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TIAMAT Mainman Remembers Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON

September 27, 2006

TIAMAT frontman Johan Edlund has issued the following message:

"Time flies indeed. Twenty years ago I was 15 years old and had just watched METALLICA live for the first time. They were supported by ANTHRAX and both bands were great. It was one of these classic ANTHRAX stagediving mosh shows and METALLICA were just pure magic. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. I was so excited about going to school this very day twenty years ago, to talk about the greatness of the concert and how cool they seem and what merch we'd bought... But... Unfortunately, the rumour was already out, and then it wasn't even a rumour any longer... METALLICA's tour bus had slipped off the road some km outside Stockholm and bassist Cliff Burton was killed. Damn, I don't know what to say, but he was just so METALLICA! I hope he is at a good place!"

As previously reported, a "memorial day" for late Cliff Burton has been scheduled for Saturday, September 30 at the at Gyllene Rasten restaurant/bar (web site) in Ljungby, Dörarp, Sweden. It was on September 27, 1986 — 20 years ago today — that Burton died in a tragic bus accident in Sweden, just over the road from where Gyllene Rasten is located. The restaurant/bar will be playing METALLICA music from their early days when Cliff was in the band. Live videos will also be aired, including the "Cliff 'Em All" DVD. In addition, several bands will be performing Cliff-era METALLICA tunes, including AGE OF FURY (from Hillerstorp, Sweden),THE HAZE (Helsingborg, Sweden) and MORBID INSULTER (Gothenburg, Sweden). The first band will take the stage at 6:00 p.m.

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