![]() In truth, there's nothing as dramatic as that this evening. It's a history that includes landmark showings like the gloriously ragged 1991 marathon, 2003's hotter-than-hell secret set, the 2004 Lars no-show and those unforgettable 20th anniversary run-throughs of Master Of Puppets and the Black album in 20 respectively. Remarkably, this is Metallica's 10th time hammering into Donington's hallowed turf. Then You Must Burn! proves that, with the volume cranked, San Francisco's Four Horsemen can still stomp it out with heavy music's very best. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) ramps up the emotion. "Well, knock it off, because this is supposed to be all about doom and gloom…"Ī first UK run-out in decades for Load's moody, southern rock lead-single Until It Sleeps kinda meets that billing, but there's a far brighter sense of celebration as the title-track from new album 72 Seasons and its fist-pumping highlight If Darkness Had A Son tear through. "Are you guys having fun?" teases frontman James Hetfield, with an increasingly practiced twinkle in his eye. After that? The emphatically high-voltage jolt of Ride The Lightning. It's a pulse-quickening swerve that immediately spikes the adrenaline. Where logic and, momentarily, the artwork on their gargantuan video-screens, suggest that Set Two should begin with the concussive, time-tested ring of For Whom The Bell Tolls, they instead handbrake-turn into the classic, 100mph thrash madness of Whiplash. ![]() The first arrives straight out of the gate. ![]() And, although a simple process of elimination means tonight's setlist is inherently more predictable, they manage to keep a few surprises up their sleeves. No-one has the excuse to take it easy that they're skiving off work on a weeknight. There will be no snatching victory from the jaws of traffic-chaos defeat here. ![]() If Metallica's Thursday night masterclass on the main stage at Download 2023 felt like something of a steely surprise, Saturday's strident return comes loaded with far more of the weight of expectation. ![]()
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