Metallica performed their legendary third album Master Of Puppets in its entirety on the very metal date of 6/6/2006.
For this week's Metallica Mondays, the band have shared a thrilling live set from 2006 in which they celebrated the 20th anniversary of Master Of Puppets by playing the album in full.
As well as a mid-set run-through of their 1986 classic (from opener Battery through to closer Damage, Inc.), the metal titans peppered their setlist with some real treats for fans at Waldbühne in Berlin, Germany.
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They gave what is still known as 'The New Song' its world premiere – having only performed the track four times in their career in total – as well playing a cover of The Ramones' Commando with tour buddies Avenged Sevenfold. Elsewhere, of course, there's all the hits that you'd expect from Papa Het and co., from One, to Enter Sandman, to Seek & Destroy. All in all, then, an absolute rager of a set!
While the Metallica Mondays streams are typically kicked off with an introduction from one of the band, this time a trailer for their upcoming S&M2 release was played first.
“It was one of the most powerful experiences that I’ve ever had,” bassist Rob Trujillo tells Kerrang! of the two S&M2 gigs. “You’re surrounded by all these stringed instruments and there’s a lot of power in that. It lifts you and you almost feel like you’re flying. It’s almost like this sonic journey that you take with these musicians who probably feel something similar, even though they feel it all the time. It was really special as a musician to experience that side of the sonic spectrum.”
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 is out August 28 via Blackened Recordings.
Watch this week's Metallica Mondays below:
Check out the full setlist:
1. Motorbreath (First time as a show opener)
2. Fuel
3. Wherever I May Roam
4. The New Song
5. The Unforgiven
Master Of Puppets
6. Battery
7. Master Of Puppets
8. The Thing That Should Not Be
9. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
10. Disposable Heroes
11. Leper Messiah
12. Orion
13. Damage, Inc.
Encore
14. Sad But True
15. Nothing Else Matters
16. One
17. Enter Sandman
Encore two
18. Commando (Ramones cover – with Avenged Sevenfold)
19. Seek & Destroy
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