UPDATE: The band have uploaded professionally-shot footage of their long-awaited “Spit Out the Bone” performance. Check it out above.
Metallica returned to London’s O2 Arena last night amidst their U.K. tour behind Hardwired … to Self Destruct. The Big Four thrashers’ set doubled as a long-overdue christening for “Spit Out the Bone,” a whip-lashing old-school epic off last year’s LP that has since emerged as a huge fan favorite. Needless to say, diehards were on hand with cell phones out to capture the highlight’s fiery debut. Consider it good old fashioned heavy-metal wish fulfillment.