BOOTLEG: IN THIS MOMENT COVER SLAYER'S "POSTMORTEM"

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This installment is a rare cover of Slayer’s classic “Postmortem” by metalcore group In This Moment. Guitarist Chris Howorth fills us in on the song below.

REVOLVER Whose idea was it to cover “Postmortem”?
CHRIS HOWORTH The whole idea to do a Slayer cover came because we were asked to contribute a song for a proposed tribute album that never really materialized. When we were asked to do a song on it, we quickly said yes, and being a huge fan I knew the song we covered had to be off the Reign in Blood CD. I brought the CD to Maria [Brink, vocals] and just listened through the songs with her, and she immediately gravitated towards “Postmortem” and I was stoked on her choice; it’s got a great groove to it!

What does this song mean to you?
To me it's the quintessential Slayer song. With the exception of a guitar solo, it’s got everything a great Slayer song should have: the groove with the thrash and the rapid-fire vocal delivery. It’s just a badass thrash-metal song, period.

What was fun about recording it?
We were excited to record it; we did it at NRG Studios in one day with our friend/producer Josh Newell, and it was fun adding our own twist to it with Maria's vocals and giving it a razor-sharp production.

Why did this song not make it onto an album?
Well the Slayer tribute album it was intended for never came to be, so we just sat on the song for a while and put it on our MySpace page from time to time. Eventually our good friend Jose Mangin at Sirius radio got a hold of it and started playing it on Hard Attack all the time. Now we have people come up to us at every show asking if we will play it.

What sort of feedback have you gotten on your version so far?
Our fans absolutely love it, and it seems a lot of people who don't like our band actually like the cover, too. I think metal dudes love it that a girl can belt out a Slayer song. Hell, Iwas blown away in the studio when she tracked the vocals, it's pretty impressive!

What do you think of the new Slayer record?
Badass. Slayer always delivers the Slayer sound and agression. I’ve been a fan since Reign in Blood and loved everything they have done. “Slayer, Slayer, Slayer, Slayer, Slayer!”

In This Moment: "Postmortem"