Bands making movies has always been a risky business. When they work, they’re monumental: the Beatles affirmed their mainstream fame with A Hard Day’s Night and Eminem swept up awards after 8 Mile. However, there are four or five Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Parks or Vanilla Ice Cool As Ices for every one of those triumphs.
Surely though, if there were one band that could have successfully thrust metal onto the silver screen, then Metallica would have been the safest bet. The Four Horsemen are global superstars and the biggest heavy band of all time after all, and they have one of music’s most awe-inspiring live shows to boot. So, how come when it came about, their effort was such a disaster? A decade down the line – and in a career that also includes St Anger, Lulu and that Napster debacle – Metallica: Through The Never remains one of Metallica’s greatest missteps.
