#304 METALLICA M72 TOUR CONCERT REVIEW

“It was almost too big…”

Get ready for a rebuttal from “Captain Backpedal” after being challenged to a fight on a “goat farm”, discover the “magic number” required to transform your twanglification levels “from sea level to skyrocket”, remember that “four fingers is all it takes”, understand that “convenience can be creepy”, and prepare to “plug it into the house backline” and park it in “The Red Deck” when you JOIN US as we break down our critique of the recent M72 TOUR STOP at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, June 3 , 2025, featuring SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, PANTERA, and the unstoppable force of metal known as METALLICA!

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “They’ve been around since 1979…they have to have more songs than #TheBreakfastClubSong (#SimpleMinds)…” / #onehitwonders / “Wouldn’t it be a shame if he’s got a whole album that’s killer but…”/ “Dirty Monkey Banana Peanut Butter?” / #uncorking / “He pulled it right out…clean.”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “That’s headache fuel right there…put that on some ice cream…a milkshake with that in it…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #CreatureComforts / “Wait, they’re getting paid…in college!?” / #Paradiso #WatermelonAndSalt #Tart #daydrinking / “Tastes like the white part versus the red part?” / #boatbuddy

(06:06): “When we got home…after the show…” / “I’m surprised y’all don’t have more listeners…”/ #profananity / “I don’t think it’s the burps…”/ ***PATREON US!!! JOIN US over at the Patreon at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / #PatreonShoutout #MetalNerderyPatreon / “It’s y’alls month…”/ *** EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** / “Great ANALysis…” / “Shame, shame, Russell…”/ “I challenge you to fight me on my #goatfarm…”/ “Captain Backpedal…”/ ***FOLLOW US on the #socialmedia at #TikTok #YouTube #Instagram #Facebook and VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** / “Oh, I gotta push play…”/ #ThePostReturns

(13:08): “Ohhhh…you emptied it into your facehole…”/ “Has anyone watched the #ShaneGillis show?” / “I dunno if you can get #blackoutdrunk on beer…”/ The mathematical formula for achieving blackout drunkenness and/or uncontrollable projectile vomiting / #RussellsReflectionsASMR #Metalsome / “It’s like a weird, music stranger orgy…”/ “So he admitted he was wrong?” / #HeavyMetalKaraoke / “They were plugging into the house backline…”/ “Heyyyyy youuuu…”

(22:30): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: M72 CONCERT REVIEW TOURSTOP IN ATLANTA GEORGIA AT MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM – METALLICA, PANTERA, AND SUICIDAL TENDENCIES!!! / #TheRedDeck #MercedesBenzStadium / Seeing #Metallica 30+ years ago versus seeing them on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 / “The only real downside…”/ “It was noise salad…”/ “We had good seats…”/ “It was almost too big…”/ “#Pantera got fucked on the bass…” / “We gotta get in better shape just to be able to go to concerts…”/ “It was kinda like watching a movie with subtitles: do you read your movie or watch your movie?” / “The biggest disappointment to me was the sound…”/ “Here’s the weird thing…” / #unpopularopinion #herewego / “They’re not a stadium band…”/ “They’re the same thing as The Stones…of metal…”/ “Even with #SuicidalTendencies opening, it was weird…”

(33:30): “When I saw Metallica back in the 90’s…” / #ticketstubmontage / “I wonder how many employees they have?” / #psychicconcertreview #AJC / “So Wednesday night at 8:19 it’s saying that 2 days ago we posted that story…”/ “The show was awesome but the sound left something to be desired…”/ “They didn’t play anything off of Trendkill or Reinventing…”/ “Pantera is a young man’s game…”/ “It left a different taste in my mouth…than the first time…it didn’t set right with me…”

(40:33): “There was no deep cuts…”/ #setlist / “I don’t know if y’all noticed or not, but they made him (Lars) hang for an extra measure or two (during One)…” / #balls / “The crowd went crazy!” / “It’s very cool…but very surprising…”/ “Why not just do an #EveningWith show?” / “The closest thing I could think of to compare it to…it was weird…but they’re still doing it…”

(47:22): “What were y’alls highlight picks for the night?” / “I guess they had all the sound stuff underneath the stage…”/ NOTE: that remark was supposed to be “groupies” and definitely NOT “roadies” / “It was nice having the parking deck attached to the actual venue…”/ “Four fingers is all it takes…same with a lady…”/ “Did you hear any screwups?”/ “I have a weird feeling that somebody got their butthole chewed out about the sound…”/ “Do you have it turned past 1!?” / “See THAT sounded killer…”/ “It took an hour between Pantera and Metallica…and you couldn’t hear the music playing between bands…usually there’s a final pulse (sound) check…” / “Usually you still get a little bit of that, just to build the anticipation…maybe it’s because we’re used to the old school way…”/ #feedbackometer

(56:56): “The merch lines were ridiculous…”/ #limitededitionposter / “At the whole place, there’s only 2!?” / “What if when you buy a ticket, you can click the merch option?” / “I thought you said #HotPocket dude…”/ #grabandgo / “It’s a little creepy…I don’t understand how they know what I got…”/ “It’s a weapon if you don’t…”/ “I still don’t understand…how the fuck does it know!?” / “Convenience can be creepy, sir…”/ “$3 for a water and $2 for a Coke…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! BE SURE TO CATCH METALLICA ON THE #M72WORLDTOUR THROUGH THE END OF 2025 AND BEYOND!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel