Celtic Frost’s Tom G. Warrior says Metallica butchered his band’s tune, criticizes James Hetfield
Tom G Warrior, by way of Triumph of Demise Fb / James Hetfield, picture by Philip Cosores
Celtic Frost chief Tom G. Warrior had selection phrases for Metallica in a brand new interview with Rolling Stone, lambasting the band for Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo’s cowl of “The Usurper” at a Swiss live performance earlier this yr. Warrior additionally criticized Metallica’s James Hetfield for “looking bears for a pastime.”
“They butchered it, and it was humiliating,” stated Warrior of Metallica’s reside rendition of the Celtic Frost traditional. “Why don’t they depart their millionaire fingers off it? They’ve lengthy misplaced the power to play true steel for my part. Possibly I ought to go onstage and do a extremely depressing model of ‘Hit the Lights’ with, like, 200 errors to set the steadiness.”
Within the interview, Warrior — a vegan and a proponent of animal rights — additionally known as out Metallica’s James Hetfield, who’s a member of the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation and an avid hunter. Hetfield additionally offered narration for the Historical past channel sequence The Hunt, which is about looking the Kodiak brown bear, and moved out of his native Bay Space due to “political elitism.”
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“That is utterly private … however even when that they had executed a incredible job [covering the song], I might puke throughout it as a result of I don’t help individuals who go looking bears for a pastime,” Warrior added. “I can’t respect an individual like that, even when it’s a genius musician.”
Tom G. Warrior began Celtic Frost in 1984, however the band hasn’t been lively since 2008. He not too long ago began a brand new outfit known as Triumph of Demise, who carry out classics from his pre-Celtic Frost band Hellhammer.
Evidently, Metallica most likely gained’t be overlaying anymore of Warrior’s music any time quickly. Try Hammett and Trujillo’s rendition under.
