Metallica

Interpreting other bands' songs isn't part of the rhetoric of heavy metal. It makes the
distance between musician and fan too negligible; metal heroes are supposed to be lords of
the realm beyond good and evil, not librarian-minded record collectors. Metallica are the
exception. Their last tour was a metaphor for rock bloatedness that featured a collapsing
light rig, flaming propmen on zip wires and a fake EMS brigade. After a contrived... More >