 All right, here we go, we're live. Wait, I think we're live. All right, here we are, live. Yes, Jim, are you sure, are you sure we're live? We're live, live on the metal voice. What a surprise. Blindsided, blindsided, blindsided. Nobody saw it coming. There were hints. Somebody's walking around with directions. I didn't see it coming. I don't think anybody saw it. You know what, to keep such a secret like that from the music community, that's often Metallica. That's often Metallica, a teaser today. So here we go, here we go. The needle's on the vinyl. The last second show here, Alan. I'm just putting out the notes. All right, the album is gonna be called 72 Seasons. It's gonna be released on April 14th, 2023. And there's gonna be a world tour following the album. They're going through Europe. They're coming through Canada, the US, and going back to Europe. And Munchall is two of the dates. Yes, that's the good news. The bad news is they're gonna be performing at the Olympic Stadium. Yeah, but it's gonna be a 360. So they'll be like situated in the middle. That sound will be 362. Bouncing off the walls. The last show I saw at the Olympic Stadium, guess what it was? Metallica. Police. Oh, okay. Back in 1984. And you know what? I refuse to see a show there so I have no comment on what the sound is like. You can tell me. But if they put, it was horrendous. But if they put it in the middle, it might help. It just might help. Yeah, they echo might last longer, yeah. That's right. On August 11th and August 13th in Munchall. A year from now, oh my gosh. Well, I'm not a year from now, but in the next year, we'll say, right? So they come out with this new song, Blind Side It Again. The tour was a blind side. The new song was a blind side. The album coming out was a blind side. That's good. Hats off. I like that. I like that. That's good. It's getting, here. Here's your stuff, four months in advance. Don't talk to anybody before this date. Don't mention the name before this date. These guys are just like, this is what we're having here. It's out there. Now, here's the good and the bad. For the Pantera lovers out there, this is great news because they're opening on one of the dates. Five Finger Death Punch is opening on the second date or a vice versa, however they wanna do it. There's also Wolfie Van Halen, who's gonna be opening, opening as well as this other band that I can't remember their name right now. If anybody knows who they are, please, please advise me. So it's not, the Wolfie's band, Mammoth, no? Yeah, Wolfie's a Mammoth. Yeah, Wolfie's Mammoth. I don't know. I don't know. You think of Raven. Oh, Ice Nine Kills. That's who the other band is. Thank you, BFJS. Michael. So it's Ice Nine Kills. Wouldn't it be better to have Raven instead of Ice Nine Kills? Maybe Anthrax. Throwing him Megadeth, perhaps. I don't know, maybe I'm just too old school, I'm too old, Alan. Overkill. You're giving me that impression. Look, I get the math, the business math that they wanna do, bringing the young folks, bringing the young crowds to Metallica. I get that, I get that. If they put in Raven, they're scared, it's just gonna be you and me there, right? But anyways, all right, so let's get to this one. John Gallagher had enough with that. He had a headphone at a small club that had 100 people in it that we couldn't understand anything he was saying. I hate to see how that would sound on... But he opened up from Metallica in Florida just a few weeks ago, right? Yeah, I'm talking about the Olympic Stadium. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I got you. All right, man, so look. All right. Love the groove, love it, love it. The drums and the bass in sync. Like you wouldn't believe. I mean, I don't know if I can think of another Metallica song where it's like the rhythm section so in sync. The only thing is, and I love the groove, and you know, first of all, you said there's a new Metallica song. So my first impression is like, well, what's it gonna sound like? Because these guys have been 40 years into their career. You know, we both love Megadeth, but you can say that, you know, kind of the same format for the last 40 years where Metallica has been known to rightly or wrongly or enjoyable or not, explore a little bit, right? Yep. So now we say, okay, what's it gonna sound like? So I hear the opening riff. I love the hum of the amplifiers at the beginning. And you're like, okay, this is not just your typical, you know, revisiting, kill them all kind of thing. And then you get into the groove and you're like, ah, and then James vocals and that's what I was hoping. They would do something more mature, I guess would be the word. And I didn't, they didn't disappoint with this song. The only thing is that when the solo finally came in, upon the first listen, I said, what the hell's that? I said, like it didn't, like it's like what? I didn't understand the solo. It was a panic. It was a panic. Yeah, just, yeah. You know, Kirk Hammett, I mean, that guy's unbelievable, right? And these solos, we can name 10 solos that are our favorites from him easily. But this one, I'm like, so I said, I must have missed something because the rest of the song is fantastic. So let me go back and listen. And I'm listening, okay, it doesn't sound so bad the second or the third time. But that first listen, that solo came in and I, oh my gosh, this is terrible. It's like, they've progressed as a band on this song, but that solo takes you right back to like 1983, you know? But I think that's, a lot of people saying it's got to kill them all feel. The only kill them all feel I hear is that solo, that panic. Yeah, yeah, there's something. That panic solo, right? It doesn't fit with the rest of the song as far as I'm concerned. But upon subsequent listens, it didn't bother me as much as that first listen. And I love that, you know, Mota has overkill feeling and they're not false ending. They don't do it 10 times like Mota had used to do, but they do it, do it once or twice. So that's, and they kind of do that at the beginning too. So I mean, I love, and you know what? A Metallica song that's three minutes and what, 30 seconds? Yeah, yeah, yeah. When was the last time we had that? Well, I mean, hardwired till self-destruct had a lot, a few of those, right? Yeah, a few of those. It's a continuation of that. I don't know, I'm just, I'm loving it. I'm loving it, man. I'm just gonna see what the rest of them say. Because at this stage of their careers, my point is, I guess what I'm trying to get. At this stage of their career, I don't want to hear Kill'em All, you know? I don't want to hear Faith to Black. You know, I want to hear Damaging Incorporated. I don't want to hear, what is a mature band of these guys who are in their late 50s? What are they doing that's gonna separate them yet again from the pack? That's my hope for this album. And I'm not disappointed from what I heard today. That's good, that's good. I kind of like it too. I think if you remove the vocals, it'd be a mighty fine Megadeth song. You know, dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, you know that stop and go if you really listen carefully, right? And even the solo is very mustanish, early mustane type solo, right? That's just mine. But I do like to clean vocals from James. Like, you know, he used to be more rough, more, you know, yeah, yes, and more gruffy, but now he's really opening up the voice and he's sort of singing really clean. Is it the most memorable melody? Are you gonna sing it in the shower after we're done here, Alan? Or while you're lying in bed? You're not, you're not gonna remember this melody. But you will remember that it's a fun song to listen to. Yeah, and again. Can you think of the melody right now? No, I remember the amplifiers humming at the beginning and the amplifiers humming at the end. But again, you said last minute show, I didn't listen to it 600 times, you know? Well, you don't need to listen to it. And here's a good point. Where's the bass? I think we're going back to lowering the bass. Well, you know, I put on headphones and I'm going, where is the bass? You know, I listened to one section and the bass was complete. He was doing some amazing things. And the drums, like I said, they were in sync. They weren't doing their own different thing or the bass was just duplicating what the guitars are doing. But then you're right. Then it's like, okay, but apart from that wonderful section. The verse. Where did the bass go after that? Where did the bass go in the verse? It seemed like that. I gotta go back and listen to it, but the section that I heard, that's the one thing that stood out for me, is Lars's drumming and being in sync. At least that little section of the song, I was thoroughly impressed now. But I remember afterwards saying, hey, how come that didn't happen more? So I know what you're saying. Sort of like when the riffs break away, then you hear the bass sort of playing with the guitar, the sort of melody, right? But when he's playing the verse portion, it just kind of disappears in the sound. And I found the drumming, and I don't want to be too, I did like the drumming, but in a way it sounded programmed. Like it was too perfect. I do like the drum sound and I do like the pattern that he uses throughout the whole song. It's a good, great job, but it sound very programmed if you ask me. I put it on my headphones, I listened to it out loud, heard it like six times. I don't know. Everybody, do you agree or disagree on the programming on the drums? Do you agree or disagree on the bass is way too low in the mix? Should have been a little bit louder. Now, what do you think about the vocals? Do you want that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or do you want the nice clean vocals that James Hetfield is doing? Mike saying Lars wasn't sloppy for a change, but that's my point. I think he's better off being sloppy and sounding more real versus programmed. I want to hear a mature band. I want to hear, you know, James and I have one of our favorite bands, you know, together is, is definitely thin, Lizzie, you know, and a lot of things that was different. They'd always, nobody could, nobody can blame them for doing the same thing all the time, that's for sure. But, you know, that's mature songwriting. That's, and that's why I want Metallica to go, you know? And I think they've done it with this song. I'm just, I can't wait to hear what the rest of the album is going to sound like. All right, so just to give everybody, I did a little bit of research. I don't even know how to even, Lux, Atenar. Aten, Atenarna, Atenarna. Cause it's an A and an E, right? Atenarna. Eterna. Eterna. Yeah. Yeah, Eterna. Don't keep going, I love it. I love it. Lux, Lux, like in Lux, Lux Eterna, which is basically a religious Catholic chant when people are dying or have died. And that's kind of like the premise of it all. And I guess, I don't know where that picture of that album cover, you see that album cover? I don't see anything good. You woke me up and said, we're doing a show. Well, I mean, if you take a look at our little feed there, there's a little album cover there in the corner on the top right. It's like a baby crib and it's all black and like somebody, you know, put a bomb in there or something. And, yeah, it's really terrible. It's well, the album cover is not great, but. Yeah. I think they actually had, yeah. Yeah, go ahead. Lars's drumming is unbelievable on this, I think. I think it's great too. It sounds so good. It sounds programmed. It sounds programmed. Hmm. I don't know. I don't know. Also, it's called the album 72 Seasons and people are probably asking, why? Why, Alan? Why is it called 72 Seasons? Not a clue, man. It's the Japanese calendar. They subdivide and they micro divide all these seasons into 72 Seasons. We have four Seasons and they have 72. Apparently every few weeks, there's a season in Japan. So that's what it comes down to. So that's the whole concept. The concept that we were told from James, who will be our parents? A possible pigeon holding around what kind of personality we are. I am the most interested, I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of these bondage we carry. So what he's trying to say is that they want us to be a certain person or we're expected to be a certain person when we're kids and then we kind of break off into our own, but they want to keep us down. Something like that. Did you get what he was saying? I didn't get what he was saying. Yeah, I feel like you get it, I mean. 12 tracks on the album. 18, how many years has it been since their last one? 2000 and what, 16? Oh. Yeah, oh yeah. 77 minutes. Time flies. 77 minutes on this album. They like to write a lot of stuff. Produced by Greg Fieldman with Metallica's James Hetfield and of course Lars. 12 tracks, like I said, and there's a tour. What do you, what does everybody think about Pantera? I'm not a big fan of Pantera. I would have like Raven instead. So you got, so you got, wait. So just keep me current here. So you got Zach Wilde. Yes. You've got Charlie, but an auntie on the album. Yeah, that's right, yeah. Who you got on bass? What's his face, a guy from Pantera? What's his name? Yeah, yeah. Okay, and who's- And Phil on singing, right? So it's like half the band, really. Okay. Right? So night one. Love Charlie. Charlie's a good guy. And there's different versions of the opening acts in Europe versus in North America, but we got Pantera. So when's the European tour finishing? Well, it's kind of like mixed in with the North American tour. So they're starting off in Europe in April, Amsterdam, Paris, Hamburg, Gartenburg, then they're coming to Canada, Montreal, then they're going to Texas for Montreal, it's a long drive. Then they're going to California, St. Louis, and then they're going back to Europe. So in Europe there's a different, there are different opening acts, but in Canada it's Pantera, Mammoth from Van Halen, and the second night it's Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills. And they're doing two shows in every city? They're doing two shows in every city. Yeah. Wow. In Mexico they might be doing four. And what did you say about mixing up two different set lists per night? So what they said is, according to the press release was that there'll be two different set lists. So let's say they're playing Montreal Night One, they'll have one set list and night two they'll have a second set list. So people don't. AKA two different set lists. Thanks, thanks for clarifying, Jim. That was, for those of us that were. For those about to rock. Thank you for telling me. That's it. So what did everybody else rate the new song out of 10, everybody? Put in your comments. I'm giving eight because the solo would have put it out of 10. Yeah. I would put it at seven out of 10 because I really enjoyed the music portion but I was not too keen about the memorability of the melody. But I do like it. So they're saying, Mike's saying 8.5. Michael's saying eight out of 10. Yeah, that's right. Ben is saying 7.5 out of 10. So people seem to like it. I got Ernesto saying the support bands suck. I'm not a big Pantera fan there, Alan. You know that. I'm not a big Pantera fan. I'm not the biggest Pantera fan by any means. I'm glad we're doing our little top 10 list with Mr. LaTorre that he introduced us or reintroduced us to Pantera. And you can see why they were quite popular back in the day but you know, I think it's nice that they're keeping the memory alive. Yes. Sometimes life has circumstances that we don't foresee and you know, careers come to an end prematurely and people, you know, people just wanna hear the music. And I'm glad they're doing this as a dedication to their fallen friends. So that's how I see it. And I agree with you and no disrespect to Pantera. There's people who love the band. I could see that online, people love this band. And you know what? If that's what makes them happy, all the power to them, right? Parents said it's called No Repeat Weekend. That's what it's called. That's the sort of the phrasing of the event because they're not repeating the same songs twice. All right. So what else we got? We got Ernesto's at seven. Parents at nine out of 10. Rob is saying eight out of 10. Worthy of a 1990s B-side says John. Oh, ow. John Cousadas says eight. Mike says, not sure Zach is the right guy to do this. He's referring to Pantera. Zach was a great friend of Daim bag. Yeah, yeah. And you can only hear Enter Sandman once. I guess you could only hear it once. That's true, right? What are the ladies are gonna say? You two, okay, I gotta think about that one. Because you can't hear it twice on two nights. We said there's no repeat of the set list. Okay. So you can't hear it twice. But you could hear it in another city again. Jeannie saying nine out of 10. I guess that's the larger question. What do people want to hear? Right, are they gonna do an 80 set list one night or are they gonna mix it up or do a, you'd have to mix it up. Yeah, you'd have to mix it up, right. I would have liked to see what they did in Florida, like the first two albums and with Raven. But it's not gonna happen. We're gonna get Raven anyways, we'll get Anvil. Let's get Anvil. Get Anvil, get Raven, there you go. I think that's about it. We know that nobody wants Striper. Well, they should, but they don't want to put them on. That's fine. Here's another example of somebody disrespecting Striper and not putting them on, giving them a chance. You know what, the band sounds super tight to your point on this new song. The bass is kind of low. The drum sound kind of programmed, but overall it's a pretty good song. Yeah, at the beginning, yeah. I remember, when I heard the beginning, I said, I hope this is not the drum beat for the whole song, because it was gonna drive me crazy. Look at this, Genie says, I wasn't at the show in Florida and it was great. They brought out their A game, Raven played a short set, but we're good too. So there you go, it works. It works. Here's what scares me. What are the price of these tickets? Ha, ha, ha, ha. Hey, the price is the price, man. This is the cost to move things. These are big trades. They're playing stadiums. That's not gonna be a band with a couple of PAs in the back, man. This is, you know, or a couple of 100 Watts Marshalls. I mean, this is gonna take some money and gas and travel and paying people these days. Everything's gone up just to get a bite of milk for the after party show, that's kind of important. Never forbid you try to get a head of lettuce for the riders. Would you pay $400 for one ticket? I don't pay $400 for nothing, man. Ha, ha, ha. With people out there. I'm going the wrong way. Pay $400 for two nights. I'm going to clubs. I'm getting away from the arenas. I'm going to clubs where you can buy a ticket for 40, 30. 30 would be good. Two nights on the site Metallica, 1,040 US for two nights. Okay, but that's for two nights. That's a bargain. 1,040? Cheapest price is 500 to 700 US for two nights. This includes ticket, shirt, and VIP. That's a lot of money, five to 700 US. For night. Cheapest package for two nights. So you're getting, you're paying, let's say 700 US for two nights. So it's like 350, 350 a night. That's US, so you know, put that Canadian. What is it, like 1,500 or something? 400 bucks for nosebleeds. I paid $700 for two nights. Yeah, you misread that. You misread that. Parents said it's $500 for us. For us. He's inviting us to go with it. He's paying. Oh yeah, that's right. Okay, I'm okay with that. He said for us, so he's gonna pay for us. Good job, parents. Thanks for putting you in writing. All right. I don't know, I think that's a lot. I think that's a lot. I think we, I rather go see Metallica in our arena than the stadium, especially the Olympic Stadium. But hey, if everybody's happy and everybody wants to do it and everybody's gonna have a great night out, maybe that sort of round surround thing is gonna be cool. I don't know. Maybe it's gonna be a nice setup. Remember you too, they came here and they had that cool little roundy thing and people loved it. They paid like 400, 500 bucks for two nights. The Death Magnetic Tour here, they did it in the, well the stage was in the center of the arena. It was the arena though. That's different. Yeah, that's different. But it's not like this is not the first time they're doing this. They've done this on numerous previous tours, just it's gonna be on a bigger scale and one half of the arena will be with empty seats. They won't have any seats in this particular case in Montreal. Not like it's got a complete round bowl, right? So much else. And it'll be the end of our building because it'll be crumbling. All the cement that's been there in Crackings since 1976 will be, it will be complete destruction by the end of the night after Metallica plays. There might not be a second night. So I would only buy tickets for the first night because that building's not gonna survive another night. Yeah, yeah. Here in Montreal. John's saying, is there any update on the new metal church singer? No update yet. Alan, have you heard any updates? Alan hasn't even seen the cover of the new Metallica album. That'll church. No, I haven't heard. My money's on Robert Mason. He replaces everybody. Warrant, everybody. Robert Mason is, or our ever famous Ronnie Romero. There's a guy that plays with everybody and his uncle. Ronnie Romero, yeah. Ronnie Romero and Metal Church. Yeah, yeah. I don't know what I could see that happening. He had to leave the God-hard, he had to leave rainbow, he'd have to leave just too many of them. That's not the Ronnie, he's a working musician, he needs the bucks. Andrew Freeman is saying Perrin. Perrin's saying Andrew Freeman. I don't know, I wouldn't dig it with Andrew Freeman. He's too clean for Metal Church for me. It's not the voice. This is the second part of the show. He's more of a docking voice. Yeah, yeah. All right, that's it folks. Ronnie is in 10 bands. Yeah, I believe it. But give him a day, he might be in 11. Ripper Owens, what do you think? I like that Todd Michael Hall, what happened to him? Todd Michael Hall, he's good to sing. He can sing. Oh, Claudio, I like that suggestion. Yeah, Todd Michael Hall, he was on The Voice. I know. I don't know how long he lasted, but. You did good, man, but the problem with that is when you're older like us, no one takes you serious on The Voice, even if you have The Voice. They don't take any Metal guy serious on The Voice. Yeah, that's why we don't watch it. And you're better off watching the Metal Voice. That's right, we're not watching it. All right, that's it. I like that Todd Michael Hall. Good suggestion, Mr. John Cazuras. Nice one, Ray. All right, we're leaving. All right, bye, Nikta.