#aaaaaarrghh

[shsl-yume]

The final Wonder’s End bio is that of the infamous Ray Fukumoto!

[triste-guillotine]

VENOM “At war with Satan”, LP 1984 (The third Venomous blasphemy of Cronos, Mantas & Abaddon. Nothing to add except : Fuckin’ Aaaaaaarrghh !!!)

1. At War with Satan 2. Rip Ride 3. Genocide 4. Cry Wolf 5. Stand Up (and Be Counted) 6. Women, Leather and Hell 7. Aaaaaarrghh

“An unseen presence breeds never before felt pangs of mortal hatred and anger deep into the pounding hearts of the angels. Once more, the Creature is summoned to deliver the declaration of war : AT WAR WITH SATAN”

[fictionalred]

i wanted to have a cauldron with some lava in my house (who doesn’t?) but apparently lava can’t go in a cauldron so it spilled all over and i died and all my precious items that I had on me are gone :’o

[sobbingdistantnoises]

Finding out that Skid Row covered Psycho Therapy (Ramones song) finally motivated me to listen to an album of theirs in full, HECK YEAH.

[sobbingdistantnoises]

AUGUST 30, 2021, apparently I already listened to Mayhemic Destruction (Mortal Sin album) by then. I kinda wrote it off at the time, but I'm planning on relistening to it again soon since I now have a song by them that I like a bunch (I Am Immortal), am excited :))

[sobbingdistantnoises]

I don't listen to Vader, but I've heard their cover of Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica song) so many times by now through Spotify autoplaying it that I honestly really like it now, HELP

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MEHADETH SINGLE THING WAS PUBLISHED APPARENTLY, HECK YEAH, I'M 19 HOURS LATE BECAUSE I THOUGHT UT WAS YESTERDAY (I cannot do time anymore), BUT THIS IS REALLY COOL

[sobbingdistantnoises]

OKAY OKAY. THE WAIT. SONG ORIGINALLY BY KILLING JOKE BUT ALSO COVERED BY METALLICA.

(Note from in the middle of writing this: long essay ahead apparently, read at your own risk)

(Note from after I finished: it is genuinely really long, I'm sorry if you decide to read this for some reason)

James sounds so QUIET on Metallica's cover version of it??? I was honestly so confused about whether it was even him at first despite common sense saying it was, HELP. He sounds really distorted too, especially at the start?? It's kind of interesting, not sure whether I like it though.

And the bass is so loud too (especially in the remastered version, I don't think that's as true for the original, but also I'm unsure) which is really interesting because it's not usually THAT LOUD; it was what the comments section was talking about too, like woah. There's these parts at about 1:38 and 2:41 (along a bunch of other fun bass moments at other timestamps) which have these really cool bass lines too. They're honestly pretty short, but I love the flair they add to the song?? Especially since Metallica's main riff part's high note things doesn't jump out as much as the original version does, it's probably the best part of the cover, at least for me.

I'd have to say that I personally prefer Killing Joke's version of it though. There's just something about the guitar tone that sounds so robotic (is that the right word??), and I honestly love it. I think someone in Killing Joy's version's comments mentioned something about influencing industrial metal? I've never really listen to any of it, but it definitely sounds industrial if that means anything. I can honestly totally picture it as a theme in some video game as well.

About the vocals in Killing Joy's version, they're not my favorite, but they're there and work nicely with the music. It's mostly the guitar that stands out to me in it, so I honestly didn't pay too much attention, dhkska. The part where the singer keeps saying "the wait" over and over again kinda weirdly reminds me of the way Flotsam and Jetsam's singer sang the chorus of Reaggression though? It's not like I've just listened to the song or anything, so I might be pulling nonexistent strings here, but it's probably the way both songs draw out the chorus in a way that makes it sound slower? Maybe?? I really do not know what I'm talking about; I'm going off pure memory for anything I say about Reaggression.

BUT THE WAY KILLING JOKE'S VERSION ENDS, it kind of stagnates with some glitter-sounding thing a few seconds after the chorus ends, making you think it was gonna end, but then it goes back the main riff and makes you wait (pun :D) for a second longer. And then a final hits thing with the really stacatto-y notes happens, and BAM, it's over, and it sounds really great (and also leaves you with it stuck in your head for the next hour, please help, I'm slightly editing this from after I finished typing stuff so that I sound more coherent and still have it in my head)

But okay okay, to summarize. I personally prefer Killing Joke's version because of the overall vibe it gives that I feel is slightly lost in Metallica's version because the guitars don't feel as punchy (which I feel is especially noticeable when going from Killing Joke's version to Metallica's which is what I did the first time I listened), but Metallica's version did have the really cool and audible bass parts which I did not even know existed when hearing Killing Joy's version, so it still sounds pretty cool when you're not expecting the same exact vibe, which of course isn't gonna 100% happen since they're different bands.

I don't think I'll add this to the list of songs I listen to though, dhjsjs, it sounds cool for like a once in a while thing to hear, but probably not as a regular thing. Which is quite ironic considering the fact that I took the time to write all this about it, but yeah, whoops.

OH RIGHT, PLUS METALLICA ADDED A SHORT SOLO THING; I COMPLETELY DIDN'T NOTICE THEY ADDED THAT UNTIL NOW, OOPS. It sounds pretty cool honestly!! I think it might be a bit slower in comparison to other Metallica solos, like the intro part of the solo to one of the songs they actually wrote (once again going off memory though), but I think that it suits the song pretty well. Not too sure how the same solo would look in the original since the guitar in the original is fairly choppy and not that quick, but it's not in the original, so yeah.

Actual summary apparently: the same thing I said in the previous summary, but add that Metallica's added solo is cool

Tldr: I listened to "The Wait", a song by Killing Joke that was also covered by Metallica, and went insane