to see them last year at the Reading festival , they finished with Seek and Destroy then and they were fucking awesome.

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Last time I saw them live was in 1994 almost 15 years ago, HOLY FUCK there old. HOLY FUCK I'm getting old.

They put on a decent show then, I can't remember what all they sang. I recall

Enter Sandman
Master of Puppet
One
I'm almost 100% sure they did Last Caress/Green Hell

I also remember them ending the night with "So what"

Danzig opened up for Metallica so it was a great show.

Suicidal Tendencies was suppose to be the first act but didn't show up. I never got another chance to see them live, which sucks. There music is still fucking awesome.

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I think 94 was the last time I saw them too, in Milton Keynes... they had Machine Head there too as I recall. I think Pantera and Megadeth were also present. Good times.

Out of the five shows I've seen of Metallica, the best had to be the 1989 Damaged Justice Tour (Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek, Mi) when Queensryche (Empire) opened for them. A close second had to be the 1993 with there Nowhere Else To Roam Tour (Black Album, at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mi) though seeing them back in 83 in Chicago and 85 in Detroit when they weren't as mainstream yet still makes them two of the best concerts I had ever been to in High School.

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Out of the five shows I've seen of Metallica, the best had to be the 1989 Damaged Justice Tour (Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek, Mi) when Queensryche (Empire) opened for them. A close second had to be the 1993 with there Nowhere Else To Roam Tour (Black Album, at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mi) though seeing them back in 83 in Chicago and 85 in Detroit when they weren't as mainstream yet still makes them two of the best concerts I had ever been to in High School.

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Sept 13 1992.

Guns and Roses. Metallica .. Faith no More


Best show to date other than Floyd.

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Sept 13 1992.

Guns and Roses. Metallica .. Faith no More


Best show to date other than Floyd.

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Sept 13 1992.

Guns and Roses. Metallica .. Faith no More


Best show to date other than Floyd.

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