S&M2

{{Further|S&M (album)}}

On April 21 and 22, 1999, Metallica, in collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Kamen, recorded and filmed a concert at the Berkeley Community Theater.{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Alex |title=Dusting 'Em Off: Metallica - S&M |url=https://consequence.net/2011/10/dusting-em-off-metallica-sm/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Consequence of Sound |date=29 October 2011}}{{cite news |last1=Dangelo |first1=Joe |title=Composer Who Worked With Metallica, Aerosmith Dead At 55 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1480511/composer-who-worked-with-metallica-aerosmith-dead-at-55/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016201234/http://www.mtv.com/news/1480511/composer-who-worked-with-metallica-aerosmith-dead-at-55/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=MTV News |date=18 November 2003 |language=en}} The performance was released as a film and a live album in November 1999.{{cite news |title=Metallica's Lars Ulrich Says S&M2 Will Be "An Opportunity For New Discoveries" |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/metallicas-lars-ulrich-says-s-m2-will-be-an-opportunity-for-new-discoveries/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Kerrang! |date=5 September 2019}}

In March 2019, Metallica announced the S&M2 concert. The concert, which was similarly performed in collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony, was planned in celebration of the 20th anniversary of S&M.{{cite magazine |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Metallica Plot Concert With San Francisco Symphony |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/metallica-concert-san-francisco-symphony-809879/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=19 March 2019}} The concert was recorded and filmed at the Chase Center in San Francisco on September 6 and 8, 2019,{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=See Metallica Rock Out in Symphony for 'Moth Into Flame' From 'S&M2' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/metallica-moth-into-flame-sm2-1039821/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=5 August 2020}} with Edwin Outwater and Michael Tilson Thomas{{refn|group=nb|Edwin Outwater served as the primary conductor. Thomas only conducted during the performance of "Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God and the Dance of the Dark Spirits", "The Iron Foundry, Opus 19" and "The Unforgiven III", and conducted "Enter Sandman" before moving to keyboards and leaving Outwater conducting {{cite news |last1=Ruskin |first1=Zack |title=Symphonic Metal at the Movies: What to Expect When Metallica's 'S&M2' Hits Screens |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/metallica-san-francisco-symphony-film-sm2-1203356453/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Variety |date=2 October 2019 |language=en}}}} conducting the symphony orchestra.{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Jim |title='S&M2' conductor Edwin Outwater recalls magical Metallica shows |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/24/sm2-conductor-edwin-outwater-recalls-magical-metallica-shows/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=The Mercury News |date=24 August 2020 |language=en}} The concert also marked the grand opening of the Chase Center.{{cite news |last1=Vaziri |first1=Aidin |title=Metallica's Lars Ulrich on jamming with San Francisco Symphony, why the band has never been happier |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/metallicas-lars-ulrich-on-jamming-with-san-francisco-symphony-why-the-band-has-never-been-happier |access-date=4 September 2020 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=23 August 2019}} Filming was directed by Wayne Isham, who also directed S&M.

The film was released in theaters on October 9, 2019. It earned over $1.2 million at the North American box office, and totaled $5.5 million internationally, making it the highest-grossing rock cinema event ever.{{cite news |last1=Hadusek |first1=Jon |title=Metallica's S&M2 film breaks $5 million at the box office, gets additional worldwide screening |url=https://consequence.net/2019/10/metallicas-sm2-film-box-office/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Consequence of Sound |date=16 October 2019}} As a result, the film was shown theatrically for a second time on October 30, 2019.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Damian |title=Metallica's 'S&M2' live concert film is returning to cinemas |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/metallica-sm2-concert-film-returning-to-cinemas-2557928 |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=NME |date=16 October 2019}}

The live album was released on August 28, 2020.{{cite news |last1=Dowd |first1=Rachael |title=Metallica and Katy Perry are battling for the top debut album spot |url=https://www.altpress.com/news/metallica-katy-perry-top-album-debut/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Alternative Press |date=2 September 2020}} The Blu-ray release included a new revised version of the film seen in theaters edited by the band, with remixed and remastered audio plus behind the scenes footage.{{cite web|website=Metallica.com|url=https://www.metallica.com/store/sm2-blu-ray/SM2BLURAY.html|title=S&M2 Blu-Ray|access-date=November 28, 2022|archive-date=November 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129113446/https://www.metallica.com/store/sm2-blu-ray/SM2BLURAY.html|url-status=dead}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 78/100{{cite web |title=S&M2 [Live] by Metallica |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/sm2-live/metallica |website=Metacritic |access-date=January 3, 2022}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic | class= album | id= mw0003406268| title= Review of S&M2 | first= Stephen Thomas | last= Erlewine | access-date= September 3, 2020}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 7/10{{cite news |last1=Walker-Smart |first1=Sam |title=Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/metallica-san-francisco-symphony-sm2 |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Clash |date=25 August 2020 |language=en}}

| rev3 = Classic Rock

| rev3score = 9/10{{Cite magazine |last=Everley |first=Dave |title=Metallica S&M2 |magazine=Classic Rock |publication-date=September 2020 |issue=279 |page=84}}

| rev4 = Consequence of Sound

| rev4score = B+{{cite news |last1=Hadusek |first1=Jon |title=Metallica's S&M2 cleans up nicely for home release: Review + Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2020/08/metallica-sm2-album-film-review-stream/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Consequence of Sound |date=28 August 2020}}

| rev5 = Kerrang!

| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news |last1=Brannigan |first1=Paul |title=Album Review: Metallica – S&M2 |url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-metallica-s-m2/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Kerrang! |date=27 August 2020}}

| rev6 = Metal Hammer

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Daly |first1=Joe |title=Metallica's S&M2: metal's biggest band changes the game once more on epic live album |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/metallica-sandm2-album-review |website=Metal Hammer |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=en |date=24 August 2020}}

| rev7 = Mojo

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=McNair |first=James |title=Metallica S&M 2 |magazine=Mojo |issue=323 |page=86}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 5.2/10{{cite news |last1=Cush |first1=Andy |title=Metallica / San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/metallica-san-francisco-symphony-sandm2/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Pitchfork |date=1 September 2020 |language=en}}

| rev9 = Slant Magazine

| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news |last1=Theobald |first1=Brian |title=Review: Metallica's S&M2 Is at Once Rousing and Redundant |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/metallica-san-francisco-symphony-sm2-review/ |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=Slant Magazine |date=2 September 2020}}

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At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 78 based on eight reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Critics generally praised the album as a worthy successor of S&M. Paul Brannigan of Kerrang! gave the performance a perfect rating, writing that the album "stands as a tribute both to Metallica’s growing confidence as players and composers, and an absolute vindication of their decision to revisit one of their most inspired creative outings."

In a mixed review, Andy Cush of Pitchfork felt that the album had the same issues that S&M did. Cush wrote that the songs are not suited to an orchestral accompaniment, writing "Metallica’s best songs, intricate and ambitious though they may be, are not actually well suited for the additional orchestrating they get here, precisely because they are plenty symphonic already." Cush was also critical of the song selection for S&M2, noting that "Of the 20 pieces of music here, more than half appeared in a similar form more than two decades ago on the first S&M."

S&M2 debuted at No. 4 on Billboard with 56,000 equivalent album units, with 53,000 units of that coming from album sales.[https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9446492/metallica-sm2-tops-rock-classical-charts "Metallica & San Francisco Symphony's 'S&M2' Starts Atop Rock, Classical Charts"]. Rutherford, Keven. Billboard. September 9, 2020.

{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 1

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = The Ecstasy of Gold

| extra1 = The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

| note1 = instrumental

| writer1 = {{hlist|Ennio Morricone}}

| length1 = 2:41

| title2 = The Call of Ktulu

| extra2 = Ride the Lightning

| note2 = instrumental

| writer2 = {{hlist|James Hetfield|Lars Ulrich|Cliff Burton|Dave Mustaine}}

| length2 = 9:14

| title3 = For Whom the Bell Tolls

| extra3 = Ride the Lightning

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Burton}}

| length3 = 4:37

| title4 = The Day That Never Comes

| extra4 = Death Magnetic

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Kirk Hammett|Robert Trujillo}}

| length4 = 8:27

| title5 = The Memory Remains

| extra5 = Reload

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length5 = 5:42

| title6 = Confusion

| extra6 = Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length6 = 6:41

| title7 = Moth into Flame

| extra7 = Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length7 = 6:18

| title8 = The Outlaw Torn

| extra8 = Load

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length8 = 10:03

| title9 = No Leaf Clover

| extra9 = S&M

| writer9 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length9 = 5:30

| title10 = Halo on Fire

| extra10 = Hardwired...to Self-Destruct

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length10 = 8:17

| all_writing =

| total_length = 67:30

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{{Track listing

| headline = Disc 2

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = Intro to Scythian Suite

| length1 = 5:17

| title2 = Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God and the Dance of the Dark Spirits

| note2= instrumental

| writer2 = {{hlist|Sergei Prokofiev}}

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Intro to the Iron Foundry

| length3 = 1:03

| title4 = The Iron Foundry, Opus 19

| note4 = instrumental

| writer4 = {{hlist|Alexander Mosolov}}

| length4 = 4:16

| title5 = The Unforgiven III

| extra5 = Death Magnetic

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Hammett|Trujillo}}

| length5 = 8:19

| title6 = All Within My Hands (Acoustic)

| extra6 = St. Anger

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Hammett|Bob Rock}}

| length6 = 6:13

| title7 = (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth

| extra7 = Kill 'Em All

| note7 = instrumental

| writer7 = {{hlist|Burton}}

| length7 = 7:27

| title8 = Wherever I May Roam

| extra8 = Metallica

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length8 = 6:32

| title9 = One

| extra9 = ...And Justice for All

| writer9 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length9 = 9:23

| title10 = Master of Puppets

| extra10 = Master of Puppets

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Burton|Hammett}}

| length10 = 8:29

| title11 = Nothing Else Matters

| extra11 = Metallica

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich}}

| length11 = 6:39

| title12 = Enter Sandman

| extra12 = Metallica

| writer12 = {{hlist|Hetfield|Ulrich|Hammett}}

| length12 = 8:45

| all_writing =

| total_length = Disc two: 76:42
Total: 143:25

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{{Track listing

| headline = Blu-ray

| extra_column = Original album

| title1 = Intro (Wherever I May Roam / All Within My Hands)

| note1 = medley

| title2 = The Ecstasy of Gold

| note2 = instrumental

| title3 = The Call of Ktulu

| note3 = instrumental

| title4 = For Whom the Bell Tolls

| title5 = The Day That Never Comes

| title6 = The Memory Remains

| title7 = Confusion

| title8 = Moth into Flame

| title9 = The Outlaw Torn

| title10 = No Leaf Clover

| title11 = Halo on Fire

| title12 = Intro to Scythian Suite

| title13 = Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God and The Dance of the Dark Spirits

| note13 = instrumental

| title14 = Intro to the Iron Foundry

| title15 = The Iron Foundry, Opus 19

| note15 = instrumental

| title16 = The Unforgiven III

| title17 = All Within My Hands (Acoustic)

| title18 = (Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth

| note18 = instrumental

| title19 = Wherever I May Roam

| title20 = One

| title21 = Master of Puppets

| title22 = Nothing Else Matters

| title23 = Enter Sandman

| title24 = Credits

| title25 = Behind the Scenes: Making of the Show

| title26 = All Within My Hands Promo

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Metallica

• James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, guitar solo on "Nothing Else Matters", "Master of Puppets" and "The Outlaw Torn", acoustic (rhythm) guitar on "All Within My Hands", production
• Lars Ulrich – drums, production
• Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals, acoustic (lead) guitar on "All Within My Hands", Coral electric sitar on "Wherever I May Roam"{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich Break Down 'S&M2' Set List |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/metallica-kirk-hammett-lars-ulrich-sm2-set-list-1047716/|access-date=29 July 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=25 August 2019}}
• Robert Trujillo – bass guitar, backing vocals

San Francisco Symphony

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• Edwin Outwater – conductor
• Michael Tilson Thomas – conductor on "Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God and the Dance of the Dark Spirits", "The Iron Foundry, Opus 19", "The Unforgiven III" and "Enter Sandman", keyboards on "Enter Sandman"
• Scott Pingel – bass solo for "(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth"
• Nadya Tichman (concertmaster), Jeremy Constant, Mariko Smiley, Melissa Kleinbart, Sarn Oliver, Naomi Kazama Hull, Victor Romasevich, Yun Chu, Yukiko Kurakata, Katie Kadarauch – first violins
• Jessie Fellows, Polina Sedukh, David Chernyavsky, Raushan Akhmedyarova, Chen Zhao, Adam Smyla, Sarah Knutson, Yuna Lee – second violins
• Yun Jie Liu, John Schoening, Christina King, Gina Cooper, David Gaudry, Matthew Young, David Kim, Nanci Severance – violas
• Amos Yang, Margaret Tait, Jill Rachuy Brindel, Stephen Tramontozzi, Shu-Yi Pai, Richard Andaya, Miriam Perkoff, Adelle-Akiko Kearns – cellos
• Scott Pingel, Daniel G. Smith, S. Mark Wright, Charles Chandler, Chris Gilbert, William Ritchen – basses
• Robin McKee, Linda Lukas, Catherine Payne – flutes
• James Button, Pamela Smith, Russ deLuna – oboes
• Luis Baez, David Neuman, Jerome Simas – clarinets
• Stephen Paulson, Rob Weir, Steven Braunstein – bassons
• Robert Ward, Jonathan Ring, Bruce Roberts, Daniel Hawkins, Chris Cooper, Joshua Paulus, Jeff Garza – horns
• Aaron Schuman, Joseph Brown, Robert Giambruno, John Freeman – trumpets
• Timothy Higgins, Nick Platoff, John Engelkes, Jeff Budin – trombones
• Jeffrey Anderson – tuba
• Edward Stephan – timpani
• Jacob Nissly, James Lee Wyatt III, Tom Hemphill, Robert Klieger – percussion
• Douglas Rioth – harp
• Marc Shapiro – keyboard
• Margo Kieser, John Campbell, Matt Gray – librarians

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Additional musicians

• Avi Vinocur – backing vocals on "All Within My Hands"

Technical personnel

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• Greg Fidelman – production, mixing
• Edwin Outwater – musical direction
• Michael Tilson Thomas – additional conceptualization
• Bruce Coughlin, Michael Kamen – arrangement
• Scott Pingel – arrangement on "(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth"
• Emily Grisham, Adriana Grace, David Horne, Larry Spivack, Frederick Alden Terry – copyists
• Ann Shuttlesworth, Patrick DiCenso – transcribers
• John Harris, Jay Vicari, Brian Flanzbaum – recording engineering
• Bran Vibberts, Bob Wartinbee, Charlie Campbell, Mike Fortunato, Jimmy Goldsmith, Dave Schwerkolt – recording crew
• Sara Lyn Killion, Dan Monti, Jim Monti, Jason Gossman, Kent Matcke, Billy Joe Bowers – engineering, editing
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Anton Corbijn – band photography
• Stan Musilek – cover/instrument photography
• Brett Murray – additional audience photography
• David Turner – album package design, art direction
• Alex Tenta – album package layout, additional art direction

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