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Metallica make doves, humanity cry with world's worst Prince cover

Dig if you will, the picture of a sold-out Metallica show where thousands of fans are held captive to one of the worst covers ever performed. Dream if you can, a stadium where a two-person rendition of Prince classic “When Doves Cry” fills the air like a toxic cloud. Watch a clip for yourself to hear what it sounds like when taste dies. After performing last Tuesday night, on a September 4th that will live forevermore in infamy, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo have made an indelible mark on music history. Forget the parts they’ve played in the band itself. None of it matters anymore. Forevermore, the two will—must—be associated with a cover so heinous that it’d be sort of funny if it wasn’t fundamentally evil in nature. Uploaded to the official MetallicaTV YouTube channel with the misplaced pride of a puppy dropping a mutilated kitten on your front porch, “Rob & Kirk’s Doodle: When Doves Cry” sees the bassist and guitarist employ seemingly the worst possible choi...