The new mayor of Portsmouth, England, took an unconventional approach to his inauguration, using Metallica’s “Eye of the Beholder” as his entrance music.
That was certainly the scene at Portsmouth Town Hall on Tuesday (May 16), when Mayor Tom Coles spoke with …justice for all Track the horn. The pomp and circumstance of the ceremony, contrasted with the rather brutal whipping numbers, is the level of absurdity of a comedy skit.
Coles’ quirks don’t stop there.A quote from the new mayor’s speech Star Trek Klingon, won the smiles of colleagues.As for his motivations for playing metal songs and speaking Klingon, Coles just tell the bbc He went “whatever he wanted”.
“It was a hit with the audience and I got really good feedback,” he said, adding that he was a “big fan of heavy metal”.
Coles specifically said of his use of “Eyes of the Beholder,” “It’s a great song to walk in. It has a little bit of build-up, and then it has a nice beat, and it’s a great song. Song.”
Someone needs to make sure the new mayor gets a VIP pass to Metallica’s ongoing “M72” world tour.The Trek has just started and will run until 2024, and you can get tickets to the band’s upcoming concert here.
Below you can watch the BBC footage of The Lord Mayor walking into Metallica’s ‘Eye of the Beholder’.