BREAKING:
Gallery: Citi Sound Vault: Metallica
By Jintak Han
Feb. 13, 2017 4:20 p.m.
Metallica performed to a sold-out crowd at the Hollywood Palladium in Citi Sound Vault, a four-night concert series curated exclusively for Citi cardmembers.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Fans explode into cheers as Metallica, who was an hour late because of a performance at the Grammy awards, enters the stage.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
James Hetfield, lead vocalist and guitarist, starts off the concert with ''Hardwired,'' the title single of the 2016 album ''Hardwired... to Self-Destruct.''
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Bassist Robert Trujillo plays ''Hardwired.'' Trujillo joined the band in 2003, replacing Jason Newsted, and has been a constant member since.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and Trujillo play side-by-side during the 1984 single ''Creeping Death.''
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Drummer Lars Ulrich and Hetfield play ''Creeping Death.'' Ulrich and Hetfield formed Metallica in 1981.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Hammett plays his guitar solo during ''Creeping Death.''
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Hammett, Trujillo and Ulrich group up.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Hetfield sings ''Creeping Death.''
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Trujillo opens the 1985 classic ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' with the signature bass riff.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Hetfield holds the mic up to the crowd to catch their chants during ''For Whom the Bell Tolls.''
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Ulrich plays the drums. The last time Ulrich and Metallica played at the Palladium was more than 30 years ago on March 10, 1985.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Ulrich and Hetfield perform, illuminated from the back by stage lights.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Hammett and Hetfield rile the crowd on the second floor of the Palladium.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Hammett shreds his guitar during his solo for ''For Whom the Bell Tolls.''
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
The performance featured hallmarks of a thrash metal concert such as crowd surfers and mosh pits.
(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
