In order to look into the future, it is important to observe the past. So said a wise man somewhere once. Either that or I read it on a fortune cookie last week after take-out from NaNa’s Kitchen; regardless the phrase is accurate, because history will always be relevant to your future, providing you pay attention. It is therefore fitting that as I take a brief look back at the year which was 2019, and peek into this new decade, we also acknowledge the exciting perpetual motion in the “2010s” which has got Metallica charging into a fourth decade.

Metallica might be taking some downtime, but as Robert Trujillo tells Steffan Chirazi, he is decidedly not. “He is already a better pick-player than I am, and the ideas he has flying around his mind are just something else,” enthuses Robert Trujillo about his son as he loses himself further in describing the extent of his favorite bass player’s talents. “Tye just has this incredible musical mind, I find myself in awe of it, and not only that, he is a top skater too. The kid’s a two-pronged Westside rep!”

Cat Cvengros – the VP of Development and Marketing at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley in San Jose, CA – explains to Steffan Chirazi that struggle does not discriminate, which is why we must all help without question.

Watch the boys warm up in the Tuning Room at every show during the last leg of the European Stadium Tour back in August 2019.