Metallica Limp Bizkit & Avatar

Metallica Limp Bizkit & Avatar at Arrowhead Stadium

Metallica is coming to Arrowhead. Let that sink in. On May 29, the band shares the Kansas City stadium bill with Limp Bizkit and Avatar, making a Saturday night with serious heavy-music appeal.

The draw starts with the sound: thrash-speed force, precision and melodies that refuse to get lost in the weight. You can love Metallica for the attack of a riff and still care deeply about the melodic side associated with Nothing Else Matters. That contrast gives the music feeling as well as muscle.

For followers of Master of Puppets or the Black Album, the connection may go back to the first record you couldn't stop playing. The 2009 Rock Hall inductees have become part of listeners' lives through those recordings. Seeing the band makes that affection something you can put a date on, with Arrowhead giving the outing its stadium scale.

Limp Bizkit and Avatar make the bill bigger than a single favorite. Their followers have their own reasons to show up, while Metallica fans have two additional artists to anticipate. This is an evening to give over to heavy music, with more than one performance behind the excitement.

Take the music you keep turning up and make an Arrowhead night of it. Find Metallica ticket options for May 29, and give that Saturday to riffs, melody and three bands worth making plans around.