Metallica plays ‘Enter Sandman’ at Colbert’s Super Bowl Show

Metallica’s menacing “Enter Sandman” has had a life of his own in the sports world, a favorite musical landmark everywhere from high school JV games to Virginia Tech. Fittingly, Stephen Colbert had the whiskey connoisseurs themselves as musical guests during his post-Super Bowl Last show, and they released this classic to play the big game. Everything you could expect from Metallica was packed in five minutes: James Hetfield’s trademark rumble, a heart-wrenching solo from Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich who struggled to sit behind the drums, all in front of a wall of speakers bearing motifs from previous Metallica tours. “You see?!” Exclaimed Colbert after the performance. “They bring it!”