488. Metallica / Hero of the Day [Single]. 1996. 3/5

In my opinion, this song is a complete waste of space. Sorry about that, but “Hero of the Day” is a soft, weak arsed piece of crap.
So why buy the single? For the extras of course, for the same reason everyone has bought Metallica singles for the past 17 years!

Here we have Metallica covering two Motorhead songs at a live bash they did for Lemmy’s birthday – the songs here are “Overkill” and “Damage Case”, and they are both brilliant.
Then we have a remix of the single – “Outta B Sides Mix” – which is every bit as bad as the original.

Rating: 5/5 for the Motorhead covers, 1/5 for the actual Metallica song. Making 3/5.