Metallica just headlined the Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California, performing two nights. Playing a collection of hits, deep cuts and a full album run through of “The Black Album,” Metallica (Blackened Recordings) in reverse, and more. This weekend’s shows follows their appearance at last month’s Danny Wimmer Presents fest Louder Than Life, and next month’s Welcome To Rockville. Watch Pro-Shot video of the band performing their classic track “The God That Failed” from their full Black Album playthrough at Aftershock now!
The first thing that strikes you during the sumptuous, slow-build to opening track ‘Slip To The Void’ is how perfect the marriage of Alter Bridge and The Parallax Orchestra is; Myles Kennedy’s vulnerable, melancholic introduction is subtly embellished by the swells of strings before the dramatic introduction of the guitars and the rest of the band is powerfully bolstered for the heavy verse, with perfect accentuation following on the middle eight.