Iron Maiden tribute cd

[spawn]

Nuclear Blast will release the IRON MAIDEN tribute album, A Tribute To The Beast Vol. 2, on July 10th.
The 2CD set includes the following bands doing these Maiden covers:

CD1 - DESTRUCTION - ‘Killers’, SENTENCED - ‘The Trooper’, PRIMAL FEAR - ‘2 Minutes To Midnight’, THUNDERSTONE - ‘Wasted Years’, STUCK MOJO feat. DEVIN TOWNSEND - ‘Wrathchild’, ANTHRAX - ‘Remember Tomorrow’, SADUS - ‘Invaders’, TANKARD - ‘Iron Maiden’, NECROPHOBIC - ‘Moonchild’, MAGO DE OZ - ‘Strange World’, WOLF - ‘Deja Vu’, MYSTIC PROPHECY - ‘Sanctuary’, GRAVEWORM - ‘Fear Of The Dark’, THERION - ‘Revelation’ (live) and ICED EARTH - ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name’.



CD2 - SEBASTIAN BACH - ‘Children Of Damned’, JOHN WEST & CHRIS CAFFERY - ‘Run To The Hills’, COSMOSQUAD feat. RAY ALDER - ‘Murders In The Rue Morgue’, IAN PERRY & KAMELOT - ‘Flight Of Icarus’, SOLACE - ‘Another Life’, ELEVENTH HOUR - ‘Alexander The Great’, WARDOG - ‘Purgatory’ and IRON SAVIOR - ‘Running Free’.
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Sounds quite alright, but the death metal bands will probably butcher the songs... I know the Sebastian Bach one is amazing as I already have that on MP3, the Kamelot one should be good (who is Ian Perry?), Anthrax, Primal Fear and Iron Saviour will probably do well too... Why did they pick Hallowed for IE though? Its awful

 

[salty]

a bunch of those are already on other tribute albums. I have 2 tribute albums and its quite funny listening to some of the songs.

The Anthrax cover was on one of their singles they released for Stomp442. And it sounds awesome!!!

The Cosmosquad feat. Ray Alder is very different...and great fun to listen too.

 

[Goreripper]

The DT/Stuck Mojo cover is on Mojo's album Violate This. Sentenced's version of The Trooper was released as an EP almost a decade ago (it's awful). Another cheap cash in for NB!

 

[spawn]

But who is Ian Perry?

 

[Spiff]

A singer, Spawny. I have one of his CDs somewhere. Nothing special.

A lot of these songs are on Slave to the Power, which was released a few years back by... umm... can't remember the name - specialises (sorta) in Stoner stuff though. Should dig it out, there are some great songs on it (especially The Trooper with horn section!).

 

[spawn]

A SINGER you say? Let me get this right, they feel the need to bring in some blow in singer no one cares about to sing on the track when they have Roy Khan. ROY KHAN I tell you! Thats bollocks. Roy Khan is one of the greatest singers of all time in any genre ever in the history of the universe.

Ian Perry indeed.

 

[Spiff]

I'd check the info on the CD, but I can't find it... maybe one day.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

The Anthrax one is indeed awesome, and I would be interested in hearing a few others, but still, ho hum...

 

[Hanso]

I have that Anthrax single and it's probably one of the best covers i have heard for Maiden !

 

[Southy]

I thought thats 'thrax had done it before...man thats gotta be one of the lamest compilations ever released

 

[Goreripper]

Yes the Anthrax track is on the Aussie version of the "Nothing" EP. I'm unsure if it was released anywhere else, though.

 

[Sydo]

I have the Kamelot and Ian Perry version. He is a good singer, I have an album of his, but he sounds like total shit on the Flight Of Icarus track. It sounds as though the vocals were recorded in a toilet, with the tape recorded hidden inside a giant turd.

 

[phlogiston]

I just found I had it on MP3 as well. It's not really as bad as Sydo's making out. The tape recorder wasn't hidden. He's got a touch of a weak Blackie Lawless about him in some bits, and his got this really distracting waver in his voice. Not one of the best covers I've heard.

 

[spawn]

I cant believe he was allowed to share a microphone with Roy Khan.

 

[Sydo]

He doesn't share it.