ARCH ENEMY Covers DREAM EVIL's 'The Book Of Heavy Metal'; Audio Available

October 7, 2008

Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY recently recorded a cover version of the DREAM EVIL track "The Book Of Heavy Metal" (from the Swedish band's 2004 LP "The Book Of Heavy Metal") for the Century Media Records 2CD compilation "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes", which will be released in North America on October 14. The track is now available for streaming at this location.

The all-covers release "Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" celebrates Century Media's 20th anniversary and includes 32 mostly exclusive recordings and will be available in stores for the price of one CD. Sticking to the "keep it in the family" slogan, CM approached its artists about covering songs from other acts within the label's repertoire and the response from the musicians was overwhelming. Some choices were obvious and homages to the bands that influenced them, others were inspired picks. This combination ended up leading to a heavily entertaining and truly special final result across all sub-genres of heavy music.

"Covering 20 Years Of Extremes" 2CD track listing:

CD 1 (67:36)

01. ARCH ENEMY covering DREAM EVIL's "The Book Of Heavy Metal"
02. DARK TRANQUILLITY covering SENTENCED's "Broken"
03. HEAVEN SHALL BURN covering TIAMAT's "Whatever That Hurts"
04. SHADOWS FALL covering ONLY LIVING WITNESS's "December"
05. BRAND NEW SIN covering ICED EARTH's "Watching Over Me"
06. WOLF covering MOONSPELL's "Alma Mater"
07. MERCENARY covering ARCH ENEMY's "Burning Angel"
08. GOD FORBID covering MERAUDER's "Master Killer"
09. WARBRINGER covering UNLEASHED's "Execute Them All"
10. GRAVE covering ASPHYX's "Vermin"
11. ARCHITECTS covering STAMPIN' GROUND's "Officer Down"
12. NAPALM DEATH covering DESPAIR's "Outconditioned"
13. KRISIUN covering DEMOLITION HAMMER's "Human Dissection"
14. CRYPTOPSY covering STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's "Oh My Fucking God"
15. MAROON covering SAMAEL's "Baphomet's Throne"
16. WATCH THEM DIE covering BLOODBATH's "Breeding Death"

CD 2 (66:47 min)

01. FIREWIND covering NEVERMORE's "Believe In Nothing"
02. DREAM EVIL covering ARCH ENEMY's "Let The Killing Begin"
03. FEAR MY THOUGHTS covering HEAVEN SHALL BURN's "The Weapon They Fear"
04. THE AGONIST covering DARK TRANQUILLITY's "Monochromatic Stains"
05. THE FORSAKEN covering GRAVE's "You'll Never See"
06. DEVIAN covering MORGOTH's "Isolated"
07. HEAVEN SHALL BURN covering MERAUDER's "Downfall Of Christ"
08. ABORTED covering TURMOIL's "Playing Dead"
09. TERROR covering SUBZERO's "Boxed In"
10. NAPALM DEATH covering HELLHAMMER's "Messiah"
11. ASPHYX covering CELTIC FROST's "Os Abysmi Vel Daath"
12. ZIMMERS HOLE covering OLD MAN'S CHILD's "Doommaker"
13. FU MANCHU covering PENANCE's "Words To Live By"
14. MANNTIS (feat. IN THIS MOMENT) covering LACUNA COIL's "Heaven's A Lie"
15. KIVIMETSÄN DRUIDI covering THE GATHERING's "Leaves"
16. INTRONAUT covering EYEHATEGOD's "Dixie Whiskey"

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