Metal Cover Songs

[musicanity]

anyone came across any interesting cover songs in the metal genre? like Metal bands of today covering stuff from the 70's or 80's? post em here. i just came across Six Feet Under doing Hells Bells and Smoke on the Water.

[Scuba_Steve]

anyone came across any interesting cover songs in the metal genre? like Metal bands of today covering stuff from the 70's or 80's? post em here. i just came across Six Feet Under doing Hells Bells and Smoke on the Water.


almost EVERY band covers something obscure during their career, it would be almost pointless to try and post them all.


But here's a few.

CoB- Some Britney Spears Song
Metallica- Whole Garage Inc. CD
Death- Pain Killer
Eternal Tears of Sorrow- Flight of Icarus
Rage Against the Machine- Whole Renegades album

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Exodus have done Overdose and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC.

[slaughteredfirst]

Exodus have done Overdose and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by AC/DC.


And LowRider.

[Mein bass]

Im not sure but I think it was Rammstein who covered the barbie girl song. :lol:

[mbrinton138]

Iced Earth Cover alot of ACDC and Electric Funeral by Sabbath. Its on their 'Tribute to the Gods' Album.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Dungeon have also done some Iron Maiden and Queensryche songs.

[mbrinton138]

if you want to hear other people cover bands, try www.soundclick.com (not my website, shouldnt get band cause im just trying to help someone find good covers and not advertising.) and go to metal>cover songs

[rhcp pman]

Well, I have a metal tribute to Abba if that counts.

[PinkFreud]

that sounds amazing. care to send it to me over aim or up it on ysi?

[rhcp pman]

that sounds amazing. care to send it to me over aim or up it on ysi?
OK, but I'll have to wait till I'm back from holiday :)

[rata]

Faith no more did a cover of Black Sabath's War Pigs...

and sevendust did a cover of Schools out but sadly i forgot who did the original one..

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Exhorder did Sabbath's Into The Void.

[YearsOfOppression]

Cradle Of Filth have covered iron maidens Hallowed Be Thy Name.

[Stoic]

Im not sure but I think it was Rammstein who covered the barbie girl song. :lol:

:lol: Aqua! This brings back painful memories!

Well, I have a metal tribute to Abba if that counts.

\m/

Therion, Paradox, Morgana Lefay, At Vance and Tad Morose covers rule!


Blind Guardian covered Surfin' USA and in their forthcoming single In A Gadda Da Vida (Slayer has covered this as well).

[Masterdrake]

Great covers: Motörhead - The Trooper
Rammstein - Pet Cemetary
Iced Earth - Flight of Icarus

[Sph]

Type O Negative have done some pretty creative covers. They've done Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix and some Beatles.

[Apocalyptic Raids]

Bodom have also done a few.

Aces High, The Trooper, Silent Scream, Mass Hypnosis....

[Sleepy]

The Black Dahlia Murder did Paint it Black

Apocalyptica has covered almost every Metallica song ever made...and some Pantera.

Cannibal Corpse did Zero The Hero (Sabbath)

CoB did Silent Scream by Slayer

[repcak]

Tool - No Quarter by Led Zeppelin
Children of Bodom - She's so beautiful (Andrew W.K cover version) :lol:
At the Gates- Captor of Sin (slayer Cover)

[1omega3]

The CoB Britney Spears cover is "Oops, I did it again".
Somebody told me that Atreyu cover Bon Jovi's "You give love a bad name" as well although I've not heard it so couldn't tell you if it was a good cover or not.

[MetalOz]

Machine Head doing Message in a Bottle by the Police is the greatest, we really need a headbanging smiley :naughty:

[rik]

Soad did snowblind. Some band sounding very similar to Bodom did the Final countdown, maybe Kalmah? i'm not to sure.

[rata]

The CoB Britney Spears cover is "Oops, I did it again".
Somebody told me that Atreyu cover Bon Jovi's "You give love a bad name" as well although I've not heard it so couldn't tell you if it was a good cover or not.


pretty much desame IMO. but w/ extra screams and crunchy riffs:)

[mbrinton138]

Faith no more did a cover of Black Sabath's War Pigs...

and sevendust did a cover of Schools out but sadly i forgot who did the original one..

That would be Alice Cooper.

I would be interested in hearing Cradle of Filth cover some music, expecially maiden because...well...you can acually understand maiden.

[rata]

That would be Alice Cooper.

I would be interested in hearing Cradle of Filth cover some music, expecially maiden because...well...you can acually understand maiden.


yeah, i remember now.Sevendust's Schools Out was originally done by Alice Cooper thanx allot man:thumb:

and i thought Cradle of Filth already did a cover of Iron Maiden's Number of the beast?:confused: some dude sent me a copy of it a year ago

it wasnt that good really...

[MetalOz]

Megadeth did No More Mr Nice Guy from Alice Cooper for the Shocker soundtrack. Great song, crappy movie...

[ThatBunnKid]

Soad did snowblind. Some band sounding very similar to Bodom did the Final countdown, maybe Kalmah? i'm not to sure.

The Final Countdown was covered by Norther. Kalmah covered Skin o' my Teeth.

[mbrinton138]

Megadeth did No More Mr Nice Guy from Alice Cooper for the Shocker soundtrack. Great song, crappy movie...

haha, yah you should check that one out. I remember, that was the first song I tried to tab out for MXtabs (I was mitchhip on there...you probobly wouldnt reconize it because metal is too hard to figure out so I just did Tragically Hip songs, mostly.) It didnt turn out good at all... But yes, very good cover, Its on the "Hidden Treasures" Album if anyone wants to pick it up. They also do Parinoid by Sabbath on it, too.

[Metallogy]

Slayer have done some Rainbow (Gates Of Babylon) and Deep Purple (Burn), along with Iron Maiden and Judas Priest covers! Notice the simuliarty in the riff in The AntiChrist and that of Burn.

Metallica did a good portion of the White Album by Diamond Head (Sucking My Love, Am I Evil? The Prince, Its Electric and Helpless.) and also James Hetfield would cover Remember Tomorrow with Ron M.

Megadeth only did Am I Evil? as far as I know.

Testament did Nobodys Fault by Aerosmith from the album Rocks.

Anthrax did a lot of Maiden covers, and Alice Cooper's I'm Eighteen.

Iron Maiden covered UFO and Deep Purple... :smash:

[mbrinton138]

Metallica covers 3 Mifits songs:
Die, Die my Darling
Green Hell
Last Caress

But I highly recomend the orignials by The Misfits.

[Mister Groovy]

anyone came across any interesting cover songs in the metal genre? like Metal bands of today covering stuff from the 70's or 80's? post em here. i just came across Six Feet Under doing Hells Bells and Smoke on the Water.
Smoke on the Water is a very popular song for metal bands to cover, I gather.

Opeth is doing a cover of Deep Purple's Soldier of Fortune.

Rammstein did a cover of Stripped by...crap, I forget, some 80s band.

And In Flames covered a Depeche Mode song.

[mbrinton138]

One I can't Believe I couldnt think of before:
Disturbed - Land of Confusion

Its a cover of a Genesis song.

[victor_claypool]

Megadeth also did a cover of "Never say Die" by Sabbath. It is pretty good.

[Father_Jack]

Megadeth also did a cover of "Never say Die" by Sabbath. It is pretty good.

Megadeth have also done anarchy in the uk, which is a really good cover.

They also did I aint Superstitious, which I love..

And for a bit of a joke cover there is These Boots, as in "One of these days, these boots are gunna walk all over you". Its pretty funny :lol:

[PinkFreud]

OK, but I'll have to wait till I'm back from holiday :)
thats fine. thanks.

[MidnightRider]

Opeth - Remember Tommorow, Circle of Tyrants

[pep]

Dream theater covered master of puppets and number of the beast, the whole albums. they also covered metallica´s Damage Inc with napalm death´s singer.

[Misery]

Helloween's cover of Electric Eye [originally by Judas Priest] is always fun to listen to. :p