Metallica had been joined by Diamond Head guitarist Brian Tatler for a canopy of the latter band’s basic “Am I Evil?” throughout Metallica’s headlining set on the Tons of Rock fest in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday (June twenty sixth).
It marked the primary time Metallica have carried out “Am I Evil?” on the “M72 Tour” (get tickets right here) to date, and the band made the many of the event by inviting one of many unique songwriters onstage for the rendition.
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“Say ‘Hello’ to Brian, Oslo!” introduced frontman James Hetfield over the PA earlier than declaring it “Flying V time,” in reference to Tatler’s axe of selection.
The founding Diamond Head guitarist obtained dibs on the long-lasting opening tritone riff whereas Hetfield and Kirk Hammett laid down the propulsive rhythmic chugs. They ultimately all synchronized to kind a triple guitar assault, guiding the almost nine-minute track to its epic conclusion.
It’s a second that ought to go down within the lore of Metallica and heavy metallic usually. Diamond Head had been arguably essentially the most important singular affect on Metallica’s sound on their early albums, notably their 1983 debut Kill ‘Em All, with the band paying homage to its predecessors by famously overlaying “Am I Evil?” as a B-side for the “Creeping Demise” single in 1984. Subsequent pressings of Kill ‘Em All would come with the quilt as a bonus monitor.
Due to the Metallica cowl, “Am I Evil?” is way and away Diamond Head’s hottest and recognizable track. Tatler has known as it the musical achievement he’s “most pleased with.”
“I suppose musically ‘Am I Evil?’, ’trigger it’s such an enormous track and it’s simply obtained a lifetime of its personal,” Tatler lately informed XS Rock [as transcribed by Blabbermouth]. “So a track that was written in my bed room in 1979 that’s gone all over the world and is on hundreds of thousands of data and issues like that.”
In the meantime, Metallica proceed to make their method throughout Europe as a part of the globe-trotting “M72 Tour.” The thrash legends even have extra US dates on the books for August and September (get tickets right here).
Beneath you may watch fan footage of Diamond Head’s Brian Tatler becoming a member of Metallica for “Am I Evil?” in Oslo.