Cannot Stop The Battery

Metallica With Greta Van Fleet - Las Vegas, NV LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 25: (L-R) Guitarist Kirk Hammett, drummer Lars Ulrich, frontman James Hetfield and bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica perform at Allegiant Stadium on February 25, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

By Pete Rizzo

April 11, 2023 at 2:17 pm EDT

Which school marching bands will be whipping up a fury, dominating flurry?

The guys in Metallica will be answering that question later this year thanks to their inaugural Marching Band Competition, in which they will bestow upon the best high school and college marching bands thousands of dollars in musical instruments and equipment.

Their mission? Come up with memorable marching band versions of Metallica tuneage!