Decibel Magazine: Mike Portnoy - God of War: Blood & Metal guest blog

http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=359656

Great interview I can't wait to hear this track!!!

I need to hear this, ive been waiting too longggg

Cool read. Gosh, I wish they could have used Kratos' voice in the song!!

Cool interview I really wanna hear this song.  Wish they could have kept the samples.

Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn March 2ndddddddd...

I dont know man, I think the idea of having some Kratos screams, grunts and cuss words coming out on the song would have been sweeeet.

That was cool, I always love reading in-depth stuff from bands about certain songs (even ones I haven't heard yet..!) and MP is always really informative.  Looking forward to the song and I will add my name to the list of folks who're a wee bit disappointed that the GoW samples had to be cut...

It seems to me that DT writing an instrumental for this seems to be the only sensible thing that any of the 6 bands did.  Writing lyrics that have nothing to do with the game would make its inclusion on the God of War: Blood and Metal EP kind of pointless, and writing lyrics that did have something to do with the game would be cheesy as Hell.  So an instrumental was always the smart move.

This surely was a nice read! I penned the date down in my journal - so excited!

Very nice read. I agree completely on going instrumental with this. Too bad for James though, but instrumental fits a lot better on a soundtrack like this. Sorry to hear they had to cut the samples. Can't wait for the track and the game itself.

Great interview

There's viola in the song now??

j/k looking forward to the new tuneage.

Good read. After listening to the samples, it sounds like DT are the only band to specifically write & record a song for this soundtrack. All the other songs sound like,
 "Meh, here's a song for ya".  Great job DT.

hahaha, indeed. I can't wait to hear it. But I won't get my expectations to high, especially after reading "Meshuggah meets LTE!". It's probably gonna sound like a heavier LTE, but Meshuggah will be an overstatement. That's what I believe.

I love how "Erotomanina" is spelled.

Up next: Erotomarina and the Diamonds

Cool read! 
Sounds like the intstrumental was the only good option.
Hopefully my ears will like it. 

A solo section ala "arab voices" from james would have been great tho..  and that way james would have been there.. But i understand why it was easier this way (bringing james from canada, time, etc)

"I brought in CDs of some unused riffs we wrote during the “Black Clouds & Silver Linings” sessions at the end of 2008 to give us some direction and a bit of a starting point"

:O..must hear :P

I wonder if anyone in the band actually played any of the God of War games.

Nice read...

Mike you make us happy with every release :D

any reason why this is labeled part one?

RocketSauce2112


any reason why this is labeled part one?

Maybe each band that's featured on this CD is going to do a guest blog and tell "their story"?!

I wonder if one of the unused riffs from BC and SL that they used are from the Amazon preview?  That riff is so awesome sounding

Wow, even though I'm not really a big fan of GoW, I really can't wait to listen to this song.
I've missed DT's instrumentals, hehe.

Really liking the new track so far.  I gotta say, add a second kick, and this is the ideal MP drumkit!

I may get lucky tonight, by listening for the first time this song live.

I wonder it they plan on playing it live though. Have fun at the concert.

This was a kick ass instrumental! I listened to it 3 times on the way to work today.

I don't know if it will stand the test of time, but I know for right now I'm digging it!

I was almost scared when a LTE reference was made (not that I don't like LTE, but I do not like when they go on and on trading solos. I'm not a big fan of jazz, so that's probably why).

Anyway, I thought the solos were great and kept me engaged through their entirety. I thought Jordan's sounds were very appropriate for the tone of the game, and same can be said for the riffs and overall feel really.

My way of judging a great instrumental is to see if I'm "checking my watch" at any point, or if it is over before I know it. Raw Dog was over before I knew it.

My .02...

Great blog/interview!

Did I miss something?  Where's the song that some people have heard?

Austin4


Did I miss something?  Where's the song that some people have heard?

Its called Raw Dog and you can find it on iTunes.

Oh and it is pretty awesome!

Ah .. didn't think to look on iTunes.  My bad!

Austin4


Did I miss something?  Where's the song that some people have heard?

Er.. yea there was an EP out for the game God of War 3 and had a bunch of Roadrunner bands on it. DT's was the only instrumental on it.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/news/God-Of-War-Blood--Metal-Tracklisting-Revealed-20950.aspx

You were able to buy the whole EP for 2 bucks. Not sure if that offer is there still.