Metallica Concert-Charlottesville October 17, 2009

Over the weekend I traveled to Charlottesville to see Metallica at the JPJ Arena. This show was amazing. The opening bands were Gorjia and Lamb of God. They did a good job but the style of music that they play, vocals especially, resembles screaming and growling rather than actual singing. After they finished their warm up acts the concert opened with a mind blowing laser show. The song choice was relatively good; personally I think it focused a little too much on the new songs from the album Death Magnetic. They played seven out of the ten songs features on the new album along with eleven classics like Master of Puppets, Blackened, Enter Sandman, One, and Seek and Destroy. I was a little disappointed that a large portion of the crowd was not “getting into” the concert and just ended up standing in their seats with their arms folded. The only slight downside to the concert is when Metallica would seg-way between old songs and new ones. You realized at this point how great the classic songs were and how much you wanted them back. Overall the concert was a huge success I encourage you all to try and attend a concert.