Anthrax to record song for Game of Thrones Mixtape
For season 4 of Game of Thrones, HBO commissioned a musical venture titled Catch the Throne: Mixtape. The mixtape included 10 songs from Hip Hop artists like Big Boi, Common, Wale, and Kilo Kish. And, the songs were based on storylines and themes from the first three seasons.
Enter the rock band Anthrax and their charismatic leader, Scott Ian, who is a huge Game of Thrones fan. Ian and the band even went so far as to reach out to D.B. Weiss, in order to record some of their drums in the Iron Throne room.
In an interview with Metal Hammer, Scott Ian recalled how it went down:
“I asked Dan Weiss, ‘Hey man, what would be the possibility of us recording the drums for the next album in the throne room?’ Like we bring a mobile studio and set up the drums, mic everything and record in here. He says ‘Oh my God that would be the sickest thing ever. We know the guys that can make that possible.’”
Ian went on to say something about Weiss that I would never have guessed…I guess.
“All of you out there who watch Game Of Thrones, much like me, probably think it’s a very metal TV show. And just know: the reason for that is that one of the creators is a huge metalhead.”
Fast-forward to the end of 2014 and Anthrax seems to be very busy recording what appears to be a song for another Game of Thrones Mixtape. Via the band’s Facebook page, pictures have been posted of the guys playing guitars and laying down vocals, with the hashtag #CatchTheThrone. Catch the Throne was part of HBO’s social media blitz for the first mixtape.
Anthrax will be joining Killswitch Engage who let the news slip via Instagram, roughly 2 weeks ago.
It definitely looks like we should be prepared for a very different sounding mixtape for season 5. In fact, be prepared for a very metal mixtape, this season. Personally, I’m a metal head, so this just makes me all sorts of giddy…was that a metal thing to say?
So be on the lookout, on your Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as HBO should start pushing #CatchTheThrone very soon.
We want to hear from you. Did you enjoy the first Catch the Throne: Mixtape? Are you excited for a decidedly more Metal version? Or do you prefer Hip Hop? Let’s talk about it, in the comments below.
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