Metallica: Cunning Stunts

Having just launched the follow-up to the Black Album, Load, which came out 1996, the interest around Metallica was huge. Reaching Forth Worth, Texas, as the next gig, Metallica was up for recording it and putting out one of the best Live DVD's I have ever seen. Metallica giving 100% on stage playing classics like Enter Sandman, Master of Puppets and Nothing Else Matters this DVD really gets to you. With a lot of bonuses and multiple angles on some songs this DVD is worth seeing even if you don't like Metallica and just want to see some great live stuff.

What more can I say? I was not a real Metallica fan when I saw this movie but after I saw it I became a Metallica freak!

This tour(1996) was the first time i saw Metallica live and i was 16 years old(29 times now) and I was blown away by the energy! I think this dvd really capture that. It is not that polished and kind of raw. A must see! Not only for fans of Metallica but for any fan of live music! Cheers from Sweden!

This performance was a really good one, but why open with "So What"???? Killer tune, but most new fans would not know it is a cover. Only three covers in the entire vid, but the energy level was at a low ebb. Live S*%t: Binge and Purge Seattle tape was a much better, if not the best performance ever filmed. As of this writing I have not seen all of S&M vid. Metallica has really come a long way since "Kill'Em All" in '83, but they have really stopped advancing and started copying other styles.

Metallica should quit before they alienate all the original fans, like me. Or remember what they started out to do. Awaiting Live S*%t on DVD

2 out of 5

This has to be the "most value" dvd so far. With over 140 minutes of glorious picture and sound Metallica sets a new standard for future dvd's. Crammed into two dvd's with both Dolby Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1 Metallica delivers THE ultimate ride! If you got a dvd-player this is definitely a "reference-must-have-disk!". Sweden, 4th jan 1999.

This "Documentary" changed my way of looking at concerts on video. At first I thought they were all alike: boring two hour concerts where you can't hear what the dude says let alone what he sings. But with CUNNING STUNTS it was different. Metallica gave it their best on EVERY song and gave everyone, including me, a great live show (Even if it was on tape).

I love metal and this concert shows that metal still lives!!!