Saturday 23 August 2008

Leeds 2008 review: Metallica

Name: Metallica

Where and when: Main stage, 9pm, Leeds

Dress code: Black. Just black.

Who's watching: There's sure as shooting never been a greater contrast of rock tribes between stages. The Cribs, over on the NME/Radio 1 stage, cater to the hoi polloi who ar scared of this sort of thing. But for Metallica fans, this is their 1 true country.

In a nutshell: It's pointless to even try to find fault with Metallica. They're just as well masterful at their trade, which totally divides mass. To not love metal is simply to not understand it. A Metallica headline demonstrate is the crowning resplendency of a hard rock festival and it was always thusly. That aforementioned, a "same old, same old" suspicion was betting by the new songs � Cyanide and The Day That Never Comes from new album Death Magnetic. But really, it's all about Master of Puppets isn't it?

High point: We want to say the fireworks, simply that wouldn't be pickings Metallica seriously and Lars wouldn't like that. We want to say Nothing Else Matters, but that would make us profound like wusses. So we're going to say Enter Sandman, because you can't really go wrong with Enter Sandman can you?

Low point: No big Lars tantrum!

On a scale of 1-11, how hard do they rock?:
11







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