It's a gateway for people to get into METALLICA. became the album, I guess, that people needed to have. It was the first veering off the studded path. A song called 'Fade To Black' was an instant thorn in the side of the metal community. Regarding the significance of the "Ride The Lightning" and "Metallica" albums, Hetfield said, " 'Ride The Lightning' started to splinter us off from your SLAYERs and other thrash bands. I think the Europeans are able to look at a festival more as an event than 'my favorite band is playing.' We're not necessarily trying to reproduce that in the States, but we'd like to bring a little taste of that here." Why wouldn't you? We're just trying to bring a little more of a mix to what is going on. When asked why METALLICA would want to do their own festival, guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield said in a recent interview, "First of all, because we can. Orion Music + More features multiple live music stages plus a lifestyle element that reflects each of METALLICA's bandmembers' many personal interests. Video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Escape" live for the first time ever last night (Saturday, June 23) at the Orion Music + More festival can be seen below. 'Escape' currently holds the record for going the longest without being played in its entirety live, within all songs written by Metallica, with 27 years, 10 months and 28. Metallica Performing Live Premiere Of Escape From The Album Ride The Lightning At Orion Music And. This was the first time the Ride The Lightning album was played in its entirety. Metallica Escape Orion Music And More Festival 2012. We put way more time into learning 'The Black Album' than 'Ride The Lightning'." 'Escape' was premiered live on June 23rd, 2012 at the first ever Orion Music + More festival. Over the course of the years, we've played most of 'Ride The Lightning', except for one song we've never done, 'Escape'. It's not like 'The Black Album,' where there are three or four songs that we rarely play. In an interview with CBS Local, METALLICA lead guitarist Kirk Hammett said, "I know 'Ride The Lightning' forwards and backwards. This was the first time that Ride the Lightning was performed in its entirety. This was the first time that Metallica performed in Atlantic City, NJ. This was the first of two shows at Orion Music + More, which is a festival curated by Metallica themselves. This will be the only time the band will perform these albums in North America in 2012. This was the 17th show that Metallica performed in 2012. METALLICA is headlining both nights of Orion Music + More and playing "Ride The Lightning" in its entirety one night and "The Black Album" in its entirety the other. METALLICA's two-day festival Orion Music + More kicked off last night (Saturday, June 23) at the popular Atlantic City, New Jersey concert venue Bader Feld.
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