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Artist: Forever Never |
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After
making waves with support slots with Kittle, Skindred and Fozzy, Forever
Never hit the road with a headline tour and the release of their covers
EP 'I Can't Believe It's Not Metal!!'. A real surprise package indeed with
covers of songs from John Farnham, Michael Jackson, Whitesnake, Shaggy,
Go West and Seal. A mixed bag indeed but this isn’t the band
disrespecting these guys, this the band really giving the metal fans a
real chance to get back at all those Dance records that take rock songs and
samples of rock songs, and don’t do them justice. This is quite the
opposite, this is a metal band putting their own spin on songs and
beefing them up and making them sound so very different and I must say
extremely good. Opening
up with 'You’re The Voice' it's clear the band are 100% serious about
these tunes. This one is given a meatier edge without distracting too far
from the original. The same however can't be said about the second track, the
Michael Jackson’s ‘Who is It’. This one is almost unrecognisable
until the chorus, but still a great cover, although I think Jackson fans
perhaps won't
agree, but who cares. A real
rock classic in Whitesnake’s ‘Still Of The Night’ is given a
massive harder edge, but it's Shaggy’s 'Bombastic' that gets all the votes
for top cover on this EP, with Skindred’s Benji Webbe bringing the heat on
this one. I
don’t know who picked the songs to cover but they have to be praised because they’ve taken the bull by the horns as Go West’s
'We Close Our Eyes' proves. You’d never imagine in your wildest dreams
any Metal band covering this one, but blow me it works. The EP
closes with something special with a stunning cover of Seal’s
‘Future Love Paradise’, which rounds off a great sextet of tracks
that will bring a smile to the face of any rock fan, and if your parents parties are
getting a bit boring this festive season, sneak this one the CD player
and bring some attitude to proceedings and watch the oldies jaws drop as
their favourite songs are given a METALLLLL! makeover. |
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Tracklisting: 1.
You're The Voice (John Farnham)
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