Andy Biersack: When I was a very young kid, I had a neighbor named Kenny. He always had Metallica VHS. He'd bring over A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica and other concert stuff. He brought over a VHS tape of the time right when Jason Newsted joined the band, and I was blown away. Pre-Black Album Metallica is some of the best metal that's ever been made. I still love The Black Album though. Metallica is Metallica; you can't go wrong there. In terms of really solid, intricate, and classical-sounding metal, we're definitely influenced hugely. That especially holds true for our guitar player Jinxx and the way we write bridges using that Bach-like influence. For what it's worth, James Hetfield is a fantastic metal singer. He created that gravelly metal voice that we all love.
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We head back to get ready to perform at the Jagermeister stage at 3:45 p.m. As we hit the stage, people are pouring in from all over, filling the stairs and walkways in the stadium. During our set, we played two brand-new songs from our new record, Set The World On Fire, which will be released June 14. The first of the two, "God Bless You," people really got into it. This was a track nobody has heard yet.
