Metallica/Denmark 1992

METALLICA from the “BLACK ALBUM” era, whose astronomical hit determined the scene and their own destiny. A new excavated live album is now available that allows you to experience the best of the scene at its heyday. What is engraved in this work is “December 9, 1992 Copenhagen performance”. It is an exquisite audience recording that records the whole story. METALLICA, who rose to become a symbol of the times with their “BLACK ALBUM”, toured for three full years until 1994. The tour title was also changed in each section, so let’s organize the flow here.・1991: “WHEREVER WE MAY ROAM Tour” ・1992: “WHEREVER WE MAY ROAM Tour” ・“GUNS N’ ROSES/METALLICA STADIUM Tour” ・1993: “NOWHERE ELSE TO ROAM Tour” ・1994: “SHIT HITS THE SHEDS Tour” As you can see, it is possible to determine which tour it is based on the year, but only in 1992 there were two tours mixed together. Let’s take a closer look at that 1992 date. “WHEREVER WE MAY ROAM Tour”・January 4th – April 16th: North America #1 (65 performances) ← *Official video・April 20th: Freddie Memorial Concert・May 6th – July 5th: Europe #1 (39 performances) “GUNS N’ ROSES/METALLICA STADIUM Tour”・July 17th – October 6th: North America #2 (26 performances) “WHEREVER WE MAY ROAM Tour”・October 22nd – December 18th Japan: Europe #2 (36 performances) ←★Here★…and it goes like this. In 1992 alone, they toured North America and Europe twice, and in between, they performed at a Freddie Mercury memorial concert and held a collaborative tour with Guns, “North America #2.” Such a pattern in 1992 was also seen in the San Diego performance of the official box “LIVE SHIT: Binge & Purge”, but that video was “North America #1” at the beginning. On the other hand, the Copenhagen performance of this work was the 31st concert of “Europe #2”, which is the final edition. At the time, they said, “A three-year tour is like entering and graduating from school,” but this work, which has been 1 year and 4 months since the start of the tour, is the first album of “Black Lives Matter.” Is it something like the album “Summer Vacation of a 2nd Year High School Student”? Aside from that, this work recorded at such a show is a truly beautiful exquisite audience. On this day, the missing recording at the beginning was known, but this work is a completely different new excavation master. It is an audience recording that absorbs the sound of the hall, but the core that cuts through the middle is extremely powerful, with plenty of density and response. If the song doesn’t sound sparse at all, and each word of the lyrics is clear, you can even see the angle of the armbar that makes the guitar creak. Furthermore, the core is so clear that the hall reverberates thickly, hotly, and dynamically. Although I wouldn’t mistake it for a soundboard, the more I listened to it, the more I started to think, “This is what FM broadcasts with thick echoes sound like.” What is depicted with such dynamic sound is the scene of METALLICA, which is in the midst of its historical heyday. The set is very similar to “LIVE SHIT”, but it is not exactly the same. Let’s organize it by comparing it with the official video of the San Diego performance. Cliff Era (10 songs + α)・Kill ‘Em All: Seek & Destroy/Whiplash・Ride the Lightning: Creeping Death/For Whom the Bell Tolls/Fade to Black/Jam (★)・Metal Master: Welcome Home (Sanitarium)/Master of Puppets/Battery・Cover: Am I Evil?/Last Caress Jason Era (9 songs + α)・Metal Justice: Harvester of Sorrow/Justice Medley/One・Black Album: Enter Sandman/Sad But True /Wherever I May Roam/ The Unforgiven/Through the Never/Nothing Else Matters (★)・Cover: Stone Cold Crazy *Note: Songs marked with “★” cannot be heard in the pro shot of “LIVE SHIT” San Diego performance. …and it looks like this. To put it bluntly, it feels like they dropped “The Four Horsemen” from the San Diego performance and added “Nothing Else Matters” to the set. Another highlight is the “Jam” that takes place before the big final “Stone Cold Crazy”. Before the encore, I took a quick sip of whatever I could think of, and the theme for this day was “RIDE THE LIGHTNING.” They are performing the title song and “Fight Fire With Fire.” “Ride the Lightning” is pretty lame, but “Fight Fire With Fire” is pretty serious. Although it falls apart after the guitar solo, wouldn’t it have been better to just do it all like this? It’s so hot that I thought. It’s a play that seems to be the germ of the later “Kill/Ride Medley.” The atmosphere of the ensemble is similar to “LIVE SHIT”, and it is simply glorious. This is a big 3-disc set that allows you to experience the ultimate full show of the golden era, which maintains the edge of thrash metal and has the dynamism to thrill a stadium. New masters like this are still being discovered… A masterpiece that will warm your heart with the depth of the METALLICA collection. Exquisite audience recording of “December 9, 1992 Copenhagen Performance”. This is a new excavation master that is different from the previous incomplete version, with an extremely powerful core and plenty of density and response. It doesn’t feel empty at all, and each word of the lyrics is clear.It’s like an FM broadcast with deep echoes, and there’s a dynamic that can only be achieved by the audience. With such a sound, it is a new masterpiece that allows you to fully experience the scene at its peak, similar to “LIVE SHIT: Binge & Purge”. Live at Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark 9th December 1992 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (62:16) 1. Intro (Lars talking to the audience) 2. The Ecstasy Of Gold 3. Enter Sandman 4. Creeping Death 5. Harvester of Sorrow 6 Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 7. Sad But True 8. Wherever I May Roam 9. The Unforgiven 10. Justice Medley: Eye of the Beholder, Blackened, The Frayed Ends of Sanity, …And Justice for All Disc 2(55 :03) 1. Bass Solo 2. Guitar Solo 3. Through the Never 4. For Whom the Bell Tolls 5. Fade to Black 6. Master of Puppets 7. Seek and Destroy 8. Whiplash Disc 3(39:46) 1. Audience 2. Nothing Else Matters 3. Am I Evil? 4. Last Caress 5. One 6. Battery 7. Jam (Ride The Lightning/Fight Fire With Fire) 8. Stone Cold Crazy James Hetfield – Guitar, Vocal Lars Ulrich – Drums Kirk Hammett – Guitar Jason Newsted – Bass, Vocal