If heavy music has a capital city, it’s wherever Metallica are playing that night.
A sea of black t-shirts and beards packed into Marvel Stadium on a cold, rainy Saturday night to witness greatness live in the flesh.

Suicidal Tendencies opened up and absolutely ripped. Jay Weinberg truly is a beast and was a standout behind the kit.

Evanescence then hit the stage and gave us an hour long set filled with all the hits. Can confirm. Amy Lee has the voice of an angel.

Then the lights went black.

‘Creeping Death’ opened the set and it was chaos from the first note. The pit lit up like a storm. But it was ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ that really cracked the place open. That riff still does something to people.

From there, it was classic Metallica. All muscle. No mercy.

‘Fuel’ was pure carnage. ‘Sad But True’ and ‘The Unforgiven’ hit with a different kind of weight, the kind that only comes from four decades of scars and swagger.

When Kirk and Rob broke into The Living End’s ‘Prisoner of Society’ as an ode to Melbourne, it just fit perfectly.

‘Seek & Destroy’, ‘Master of Puppets’, and ‘Enter Sandman’ were something else entirely. Songs that still hit as hard as the first time you heard them on a scratched CD.

Metallica aren’t a nostalgia act. They’re a machine that still outplays, outlasts, and outlives everyone.
Decades deep, still finding new gears. Still the loudest band on earth.

Metallica M72 World Tour – Australia & New Zealand 2025

Sat 1 Nov 2025 – Optus Stadium – Perth, WA
Wed 5 Nov 2025 – Adelaide Oval – Adelaide, SA
Sat 8 Nov 2025 – Marvel Stadium – Melbourne, VIC
Wed 12 Nov 2025 – Suncorp Stadium – Brisbane, QLD
Sat 15 Nov 2025 – Accor Stadium – Sydney, NSW
Wed 19 Nov 2025 – Eden Park – Auckland, NZ

Tickets via livenation.com.au

REVIEW: Metallica - Marvel Stadium, Melbourne.