It's crazy to think that Metal Masters 5 was two weeks ago. The megajam which featured members of Slayer, Pantera, Megadeth, Anthrax and more getting up on stage and having a good time, was the event to be at on the night of Wednesday, January 22nd.
I was there and even got to get up on stage for a moment to talk about the new site we launched for musicians in heavy metal called Gear Gods. It was exciting to make a joke about bassists while the great Dave Ellefson and Frankie Bello were a mere feet away from me.
There were a lot of great performances. You can of course, watch the whole show in full over at Gear Gods, and the Gear Gods Youtube channel has uploaded a bunch of on-demand clips. I finally got to watch the show and here are, without question, my favorite five covers that were performed.
5) FIVE MINUTES ALONE!!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sms1gabsvE8[/youtube]
4) TESTAMENT's Chuck Billy Belts Out Some IRON MAIDEN
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qWurM6AWG8[/youtube]
3) TESTAMENT's Chuck Billy gets up on stage to help Phil sing "I'm Broken"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXRqQ6xRM8M[/youtube]
2) SLAYER's Postmortem and Raining Blood back to back with PHIL on vocals!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3S0LrM8yQc[/youtube]
1) Everybody gets on stage for PANTERA's Fucking Hostile
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0QW0skA37c[/youtube]
Check out the entire show at Gear Gods.
