Hear Royal Blood's badass cover of Metallica's Sad But True

Royal Blood have shared a cool-as-hell cover of Sad But True for The Metallica Blacklist album.

The Brighton duo – Mike Kerr (vocals, bass) and Ben Thatcher (drums) – take a relatively faithful approach for their rendition of the 1991 metal classic, adding a few Royal Blood-y touches here and there along the way. Perfect.

The Metallica Blacklist as a whole is due out on September 10 via Blackened Recordings, and includes a whopping 53 reworkings of the The Black Album's 12 tracks by Biffy Clyro, Weezer, Corey Taylor, Ghost, Miley Cyrus, Elton John, IDLES and loads more!

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"Our cover of Sad But True for The Metallica Blacklist is out now," Royal Blood say. "It was an honour to be asked to be a part of this, and we're very happy to be supporting the All Within My Hands Foundation and Chestnut Tree House."

Listen to Royal Blood covering Sad But True below:

And catch Metallica live at the following upcoming dates:

September 2021

24 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
26 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life

October 2021

8 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock
10 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock

November 2021

6 Atlanta, GA – ATLive
12 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville
14 Daytona Beach, FL – Welcome To Rockville

December 2021

17 San Francisco, CA – Chase Center
19 San Francisco, CA – Chase Center

June 2022

15 Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell
17 Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop
19 Florence, Italy – Firenze Rocks
22 Prague, Czech Republic – Prague Rocks
26 Clisson, France – Hellfest

July 2022

1 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
6 Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool
8 Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive

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