Probot

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Nov 21 12:48:02 по местному времени:

Нello All!

Залит Probot/(2004)_Probot

В 2004-м году, Дэвид Гроул решил вспомнить своё гранджевое прошлое и собрал кучу единомышленников для записи металлического альбома.
В число вокалистов вошли такие люди, как Хронос и тогде ещё живой Лемми (полный список будет ниже). Сам Дейв играет на гитаре, басе и драмсах. Получился диск "ассорти тяжелого металла".
Моё мнение: не шедевр, но ради разнообразия послушать можно.
Рекомендую!

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(c) Artist Biography by Greg Prato, AMG

Dave Grohl has voiced his appreciation of heavy metal numerous times over the years, whether it be trying to convince his Nirvana bandmates to have Sepultura open shows on the In Utero tour or playing with the Foo Fighters alongside Slayer, Pantera, and Black Sabbath at Ozzfest 1998 in the U.K.. But he was never so exuberant about his metal fixation until he issued the all-star project Probot in the early 21st century. As a teen growing up in Washington, D.C., during the early '80s, Grohl and a friend became interested in such (then) cult metal bands as Iron Maiden and Motörhead, before discovering a mail order ad for a record service named "End of the Rainbow," which specialized in tracking down the newest releases from the metal underground. Looking for bands that were "fast and heavy," the duo found their gold mine when they heard such classics as Metallica's Kill 'Em All and Mercyful Fate's Melissa. From there, Grohl continued to hunt down further releases from the metal underground, which led to an appreciation for such groups as Trouble and Celtic Frost, even though he was playing in hardcore bands at the time.

As just about any rock fan knows, Grohl spent the '90s playing with two of the decade's most successful alternative rock acts, Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. And while both acts included elements of hard rock/metal in their sound, Grohl started to feel that he was becoming too closely linked to the more melodic side of rock. So when he came into some free time shortly after the dawn of the 21st century, he constructed a plan. Grohl began writing, playing (almost entirely himself), and recording an album's worth of metal tunes that harked back to the sound of the aforementioned bands of the '80s. When it came to laying down vocals, Grohl came up with another idea -- instead of handling the vocal duties himself, he would get the singers from his favorite metal bands of yesteryear to lend a hand (as well as contribute lyrics).

A fine plan, but hunting down some of these MIA chaps proved quite difficult -- at least before Grohl's pal, former Chavez/Zwan guitarist Matt Sweeney, offered to lend a hand in the "location" department. Soon after, Grohl was receiving confirmations from the likes of Cronos from Venom, Snake from Voivod, Eric Wagner from Trouble, and Wino from Obsessed, as well as such more renowned names as Lemmy and King Diamond (with former Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil supplying some additional riffs to the project). Despite the project getting press coverage from the get-go, it took a few years to finally see the light of day, as record label red tape halted its release (as well as the simple fact that no major labels would commit to backing an album showcasing cult metal singers of the '80s). But Grohl eventually found a taker with the indie doom metal label Southern Lord, which issued the self-titled album (as a CD and double vinyl record) in February of 2003.
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Probot
(c) Review by Alex Нenderson, AMG

If you had to summarize drummer Dave Grohl's impact with only two words, they would be "grunge" and "alternative." Grohl played alongside the late Kurt Cobain in the grunge powerhouse Nirvana -- whose impact was truly enormous -- and he continued in a grunge-minded direction after forming the Foo Fighters in 1995. The word "metal," however, doesn't immediately come to mind when Grohl's '90s contributions are discussed; while Nirvana and the Foo Fighters both had metal influences, they weren't metal bands in the strict sense -- they were more hard rock than metal. Of course, there has often been a fine line between metal and hard rock, which are closely related even though they aren't exactly the same -- and given Grohl's fondness for metal, a straight-up metal project like Probot was long overdue. This CD is neither grunge nor post-grunge; a definite departure from Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, Probot is metal all the way and features well-known headbanger vocalists like King Diamond, Max Cavalera (of Sepultura and Soulfly fame), and Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister. Grohl's idea was to feature different metalheads he has long admired, and by doing so, he ends up traveling all over the metal map. The drummer's affection for thrash is evident when he joins forces with Kilmister on "Shake Your Blood" and Cronos (of Venom fame) on "Centuries of Sin"; meanwhile, Corrosion of Conformity icon Mike Dean's inspired performance on "Access Babylon" takes the album into hardcore territory. Equally memorable are "Red War" (the ferocious, Sepultura-like alt-metal offering that features Cavalera) and "Sweet Dreams," which features Diamond but is closer to the Black Sabbath worship of stoner rock than the Judas Priest-minded power metal that Diamond was known for in his '80s/early-'90s heyday. And whatever the style of metal that he is embracing, Grohl's drumming is passionate throughout this fine album, which is as rewarding as it is unpredictable.
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Tracklist:

01 Centuries Of Sin
Vocals, Bass - Cronos
02 Red War
Vocals - Max Cavalera
03 Shake Your Blood
Recorded By [Bass & Vocals] - Nick Raskulinecz
Vocals, Bass - Lemmy
04 Access Babylon
Guitar [Additional] - Bubba Dupree
Recorded By [Vocals] - John Custer
Vocals - Mike Dean
05 Silent Spring
Vocals - Kurt Brecht
06 Ice Cold Man
Guitar [Additional] - Kim Thayil
Vocals - Lee Dorrian
07 The Emerald Law
Recorded By [Vocals] - Don Zientara
Vocals, Guitar [Lead] - Wino
08 Big Sky
Guitar [Additional] - Erol Unala
Vocals - Tom Gabriel Fischer*
09 Dictatosaurus
Guitar [Additional] - Matt Sweeney
Vocals - Snake
10 My Tortured Soul
Vocals - Eric Wagner
11 Sweet Dreams
Guitar [Additional] - Kim Thayil
Vocals - King Diamond
12 I Am The Warlock (Нidden track)
Vocals - Jack Black
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Enjoy!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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