On the occasion of the th anniversary of S&M, the 1999 extravaganza where Metallica played highlights from their catalog with the support of the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Kamen, the band decided to celebrate by holding two new concerts with the orchestraAppropriately called S&M2, the 19 event was a very different affair S&M2Metallica is an American heavy metal band The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career The band's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and SlayerHttp//smarturlit/sandm2Filmed at Chase Center in San Francisco, California on September 6 and 8, accompanied by the San Francisco Symp
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