Key Takeaways
- Fan Favorites: Metallica fans expressed a desire for deeper cuts like “Outlaw Torn” and “Fixxxer” to be played more often.
- Rare Performances: Songs such as “Killing Time” and “The Wait” have been performed infrequently, with only 19 and 28 live plays respectively.
- Setlist Insights: The discussion revealed that tracks like “All Nightmare Long” and “Dyers Eve” are popular choices among fans.
- Future Possibilities: There is hope that these songs may be featured during Metallica’s upcoming residency in Las Vegas.
Metallica fans named the “rare” songs they wish the band played live in concert more often in a discussion on Reddit.
The person who wrote the post asked other fans to list the songs Metallica rarely play in concert that they wish appeared on the setlist more often. They specified that they don’t have to be songs that have never been played, just deeper cuts that aren’t often heard during the band’s shows.
The author of the thread cited their picks — “Overkill,” “Killing Time,” “The Wait,” and “Master of Puppets” — three of which aren’t even Metallica songs. The first of the bunch has been played 64 times and was last played in 2011, “Killing Time” has been performed 19 times, and “The Wait” 28 times [via Setlist.fm].
“Master of Puppets” is the band’s most-played song of all time, so perhaps the individual was being sarcastic with that pick.
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We listed some of the responses to the post below in italics so you can see what other Metallica songs fans are hoping to eventually get to hear in concert. Underneath, we listed how many times each respective track has been played live via Setlist.fm.
- Would die happy if I saw “Outlaw Torn,” “Bleeding Me,” or “Fixxxer” live.
- Played live: 16 times, never played, one time
- “Disposable Heroes,” more stuff off ‘Garage Inc.’
- “All Nightmare Long”
- “My Friend of Misery,” “The Thing That Should Not Be,” “Fixxxer,” “The God That Failed,” “The Frayed Ends of Sanity”
- Played live: 21 times, 278 times, one time, 104 times, 12 times
- “Dyers Eve”
- Anything from ‘Load’ and ‘ReLoad’ dropped after 1999/2000.
- “That Was Just Your Life,” “All Nightmare Long,” “Broken, Beat, & Scarred,” “Wasting My Hate,” “The Unnamed Feeling,” “Some Kind of Monster.”
- Played live: 170 times, 103 times, 156 times, 101 times, 17 times, three times
- “All Nightmare Long,” “Prince Charming,” “Dyers Eve,” “Spit Out the Bone.”
- Played live: 103 times, never played, 35 times, 61 times
Some of the tracks that showed up most frequently during the discussion include “All Nightmare Long,” “Fixxxer,” “The Outlaw Torn,” “Disposable Heroes,” and “Dyers Eve.”
Check out the Reddit post (linked in the second paragraph) to see the rest of the comments.
Maybe Metallica will dust some of these songs off during their residency at the Las Vegas Sphere that starts this fall.
Metallica, ‘All Nightmare Long’
Metallica, ‘The Outlaw Torn’
Metallica, ‘Fixxxer’
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Every Artist That’s Opened for Metallica Over the Last 10 Years
Here are all of the rock and metal artists that have opened for Metallica on tour over the last 10 years (between the years 2016 and 2026).
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