{"id":11548,"date":"2025-08-03T02:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2025-08-03T02:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:21:37","slug":"i-rolled-my-eyes-then-he-blew-me-away-i-thought-chris-stapleton-would-ruin-a-metallica-classic-i-was-dead-wrong-jaw-on-the-floor-and-james-hetfield-he-didnt-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artgardenhub.com\/?p=11548","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Rolled My Eyes\u2014Then He Blew Me Away.\u201d I Thought Chris Stapleton Would Ruin A Metallica Classic. I Was Dead Wrong. Jaw on the floor. And James Hetfield? He didn\u2019t say a word \u2014 he just nodded. That silent, stunned kind of nod that says: \u201cDamn, man\u2026 you just made it yours.\u201d That\u2019s not country. That\u2019s not rock. That\u2019s just greatness. Pure and undeniable."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI Rolled My Eyes\u2014Then He Blew Me Away.\u201d I Thought Chris Stapleton Would Ruin A Metallica Classic. I Was Dead Wrong. Jaw on the floor. And James Hetfield? He didn\u2019t say a word \u2014 he just nodded. That silent, stunned kind of nod that says: \u201cDamn, man\u2026 you just made it yours.\u201d That\u2019s not country. That\u2019s not rock. That\u2019s just greatness. Pure and undeniable.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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There are two predominant fears I have as my career at Far Out continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first is that I become the \u2018Country Music Guy\u2019. That\u2019s unlikely to happen, as there will most likely never be a \u2018Country Music Guy\u2019 at Far Out Magazine. At least not until we found out our predominant readership hails from Alabama, and even then we\u2019d probably have to consider our options. But every time I do a piece on a worthwhile artist tangentially within the Country realm like Kacey Musgraves or Brandi Carlile, plus my nationality here in good ol\u2019 US of A, it makes me more likely to have a country story land on my desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second is that I become \u2018The Metallica Guy\u2019. This has nothing to do with my fandom of the band, which is admittedly tepid but there\u2019s no disrespect or snarky commentary that comes with that position. It\u2019s just that I don\u2019t want to have to do an article like \u201cAll 287 times James Hetfield says \u2018Yeah\u2019 in Metallica songs\u201d (that\u2019s a rough guestimation, and I might be lowballing it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whatever the future holds, one thing is for sure: I\u2019ve written a decent amount about The Metallica Blacklist<\/em>. That includes covers done by St. Vincent, Sam Fender, Weezer, and just yesterday, Phoebe Bridgers. There are going to be 53 different covers available on the new compilation album, so might as well prepare yourself now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, my two greatest sources of anxiety have joined forces to torment my psyche as Chris Stapleton has released his cover of \u2018Nothing Else Matters\u2019. For what it\u2019s worth, Stapleton is pretty cool as far as country artists go. He\u2019s badass in an old school rock and roll way, not the cliched hillbilly beer-swilling redneck kind of way. But that does little to satiate my mental anguish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stapleton\u2019s take on \u2018Nothing Else Matters\u2019 is also pretty cool: it\u2019s stretched out to eight minutes, includes spacey desert and psychedelic rock influences, detuned guitars, plus Stapleton\u2019s whiskey-soaked shouts. The diverse interpretations of Metallica\u2019s work makes them out to be more diverse than I would have initially given them credit for. Or maybe I\u2019m giving them too much credit. Either way, this makes me want to go listen to their cover of Bob Seger\u2019s \u2018Turn the Page\u2019, for some reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out Stapleton\u2019s take on \u2018Nothing Else Matters\u2019 down below. The Metallica Blacklist<\/em> is set for a September 10 release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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