The things that a fan of Metallica feel when listening The Ecstasy of Gold… Pride, passion, glory, rage, power, anxiety or desire, everyone lives the initiation ritual of each show of the thrash metal gods as they wish, as happened last night in the first of four with the band at the GNP Seguros Stadium.
The angel of death descended to unleash the tenth plague. It was Creeping DeathAs usual, Lars Ulrich has the initial call on drums, then darkness is born with 65 thousand metalheads crying out for the death of the first man. Along the circular stage, which formed a snake pit Inside, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo executed him.
If there were a translation for the introductory ritual that took place between the piece by the maestro Ennio Morricone and the roll of Ride The Lightning It would definitely be: Welcome to the M72 World Tour. Thus, without words, with pure perception and the desire to disassociate from the terrors of the world with pure headbanging.
Harvester of Sorrow came in this violent beginning. The theme of …And Justice for All in which the four horsemen of thrash narrate the tragic end of a man who is a victim of abuse. Leper Messiah continued with the suffering and King Nothing brought about capitalist protest, quite an irony today considering global ticket prices.
The production of the M72 World Tour It is one of a kind, even if Rammstein fans try to find a resemblance, the eight production towers that Metallica built have a more garage-like appearance, like the headlights that lit up the thrash and punk gigs in the 80s where no one was safe from gangs. Or emergency sirens, apropos of the anti-war sentiment that has surrounded the group since 1981.
In the center, James is powerful and dominating his inner demons, Kirk takes beyond the riffs that several metalheads have criticized him for (allegedly for being basic and commercial), Robert and his crab walk never fail and Lars… 60 years of the Danish and strawberry boy of the group, who arrived after seeing a “drummer wanted” ad. Hopefully someone at his age still has the power and impetus to beat the drums. All in their sixth decade (Robert is 59), but with a unique passion that, whatever Dave Mustaine fans say, makes Metallica the pinnacle of the Big 4 of thrash. By the way, it sounded like a 72 Seasonsa song James wrote to explain how, as a mature adult, one adapts, abandons and improves those passions one catches in childhood.
I hope you like it 72 Seasons“Because we’re going to play more songs,” exclaimed James, perhaps because of the reception of the song that gives the album its name, somewhat discreet despite the hellish rhythm that he and Kirk handle on the lyre.
In this song and If Darkness Had a Son It was really cool to see the generational change, because there is always a member of the Metallica family who knows their greatness from their new songs. It happened with Hardwired to Self Destruct And history repeats itself with the latest album. People identify much more with the dark and heavy songs than with those that evoke past revolutions.
LA CHONA THRASHER
Do you know why we know it’s a show for adults? Because James and Lars took a break, while Robert and Kirk had a blast with The chonaby Los Tucanes de Tijuana! Yes, Trujillo finally paid tribute to his Mexican roots and sang in his broken but emotional Spanish. Of course there was trves those who were bothered by it, other metalheads took it as mega cool and danced.
Many metalheads wore their battle vests (vests full of patches) showing off the Metallica symbol on the back and, of course, there was no shortage of jokers wearing Megadeth t-shirts. Why? Many trves trying to stand out, but the best thing was that nobody was impressed by those guys, James boasted it with his shirt: “we are family.”
At this point in the show, it should be noted that the moshpit is far from the stage, because most of the fans who were able to spend their money to be downstairs (general and snake pit) are already older; however, some managed to open up a bit of violence and others barely jumped. “My knee already hurts,” some said. Normal, right?
The Day That Never Comes He returned to the old material, to see if that way the rancid ones would get over their anger. The ChonaThe strings and bass drum came together to give the photo of the night. Shadow Follows continued with 72 Seasons.
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There can be no Metallica concert without remembering that Cliff Burton’s bass was a pillar in building the legend and in Robert’s hands his passion is intact. Gentlemen, Orion It was played in memory of one of the best bassists ever to have been born, whose life ended under a bus.
The most romantic thing was seeing the moon rise Nothing Else Mattersone of the songs that you may hate, but for someone who grew up with it Black AlbumFrom this point on, Metallica released everything that was most familiar to the Metallica family.
These shows are about their love for heavy music. We are family, because we love badass music,” Hetfield exclaimed before playing. Sad But True. Their classics seem to be for old people, but in Blackened Everyone regretted thinking that, because of the power that James’ guttural voices emanated. And finally, a moshpit appeared in the track area. They had been late.
Fuel sounded to remind several millennials who discovered Metallica through the Hot Wheels game for PlayStation and Seek and Destroy He arrived with his radioactive balls. Do you remember the Skazi remix? Well, several people did it and it created a mega oldie and Mexican atmosphere with Robert showing off his mariachi hat.
After a couple of hours, Metallica said goodbye with Master of Puppets. But in the best way: Finally there were moshpits!, violence!, blood!, hostilities! A circle of death opened to say goodbye to the band and James’ evil laughter ended this one-night massacre in which 72 seasons brought demons to Mexico City.
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