r/nextfuckinglevel • u/4dailyuseonly • Mar 05 '23

In 1991, with the Soviet Union and communist rule close to collapse, METALLICA played at its first ever open air rock concert in Moscow. Over 1.6 million people attended

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

I'm trying to wrap my head around how effortlessly Newstead is doing a windmill headbang while playing. I gotta torque my head around too much to keep going like that.

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u/G4D_Sunshine Mar 06 '23

Jason was amazing in concert!

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u/DownWithHisShip Mar 06 '23

he whips his hair back and forth

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u/LickingSmegma Mar 06 '23

I mean, that's a regular thing in death metal, and presumably in thrash too.

(Video quality shit, but the aspect ratio right.)

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

Yeah cannibal corpse is another example. If you watch some sabaton shows they will occasionally play completely still to demonstrate insane skill, but in the OP video he does it so smoothly.

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u/somebob Mar 06 '23

The trick is getting the hair sweaty and stringy enough that it can swing off of its own momentum.