Headbanger's Blog reports:

"There were plenty of heart-stopping moments and bone-breaking tackles during Superbowl XLII, but there wasn’t a whole lot metal madness to speak of. After all, TOM PETTY played the halftime show (yawn), and most of the advertisers opted for classical, rap or classic rock as soundtracks for their mega-expensive TV spots.

The closest anyone came to really rocking out was Toyota, who used FU MANCHU’s pedal-to-the-floor 2002 song 'Mongoose' to plug the Sequoia:

Toyota Sequoia Super Bowl Commercial: Racing Big Wheels

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The only other metal moment came during a commercial for Fox Television’s Sarah Connor Chronicles, which used DANZIG’s 'Mother' to illustrate the series storyline about a mother and son on the run from Terminator robots.

By comparison, it pales to last year, when Garmin International Inc. pulled hefty GRIM REAPER singer Steve Grimmett out of obscurity for an ass-kickin’ spot in which a GPS-armed robot reminiscent of Ultraman dukes it out with a lizard monster who resembles an origami map.

If you haven’t seen it, you owe it to yourself to check this one out:

Grab Your Garmin

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The most metal Superbowl XLII ad that had no metal in it came from Careerbuilder.com, which ran a spot depicting a woman unhappily sitting at a computer while her boss eats and laughs. Without warning, her heart bursts out of her chest, grows legs, climbs over to her bosses desk and whips out a sign that reads “I quit.” In the end, the company’s logo falls out of the sky, demolishing the office building. If only it had all been staged to the tune of MORBID ANGELs 'Blood on My Hands'."

CareerBuilder.com Super Bowl Commercial

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