Metallica plays the Tarkus Suite

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I don't care which era, though granted the earlier the better. Hetfield's vocal mannerisms were far less annoying around the Master of Puppets era. As said, I had been listening to Garage Inc., some of which falls after The Black Album era, some before. I will say I now have after all these years a decidedly different view of Tarkus, having imagined the Metallica version. It is (at least the suite) a metal album.

Edited by jammun - December 22 2011 at 19:34

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jammun Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 14 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3449	Posted: December 22 2011 at 19:34
	I don't care which era, though granted the earlier the better. Hetfield's vocal mannerisms were far less annoying around the Master of Puppets era. As said, I had been listening to Garage Inc., some of which falls after The Black Album era, some before. I will say I now have after all these years a decidedly different view of Tarkus, having imagined the Metallica version. It is (at least the suite) a metal album. Edited by jammun - December 22 2011 at 19:34
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Catcher10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: December 23 2009 Location: Emerald City Status: Offline Points: 17871	Posted: December 22 2011 at 09:33
	^ I was thinking the same thing.......as much as I have grown to dislike Metallica over the years, especially that Lars, and I never liked King Hetfield......for me it would have had to be ....And Justice For All era. Edited by Catcher10 - December 22 2011 at 09:39


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	I actually do think it would fit well. I would like to Metallica from pre-Black album do it though. James' voice has become bitterly generic.
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The Miracle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427	Posted: December 21 2011 at 23:30
	Honestly, that is not something I would care to hear in the least. I'd be down to hear Meshuggah do it though. Edited by The Miracle - December 21 2011 at 23:42
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	Now that you mention it, I agree- that would be cool (and I'm not much of a Metallica or ELP fan).
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jammun Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 14 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3449	Posted: December 21 2011 at 21:54
	So the other night I was listening to Metallica's Garage Inc., which is a fine album of covers. And as I listened to it I realized Metallica has the chops to play pretty much whatever they want. Later (and so to bed) I drifted into that bizarre area between wakefulness and sleep and the hammering guitar riff of It's Electric was still in my mind, along with the relative nuances of Astrology, and suddenly I was hearing a hammering guitar riff, in 5/4, just brutal and wicked. It was, in that neverland of my mind... Tarkus. But being played by Metallica. I had constructed the whole thing in my mind. (I know, I know, maybe time to up the meds.) I would love to hear them cover ELP's Tarkus suite, if for no other reason than Tarkus is possibly almost more thrash metal than prog, at least Eruption, etc. Maybe I'm crazy. I can just hear Hetfield singing "Has the dawn ever seen your eyes-yuuh", "Realize your are-yuhh". "Clear the battlefield and let them see-yuuuh". You know that annoying vocal inflection I am talking about. I think Kirk could adequately reproduce the Emerson solos, and ol' Lars would be more than capable of a Palmer imitation. I think it would be a nice ride and realistically I would pay $ to hear it done well. We live on your bones or whatever...the irony of one dinosaur doing covers of another does not escape me.
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