Metal Magic

Metallica in the round at Rose Garden arena. After decades of hammering fans with what has become the standard against which all other metal is measured, Metallica has honed their stage show to near perfection. Lasers replaced the eye candy that would've been satisfied by pyrotechnics, which worked well, and the center-of-the-arena stage allowed the guys to make a connection with the audience that was electric. I wasn't terribly moved by their new stuff, but the show in general was absolutely impressive.