Closing out the week with something a little different. This album is so of a side project / collaboration effort from Dave Grohl and a bunch of metal musicians. Probot was the long talked about project for years before finally seeing the light of day in 2004. The idea behind the project was Grohl writing some music and having his favorite metal vocalists sing on it. Grohl played everything, with the exception of Guitar on a few tracks and that was done by Soundgarden axeman Kim Thayil. Essentially this is twelve tracks that features the like of Coronos (Venom), Lemmy (Motörhead), Mike Dean (Corrosion Of Conformity), Snake (Voivod), Tom G. Warrior (Celtic Frost) and King Diamond. Each track is similar to the style the musicians band. It's unique and actually a well done record. Two notable guests that unfortunately didn't make the record were Tom Araya of Slayer and the late Chuck Schuldiner of Death, who passed before any recording was done. Overall this is a who's who of the 80's metal scene and I'm glad it finally saw the light of day.
This one of those records you had heard about but swear was never gonna get made. Took somewhere near five years after it was announced to actually get released. I maintain this is the best thing Dave Grohl has ever done. He can almost be forgiven for some of his misdeeds, almost. Getting this record together was a nightmare, seeing is most musicians never played directly with Grohl. for a copy n paste album it's still better than some of the stuff out there today. Great artwork too done by Away from Voivod. could have done with the hidden bonus track from Tenacious D, but other than that, a great album to crank every so often.
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