Sam Fender’s Sad But True Playlist

Sam Fender’s Sad But True Playlist

“The first time I heard Metallica I was 8, scrolling through MTV, and heard ‘One’ and ‘Enter Sandman’,” UK singer-songwriter Sam Fender tells Apple Music. “Perfect music for smashing the front room up to, considering all I was into was watching Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network—it was a match made in heaven.’” Fender, whose sophomore LP Seventeen Going Under is due in October, is more known for Springsteenesque anthems than headbanging, but as the playlist he made for Apple Music to coincide with his cover of “Sad But True” for The Metallica Blacklist can attest, his influences are broader than The Boss: Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” and Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” are among the classics included. If you hear something you like, add it to your library.

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