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MASTODON: Cover Of METALLICA's 'Orion' Posted Online
- Apr. 12, 2006
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MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's "Orion", which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album "Master of Puppets", has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon. Also available at the same location are pictures and videos from the recording sessions for MASTODON's new album, "Blood Mountain", tentatively due in August via Warner Bros. As previously reported, "Remastered" was packaged with a special issue of Kerrang! commemorating the 20th anniversary of "Master of Puppets". Other bands contributing to the CD include MACHINE HEAD ("Battery"), TRIVIUM ("Master Of Puppets"), MENDEED ("The Thing That Should Not Be"), BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE ("Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"), CHIMAIRA ("Disposable Heroes"), FIGHTSTAR ("Leper Messiah"), and FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND ("Damage, Inc."). Check out the "Remastered" cover artwork at this location. MASTODON's third album, "Blood Mountain", is being recorded with Seattle-based producer Matt Bayles ( ISIS, HORSE THE BAND). The CD will be mixed later in the month in New York by Rich Costey ( AUDIOSLAVE, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE). Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2004's "Leviathan" include "Circle of Cysquatch", "Hunters of the Sky", "The Sleeping Giant", "Bladecatcher", "The Colony of Birchmen", "Pendulous Skin", "The Siberian Divide", "Capillarian Crest", "Hand of Stone", "Crystal Skull", "The Wolf Is Loose" and "This Mortal Soil". In a recent interview with MTV.com, drummer Bränn Dailor said about the upcoming CD, "It's hard to be inside something and talk to people about it. And it's kind of a cliché that the people in the band think that what they're working on at the moment is the best stuff they've ever done. But I guess that's the way that we feel. It's just more intense, more — I mean I like everything we've ever done. But at the moment, I'm really digging on this stuff. It's hard for me to put into words what's different about it. It's just better." "I hope we can start a prog revolution, because the timing's right," he added. "You've got a TOOL record that's coming out, an Isis record that's coming out, a MARS VOLTA record that's coming out, a MASTODON record that's coming out, and I hope that converges into something really awesome for music where it doesn't become pop, but there's a little more sharing of the pie. It would be cool if you had kids in their bedrooms not trying to learn LINKIN PARK songs, but they're trying to learn MASTODON songs. It's cool music that's honest and from the heart, and it's technically challenging." Read more at MTV.com.
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COMMENT |
posted by : id gaff
4/12/2006 3:06:43 PM
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LAUGHABLE
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COMMENT | Is it just me?
posted by :
4/12/2006 3:10:44 PM
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Does anyone else think this mix is very flat? Especially the drums. In fact, I think at least one of the guitars is out of tune.
I mean, I thought 20 years later, technology would have provided some improvement in the sound.
C'mon Mastadon, you can do better!
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posted by : NU METAL > death metal
4/12/2006 3:11:31 PM
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yeah, you know who i was talkin to...
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COMMENT | Also
posted by : furor
4/12/2006 3:11:57 PM
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They play the main riff incorrectly. The least they could have done would have been to take the time to learn it properly.
Guitars sound like crap, although this is a compressed audio track.
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COMMENT | cant touch the original
posted by : DormDweller95
4/12/2006 3:15:56 PM
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they tried, but cant sound as good as the original....of course cliff burton played bass on the track so it had to be good
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posted by : Mordack
4/12/2006 3:18:23 PM
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A butchering of a classic song.
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COMMENT | hm...
posted by : T.C.
4/12/2006 3:18:31 PM
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are any of you that are commenting at all familiar with a) Mastodon's sound over the last few albums, and b) the concept of "interpretation"?
C
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COMMENT | This one is flat!!!
posted by : ~CAIN~
4/12/2006 3:20:04 PM
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Bummer, cause Mastodon is usually heavy as FUCK!
I'm disappointed with Mastodon's version of "Orion".
Hey R-V-D!
Yes, I would have to agree with you on most of what you said... but I'm going to have to stick up for Trivium on this "Remastered". Dude check out their rendition of "Master Of Puppets", they fucking kill on it! They fucking nail it note for note! It's fucking bad ass!!
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COMMENT | IT IS VERY FUCKING FLAT!!!!!!!!
posted by : ANG6248
4/12/2006 3:20:21 PM
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THEY FUCKED UP THIS SONG SO GODDAMN BAD!!!!
THE BASS PLAYER DRAGGED CLIFF'S MUSIC THROUGH THE FUCKING MUD!!!!!
I'M NOT THAT BIG A METALLICA FAN ANYMORE BUT C'MON, THEY DON'T DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR MUSIC BUTCHERED.
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COMMENT | im a big mastodon fan
posted by :
4/12/2006 3:23:49 PM
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but they did nothing special with this song, they litrally just played it, and the production seemed terrible, it was easily the quietest song on the album and brann didnt even add his own drumming awesomeness to it
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COMMENT | Y0u guys are high
posted by : dznutz
4/12/2006 3:25:45 PM
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are any of you that are commenting at all familiar with a) Mastodon's sound over the last few albums, and b) the concept of "interpretation"?
This guy nailed it, it's Mastodon tuning and didn't need to butcher it by changing a classic song. It's completely true to the original but in their tuning
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COMMENT |
posted by : Al Bundy
4/12/2006 3:31:05 PM
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mastodon rules. good cover too.
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COMMENT | STFU.
posted by :
4/12/2006 3:37:45 PM
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i'm tired of you whiny metal little girls talking about this cover sucks. Who cares if it's not played or sub par or guitars are out of tune or the president isn't running the country right. This cover owns, Mastodon owns!
send all your hatemail to = John Vargas email : pistolasyrosas@socal.rr.com
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COMMENT | STFU.
posted by :
4/12/2006 3:38:04 PM
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i'm tired of you whiny metal little girls talking about this cover sucks. Who cares if it's not played or sub par or guitars are out of tune or the president isn't running the country right. This cover owns, Mastodon owns!
send all your hatemail to = John Vargas email : pistolasyrosas@socal.rr.com
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COMMENT | hello degenerates!!!!!
posted by :
4/12/2006 3:42:45 PM
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hey deathmetal after reading what u had to say i just had to laugh what is it your hobbie watching wrestling you flaming fagget find a new hobbie asswipe
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COMMENT |
posted by : theAssWookie
4/12/2006 3:46:54 PM
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horrible production, drums have no depth, guitars sound flat. sure its their tuning and their approach, but it could have been produced much better
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COMMENT | STFU.
posted by : dznutz
4/12/2006 3:50:40 PM
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You're right, what do these people on this board LIKE anyhow? Or do they just like to hear themselves sound like morons?
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COMMENT | Sorry, guys
posted by :
4/12/2006 3:53:09 PM
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I know you tried hard, but that sucks. Both, Triviums and Mastodons Covers are just worthless. They make those classics sound like very "pedestrian" Metalcore. The whole atmosphere is missing here.
Nice try, but don't try again.
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COMMENT |
posted by : NU METAL > death metal
4/12/2006 3:53:45 PM
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you talkin to me, biatch?
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COMMENT |
posted by : Ron Maiden
4/12/2006 4:14:34 PM
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You guys sound suprised by the fact that it sounds like garbage...Nothing will ever touch the original because there will never be another Cliff Burton.
Also, the original has plethora of layered guitars in the mix.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Ron Maiden
4/12/2006 4:15:18 PM
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...but you got to give them credit for attempting a classic.
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COMMENT | No
posted by : cryptopsy666
4/12/2006 4:19:16 PM
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I would give them more credit for leaving the classic unscathed. Now my memories of a musical masterpiece are tainted.
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COMMENT | Cryptopsy
posted by : Ron Maiden
4/12/2006 4:21:40 PM
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What I meant is, they decided to cover an un-deniably difficult song to nail (sound-wise and vibe-wise), and they probably knew they would be criticized no matter what, yet they still attempted to give it a shot.
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COMMENT | Hey NU-METAL>DEATHMETAL....Got some bad news for ya champ!!!!!
posted by :
4/12/2006 4:21:58 PM
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Mastadon are very close to deathmetal and lightyears away from nu-metal you fuckin hypocrite.Anyways the "Orion" cover was very good,sorta improvish but very well done.I didn't hear anything "flat" about it.I wonder if they went up to the E standard tuning for that?I hate when bands try too hard to sound just like the original versoins.The harmony parts were jazzed up a bit and they were well done the way they did them.
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COMMENT |
posted by : PL
4/12/2006 4:26:45 PM
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"are any of you that are commenting at all familiar with a) Mastodon's sound over the last few albums, and b) the concept of "interpretation"?"
Ha ha ha ha ha! T.C. vs. THe Morons: 666-0
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posted by : PL
4/12/2006 4:30:17 PM
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Although the album is not what it could have been. Machine Head and Mastodon delivers fine versions of the songs. It sounds like Machine Head and Mastodon but without doing it too different. Also the Trivium version is interensting for the way they've done the vocals.
The rest of the bands do the first misstake in coveringing a song - trying to sound like the original version. Why bother?
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posted by : NU METAL > death metal
4/12/2006 4:33:04 PM
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PigIronMudCasket
how am i a hypocrite?
id listen to mudvayne/korn over mastodon anyday
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posted by : NU METAL > death metal
4/12/2006 4:33:37 PM
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not saying that they arent good. i like them. i have all of mastodons cds. i just think NU METAL is the shit
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COMMENT | actually
posted by : NU METAL > death metal
4/12/2006 4:34:19 PM
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i cant even say that. i dislike a lot of nu metal too
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COMMENT | Fuck
posted by : alla_xul_uggae
4/12/2006 4:50:58 PM
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Fuck this shit....Not even worth listening to.
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posted by : madeinquebec
4/12/2006 4:53:02 PM
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SORRY BUT TRIVIUM'S COVER KICKED ASS, SEE THE APROPRIATE THREAD AND LOOK AT THE COMMENTS!!!!!
TRIVIUM NAILED IT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT
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COMMENT | Yikes
posted by :
4/12/2006 5:04:36 PM
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I'm a huge Mastodon fan. They are a fukken amazing band but, this recording sounds like some I recorded in my basement. I usually don't post cuz all you people do is bitch and talk shit about everything but I had to say something. Probably not their best move. Metallica is just untouchable in this particular part of their career, I can't believe people think they should even be doin this. oh well....as I always see a young lad on here do..
Meshuggah!!!!!!
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COMMENT | FUCK YR LIFE!
posted by :
4/12/2006 5:06:32 PM
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DOESN'T ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY?
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COMMENT | More Cliff Burton Cock Suckers.
posted by : Death Metal is for Pussies
4/12/2006 5:08:47 PM
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FUCK STIFF BURTON
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COMMENT |
posted by : NU METAL > death metal
4/12/2006 5:12:40 PM
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yeah i used to watch wrestling before i had pubes
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posted by : agentpatience
4/12/2006 5:14:24 PM
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I don't know what you guys are talking about, I thought this was played a little too close to the original. As for the sound, what a shock...it sounds like Mastodon instead of Metallica. I can't believe Mastodon sound like Mastodon! Where's the justice in that!
Anyway, I would have preferred to see Dailor just flat out own Lars Ulrich on this song. His style of fills would have worked well in this song, and they could have had some fun with time signatures especially in the mid section. I don't know if he held back out of respect or what, but to me its just a missed opportunity.
Finally, its illogical to bash someone for not sounding like Cliff Burton. If it was that easy to sound like Cliff Burton, nobody would remember who Cliff Burton was 20 years after we last heard from the guy.
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COMMENT | ^^^^
posted by :
4/12/2006 5:24:53 PM
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that last part i would say is the most intelligent thing i've EVER seen ANYONE put in a comment.
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COMMENT | MASTADON IS SMELLY BUMBUM
posted by : YOURALLABUNCHOFBITCHES
4/12/2006 5:33:35 PM
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METALLICA EAT SMELLY BUM THEY DO
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COMMENT |
posted by : Al Bundy
4/12/2006 5:38:10 PM
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you shouldnt give a shit about the production. it sounds perfect.
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COMMENT | So, from what I've gathered thus far...
posted by : Hellfire(~\m/~)
4/12/2006 5:57:13 PM
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it's not the best rendition of Orion? I can't hear it because I have a crappy job with crappy equipment.
Fuck the rain! Fuck, fuckitty FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!
I gotta take a shit.
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COMMENT | Not bad
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:02:13 PM
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I think its downtuned from where Metallica played it as well -- thus the out of tune comment. Metallica played in standard tuning back in those days kiddies.
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COMMENT | ^^^no shit...it's sounded fine.
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:04:11 PM
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It had the raw unorthodox Mastadon harmony style.That's the problem with Mastadon is that they use way too many fills.Shit,alot of their songs are drum solo's.I don't mind them though.
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COMMENT | Standard tuning
posted by : Hellfire(~\m/~)
4/12/2006 6:06:27 PM
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How quaint. I remember when I first tried using drop D tuning waaaaay back in the 90s. I loved it, but it made playing too easy. These days, if I tune my geetar to standard, I'm afraid of popping the strings.
I'm rambling.
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COMMENT | I was refering to Al Bundy's comment.^^^
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:06:48 PM
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and 2 more cut in front me.It's ok, I won't spill a virus on this site over some dumbshit.
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COMMENT | Just like Nu-tallica and Machinegives Head
posted by : Steelers Own You
4/12/2006 6:07:47 PM
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Another band duo that's great at one thing and one thing only =
Sucking. Hard.
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COMMENT | Hypocrits....
posted by : marxx
4/12/2006 6:13:12 PM
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Haha, its great how all of you are ripping the shit outta metallica one moment then saying how nothing can beat them the next.
This cover is pretty damn good I think, apart from the melow bit before the main solo kicks in, but I like their spins on the solos, and the drumming isn't bad either. Sure, the production is a bit crappy, but that doesn't stop this from being a good cover.
Battery by MH was fucking awesome, the highlight of the covers, triviums wasn't too bad considering I think most of their stuff is balls. Chimaira were alright too, but I'm sure a lot of you will complain about the vocals on it. Its just a shame all the rest of the bands were sub-par at best. Only funeral for a friend's cover was abysmal.
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COMMENT | mastodon rules
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:19:06 PM
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the cock fuck them
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COMMENT | True true...
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:34:54 PM
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They could have done much more with Orion. It's like they just called each other and said "Dude, we gotta record that shit tomorrow! Do you even know the song?!".... It is obvious that they could have put a little more effort into it.
They missed on the oportunity to make an amazing cover with all the talent that Mastodon has, and how great the original Orion is. I am especially disappointed with Mastodon's drummer, he usually plays really excentric stuff and this time, he just didn't do anything espectacular.
This is just what happens to good bands, anyway. They raise the bar so much, and afterwards, it cannot be reached even by them. This happened to METALLICA, and is probably happening to TOOL, too.
It's not completely unenjoyable either!
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COMMENT | i like mastadon...
posted by : metalliaddict
4/12/2006 6:40:49 PM
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but that was REALLY uninspired. very flat and no emotion. bleh...
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COMMENT | THAT.......
posted by : stanger2003
4/12/2006 6:55:22 PM
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That is the worst fucking thing I have ever heard. Arent you suppose to do covers better that the original? I could have leaked that out of my ass better than they played that.. The guitars suck and the drums sound worse than stanger
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COMMENT | damn
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:58:05 PM
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I honestly don't think most of you even listened to the song. You're just copying what someone else above you already said.
I think it sounds cool. They rock it.
Like Metallica (or ANYBODY) is too sacred to cover...jeez...
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COMMENT | And!
posted by :
4/12/2006 6:59:16 PM
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People who have to have note-for-note renditions when they listen to a cover - what the hell fun is that?!!
I like the warped-tune sound on the solo. It's cooler than Kirk's.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Ron Maiden
4/12/2006 7:27:09 PM
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I think dream theater did a better version of this song, but even they fucked it up a bit. The best person that could do covers was SRV...I gotta say, I like his versions of Little Wing and Voodoo Chile better than what Hendrix did.
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COMMENT | the almighty RIS....
posted by : T.C.
4/12/2006 8:03:39 PM
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re: harkonin in central IL - hopefullly in july, after the new album.
C
harkonin.com
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COMMENT | Check it out. I gathered this from another news source..apparently its not the final version
posted by :
4/12/2006 8:25:20 PM
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What is thought to be the final mastered version of Mastodon's cover of Metallica's "Orion" has been posted online here. The version of the track which was included on "Remastered", the recently released Kerrang! backed 20th anniversary tribute to Metallica's "Master Of Puppets", was said to be an unmastered version and was apparently put on the disc by mistake. Mastodon expect to release their new album "Blood Mountain" through Warner in August.
Release Weather -
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COMMENT |
posted by :
4/12/2006 8:35:15 PM
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this cover isnt bad, so far ive only heard the first half and its alright.
i wish metallica would incorperate more odd time signatures into their music.
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COMMENT | That was
posted by : dimebag55
4/12/2006 9:17:49 PM
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so fucking horrible. You can never duplicate the motherfuckin' original! I wish I never even bothered to listen. I hope I miss these fools when I see the Slayer show.
That sound you hear is Cliff Burton rolling in his grave.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Rotz
4/12/2006 9:23:04 PM
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I hope dimebag55 isn't rolling in his grave when he's dead someday.
There better be silence.
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COMMENT | Eh
posted by :
4/12/2006 9:53:38 PM
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The cover just wasn;t what I was expecting.
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COMMENT | HEY, DONTFUCKINGCARE...
posted by :
4/12/2006 10:28:38 PM
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It really wasn't any intelligent comment at all. It was a point I would have made when I was ten. You know, one of those that everyone, even idiots.. know?
Slit down not across loser.
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COMMENT | Man
posted by : La Parka Owns You
4/12/2006 10:38:56 PM
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I hope that's really not the final version. Sounds like a demo or a rehearsal or something, and you get the feeling that it's causing the drummer actual physical pain to just keep playing a simple Lars beat for eight minutes, without doing a drum fill every four seconds, like he usually does. Mastodon can do a LOT better than that. Of the two tracks I've heard from this, between Mastodon half-assing it, and Trivium ruining their otherwise decent cover with pseudo pop-punk vocals, this is not looking good at all.
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COMMENT | metallica covers are never good except!!!!
posted by :
4/12/2006 10:57:08 PM
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motorhead version of whiplash kicks much ass....and i love beatallica those fuckin guys have a clever gimmick going....all the others have been mediocre.....i wanted to rip my hair out when korn ruined "one"....quit ruining classic songs.....
metalwarlord2006
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COMMENT | metalwarlord
posted by : agentpatience
4/13/2006 12:34:39 AM
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Nah man, I gotta say Anthrax's cover of Phantom Lord was pretty good. And I've got this ridiculous live bass solo clip of Les Claypool playing the guitar line for Master of Puppets, up to the first verse. Its just sick to listen to.
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COMMENT | "the solo is done wrong!"
posted by :
4/13/2006 6:27:53 AM
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are you kidding me? It's a coversong for fucks sake. It's their version of the song
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COMMENT | MASTODON = SHIT
posted by :
4/13/2006 7:37:05 AM
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What a crapy cover from a crapy band..........
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COMMENT | Crappy Band...
posted by :
4/13/2006 9:18:36 AM
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Dude, if you had any musical talent, you'd know how awesome Mastodon is. Some people I know can't get past their vocals but still acknowledge their style and ability. You want a good drummer (unlike that Avenged Sevenfold post), look no further than this band. Fuck Mastodon haters...pussies.
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COMMENT |
posted by : billrichardson
4/13/2006 9:41:17 AM
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i like it . it their own version. a cover version doesnt need to be note for note. thats a tribute bands job. i like it. makes me want to go play the mighty orion.
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COMMENT |
posted by : billrichardson
4/13/2006 9:41:47 AM
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and to say the guitar is out of tune is so so wrong.
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posted by : billrichardson
4/13/2006 9:45:30 AM
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oh and by the way the end of the song is so so good. really well done.
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