Ice 9 Kills frontman Spencer Charnas has instructed us about his expertise enjoying in big stadiums with Metallica earlier this 12 months.

Spencer is featured within the 2023 Rock Sound Awards Problem as INK choose up the title of Greatest Stay Act.

When requested about his expertise of enjoying these big dates on the M72 Tour, Spencer spoke about what a full-circle second it was on his musical journey.

He stated “You realize, I get goosebumps each time that I speak about this. It’s nonetheless simply so wonderful…We acquired a name from our reserving agent asking if we wished to open for Metallica at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. I assumed we should have had a foul connection, however Metallica actually had handpicked us to open up for them at this one-off present alongside Greta van Fleet. It was probably the most wonderful calls I’ve ever obtained. I assumed they had been joking. In order that was in of itself an unbelievable expertise. The present was superior. Even when it had ended there, we might have been completely happy. We acquired to open to for Metallica; you’ll be able to’t take that away. Then, a month later, we acquired one other name saying they wished us to open up two extra reveals within the Summer time. So I checked my calendar, you understand. We performed at Buffalo Stadium, which was an enormous deal for our drummer Pat [Galante], an enormous Buffalo Payments fan. Then we performed in Pittsburgh at PNC Park, the place the Pirates play. These reveals, once more, had been unbelievable. You possibly can’t put into phrases what an honour it was. If it ended there, it’s nonetheless a narrative of a lifetime.“

“Then, just a few months later, we acquired the largest name of our profession: Metallica wished us on their whole world tour. It shot me proper again to 1996 when my Dad took me to see them play in Boston proper round when ‘Load’ got here out. I do not forget that live performance so vividly. That was the primary time I noticed them reside, and it was the primary time that I considered metallic music as a sport. It was like an athletic efficiency with how briskly and exhausting they had been enjoying. It caught with me. A part of the rationale that I began studying metallic guitar was to play ‘Enter Sandman’ and ‘Grasp Of Puppets’. They’ve at all times had such an affect on me, even once we had been a punk band greater than a metallic band. To get that honour to open for a band that has been so influential in me personally changing into a musician is indescribable.”

On interacting with the band themselves, he stated “I’ll always remember them coming into our dressing room to say, ‘What’s up’. They invited us to events after the present, checking in with us. They’re all simply human and all very regular and good and all the way down to earth. Rob would inform me that his son was a fan of our band as properly. It’s loopy they even know who we’re. I can’t say sufficient good issues about them. Additionally, I used to be lately with Jack Osbourne at a conference in Kentucky known as Scarefest. We had been speaking, and he was asking how the Metallica tour was going, and famously, Ozzy took Metallica out on the street early on. Ozzy was so good to Metallica and handled them so properly, so I really feel as if that feeling should have trickled down. They deal with their opening bands like gold. They’re displaying us the best way now and the way we needs to be treating our opening bands. We’re studying as a lot from them as we will.”

You possibly can learn the complete interview contained in the Rock Sound Awards Problem. It’s obtainable to order right here alongside an enormous double-sided poster and an A4 photograph print.