And you're right, we don't open for bands, but again, this is Metallica. We played in every bus stop, every small club, anywhere we could put an amplifier on a stage. 'There were years and years and years of 300 days on the road, touring. We're doing it, no argument.'īathory added that it felt good to be in the position where they could accept an offer to join Metallica on a worldwide tour like M72. It's not even a band anymore, it's an institution in some way, you know? When this came about, we were like, 'Okay, okay, okay. If the aliens land, they will have to open for Metallica. And here we are.'Ī band like Five Finger Death Punch doesn't find itself opening for other acts too often, but Bathory was confident in saying there was no hesitation to be considered the opening band for Metallica. Let's not wait another 30 or 40 years.' And then literally a couple of months later, we got the call that this is a possibility. It was really funny because Lars was saying, 'You know what? It's really bizarre that we never actually crossed paths. 'We had a show with Metallica somewhere in Europe,' Bathory recalled, 'and we met the guys and we were talking about the future. They can't wait, everyone's gonna go, 'Light him up.'' When Five Finger Death Punch Got the Call to Open For MetallicaĪ few days after Bathory's character became playable on Call of Duty, Five Finger Death Punch joined Metallica for their first M72 weekend in North America, marking the first time the two bands shared a stage on tour.

When Chuck asked him if it's weird for people to not just play as Bathory, but also shoot him, the guitarist laughed it was clear he had been thinking a lot about this already-even considering who might be excited to shoot him in the game. Those special advisors and military guys are my friends, I knew them before, some of them I met a long, long time ago overseas on military bases, so that's pretty interesting that this was also kind of a reunion with those guys.'

While it may seem tiring to some, Bathory wanted to make it clear to the Loudwire Nights audience that he had a blast during the entire process.

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