Metallica has long been a sports arena mainstay, whether an in-house arena goes with something obvious like “Enter Sandman” or a deeper cut like “Seek and Destroy.”
For Game 4 of the 2016 Stanley Cup Final, the San Jose Sharks are going beyond the DJ to have Metallica rev up the crowd by playing the national anthem.
(Let’s take a moment to either be sad or appreciative that the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, thus depriving the world of about a thousand bad “Ride the Lightning” puns.)
You can enjoy that performance by Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield in the video above and also see Hetfield explain why the Sharks could win it all in the clip below:
Want more Metallica and intro stuff? Of course you do:
🤘🇺🇸 METALLICA 🇺🇸🤘https://t.co/s6YCjX2IEG
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) June 7, 2016
"We're going to win tonight...That's how it is." The @SanJoseSharks have James Hetfield & @Metallica on their sidehttps://t.co/pC4kF8xJgm
— NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) June 6, 2016
#TuneUpTheTank. 🇺🇸#SJSharks #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/zKOfhzqnn4
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) June 7, 2016
The best show in the NHL starts now! #TurnUpTheTankhttps://t.co/RFFEBkr79r
— San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) June 7, 2016
.@Metallica waiting to open up the doors for the @SanJoseSharks #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/rdaQN3M2A4
— NBC Sports Hockey (@NBCSportsHockey) June 7, 2016
Never seen an athlete enjoy a national anthem more than Brent Burns did with Metallica's version of the Star Spangled Banner
— Don Brennan (@SunDoniB) June 7, 2016
Metallica ESP guitars used during National Anthem today available via #NHL Auctions: https://t.co/j0oJHmS3Qc. pic.twitter.com/0avPcCnPx9
— Sharks Community (@sjscommunity) June 7, 2016