Metallicacontinued their week-longThe Late Late Showresidency on Tuesdaywith a blistering version of Fuel, their Grammy-nominated single from 1997sReLoad. James Hetfield delivered the pseudo-rapped intro (Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire) with his usual intensity, while Kirk Hammett handled the heavy lifting on the bluesy, accelerating riff.
Craig Ferguson jokingly introduced the band as a bunch of kids trying their luck in show business, emphasizing their good hygiene. The metal legends were promoting the10th anniversary Blu-Ray edition of their band documentarySome Kind of Monster, which is out November 24th.
Metallica will perform a song every night this week onThe Late Late Show, as Ferguson winds down his tenure on the long-running program. (The hosts final broadcast will be on December 19th, with British actor-comedianJames Corden then taking over.)What better way to celebrate Craigs awesome tenure at CBS than to come and shake the rafters for a whole week, drummer Lars Ulrich toldRolling Stone. Nothing to sell, nothing to promote (except a reissue DVD)purely hanging at Craigs personal request. Bring it!On Monday, the band deliveredan extra-heavy take on Hit the Lights,the first song they ever recorded.
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In related news, on Black Friday, Metallica will release avinyl pressing of their new track Lords of Summer. The band recently booked a slot at the first U.S. Rock in Rio festival, which will take place in Las Vegas next May and also feature acts like Taylor Swift and No Doubt. By the end of 2014, Metallica willreleasevinyl editions of 27 concert recordings from 2014. In the midst of all that activity, the quartet isalso focused on writing a new studio album; backin April, Ulrich told Rolling Stone the band was roughly in the fourth inning of writing songs for the LP.