The first thing you notice is Jason Newsted's bass! And he's rather good at these songs. But there is something worthy of note: the Queen cover actually isn't half-bad, and the Anti- Nowhere League cover, despite being so profane that it becomes hilarious, has a guitar solo (something punk rock apparently despises.but, hey, they, like Judas Priest's "Breaking The Law" and black metal, seem to get away with it whereas nu metal can't). The Sweet Savage cover is much like the other covers and just makes the album seem to lag on as well. At the end, the band makes a joke-cover of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills". One such attention-getter is a Misfits medley: " Last Caress/Green Hell". The covers might not be perfect, and to many they seem to make Disc 2 lag on forever, but the good Ones stand out and grab the attention. And Justice for All" album, 10 and 11 from "Black Album" singles and the last four are all Motörhead covers from the single of " Hero of the Day."įor those who hate Metallica for covering old NWOBHM music, I would like to know how many of you actually would have ever heard of Diamond Head, Holocaust, Killing Joke, The Law and Blitzkrieg if it weren't for Metallica. Tracks 6 and 7 are from the " Creeping Death" EP featuring Cliff Burton on bass, 8 and 9 are from singles off the ". Tracks 1 through 5 are from Jason's first collaboration with Metallica: "Garage Days Re-Revisited". We may have had only One track by them on disc 1, but we have three more here: One of which will always remain in the fans memories after the Big Four concert in Sofia Bulgaria. Now we go to disc 2: and we can clearly see that Metallica LOVES Diamond Head. The last track is a medley part One is another Discharge song, but de Livered a bit better than " Free Speech For the Dumb" and the last bit is a jam to Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs". in the video, Kirk is playing rhythm and 2. This version, however, is harder and heavier than Lizzy's "blues" version, and shows that even James can play a kick-ass guitar solo (you know its not Kirk because 1. Track nine breaks into a heavy rock tale straight from the Highlands of Ireland, because it is in fact an old Irish folk song, which Thin Lizzy brought to public attention on their album Vagabonds Of The Western World. Yes, James can't wail shrieking highs like King Diamond and Kirk is no Hank Shermann, but they pull off the medleys rather well: the " Curse of the Pharaohs" and " Evil" portions stood out as a bit heavier and darker than the originals (only by a bit). Track five is a Misfits covers and track seven is an 11-minute epic medley of Mercyful Fate songs. Track eight is a testament to the skill of Metallica: if they can play decently what it took BOC four guitarists to make, what does that have to say about the Cult? Track ten is tough for "die-hard" metal-fans who hate anything that isn't Master of Puppets, South of Heaven or Rust In Peace to like, but its still fun to listen to while on the road alOne (as are the other tracks). Track six crawls on for seven minutes of Lars tapping the cymbals, James singing the lyrics and Jason chanting "How much longer?" interspersed by heavy choruses. Personally, track four is a good track, despite James' limited vocal range compared to that of Bob Seger, and Kirk's slide is a decent replacement for the sax. Track four is a cover of Bob Seger's " Turn the Page", six of Nick Cave's "Loverman", eight of Blue Oyster Cult's "Astronomy" and ten is a semi- Live jam of Skynyrd's "Tuesday's GOne" featuring Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, "Fatso" Jim Martin from Faith No More, Blues Traveler's John Popper, Les Claypool of Primus and Gary Rossington from Skynyrd itself. Oh yeah, I should mention that those of you who hate Metallica's softer material should skip tracks four, six, eight and ten. Obviously James is no Ozzy Osbourne and Kirk is no Tony Iommi, nor is Lars a Bill Ward, but they play through both songs rather well, even with the lack of a guitar solo. Track number three is a medley of two Black Sabbath songs, both of them from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Track two has a good feel to it, a nice beat and rhythm and good lyrics. Track One is pretty raw and in-your-face, and to some, James' shouted vocals are a shocking indicator of things to come ( St. Disc 1 features all new recordings, whereas Disc 2 features B-sides from as far back as the days of Cliff Burton to the release of the Load album. This is a compilation of all cover-songs dOne by Metallica. Not an official album, but definitely something to be looked at more than once. Last Caress / Green Hell (The Misfits Cover) Crash Course in Brain Surgery (Budgie Cover)ĥ. Bridge of Sighs (Robin Trower Cover) (Hidden Track)Ĥ. Loverman (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Cover)ġ0. Die, Die My Darling (The Misfits Cover)Ħ. Free Speech for the Dumb (Discharge Cover)ĥ.
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