It doesn’t get much better than when you go to see one of your favorite bands and they break out a surprise cover of one of your favorite songs. But what about when you go to see one of your favorite bands — say, Fear Factory — and they cover not one, not two, not three, not four, but five legit metal anthems in an killer, mosh-pit-frenzy-fueling medley?
That’s just what went down in Worcester, Massachusetts, on April 10th 1999, when industrial-metal powerhouse Fear Factory swept through town, supporting 1998’s Obsolete. The quartet spiked their stacked 16-song set with an unfuckwithable medley of Slayer’s “Angel of Death,” Pantera’s “Walk,” White Zombie’s “Thunder Kiss ’65,” Diamond Head’s “Am I Evil?” (as made famous by Metallica) and Sepultura’s “Roots Bloody Roots.” Watch above.
Very aware of the awesomeness his band had just delivered, guitarist Dino Cazares jokes at the end: “Was that the song you wanted to hear? Huh? I don’t know, I give up.”
