To Self Destruct" that included unrelenting riff after riff, from the likes of "Hardwired", "Atlas Rise", "Moth Into Flame", coupled with one of the heaviest tracks they've ever written "Dream No More", plus "Halo on Fire" and "Now That We're Dead". Oh my friend, trust me when I say thrash metal - we had some of the best early work represented tonight, not least with half a dozen track from the new album "Hardwired. "Thrash metal?", I hear you say, "Metallica hasn't been thrash metal since the 80's!". And then we were in: full-bore, 100mph, Metallica took to the stage and belted out song after song after song with barely a moment to catch your breath before the next does of thrash metal came your way. The hairs on my arms are standing on end just recounting it for this review. Again, what felt like days, but in reality was only 30-40 mins wait, the lights dimmed, the background music shut off, and the familiar notes of the intro track, "The Ecstasy of Gold", complete with video footage from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", began to ring out, to rapturous roaring and whistling from the 20,000 strong crowd. The day started with a trip to the pop-up merch store in London, then onto the O2 for an agonising queue (good thing it's what us Brits do best, apart from moan about it of course) before finally getting in and finding my seat - which, by pure luck, was a superb view. The impatient wait had been going on for months - I booked this show when tickets went on sale back in March or whenever it was, and October had take so long to come around - but finally it was here: Metallica day! Great souvenirs in even something so small right there as my husband and I each scooped one up off the floor! A grand night out, the next one of which cannot come soon enough! Hetfield, Trujillo and Hammett threw and shook picks from little jack o' lantern tins out into the crowd, the picks of which boasting the band logo as well as the theatre's location and concert date on them. At the end Ulrich tossed sticks out into the audience. Cuts such as Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Creeping Death and the encore Enter Sandman in particular contained solos showcasing his seemingly boundless talent! Things heated up literally as well during the songs Fight Fire with Fire and Sandman when pyrotechnics were activated and flames shot up from the stage. Other exceptional highlights included Kirk's stellar guitar shredding accompanied frequently by usage of his wah pedal. During the aforementioned bass solo video footage of Burton performing onstage accented the music perfectly. Kirk Hammett engaged in one brain crushing guitar solo after another, Lars Ulrich brought a great and almost nonstop back beat with his furious drumming and Rob Trujillo provided excellent bass work including a great treatment of the solo the late Cliff Burton was well known for on Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth). James Hetfield's vocals were as strong as ever from beginning to end. The night opened up with an intro of the Ecstasy of Gold followed by the title cut off of the band's latest effort Hard Wired to Self Destruct. Finally, remember to mark the accents on the “and” of the fourth beat of each bar to stay in the spirit of the original riff.ĭid you like this video? Learn the full Enter Sandman tab at as ever with their incredible performance and stage presence, the members of Metallica delivered the goods and more last night with a nice cross section of numbers running the gamut of their colossal catalog! There were occasional pauses to interact and converse with the crowd, but the band segued their way into one song after another the majority of the evening. In order to make the riff sound as it is played by the pair of guitarists Hammett / Hetfield, be sure to slide on the E note at the entrance of the first riff and mark the left hand vibrato on the A (bar 2). No particular technical difficulty except maybe the string skipping on the last riff in F# (bar 18). ( click on the image to download the Guitar Pro tablature) About the songĪn excerpt from their eponymous album “Metallica”, released in 1991, “Enter Sandman” is one of the American Thrash group’ most iconic riffs.Ĭomposed by Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, Enter Sandman is a great riff to work on your palm mute and your movements on power chords (bar 5).
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