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Southern Lord 2004
How many years waiting for this blessed album?. Not even I know.
Dave Grohl has a kid that was perfectly normal until at the tender age of 13, a cousin, stuck in the punk scene, step during a summer visit. Since then the life of this young man twisted forever, he began to hear heavy music, hardcore, punk, rock of all types and became a freaky than underground.
20 years later, become a drummer, vocalist and guitarist of renown and Cargadito of millions after his stint in Nirvana, Foo Fighters and more recently by Queens of the Stone Age, decided he wanted to pursue his dream of playing with teen vocalists in metal bands and hardcore which cheered his youth. As rich besides Dave majete must be received a positive response from the vast majority of singers, so that when they sing Cronos, Mike Dean, King Diamond, Lee Dorrian, Lemmy, Snake, Wino, Eric Wagner, Kurt Brecht and Max Cavalera. Matt Sweeney and Kim Thayil (almost nothing) play guitar and bass each in a song, but the rest of the album is absolutely Dave Grohl.
In his own words Dave wanted to do a "Supernatural" (by Santana album), but metal. The album is the most interesting for several reasons, first is the impressive voice cast, simply count on Lee Dorrian, King Diamond, Lemmy, Max Cavalera, and Wino, to talk about those I know, is a lujazo. Another reason is to reaffirm that Grohl is unbelievable, the drum parts on all songs are wild and very far from being simple, in addition to match the style of each of the vocalists. The last reason I can think of is how funny it is to observe the mixing of the metal style of these songs with the pop wisdom has been demonstrated that Grohl is the last two albums from the Foo Fighters would make these in a more digestible than metal. What is a metal disk? true, but it is pure hard rock with a touch of "stoner" quite marked.
From the album highlight the songs of Max Cavalera, Lemmy, Wino and the Snake "Dictatosaurus" extremely similar to the style of the Smashing Pumpkins (Matt Sweeney, ex-Zwan plays guitar on this). "My Tortured Soul" with Eric Wagner has a sound to Stone Temple Pilots that leaves you thinking where have heard before that guitar riff. Of course King Diamond also shines.
But the highlight comes with the hidden track, "I Am The Warlock", which is the lead singer Jack Black !!!!, actor and member of Tenacious D, for which Grohl played guitar and drums on their debut album.
I never liked the metal and as far I've come in this genre is the "TURBOLOVE" Judas Priest, but Grohl gets to do fun ride gives the genre, especially keeping the intensity throughout. Nothing new under the sun, but the concept is clever, well produced and this approach serves the underground metalhead from the 80 who did not let us see the dyed hair of the "hair bands".
When you find something good and you know that few people know "that you feel great?. Martin Luther is the guitarist who accompanies The Roots during their tours and is a solo artist instead. I like so much when I saw him play with the Philadelphia that I buy his CD, "The Calling", leaving the concert and I even signed it. He did not have an exact idea of how it would be, but I liked so much that I take half a round trip from Barcelona listening. The Roots Of course if you choose to include live music for nothing. Simply direct say in the song by Erykah Badu on "You Got Me" from the album "Things Fall Apart" and put the hair stands like hooks. 
