{"id":72186,"date":"2017-10-08T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=72186"},"modified":"2017-10-08T07:44:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T12:44:27","slug":"sunday-sesh-x-in-the-style-of-y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/sunday-sesh-x-in-the-style-of-y\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Sesh: X in the Style of Y"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last Friday, I published an interview<\/a> with\u00a0Morten M\u00fcller wherein we discussed his intriguing\u00a0Metallica<\/strong> covers. Wielding an 8-string guitar and a Jens Kidman sneer,\u00a0M\u00fcller reinterpreted several Metallica favorites in the style of the rhythm-bending Swedes. Today we’re going to revisit this idea, drawing upon both that interview and an older Think Tank about salvaging bad albums. Today’s question”\u00a0Which artist X would you like to hear in the style of Y?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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That former Think Tank<\/a>, in case you needed your memory refreshed, tasked you with deciding which turd in an artist’s discography needed to be polished by a different band. The example I put forth was Metallica’s\u00a0St. Anger<\/em> (an album I honestly enjoy, but let’s be real; it’s not good). I posited that a handful of artists, from\u00a0High on Fire<\/strong> to\u00a0Neurosis<\/strong> could easily reinterpret those tracks, but what we’re looking for today is a bit different.<\/p>\n

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No, what I’d really like to know is what artist’s collective body of work would like to hear transmogrified into a different genre. Would you be keen to listen to\u00a0Mgla<\/strong>‘s black metal nihilism spread bare across gloomy funeral doom riffs? Would you enjoy hearing\u00a0The Berzerker<\/strong> turn\u00a0Gorguts<\/strong> into a foreboding wall of industrial sound? Or maybe you’d just like to hear\u00a0Black Sabbath<\/strong> toked out as some smooth-ass jazz.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, that last suggestion exists. Some 7 years ago, I was at a death metal show in Dallas. Between sets, oddly familiar jazz tracks schmoozed concert-goers. For a few minutes, I had difficulty placing why these tracks sounded so memorable, but then the distinctive cadence and warbling\u00a0melody of “War Pigs” belted out from the speakers, and I\u00a0caught it immediately. Turns out the sound guy regularly played\u00a0The Casualties of Jazz<\/strong>‘s\u00a0Black Sabbath cover album\u00a0Kind of Black<\/em> between sets at the venue, and it was always a hit. Re-imaging those classic doom metal cuts as a jazz trio on keys, drums, and bass lends them a jaunty, playful quality you don’t get in the original. These covers gave us a fun, zesty breather between blasts, and it made the whole concert-going experience all the better.<\/p>\n