METALLICA – Pro-Shot Live Footage Posted

Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song “Here Comes Revenge” on July 16th (Rocket’s 49th birthday) at Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto in Hämeenlinna, Finland can be viewed above.

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield spoke to Virgin Radio and said that “Here Comes Revenge” was inspired by the tragic death of a fan of the band. Hetfield explained: “There’s a couple that showed up at so many shows, and they got into METALLICA because their young daughter was a big fan, and she had gotten killed by a drunk driver.”

Hetfield continued: “It just hit me: ‘How can you guys find something positive in the world to connect you to your daughter again’ — which was METALLICA, the music she loved — ‘instead of just snapping and wanting to just become bitter and attack whoever did this?’ So I’m kinda putting myself in those shoes and how revenge must feel really powerful and great to do, but it doesn’t satisfy that urge.”

Hetfield previously told Australia’s Rolling Stone about the first time he met the couple: “[The guy] said, ‘My wife and I weren’t fans of the band, but we are now. Because our daughter was a big fan, and she got killed by a drunk driver.’

“She was young. How could you not be pissed off? How could you not want to go after somebody? But what they chose to do was embrace the music she loved and get to know her through the music and connect that way instead. They continue to show up at shows, which I love. We’re friends now. And they’ve gotten through something that I don’t think I could get through.”

“Here Comes Revenge” is taken from METALLICA‘s latest album, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”, which came out in November 2016.

METALLICA‘s “WorldWired” tour has played more than 130 shows across the world since its 2016 kick-off.

Last November, drummer Lars Ulrich told The Mercury News that the trek could last through early 2020.