Metallica have announced the winners of their second annual For Whom The Band Tolls! marching band competition, in partnership with Sweetwater. The event featured expanded categories with first, second, and third place winners selected by the band. Participants used free sheet music from thirteen Metallica songs, and fans voted for a single Fan Favorite performance.
Metallica announced the following:
“We’re thrilled to announce our ‘Metallica Marching Band’ Year Two winners, but in an exciting twist, we’ll only be awarding our high school winners this year. An exciting new partner approached us with an opportunity for our collegiate competitors that we just couldn’t pass up. So, for our college participants, ‘Time Marches On’, as we’ve extended the competition through November 2025.
This year, we expanded our High School categories, including first, second, and third place winners for large, medium, and small high schools, plus a fan favorite, as voted on by the public.
Without further ado, our winners are…
Large High School
* First Place: Sonia Sotomayer High School – San Antonio, TX
* Second Place: Seven Lakes High School – Katy, TX
* Third Place: Richland High School – North Richland Hills, TXMedium High School
* First Place: Freehold Township High School – Freehold, NJ
* Second Place: Dublin Scioto High School – Dublin, OH *Also voted our Fan-Favorite Winner!
* Third Place: Pocono Mountain East High School – Swiftwater, PASmall High School
* First Place: South Range High School – Canfield, OH
* Second Place: The Baptist Preparatory School – Little Rock, AR
* Third Place: Manalapan High School – Manalapan, New JerseyThanks to our sponsors — TAMA, Sweetwater, Hal Leonard, KHS America, Tromana, Ernie Ball, Music For All, and Bands Of America — these nine schools are taking home a combined $115,000 in equipment!
We can’t wait to share what we have in store for our extended collegiate competition this year. Stay tuned!”
