Metallica, Machine Head, Dream Theater, Trivium, Coheed And Cambria, DevilDriver, etc. To Take Part In Iron Maiden Tribute CD

June 25th, 2008, 2:32 pm

Kerrang! has picked some of the shittiest bands imaginable (and one or two who are way past their prime) to cover one of the greatest metal bands ever, IRON MAIDEN. The following is the track listing for their joke of a tribute CD:

Black Tide - “Prowler”
Metallica - “Remember Tomorrow”
Avenged Sevenfold - “Flash of the Blade”
Glamour of the Kill - “2 Minutes To Midnight”
Coheed And Cambria - “The Trooper”
DevilDriver - “Wasted Years”
Sign - “Run To The Hills”
Dream Theater - “To Tame A Land”
Madina Lake - “Caught Somewhere In Time”
Gallows - “Wrathchild”
Fightstar - “Fear of the Dark”
Machine Head - “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
Trivium - “Iron Maiden”
Year Long Disaster - “Running Free”
Ghostlines - “Brave New World”

If for some reason this interests you, pick up your copy of Kerrang! issue 1219 on sale July 16th for your own copy of “Maiden Heaven.”

METALLICA’s Lars Ulrich: “IRON MAIDEN are 10% cooler than every other band. From their relationship with their fans, to their album covers to their stages, to their live presentation, to their photos – whatever they did was always cooler than what everyone else did! I have always had an incredible amount of respect and admiration for them and obviously getting a chance to be part of this CD feels that that has come a full circle. We played Remember Tomorrow as it was basically the blueprint for songs like Fade To Black and Welcome Home (Sanitarium), and some of the more epic ballady type of songs that METALLICA had done later. We had so much fun with this!”

MACHINE HEAD’s Robb Flynn: “When I was a kid IRON MAIDEN were a very big deal to me and the influence they had on MACHINE HEAD has been huge. We decided to cover Hallowed Be Thy Name for this CD because it’s just such a great song, in fact it’s a classic. I just love the way the vocal line goes up and down, so dramatic. If someone who’d never heard them wanted to know what IRON MAIDEN sounded like I’d point them in the direction of Hallowed Be Thy Name.”

TRIVIUM’s Matt Heafy: “IRON MAIDEN helped create what we know as heavy metal. Their influence can be heard on classic and contemporary bands alike; their fan base spans across the youngest and newest of heavy music recruits all the way to the diehard, life-long metal elite. We chose to play the track Iron Maiden, as the song that screamed out our love for them musically, and we knew it would be a really fun song to jam out in the studio. It was an honour to be able to play one of IRON MAIDEN’s tracks and have the opportunity to contribute to this amazing CD. We hope everyone has as much fun listening to it as we did making it!”

AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s M Shadows: “MAIDEN are by far the best live band in the world and their music is timeless. This also gives us a chance to expose this great song to some of our younger fans who maybe aren’t as familiar with IRON MAIDEN.”

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