Search - Call to Irons :: A Call To Irons Volumes I & II: Tribute To Iron Maiden

Decent

Eric Peterson | USA | 09/18/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Many of these tracks aren't worth listening to. A few of them are more of an insult to the band: They were influenced by Iron Maiden, yet the actual sound of their regular music differs so much, it's hard to imagine them coming anywhere close.However, Opeth's version of "Remember Tomorrow" is outstanding. It is the shining point of the album, in my opinion."

...This is a TRIBUTE???? It's more of an insult!

Takuya Arai | Lakewood, OH USA | 08/26/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"...my god.... I saw this in the store. I didn't recognize any of the bands. But it said it was a tribute to IM and the songs are undisputed classics. So I figured, as a tribute, it can't be that bad. After all, they're here to honor IM, and alot of tribute albums are pretty good (NIB - Tribute to Black Sabbath for example). Unfortunately I was more than dissapointed when I popped the CD in. I admit, the names of the band (...Angel Corpse for example) should have clued me in but, as the other reviewers said, they are all death metal bands and they destroy fantastic IM songs by singing them in, you guessed it, death metal style. If it wasn't so sad, I'd be laughing. They don't really sing...they just kind of read the lyrics with a deep, "spooky/demonic", voice. Listening to the Trooper for example by Vital Remains is more of a comedy than a tribute. I suppose some death metal fans out there might enjoy this but, for the rest of us, if you're expecting good renditions of IM songs actually being SUNG rather than spoken, pass this one up... I don't know about the rest of the tribute albums you can find, but this one is bad. This isn't a tribute. This is an insult. I never thought classic IM songs can be butchered so horribly... If Steve Harris heard this, he'd be crying. If I could give it zero stars, I would in a heartbeat. Avoid this one at all costs!"

Wish I could have given it 0 stars!

-snowblind- | Ontario, California USA | 04/07/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is like a slap to Iron Maiden's face!! Every pathedic idiot singer from every horrible band on this CD just screams into the mic like friggin' annoying moron!! How anybody could like that crap is beyond me! They just take everything good about these classic Maiden songs and ... all over them! AVOID THIS CD AT ALL COSTS!!!"