It’s not their most famous gig, but it easily ranks as one of their coolest. On June 12, 2008, Metallica played one of the smallest shows of their career: a secret event in a basement beneath Grimey’s New And Preloved Music in Nashville.
No pyro, no giant stage, no thousands-strong crowd – just metal’s biggest band crammed into a low-ceilinged sweatbox. Plus, they ripped through a setlist that was just as big a throwback to their early club days as the barrelling thrash of their then-impending album, Death Magnetic.
