METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM And More - Audio Samples Available From Kerrang!'s IRON MAIDEN Tribute CD
July 8, 2008, 16 years ago
Audio samples (see the tracklisting below) are now available from Maiden Heaven, the new CD included with the upcoming issue of Kerrang! magazine which features bands covering tracks from IRON MAIDEN's legendary career.
The disc will be given away free with Kerrang! issue 1219, on sale July 16th.
The CD includes world exclusive performances from METALLICA, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, GALLOWS and more!
Speaking exclusively to Kerrang!, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said 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. "The arrival of Kerrang!'s Maiden Heaven CD coincides with the band'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 tracklisting for Maiden Heaven is as follows:
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'
