Deftones just played their last song. The Metallica boys just arrived at the venue, they will shortly jump in the Meet & Greet with Fanclubberz. I was lying earlier, it ended up raining like a MuthaF*, but now, hopefully, we should be all set.

Nurburg, Germany, ready to rock in the ring..ROCK AM RING Festival! The last day of the festival and it is pretty much the same line-up as we had two days ago at the Rock Im Park show. The doors opened at noon, the first act, Boysetsfire, just walked on stage at 2:50pm. The band is scheduled to arrive around 5:30, they are coming in from Berlin. We had some rain earlier in the morning, but it looks like it cleared up now. Pics on the way...MOT

Context is everything. Yesterday, at the stadium show, Metallica certainly played hard and strong, but tonight, at the Park Wuhlheide in Berlin, Germany, they sniffed the air, caught the gasoline wafting from the until-8.35pm-were-quite-sedate crowd and decided not simply to put a match to them, but a canon of flame throwers. Quite simply, this was a superb show, smoking last night's previously-really-really-good set and adding further proof to the theory that these chaps never stopped touring, they just tok a little onger than usual off (production chief Dan Braun told me that, and I agree wholeheartedly).Opening with a fierce 'Battery', Metallica never looked back tonight, instead continuing to regenerate the energy being thrown their way tenfold. It really is a strange thing, given the fact that for the 4 hours prior to the band walking on-stage, it felt like a Sunday afternoon. And I mean that in the sense of how calm, cool and collected the band were. No-one could've predicted the energy that would come, nobody could have predicted the previously sleepy crowd's 180 degree turn and explosion into a frenzy and maybe more than anything, no-one could've predicted how FUCKING EXPLOSIVE THIS GIG WOULD TURN OUT TO BE. Set-list in the usual Nic place, and hey, before I sign off, can I tell you how much I noticed the guys enjoying '...Sandman' tonight? The crowd didn't mind it either!!! A good one indeed...

One more song to go...The crowd is fucking LOUD! Very cool place to see a show, you have a great seat no matter where you are. Setlist to come, plus pics on the way.

I forgot to tell you that yesterday the legendary band ANTHRAX came to the show, and hung out with the boys all night. Need proof? Check out the pix

We had one other band joining us tonight, Disturbed. They just walked off stage after about an hour long set. The Metallica crew is getting ready for our boys to hit the stage. According to the schedule, Metallica will hit the stage at 8:35. Don't tell anyone, but I think they will open with Battery :)The band of course took time out of their day to say hi to some of the Clubberz that won a backstage pass. Check out the pix...MOT:)

Another day, another show...and I have now taken over from Niclas to offer true light and perspective on the events taking place (until I'm bumped again for tastier metal scribes!)...it's tour time again, the slumbering beast is awakening with vengeance and tonight's show is at a Berlin ampitheater which aparently sold-out within two hours of tickets going on sale. So expect some pretty raucous stuff tonight, and keep yer eyes peeled 'cause we're gonna tell you about it.

Setlist from tonight's show is posted. Also, some video footage of Lars and Rob during the Promo Tour in Milan Italy.

We are 7 songs in to the Nurnberg - Rock Im Park show. So far we have Hit The Lights, The Four Horsemen, Leper Messiah, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Harvester Of Sorrow, Frantic and Sad But True. The band just started on St. Anger. I am working on getting some pics up for you. I also put together a 5 minute video from Milan the other day. A "typical" promo-day for Lars & Rob. Should be up within the next hour or so...MOT

ARE YOU READY? METALLICA IS FUCKING READY! Get ready for the first official EURO-FESTIVAL-TOUR-2003. We are in Nurnberg, Germany at the Frankenstadion. We are joined by a few other bands at this festival. Disturbed, Queens of the Stone Age, Deftones and Marilyn Manson. Deftones is about to go onstage. Yesterday night Metallica spent about 2 hours here at the stadium doing rehearsals. Check out the pix...MOT