Metallica have embarked on a quest to establish their top fan favorite song via an official bracket on their social media platforms.
The band seeded the bracket with the tracks that have the highest Spotify plays, multiplying them by how many times those tracks have been played live. “Some Kind Of Bracket” will be playing out across the coming weeks until the final winner is selected.
The band wrote, “BAT-TERY GO! It’s time for your fav Metallica songs to go head to head in #SomeKindOfBracket. Vote on daily match-ups in our Instagram stories and on Facebook until we crown the champ!”
Bassist Robert Trujillo told us a while back which older Metallica songs he enjoys playing: “Anything off Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets is always a great, fun time for me as a bass player. I love playing 'Disposable Heroes,' we don't play it very often. So I don't know, there's a lot. Every song is great. It's just always about having a good time, especially with the old stuff.”
Going by Spotify data, “Enter Sandman” from 1991's self-titled “black album” holds a commanding lead with over 503,488,528 plays, while “Nothing Else Matters” from the same LP is solidly in second place with 471,521,496 plays.