After contending with thunder and lightning in Munich to kick off the 2024 European leg of their M72 World Tour in Could, Metallica have proved they’ll nonetheless convey the lightning even when the heavens above aren’t placing on their very own mild present.
The band have lately shared professional shot footage of the title-track of their 1984 album Journey The Lightning taken from the second night time of their look at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium on June 16.
Enjoying “within the spherical”, the band’s efficiency comes on a ring-shaped stage set amidst the gang, with the Snake Pit within the centre permitting followers to stand up shut and private and photographs of Journey The Lightning captures the sheer zeal and power of the gang because the band play the thrash traditional.
Copenhagen is an particularly essential location for Journey The Lightning, as Metallica decamped to the town in early 1984 to document the album. Drummers Lars Ulrich additionally grew up within the Danish capital.
On a current episode of Metallica’s podcast The Metallica Report, frontman James Hetfield reminisced on his recollections of the town and the lean early days of steel’s largest band the place they resorted to “thieving” to survive.
“[We were] up within the attic, sleeping on the ground and stealing meals from different bands that have been coming via there, stealing bikes simply to get round, stealing empty beer bottles to go flip them in for extra beer,” he recollects.
The M72 has continued on, Metallica taking part in Oslo on June 26 earlier than headlining the Saturday night time of France’s Hellfest on June 29.
Metallica are set to return to the “2 nights, no repeats” format of the M72 tour once they play Warsaw, Poland on Friday (July 5).
The band are additionally set to tour North America from August 2. For the total checklist of tour dates, go to their official website.
Watch Metallica carry out Journey The Lightning in Copenhagen beneath.