Français Pour une Nuit: Live Aux Arènes de Nîmes 2009

销售突破亿张大关、拿下五届「最佳金属演出」等七座葛莱美奖加冕、再造金属王朝的唯一救主

超过2小时的金属震撼 超值加赠长达37分钟的访问及五支精彩影片

以Thrash Metal闯出名声享誉世界，商业和艺术皆能缔造令人咋舌佳绩，只有Metallica！全球销售突破亿张大关，拿下五届「最加金属演出」在内共七座葛莱美奖加冕，入主英国极具公信力的Kerrang!杂志「名人殿堂」，MTV台选为「重金属史上经典乐团」第三名，双获VH1频道「百大硬式摇滚艺人」第五位+「20组经典重金属名单」冠军，吉他手Kirk Hammett拿下滚石杂志评选「百大吉他手」第11顺位，登上无数次滚石杂志封面人物+坐上「最佳硬式摇滚/重金属乐团」列车之中。

与Megadeth、Anthrax、Slayer并列Thrash Metal四大天团的Metallica，在速度、声音响度、节奏、旋律上不断精益求精，吉他Riff的变化与技巧更是引人入胜的关键。现任团员分别是主唱James Hetfield、吉他手Kirk Hammett、鼓手Lars Ulrich，以及2003年加入、原Suicidal Tendencies和Ozzy Osbourne的贝斯手Robert Trujillo。这场超过2小时的最新精彩演唱会是在2009年七月於南法尼姆的罗马竞技场所录制，其惊人的舞台场景与所有经典曲目现场演出绝对让你瞠目结舌，最后更送上长达37分钟的访问及五支精彩影片，你如果认为你是金属迷，你怎能错过这场演唱会盛典？

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Français Pour Une Nuit (French for One Night) is a live DVD by the American heavy metal band Metallica, recorded in Nîmes, France in the Arena of Nîmes on July 7, 2009 during the World Magnetic Tour. It was released in three formats. A standard DVD in a digipak including a 16-page booklet, a Blu-ray, also in a digipak with the booklet and a deluxe limited edition box set including the DVD, a copy of Death Magnetic on CD, a T-shirt, laminated pass, and five exclusive photos. Despite only being issued in France, it has been imported in sufficient quantity to be considered a regular release.

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by Jason Birchmeier

Like Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México, Français Pour une Nuit is a regionally released live recording of Metallica on the supporting tour for their comeback album Death Magnetic (2008). It was filmed on the night of July 7, 2009, in Nîmes, France, at the Arena of Nîmes, a Roman amphitheater built around the time of the first century. The German metal band Rammstein recorded material for their Völkerball concert video here back in 2005, and it's likely that the Metallica team was impressed by what they saw on that DVD and hoped to replicate it. With a capacity of only 16,300 seats, the Arena of Nîmes is a relatively small venue for Metallica, and the band is indeed up close and personal with the audience. In comparison, Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria was filmed at the mammoth 50,000-seat Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. The picturesque setting of Français Pour une Nuit makes for striking visuals but not necessarily a spectacular concert. Metallica seem all too aware that they're staging a show. They're professional to a fault. One might blame this on old age. After all, Metallica are about two decades past their prime, and they've long been criticized for going soft and losing the spark they had back in the 1980s. Yet Death Magnetic is a strong album, probably their best since their eponymous black album back in 1991, and Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria, filmed a month earlier over the course of three nights, finds them remarkably enthusiastic and fully inflamed. Even the best bands have off nights, and Metallica are far from their best on Français Pour une Nuit. They play a well-balanced if fairly standard set of material from their first five albums -- Kill 'Em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986), ...And Justice for All (1988), and Metallica (1991) -- along with four songs from Death Magnetic and a cover of Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy." The problem is, they appear to be going through the motions, putting on a show for the camera rather than losing themselves in the music. Die-hard fans will still want to see Français Pour une Nuit, even if only for the striking visuals and the pro-shot editing, but there's no question that Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria is the more enjoyable release.