Battlecross recorded a cover of Slayer‘s “War Ensemble” at 37 Studios in Rochester Hills, MI with Matt Dalton behind the boards. That song has been playing live numerous times each day on ‘SiriusXM Liquid Metal‘ throughout the weekend, generally starting at 5pm EST/2pm PST. The bands guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala said of the cover:
“Slayer is obviously one of our biggest influences. Slayer taught me personally to not give a fuck and throw in attitude in your riffs. “War Ensemble” is one of my favorite Slayer songs because it embodies the aggression and attitude of Slayer but also is more dynamic than a traditional Slayer song that is all speed. Jeff Hanneman was an underrated player and it’s shame his greatness was only recognized after he passed. In honor of Jeff we wanted to cover “War Ensemble” and throw in a bit of our own twist and speed to the song. Slayer!!!!!!”
A proper stream will arrive online this coming Tuesday, May 27th with a digital single to follow. You can check out a brief preview of the cover courtesy of the band themselves below:
