Probot
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| Studio album by Probot | ||
| Released | February 10, 2004 | |
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal Stoner metal Doom metal Groove metal |
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| Label | Southern Lord Records | |
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Probot (portmanteau: probe + robot) is a musical project masterminded by Dave Grohl.
On the album, Grohl fulfilled his dream of teaming up with heavy metal vocalists from 1980s and 1990s metal bands who influenced his musical tastes while he was growing up.
Similar to 1995's Foo Fighters, Grohl wrote all of the music and performed most of the instrumentation. Additional lead guitar work on the album is performed by Kim Thayil (ex-Soundgarden guitarist).
Each track on the album features a different lead singer including Lemmy, Max Cavalera and King Diamond. Some of the singers who contributed to the album did not work directly with Grohl; instead, the tapes were shipped from studio to studio until the album was finished. Grohl approached death metal legend Chuck Schuldiner of Death, who was at the time battling brain cancer, to contribute to the project, and even campaigned to raise funds to help Schuldiner pay his medical bills, but Schuldiner succumbed to the disease before any collaboration could happen.[citation needed]
Grohl also attempted to get Slayer's lead singer Tom Araya on the album, but he was unable to due to scheduling conflicts.[citation needed]
The video for the lead, "Shake Your Blood," features an appearance by 66 women from the SuicideGirls adult entertainment website. It also features Wino on guitar & Lemmy on bass and vocals.
A few minutes before track 11 ends, a hidden track begins, sung by comedian/actor/musician Jack Black.
The album artwork was created by Voivod drummer/composer Michel Langevin.
[edit] Track listing
- "Centuries of Sin" with Cronos (Venom)
- "Red War" with Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura)
- "Shake Your Blood" with Lemmy (Motörhead)
- "Access Babylon" with Mike Dean (C.O.C.) and Bubba Dupree (of VOID) on guitar
- "Silent Spring" with Kurt Brecht (D.R.I.)
- "Ice Cold Man" with Lee Dorrian (Cathedral, Napalm Death, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine)
- "The Emerald Law" with Wino (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, The Hidden Hand)
- "Big Sky" with Tom G. Warrior (Apollyon Sun, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost)
- "Dictatosaurus" with Snake (Voivod)
- "My Tortured Soul" with Eric Wagner (Trouble)
- "Sweet Dreams" with King Diamond (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate)
- "I Am the Warlock" with Jack Black (Tenacious D; hidden track)
