Magnetic Eye Records have set their sights on an October 30th release for their two tribute albums to the pioneering metal band Black Sabbath. Among their plans are “Best Of Black Sabbath [Redux]” and “Vol. 4 [Redux]“. The track listing for “Best of Black Sabbath [Redux]” has been revealed to run as follows:
01 – Earthless – “Never Say Die”
02 – Caustic Casanova – “Wicked World”
03 – Summoner – “A National Acrobat”
04 – Black Electric – “Sweet Leaf”
05 – Rwake – “The Writ”
06 – Chad I Ginsburg/Jess Margera/Scott Reeder/James Rota – “NIB”
07 – Year Of The Cobra – “Planet Caravan”
08 – Hippie Death Cult – “Fairies Wear Boots”
09 – Leather Lung – “Hole In The Sky”
10 – Mooner – “The Wizard”
11 – Solace – “Electric Funeral”
12 – Howling Giant – “Lord Of This World”
13 – Elephant Tree – “Paranoid”
14 – Brume – “Solitude”
15 – Saint Karloff – “Sleeping Village”
Caustic Casanova‘s take on “Wicked World” has emerged as the first single to be shared from the effort and can be streamed below. The band’s Jake Kimberly said of their cover choice:
“Covering a song is always an interesting experience. You want to do it justice, but also make it your own. Is there anything worse than a stale rendition that merely recreates the original note for note? We spent weeks working on ‘Wicked World.’ We tuned it down, and broke it down part by part, investigating where we should be true to the first Black Sabbath album and where we should venture into other sonic territories.
Sometimes you just have to play together and feel your way through a piece of music. That’s how we created the more ambient section, which took the place of Iommi‘s solo. We wanted to keep the heavy energy going and growing through the middle, so we further embellished and even wrote new parts (for a Sabbath song, it seems sacrilege, but we did it anyway), adding twin guitar leads and riffs that fit the upbeat pulse we were after.
We toured this cover across North America, and, as expected, it was a crowd pleaser. It perks the ears of people in the back of the bar who are on the fence about watching the band or going out for a smoke. Nothing gets people on your side quite like Black Sabbath.”
The track listing for “Vol. 4 [Redux]” will run as follows:
01 – Thou – “Wheels Of Confusion”
02 – The Obsessed – “Tomorrow’s Dream”
03 – High Reeper – “Changes”
04 – Matt Pike (of High On Fire) – “FX”
05 – Spirit Adrift – “Supernaut”
06 – Green Lung – “Snowblind”
07 – WHORES. – “Cornucopia”
08 – Tony Reed – “Laguna Sunrise”
09 – Haunt – “St. Vitus Dance”
10 – Zakk Sabbath – “Under The Sun”
Spirit Adrift‘s take on “Supernaut” from that outing can be heard below as well. Pre-orders for “Best Of Black Sabbath [Redux]” are available here, while you can pick up “Vol. 4 [Redux]” here. The latter record came about via a highly successful Kickstarter.
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