Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has actually explained how the band developed the concept of developing this ‘Snake Pit’ for their fans.
The ‘Snake Pit’ is a standing-only location constructed at the center of the phase, where a choose group of fans can get that additional human-like show experience.
According to Ulrich, the ‘Snake Pit’ holds in between 900 and 1,200 individuals, based on fire marshal guidelines.
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This comes as Metallica are set to start a massive World Tour, which will consist of programs throughout European nations like France, Germany, Sweden, in addition to 2 programs in England’s Castle Donington on June 8 and 10.
The trip which starts with a program in Hamburg on May 17, will likewise see Metlallica require to the phase in Canada and their native United States, promoting their latest album ’72 Seasons’.
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Metallica Drummer On Stage That Is “shaped like a diamond”
Speaking to Zane Lowe, Lars Ulrich explained how this ‘Snake Pit’ concept happened.
“One of our managers back in New York in the late Eighties/early Nineties [had] the idea that when you would go to a restaurant that the best seat in the restaurant was actually not in the house — [it] was in the kitchen”, Ulrich said.
He continued, “So in crazy, cool restaurants, if you could somehow get into the kitchen and eat in the kitchen, you were in there where all the action was. So the idea that came out of that for that Snake Pit on the ‘Black Album’ tour was basically to be in the middle of the stage”.
“So we had a stage that was shaped like a diamond, and there were 30, 40 spots in the middle of that stage. Radio contest winners, friends, family, a few crazy metalheads from around the audience would end up in that snake pit, and they would be onstage with us. And then it morphed”.
“Basically, for, I guess, 30 years now, the Snake Pit has been an integral part of at least a Metallica indoor show. And then in the stadiums when we’ve been playing outside, it’s been sort of this extension of the stage. You’ve seen it, but they’ve never been, like, crazy big. There’s been room for a couple of hundred here, a couple hundred there, whatever”.
Last month, Metallica likewise ended up being the very first band to launch a video for each track from their brand-new album utilizing indication language. Find out more here.
