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Head Foo Fighter Dave Grohl's drum-pummeling on SONGS FOR THE DEAF by Queens of the Stone Age revealed that the rock Renaissance man could indulge in his heavy metal leanings with powerful results. However, Grohl's Probot project takes this ... Full Descriptionpassion to even greater heights (and gloomier depths), by presenting collaborations with a different underground-metal vocalist on every track of the self-titled album.
Although many of these frontmen reached creative and commercial peaks with their bands in the 1980s, none have lost their vocal prowess, singing their lyrics over music written and (mostly) performed by Grohl. Standout moments include Max Cavalera (Soulfly/Sepultura) growling on the hard-charging "Red War," Corrosion of Conformity's Mike Dean ranting on the skate-core of "Access Babylon," and Snake of the pioneering prog-thrash band Voivod sneering on the fierce "Dictatosaurus." (Incidentally, Voivod's drummer, Away, contributes his inimitable artwork to PROBOT's cover.) Aided on two songs by former Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, Grohl truly solidifies this metal tribute on the creepy epic "Sweet Dreams," with the octave-climbing screamer King Diamond, and "Shake Your Blood," a rocked-out track featuring the legendary Lemmy of Motorhead on vocals and bass. Those looking for the catchy rock ditties of the Foo Fighters should be warned--this is full-on, full-blooded metal.
For the entirety of the 21st millennium, rumors have been flying about how Dave Grohl was putting together some sort of (death)-metal band. The name Probot became an instant flashpoint for the interest of music fans the world over. The secret sleeps no longer... The divine metallic inspiration & bloody roots of Dave Grohl will now be unleashed upon the world!! Features 11 tracks including collaborations with King Diamond, Cronos (Venom), Wino (Obsessed), Lemmy (Motorhead), Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly), & other dark souls! Southern Lord. 2004.
Includes liner notes by Dave Grohl.
Probot includes: Wino (vocals, guitar); Lemmy, Cronos (vocals, bass); Max Cavalera, Mike Dean, Kurt Brecht, Lee Dorrian, Tom G. Warrior, Snake, Eric Wagner, King Diamond (vocals); Kim Thayil, Matt Sweeney, Bubba Dupree, Erol Unala (guitar); Dave Grohl (various instruments).
Rolling Stone (2/19/04, p.67) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[A] labor of love seething with spite....Look no further for the year's first great metal album."
Spin (3/04, p.91) - "Grohl squeezes more brilliant moments out of his geographic brethren..." - Grade: B+
Q (3/04, p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "The result isn't for the meek, as the most grizzled singers on earth unite to belt out thrash and death metal numbers written by Grohl..."
Magnet (pp.105-6) - "With Probot, Dave Grohl explores his inner metalhead by writing and recording an album's worth of headbanging, throw-your-devil-horns-in-the-air songs."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/04, p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]n anti fashion statement that runs from thrash metal to a stoner groove, from classic metal to punkish thuggery." Hide Description Probot Songs | 1. | Centuries of Sin - (with Cronos) |
| 2. | Red War - (with Max Cavalera) |
| 3. | Shake Your Blood - (with Lemmy) |
| 4. | Access Babylon - (with Mike Dean) |
| 5. | Silent Spring - (with Kurt Brecht) |
| 6. | Ice Cold Man - (with Lee Dorrian) |
| 7. | Emerald Law, The - (with Wino) |
| 8. | Big Sky - (with Tom G. Warrior) |
| 9. | Dictatosaurus - (with Denis 'Snake' Belanger) |
| 10. | My Tortured Soul - (with Eric Wagner) |
| 11. | Sweet Dreams - (with King Diamond) |
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Purchase Probot CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Dream Theater Black Clouds & Silver Linings CD (2009)
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Dream Theater's tenth long-player is about as dense and challenging as any album in the band's discography and emphasizes not only the virtuoso members' stupefying musicianship, but also their most aggressive and thoroughly metallic songwriting tendencies. The sixteen-minute opener "A Nightmare to Remember" quickly establishes this agenda via frequently thrash-paced staccato riffing, some of John Petrucci's most blistering guitar solos ever, and the return of drummer Mike Portnoy's syncopated growls, which provide contrast for singer James LaBrie's soaring melodic elegance. "The Count of Tuscany" is a heady prog-metal magnum opus brimming with more ideas, notes, and time changes over 19 minutes than most bands bother with over a ten album career. In fact, "Whither," a tender ballad and mere babe at five minutes in length, is the album's only concession ...
| | Voivod Infini CD (2009)
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Possibly more so than any other prior Voivod release, 2009's INFINITI is all about their late guitarist (and co-founding member) Piggy. Armed with guitar parts he recorded prior to his 2005 passing, the surviving Voivod members subsequently ...
| | Exciter Violence & Force CD (2004)
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| | O S I Free CD (2006)
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| | Dream Theater When Dream & Day Unite CD (1989) (Import) Germany; Originally Released in 1989
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WHEN DREAM & DAY UNITE, the major label debut from prog-metal act Dream Theater, includes the tracks ...
| | Tim Ripper Owens Play My Game CD (2009)
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| | Fates Warning Disconnected CD (2000)
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Prog metal veterans Fates Warning continue to evolve, picking up where A PLEASANT SHADE OF GRAY left off with their newest offering, DISCONNECTED. The disc is a conceptual piece presented in the spirit of APSOG, differing only in that there isn't a single weak moment here; which isn't to make light of the brilliant moments found on that previous album--DISCONNECTED simply drips with perfection.
Terry Brown's hand in the production is evident, and the album's contrasting movements have just the right balance of finesse and grit to translate well to a live setting. Bookended by instrumental pieces, the body of DISCONNECTED is a sonic rollercoaster of dynamics and extremes that never loses its center. ...
| | Earth Crisis Last Of The Sane CD (2001)
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| | Shamen Collection CD (2004) (Import) Sweden
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| | Gilbert Sigrist Trio Jazz Loves Paris CD (2004) (Import) Canada
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| | Mistress In Disgust We Trust CD (2005)
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| | Geri Allen Timeless Portraits & Dreams CD (2006) (Import)
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| | Live Convention 79 CD (2008) (Import)
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