Probot is upon us and its far more than anyone could have ever expected; an all-star performance record of monumental proportions. The songs on the Probot album were written entirely by Grohl. He then sent out these recordings to all of his favorite metal vocalists from a specific period of time in underground metal (83 to '90,) Each song features its own throat and Grohl also had help from a few other dudes (Kim Thayill of Soundgarden lays a blistering solo down on the King Diamond track, Bubba Dupree from Void is on the Mike Dean track. etc...) Grohl enthustiacally explains: There are some fast tracks, the Cronos track (Centuries of Sin) is old school fast thrash metal. The Lee Dorrian track (Ice Cold Man) is slow and has a dirge to it. The Snake track (Dictatorsaurus) is kind of reminiscent of a old Voivod track. The King Diamond track (Sweet Dreams) is slow. The Mike Dean track (Access Babylon) is sort of like an old school metal hardcore-crossover song. It moves in a lot of different ways. It isnt about me; Im just having the time of my life in fantasy camp being able to create something with these people I listened to for years when I was young. Probot is a ecletic metal compilation. Each track is its own unique entity, always potent, always compelling. and completely metal!

The first grimm taste of Probot will be a two-track 7 , limited to 6,666 copies, unleashed this November on Southern Lord recordings.

This cult item will feature two Probot songs:
Centuries Of Sin with Cronos of Venom,
the Emerald Law featuring Wino of The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls,

The full album, totaling eleven hard-hitting tracks (plus a secret bonus track yet to be revealed), is to be released on February 10th, 2004 on Southern Lord Recordings and will be available on both CD and 2xLP format. A video for the track Shake Your Blood will be filmed in November.

PROBOT - CD/2XLP (LIMITED)
SOUTHERNLORD RECORDINGS
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY
CD/LP TRACK LIST

Centuries Of Sin w/ Cronos (Venom)
Red War w/ Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura)
Shake Your Blood w/ Lemmy (Motorhead)
Access Babylon w/ Mike Dean (Corrosion of Conformity)
Silent Spring w/ Kurt Brecht (DRI)
Ice Cold Man w/ Lee Dorrian (Cathedral, Napalm Death)
the Emerald Law w/ Wino (St. Vitus, Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls)
Big Sky w/Tom G. Warrior(Celtic Frost /Apollyon Sun)
Dictatorsaurus w/ Snake (Voivod)
My Tortured Soul w/ Eric Wagner (Trouble)
Sweet Dreams w/ King Diamond (Mercyful Fate)
+ bonus track: WILL BE A SURPRISE

Ben niet echt een grote metal-fan, kan het op z'n tijd wel waarderen... maar vind de songs op de website (www.probot-music.com) best ok!

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Op woensdag 29 oktober 2003 20:57 schreef Dragonfly het volgende:
songs op de website?

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Jammer, want ik had vrij hoge verwachtingen

Eigenlijk zou ik deze plaat alleen al vanwege
de medewerking van zangers als King Diamond, Tom Warrior en Lee Dorrian aanschaffen.

vooral met Lenny

strakke drums van Dave

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Dave Grohl's a funny guy it seems, both in his personal disposition and in his musical vision. After his stint with the cred-obsessed Nirvana, he moved on to pop consortium Foo Fighters without even the blink of a eye -- all that cred, all for nothing. Now that Grohl's satisfied in the mainstream, at the award galas, and filling arenas, that itch for cred has seemingly come back, culminating in the oft-delayed, long-rumoured Probot project and its release on Southern Lord Records (!). We've all been kind of duped when it comes to Probot though, 'cos the advance hype said that the band was Grohl's foray into the extreme metal world. And while the man has indeed put together true metal songs, the tunes aren't Dave Grohl writing original metal: instead, they're Dave Grohl covering metal he once loved, and there's a very important difference between the two. Instead of Cronos, Max Cavalera, Lemmy, Mike Dean, Lee Dorian, Wino, Snake, King Diamond and others singing over Dave's metal material, you've basically got those guys singing over tracks that could have indeed been their own -- there's a real cover-band feel to this whole record. That rant aside, Probot is still the work of an aficionado and it wears its metal stripes well. "Centuries Of Sin" (with Cronos) and "Red War" (with Cavalera) are excellent thrashers, while Snake's "Dictatosaurus" and King Diamond's "Sweet Dreams" (featuring Kim Thayil on guitar) could have been on Dimension Hatross and Abigail. 'Access Babylon' and 'Silent Spring', the Mike Dean and Kurt Brecht songs, are probably the most impressive though, as Grohl's foray into "crossover" works exceedingly well, probably because he was immersed in the hardcore/punk/indie scenes for much of Nirvana's turmoil. Elsewhere, "The Emerald Law" (featuring Wino) is a fuzzed-out stoner jaunt as expected, and Tom G. Warrior's "Big Sky" comes off as the type of industrial metal that might have materialised had Trent Reznor never decided to put his suffering to paper. The record's aesthetic is equally as genuine, as the cover and Probot logo are designed by Voivod's Away, much in the Phobos or Negatron vein. We all know Dave Grohl isn't all of a sudden going to be metal's spokesperson to the incurable Paris Hilton masses at the VH1 Awards, but he has contributed solidly to our sphere, bringing together the genre's best and most respected. For that, and for the subsequent killer tunes, Grohl has earned respect.
[David Perri]

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Op zaterdag 17 januari 2004 01:32 schreef Summoner het volgende:
Ik vind het artwork overigens een beetje Voïvod-achtig.

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Op zaterdag 17 januari 2004 01:32 schreef Summoner het volgende:
Ik vind het artwork overigens een beetje Voïvod-achtig.

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Op zaterdag 17 januari 2004 01:32 schreef Summoner het volgende:
Ik vind het artwork overigens een beetje Voïvod-achtig.

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Uit review:
The record's aesthetic is equally as genuine, as the cover and Probot logo are designed by Voivod's Away, much in the Phobos or Negatron vein.

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Op zondag 15 februari 2004 21:19 schreef Djaser het volgende:
Die clip is om je te bescheuren
Klinkt allemaal niet slecht maar ben ik de enige die het drumwerk kut vind?

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Op zondag 15 februari 2004 21:23 schreef Man_in_a_Shed het volgende:
Summoner, lees jij de door jezelf gequote stukjes wel .

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Op zondag 15 februari 2004 21:19 schreef Djaser het volgende:
Klinkt allemaal niet slecht maar ben ik de enige die het drumwerk kut vind?

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Op zondag 15 februari 2004 21:26 schreef TimoBasso het volgende:

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Waar kun je die clip zien?

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Op maandag 16 februari 2004 10:10 schreef Djaser het volgende:

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Wat dacht je van op de officiele site?

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Dat album is toch eigenlijk wel steengoed..

tis niet echt slecht maar er naar luisteren zal ik waarschijnlijk niet..

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2004 14:00 schreef Angel_of_Dth het volgende:
Overigens ook nog niet gemeld in dit optic, volgens mij, Access Babylon, nummer 4 met Mike Dean, is een Alec Empire cover. Een cover van Tear it out. Dus als ze bij MTV weer eens zeggen dat Dave Grohl alle muziek geschreven heeft.. dat is onzin.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2004 15:41 schreef Summoner het volgende:

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Weet je het zeker Angel, ik heb inmiddels wel zo'n duizend interviews met Dave gelezen en nergens vertelt hij dat "Access Babylon" een cover is.

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Op woensdag 25 februari 2004 15:41 schreef Summoner het volgende:

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Weet je het zeker Angel, ik heb inmiddels wel zo'n duizend interviews met Dave gelezen en nergens vertelt hij dat "Access Babylon" een cover is.