A Tribute To Iron Maiden - Maiden Heaven (2008)

"Iron Maiden are 10% cooler than every other band!" Lars Ulrich, Metallica.

Kerrang! team up with Metallica, Machine Head, Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold and more for an a world exclusive, all star Iron Maiden tribute album!

15 of Kerrang!'s favourite bands have come together to pay tribute to the planet's greatest metal band - Iron Maiden!

Following on from our 2006 Kerrang! Remastered CD in honour of Metallica's Master Of Puppets, this latest collection - Maiden Heaven - features bands covering tracks from Iron Maiden's legendary career, and will be given away free in Kerrang! issue 1219 on sale July 16.

The CD includes world exclusive performances from Metallica, Machine Head, Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Coheed And Cambria, Gallows and more!

Chatting exclusively to Kerrang!, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tells the readers how much respect the Bay Area thrashers have for the Brit metal legends.

"Iron Maiden are 10% 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 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 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. 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."

Metal heroes Trivium are happy to admit their own brand of heavy tunes 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 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!"

Meanwhile, Avenged Sevenfold - who have been picked to support Maiden at their upcoming Twickenham Stadium show on July 5 - say they are "honoured" to be part of this Kerrang! 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."

UK hardcore punk rockers Gallows chose to contribute a version of Wrathchild to the collection.

"We're actually all huge Maiden fans and while learning Wrathchild we discovered a new found respect for the band as musicians," says guitarist Laurent Barnard. "Some of their riffs are pretty fast and Steve Harris has definitely earned his place as a bass legend! We're so happy we were asked to be included!"

This Kerrang! Maiden Heaven CD's arrival coincides with the band's European leg of their Somwhere 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!"

Pick up your copy of Kerrang! issue 1219 on sale July 16 for your own copy of Maiden Heaven.

MAIDEN HEAVEN tracklisting

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

alcuni nomi potevano evitarseli, vabè.

i metallica a fare remember tomorrow...


con tutte le canzoni belle sparate che ci sono...

probabilmente perchè "Remember tomorrow" era una cover che facevano spesso durante i concerti, agli inizi della carriera e quindi hanno uan certa dimestichezza. boh, che cazzo ne so.

A Tribute To Iron Maiden - Maiden Heaven (2008)



Tracklist:

01 - “Prowler” (Black Tide)
02 - “Remember Tomorrow” (Metallica)
03 - “Flash of the Blade” (Avenged Sevenfold)
04 - “2 Minutes to Midnight” (Glamour Of The Kill)
05 - “The Trooper” (Coheed and Cambria)
06 - “Wasted Years” (Devildriver)
07 - “Run to the Hills” (Sign)
08 - “To Tame a Land” (Dream Theater)
09 - “Caught Somewhere in Time” (Madina Lake)
10 - “Wrathchild” (Gallows)
11 - “Fear of the Dark” (Fightstar)
12 - “Hallowed Be Thy Name” (Machine Head)
13 - “Iron Maiden” (Trivium)
14 - “Running Free” (Year Long Disaster)
15 - “Brave New World” (Ghostlines)

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qualcosa di carino, ma fondamentalmente inutile..

ora lo scarico.

una cagata...il fatto che i migliori del lotto siano i Dream Theater la dice lunga...sbagliata la scelta di molte delle band coinvolte (la metà non si era mai sentita nominare...) e sbagliata anche l'assegnazione delle canzoni...gente come Machine Head e Devildriver non si possono certo contenere in pezzi molto melodici come "Hallowed be thy name" e "Wasted years", mentre i pezzi più veloci e aggressivi sono stati sprecati per gruppi inutili...Metallica e Trivium solo decenti, per il resto poca cosa. a confronto, il tributo a "Master Of Puppets" è gigante.

Sabagod, 23/07/2008 14.36:

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gente come Machine Head e Devildriver non si possono certo contenere in pezzi molto melodici come "Hallowed be thy name" e "Wasted years"

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fino a un certo punto.


hallowed be thy name è un gran pezzo pieno di cambi di tempo, e potrebbe adattarsi bene ai machine head, come si è adattata splendidamente ai cradle of filth o agli iced earth, basta saperlo fare. anche perchè i pezzi dei maiden sono tutti melodici, non è quello il punto

diverso il discorso per i devildriver, che avrebbero potuto "fare loro" wasted years, e che per certi versi sono riusciti a farcela, ma il tutto è stato sputtanato da un cantato pessimo.

i metallica non mi hanno convinto in più di un punto, non capisco perchè abbiano aggiunto parti inventate all'inizio e alla fine riconducibili a qualcosa di loro, ma tutto sommato non è andata malaccio, anche se ho trovato un po gli strumenti slegati e dei suoni di chitarra cagosi..

Dave Murray, 24/07/2008 16.24:

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i metallica.........dei suoni di chitarra cagosi..

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ho sbagliato..i suoni di chitarra possono anche andare..

è il rullante di ...and justice for all che fa schifo.


ma è possibile che quel nano di merda non senta che suoni fa con quel cazzo di rullante della fisher price?!

ma perchè quei froci dei Trivium sono ovunque?

Cmq mi ha fatto cacare duro, sto cd.