Metallitia (Irish Metallica Tribute) Celebrate 20 Years Of The Black Album

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TheVillageVenue.com presents
METALLITIA
THE BLACK ALBUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR!
Friday 18th May|The Village| Doors 8pm|

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THE BLACK ALBUM 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR!
To mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Metallica’s legendary ’BLACK ALBUM’, Ireland’s No 1 tribute band, METALLITIA, are presenting a 20th Anniversary Tour which will see the guys perform the album in its entirety from start to finish as a major segment of their show. To compliment this, a selection of classic tracks taken from other albums in the Metallica back catalogue will make up the rest of the show.


‘THE BLACK ALBUM’ is as close to the perfect mainstream heavy metal album as Metallica (or anybody else, for that matter!) have ever released. It marked the group’s transition from cult metal heroes to global superstars, with shorter compositions, simpler song structures, and slower tempos overall and featuring some of the best songwriting Metallica has ever done. 6 hit singles – ‘Enter Sandman‘, ‘Wherever I May Roam‘, ‘Sad But True‘, ‘Don‘t Tread on Me‘, ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and ‘The Unforgiven’ – are all bona-fide hard rock classics, with killer hooks, solid grooves, and the latter ballad is as powerful and moving as any song they’ve ever done. But overall, this is a high-energy album despite its laid-back approach and smooth production.


Released on August 12, 1991, the gestation of THE BLACK ALBUM was a difficult and troubled one as differences of opinion and approach between the band and producer, Bob Rock, were an ongoing feature. But no doubt about it, the craft and perseverance paid off; the album debuted at number one in ten countries including the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and spent four consecutive weeks at the top spot of the US charts, making it Metallica’s first album to top the album charts. Metallica is also the group’s best-selling album, selling more than 28 million copies worldwide, so far, and regularly features in Best Metal Album of All Time awards.
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METALLITIA are the original “DROGHEDA LOCAL HEROES” after winning the title of Ireland’s #1 tribute band when they won RTE’s inaugural Reality Rock Show run over 5 weeks a couple of year’s back.
The self-proclaimed local “hard-rock heroes” are Flash on vocals and guitar, Kieran McDonnell on lead guitar, Paddy Levins on bass guitar and Toalza on drums.


The Drogheda rockers formed ten years ago as lifelong friends and fans of Metallica, and have been gigging across the UK and Ireland ever since.
They aim to give crowds a taste of the epic band “in your local” and boast furious high-energy performances as close to the real thing without the huge venues and ticket prices.


The band’s highlights during the last two years included playing at Ireland’s tribute festival Sham Rock and featuring in an RTE reality show which saw them win a place on the headlining bill for Europe’s top tribute festival Glastonbudget in England.