A little more than halfway through Metallica's concert
last Wednesday at Stadium Merdeka just
after columns of fire spewed from the stage, and right before James Hetfield began barking out "Master Of Puppets,"
the friend I was with turned and me and shouted, "Why are these guys so
much better than any other metal band?"
Good question. It remind me to one of Manowar ‘s song but I would
to change the lyrics. “ Other band play, Metallica Kill”. Arguing that one band is the best
representative of any given genre is tough--at some level these things always
boil down to taste. I like Metallica, you like Slipknot,
we leave each other alone to headbang in peace. But I don't think you can argue
that, at the very least, Metallica isn't one of the absolute best heavy bands
going. To suggest otherwise is akin to saying that the Beatles weren't that great. You can like other
bands more, but you're just being obstinate if you don't acknowledge the
quality on display.
That Metallica is both one of the best metal bands and,
inarguably, the most commercially successful is another triumph. Skill and
sales aren't always linked. But what is it about Metallica that allowed them to
be both artistically important and massively popular? Why them? Those are
questions I kept coming back to as I watched James, Kirk, Lars, and Robert
blast through a killer two-hour-plus set on August 21st 2013.
Eighteen
song had been performed on our historic stadium and guess what like what James
Helfield said , most headbangers here had been waiting for thirty one years before they realized almost
half of their life they spent with old cassettes, cd’s and videos, finally met
the four horsemen in Stadium Merdeka .
As much as it might annoy
metal purists, I think the answer lies in the band's ability to blend
different, often softer, elements into their music. Unlike other metal bands, Hetfield leavens his angry
singing with the occasional croon. He and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett drop pretty (that's right, pretty) doubled
guitar lines into the middle of a bludgeoner like "Welcome Home
(Sanitarium)." Rather than stay in the lockstep thrash rhythms of a
Slayer, the band can build a groove--it wasn't only the riff that made
"Enter Sandman" a hit. By releasing bluesier, slower albums like Load, they redefined what
Metallica was capable of. And of course, they do all these different things
with intelligence and ingenuity.
Metallica’s production team
is the best of all with hi- technology of axology which I doubt
you can find it here and big high definition screen exclusively for
those who purchased cheap ticket at the back. Hey man two tiers of stage shows they are above
the level monster of rock n roll in fact Metallica is the benchmark of metal
band in show business. The first and the
last concert in Malaysia I presumed, had downgrade all other performance in
Malaysia. James had shut his mouth from saying four letter words that night and
Lars Ulrich as I ever seen , he’s the wildest drummer on earth. . They start on
time and finished at 11,3opm. On schedule. With the mega show with high professional
well organized, what band do you think
rules the metal roost? If not Metallica, then who? The Wednesday's concert had completed my
profile.
