RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:19 am

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Oooooooooh I'll have to check that out.

Most Maiden tributes blow, like, 3 "okay" versions and a bunch of inferrior ones.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:48 am

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Ok - maybe it is because I have had a few and/or a long day - but I really hate track 7. Run to the Hills by Sign, on this Album. YUUUUKKKKK!!! They sound like a boy band... complete debortuary of a classic anthem... BOOO

My revised Review on this Album as follows: **Amazing wot you start hearing after a complete flogging in the IPOD, while on a train.. with a bunch of muszo **

Ok. Fav's Top to bottom. 1)Hallowed be Thy Name/Machine Head "mind blowing good", 2)Iron Maiden/Trivium - rip the speed on this song, with ease, great vocals, 3)To Tame the Land/Dream Theatre- just down right made for maiden.. great, strong instrumentals and carried well the lenghth of 7 minutes, 4) Remember Tomorrow/Metallica, 5)Wasted Years/Devil Driver 6)The Trooper/Coheed & Cambria 7)Fear of the Dark/FightStar Wrathchild/Gallows - suprised punk really works on this song, the rest in assorted mixture of ok, hum alright and eww in different parts.

LISTEN WITH CAUTION - Run to the Hills by SIGN and second contender..Brave New World - Ghostlines. Ghost who.... Please let my ignorance to not knowing the 'ghosties' be my problem... other than that - Wot in the world were they thinking.. Call the 'ghost busters I say.... SIGN.. total rubbish, nearly paiful to listen to.. YYUUKK.

Be intersted in anyone else's review..!?




This message was edited by BxXx on Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:58 am.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:13 pm

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Yeah they really gayed-up Run to the Hills.

Was very cool to hear Metallica on there, even if the production is a bit painful - way too much compression, the hi-hat kills my ears... but I'm a big Met-fan and Maiden fan so it's aaaall good in the hood.

Not a fan of people growling the melodic bits.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:14 pm

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haha yeah Devil Driver did that well.. haha but actually like the dirting up they did in the other areas.

np: The Beatles - The Sun King Melody, on a top 500 rock songs ever compilation.. You really can't beat some of the old' classic rock - they really creted the foundation for masterpieces now. Fav's from this Album - The Who, Floyd,Zeplin,Doors, Dylan...oh way to many to mention.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:04 am

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yeah i've had that maiden heaven album for several weeks now and its amazing!! but yeah the first time i heard run to the hills i was like "wtf is this shizz??" metallica do a decent job of remember tomorrow but i much prefer opeths version of the song (and a i mean MUCH prefer!). likewise for machine head they do a really awsome job of hallowed be thy name (and hope they play it when i see them in october) but i prefer cradle of filths version.
my fave cover was surprizingly by trivium, who woulduv guesed?

np: black sabbath - hand of doom (live in 1970 on the 'past lives' album) by far the best bargin i've ever had! found it in the warehouse bargin bins for only 8.99 and its a double disk that also came with a free poster and a free licensed (and awsome looking) black sabbath guitar pick!!

This message was edited by baphomet on Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:05 am.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:57 am

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The best cover of Remember Tomorrow was by Anthrax on their "Nothing" Australasian tour EP, IMO.

I wonder if Kerrang will keep those tribute CD's coming. The Master of Puppets tribute was fairly average aside from the Machine Head and Mastodon tracks.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:02 pm

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i liked the master of puppets covers espetially the mastodon. apparently theres a japanese metal tribute. i think that would be interesting.

now playing: iron maiden - aces high

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:44 am

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Having another listen now... a bit sad really. There's two covers that I forsee myself listening to regularly, but fot the most part it's horrible mall-metal bands

NP: Down - Stone the Crow

This message was edited by K.I.N.G on Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:45 am.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:37 pm

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I rememebr seeing them last year. Pepper broke a string during this song. still nailed it tho.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:43 pm

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i was there to!!! right at the front! caught rexs pick! what an amazing show!! i hope they come back soon! and yes the exclamation marks are needed!!!

np: soilwork - distance

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:24 am

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Stone the Crow - Down... Brillant

Down are back in Melbourne 12 Oct 08 ! No mention of who is support yet.
Suprised if they are back in Melbs and not going down to NZ again??
Where was it last time?

np: As I lay Dying - 94 hours.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:31 am

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So... frikkin... jealous.

Pepper is my hero.

NP: Unleashed - Before the Creation of Time

(good oldschool death metal from 1991... and a little bit doomy too)

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:31 am

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Yeah cant wait.
ha - haven't heard of them - I will have to have a listen.. like a bit of doom and gloom on a sunny day.

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:15 am

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np: Corrosion of Conformity - Vote with a Bullet

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:41 am

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Less Than Jake

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:21 am

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np: slipknot - gematria (the killing name)

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:34 pm

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Oh guts!

Ouroborous- The Mars Volta

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:14 pm

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why guts??

np: six feet under - sweet leaf (sabbath cover). they do such an awsome rendition of this song! really make you feel that riff

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:31 am

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omg np: bomfunk mc's : freestyler . hahah who remembers this song? the apitomy of the 'one hit wonder'

RE: The "now playing" thread
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:43 am

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Ugh, death metal rock covers usually disappoint me... as soon as they rip the vocal melodies from the song, the song dies, to me anyways. Then again, Godsmack's version retained the melody and it was gaaaaaaaaaay, camper than a row of pink tents.

Having said that, CC's version of Zero the Hero was pretty sweet. Chris' voice had so much more balls back in those days though.