{"id":5753,"date":"2026-09-18T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2026-09-18T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:50:47","slug":"3-fun-facts-about-metallica-for-non-metalheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-fun-facts-about-metallica-for-non-metalheads\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Fun Facts About Metallica for Non-Metalheads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metallica has announced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FjZm6PQYQBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2027 North American tour dates<\/a>. So while you scramble for tickets, here are three fun facts about the band for non-metalheads planning to attend these stadium shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Literary Thrashers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_HSa1dEL9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time Metallica released their second studio LP, <em>Ride The Lightning<\/em>, the band was already ascending to the top of the thrash metal scene. And in a few years, they\u2019d almost single-handedly lift the underground genre into the mainstream. But they had more than speedy riffs and double-kick drumming. Metallica proved to be a like-minded bunch. \u201cFor Whom The Bell Tolls\u201d is named after Ernest Hemingway\u2019s 1940 war novel. The bleak reality of war and its lingering effects foreshadow Metallica\u2019s breakthrough single and first music video, \u201cOne\u201d. But also, the track\u2019s slower tempo set a blueprint for the colossal deep grooves on the Black Album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Make his fight, on the hill, in the early day,<br>Constant chill deep inside.<br>Shouting gun, on they run, through the endless gray,<br>On they fight, for they\u2019re right, yes, but who\u2019s to say?<br>For a hill, men would kill; why, they do not know,<br>Stiffened wounds test their pride.<br>Men of five, still alive, through the raging glow,<br>Gone insane from the pain that they surely know<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Great Cover Band<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metallica: Turn the Page (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qPOTEs_yTJo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of their success and how they transformed a musical genre, Metallica is often called the heavy metal Beatles. And like the Fab Four, this Bay Area quartet is also a great cover band. They have recorded a multitude of punk, metal, and classic rock covers by the Misfits, Diamond Head, and Thin Lizzy, among others. However, the band\u2019s reading of Bob Seger\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/bob-seger\/turn-the-page\">weary road tale<\/a> is quite the banger, considering how the Silver Bullet Band had already perfected it in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lars the Interviewer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Noel Gallagher: Life After Oasis | It&amp;apos;s Electric! | Apple Music\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZgECubQpcL4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lars Ulrich became a drumming legend by propelling his band through battering epics like \u201cMaster Of Puppets\u201d and \u201cOne\u201d, as well as the superbly sluggish grooves of \u201cEnter Sandman\u201d and \u201cSad But True\u201d. But you may not know that Ulrich hosted an Apple Music podcast called <em>It\u2019s Electric<\/em>. You can watch the archives online to hear an insight most music journalists don\u2019t have. Ulrich speaks to the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/the-meaning-behind-dont-look-back-in-anger-by-oasis-and-sound-advice-from-noel-gallagher\/\">Noel Gallagher<\/a>, Dave Grohl, Jack White, and others through the lens of a fellow traveler who\u2019s been there and done that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Mike Lewis Photography\/Redferns<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those planning to attend Metallica&#8217;s 2027 North American tour, a few random facts about the heavy metal icons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":5755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Mike Lewis Photography\/Redferns","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[70,78],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-5753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lists","tag-heavy-metal","tag-metallica"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Lists","term_id":14,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/lists\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"heavy metal","term_id":70,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/heavy-metal\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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