35 years into their careers, it's only natural Metallica's tamed a bit.
James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, the current members of the band that brought metal out of glam pants and into ripped jeans, now have an average age of 52.5, the requisite 2.5 kids per family, and the grey hair and therapy sessions to match.
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Metallica play on kid's toys
As promotion for their new album 'Hardwired. . . to Self-Distruct', Metallica perform 'Enter Sandman' using children's toys on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
On last night's episode of Jimmy Fallon, they showed off their cuddlier side, joining the host and house band The Roots for a charmingly lighter version of their 1991 hit, Enter Sandman.
With Hetfield on a toy clarinet, Hammett on melodica and Ulrich on (what else?) a Fisher Price drum, the song's once ominous chorus – "Take my hand, we're off to never-never land" – seems more suited to crib-side lullabies than, well, Guantanamo Bay torture cells.
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Jimmy, @Metallica, and @TheRoots perform "Enter Sandman" with classroom instruments! #FallonTonight https://t.co/CAoXZsr0Qv pic.twitter.com/8lyPMfDs14
— Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) November 17, 2016
The band were on the show spruiking their new double album, Hardwired... To Self-Destruct, their first since 2008's warmly received Death Magnetic.
In a unique strategy, they've been releasing a music video for each track from the album every couple of hours throughout the day, exclusively premiered through various media partners around the world, including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Australia's Triple M.
"Here Comes Revenge" has premiered over at @TripleMSydney! Watch it now: https://t.co/QJGVBOPseM pic.twitter.com/7fsDdt9KQn
— Metallica (@Metallica) November 17, 2016
A number of the clips are now streaming on the band's YouTube channel, including Murder One, a song and animated clip inspired by Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead, who died in December 2015.
Murder One, a reference to the name Lemmy gave his guitar amp, follows the singer from his days on tour with Hawkwind to the speed-induced epiphany that led to his forming Motorhead.
The clip was illustrated by Robert Valley, best known for his work for Damon Albarn's Gorillaz.