Metallica wrapped their 2025 Australia and New Zealand tour in Auckland with the kind of energy that comes from a band finishing what they started.
Eden Park filled early, the weather held, and the whole place had that familiar tilt you only get on the final night of a long run. This gallery captures Suicidal Tendencies, Evanescence and Metallica as they closed out the tour at Eden Park, with the crowd ready to squeeze every last moment out of it. All photos in the galleries below were shot by Dave Simpson for WireImage and have been licensed to BLUNT.
Suicidal Tendencies — Photo Gallery
Suicidal Tendencies didn’t ease anyone in. Mike Muir walked out already moving, already pushing the pace, and the band locked straight into that tight, no-nonsense groove they’ve built their name on. It was loud, sharp and exactly what an early stadium slot needs to be.
From the barrier, you could feel the crowd wake up fast. The floor started shifting, the stands leaned forward, and it was clear this wasn’t going to be a polite warm-up. Suicidal did what Suicidal does: hit hard, hit clean, and hand the night over with the place already buzzing. The tour has felt like this since the Metallica 2025 Australian Tour announcement, big moments stacked on top of bigger ones and Auckland was no exception.
Evanescence — Photo Gallery
Evanescence brought a completely different tone, and it worked. Amy Lee’s voice carried across the stadium with ease, and the band leaned into the dynamics that have always set them apart. It wasn’t dramatic for the sake of it, but controlled, confident and perfectly suited to a stadium at dusk.
Visually it was one of the strongest sets of the night. The light stayed soft for their whole set, which made the photos land clean. No tricks, no heavy effects, just a band that looks good on a big outdoor stage.
Metallica — Photo Gallery
When Metallica walked out, Eden Park lifted.
No theatrics, no extended build, just the band, the volume and the kind of crowd response that reminds you why they’re still the reference point for shows of this scale.
If you followed the earlier dates you would have caught the Living End surprise in Melbourne or the moment they tore into Smoko in Brisbane. Auckland felt like the right place to close it out.
The full rundown is in our Metallica Auckland setlist, but the photos tell the rest. A final stadium, a packed field, and a band finishing the tour with the same intensity they started it with.
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