''Cunning Stunts'' is a live album by heavy metal band

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. It was released in 1998 on DVD and VHS formats. The DVD features concert footage, band interviews, a documentary, behind the scenes footage, and a photo gallery consisting of approximately 1,000 photos taken by

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. Some of which were used in the album sleeves for '' Reload''. Three of the performances feature multiple angles. During the performance of the song "

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", the entire stage is set to appear to collapse and explode, with

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and a technician (referred to in the extras as the "Burning Dude") who runs across the stage while on fire, as another technician swings overhead. This is also one of the few Metallica concerts that did not feature "

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" as an intro. The title is a

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of the words ''stunning cunts''. The band

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had already used this title for their 1975 album.

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used this title for their 1992 release.

Track listing

Disc 1

Disc 2

Personnel

Metallica *

James Hetfield James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, co-founder and a main songwriter of heavy metal band Metallica. He is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionall ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar *

Lars Ulrich Lars Ulrich (; ; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in his ...

– drums *

Kirk Hammett Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals *

Jason Newsted Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician who was the bassist of heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He first performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam from 1981 to 1986 before joining Metallica to su ...

– bass, backing vocals Production *Andie Airfix – artwork, design *

– photography *

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