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Of all 16 songs on opening night, this is the one that got us. “The Call Of Ktulu” was dedicated to Cliff Burton, played just days after the 40th anniversary of his death on 27 September 1986.

Close to nine minutes, no vocals, the Sphere’s giant screen all around – and it still felt like it was about the bassist who helped write it 🖤

Fan-filmed footage below.

#CliffBurton #Metallica

“Wherever I May Roam” at the Sphere comes with a train ride past the world’s most famous landmarks that ends right at the Sphere itself 🚂 Fan-filmed on opening night.

Opening night at the Sphere, 1 October – all 16 songs:

• Battery / Creeping Death / Now That We’re Dead / Sad But True
• The Shortest Straw / Wherever I May Roam / The Day That Never Comes / …And Justice For All
• Kirk & Rob doodle / Nothing Else Matters / The Call Of Ktulu / Lux Æterna
• Ride The Lightning / The Memory Remains / Seek & Destroy / Master Of Puppets

Below is the fan-filmed “Master Of Puppets” closer. Thanks to the No Repeat Weekend format, the second show of each weekend gets a completely different set.

#Metallica

Metal for a good cause, anyone?

Shelter Helper 5 hits Tapper on Saturday 14 November with Herald, Hukk, Elukas, Janine Bravo and more, and 100% of the ticket money goes to animal shelters. Doors 17:00, tickets €30, and volunteers from Varjupaikade MTÜ will be there too 🐾

Already looking at August 2027: #InfectedRain are among the first 30 bands confirmed for Reload Festival in Sulingen, Germany (12–14 August), on a bill headed by Electric Callboy and Heaven Shall Burn.

Club show in the rain or metal by the pool?

Infected Rain’s next gig is Full Metal Holiday on Mallorca, the festival-meets-holiday at Iberostar Waves Club Cala Barca. They play week two (20–27 October), and their tour page has them on 24 October in Santanyí. Tarja, Skindred and Beast In Black are on that Part 2 line-up too 🏝️

#InfectedRain #FullMetalHoliday

In case it slipped past you last winter, Lena joined Chris Harms on Lord Of The Lost’s “Would You Walk With Me Through Hell?”, a duet from their album “OPVS NOIR Vol. 2”, released by Napalm Records in December 2025. Lena said she “loved every minute of working on it” 🖤

Did anyone have a Berserk-inspired power ballad on their 2026 bingo card?

Beast In Black just released “Lost Children”, the next song from their upcoming fourth album “Fear The Beast”. Anton Kabanen built it around the Lost Children chapter of the Berserk manga, and Yannis Papadopoulos carries the whole thing with a huge vocal performance 🖤

The video comes from director Katri Ilona Koppanen, who has worked with the band before. The #powermetal crew can catch them live in London on 26 October.

Here’s the second taste of “Antillia”. Artificial Brain have released “Planet: Carrion” with an official video, and the full album lands on 13 November through Profound Lore.

What we know so far:
• 9 tracks, opening with “The Wandering Star Prion” and closing with “Antillia (in Chromatic Aberration)”
• Recorded and mixed by Ian Jacyszyn
• Mastered by Colin Marston
• Lineup: Mike Paparo, Dan Gargiulo, Oleg Zalman, Samuel Smith and Alex Tomlin

Which one are you spinning more so far, this or “Quantum Malignancies”? #techdeath