This Cover Of 'One' Is Incredible

Hat Tip to Metal Hammer for this gem!

Little Kruta is a classical and jazz ensemble. The group's new album is called Justice. The goal was to reimagine the Metallica classic ...And Justice For All. Of course, "One" is one of Metallica's most iconic tracks. It also happens to be my favorite song from them, period.

"One" is dark and about the horrors of war. The Little Kruta cover remakes the song into something otherworldly. It is definitely unexpected to hear the track performed with an angelic women's voice. Give it a shot, I think you will like it:

Here is a mini-documentary about the making of Justice:

Comments

[Him]

I listened to this just the other day. As far as classical re-imaginings of metal songs, this is beautifully done. Alita Moses has an incredible voice, at once both subtle and commanding.

Reading some comments on another site, a person was complaining that Moses doesn't really bring the 'heft' to lines like "Please God Wake Me." I can sorta', as a layman, see his point. I prefer her reading of that line at 3:30 over 2:30. But who am I to cast aspersions at such a talented assemblage of players? I can't even play the spoons and am barely capable of using them as God intended!

This doesn't rock. And I mean that as a compliment. It shows that, in gifted hands, beautiful (or great, or awesome, or whatever) music is still beautiful music . . . regardless of the genre.

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But . . . I also think that this version of the song shows why the 'Tallica S&Ms were a bit of a mixed bag (really, if I am being honest, and I mentioned a variation on this previously, a dog's breakfast). Blending genres is tricky; shifting a song to another genre is a bit less so, if done well. I think about other, less subtle, versions of this: between "Bring the Noise" and "Walk This Way," I choose the former (and I say that as no big fan of Anthrax, though a fan of Public Enemy). Why? It felt a bit less forced. To be clear, Run DMC and Aerosmith's colab (and I love both bands and their earlier work) was not bad at all. But it was more about picking spots than merging rap and rock. That's why I prefer things like Sturgill Simpson's cover of When In Rome's "The Promise" or Priest's cover of Mac's "Green Manalishi" (even if it is clear that Halford took some notes re: Green's phrasing).