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June 14th, 2009, 01:06 PM
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Punish my heaven bluegrass cover released!
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June 14th, 2009, 06:38 PM
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Dr. Love
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Simply AMAZING! I hadn't realised how complex and beautiful this song really is, you guys made me fall in love with it all over again.
 I think that this track followed by the original can be a great way for starting people into metal.. Mmm, i need a guinea pig to try this.
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June 14th, 2009, 07:38 PM
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I'm not talking about complex - you just need to see (und understand) the tabs, - but what the fuck was that about beautiful? It's like me peeing in that Michelangelo's-painted-ceiling-building is what you said. H-ha!
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June 14th, 2009, 10:51 PM
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June 15th, 2009, 01:39 AM
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Now, back on topic. Really, what a great cover! I love it, it's very original but at the same time keeps the flavour, depth, and (yes) beauty of the original! You really did a great job lads, congratulations! And you've been working on your image too  . As I just posted on YouTube, I cannot wait for an entire album like this!I'm also very interested in reading Niklas' (or of anyone of the band) comments. I hope you link it to your main web-page!
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Walk, don't drive. My music collection! Added: D.T. OCEN EP (CD, CD with bad printing), Anvil TI13 signed, Arsis WRBG signed, Equilibrium TF. My pictures! If you can speak three languages you're trilingual. If you can speak two languages you're bilingual. If you can speak only one language you're a U.S. American. - Author Unknown Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. - Aldous Huxley |
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June 15th, 2009, 03:12 AM
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And the official DT Facebook-profile tells: "In-freakin'-credible! Go listen to Slaughter of the bluegrass' "Punish my heaven" cover NOW!" I suppose you don't need to read too much between the lines to see that they really like it. -Villain
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June 15th, 2009, 05:34 AM
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That has to be the best bluegrass cover ever. Kudos to the guys who created it, it rocks almost as much as the original. Almost.
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June 15th, 2009, 12:39 PM
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子連れ狼
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 . Really, great cover!
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Walk, don't drive. My music collection! Added: D.T. OCEN EP (CD, CD with bad printing), Anvil TI13 signed, Arsis WRBG signed, Equilibrium TF. My pictures! If you can speak three languages you're trilingual. If you can speak two languages you're bilingual. If you can speak only one language you're a U.S. American. - Author Unknown Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons. - Aldous Huxley |
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June 15th, 2009, 02:43 PM
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I am that I am
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It's da frickn' bomb
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so she tells me ... it was like I was so smart that I was stupid I think she meant that even though I would say something that to me made perfect sense, a lot of times, people had no idea what I was talking about the line between the most brilliant genius on earth and the biggest fucking moron is who can tell them apart? |
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June 15th, 2009, 05:00 PM
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Are You Scared Enough?
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Insert superlative here.
But seriously, great fucking job. I usually don't get along with this genre, but you guys did a fantastic version. The musicianship is ridiculous and you guys did a great job successfully retaining the mood of the original track. Its been said before, but keep us posted when you guys get an album together, you certainly have some fans here (and some business too  ).
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June 15th, 2009, 08:11 PM
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Dr. Love
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The use of violin did it for me, it made me imagine it as a piece of classical music. I can't wait for new covers from these guys. There definitely should be an album.
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June 15th, 2009, 09:08 PM
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There totally should be an album or a release of some sort. There was a Metallica bluegrass covers CD, piano/string tributes to several bands (Iron Maiden, Muse, H.I.M.), but covering SMDM (or whatever you call it htese days) the way SotB do that... I wonder if there was any interest from the labels, as I would totally be on it if that was something I were doing! The distance between a web-sensation and real-world "celebrity" isn't that long, if proper pressure applied More covers of different bands = teh win.
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June 18th, 2009, 10:27 PM
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Agreed, there should be an album. Maybe put Lethe and A Bolt Of Blazing Gold.
As well as these SMDM songs: In Flames - "Episode 666" At The Gates - "Kingdom Gone" (I will laugh so hard when he says "KINGDOM FUCKING GOOOOONE") Arch Enemy - "Pilgrim" Soilwork - "Chainheart Machine" |
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August 21st, 2009, 12:14 PM
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They did a great job with this cover. It forces you to go back and re-listen to the original in a different way because there is so much going in it musically.
That said, I think Blinded By Fear lent itself better to the way they cover songs better. Just my opinion. |
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August 28th, 2009, 09:32 AM
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Dr. Love
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August 28th, 2009, 05:37 PM
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I'm not exclusively into death metal, so maybe there will be vast disagreement here. When you think about it, choice of instruments, vocal styles, tempos, and everything else that makes music, is just a choice of voice. I like bluegrass, folk, classical, a small selection of hip-hop, and whatever else has the music that I'm looking for, regardless of the voice. I think cross-genre covers prove this point. While a fiddle sounds nothing like an electric guitar, they can say the same thing (i.e., play the same melody).
It's really difficult to get past voices and conventions when experimenting with new genres. Think about how much the growling turns people off when they first hear metal. I had to listen to the melodies and guitars "around" the vocals when I started. Admittedly, I was listening to In Flames at the time, and I still don't think Anders' voice was every very good. I learned to love it though. Remember that while the voice isn't what you're used to, it's the convention of the genre of the song. Also, this is IN NO WAY a criticism of DT, but the guy didn't have much to work with. It is very difficult to growl a melody, much the same way that it would be difficult to rap melodically. For this reason, most vocal lines in hip-hop or metal are flat, without soaring highs. Swedes sing through guitars very often. The emphasis in death metal is more on altering the timing, tone, and complex shape/feeling of a growl, something which is impossible in other forms of music. The only song that comes to mind to illustrate my point is Slania by Eluveite. The chorus features a melodic female voice mirrored by this beautiful, bassy growl. The growl just chants the words while the vocals soar; it's difficult for me to decide which voice is more powerful, but they are stunning together. (I know "beauty and the beast" is hardly new, but that was just a convenient example.) Had the SotB vocalist reworked the growls into a vastly more melodic line in that fashion, it might have been interesting, but inaccurate. I think he did a phenomenal job.
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