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Great gig. Daniel Fang is a beast

I was down the back near sound desk and there seemed to be more (ahem) middle aged folk like me back there, more than I thought actually.

Their heavy stuff is pretty great, nice riffs, really got the crowd going.

Showing the mosh pits on the big screen was a nice touch too, don't think I've seen that before.

According to some setlist website they played it live in the Point in 99. I was there but don't remember it specifically. I just remember having mixed emotions about that gig. As a 16 year old at one of my first metal gigs and being a Metallica fanatic I was conflicted between the elation of seeing them live and the disappointment of the newer material and the weaker overall sound and set list of the band in that era.

I got backstage at that gig and met the guys from Monster Magnet. I doubt they remember meeting me though.

In terms of the Seattle gig one thing that really stands out to me is how good Lars' drumming was. We all know he gets alot of stick and he's no Lombardo or Portnoy but he's very very tight here.

Someone earlier mentioned Harvester of Sorrow from Moscow in '91, I have to agree I still think that's the best recorded performance I've seen of them. The military helicopter flying above the crowd and the troops acting as security is unreal. Pantera were great that day too.

Metallica are at that point in their career where they can play umpteen setlist variations like say ,for example, Bruce Springsteen can. They obviously can't keep everyone happy. I saw them in Vancouver in 2017 and they played Whiplash, Roam and Fight Fire, three songs I'm sure lots of you would have loved to see in Slane but you guys got Ride and Creeping Death which I didn't. Their encore is always a fast thrash song followed by Nothing Else and Sandman. You got Spit Out The Bone as the fast song, I got Fight Fire, some gigs they'll play Battery. I saw they played Disposable Heroes at one gig recently. You win some you lose some. I will say one thing, the opening with Hardwired is very well done and when that riff kicks in it really hits ya.