“We got a cake delivered by James Hetfield”: Architects’ Sam Carter explains why Metallica are one of the kindest bands he’s toured with
When you’re invited to support Metallica on tour, it’s a true cause for celebration – and even the band themselves seem to realise that. When Architects had the honour of opening for the iconic metallers on the 2023 and 2024 leg of the M72 World Tour, frontman Sam Carter reveals that Metallica gifted the band a celebratory cake to welcome them on tour.
Speaking on the The Jesea Lee Show, Carter reflects on how kind and welcoming Metallica were from the get-go. “Metallica really know how to treat bands… on the first day we got flowers, and we got a cake delivered by James Hetfield,” Carter recalls [via Blabbermouth].
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However, the bandmembers were also incredibly keen to bond with Architects across the tour. While touring with Metallica is a dream in and of itself, their kindness only made the experience more special. “Lars Ulrich was hanging out with us most days,” the singer says. “Hetfield would [also] come in and hang out with us… [it made us] feel like a million bucks.”
“After the shows, Metallica invited us for dinner every night and we would go to a closed off restaurant with them and eat in insane places,” he later explains. “They don’t need to do that! And they’re doing this [with] no cameras [around]. There’s nothing there. There’s no one following them around with a video camera…. It’s just their TM [tour manager] and them being like ‘Welcome to the tour. You need anything, we’ve got you.’”
The humility and eagerness to bond with support acts is something that Architects have really taken on board, and influenced how they treat their own support acts. “They really taught us to be on it with your supports – and we always are,” he explains. “We always try and make an effort and make sure everyone’s okay.”
Carter goes on to explain that Linkin Park are equally as welcoming to their support acts. Architects have supported the legendary nu-metal act throughout the From Zero tour across 2025 and 2026, and every day was a treat. “The first day, Linkin Park invited us into their dressing room, and Mike Shinoda’s texting me asking me to go and sing with them!” Carter says, smiling at the kindness. “And [Linkin Park and Metallica] are two of the biggest bands in the world!”
Metallica are set to hit the UK across June and July, and they have teamed up with blood services to promote donations. The initiative marks the first time the band have collaborated with UK blood services, working with the Welsh Blood Service alongside NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.
A spokesperson for the band says: “Wherever we go on tour, we want to give something meaningful back to the communities that welcome us. We’ve seen in the United States and Australia how working with blood services can help raise awareness of blood donation and support patients, and we’re excited to bring that same approach to the UK.”
“As we close out the European leg of the ‘M72 World Tour’ in the UK, we’re asking fans to step up and be part of something bigger than the show. Looking out for one another and supporting those who rely on donated blood every day is a simple act that can make a powerful difference.”
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