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James Hetfield, Rob Halford Spotted Watching Turnstile at Festival

James Hetfield and Rob Halford were spotted at Norway’s Tons of Rock Festival taking in the set from Turnstile. The moment happened to be captured and shared via Turnstile’s Instagram…

Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter
James Hetfield of Metallica performs onstage at SoFi Stadium on August 25, 2023 in Inglewood, California; Rob Halford of Judas Priest performs onstage during the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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James Hetfield and Rob Halford were spotted at Norway's Tons of Rock Festival taking in the set from Turnstile.

The moment happened to be captured and shared via Turnstile's Instagram Story, which was then shared via Reddit. Seeing the Metal God watching Turnstile's set intently while Papa Het air drums is nothing short of heartwarming.

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Metallica's Love for Judas Priest

It's not surprising to see Halford and Hetfield hanging out together, especially since Metallica has long admired Judas Priest. In fact, during a book signing event in May, guitarist Kirk Hammett referred to Judas Priest as the "architects" of heavy metal.

As previously reported, Hammett, bassist Robert Trujillo and photographer Ross Halfin were on hand for the signing event in Germany for Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White. The event featured Hammett, Trujillo and Halfin going through various photos over the years and discussing them in front of the event's attendees.

One of the photos that was discussed was one that Hammett shared via Instagram from the Power Trip festival in October 2023. The photo is of Hammett and Hetfield rocking out to Judas Priest's set in a section between the stage and the fan barricade. Hammett captioned the photo, "Paying tribute to the Metal Gods."

Hammett said of the photo at this book event, "Their music means so much to us, and the way Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing played the guitars -- I mean, they are architects of what we now know as heavy metal, to put it bluntly. And James and I, we love Preist."

Naturally, many might take issues with Hammett's phrasing and would contend that Black Sabbath are the architects of metal. However, let's not kid ourselves about Preist's importance to the genre.

Hammett also touched on how much fun Metallica had at Power Trip and said, "We don't really get a chance to see bands, a lot of times, when we're playing a huge festival or something, because we're always backstage doing press or getting ready for the show or rehearsing or whatever. So when we did Power Trip, we got there early — a few days early — just so that we could see all the other bands. And it was great — the anticipation of seeing (Iron) Maiden, Priest, AC/DC [and] Guns N' Roses, and actually seeing them. It was a wonderful time."

Metallica M72 World Tour - 2024 Dates

Metallica's M72 world tour continues on July 5 and 7 with shows in Warsaw, Poland. A full list of remaining show dates are below.

7/5 & 7/7 – Warsaw, PL – PGE Narodowy
7/12 & 7/14 – Madrid, ES – Estadio Civitas Metropolitano
8/2 & 8/4 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
8/9 & 8/11 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
8/16 & 8/18 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium
8/23 & 8/25 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
8/30 & 9/1 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
9/20, 9/22, 9/27, 9/29 – Mexico City, MX – Foro Sol

Show 1 support: Pantera & Mammoth WVH
Show 2 support: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
Mexico City: Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on Show 1 of both weekends

Metallica is one of the most revered bands of all time with a catalog any up-and-coming band could only dream of having. It's impossible imagining the rock/metal landscape without them.

With this in mind, we did a deep dive on the mighty Metallica catalog focusing only on albums/EPs with new material (sorry, Garage Inc.) but excluding Lulu, their infamous 2011 collaboration with Lou Reed for obvious reasons (not sorry about that.)

Buckle in for a wild ride that will likely get very opinionated, because here is every Metallica song ranked from worst to best. Yeah-Yeah!

Author credits
(EB) = Erica Banas
(AE) = Anne Erickson
(SP) = Sara Parker
(ST) = Sydney Taylor

127. "Suicide & Redemption" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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126. "Purify" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

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125. "Shoot Me Again" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

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124. "My World" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

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123. "Attitude" - 'Reload' (1997)

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122. “Sweet Amber” - ‘St. Anger’ (2003)

Metallica_St-Anger_Elektra-3.jpgElektra

121. "The Unnamed Feeling" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

Metallica_St-Anger_Elektra-4.jpgElektra

120. “Hell And Back” - ‘Beyond Magnetic’ (2011)

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119. "Bad Seed" - 'Reload' (1997)

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118. "Lords of Summer" - Single (2014)

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117. "Murder One" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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116. “Don’t Tread On Me” - ‘Metallica’ (1991)

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115. "Just a Bullet Away" - 'Beyond Magnetic' (2011)

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114. "Better Than You" - 'Reload' (1997)

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113. “Am I Savage?” - ‘Hardwired… To Self Destruct’ (2016)

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112. "The Unforgiven III" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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111. "Slither" - 'Reload' (1997)

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110. "Broken, Beat & Scarred" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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109. "Invisible Kid" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

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108. "The Judas Kiss" - ‘Death Magnetic’ (2008)

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107. "Devil's Dance" - 'Reload' (1997)

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106. "Dirty Window" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

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105. “Here Comes Revenge” - ‘Hardwired… To Self Destruct’ (2016)

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104. "The Unforgiven II" - 'Reload' (1997)

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103. "ManUNkind" - Hardwired...To Self-Destruct (2016)

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102. "Cyanide" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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101. "Hate Train" - 'Beyond Magnetic' (2011)

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100. "The Shortest Straw" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra.jpgElektra

99. "Some Kind of Monster" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

Metallica_St-Anger_Elektra-7.jpgElektra

98. “You Must Burn!” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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97. "Wasting My Hate" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra.jpgElektra

96. "Prince Charming" - 'Reload' (1997)

Metallica_Reload_Elektra-6.jpgElektra

95. "Thorn Within" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-1.jpgElektra

94. “Crown of Barbed Wire” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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93. "Carpe Diem Baby" - 'Reload' (1997)

Metallica_Reload_Elektra-7.jpgElektra

92. "The House Jack Built" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-2.jpgElektra

91. "Where the Wild Things Are" - 'Reload' (1997)

Metallica_Reload_Elektra-8.jpgElektra

90. "Poor Twisted Me" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-3.jpgElektra

89. "The Outlaw Torn" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-4.jpgElektra

88. "Rebel Of Babylon" - 'Beyond Magnetic' (2011

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87. “Chasing Light” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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86. "Ronnie" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-5.jpgElektra

85. "Holier Than Thou" - 'Metallica' (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-1.jpgElektra

84. "Of Wolf and Man" - 'Metallica' (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-2.jpgElektra

83. "Cure" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-6.jpgElektra

82. "The Struggle Within" - 'Metallica' (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-3.jpgElektra

81. "Confusion" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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80. “Hero Of The Day” - ‘Load’ (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-7.jpgElektra

79. "All Within My Hands" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

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78. "St. Anger" - 'St. Anger' (2003)

Metallica_St-Anger_Elektra-9.jpgElektra

77. “Frantic” - ‘St. Anger’ (2003)

Metallica_St-Anger_Elektra-10.jpgElektra

76. "My Apocalypse" - Death Magnetic (2008)

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75. “Screaming Suicide” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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74. "My Friend of Misery" - 'Metallica' (1991)

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73. "Halo On Fire" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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72. “Sleepwalk My Life Away” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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71. "Through the Never" - 'Metallica' (1991)

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70. “Escape” - ‘Ride The Lightning’ (1984)

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69. "The End of the Line" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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68. "Mama Said" - 'Load' (1996)

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67. “Too Far Gone?” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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66. “No Remorse” - ‘Kill ‘Em All’ (1983)

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65. "Ain't My Bitch" - 'Load' (1996)

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64. "The God That Failed" - 'Metallica' (1991)

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63. "That Was Just Your Life" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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62. “If Darkness Had a Son” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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61. "Dream No More" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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60. “Phantom Lord” - ‘Kill ‘Em All’ (1983)

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59. "- Human" - 'S&M' (1999)

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58. "2 x 4" - 'Load' (1996)

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57. "All Nightmare Long" - 'Death Magnetic' (2008)

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56. “Room of Mirrors” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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55. "Now That We're Dead" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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54. "(Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth" - 'Kill 'Em All' (1983)

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53. “Jump In The Fire” - ‘Kill ‘Em All’ (1983)

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52. "Fixxxer" - 'Reload' (1997)

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51. “Inamorata” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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50. "The Memory Remains" - 'Reload' (1997)

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49. “72 Season” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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48. "The Thing That Should Not Be" - ‘Master of Puppets’ (1986)

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra.jpgElektra

47. "No Leaf Clover" - 'S&M' (1999)

Metallica_SM_Elektra-1.jpgElektra

46. "Dyers Eve" - ‘...And Justice for All’ (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra-1.jpgElektra

45. "Atlas, Rise!" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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44. “Shadows Follow” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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43. "Fuel" - 'Reload' (1997)

Metallica_Reload_Elektra-11.jpgElektra

42. "Metal Militia" - ‘Kill 'Em All’ (1983)

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41. “Until It Sleeps” - ‘Load’ (1996)

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40. “The Four Horsemen” - ‘Kill ‘Em All’ (1983)

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39. "Ride the Lightning" - 'Ride the Lightning' (1984)

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38. "To Live Is to Die" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra-2.jpgElektra

37. "Motorbreath" - 'Kill 'Em All' (1983)

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36. “Leper Messiah” - ‘Master of Puppets’ (1986)

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra-1.jpgElektra

35. "Bleeding Me" - ‘Load’ (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-12.jpgElektra

34. "Spit Out the Bone" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

Metallica_Hardwired_Blackened-Recordings-9.jpegBlackened Recordings

33. "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra-3.jpgElektra

32. "Low Man's Lyric" - 'Reload' (1997)

Metallica_Reload_Elektra-12.jpgElektra

31. "Eye of the Beholder" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra-4.jpgElektra

30. "Moth Into Flame" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

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29. “Trapped Under Ice” - ‘Ride The Lightning’ (1984)

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28. "Disposable Heroes" - 'Master of Puppets' (1986)

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra-2.jpgElektra

27. "Orion" - ‘Master of Puppets’ (1986)

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra-3.jpgElektra

26. "Hardwired" - 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' (2016)

Metallica_Hardwired_Blackened-Recordings-11.jpegBlackened Recordings

25. "...And Justice for All" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

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24. "The Call of Ktulu" - 'Ride the Lightning' (1984)

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23. “The Day That Never Comes” - ‘Death Magnetic’ (2008)

Metallica_Death-Magnetic_Warner-Bros-8.jpgWarner Bros.

22. "King Nothing" - 'Load' (1996)

Metallica_Load_Elektra-13.jpgElektra

21. "Harvester of Sorrow" - ‘…And Justice for All’ (1988)

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20. "Blackened" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra-7.jpgElektra

19. "Wherever I May Roam" - 'Metallica' (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-7.jpgElektra

18. “Lux Æterna” - ‘72 Seasons’ (2023)

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17. "Hit the Lights" - 'Kill 'Em All' (1983)

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16. "Creeping Death" - 'Ride the Lightning' (1984)

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15. "Fight Fire with Fire" - ‘Ride the Lightning’ (1984)

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14. "Whiplash" - 'Kill 'Em All' (1983)

Metallica_Kill-em-All_Megaforce-8.jpgMegaforce

13. "I Disappear" - 'Mission: Impossible 2 Soundtrack' (2000)

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12. "Nothing Else Matters" - ‘Metallica’ (1991)

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11. “Fade To Black” - ‘Ride The Lightning’ (1984)

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10. "Enter Sandman" - 'Metallica' (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-9.jpgElektra

9. “The Unforgiven” - ‘Metallica’ (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-10.jpgElektra

8. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" - 'Master of Puppets' (1986)

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra-4.jpgElektra

7. "Seek & Destroy" - 'Kill 'Em All' (1983)

Metallica_Kill-em-All_Megaforce-9.jpgMegaforce

6. "Battery" - 'Master of Puppets' (1986) 

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra-5.jpgElektra

5. "Sad But True" - 'Metallica' (1991)

Metallica_Metallica_Elektra-11.jpgElektra

4. "Damage, Inc." - ‘Master of Puppets’ (1986)

Metallica_Master-of-Puppets_Elektra-6.jpgElektra

3. "One" - '...And Justice for All' (1988)

Metallica_And-Justice_Elektra-8.jpgElektra

2. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" - 'Ride the Lightning' (1984)

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1. "Master of Puppets" - 'Master of Puppets' (1986)

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Erica Banas // Rock Music ReporterWriter
Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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