Maiden Heaven
I don’t know if you can still order it, but Kerrang Magazine recently released an Iron Maiden tribute CD featuring covers of IM tracks by a variety of metal bands, including Metallica, Trivium, Dream Theater, Coheed and Cambria, and DevilDriver, among others. I think these five tracks are the standouts, with the Metallica being the standout of the standouts. Now, I say this as someone who’s become disillusioned with Metallica and doesn’t necessarily expect them to knock everything out of the park as I once did. I have to say though, their cover of “Remember Tomorrow” kicks some serious ass. (Also, they recently did an awesome instrumental song called “Ecstasy of Gold” for an Ennio Morricone tribute album.) You can listen to “Remember Tomorrow” on Metallica’s MySpace page. You can listen to some of the other songs and learn more about the album at Kerrang’s “Maiden Heaven” mini-site.
Also, speaking of Metallica, their new album comes out Sept. 12. After hearing “Remember Tomorrow,” I’m really excited to see what they’ve done on this one.
Rob B
10:22 am Sep-2-2008Coheed was a standout? Really? Then again, I’m not a big fan of them, but the one that seems to be the best fit is Dream Theater for To Tame a Land.
I’m cautiously optimistic about Metallica’s new album, if only because Rick Rubin is the producer.
John Joseph Adams
11:39 pm Sep-2-2008Yeah, I thought C&C did a really good job. I’m not a huge fan of theirs either. Basically, I really like the song from Rock Band, and I like this cover, but I haven’t liked anything else of theirs. After hearing the song in Rock Band I went to check them out, sure I’d want to buy an album, but every other song of theirs I sampled I didn’t like at all.