{"id":1128,"date":"2025-06-17T17:26:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2025-06-17T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:26:27","slug":"no-one-saw-this-coming-on-the-tonight-show-metallica-didnt-storm-the-stage-with-roaring-amps-and-thunderous-drums-instead-they-squeezed-into-a-tiny-room-with-jimmy-fallon-and-the-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"No one saw this coming. 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The enjoyment that each member is having with their instruments is infectious, and Jimmy Fallon himself even joins in to help sing the song alongside James Hetfield!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch them give it their all, and prove that metal isn\u2019t always loud and scary, in the video below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jimmy Fallon, Metallica &amp; The Roots Sing &quot;Enter Sandman&quot; (Classroom Instruments)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXJifYl_byU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s something rather amazing about seeing one of the biggest metal bands in the world sitting happily, swaying to and fro, while playing one of their most successful songs on children\u2019s instruments. Better yet, when the song enters its quieter moment, the whole room leans in and joins in on playfully being quiet, before enthusiastically screaming the next verse. It\u2019s good, simple fun that warms the heart and reminds us all that it\u2019s never a bad time to indulge the inner kid within us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metallica is part of the community-named Big Four: a collection of four thrash bands formed in the 1980s that made the genre a commercial powerhouse. Standing beside Metallica in the Big Four were Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth. While other bands, such as Brazil\u2019s Sepultura, are also considered to be a huge influence on thrash metal, these particular four are among some of the biggest in the world. In particular, Slayer\u2019s \u201cRaining Blood\u201d is known as one of the biggest thrash anthems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roots formed in 1986 and are considered to be one of the first legitimate hip-hop bands. 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