A Day To Remember's Neil Westfall trying to be metal

While at Elb-Riot Festival in Germany – headlined by Machine Head and Amon Amarth — A Day To Remember's Neil Westfall does some investigating to find out what it is to be metal so he can fit in. How do you think he got on?

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