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Friday Morning Metal – 8-Bit Style

Powerglove, CarboHydroM, and the Minibosses are great bands that do metal/hard rock covers of 8-bit and 16-bit video game songs. Excite Bike, for instance. Or Contra. Well yesterday I stumbled into a terrific rabbit hole of 8-bit covers of metal songs. And now I want to play the video games that would have these songs, because I bet they’d be next to impossible (Hi Contra without the Konami code) and totally kickass.

Dethklok – Thunderhorse. Great boss fight music, like if the boss was in a helicopter or something and you were commandos shooting rockets and lasers at it.

Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark. This one starts off slow, like an intro to a Castlevania almost.

Judas Priest – Painkiller. Double kick totally sounds like helicopter noises. They don’t even attempt to recreate Halford’s vocals, I don’t think 8-bit has a “Metal God” tone I guess.

Dragonforce – Through the Fire and Flames. All these songs would be kickass final battle songs.

Friday Morning Metal – Judas Priest – Painkiller – Rocksmith Bass

So I’m getting blisters and feeling like a spaz playing Rocksmith, generally having a great time. Then I decided to buy the Judas Priest Pack for it. Breakin the Law, Living After Midnight, and Painkiller. I tried to play Painkiller last night, fingerpicking because I apparently don’t like my arms. After sucking mightily, I checked out Youtube for people playing the song. It’s pretty awesome. Definitely gives a feel for how frenetic that song is.

Some day I’ll be able to do that. Maybe 2020.

Friday Morning Metal – Judas Priest – Painkiller

I can’t believe this song is 21 years old. Nor this album. It sounds like it could be a power metal album from the past couple years. The drums, the guitars, everything gives it the feel of a Hibria or new 3 Inches of Blood, and it’s 21 years old. It’s going to be fantastic see Priest live in a couple weeks. Halford is a metal god. Here’s Judas Priest – Painkiller.