Video: Old Man Tap-Dancing to Metallica Cover Band on the Subway, Slays It

Bringing your band’s show down into the subway tubes is a tough gig. The logistics of hauling gear up and down all those stairs, dealing with cavernous acoustics and having to appeal to the masses makes it questionable whether the few dollars tossed into your empty guitar case by generous passers-by is even worth it. For metal bands, each of those three problems is even more pronounced.

But one fortunate group of heshers who ventured down to the underground mass transit platforms got the ultimate payoff in the form of a viral video, its success thanks to an older gentleman who caught the dance bug big-time during the band’s performance of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets.” And by dance, we don’t mean moshing, or anything resembling metal’s preferred form of body movement… we mean actual dancing. Like tap dancing. And he slays it!

The video first appeared on the Facebook page Svens World Metal TV in 2019 but is circulating again now thanks to Loudwire. And why not? Videos like this one that remind us of the universal appeal of music are exactly what’s needed during an otherwise crappy day, week or year. So hit play below and get to dancin’.