Watch Metallica's First—And Only—Live Performance of "To Live Is to Die"

Metallica have shared a live performance clip of the ...And Justice for All instrumental "To Live Is to Die," at the Fillmore in San Francisco, on December 7, 2011, during their four-night stand to celebrate their 30th anniversary as a band. The rendition is the only time Metallica have ever performed the song onstage.

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Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.