Metallica Release Live Video of ‘Blitzkrieg’ in Florida

The celebration of Jonny and Marsha Zazula continues as Metallica unveil one other pro-shot video from their current tribute present in Florida. First, they shared “Phantom Lord,” and now followers get to expertise Metallica’s pummeling efficiency of “Blitzkrieg.” Test it out within the participant beneath.

Watch Metallica Carry out “Blitzkrieg” Reside in Florida

“Blitzkrieg” was initially launched by the English heavy steel band Blitzkrieg because the B-side to their 1981 single for “Buried Alive,” and was later featured on their debut studio album, A Time of Modifications.

Metallica included “Blitzkrieg” as a part of the setlist for his or her first-ever live performance on March 14, 1982, at Radio Metropolis in Anaheim, California. Over the 40 years since that gig, it has been a little bit of a rarity within the reside setting, however they did embody it as a B-side to their “Creeping Demise” single in 1984, and Elektra additionally added it to their 1988 reissue of Kill ‘Em All. Later, in 1998, it was featured on the second disc of Storage Inc. as a part of the Storage Days Revisited ’84 songs.

In a 2016 interview, Blitzkrieg vocalist and songwriter Brian Ross mentioned about Metallica’s cowl, “Clearly it was an honor for them to do this. It was very nice for them to say that we influenced them of their early days and truly nonetheless do affect them apparently, as a result of each time a brand new Blitzkrieg album comes out, Lars [Ulrich] is on the telephone saying, “Can I get a duplicate of this, please?””

Followers can stream and obtain Metallica’s old-school present in honor of the Zazulas right here.

Metallica Share Photograph With the Zazula Daughters

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