Today (Oct. 18th), avantgarde metal trio Imperial Triumphant has dropped a new single via Century Media Records: a cover of Metallica‘s “Motorbreath”! The fourth in a series of covers, “Motorbreath” can be heard now here: https://ImperialTriumphant.lnk.to/Motorbreath-CoverVersion
Steve Blanco (bass) comments: “As a Metal band, only a fool would believe we aren’t influenced by Metallica. Many miles and hours traversing the Northern Hemisphere have we listened to the live & studio Metallica greatness from the 1980s and 1990s, and so have we decided to pay homage with a nostalgic cover from that earliest album recorded in upstate NY. Play it loud because Metal is the law.”
To hear more from Imperial Triumphant about this cover and Metallica‘s influence on their music, watch a new band interview with Decibel Magazine Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian on the Century Media YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33WiA3Pcx6Q
The previously released singles/covers can be heard below:
–“Paranoid Android” (Radiohead cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI9f_Sc3CAI
–“A Night In Tunisia” (Dizzy Gillespie cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczJK-Otu-Y
–“Jacob’s Ladder” (Rush cover): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uQjqdRQ9FE
Imperial Triumphant tour dates
w/ Baroness
Nov. 28, 2023 – Boston, MA – Royale
Nov. 29, 2023 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
Imperial Triumphant released their latest full-length, Spirit of Ecstasy, last year, with media hailing the group as “one of the most intriguing acts in metal” (Needle Drop). Disturbing, mind-bending, darkly powerful, Spirit of Ecstasy is uneasy listening for turbulent times; stream the record now here: https://imperialtriumphant.lnk.to/SpiritOfEcstasyID, or watch the video for single “Merkurius Gilded” (featuring Kenny G and Max Gorelick) at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywcshfrpO3A
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