I don’t get it I mean the vocals are amazing but Rob is legendary and the guitars don’t feel the same although the drums are at least equal for me priest is clear
They also maintain a really positive community discourse in the comments, which I appreciate. I've watched them de-rez(Tron, anyone?) gatekeepers down here in real time. Good admin.
The Cannibal Corpse version of No Remorse is glorious... And maybe it's not a cover of a metal band, but Voivod's version of Astronomy Domine is world class. Scatterbrains 's Earache My Eye is amazing as well.
Anthrax-Antisocial,Sects,Pipeline,Protest&Survive,Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Hypocrisy-Black Magic Type O Negative-Black Sabbath Metallica-Astronomy Machine Head-Message in a Bottle Death-God of Thunder Slayer-Richard hung himself Zakk Sabbath-Under The Sun Nine inch Nails-Dead Souls.. To name a few!!
METALLICA-"The Wait", "Last Caress/Green Hell". In 1987, a certain Alabama metalhead discovered punk rock when he heard these songs, and all his little devils grew horns that day.
Death - painkiller Opeth - remember tomorrow Opeth - circle of tyrants High on fire - the Usurper High on Fire - Crypt of rays Solitude Aeturnus- hallowed be thy name Doro - nothing else matters Pantera - planet caravan These are a few of my favorites. Cool video, thanks man. I'm new to this channel. Glad it was in my feed.
I think I have listened to the EOS version more than the original, I halfway forgot it was a cover song until I rediscovered the original the other day 😂
Nevermore- Love Bites, Blind Guardian- Beyond the Realms of Death, Iced Earth- Burnin' for You, Flotsam and Jetsam- Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting, Quiet Riot- Cum on Feel the Noize, Sanctuary- White Rabbit, Type O Negative- Cinnamon Girl, & W.A.S.P.- The Real Me.
Edge of Sanity's cover of "Blood Of My Enemies" is absolutely awesome and would fit on this list. I don't think it's as awesome as Manowar's original but it proves that the song can be transformed into a huge crunchy quasi-Death Metal song. It's got "clean vocals" but they're more the "Hetfield" type of clean with attitude, as opposed to the soaring and wailing of the original.
My personal list would have included things like: 1. Turisas - Rasputin (by Boney M) 2. Powerwolf - Headless Cross (by Black Sabbath) 3. Sabaton - Twilight Of The Thunder God (by Amon Amarth) 4. Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away (by Gary Moore) 5. Unleash The Archers - Northwest Passage (by Stan Rogers) But then again, I am much more into Power and Folk Metal than Death or Thrash.
@@forgemastermetal Yep! It took years for me to find that out myself. I recommend the original. It's also a good song. Also Tommy Johansson (ex-Sabaton, Majestica) has an amazing cover of that song on his youtube channel as well!
Early 2000s metalcore bands did some great covers of metal classics. Trivium's cover of MOP is 20% faster and even more badass imo, also Killswitch Engages cover of Holy Diver is such a nice take on an old classic, so is Bullet For My Valentines cover of Sanitarium.
Hey mate a heads up that Monstrosity album that you've posted did NOT have George Corpsegrinder on it. It is Jason Avery. George only sang on the first TWO albums.
Exhorder - Into The Void (Black Sabbath) Anorexia Nervosa - I'll Kill You (X Japan) Vader - Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica) Dark Angel - Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) Ghost - Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
Jason Avery does the official studio cover as well as performed it live. But, that being said. I know for certain that George performed it live when he was with Monstrosity as well. It was when he & Jon Rubin (formerly of Malevolent Creation) were both in Monstrosity.
@@pantelislordwinterdaskalelos exactly what album or year I can't be positive of. However, the reason I'm sure that Corpsegrinder performed vocals on a cover of Angel Of Death with Monstrosity is because I have always been a Malevolent Creation fan, especially in the early years (yes early 90's, maybe '93/'94 when Jon Rubin left Malevolent & joined Monstrosity, I only started paying attn. to Monstrosity BC Jon Rubin was now in that band. It was a live show video with Jon playing for Monstrrosity when I first discovered for the first time George Fisher on vocals for ANY band (pre Cannibal, of course) . They closed the show that night with the AOD cover....sounded good too! It wasn't too long after that, that Alex Webster was making phone calls to George about an upcoming opportunity for him.
@@m.c.ruckus2032 I see. Rubin left MC in 1990 and rejoined in 1993, so I am guessing it must have been 92/93 when they played this show. Rubin was certainly one of the best guitarists in Malevolent. Too bad he didn't stick to the band
Some I think should've been in this video Nevermore- sound of silence (Simon and garfunkle) Hanabie- believer (imagine dragons) Vader- fight fire with fire Abysmal dawn- flattering of emotions Honoring mention, suicide silence- them bones (Alice in chains)
That killswitch cover is def one of the best metal covers. Carnifex also did a good angel of death cover and cradle of filth did a good hallowed be thy name cover.
Kreator - Grinder Heidevolk - Rebel yell Sisters of mercy - gimme shelter Obviously any type o. They did covers better than anyone. Too many others I can't remember.
Thank you for including Dimmu Borgir!! Burn in Hell was one of my favorites growing up. I would add Solitude by Ulver. Don't laugh, but Shadows of the Sun is on my Top 5 favorite albums of all time and Solitude slots perfectly with the rest of the songs. Also would add Static-X's version of Burning Inside with Burton from Fear Factory.
Covers are fun. Here's a bunch that come to mind: Iced Earth: God of Thunder (Kiss), Allegaeon: Roundabout (Yes), Subdivisions (Rush) and Animate (also Rush), Ensiferum: Breaking The Law (Judas Priest). That Death cover of Painkiller is sick. It kinda feels like the Demolition / Juggulator albums when Priest had 'ripper on the vocals. Darker and more aggressive. I love those albums btw... most priest fans couldn't be bothered though...
Pantera's cover is fantastic, and was performed best one night in San Jose, when they played with Sepultura and Prong. Chuck Billy and Phil sitting at the front of the stage, sharing...something 😁😎🤘
I'm usually not a big fan of Iron Maiden covers, because hey, it's Maiden. You can't do it better than Maiden. But what I really enjoy is: WILDERUN - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son + LORD BELIAL - The Trooper
This is excellent. What's important in a cover song is a band making the cover their own. Metallica does this well, their spin they put on Segar's Turn the Page or their Mercyful Fate medley are excellent. KSE's Holy Diver is another one that sticks out, thanks for tossing that one on your list.
Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy has 2 amazing covers. Blood Milk and Sky (White Zombie) and Kashmir (Led Zeppelin). Both covers tend to be harder than the rest of their original catalog.
Exodus - Dirty Deeds Machinehead - Hard Times (Cro-mags) Shadows Fall - December (Only Living Witness), Bark At the Moon Whitesnake - Burn (Deep Purple) Voivod - Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd)
Wow, I had no idea Death had covered Judas priest's "Painkiller"! Chuck was a talented musician but I had no Idea he had that kind of vocal range. Thank you for the great video and list, it turned me onto a couple other cover tunes as well, and made me go through my music collection to pick my own favorite metal cover songs of metal songs. Here is the list in no particular order: - As I Lay Dying - War Ensemble (Slayer). It's a Slayer song so trying to improve upon the original is impossible, either at full speed or slowed down. I feel AILD do a great tribute to this song though. - Slayer - Witching Hour (Venom). Yes, this live cover version has Rob Flynn of Machine Head doing guest vocals, not Tom Araya; he's singing in the background. This version of this song rips! - Trivium - Master Of Puppets (Metallica). - Cannibal Corpse - Demon's Night (Accept). - Decapitated - Sane (Meshuggah). Bravo to Decapitated for covering a Meshuggah song! - Fear Factory - 0-0 (Where Evil Dwells) (Wiseblood). FF turn this cover song into a monster! - Testament - Animal Magnetism (Scorpions). - Tool - No Quarter ( Led Zeppelin). - Hemdale - Curse The Gods (Destruction). A death metal band covering a thrash metal song is always a winning combination for this metalhead! - Arch Enemy - Symphony Of Destruction (Megadeth). - Metallica - Am I Evil? (Diamond Head). - Sepultura - Orgasmatron (Motorhead). - Monster Magnet- Into The Void (Black Sabbath). I think the best word to describe this version of ITV is Gonzo. Just bonkers version of this classic Sabbath tune! I had a tough time deciding which cover version to go with on this song as Exhorder, Soundgarden, Kyuss, and Thou each have awesome cover versions of this song. MM take Sabbath's drug mythos and turns it on its head on this cover. It's a one song soundtrack to a heavy metal version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This may also be the song I would turn someone onto MM for the first time with as this as this I feel is one of MM's definitive musical offerings creatively, even though it is a cover song. Okay, so here is the short list of some of my favorite metal bands covering non-metal songs: - Fleur Diabolique - Dogs (Pink Floyd). This is the first song this band ever released, and is a great starting point for them. They really capture the essence of this song. It's just as hypnotic as the original. I love this cover and it's had quite the rotation in my listening experience since I first heard this song. I wish more metal bands covered Pink Floyd as it is a combination that is really pleasing to my ears and my soul. - Sepultura - War (Bob Marley). In my opinion, probably the most adventurous take on a non-metal song that I've ever heard or can remember. They completely rework this entire tune, making it their own. - Brujeria - Marijuana (Los Del Rio). I wasn't sure if I should even add this to this list as it is more of a spoof than a cover, as this is a reworking of the nineties dance hit "Macarena". I'm surprised this one doesn't get more attention than it does. It was a real challenge to keep this list to a minimum as I had about twice as many if not more metal cover songs on my initial list. I also learned about a lot of other covers or bands I didn't know about in the comments section. So your video conjured up a lot of great responses from others and in turn made this a win-win experience for me, Thanks to everyone!
* Correction: The Witching Hour cover by Slayer is actually a collaborative effort by Slayer / Machine Head. It is from Slayer's Live Intrusion concert video and also on Slayer's Live Intrusion 3 song live sampler promo that came as a bonus disc for the European version of Slayer's Undisputed Attitude covers album. There is no mention of Flynn and Kontos on the slipcase of the sampler. I knew Rob was on vocals but didn't realize Rob was playing guitar as well and that Chris Kontos (also from Machine Head at the time) was on drums also. My bad. Kontos' drum work on this tune is sick!
Very good Stuff here! For me the best Metal Cover i've ever heard is VOIVODs "Astronomy Domine" from Pink Floyd! And Man this outshines the Original by far! A Masterpiece!
Kreator - Grinder Death - God of Thunder Yngwie Malmsteen - Keep yourself alive Judas priest - Diamonds and Rust Pantera - Planet Caravan Hammerfall - Child of the damned
I would add some, that I believe deserve to be mentioned: 1. Dimmu Borgir, “Metal Heart”, originally by Accept 2. Sabaton - “Twilight of the Thunder god” ( Amon Amarth) Something weird - even though the notion is a younger groovier band to cover a classic in a more modern arrangement, over here we have Sabaton that did a heavy metal cover of a death metal song, and it works 3. Helloween - Electric eye ( Judas Priest), Fast as a shark ( Accept), Detroit, rock city ( Kiss) 4. Gamma Ray - Return to fantasy ( Uriah Heep), It’s a sin ( pet shop boys), Look at yourself ( Uriah Heep ) 5. Children of Bodom - “Don’t stop at the top” ( Scorpions), Mass Hypnosys ( Sepultura ), there are many others 6. Nightwish - “Over the hills and far away” ( Gary Moore), Walking in the air ( from the short animated movie “The Snowman”) 7. Metal church - Highway Star ( Deep Purple) 8. Dissection - Elizabeth Bathory ( Tormentor ) 9. Primal Fear - Kill the King ( Rainbow) 10. HammerFall - Child of the Damned ( Warlord ) 11. Grave Digger - Overkill ( Motorhead), Starlight ( Accept), Hellas ( Vassilis Papaconstantinou ) 12. Tarot - “Turn me on” ( Accept )
That was an awesome video; im glad to see one that didnt just pick stuff everyone knows about. The only cover in this one i was award of KSE - Holy Diver. I cant think of any that are my favorite But Within The Ruins cover of Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica) is wicked Shadow of Intent's cover of Laid to Rest was awesome but then ive never really been a fan of Lamb of God except for that song (just cant get into the vocals)
Rebel Yell and She is Beautiful by Children of Bodom, Astronomy Domine by Voivod, Anarchy in the UK by Megadeth, Last Caress by Metallica, Antisocial, Bring thNoise, and Got the Time by Anthrax. Just to name a few.
Yes indeed Monstrosity is an incredibly underrated band. My favourite covers have to be Death's Painkiller and Anaal Nathrakh's Powerslave. Also : Sepultura's Drug me (Dead Kennedys) and for a smile on my face : Children of bodom's Oops...The band did a lot of fun covers, but this one takes the cake!
Type O Negative would be in my list 3 times with Paranoid, Black Sabbath and Hey Pete. All are very well done. Emperor should by here with Bathory’s A Fine Day to Die. Monnspell’s version of Depeche Mode’s Sacred. And of course Planet Caravan with Pantera.
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People make this lists like Sepultura's Orgasmatron doesn't exist.
First song I thought of
@@mattmiller4821 same here
Children of Bodom - Oops I Did It Again (Britney Spears) best cover ever
This actually works haha
RICHARD THOMPSON also does an amazing cover of this. I wanna hear one of these amazing female fronted metal bands cover "Toxic" so bad...
YES!
@@janosbotyanszki2394 besides eminem’s mash up with slim shady song, COB’s cover is the best.
@@janosbotyanszki2394 Halocene does it better than children of bodom
Megadeth: No more mr. Nice guy, ...
Judas Preist's cover of The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) is freaking epic.
To be honest i prefer Death's Painkiller
Same lol
Same lol, so much power
I remember back when this cover came out an interviewer asked Chuck, if that was him that did those screams. Of course it was
I don’t get it I mean the vocals are amazing but Rob is legendary and the guitars don’t feel the same although the drums are at least equal for me priest is clear
Same
Death absolutely slay that Priest cover ! I still jam that version all the time
You guys have the best production. So well prepared and thoughtful to the material.
Thanks man!
They also maintain a really positive community discourse in the comments, which I appreciate. I've watched them de-rez(Tron, anyone?) gatekeepers down here in real time. Good admin.
The Cannibal Corpse version of No Remorse is glorious...
And maybe it's not a cover of a metal band, but Voivod's version of Astronomy Domine is world class.
Scatterbrains 's Earache My Eye is amazing as well.
I forgot about that voivod cover, it’s brilliant
Napalm Death also have many sick covers, specially Cryptic Slaughter's "Lowlife" is amazing.
Indeed. Troops of doom my favorite.
Dimmu Borgir - Burn In Hell
Therion - Thor
Carpathian Forest - In League with Satan
Anthrax-Antisocial,Sects,Pipeline,Protest&Survive,Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Hypocrisy-Black Magic
Type O Negative-Black Sabbath
Metallica-Astronomy
Machine Head-Message in a Bottle
Death-God of Thunder
Slayer-Richard hung himself
Zakk Sabbath-Under The
Sun
Nine inch Nails-Dead Souls..
To name a few!!
@@shawnboogz7546 you forgot Anthrax - Got the time.
@@smokenfire yes I did..great Joe Jackson cover off POT..thank you!
I laugh while wondering how it went when Dimmu asked Dee if they can cover the song, and his reaction when he heard it. Masterpiece of a cover
It’s wild how much it still holds up
@@NicolasAristizabal-rb3ju agreed!!
Motorhead’s cover of Whiplash is the best cover, by far.
Nailed it with cradle of filths cover of hallowed
Thanks for the video man! Great choices for sure. Im gonna go back and check out the Dimmu that I seem to have forgotten about lol
Thanks bud!
METALLICA-"The Wait", "Last Caress/Green Hell". In 1987, a certain Alabama metalhead discovered punk rock when he heard these songs, and all his little devils grew horns that day.
Death - painkiller
Opeth - remember tomorrow
Opeth - circle of tyrants
High on fire - the Usurper
High on Fire - Crypt of rays
Solitude Aeturnus- hallowed be thy name
Doro - nothing else matters
Pantera - planet caravan
These are a few of my favorites. Cool video, thanks man. I'm new to this channel. Glad it was in my feed.
Killer list dude!
Came here to say SA’s Hollowed be thy name and Opeth remember tomorrow. Killer list
Opeth: Would
Metal Church
Highway Star.
Cradle of filth - sleepless
Luciferion - Fight fire with fire
Dark tranquility - my friend of misery
Oh man that DT cover rules
Some of my favourites:
- Edge of Sanity - Blood of ny enemies (Manowar)
- Rhapsody - Guardians (Helloween)
- Visigoth - Necropolis (Manilla Road)
Totally forgot about these
I think I have listened to the EOS version more than the original, I halfway forgot it was a cover song until I rediscovered the original the other day 😂
Came here to suggest Blood of My Enemies by Edge of Sanity. Cheers.
Blood of My Enemies from Swano definitely outshine the original
anaal nathrakh's cover of powerslave is bonkers good in like every way.
I completely forgot about that one, it is nuts
After having listened to the original so many times, I prefer to listen to Arch Enemy's Symphony of Destruction cover
That’s a great one
Megadeth was the best.
Down tuned, grinding, growling hell. Perfect.
@@rcossoli6612 absolutely agree.
Carnifex's rendition of Dead bodies everywhere is sick.
Nevermore- Love Bites, Blind Guardian- Beyond the Realms of Death, Iced Earth- Burnin' for You, Flotsam and Jetsam- Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting, Quiet Riot- Cum on Feel the Noize, Sanctuary- White Rabbit, Type O Negative- Cinnamon Girl, & W.A.S.P.- The Real Me.
Maiden’s cover of ‘Crosseyed Mary.’
Also their versions of MONTROSE's"I Got The Fire"& NEKTAR's"King Of Twilight" from the Powerslave EP B-sides...
King of twilight is awesome.
I might have to look that one up. Clutch also covered that song. It works well with their style.
Arch Enemy Breaking the Law
COB Aces High
Gz to 20k and nice video 🐐🐐🐐
Thanks nud
Edge of Sanity's cover of "Blood Of My Enemies" is absolutely awesome and would fit on this list.
I don't think it's as awesome as Manowar's original but it proves that the song can be transformed into a huge crunchy quasi-Death Metal song. It's got "clean vocals" but they're more the "Hetfield" type of clean with attitude, as opposed to the soaring and wailing of the original.
As a huge Edge of Sanity fan, I gotta scope that. I didn’t know about that cover man thanks!
Testaments cover of Sails of Charon is also pretty good :)
Ooooo awesome add
My personal list would have included things like:
1. Turisas - Rasputin (by Boney M)
2. Powerwolf - Headless Cross (by Black Sabbath)
3. Sabaton - Twilight Of The Thunder God (by Amon Amarth)
4. Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away (by Gary Moore)
5. Unleash The Archers - Northwest Passage (by Stan Rogers)
But then again, I am much more into Power and Folk Metal than Death or Thrash.
I didn’t know that nightwish song was a cover lol
@@forgemastermetal Yep! It took years for me to find that out myself. I recommend the original. It's also a good song. Also Tommy Johansson (ex-Sabaton, Majestica) has an amazing cover of that song on his youtube channel as well!
Appreciate you using the word "Nearly"
Witcherys cover of Fast as a Shark deserves a listen
This is a top version
I'm going to make a playlist of these covers!!🤘🤘😎
COF - angel of death, decapitated - sane , emperor - fine day to die , emperor - gypsy to name a few more
Early 2000s metalcore bands did some great covers of metal classics. Trivium's cover of MOP is 20% faster and even more badass imo, also Killswitch Engages cover of Holy Diver is such a nice take on an old classic, so is Bullet For My Valentines cover of Sanitarium.
I’ll always love that era of metalcore. Amazing times.
Well, since you added the Killswitch Engage "Holy Diver" - You got the "Thumbs Up"
Ok, you got me on Circle of Tyrants: I did not know that was a cover
Here's mine :
- Trivium- Losing My Religion (R.E.M)
- Rammstein- Stipped (Depeche Mode)
- Lacuna Coil- Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
- Allegaeon- Roundabout (YES)
Graveworm covered losing my religion and that song is hilarious lol
@@forgemastermetal In Blackest Velvet did one too, but it's not as funny hehehe
Love them all, also all the originals!
Hey mate a heads up that Monstrosity album that you've posted did NOT have George Corpsegrinder on it. It is Jason Avery. George only sang on the first TWO albums.
Thx, others have corrected me already
Our cover of Necrophobic - Nailing The Holy One.
Awesome list. Check out Carnivore's rendition of Hendrix's "Manic Depression" and Grave's version of AIC's "Them Bones".
Dude I should’ve included that Carnivore cover in the very least a honorable mention. Great add!
Yeah, that cover may not only be the most effective reimagining but the most A-ffective. When Steele bellows , “I gotta get out!” I believe him.
Exhorder - Into The Void (Black Sabbath)
Anorexia Nervosa - I'll Kill You (X Japan)
Vader - Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica)
Dark Angel - Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Ghost - Here Comes The Sun (Beatles)
Metallica - Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
I just scoped that Ghost cover, goddamn that’s a GREAT take
To me, Turn the Page is honestly one of the best covers ever made
Black math horseman - All apologies (Nirvana)
Mnemic - Wild boys (Duran Duran)
Imperial triumphant - Jacob’s Ladder (Rush) Paranoid Android (Radiohead) 😮 😵💫 🤯
George doesn’t sing on the Angel of Death cover by Monstrosity. It’s Jason Avery.
Thanks
Jason Avery does the official studio cover as well as performed it live. But, that being said. I know for certain that George performed it live when he was with Monstrosity as well. It was when he & Jon Rubin (formerly of Malevolent Creation) were both in Monstrosity.
@@m.c.ruckus2032 You mean in the early 90s when they recorded Imperial Doom?
@@pantelislordwinterdaskalelos exactly what album or year I can't be positive of. However, the reason I'm sure that Corpsegrinder performed vocals on a cover of Angel Of Death with Monstrosity is because I have always been a Malevolent Creation fan, especially in the early years (yes early 90's, maybe '93/'94 when Jon Rubin left Malevolent & joined Monstrosity, I only started paying attn. to Monstrosity BC Jon Rubin was now in that band. It was a live show video with Jon playing for Monstrrosity when I first discovered for the first time George Fisher on vocals for ANY band (pre Cannibal, of course) . They closed the show that night with the AOD cover....sounded good too! It wasn't too long after that, that Alex Webster was making phone calls to George about an upcoming opportunity for him.
@@m.c.ruckus2032 I see. Rubin left MC in 1990 and rejoined in 1993, so I am guessing it must have been 92/93 when they played this show. Rubin was certainly one of the best guitarists in Malevolent. Too bad he didn't stick to the band
Check out Vintersorg covering Uriah Heep's "Rainbow Demon" and Solitude Aeturnus' version of "Heaven and Hell". Love 'em!
One of URIAH HEEP's only good songs. Thanks for the rec.
Oh my God, how did I not think of Rainbow Demon? I like it so much better than the original.
Fellow New England metalhead here
Welcome in, Forgemate!
Some I think should've been in this video
Nevermore- sound of silence (Simon and garfunkle)
Hanabie- believer (imagine dragons)
Vader- fight fire with fire
Abysmal dawn- flattering of emotions
Honoring mention, suicide silence- them bones (Alice in chains)
Oh, falling in reverse- last resort (papa roach)
Dude no revocation alter of sacrifice? That cover was insanely brutal.
in flames - everything counts
That killswitch cover is def one of the best metal covers. Carnifex also did a good angel of death cover and cradle of filth did a good hallowed be thy name cover.
Yeah I had to include that COF cover. Pretty sure it’s the first pick
Lovebites did a bang-up job on covering Painkiller.
That and Eagle Fly Free
Fight fire with fire and raining blood covered by Vader are awesome
Do another list! Great job on this one :)
Kreator - Grinder
Heidevolk - Rebel yell
Sisters of mercy - gimme shelter
Obviously any type o. They did covers better than anyone.
Too many others I can't remember.
@@benshaw2341 man, if we're talking Heidevolk I'd have to say Vulgaris Magistralis
You're right about Type O
Very enjoyable video, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love metal covering metal, here just a glimpse into it
I know it’s not metal but Deaths cover of God of Thunder by Kiss is also incredible!
Thank you for including Dimmu Borgir!! Burn in Hell was one of my favorites growing up.
I would add Solitude by Ulver. Don't laugh, but Shadows of the Sun is on my Top 5 favorite albums of all time and Solitude slots perfectly with the rest of the songs. Also would add Static-X's version of Burning Inside with Burton from Fear Factory.
Dude these are great additions I totally forgot about
Covers are fun. Here's a bunch that come to mind:
Iced Earth: God of Thunder (Kiss), Allegaeon: Roundabout (Yes), Subdivisions (Rush) and Animate (also Rush), Ensiferum: Breaking The Law (Judas Priest).
That Death cover of Painkiller is sick. It kinda feels like the Demolition / Juggulator albums when Priest had 'ripper on the vocals. Darker and more aggressive. I love those albums btw... most priest fans couldn't be bothered though...
Yeah I can see that about that era of JP.
I like them too! Specially Demolition. It's heavier than usual JP, so no complaints🤘
Dimmu Borgir - metal heart
Originally by Accept
Trust me it’s awesome 😎
Pantera's cover is fantastic, and was performed best one night in San Jose, when they played with Sepultura and Prong. Chuck Billy and Phil sitting at the front of the stage, sharing...something 😁😎🤘
I'm usually not a big fan of Iron Maiden covers, because hey, it's Maiden. You can't do it better than Maiden. But what I really enjoy is:
WILDERUN - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
+
LORD BELIAL - The Trooper
Also Cradle of Filth covering one of my favorite bands Sabbat -For those Who Died is killer !
Dude I think one I like a lot is Opeth’s cover of Would! It’s pretty good
That cover is spectacular. It’s so eerie
Also Remember Tomorrow!
Soldier of fortune cover is my favorite from them.
Today is the day does sabbath bloody sabbath I think is one of the best covers ever.
Moonsorrow - "For Whom The Bell Tolls" !!!
Great add
Love the video, i am going to check out some of the chats recommendations
Nevermore Love Bites
Love Skolnick's solo in that Testament cover.
BTW, you missed Turisas' Rasputin!
Nice add!!!
This is excellent. What's important in a cover song is a band making the cover their own. Metallica does this well, their spin they put on Segar's Turn the Page or their Mercyful Fate medley are excellent. KSE's Holy Diver is another one that sticks out, thanks for tossing that one on your list.
Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy has 2 amazing covers. Blood Milk and Sky (White Zombie) and Kashmir (Led Zeppelin). Both covers tend to be harder than the rest of their original catalog.
Also a fan of their version of “I Come and Stand at Every Door,” but the original is very much not metal.
Exodus - Dirty Deeds
Machinehead - Hard Times (Cro-mags)
Shadows Fall - December (Only Living Witness), Bark At the Moon
Whitesnake - Burn (Deep Purple)
Voivod - Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd)
I really love Metallica's rendition on Diamond Head's "Am I Evil?". Hetfield's vocals fit that song so well.
Arch Enemy's cover of The Oath and Overkill's cover of Frankenstein are great.
Wow, I had no idea Death had covered Judas priest's "Painkiller"! Chuck was a talented musician but I had no Idea he had that kind of vocal range. Thank you for the great video and list, it turned me onto a couple other cover tunes as well, and made me go through my music collection to pick my own favorite metal cover songs of metal songs. Here is the list in no particular order:
- As I Lay Dying - War Ensemble (Slayer). It's a Slayer song so trying to improve upon the original is impossible, either at full speed or slowed down. I feel AILD do a great tribute to this song though.
- Slayer - Witching Hour (Venom). Yes, this live cover version has Rob Flynn of Machine Head doing guest vocals, not Tom Araya; he's singing in the background. This version of this song rips!
- Trivium - Master Of Puppets (Metallica).
- Cannibal Corpse - Demon's Night (Accept).
- Decapitated - Sane (Meshuggah). Bravo to Decapitated for covering a Meshuggah song!
- Fear Factory - 0-0 (Where Evil Dwells) (Wiseblood). FF turn this cover song into a monster!
- Testament - Animal Magnetism (Scorpions).
- Tool - No Quarter ( Led Zeppelin).
- Hemdale - Curse The Gods (Destruction). A death metal band covering a thrash metal song is always a winning combination for this metalhead!
- Arch Enemy - Symphony Of Destruction (Megadeth).
- Metallica - Am I Evil? (Diamond Head).
- Sepultura - Orgasmatron (Motorhead).
- Monster Magnet- Into The Void (Black Sabbath). I think the best word to describe this version of ITV is Gonzo. Just bonkers version of this classic Sabbath tune! I had a tough time deciding which cover version to go with on this song as Exhorder, Soundgarden, Kyuss, and Thou each have awesome cover versions of this song. MM take Sabbath's drug mythos and turns it on its head on this cover. It's a one song soundtrack to a heavy metal version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. This may also be the song I would turn someone onto MM for the first time with as this as this I feel is one of MM's definitive musical offerings creatively, even though it is a cover song.
Okay, so here is the short list of some of my favorite metal bands covering non-metal songs:
- Fleur Diabolique - Dogs (Pink Floyd). This is the first song this band ever released, and is a great starting point for them. They really capture the essence of this song. It's just as hypnotic as the original. I love this cover and it's had quite the rotation in my listening experience since I first heard this song. I wish more metal bands covered Pink Floyd as it is a combination that is really pleasing to my ears and my soul.
- Sepultura - War (Bob Marley). In my opinion, probably the most adventurous take on a non-metal song that I've ever heard or can remember. They completely rework this entire tune, making it their own.
- Brujeria - Marijuana (Los Del Rio). I wasn't sure if I should even add this to this list as it is more of a spoof than a cover, as this is a reworking of the nineties dance hit "Macarena". I'm surprised this one doesn't get more attention than it does.
It was a real challenge to keep this list to a minimum as I had about twice as many if not more metal cover songs on my initial list. I also learned about a lot of other covers or bands I didn't know about in the comments section. So your video conjured up a lot of great responses from others and in turn made this a win-win experience for me, Thanks to everyone!
* Correction: The Witching Hour cover by Slayer is actually a collaborative effort by Slayer / Machine Head. It is from Slayer's Live Intrusion concert video and also on Slayer's Live Intrusion 3 song live sampler promo that came as a bonus disc for the European version of Slayer's Undisputed Attitude covers album. There is no mention of Flynn and Kontos on the slipcase of the sampler. I knew Rob was on vocals but didn't realize Rob was playing guitar as well and that Chris Kontos (also from Machine Head at the time) was on drums also. My bad. Kontos' drum work on this tune is sick!
I love the Austrian Death Machine cover of “Hell Bent for Leather.”
Dark Tranquility cover of My Friend of Misery from Metallica is a great one too
Yeah dude def
@@forgemastermetalCheck out Borknagar's version as well!
Bringer of torture or Sacred Reich are better, IMO.
Very good Stuff here! For me the best Metal Cover i've ever heard is VOIVODs "Astronomy Domine" from Pink Floyd! And Man this outshines the Original by far! A Masterpiece!
Kreator - Grinder
Death - God of Thunder
Yngwie Malmsteen - Keep yourself alive
Judas priest - Diamonds and Rust
Pantera - Planet Caravan
Hammerfall - Child of the damned
I would add some, that I believe deserve to be mentioned:
1. Dimmu Borgir, “Metal Heart”, originally by Accept
2. Sabaton - “Twilight of the Thunder god” ( Amon Amarth) Something weird - even though the notion is a younger groovier band to cover a classic in a more modern arrangement, over here we have Sabaton that did a heavy metal cover of a death metal song, and it works
3. Helloween - Electric eye ( Judas Priest), Fast as a shark ( Accept), Detroit, rock city ( Kiss)
4. Gamma Ray - Return to fantasy ( Uriah Heep), It’s a sin ( pet shop boys), Look at yourself ( Uriah Heep )
5. Children of Bodom - “Don’t stop at the top” ( Scorpions), Mass Hypnosys ( Sepultura ), there are many others
6. Nightwish - “Over the hills and far away” ( Gary Moore), Walking in the air ( from the short animated movie “The Snowman”)
7. Metal church - Highway Star ( Deep Purple)
8. Dissection - Elizabeth Bathory ( Tormentor )
9. Primal Fear - Kill the King ( Rainbow)
10. HammerFall - Child of the Damned ( Warlord )
11. Grave Digger - Overkill ( Motorhead), Starlight ( Accept), Hellas ( Vassilis Papaconstantinou )
12. Tarot - “Turn me on” ( Accept )
Sepultura's cover of proclamation of the wicked, orgasmatron and symptom of the universe.
That was an awesome video; im glad to see one that didnt just pick stuff everyone knows about. The only cover in this one i was award of KSE - Holy Diver.
I cant think of any that are my favorite
But Within The Ruins cover of Fight Fire With Fire (Metallica) is wicked
Shadow of Intent's cover of Laid to Rest was awesome but then ive never really been a fan of Lamb of God except for that song (just cant get into the vocals)
Oooo that’s a good one
Höyry-Kone’s version of ‘The Trooper’ is amazing.
Btbams cover of The Tank by The Dear Hunter is jawsometastic to the max yo yeehaw!
Machine Head-Message In A Bottle is one of my favorite covers.
Fightstar’s Fear of the Dark is amazing and as for Hallowed be thy name….just Machine Head. They also do a sick cover of the sentinel by priest.
Rebel Yell and She is Beautiful by Children of Bodom, Astronomy Domine by Voivod, Anarchy in the UK by Megadeth, Last Caress by Metallica, Antisocial, Bring thNoise, and Got the Time by Anthrax. Just to name a few.
Dimmu Borgir - Metal Heart (Accept cover) is killer, I saw a concert on TV around '98, the only thing that gives it away as a cover is the chorus \m/
Machinehead did a way better version of HBTN then cradle of filth
One of my favs ever is Blind Guardians version of Judas Priests beyond the realms of death.
Shadows Fall - Welcome to the machine and Bark at the moon
Hallowed by the Name yes, but from Machine Head!
Rainning Blood from Vader
I’m pretty sure Gojira has played escape live just as much as Metallica has 😂 I’ve only found 1 video of each live performance. I love that
To me the best metal cover ever is Machine Head’s version of Hallowed be Thy Name. I would also put their cover of Battery on the list.
Also The Dear Hunter cover of btbams Rapid Calm song is ultimate level badass yo yeehaw!
Megadeth’s cover on this planets on fire
Eternal Tears of Sorrow's cover of Black Tears is also very good.
Yes indeed Monstrosity is an incredibly underrated band. My favourite covers have to be Death's Painkiller and Anaal Nathrakh's Powerslave. Also : Sepultura's Drug me (Dead Kennedys) and for a smile on my face : Children of bodom's Oops...The band did a lot of fun covers, but this one takes the cake!
Type O Negative would be in my list 3 times with Paranoid, Black Sabbath and Hey Pete. All are very well done. Emperor should by here with Bathory’s A Fine Day to Die. Monnspell’s version of Depeche Mode’s Sacred. And of course Planet Caravan with Pantera.
Dude that moon spell cover is AWESOME. Great addition.
H.I.M.’s cover or Blue Öyster Cult’s “don’t fear the reaper” is another gem