Customer Reviews

Tribute to Metallica

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

.....but these guys somehow did. They somehow turned "One", which could easily be called the best song ever, into a disco dance song. Whats next, NSYNC or Destiny's Child doing a cover of Megadeth's "Peace Sells, but Who's Buying"?

I usually enjoy tribute albums, especially Metallica ones, that are totally different than the originals. But turning Metallica to a dance groove is just wrong. Go pick up "A Punk Tribute to Metallica." It does the band justice. Listen to the Surf Punk Version of Seek and Destroy on that disc; thats how you change a song up, and still make it good.

The only reason this gets 2 stars is that it is a very interesting listen, borrow it from someone if you can, just for weird listen.

Judging from the reviews here and the time I played this for my sister (who is a huge Metallica fan), I'd say that no red-blooded Metallica fan would stand by this EP. However, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich did endorse it (according to the liner notes), but I think they have a much better sense of humor about what other bands do to their music than their fans do. Personally, I enjoyed it. But what I found to be the strangest thing about it is that Die Krupps (and that's pronounced "dee" krupps because it's German) produced this before they began incorporating metal guitars into their music, so that nowadays they sound much more like Metallica than they did in the early '90s. In fact, they're featured on the industrial tribute to Metallica, "Covered In Black", doing "Battery", although it is a newer, more metal-sounding version than the one on this CD.

Get this album if: 1) you like techno 2) you don't like Metallica in the first place 3) you've never heard any of Die Krupps' albums

I love Metallica and I love Die Krupps, but for some reason combining them was a BAD idea. Picture springy, robotic versions of 'tallica's songs barely recognizable from the originals, and Die Krupps totally selling out in some wierd way, and you get the idea. No matter how much you like Metallica, there's nothing much here worth saving.

It sounds worse than anything before the black album and better than anything after. It's better than listening to Hetfield's vocals now. A very cheesey cover album. It sounds like Die Krupps is trying to sound cool, but it's beyond their ability to. The album sounds like some kid i don't know, that would ask me over to his house to check out his, new cool midi keyboard that he can hook up to his computer. That's why it didn't get five stars.

This album is one of the most atrocious few minutes of music I have ever heard. They give you two versions of "One" and they both sound outright comical- though I'm sure that was unintended. Besides the strong accent, the singer always sounds like he's running out of breath and trying to squeeze out his last few words before he passes out- too bad he never did.

What the hell were you thinking trying to cover metallica?? there are very few bands if any that could cover metallica. YOU ARE DEFINITLY NOT ONE OF THEM.

"Battery", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "One" were my favorite songs. Metallica themselves made a comercial turn after "...and justice for all". Today's metallica is weak and unhealthy. ...and this CD is the killer. This CD brought the lord of metal down to the ground. After James burned his hand he became really weak. He shaved his hair and next album will be "Master Of Puppy". Great depression for 80s' metal fans.

I have to say that this is different but has a distinct different style to it. It has a lot of techno/industrial in it but this shows Metallica's impact on different genres. If you are looking for something different lyrically and musically you might want to look into this.

This CD is the biggest piece of crap I have ever heard. I'm proud to say that I don't own it, but I've heard much of its content. There is really no band worthy of covering Metallica, but this band is the least worthy. The awesome opening of "For Whom the Bell Tolls" was replaced by Techno-weird, and "The Unforgiven" beginning is mangled beyond recognition. I haven't actually heard their cover of "One", but I want to keep it that way, because it's my favorite song of all time. If I were James,Kirk,Jason,or Lars, I would sue these guys for all they're worth (which can't be that much). This CD should be titled "An Insult to Metallica".

you cant put any less than 1 star! in my opinion this cd doesnt deserve anything. it shouldnt even have been produced because these guys suck and really screw up some of my favorite metallica stuff. this tribute is more like an insult