{"id":355792,"date":"2026-03-24T16:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/355792\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:12:10","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-star-elijah-wood-can-no-longer-listen-to-metallicas-enter-sandman-and-his-infant-son-is-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/355792\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood can no longer listen to Metallica\u2019s Enter Sandman, and his infant son is to blame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lord Of The Rings actor Elijah Wood has admitted that he can\u2019t listen to Metallica<\/a>\u2019s landmark hit Enter Sandman<\/a> anymore.<\/p>\n

During a new interview with NME<\/a>, the 45-year-old actor, currently promoting comedy-horror film Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come, says that his son, born in 2019, listened to the popular 1991 track extensively from the age of four, to the point that it\u2019s now been ruined for him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s specifically because of my son,\u201d Wood says. \u201cHe was about four when I introduced him to it and then it became the only song that he wanted to hear for a very long stretch of time. It\u2019s actually not too inappropriate lyrically. It\u2019s a little scary, but there isn\u2019t anything too gnarly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Metallica put out Enter Sandman on July 29, 1991, ahead of the release of their self-titled fifth album<\/a> (AKA the Black Album) on August 12. The track was a quick hit and became a radio mainstay, charting in the top 10 in the UK, Finland, Ireland, Denmark and Canada. It crossed the billion-streams threshold on Spotify in 2023 and \u2013 as of March 2026, according to setlist wiki setlist.fm \u2013 Metallica have performed the single 1,450 times, making it the sixth most-played track in their back-catalogue.<\/p>\n

The Black Album would expand on Enter Sandman\u2019s commercial success, topping charts all over the world, before going on to become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. It\u2019s been certified two-times Diamond in the US, signalling sales in excess of 20 million units, as well as Diamond in Canada and multi-times Platinum in the UK, Germany, Australia, Argentina, Italy and many other markets.<\/p>\n

Even though he can\u2019t listen to Enter Sandman anymore, Wood reveals his extensive history with rock and alternative music in the NME interview. He looks back on his first-ever gig, which was seeing The Smashing Pumpkins<\/a> at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles in 1996.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was on the Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness<\/a> tour and Garbage opened for them,\u201d he remembers. \u201cI was just about to turn 16 and it was absolutely incredible. It was at that time when Billy [Corgan, vocals\/guitars] basically wore the \u2018Zero\u2019 shirt for the better part of two or three years. It was also the first time he shaved his head. I was a huge, huge Pumpkins fan and so for them to be my first concert was so appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come, the sequel to the 2019 film, sees Wood star as a nameless lawyer representing the mysterious villain Le Bail. The film came out in US cinemas on March 20 and appears to be on its way to financial success. According to Box Office Mojo, it\u2019s already made $11.8 million US against a $14 million production budget. Reviews have been largely positive, with Deadline calling it \u201cjust what fans have been waiting for the past seven years\u201d.<\/p>\n

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