AFU soldier surprised by playing Metallica's hit song "Nothing Else Matters" on a bandura

Taras Stolyar, an AFU soldier and honoured artist of Ukraine, masterfully played the world-famous Metallica hit "Nothing Else Matters" on the bandura, a Ukrainian folk musical instrument. A video of Taras playing the song was posted on his Facebook page by car racer and auto journalist Oleksiy Mochanov.

He played the song in front of his brothers in between fights.

Taras Stolyar's game has thrilled warriors and online users.

Fantastic!!! I will do my best to let Hatfield and Ulrich (Metallica band founders - ed.) know about this performance and get high. From the heart! - wrote Mochanov.

Taras, bravo! You have always opened new possibilities of this instrument. This has surpassed all expectations. A pro! I wanted to say - widely performed! Very wide! Because you can even play on one string! And here it's very rich!!!! Even for a bandura. Cool! Thanks for the music and for the defence. I couldn't help myself and sent this video of Metallica's song to their Instagram," Ukrainians wrote in comments.

Later, Mochanov published a photo under which he indicated that Lars Ulrich appreciated the sound of the hit performed with a bandura.

It is known about Taras Stolyar that he has been playing in the National Academic Folk Instruments Orchestra of Ukraine for about twenty years. He is a graduate of the Chernivtsi Music College and the National Music Academy, and an Honoured Artist of Ukraine. Taras performed bandura parts for the film "The Thought of Taras Bulba" (2009), and also played for some time as a member of the Ukrainian electronic band ONUKA.