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EVER WANTED TO HEAR METALLICA’S “BATTERY” PLAYED ON THE TUBA?

 Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 at 12:00pm by

Yeah, me neither. But MetalSucks Sucaklo “troe” sent us a link to the YouTube page of NAME – that stands for New Acoustic Metal Experiment – a metal-covering brass quartet consisting of students from the University of Northern Iowa, and, well, curiosity got the best of me.

What’s it sound like? Well… like a brass quartet playing “Battery.” But, hey, if that’s your thing… enjoy!

You can check out some more NAME silliness here.

-AR

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  • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

    the intro reminds me of something you would see on a western movie

    • http://www.myspace.com/palehorseofhell lord assenfroth

      *hear

  • http://dcmetalreview.wordpress.com/ Dan-O

    While normally I applaud unique takes on music, this just does not work. I laughed at the sound of the intro. Way to remove all the balls from the tune. It also reminded me of this; attending one of my college football games, we were “treated” to a marching band rendition of Quiet Riot’s “Cum on Feel the Noize.” Quite possibly the single most annoying thing I’ve ever heard. I’d rather have my balls dragged across a recently tarred roof than hear that ever again.

    • http://heavystreet.com Heavystreet

      I would love to hear a marching band do “Enslavement To Obliteration” during half time. Nothing would please me more.

      • http://dcmetalreview.wordpress.com/ Dan-O

        I’d pay to see/hear that.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-He/749730660 Richard He

      tubas are ballsy as fuck – these guys are really just playing the notes instead of rocking out to their full potential.

  • http://schenkeltown.blogspot.com SchenkelTown

    slow news day?

  • erik

    I’m sick of these classical music dorks doing Metallica Covers. This was lame 15 years ago when those Euro sluts got some press for doing it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Taylor-James-Hamilton/1178820034 Taylor James Hamilton

    Glad to see people from northern Iowa got off the meth for 20 minutes and did something interesting. note I didn’t say good.

  • BASSQUATCH

    If you like this, I’d recommend looking up Pastors Of Muppets. They’re an all brass ensemble that cover various hard rock/metal songs.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Basil-Chiasson/1683420052 Basil Chiasson

    the Dethklok one is better methinks

  • Tallahassee Beer Critic

    Hahaha, not sure how this flew under my radar so far. Thanks for the plug… oddly enough, we’ve been asked to audition for America’s Got Talent. We’ll see!

    -Danny
    NAME Tuba Player