Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland unveils trippy cowl of Metallica’s ‘Orion’

Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland has put a brand new spin on Metallica’s ‘Orion’, sharing a snippet with followers on Instagram.

Borland shared the trippy cowl of the 1986 instrumental over the weekend, transforming the basic Metallica monitor forward of his band’s upcoming exhibits with the thrash steel legends.

“Horsing round and loopidy loopin with ‘Orion’ by Metallica this afternoon,” he wrote alongside the video. “Anyone popping out to any of the exhibits this summer season?”

Borland didn’t affirm whether or not they’d be protecting the monitor on tour, however many followers appeared to hope so, one commenting that it “would sound superb shaking an area,” one other saying, ”My absolute favourite instrumental simply received a brand new paint job,” and another including, “I used to be simply fascinated about Orion and listened to it on Sunday. Love the reimagining you gave it.”

‘Orion’ was included on Metallica’s seminal third album ‘Grasp Of Puppets’, and was primarily written by bassist Cliff Burton. Six months after its launch, Burton died when the band’s tour bus crashed, and the monitor was performed over audio system throughout his funeral. Frontman James Hetfield went on to get the notes from the tune’s bridge tattooed on his arm.

Limp Bizkit, who completed their ‘Loserville’ tour of the UK and Europe earlier this month, are set to help Metallica on their ‘M72’ world tour on dates in Toronto, Nashville, Philadelphia, Tampa, Santa Clara and Denver from April to June, sharing the help slot with Ice 9 Kills from April to June.

Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies are additionally becoming a member of the tour for the present North America leg, alternating dates with Metallica and Ice 9 Kills. When Metallica head to Australia and New Zealand in November, they’ll be joined by Suicidal Tendencies in addition to Evanescence.

Limp Bizkit, in the meantime, might be taking part in on the North Dakota State Truthful in July earlier than heading again to the UK in August for Studying & Leeds Pageant. Vocalist Fred Durst will seem at Black Sabbath’s final-ever dwell present in Birmingham on July 5, too.

Final November, in the meantime, the band confirmed that they have been again within the studio to work on new music. Their final album was 2021’s ‘Nonetheless Sucks’, itself their first LP in a decade. In a three-star overview, NME described it as a “lean and self-aware party-starter of a sixth album” and wrote: “‘Nonetheless Sucks’ doesn’t really feel laboured or overthought and by no means overstays its welcome. Limp Bizkit aren’t out to rewrite their historical past or attain a brand new era. They don’t care in the event you nonetheless suppose they suck – they nonetheless know have a superb time, and gained’t cease rollin’.”

In different Limp Bizkit information, ‘Rollin’ (Air Raid Car)’ has been used because the theme of Netflix’s latest anime collection Satan Might Cry.