It’s no secret Metallica have their collective ears to the ground, staying up to date with what’s going on in metal’s current landscape. They championed bands like Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira as perhaps the next torchbearers, taking them out on a stadium tour. It’s also known that James Hetfield is a fan of Ghost and in the video above, he tackles some of the riffs to “Cirice.”

Hunkered down at Metallica’s HQ (which they just gave three lucky fans a tour of), Papa Het stands behind the mic of the band’s rehearsal space working his way through the opening moments of the Grammy-winning Meliora track. It isn’t perfect as his fingers slide around the fretboard in search of the proper notes. MORE