The Art of Shredding: A Tribute to Dime

[Goreripper]

Metalheads!

Over the last few months, I have secretly been putting together a project that I feel I can finally tell you about. In August, I will be releasing an Australian tribute to Dimebag called The Art of Shredding. Fifteen Aussie bands paying tribute to the Dime, with a percentage of each sale going to the Dimebag Memorial Trust. Pretty soon I'll have a website up with more info, plus more details including the artwork. For now, here's a list of the artists and tracks we have so far:

LORD - Shattered
Switchblade - Domination
Enforce - By Demons Be Driven
Imminent Psychosis - The Art of Shredding
Black Steel - Heavy Metal Rules
Deadthings - Proud to be Loud
Malignant Monster - Fucking Hostile
Aeturnus Dominion - Mouth For War
Transcending Mortality - Cemetery Gates
MurderWorld - Soul Inside Me - This is an original track written as a tribute two days after Dime's death
Plus, an ensemble group featuring members of Block, Frankenbok and Dreadnaught are doing Rise.

Infernal Method was to be doing a track, but given the state of that band at the moment, I don't know what's going on there. There are a few more bands who have yet to confirm their tracks yet, but I guarantee this will be a killer CD.

 

[Southy]

sweet man, Brisbane band Japunga are pretty decent on covering Pantera tunes , they always seem to have a few in their set.

Good luck with it all mate

 

[Goreripper]

You don't know how to contact them, do you?

 

[Southy]

Can't say I do mate, but here is the contacts page from the website:

http://www.japunga.com/index2.htm

EDIT: well that link just takes you the the main page, my bad

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Very interested in hearing some of those. Great idea, great cause.

 

[Sydo]

fucking unreal!

 

[KoichCPA]

Get Psycroptic to cover Shedding Skin and Fuck I'm Dead to do suicide note part 2.

 

[TinMan666]

Cool idea.

I would humbly suggest considering any word other than "shredding" for the title though.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

..but that is the song title.

 

[TinMan666]

it is?

oh! well nevermind then. I shoulda read the topic more closelyer.

 

[Goreripper]

 

[Winmar]

LORD - Shattered

Is this really weird, or do great minds just think alike? I was thinking a few days ago that Lord should cover Shattered.

This sounds like a great project, with a great name for the album. On another note, Japunga played a Dime tribute show down here last year.

 

[Goreripper]

Well there might still be a slot on the album for them. I don't have a QLD band aboard yet, so if I need one I'll definitely ask them. As for Lord doing 'Shattered', when I asked Tim if he wanted to be on the album, that was the first thing he suggested.

 

[KoichCPA]

If you want a Queensland band, get Portal to cover This Love

 

[Southy]

Portal are arse

 

[salty]

He speaks the truth.

 

[Lord Tim]

As for Lord doing 'Shattered', when I asked Tim if he wanted to be on the album, that was the first thing he suggested.

Damn right! What a fucking song!

I only hope we can do it the justice it deserves!

 

[Keeper of the Seven Cheese]

\m/
You will man if you do anything like your previous covers.

I didn't think there would be many Pantera fans on this board, glad to see people love em. Dimebag and Vinnie Paul are my fav guitarist and drummer respectively.

 

[Icarus]

Portal arent that bad. Watching them play is pretty cool. They be very good musicians.

 

[Southy]

BAH!, watching them is funny