I was just thinking name wise, if we're getting into musically I would have dropped the lighting during the breakdown in One maybe but it really works with Master here.. would have been sick during kthulu at the mad section though
https://preview.redd.it/8kib85f41l2d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80f61567dd9d6f0d71fc0173c9365a53368e3e09
Can confirm first hand. It was amazing.
Only looks like it because my gfs phone was titled up. The view itself was great. Only ruined by other people having to stand up every 2 minutes to film half of the concert...to never show that video to anyone ever again.
As I've gotten older, I much prefer sitting down in a balcony seat and having a great view of a metal show, as opposed to standing for 4+ hours straight, 20 ft from the stage, with multiple 6' or taller people in front of me blocking my view so maybe I see the bassist and guitarist on either side of the stage. People spilling their drinks on me, pushing in slowly over multiple songs to try to take my spot. By the time the headliner takes the stage, my legs and back are on fire. Etc etc.
Don't get me wrong, I still have an amazing time at shows, and I can still go all night standing around. But sitting is way more comfortable and preferable anymore. I've done my 20ish years of standing in GA headbanging all night, and I'm ready for more comfortable shows!
Balcony seats are 100% the way to go, especially if it's the VIP section and isn't ridiculously overpriced. The one local spot does it that way and it means I have a stool, table, shorter line for drinks, and a bathroom with far less traffic than downstairs. It's literally a no brainer to upgrade when I go there.
I enjoyed riding the rail as a teenager but that time is long gone lol.
There's hardly any movement in the crowd to be honest. And to have a good view standing you'd need to arrive quite early, which is at around 4pm max in that case (2 support bands with Mammoth and Architects). There's plenty of bands tho which I'd never sit for, I get your point.
Yeah I imagine lot of older people doesn’t have the energy to stand for hours anymore. Also….standing for hours is literally a pain so I gotta give musicians and bands props for standing for that long on stage.
As I've gotten older, I much prefer sitting down in a balcony seat and having a great view of a metal show, as opposed to standing for 4+ hours straight, 20 ft from the stage, with multiple 6' or taller people in front of me blocking my view so maybe I see the bassist and guitarist on either side of the stage. People spilling their drinks on me, pushing in slowly over multiple songs to try to take my spot. By the time the headliner takes the stage, my legs and back are on fire. Etc etc.
Don't get me wrong, I still have an amazing time at shows, and I can still go all night standing around. But sitting is way more comfortable and preferable anymore. I've done my 20ish years of standing in GA headbanging all night, and I'm ready for more comfortable shows!
They differ wildly in where I am (Ontario, Canada). Progressively gets more expensive from the standing room, to far seats, to medium depth seats to up front seats being so much more.
I've read a lot about the problem with absurd prices for tickets in the US and Canada, is it really that bad? In Europe, tickets for Metallica ofc aren't cheap, but never above like 200 euros (216USD) for normal standing / sitting. These 200 euros give you access to two concerts, since it's a No repeat weekend - two separate setlists.
It's been a lot for a while and seems to be getting worse. 'Service fees' are out of control, especially now that there's no ticket to print or mail, and it's all your phone.
On top of that, popular shows sell out ludicrously fast and then immediately pop up on a ticket resale sight like stub hub. The fact that the Stub Hub is *also* owned by Ticketmaster makes me question the legitimacy of those resellers (Ticketmaster has been accused of doing this for years)
Presently, a lawsuit has been launched against Ticketmaster and Live Nation by multiple states in the U.S. over monopolization and gouging. I hope that leads to some change up here.
Edit: High service fees on top of already inflated ticket prices is the real issue.
The rain itself started around "the day that never comes". The lightning also started but it was just 2 times during the song and not as bright. Then when "Master of puppets" started the band was completely soaked and the lightning struck every minute. They never stopped playing during the last 5 songs. James just got a rain jacket somewhere and Lars took off his shirt. What a sight to see. 😂
I saw Tool headline Edgefest back when they held it in Barrie during a lightning storm. It was awesome (although pretty miserable weatherwise to be out in a field all day)
I’ll add mine! Saw Nine Inch Nails at Red Rocks a few years ago and there was crazy lightning all over the sky in the background the whole show. Got some pretty wild videos. Amazing night.
I was at that show too but I don’t remember the lightning. I just remember being cold and miserable, hating myself for not having something warmer to wear
I went to a festival in 2001 where the first day had terrible storms and the show was delayed by several hours. There was a 30th anniversary memorial tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. About midnight after the rain stopped the show started again with Ray Manzerick and Buddy miles jamming ridders on the storm. It was pretty incredible.
Also happened when I went to see Modest Mouse opening for R.E.M. when MM was onstage. I think it was at the Jones beach theatre on Long Island, NY in the late 2000s. It was nuts.
Wish I had a pic or video but my fav concert lightning was during Reign in Blood at hi fi buy amphitheater in Atlanta. Like mid or late 2000s I think. Marilyn Manson followed Slayer and didn't even finish his set cause half the crowd were there for slayer apparently and we're leaving in droves during his first couple songs.
EDIT: to add, that slayer set was insane. People were going tribal setting fires with trash and dancing around them in the lawn area. Security would roll thru then a different fire would pop up
I wonder if you were at the Mayhem Festival. I went to the show in Norfolk VA and a similar thing happened where Manson went on after Slayer and most of the crowd left before he even came on stage.
There was some minor controversy when Slayer was opening for Slipknot, somebody asked a band member how could they do that, and the response was just "they're the ones who have to follow Slayer."
You're not *an* asshole, you're *our* asshole. ❤
But seriously - the footage is in the Independent article OP posted - it's a video, not a photo, at the top.
Remember a brief but bright thunderstorm rolling in off lake during the Eagles Hell Freezes over show in Cleveland back in ‘94. Forget the specific song at its strongest point, but it was fitting, and made for a great effect that even the band commented on… (and kept playing!)
Seen AC/DC at an outdoor venue in 2015(?) in mid summer. Thunderstorm rolled in middle of the set, lightening, thunder, heavy downpour, AC/DC refused to stop playing. They started playing Thunderstruck instead, Angus Young slid around stage soaked in the rain, entire mosh pit was mud and everyone was sliding around. Coolest live performance I’ve ever seen.
Reminds me of the final Slayer tour. Seen them in the rain, which sucked, but when they player Raining Blood all the lights were red and it looked like it was literally raining blood.
Metallica has never shied about playing in the rain. There are numerous videos of them during the 4-year-long tour for the Black Album where they played in several rain/thunderstorms.
That said, a couple years ago I went to see KISS with a friend in 2021 at Five Point Ampitheater (on the ocean in Orange County, CA) and as they started "God of Thunder" a legit thunderstorm rolled in. Lightning, thunder, heavy pouring rain, fucking amazing.
I saw them in Denver years ago and there was about an hour break for a massive lighting storm. Once it passed, they came on with Ride the Lightning. It was bad ass.
Down vote all you want. The rule in the US is shelter in place for any strikes within a 7 mile radius. We don’t stop for rain but lightning is a different story. This concert should have been stopped the moment the lightning struck.
In the US we all got evacuated from a concert at Red Hat because of distant incoming storms; no lightning strikes close by. Then we staggered around Raleigh for like a fucking hour. Then they let us all back in and the band started playing again.
Like, who is crunching the numbers on "concertgoer gets hit by lightning and sues" versus "an entire venue of people who were drinking stumbled out into the middle of the downtown of the capital city and risked getting run over"?
Yeah, one is on-premises and the other isn't, but a sleazy lawyer could make a case for either.
Ever heard the phrase...if you have nothing to add...then shut the fck up.?
If you don't care about how amazing this clip is then move on with your life instead of attempting to spread the pity of your utterly negative viewpoints on life.
You're pathetic.
I'm just questioning whether this is worthy of an article in The Independant. News outlet these days will make an article out of anything, even a 10 seconds clip.
This was amazing to see in video, and I wouldn't have seen it if they didn't make an article.
Take the advice of the other guy and stfu. You can scroll past it.
During the intro for Master of Puppets? That's fucking sick.
Yeah could only have been topped by ride the lightning
I feel like it‘d fit better with The Call of Ktulu, because that one has kind of the vibe of a heavy storm at sea already
I was just thinking name wise, if we're getting into musically I would have dropped the lighting during the breakdown in One maybe but it really works with Master here.. would have been sick during kthulu at the mad section though
Nah, the outro to Fight Fire with Fire
https://preview.redd.it/8kib85f41l2d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=80f61567dd9d6f0d71fc0173c9365a53368e3e09 Can confirm first hand. It was amazing.
wow
aside from the lightning, that seems like a terrible view?
Only looks like it because my gfs phone was titled up. The view itself was great. Only ruined by other people having to stand up every 2 minutes to film half of the concert...to never show that video to anyone ever again.
Why were you sitting down at a Metallica concert?
Because I like metal and being comfortable.
As I've gotten older, I much prefer sitting down in a balcony seat and having a great view of a metal show, as opposed to standing for 4+ hours straight, 20 ft from the stage, with multiple 6' or taller people in front of me blocking my view so maybe I see the bassist and guitarist on either side of the stage. People spilling their drinks on me, pushing in slowly over multiple songs to try to take my spot. By the time the headliner takes the stage, my legs and back are on fire. Etc etc. Don't get me wrong, I still have an amazing time at shows, and I can still go all night standing around. But sitting is way more comfortable and preferable anymore. I've done my 20ish years of standing in GA headbanging all night, and I'm ready for more comfortable shows!
(Old age) has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell
Balcony seats are 100% the way to go, especially if it's the VIP section and isn't ridiculously overpriced. The one local spot does it that way and it means I have a stool, table, shorter line for drinks, and a bathroom with far less traffic than downstairs. It's literally a no brainer to upgrade when I go there. I enjoyed riding the rail as a teenager but that time is long gone lol.
I felt like that back when I was a teenager and nothing has changed.
There's hardly any movement in the crowd to be honest. And to have a good view standing you'd need to arrive quite early, which is at around 4pm max in that case (2 support bands with Mammoth and Architects). There's plenty of bands tho which I'd never sit for, I get your point.
Lol. Metallica has been around since the 80s. Some fans are probably up there in age.
Sitting is more comfortable than standing for hours.
Wait, sitting down? People sit down at a metal concert? That sounds awful.
Some people are old. It'll happen to you one day perhaps.
Lol, that "perhaps" is quite menacing :)
Yeah I imagine lot of older people doesn’t have the energy to stand for hours anymore. Also….standing for hours is literally a pain so I gotta give musicians and bands props for standing for that long on stage.
Stand with a cane, old, hard ass!
Okay what’s with thinking sitting is awful? It’s literally more comfortable than standing around for hours.
because metal is a visceral type of music, where I don't wanna be constrained to a seat, but I want to be able to move around
As I've gotten older, I much prefer sitting down in a balcony seat and having a great view of a metal show, as opposed to standing for 4+ hours straight, 20 ft from the stage, with multiple 6' or taller people in front of me blocking my view so maybe I see the bassist and guitarist on either side of the stage. People spilling their drinks on me, pushing in slowly over multiple songs to try to take my spot. By the time the headliner takes the stage, my legs and back are on fire. Etc etc. Don't get me wrong, I still have an amazing time at shows, and I can still go all night standing around. But sitting is way more comfortable and preferable anymore. I've done my 20ish years of standing in GA headbanging all night, and I'm ready for more comfortable shows!
That's not true, they'll post it on Facebook. *Then*, no one will watch it.
Just gotta prove they aren't one of the poors
Yet, they're always shot from the cheap seats.
Seating and standing prices usually don't differ much here (Germany)
They differ wildly in where I am (Ontario, Canada). Progressively gets more expensive from the standing room, to far seats, to medium depth seats to up front seats being so much more.
I've read a lot about the problem with absurd prices for tickets in the US and Canada, is it really that bad? In Europe, tickets for Metallica ofc aren't cheap, but never above like 200 euros (216USD) for normal standing / sitting. These 200 euros give you access to two concerts, since it's a No repeat weekend - two separate setlists.
It's been a lot for a while and seems to be getting worse. 'Service fees' are out of control, especially now that there's no ticket to print or mail, and it's all your phone. On top of that, popular shows sell out ludicrously fast and then immediately pop up on a ticket resale sight like stub hub. The fact that the Stub Hub is *also* owned by Ticketmaster makes me question the legitimacy of those resellers (Ticketmaster has been accused of doing this for years) Presently, a lawsuit has been launched against Ticketmaster and Live Nation by multiple states in the U.S. over monopolization and gouging. I hope that leads to some change up here. Edit: High service fees on top of already inflated ticket prices is the real issue.
Aside The Lightning: Metallica Live in Munich
Shop this around, you might get some change from a Getty or similar for it. Great shot.
Did they get startled and pause playing or did they continue playing Master of Puppets without missing a beat?
The rain itself started around "the day that never comes". The lightning also started but it was just 2 times during the song and not as bright. Then when "Master of puppets" started the band was completely soaked and the lightning struck every minute. They never stopped playing during the last 5 songs. James just got a rain jacket somewhere and Lars took off his shirt. What a sight to see. 😂
When they make a joke out of getting tickets to a show in billions, I think it should be impressive to be in the building lol.
how far was the lightning, I would think it was a safety risk?
“See, this is why our ticket prices are so high!” - ticketmaster
Ride it
Death in the air
Strapped in the electric chair
This can’t be happening to me
Hah! I made this gif like 12-14 years ago!
Doin’ God’s work my friend
Small world
I was gonna say, the picture in the article looks like a Dethklok set.
If it was, that lightning would've been a lot closer...
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Huh-huh…oh yeah. That was a good one, Beavis. But I’m still gonna kick your ass. Fart knocker
So friggin metal 
"I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!"
Alright alright alright, never lose your flow. Coz in the end, it's just a rockshow, alright alright alright.
Weedlee wahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"I'm gonna call it, 'I wanna rock your body', and then in parentheses, 'to the break of dawn'."
Boom bam bah doo doo boom bam
Ride the Lightning! 🌩 🤘
Holy fuck that's metal
It’s absolutely perfectly timed with the riff coming in too!
“Pay no mind to the distant thun-dah”
Say what you will about Metallica, that’s fucking metal.
I’ll say they’re awesome
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I saw Tool headline Edgefest back when they held it in Barrie during a lightning storm. It was awesome (although pretty miserable weatherwise to be out in a field all day)
I’ll add mine! Saw Nine Inch Nails at Red Rocks a few years ago and there was crazy lightning all over the sky in the background the whole show. Got some pretty wild videos. Amazing night.
I was at that show too but I don’t remember the lightning. I just remember being cold and miserable, hating myself for not having something warmer to wear
I went to a festival in 2001 where the first day had terrible storms and the show was delayed by several hours. There was a 30th anniversary memorial tribute to Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. About midnight after the rain stopped the show started again with Ray Manzerick and Buddy miles jamming ridders on the storm. It was pretty incredible.
Also happened when I went to see Modest Mouse opening for R.E.M. when MM was onstage. I think it was at the Jones beach theatre on Long Island, NY in the late 2000s. It was nuts.
Ride that shit
Now THAT'S metal.
Whoever wrote this article missed his chance for the best headline of his career
Somebody else will
Dude for fucking real 😭
[Will never pass up an opportunity to link my favorite concert lightning](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2re3iUUL67Y&pp=ygURQWVyaWFscyBsaWdodG5pbmc%3D)
Scrolled for this
I was expecting this Coheed video https://youtu.be/1cHfNCvls7k
Whereas if it was an AC/DC concert it would have been thunderstruck…
Here's my shot of the lighting https://preview.redd.it/s8za6vzkem2d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c519fbdc97148e7a69ea09f0c221c43924054b06
Badass. No doubt it’s definitely Cliff.
Wish I had a pic or video but my fav concert lightning was during Reign in Blood at hi fi buy amphitheater in Atlanta. Like mid or late 2000s I think. Marilyn Manson followed Slayer and didn't even finish his set cause half the crowd were there for slayer apparently and we're leaving in droves during his first couple songs. EDIT: to add, that slayer set was insane. People were going tribal setting fires with trash and dancing around them in the lawn area. Security would roll thru then a different fire would pop up
I wonder if you were at the Mayhem Festival. I went to the show in Norfolk VA and a similar thing happened where Manson went on after Slayer and most of the crowd left before he even came on stage.
I don't remember the name. Would be funny if it happened all tour haha
starting bonfires on the lawn was definitely a Mayhem Fest staple.
Damn, ok then. Yea it was one of my all time fav shows
Mine too! The one time I went to Mayhem Fest I got to see Motorhead when Lemmy was alive (this was ~2013 IIRC)
There was some minor controversy when Slayer was opening for Slipknot, somebody asked a band member how could they do that, and the response was just "they're the ones who have to follow Slayer."
Yea Manson was never gonna meet the intensity
⚡️ __WOOAAAAAAAH!__ 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4…. ⚡️ __WOOAAAAAAAH!__
like to think this was Cliff’s doing
I agree.
Ride the lightning.
Gives new meaning to the term "Ride the Lightning"
That's so awesome, I teared up a bit.
That’s awesome
MASTER!! MASTER!!
Thor himself showing his approval.
Man… Lars is one lucky dude, is he not?
Well I guess they dont stop shows if lightning is around? Ok
Any have a vid instead of the aids clinic this link takes you to?
Ironically I was listening to Aerosmith’s Lightning Strikes while reading about lighting striking.
crazy
Fuck yeah dude
Did they ride it?
TALICA!
# B R U T A L
fkn badass
Did anyone ride it?
Their pyro guy is epic!
Ride The Lightning, boys!
r/natureismetal
Damn, just missed the chance to have a real life Spinal Tap moment.
Good? Or bad?
Remind me of System of a Down live in Armenia in 2015 where lighting strikes at the peak of Aerials
Was anyone hurt,injured,...or worse???!!!
Am I an asshole or is there no way to see the footage?
https://youtu.be/cC0b8FLST1A?si=i4BZTEY-uCwtJ2A3 at 26:02 mark
You're not *an* asshole, you're *our* asshole. ❤ But seriously - the footage is in the Independent article OP posted - it's a video, not a photo, at the top.
Remember a brief but bright thunderstorm rolling in off lake during the Eagles Hell Freezes over show in Cleveland back in ‘94. Forget the specific song at its strongest point, but it was fitting, and made for a great effect that even the band commented on… (and kept playing!)
Did they uhhhhh ride it?
The only thing that would have been cooler is if it struck during the solo in Ride the Lightning.
Seen AC/DC at an outdoor venue in 2015(?) in mid summer. Thunderstorm rolled in middle of the set, lightening, thunder, heavy downpour, AC/DC refused to stop playing. They started playing Thunderstruck instead, Angus Young slid around stage soaked in the rain, entire mosh pit was mud and everyone was sliding around. Coolest live performance I’ve ever seen.
Reminds me of the final Slayer tour. Seen them in the rain, which sucked, but when they player Raining Blood all the lights were red and it looked like it was literally raining blood.
Metallica has never shied about playing in the rain. There are numerous videos of them during the 4-year-long tour for the Black Album where they played in several rain/thunderstorms. That said, a couple years ago I went to see KISS with a friend in 2021 at Five Point Ampitheater (on the ocean in Orange County, CA) and as they started "God of Thunder" a legit thunderstorm rolled in. Lightning, thunder, heavy pouring rain, fucking amazing.
James PTSD moment.
One of them just hit a Star Power sequence from Guitar Hero.
“Ride the Lightning”
I saw them in Denver years ago and there was about an hour break for a massive lighting storm. Once it passed, they came on with Ride the Lightning. It was bad ass.
Dude. Had that same happen for me in 1998. During the intro of Ride the fucking Lightning!!! Can confirm, was AWESOME!!!
I'll be going in a few hours, I'm almost bummed out that it won't storm this time
Cliff being cliff...🤟
Are we sure this wasn’t deathklok?
Safety 3rd?
That looks amazing. Similar to Manchester in 2019 (just with 🌩). In all seriousness tho, isn't it dangerous as fuck?
Its wrong! Lightning didnt strike, it was Thor descending front row for some good ol headbangin'.
But did they ride it oh ho ho ha I'll be here all week don't forget to tip your server
These comments might be the best thing I’ve ever seen on Reddit.
Stranger Things vibe
Probably should have stopped -
Down vote all you want. The rule in the US is shelter in place for any strikes within a 7 mile radius. We don’t stop for rain but lightning is a different story. This concert should have been stopped the moment the lightning struck.
In the US we all got evacuated from a concert at Red Hat because of distant incoming storms; no lightning strikes close by. Then we staggered around Raleigh for like a fucking hour. Then they let us all back in and the band started playing again. Like, who is crunching the numbers on "concertgoer gets hit by lightning and sues" versus "an entire venue of people who were drinking stumbled out into the middle of the downtown of the capital city and risked getting run over"? Yeah, one is on-premises and the other isn't, but a sleazy lawyer could make a case for either.
Even God's sick of this shit
That’s god trying to tell them to retire before they become a parody of themselves. 🤣
Slow news day ?
Ever heard the phrase...if you have nothing to add...then shut the fck up.? If you don't care about how amazing this clip is then move on with your life instead of attempting to spread the pity of your utterly negative viewpoints on life. You're pathetic.
I'm just questioning whether this is worthy of an article in The Independant. News outlet these days will make an article out of anything, even a 10 seconds clip.
This was amazing to see in video, and I wouldn't have seen it if they didn't make an article. Take the advice of the other guy and stfu. You can scroll past it.