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Review: The second and final instalment of thrash metal titans Metallica's Orion Music + More festival took place in Detroit, Michigan, on June 8th/9th 2013, and while the ordeal itself was a complete and utter financial disaster (hence there has yet to be a third event in the decade since), the line-up and performances across the weekend are still hyped and discussed to this day. Where the 4:30pm slot at the Vans Damage Inc Stage on the first day was originally allotted to a mysterious group named Dehaan, eagle-eyed fans connected the dots when remembering the name of actor Dane Dehaan who played the lead role in the Metallica concert film Through The Never. Then, as the "band's" logo was covered up with a hastily spray-painted "Metal Up Your Ass" banner (the original title to Metallica's 1982 debut full-length Kill 'Em All), attendees flocked in their droves just in time for a mid-afternoon shredfest of the iconic first album in its entirety, complete with the first ever performance of original bassist Cliff Burton's solo piece '(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth', by his replacement Robert Trujillo.