"Am I Evil" 1968???

[Glenn Fricker]

Check this out, this was recorded in 1968 - incredibly heavy for it's time
and 12 years before Diamond Head - recorded by a band called Andromeda:

http://www.famouderits.be/oldschool/andromeda.mp3

 

[Nebulous]

Quite an enjoyable track!

 

[Saculus]

The song is called 'Return to Sanity'

 

[iekobrid]

Am I Evil, 1916 (Holst, as performed in 2004)

Am I Evil, 1969 (King Crimson, covered in 2004)

Am I Evil, 1973 (the rhythm, just barely; Led Zeppelin)

Am I Evil, 1977 (Triumph)

Am I Evil, 1979 (Rainbow)

 

[Metaltastic]

Wait, Oz, please tell me you knew that the beginning of "Am I Evil" is Holst's Mars...? :zombie:

 

[roy22341]

Gotta remember "Stranglehold" has the same rhythm pattern near the middle/end.

 

[Nebulous]

It's got no Kurtz....

 

[cobhc]

Wait, Oz, please tell me you knew that the beginning of "Am I Evil" is Holst's Mars...? :zombie:

I didn't know that :S.

 

[Notuern]

Wait, Oz, please tell me you knew that the beginning of "Am I Evil" is Holst's Mars...? :zombie:

+1

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Nope. Didn't know...


Hey, learn something everyday!

 

[STINNETT]

Am I Evil, 1916 (Holst, as performed in 2004)

Am I Evil, 1969 (King Crimson, covered in 2004)

Am I Evil, 1973 (the rhythm, just barely; Led Zeppelin)

Am I Evil, 1977 (Triumph)

Am I Evil, 1979 (Rainbow)

Don't forget the 1997 ripoff:

Nile, (it's the heaviest and most bad-ass though )

 

[Metaltastic]

Bah, bunch of Philistines!

 

[cobhc]

Bah, bunch of Philistines!

And? Lol.

 

[J86_Samurai]

How about this one?

 

[iekobrid]

Savatage, 1987


Symphony X, 1997

 

[J86_Samurai]

Or this?

 

[iekobrid]

Fuck me, I meant to include that one. Nice catch!

 

[J86_Samurai]

Thanks, though, I consider Holst' original composistion to be the heaviest of them all, definately ahead of it's time.

Plus it's the archetype for any friggin epic sci-fi moment, or epic destruction or arrival of aliens, monsters etc etc

Just my opinion.