Metallica once attempted to recruit a different frontman, says James Hetfield

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Metallica once attempted to recruit a different vocalist in their early days, according to James Hetfield.

In a new segment on Sirius XM's Mandatory Metallica radio station entitled Road Dog Brothers, Hetfield says a lot of Metallica's “early memories were celebrated with a band called Armored Saint”.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.