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"MASTODON's cover of METALLICA's 'Orion', which was recorded for the recently released Kerrang! magazine tribute to the METALLICA album 'Master of Puppets', has been posted online at www.myspace.com/mastodon." [Blabbermouth]
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Posted on April 17, 2006 4:23 PM
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am i the only one who finds this cover completely pointless? aside from a pedal here and there, it sounds like a wimpy version of the original.
Posted by ag | April 17, 2006 8:55 PM
Although Mastodon is one of the few bands doing something interesting in metal today, I find this cover a little worthless too. Where are the fucked up Mastodon time sigs? I am sure their evil minds could have worked something like that in there........
Posted by MastodonIsRaddest | April 18, 2006 9:17 AM
i heard it. agreed: it's a competent cover, but too safe for my tastes. they probably were just too intimidated by the song's (and metallica's) aura & history to feel comfortable doing something innovative with it. they paid homage by strict imitation, not interaction and change. at least we know what mastodon's capable of with their original material.
Posted by franklin | April 18, 2006 9:32 AM
Really Great resource,
Thank you very much !
Posted by hydrocodone | September 15, 2006 7:11 AM
You can't slate Mastodon for not adding anything to "Orion". If it weren't for Metallica there wouldn't BE a Mastodon, and they know this. Besides, altering "Orion" in any way would be like spitting on the grave of Cliff Burton: the piece was his baby, after all.
Posted by Clint | June 13, 2009 12:02 AM