No one has ever taken their love for AC/DC's
Back In Black like Chris Barnes and the members of the brutal death metal band Six Feet Under.
Graveyard Classics 2 is basically a remake collection of the entire
Back In Black album. The only differences between the two albums are for one, cookie monster death growls in place of the high pitch, raspy singing, and two, a lot more presence noticeable in every instrument. Although musically this album is pretty spot on, just the idea and the concept in which this album was made is nothing more then something to laugh (unless you're a die hard AC/DC fan, and you see this album as complete and total blasphemy).
One of the most amusing aspects about this compilation CD is not the fact that Chris Barns sounds like the Cookie Monster yelling 'Hey hey hey hey hey!' on the track titled
Back In Black, but the fact of the lyrics which Chris Barnes sings on this record. As originally stated in Revolver Magazine (and I agree), after writing such tracks as
***ed With A Knife and
Stripped, Raped, And Strangled, hearing the ex-Cannibal Corpse vocalist sing
Let Me Put My Love Into You is a riot. Another fun fact about the album is that is was honest and truly made with serious intention of remaking AC/DC'"s
Back In Black. With Chris Barnes comparing his vocals to that of Brian Johnson, in which he said to Revolver Magazine, In the 1980's, Johnson had the raspiest voice ever. People couldn't understand what he was singing either.' Chris Barnes also claims that his vocals were done totally in the spirit of Brian Johnson.
Highlights
The music is copied very well. Although the atmosphere is a lot thicker, the music still flows in the very same manner as AC/DC's. The music also brings more out of AC/DC for me, which each instrument having a slightly more distinguished sound. The tone of the album is, of course a lot heavier then AC/DC's even without some of the atrocious cookie monster vocals from Chris Barnes. Another highlight of this album is more of a fun factor. Being an absolutely ridiculous concept to begin with, unless you are a die hard AC/DC fan who worships the
Back In Black album, you can't help but laugh at Chris Barnes' attempts to sing like Brian Johnson. Also, the utter catchiness of the tracks
Hells Bells and
Back In Black would give anyone a nice groove.
Downsides
Everything else. Especially the vocals. Although I do believe Chris Barnes is an exceptional death metal vocalist, he should really think about sticking to his own material from now on (even Six Feet Under haters would agree that their original music is better then this joke). Also, if the humor doesn't suddenly die when Chris Barnes tries to do the 'Hey hey hey hey hey' on
Back In Black, then as a listener you would be laughing to hard to hear the music (and people will think you've gone crazy if you were listening to the song on headphones when this happens). Basically put, this CD is worth nothing more then a couple good laughs and a chance to show off how stupid you are to your hippy AC/DC loving fans.
Pros
-- Great guitar and bass work.
-- Good production.
-- Always the CD of choice for a good laugh.
Cons
-- Chris Barnes ruins everything.
-- The idea alone is insulting to AC/DC and their fans.
-- Always the CD of choice for a good laugh.
Track Listing
1. Hells Bells (3.5/5)
2. Shoot To Thrill (1/5)
3. What You Do For Money Honey (2/5)
4. Givin The Dog A Bone (2/5)
5. Let Me Put My Love Into You (3/5)
6. Back In Black (3.5/5)
7. You Shook Me All Night Long (1.5/5)
8. Have A Drink On Me (1/5)
9. Shake A Leg (1.5/5)
10. Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution (2.5/5)
