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Until it Sleeps is a good song,but i  disagree that it's their last great song. A couple of songs off Death Magnetic are fairly good too.

Crown Of Barbed Wire and Chasing Light on 72 seasons are 2 brilliant tracks.Would be far better live than anything else off that album.Reload has some underrated tracks.Devils Dance,Fixxxer,Where The Wild Things Are would all be great live.Load has tracks better than Until It Sleeps.Bleeding Me and The Outlaw Torn are quality.

You could probably make one decent album from Death Magnetic, Hardwired & 72 Seasons combined. Chop a bit off some of the songs and change the production because all 3 albums are nigh on unlistenable.

I really liked the sound of Load & Reload, especially the drum sound.

It's a shame he cultivated that dour bellend public persona for the last 30 years because, between this and the 86 video which came out a couple of weeks ago, he really seems like an entertaining and personable head with a lot of talent.

He was staying in the same hotel as us in Birmingham last year for the Sabbath/Ozzy thing, now he did have his security guard go in and check the jacks for hidden assassins or something every time, but when they were loading up to head for the stadium he came over and took pictures with all my family and was very approachable.

I'm sure like everyone he has his days where you would get told to fuck off aswell.

Imagine being as talented behind the kit as Mario Duplantier and then having to watch Ulrich.

I thought the same, although Mario is a hard act to follow for any drummer. He actually came back out for the start of Metallicas set.

I don't think a Load/Reload tour would do much worse, I'd say the majority of the "event junkie" Sandman fans couldn't even tell you what album it's on and theres no pleasing the rest of us that want Justice in full regardless.

It's an amazing money making machine they have on the road. We can moan about the price of tickets & merch but they are no worse than any other big band for it, and it seems the schmucks have no problem paying for early access and all this carry on which is probably where a lot of the profit comes from. You can't really knock them for taking the money and running either, they put on a decent show, get close and involved to the crowd and have brought out 2 decent main supports.

I was saying to the wife yesterday, I reckon if they wrote music they actually liked they might still have something creative to offer. Whether or not that would be metal is almost irrelevant. Imagine an album full of songs the likes of Until It Sleeps! That would be really dark, brooding and interesting. Such a fucking cool song.

Looking back on it now, St. Anger was the last album that had any creativity or actual expression of themselves, a lot more than can be said for the ones that came afterwards.

I like Until It Sleeps but didn't think it fit well in that slot in the set.

Lars lets them down so much. He is a lot tighter than he was 20 years ago but is it really that difficult to play something remotely like the original recording? Hes a huge part of what made them what they are business wise but his playing on the first 5 albums is equally as important.

Still another good night. Sound was cat for Gojira but they were decent and seemed to go down better than expected with the crowd.

What's this "What, you expected decent sound at a stadium? You fool!" shit? Paying through the nose for anything, it's normal to expect decent sound. And when the time and effort is put in, that's what you get. Compensation for empty versus full is child's play these days: if the sound is shit, it's down to organizers not giving a shit and relying on enough people to either not care or say "What, you expected decent sound at a stadium? You fool!"

Sound was fine for Metallica in my seat. Poor for Pantera. Maybe the in the round setup leaves it harder to work everywhere? Not sure not my forte!

The extended intros are a bit of a buzzkill alright and the doodle is a waste, especially compared to something like the To Live Is To Die jam section from Seattle 89 then blasting into Puppets.

The middle of the set was chronic poor to be fair after such a great opening.

Fuel is grand in a live setting it does work well. Of course we'd sacrifice it for Dyers Eve or something, but I'd take it over Whiskey/Sandman or anything off the last 4 albums.

Band sounded good in fairness. Some of the AI visuals very questionable.

Pantera are getting a bit boring now, definitely need a lot more CFH stuff or some deeper cuts. Its amazing that Phil was right and a huge amount seemed to have no idea who they were.

Was at the event, golden circle - absolutely incredible.  Tool, Slayer & Metallica easily top 3 bands of the day. Though I can't get my head around Metallica not doing their Sabbra Cadabra tune in favour of Jonny Blade!

Booing of the Disturbed singer was phenomenal - you could see it shook him a little initially and i was glad to be a part of it (mind blowing he was even there, never mind him being successful)! Missed Rival Sons (who the fuck even are they anyway?) and LoG (not a fan) but mostly caught everything else - save for missing a few songs due to toilet and drink breaks!

Cool to see the supergroups people like Jake E. Lee, Bettencourt, KK Downing jamming with people like the Tool guys, Tom Morello & big hitters like Steven Tyler & Ronnie Wood.

Anthrax may have played ok, but 2 songs?! C'mon - worst value of the day. Zakk Wylde was once again awful for Pantera - really did them no favours, he simply doesn't treat the material with the respect it deserves. I'd never watch Pantera again, pity Down or CoC weren't on the bill instead. Bands like Gojira & Mastodon did far better than Pantera in my opinion. Brann Dailor hung out in the crowd for a good portion of the later show and I also chatted to Blaze Bailey at the very end - lovely dudes, happy to chat.

4th time seeing Sabbath and 2nd time seeing Ozzy (first time for both was at Ozzfest '98 at MK bowl) - performance wise, certainly not their best - but, given the gravity of the event, it was just special (and very emotional for some people, lots of tears etc.) - not from me though, just happy to see Sabbath for one last time!

Watched some highlights from the stream from a torrent yesterday - decent, but cannot do the real thing justice. Vibe/crowd energy was maybe the best at a gig I've ever experienced. No casuals, no mongs, no idiots, no wipeouts - lots of global fans, just there for music. (It was a far cry from the Maiden & Pantera shows this year in Ireland!)

All things considered it was pretty well run - fast change overs, free water (lots of it in the smoking area!), reasonable queues for food/drink/merch given the numbers (from my perspective at the Golden Circle accessible stand drink/food area). Only time it kinda felt bad was trying to get home - not enough trains, taxis or buses - had to walk into the centre of Birmingham to get a taxi.

A 2 day event may have worked and given artists more time, but I think it would have lacked the energy/intensity of the actual day - hard to describe how frantic and fun it was. Bands could only play their best stuff and seemed like they REALLY wanted to be there - made it special.

I agree the stream or videos don't seem to do the atmosphere justice, nor the sound. Metallica sounded pretty good in reality but the recording doesn't sound half as good. I suppose when something is mixed for a certain setting and to come out of a certain system, it can't be mixed again to perfection in a few hours.

Food queues were a shitshow around me, I waited 45/50 minutes only to be told they had run out of food, this was at around 5 o clock!

We walked 20 minutes and then used Bolt to get a taxi but otherwise it was a kip to get out of. Entry was a breeze to be fair, 25 minutes in a taxi from the city and probably around 5 minutes from getting out of the taxi & into our seats just as Mastodon started.

The area around the stadium is ramshackle enough even today never mind 60 years ago when they were growing up there.

I see a lot of people mention the crowd from the stream. Maybe it didn't translate but the crowd was very very loud in person.

I see a lot of people mention the crowd from the stream. Maybe it didn't translate but the crowd was very very loud in person.

How loud was the booing for that draiman cunt?

It was pretty loud to be fair! Kind of kept going from the moment he was mentioned until the song actually started. Be interesting to see the response he gets here later on in the year as I think the Irish would be even more pro-Palestine than the Brits.

Just had a quick look at the streamed version of Goodbye To Romance, they didn't edit out his voice breaking during it surprisingly. It was pretty sad in person too but to be honest the whole weekend was a nice celebration. The city was buzzing, Sabbath was everywhere and a lot of metal celebrities could be found wandering round the city. We met Gary Holt, Kerry King (inc. very serious security man), Paul Bostaph & Johan Hegg.

Watched a few bits, mainly just the covers tbh. Thought Mastodon doing Supernaut was great. Pleasantly surprised by Anthrax, Metallica, Zachtera (yes, I'm as shocked as anyone to be saying that) and Gojira especislly, none of whom I'd usually be interested in. Slayer wwre grand but jesus Tom has gone very old. Alice in Chains were pretty dull. The supergroups/drum offs can do one (especially that goon from Blink 182), but indeed Nuno killed it, and the big surprises vocally were Lizzy Hale and the Ugly Kid Joe guy. Billy Corgan was the unintentional comic relief. Awful.

Not gonna lie, it was sad see Ozzy the way he is, but he didn't do too badly given his condition. I'd say that's it now, retirement, and tbh Id say he hasnt much time left. I'm glad they got to close the book with the original lineup. Regardless of what you think of their performance last night, they really are the originators of so much. Shame we didn't get them ending with the song Black Sabbath but such is life.

Whitfield Crane was great, Billy Corgan definitely was not. Steven Tylers slot also came across very well in person aswell.

Not sure if the livestream was edited, but in reality Ozzy was well fucked by the end of his own set. I actually thought Sabbath weren't going to come out but Sharon must have given him a boot up the hole.

I see a lot of people mention the crowd from the stream. Maybe it didn't translate but the crowd was very very loud in person.

David Draiman was there? I take it there were no Palestinian speeches so 

Haven't seen any clips yet, but Nuno seems to be gaining a bit of cred lately. One of his newer guitar solos was all the talk of the guitar internet a summer or two ago. He's some player.

Yea he got booed to fuck and then made a balls of Shot In The Dark.

Was a very enjoyable day overall. Ozzy sang much better than I expected, considering the state he's in.
Tool were excellent...so were slayer.enjoyed the supergroups.Nuno was shit hot all day.

Nuno is a consummate professional, he put in the longest shift all day and it was pitch perfect. Fair play to him. Pity the sound was horrific for Jake E Lee and he got lumped with David Draiman who went down like a lead balloon.

Just back at the hotel meself. Slayer pretty much blew the place apart.

GNR covered Never Say Die which was a bit outside the box. Axl made a bit of a balls of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

Ozzy shook as hell. Managed OK given the circumstances, Bill Ward however probably should have just done one song. Probably would have been better to mix in some of the supergroup stuff with the Sabbath set. I hope Nuno Bettencourt gets a few bob for the shift he put in during them bits.

Really enjoyed the gig, maiden are always a solid show. Set list was fantastic. First time at malahide and it's a cool spot. I got an event bus in so there wasn't much walking or pricking around with having to get public transport which was nice for a change.

Was kinda funny seeing the band make mistakes, they're usually so on point. Guess they're human after all! New drummer wasn't fantastic - he absolutely destroyed a few bits by slowing down to a snails pace. You could see Adrian getting annoyed at it in Wasted Years and he flubbed the solo as a result.

Would love to see this show indoors. I think the production suffered from the large outside stage, no fault of the band there though.

Wasted Years sounded notably off pace, especially the intro part and even when it comes back to that part during the song. Ironic that Bruce made the click track comment earlier in the night.

I felt it wasn't a patch on the last show in Dublin, or the Legacy show in Belfast, but still for a bunch of pensioners they are still a great live act.

The drummer wasn't too bad, but totally missing the Nicko feel. I wouldn't be a massive Nicko fan but he had his own style & groove which was totally absent.

There's definitely something strange in Ireland where the bigger the event, the bigger the draw is. Slane was always a good example, I know loads that always went but wouldn't have bothered going to Foo Fighters or whoever if they were playing in the Olympia.

Noticed a lot of videos on Tiktok of young people panicing to get tickets and it made me realise there is a whole new generation who never got to see Metallica. My aul fella first seen them in the Top Hat, and I first seen them in the RDS in 2003 but he has 2 younger kids now of 11 & 16 who would chop their arms off to go. Pretty big deal for him to be able to bring them aswell.