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See Metallica Guitarists Join Lars Ulrich for Drum Solo in New Live Show Segment

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Metallica have added a segment to their live performance of “Now That We’re Dead” in which all four members play drums.

The song—a cut from their latest album, Hardwired…to Self-Destruct—now includes a roughly two-and-a-half-minute interlude in which guitarists James Hatfield and Kirk Hammett, as well as bassist Robert Trujillo, hammer away on drums along with drummer Lars Ulrich.

The clip below comes from a recent performance in Mexico City. The drum section begins around 5:50.

Christopher Scapelliti
Christopher Scapelliti

Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.