This is James Hetfield’s Spotify Playlist

Papa Jaymz is on the Spotify bandwagon!

I love these celebrity playlists, including the ones we run here on MetalSucks, for providing a small window into the minds of our favorite musicians. So what’s James listening to? Well, it won’t surprise anyone to learn that no modern metal bands appear on his playlist save for Baroness (the two bands share the same management company and toured together in 2010). Exodus, Tank and Iron Maiden both make appearances, but the rest largely steers clear of metal: Dick Dale, Tom Waits, Blue Oyster Cult, and, in a pleasant surprise, The Mars Volta (from their first album, naturally). Here it is: