"Are you guys having fun?" teases frontman James Hetfield, with an increasingly practiced twinkle in his eye. After that? The emphatically high-voltage jolt of Ride The Lightning. It's a pulse-quickening swerve that immediately spikes the adrenaline. Where logic and, momentarily, the artwork on their gargantuan video-screens, suggest that Set Two should begin with the concussive, time-tested ring of For Whom The Bell Tolls, they instead handbrake-turn into the classic, 100mph thrash madness of Whiplash. The first arrives straight out of the gate. And, although a simple process of elimination means tonight's setlist is inherently more predictable, they manage to keep a few surprises up their sleeves. No-one has the excuse to take it easy that they're skiving off work on a weeknight. There will be no snatching victory from the jaws of traffic-chaos defeat here. If Metallica's Thursday night masterclass on the main stage at Download 2023 felt like something of a steely surprise, Saturday's strident return comes loaded with far more of the weight of expectation.
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