"Did you hear the one about the heavy metal band that wanted to play with an orchestra?" James Hetfield joked to the crowd back in 1999 when Metallica was playing their first concert with the San Francisco orchestra. A few other bands have done it since then, but Metallica married the sound on their "S&M" recording.
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20 years has passed since that fateful concert, so the band decided it was time to give it another whirl. In September 2019, they did it again and just released the concert on CD, DVD, and Blu-ray.
Opening with Ecstasy of Gold, and going the classic instrumental The Call of Ktulu. Watching the orchestra perform is mesmerizing. You expect the band to be in full performance mode, but since it’s not the symphony's usual music, you aren’t sure what to expect. Some of them are stoic, but you can tell who is actually into it and having a ball, with a huge on their faces, just rocking out.
With 3 albums of material since the last S&M album, they had enough newer songs to change up the setlist from last time. A few new additions are Moth into the Flame, Confusion, The Unforgiven III, and The Day That Never Comes. One surprising inclusion is (Anaesthesia)- Pulling Teeth. It was a bass solo (with drums kicking in late) on their debut album "Kill em All" by the late, great Cliff Burton. It was performed at this concert as a cello solo. My first thought "this is an odd inclusion". My second thought was "what is this going to sound like?" I was actually pleasantly surprised. It must have taken a lot of guts and practice but this guy killed it.
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The end result is nearly 2.5 hours of music, spanning almost 40 years. The only thing I can think of that they should have had differently is play 2 full concerts of different material on the 2 nights and then release them both so we could have 5 hours with the symphony! But then again, if you weren’t there for both shows, you would be probably be bummed that you didn’t hear your favorite songs, only to find out it was played at the other show!
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(As an Amazon Associate Melanie's Muses earsn from qualifying purchases which in turns helps support all the Muser giveaways we do) Dave Christy loves horror, music, documentaries and more. He is also the co-runner of several fan based groups including Morningstars (THE Lucifer fan group also run by Melanie), and now is a member of the VIPers Spotlight Lounge team for Melanie's Muses. Other than "In The Spotlight" Features -check out his "31 Days Of Halloween Movies" |
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