Watch Pro-Shot Video Metallica Performing “Am I Evil” Live in Oslo


Metallica kicked off year two of their M72 World Tour last Friday, May 24th in Munich Germany! The band continues to tour behind their 2023 album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings, read our review here) performing deep cuts, and hits. The tour features a “no repeats” weekend’s events features two different shows, with no repeated songs in the set list either night, along with other events, including their extended merch pop-up shops and their M72 Takeover Weekend! Check our our review of the St. Louis weekend last year, and watch a pro-shot video of Metallica performing their classic cover of Diamond Head’s “Am I Evil?” from their tour stop in Oslo, Norway.Continue reading


Watch Pro-Shot Video Metallica Performing “Too Far Gone” and “Ride the Lightning” Live in Copenhagen


Metallica kicked off year two of their M72 World Tour last Friday, May 24th in Munich Germany! The band continues to tour behind their 2023 album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings, read our review here) performing deep cuts, and hits. The tour features a “no repeats” weekend’s events features two different shows, with no repeated songs in the set list either night, along with other events, including their extended merch pop-up shops and their M72 Takeover Weekend! Check our our review of the St. Louis weekend last year, and watch a pro-shot video of Metallica performing their tracks “Hit The Lights” and “72 Seasons” from their tour stop in Copenhagen.Continue reading


Watch Pro-Shot Video Metallica Performing “Hit The Lights” and “72 Seasons” Live in Copenhagen


Metallica kicked off year two of their M72 World Tour last Friday, May 24th in Munich Germany! The band continues to tour behind their 2023 album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings, read our review here) performing deep cuts, and hits. The tour features a “no repeats” weekend’s events features two different shows, with no repeated songs in the set list either night, along with other events, including their extended merch pop-up shops and their M72 Takeover Weekend! Check our our review of the St. Louis weekend last year, and watch a pro-shot video of Metallica performing their tracks “Hit The Lights” and “72 Seasons” from their tour stop in Copenhagen.Continue reading


Watch Fan-Filmed Video of Metallica’s Second Concert of the M72 World Tour 2024, Including The Tour Debuts of “Inamorata” and “Breadfan”


Metallica kicked off year two of their M72 World Tour last Friday, May 24th in Munich Germany! The band continues to tour behind their 2023 album 72 Seasons (Blackened Recordings, read our review here) performing deep cuts, and hits. The band again on Sunday with a “no repeats performance” with the tour debut of “Inamorata” and “Bredfan!” Every weekend’s events features two different shows, with no repeated songs in the set list either night, along with other events, including their extended merch pop-up shops their M72 Takeover Weekend! Check our our review of the St. Louis weekend last year, and videos from the first show of the year!

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Influential Rocker Burke Shelley of Budgie has Died, Age 71


Legendary proto-Heavy Metal artist Burke Shelley of of Budgie has died. He was 71 years old. The news of the influential bassist and vocalist’s passing was shared earlier today by his daughter Ela in a Budgie fan community on Facebook. Shelley has been in poor health for several years according to published reports (Blabbermouth.net). Budgie was huge in the pre-New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and Thrash Metal era, inspiring praise, covers, and love from bands as major as Metallica and Iron Maiden, and all of their followers. Metallica broke out their cover of “Breadfan” at their recent 40th Anniversary shows, and the song has been a staple of their shows for decades. They previously recorded “Crash Course In Brain Surgery” and “Breadfan” on several covers records and single. Maiden has covered “I Can’t See My Feelings.” RIP Burke. 

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