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13. 6. 2004 Munich
Olympiastadion
Metallica / Slipknot
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What!!!!
These are 30.000 here, tonight?! - To me it rather seems like only about
500 lost souls in the dessert of Gobi. But, no surprise. 70.000 units
usually fit in in our old almost ancient Olympic stadium, when it's sold
out. But only bands like the Rolling Stones or Bruce Springsteen can
manage these numbers. However, what's up to commercial heavy metal,
Metallica belong certainly to the biggest acts so far. And because this
stylistic direction still belongs not to the major musical directions, the
status of Metallica is truly respectable. To be pushed up by a band like
Slipknot, it can only get even better afterwards. Bloody hell, - but
when god created slipknot, he probably created new musical dimensions. I'm
sitting here trying desperately to different the art of noise into a
logical harmony. And I can't manage. Out there on stage, eleven
individuals running and jumping around like mad, doing some sort of
subtropical raindance and make a lot of noise. Sorry, I'm really trying to
be objectiv and give those last years Grammy winners a chance. So I rather
leave it up to you to judge this performance before you're gonna hate me.
Only my collegue of Metal Hammer magazine has got the privilege to picture
them live on stage. That's why here live shots are missing. What a
shame really, because one thing what these Chippendales of Heavy
Metal certainly are...- very photogenic. |
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Metallica look like the good neighbour boys compared to the rubbermasks from before.Almost conservative you could call James Hatfield, Kirk Hammet, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo. Spectacularity comes mainly from the huge monitores on the right and left hand side of the stage showing parts of the movie "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" in the beginning. I hope they don't mean themselves by these pictures. Hatfield looks like a churchgoing bankclerk. Probably due to his self declared recent physical clean up. Kirk had his curly hair growing long again, because women prefer this look. Lars Ulrich beats up his drumkit like King Kong Snowwhite, and bassists are exchangeable anyway. That's why Rober Trujillo doesn't get the full respect of the fans yet. He fits in quite well, but noone exactly knows for how long. Anyway, the whole athmosphere is commercial, thanx to a unspectacular stage outfit, but the monitores and some pyro effects, which do quite well for the average reaction. It takes care for the neccessary impressions. Metallica really understand how to put themselves into the right shelf and do the perfect marketing including a merchandise stall in the size of a supermarket. "Enter Sandman" is still the frontburner. "Nothing Else Matters" touches the sentimental side within us, and several coverversions wake up memories. There's a goal reached in Metallica's carriere, where they can allow themselves anything without risk. Although the local sound conditions are more than just miserable. But this is not Metallica's fault. And thanx to the good spirits inside the famous bavarian beer, most of the audiance does not realize this weakness. Fans are split into two sections, on one hand those faithful Metallica poets, and on the other hand these Slipknot patriots. Whereby the last mentioned ones have already partly left quietly during the headliner set. One thing is for sure on this evening. France has beaten England in the first soccer game of the european soccer championship thanx to a penalty shooting mistake of David Beckham. In Metallica and Slipknots case it's still 1:1 with advantage for Metallica.... still.... |
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