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TWILIGHT OF THE BLUEGRASS GOD

 Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 2:32pm by

Tongue-in-cheek covers are kind of lame which is why I find Slaughter of the Bluegrass so entertaining; these guys aren’t being ironic at all. These Swedes love their metal but they also love their bluegrass, having already done bluegrass cover versions of At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity songs. The Deciblog alerted us to the latest Slaughter of the Bluegrass cover of Amon Amarth’s “Twilight of the Thunder God.” While bluegrass and viking metal might seem to be at odds, in a way it makes perfect sense: Swedish “redneck” music done in the style of another country’s redneck music. A perfect fit.

Listen to the track above and download it here if you feel so inclined.

-VN

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  • Dwarfskeet

    Definitely different. But I liked it. I like when they all say “Thor.” That part was pretty sweet. Prettay catchy.

    • twistedfreak

      Sounds irish, would be a good st paddys day anthem. I would drink many a guiness to this!

      • VikingMetalPersonOfEnjoymentGuy

        Yeah, very Irish. You always hear about Thor battling Jörmungandr in the Irish Pubs. haha, just joking around but this being an Irish holiday anthem is a bit far fetched.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Edward-Wilfred/100000007099811 Edward Wilfred

    A thousand times better than the original song.

    • Dwarfskeet

      Don’t be jockin’ on Amon Amarth yo!

    • Oden

      EAT SHIT AND DIE DICKBREATH!

    • joe

      you look like your mom uses your pittedface for a crochrag and your batman and greenlattern pins to pop her hemroides with

    • joe

      you look like your mom uses your pittedface for a crotch rag and your batman and greenlattern pins to pop her hemroides with

  • orbital

    I showed this to my dad, he fuckin loves it.

  • brian roach

    There is a band called IRON HORSE who do absolutely amazing bluegrass versions of a variety of bands, they have a Metallica bluegrass cd, an Ozzy/Sabbath one, a Zeppelin one, etc. Not sure if they are on ITunes or anything, but absolutely worth seeking out. Truly incredible!

  • Vakarm

    this…..cover……is…….AWESOME!!!! on par with the original XD

  • http://www.hatespire.com Nymik

    This is really awesome, but also really ooooooooolllllllllddd. :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brendan-Snow/514886363 Brendan Snow

    there’s a band called Hayseed Dixie who do bluegrass covers of various “metal”/hard rock songs including ace of spades…it’s surprising how well it translates to bluegrass…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYJUywl7CFw

  • Raxim Koron

    There’s also a band called Iron Horse who has done a couple Metallica cover albums as well as their own original stuff. Sadly, I enjoy their covers more than the original Metallica versions most of the time.

  • Slammm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddi6TwJ23-s lots of Iron horse stuff in the related videos section.
    Good stuff as a novelty… for a short duration… gets anoying pretty quick

  • http://www.last.fm/user/opeth027/ Kyle

    Great stuff! Can’t wait til they come out with more!

  • Oden

    Alright, well that certainly was different. If that’s what they enjoy playing then i guess it’s all good, but IMHO it sounds like shit. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but DAMN…

  • Jonathan

    This is like… the 80′s summer movie version/mix of the song… I love it. XD

  • inhumanrampager

    Somehow it reminds me of Weird Al.

    • VikingMetalPersonOfEnjoymentGuy

      Yeah I can hear that.

  • Facebook User

    That sounded pretty good actually.

  • ken pierson

    well… no drums!