Metallica is playing with Lady Gaga at the Grammys it seems!

I liked how they arranged it with the vocals; trading lines in the first two verses (with James singing the first line in the first verse and Lady Gaga singing the first line in the second verse) and then singing the third one in unison. The rest of the vocal parts were also arranged in a cool way with the harmonising and the two octave singing in the final chorus.

(Yeah, I know this is like one of those youtube comments that describes what everyone else who watched the clip already knows)

A lot better!
How did they get the vocals...? Or is it from some other show?

Based on this they were also on fire at the Hollywood Palladium after the Grammys:



Think I'm inspired by mr_math.

And here's megadeth winning a Grammy while master of puppets plays, lol.

Hm, not on the stream I watched anyway.

Huh. Anybody know how they actually got James vocals then? I'm not sure how this shit works.

Clearly I was on about the mainstream, I'm quite aware Metallica have fans. 

The main difference was that the DM release and tour launch were celebrations.

The band were hitting a bunch of festivals, celebrating their back catalogue, not just playing greatest hits like they are now. They were inspired and energised by playing ...and Justice For All and Ride The Lightning next to Bleeding Me and Devil's Dance.

They did a shit load of press, we had interviews, videos, live streams of shows, we are went nuts over them debuting Cyanide. Metallica.com updating every other day with new content.

The album came out, then they did the release party at the O2 arena, debuting their new stage production with the coffins, playing a bunch of new DM songs and a bunch of rarities like Until It Sleeps. That celebration vibe continued right through to the end of the tour in 2010. You could go to a show and just as likely hear The Memory Remains as you would ...and Justice For All. They weren't touring their greatest hits, they were touring their new album and entire back catalogue. The fact the band were playing so many different songs meant they always appeared to be having fun, really enjoying themselves, and really into the songs.

This time around, they kicked off a similar energy back in New York and London with the press, club shows, etc....then they disappeared.
Then the album came out, and they released the new music videos, some making of videos, did some press, etc....then they disappeared.

Now they're back in the new year, doing what feels like business as usual touring like they do every year. "Oh hey we're playing a couple of shows here, and a couple of shows there". Then they arrive and play what we used to just refer to as their festival set at every show, with some new songs sprinkled through it. We'll get a recap video on Metallica.com 3-4 weeks later. There's no celebration. There's no hype. It's like they haven't even released a new album, that they're just doing a few gigs here and there as they normally do, and they happen to have a couple of new songs to play. It's boring.

Of course they were the ones I was looking forward to the most!

Damn you Metallica!

*raises fist*

Metallica are one of the most mainstream bands in the history of ever.

So much this. I've probably watched it about 10 times today, 15 times if you're counting the new video with audible mic.

Absolutely loved it.