Yngwie Malmsteen performed a series of concerts at Leningrad SKK Stadium in February 1989, during the final years of the Soviet Union. These shows were recorded and later released as Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad (1989). At a time when Western rock and metal artists were only beginning to gain official access to the USSR, Malmsteen’s appearance stood as one of the earliest major Western heavy metal concerts seen by Soviet audiences. His Leningrad performances preceded later landmark events, i