Metallica began the evening with a cover of “Funeral for a Friend/Love ... (John covered a Metallica song himself in 2021 for the Black Album 30th-anniversary box set, The Metallica Blacklist ...

I just can’t figure out who the fuck else would buy The Black Album in 2014. Ten or twelve years ago, I would have said, “Oh, it’s kids just now getting into Metallica because of their big brother or ...