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Metallica Livestream 12/19/21

This stream started much like the predecessor from two nights prior but this time it was Tom Morello’s voice instead of Jason Momoa’s doing the introduction. Metallica’s previous set started with their oldest material and ascended through the catalog but tonight was the opposite as they started with selections from the newest album and descended in order until we ended up at Kill Em’ All. I thought they would surely play “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and I predictably did not get “The Four Horsemen” but “Am I Evil?,” “Bleeding Me” and ”Harvester of Sorrow” more than made up for this. Another rocking set with great energy from these living legends.

SETLIST: Hardwired, The End of the Line, Dirty Window, I Disappear, Am I Evil?, The Memory Remains, Fuel, Bleeding Me, Wasting My Hate, The Unforgiven, Enter Sandman, Harvester of Sorrow, Master of Puppets, Fade to Black, Whiplash, Seek & Destroy

Metallica Livestream 12/17/21

For many reasons that we do not need to get into here I missed seeing Metallica’s two headlining sets at Aftershock in October. Then I almost purchased the pay-per-view Triller Fight Club event in November just for the Metallica livestream portion but decided against it because I ended up having something else going that night. As such it was a more than welcome sight to see that Metallica would be broadcasting both of their weekend performances from San Francisco to celebrate 40 years together. Even better is the fact that these livestreams would be free since I already subscribe to Amazon Prime!

A video of AC/DC’s “It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll)” quickly morphed into a Metallica video montage before the band ripped through “Hit the Lights.” After this the band spanned their entire discography for this 16 song set and the band was firing on all cylinders throughout. “Orion” was a highlight for me as I had not ever seen this played live. “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” “Master of Puppets” and “Enter Sandman” were notably missing from this set so these will certainly be played during Part II on Sunday but what else will they play?

SETLIST: Hit the Lights, Creeping Death, Trapped Under Ice, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Orion, The Shortest Straw, One, Sad But True, Nothing Else Matters, King Nothing, Fixxxer, Breadfan, No Leaf Clover, Frantic, The Day That Never Comes, Spit Out the Bone