I have the Carol of the bells that Metallica supsoidly helped do… i am a fan of metallica and TSO both so i got out There christmas cd and it is the exact thing as there Christmas Eve (Sarjevo 12/24) track number 8 and it says nothing about metallic featuring in it on the case or in the book So i dont know they may have or may have not i was looking for the same answer.

Proof that TSO did make a CD with Metallica.. here is a Gracenote link:

http://www.gracenote.com/music/album.html/christmas/442b735232a46e6e4ccdc57c7fcc950f.html

Also another link with Carol Of The Bells on CD done Metallica:

http://www.gracenote.com/music/album.html/altmetal/874cada7ae25fe8625de85f83ad70296.html

I just can’t find either anywhere…

Majic

Gracenote isn’t proof. That info is submitted by the users of Gracenote which pretty much means you can say Howdy Doody performed with TSO and it wouldn’t challenge you on it.

when i looked track info on differnt sights for Metallimix i found no track named carol of the bell.
http://www.sweeting.org/mark/music/mp3/metallica/metallimix.html

http://www.freedb.org/freedb_search_fmt.php?cat=rock&id=99115c0c

the only two really rockin versions of carol of the bells that i can find are buy TSO not featuring Metallica & a Guitarist named Gary Hoey. if you get a chance listen to gary he really rocks

oops by not buy

Hey Les...I have been trying to find the version of Howdy Doody and TSO collaborating on the Howdy Doody theme song...only Metallica and Buffalo Bob come up on my search… (kidding)
I had the great pleasure of seeing TSO this past Wedneday...they were incredible! I was researching some of them...and a lot of the members are from Savatage (80’s hair band).
If you ever get a chance to see this group live...do not hesitate to get a ticket...I took my 15 year old daughter and her jaw was dropped for the entire show. Thanks for the laughs reading the on going battle with carol of the bells…
Kim

HI all.  New here.  Just wanted to add my two cents here.  I too heard Carol of the Bells a couple of years ago on a local radio station.  It was so poserful and moving I actually started to cry.  I saw the band this past Christmas and was amazzed.  No other band has held me this mesmerized since I sat front row for Queen in 80.  The Carol of the Bells actually first appears on Savatage’s Dead Winter Dead album of 1995.  One of the greatest concept albums I have ever heard.  I like Floyd, but they are not edgy enough for me.  Savatage reminds me a lot of early Uriah Heep, with metal edginess linked to guitar melodies that just blow one away.  Throw in the Heep Moog synth of the early days, and there you have it. 

I highly recommend the Savatage stuff if you want a true history of the TSO sound.  Savatage may not have the string sound of the orchestra, but the substance and build of the music is right there.

Phil

BTW, there is a nother version of Carol of the Bells by Manheim Steamroller.  A much softer version of the original song.  I do want all to know that TSO calls the song Christmas Eve(Sarajevo 12/24), the same that Savatage calls in on the Dead Winter Dean album.  And on that album the writing credit is Olivia/O’neill/Kinkel.

Phil

Xorrection carol of the bells did not first appear in 1995 it was origonaly a peice of classical music called the african bell carol figured i would clear that up

Correction carol of the bells did not first appear in 1995 it was origonaly a peice of classical music called the african bell carol figured i would clear that up

Let me clarify what I said earlier.  I know that the “Carol of the Bells” is a much older song.  And I did state that there is a version by Manheim Steamroller, which is more trur to the original.  But the Savatage/TSO version, “Christmas Eve(Sarajevo 12/24), is originally from the Savatage “Dead Winter Dead” album from 1995.  With the writing credits of Olivia/O’Neill/Kinkel.  Wheter or not you believe me, I could care less.  All of my information I have right in front of me in the form of the aforementioned bands albums.

Phil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Eve/Sarajevo_12/24

Smarter Than You doesn’t look too smart when you realize he/she is responding to a thread that is over 7 years old now and was written before the Wikipedia entry ever existed seeing as it wasn’t created until June 2, 2006.