Metallica have been celebrating the release of their latest album, “72 Seasons,” with their own dedicated channel on SiriusXM. During one of the promotional interviews, SiriusXM host Jose Mangin talked with singer/guitarist James Hetfield about a variety of subjects.
Metallica is taking a variety of bands out on the road for their “72 Seasons” world tour including the re-formed Pantera. Mangin mentioned to Hetfield that late Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott was “a gigantic fan of Metallica.”
“Well, what a blessing to have been in his life and him in my life,” Hetfield said. “And yeah, some of those early days, just traveling down there to the Dallas area and meeting with those guys and just hanging out. Yeah, Dimebag introduced me to the solid state amp, I remember. He had this fricking amazing crunch going on. I was, like, ‘What is that?’ You know? So, uh, yeah. [We] inspired each other. He inspired me as well. No doubt.”
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich previously told Revolver of the Pantera comeback: “I think that the idea that they’re out celebrating the music and the magic of Pantera is … I know there’s been a lot of talk in the community about whether people support that or not. But I’m the type of person, if Glenn Hughes wants to go out and play a Deep Purple set, I’d support that.”
“I’m always in favor of people following their musical and creative ambitions; so this Pantera reunion, I think, is good,” he added. “And obviously having Charlie up there is great. I saw a video from one of the Mexico shows that felt like they were in the pocket. It’ll be fun to have them out.”
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