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Post by Sands Of Time on Jun 19, 2008 13:26:12 GMT 10
As a tribute to IRON MAIDEN, UK's Kerrang! magazine has persuaded 15 of its favorite bands to record unique covers of MAIDEN's greatest anthems for an exciting free CD entitled "Maiden Heaven". The track listing and details for this world-exclusive release will be revealed next week and the CD will be available free only with the July 19 issue of Kerrang! The "Maiden Heaven" cover artwork, which was designed by Kerrang! reader Felipe Franco of Bogota, Colombia, can be viewed below. Franco, who wowed the judges with his contest-winning entry which depicts Eddie as a fallen angel, stated, "This is the best news! This is the second IRON MAIDEN artwork contest I've won! I won a competition earlier this year, commemorating IRON MAIDEN's first Colombian concert at Bogota's Simon Bolivar Park on February 28." He added, "Thanks for coming up with contests like this. It promotes art in the metal scene, something that goes hand-in-hand with our way of life. Up the Irons!" As BLABBERMOUTH.NET first reported on April 27, progressive-metal giants DREAM THEATER have recorded a cover version of the IRON MAIDEN classic "To Tame a Land" for the "Maiden Heaven" CD. Also expected to appear on the album is MACHINE HEAD with its interpretation of the MAIDEN classic "Hallowed Be Thy Name".  |
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Post by Beetle on Jun 19, 2008 14:23:57 GMT 10
you can see Machine Head playing Hallowed live at Rock in Rio on You Tube, just search for it...its not too bad actually.
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Post by stormster on Jun 19, 2008 14:42:34 GMT 10
you can see Machine Head playing Hallowed live at Rock in Rio on You Tube, just search for it...its not too bad actually. I'd thought it would be shit. This magazine looks interesting. Hopefully one of you can buy it, rip it, and let me download it ;D |
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Post by skrabsta on Jun 19, 2008 20:27:34 GMT 10
the cover would look better if they got the font right - it makes it look like shit.
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jun 19, 2008 22:02:52 GMT 10
you can see Machine Head playing Hallowed live at Rock in Rio on You Tube, just search for it...its not too bad actually. I'd thought it would be shit. This magazine looks interesting. Hopefully one of you can buy it, rip it, and let me download it ;D I'm going to get one ordered in, so yeah no problems for ripping copies for people. They done one a while back with bands doing Metallica's Master Of Puppets album, i wanna hear that! |
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Post by Mean Machine on Jun 21, 2008 11:41:17 GMT 10
That's an awesome cover. Something a bit different than most Maiden-related albums.
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jun 26, 2008 8:42:15 GMT 10
World-exclusive performances from METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, DREAM THEATER and DEVILDRIVER are among the tracks featured on Kerrang! magazine's latest collection — "Maiden Heaven" — which features bands covering tracks from IRON MAIDEN's legendary career. The CD will be given away free with Kerrang! issue 1219, on sale July 16.
Speaking exclusively to Kerrang!, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told the magazine how much respect the Bay Area thrashers have for the Brit metal masters.
"IRON MAIDEN are 10 per cent cooler than every other band," says Ulrich. "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 like 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 jamming with this! We put a bit of an intro on it, to give it a bit of a METALLICA stamp, and we are super pleased with how it has turned out. "
MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn is equally excited to be a part of this project.
"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," he reveals. "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."
Metal heroes TRIVIUM, are happy to admit their own brand of heavy riffage could never have existed without MAIDEN's worldwide influence.
"IRON MAIDEN helped create what we know as heavy metal," states frontman Matt Heafy. "Their influence can be heard on classic and contemporary bands alike; their fanbase 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' off their first album, 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!"
Meanwhile, AVENGED SEVENFOLD — who will be supporting MAIDEN at their upcoming Twickenham Stadium show on July 5 — say they are "honored" to be part of this Kerrang!-arranged tribute.
"MAIDEN are by far the best live band in the world and their music is timeless," says vocalist M. Shadows. "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."
The arrival of Kerrang!'s "Maiden Heaven" CD coincides with IRON MAIDEN's European leg of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour — and follows on from the release of their own collection "Somewhere Back In Time: The Best Of 80-89".
"MAIDEN much appreciate and are very flattered by all the time spent on this by a lot of great bands," says IRON MAIDEN's manager Rod Smallwood, "and would like to thank them, and also Kerrang!, for the honour. Thanks, everyone!"
The track listing for "Maiden Heaven" is as follows:
01. BLACK TIDE - Prowler
02. METALLICA - Remember Tomorrow
03. AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Flash Of The Blade
04. GLAMOUR OF THE KILL - 2 Minutes To Midnight
05. COHEED AND CAMBRIA - The Trooper
06. DEVILDRIVER - Wasted Years
07. SIGN - Run To The Hills
08. DREAM THEATER - To Tame A Land
09. MADINA LAKE - Caught Somewhere In Time
10. GALLOWS - Wrathchild
11. FIGHTSTAR - Fear Of The Dark
12. MACHINE HEAD - Hallowed Be Thy Name
13. TRIVIUM - Iron Maiden
14. YEAR LONG DISASTER - Running Free
15. GHOSTLINES - Brave New World
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Post by Mean Machine on Jul 19, 2008 13:19:16 GMT 10
Listening now. It's very inconsistent (as most cover albums are). Some of them are absolutely terrible (Glamour of the Kill in particular) but some of them are really good. And it's nice to see that some bands have changed the songs around a bit, I'm not a big fan of covering songs and just leaving them the same as the original. The "ballad" version of Brave New World in particular is great.
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Post by skrabsta on Jul 19, 2008 19:30:08 GMT 10
anyone have a DL link for this ?
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Post by Mr Damage on Jul 19, 2008 19:36:33 GMT 10
Here ya go skrabs..... www.mininova.org/tor/1603788Really like Run to the Hills by Sign , Remember Tomorrow by Metallica and Brave New World by Ghostlines. The rest are very forgetable. |
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Post by skrabsta on Jul 20, 2008 17:58:24 GMT 10
got it.
there should be laws against bands covering maiden songs - utter shit. Numbers from the Beast , which came out a few years back is way better than this.
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jul 20, 2008 20:36:59 GMT 10
The best Maiden cover i've got is from Powderfinger! They give Number Of The Beast a real swing, excellent  |
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Post by skrabsta on Jul 20, 2008 20:51:47 GMT 10
The best Maiden cover i've got is from Powderfinger! They give Number Of The Beast a real swing, excellent that track is an abomination , its up there with Celine Dion doing you shook me all night long. |
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Post by Beetle on Jul 22, 2008 9:47:04 GMT 10
got it. there should be laws against bands covering maiden songs - utter shit. Numbers from the Beast , which came out a few years back is way better than this. A Call to Irons I and II are the best Maiden cover albums by far. Maiden Tribute is also reasonaly cool. Slaves to The Power has some hits and missus. |
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Post by Sands Of Time on Jul 22, 2008 14:12:55 GMT 10
I think the Metallica, Sign, Dream Theater, Gallows, Machine Head, Trivium and Ghostlines are the best here, the rest i can do without.
Tribute and cover albums usually blow, very hit and miss
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