The Metal

"The Metal" is a song by Tenacious D from their 2006 album The Pick of Destiny. The album was a soundtrack for the film. The song is played during the end credits of the film and is the final track on the album.

This article is about the 2006 Tenacious D song. For other uses, see Metal (disambiguation).
"The Metal"
Song by Tenacious D
from the album The Pick of Destiny
ReleasedNovember 22, 2006
RecordedThe Dell And 606 Studio
GenreHeavy metal
Length2:46
Songwriter(s)Jack Black, Kyle Gass, John R King, John Konesky
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Live performances

Tenacious D plays "The Metal" regularly at concerts, in 2006–2007, on the Pick of Destiny tour, the song was accompanied by JR Reed (as "Lee") in a dancing armored costume. Whilst on tour, the costume appeared on Saturday Night Live and at the Spike Video Game Awards. Reed would reoccur his role at festivals and benefit concerts between 2008-10 until Mike Bray took over the role for the August 2013 European tour and at the 2013 edition of Festival Supreme. The costume was auctioned off to help fund victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks in December 2015.[1]

In video games

The song appeared in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as a 6th tier song out of 8. It also appeared as a DLC for the video games, Rock Band and Rocksmith. The song was part of the song playlist in the game, Brütal Legend. It also appeared in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits for the Nintendo DS.

References
  1. "Charitybuzz: Tenacious D Supports Sweet Stuff Foundation". www.Charitybuzz.com.
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