Metallica： Too Far Gone？ - Metallica： Too Far Gone？

What this video is

Released September 14, 2023, this video accompanied Metallica's M72 World Tour—a landmark stadium run featuring in-the-round staging and 'No Repeat Weekends.' The track is drawn from 72 Seasons, Metallica's first album of original material since 2016's Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, released via their own Blackened Recordings label. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 146,000 equivalent album units,…

Why it matters

Represents Metallica's continued relevance as a stadium-scale thrash metal institution in the 2020s, blending live documentary aesthetics with subcultural crossover appeal. The choice of Coan 'Buddy' Nichols—a filmmaker deeply embedded in skateboarding's DIY documentary tradition—signals a…

The director

Coan 'Buddy' Nichols is a Los Angeles-based skater, filmmaker, director, and co-founder (with Rick Charnoski) of independent production company Six Stair, established after their breakout super 8mm skateboard film Fruit of the Vine (1999). Known for…