I love hearing covers of metal songs and was wondering if Anyone knows any really good ones?

Some of the ones I know of are : BFMV-Welcome Home
Trivium-Master Of Puppets
Decapitated-Mandatory Suicide

Keep The Metal Alive:metal:

i discovered this a couple of weeks ago - Six Feet Under's cover of the ENTIRE Back In Black (AC/DC)!! -Six feet under being a side project of cannibal corpse or something like that. another one - dream theater's entire cover of the Master of Puppets Album. Sweet!!!

Six feet under is corpsgrinders band ( cannibal corpses ex vocalist - butchered at birth etc. )

God Dethroned - Evil Dead ( Death )
Dissection - Elizabeth Bathory (tormenter) and The Antichrist (slayer) both are amazing covers....
Dismember - Beyond the Unholy Grave ( death )
Behemoth - Day of Sufferring ( Morbid Angel )
Watain - The Somberlain ( Dissection, but the cover is on youtube )
Decapitated - Lunatic of Gods Creation ( deicide )
Vader - Reign in Blood ( slayer )
Kalmah - skin of my teeth ( megadeath )
Eternal tears of sorrow - Black tears ( edge of sanity )

At this time I make covers by myself. Sometimes I make some kind'a Pop-songs to Rock. For example:
Allanah Myles - Lover Of Mine
Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back
Journey - Who's Cryin' Now (original wasn't too heavy )
e.t.c. And they are good ones!

Written by Sunioj on 10.08.2007 at 10:33

Six feet under is corpsgrinders band ( cannibal corpses ex vocalist - butchered at birth etc. )

God Dethroned - Evil Dead ( Death )
Dissection - Elizabeth Bathory (tormenter) and The Antichrist (slayer) both are amazing covers....
Dismember - Beyond the Unholy Grave ( death )
Behemoth - Day of Sufferring ( Morbid Angel )
Watain - The Somberlain ( Dissection, but the cover is on youtube )
Decapitated - Lunatic of Gods Creation ( deicide )
Vader - Reign in Blood ( slayer )

Cant beleive I forgot about vaders cover of Raining blood!
Its even on my itunes!
Killer cover!

Sins of Thy Beloved - "The Thing that Should not Be"
Graveworm- "Fear of the Dark" (it sounds a bit like Cradle of Filth)
Cradle of Filth- "Mr Crowley"
Moonspell- "Mr Crowley" (maaany bands played this song of Ozzy. Moonspell version is my fav one I think )
Lacuna Coil- "Enjoy the Silence" (Depeche Mode)

It's interesting to hear the songs I like in totally different versions.
Heavy metal song could sound gothic- wow.

Death - Painkiller (judas priest)
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (dio)
Children of bodom has a shit load
Machine Head - Battery (metallica)
Pantera - Planet Caravan and Hole in the sky (black sabbath)

Aren't there already several topics like this one? Or maybe I'm just crazy and insane...

my favorite cover is paranoid (black Sabbat) by Megadeth... in the nativiti in black... but still loving you by sonata artica to lisen very well.

Death - Painkiller (judas priest)
Graveworm - Fear Of The Dark (Iron Maiden)
Dream Theater - Master of Puppets (Metallica)
Children of Bodom - Oops i Did It Again (Britney Spears)

Sodom - Iron Fist (Motorhead)
Saint Vitus - Thirsty and Miserable (Black Flag)
Pale Divine - Solitude (Candlemass)

Written by Oracle on 11.08.2007 at 04:49

Children of Bodom - Oops i Did It Again (Britney Spears)

Since when Britney is a metal singer? But anyway, this song played by Children of Bodom sounds very funny. I like it very much too

Nightwish - High Hopes (Pink Floyd), it is not a metal song, but it sounds brilliant.

Dublin Death Patrol - Iron Fist (Motorhead)
Dublin Death Patrol - Cold Sweat (Thin Lizzy)
Dublin Death Patrol - Lights Out (UFO)

Cradle Of Filth - Fear of the dark (Iron Maiden)
Children Of Bodom - Hellion (W.A.S.P.)
Children Of Bodom - Silent scream (Slayer)
Destruction - Killers (Iron Maiden)
Destruction - Wiplash (Metallica)
Destruction - USA (The Exploited)
Dimmu Borgir - Burn in hell (Twisted Sister)
Ensiferum - Battery (Metallica)
Exodus - Dirty deeds done dirt cheep (AC/DC)
Fear Factory - I will follow (U2)
Fear Factory - Millenium (Killing Joke)
Firewind - Pictured life (Scorpions)
In-Quest - Corridors of chameleons (Meshuggah)
In Flames - Eye of the beholder (Metallica)
In Flames - Land of confusion (Genesis)
Metallica - the whole Garage inc. album
Sonata Arctica - Fade to black (Metallica)= a fantastic cover,
Sonata Arctica - Still loving you (Scorpions)
Sonata Arctica - I want out (Helloween)
Sonata Arctica - World in my eyes (Depeche Mode)
Sonata Arctica - Two minds, one soul (Vanishing Point)
Sonata Arctica - Die with your boots on (Iron Maiden)

Vader-Outbreak of Evil(Sodom)

Type O Negative - Back In The USSR (The Beatles)
Finntroll - Ending (Windir)
Turisas - Rasputin (Boney M)
Impaled Nazarene - Alkohol (Tankard)

I am big fun of covers, but only if bend put smth new in the song, otherwise, it is pointless to cover the bend

My favorites are

Ancient - Halloween
Arch Enemy - Kill With Power
CoB - Aces High
CoF - Hallowed Be Thy NAme
CoF - Black Metal
Satyricon - Orgasmatron
Metallica - Green Hell
Iron Maiden - communication Breakdown
...

some of my favorites that hasn't been mentioned yet

Helloween - Electric eye (Judas Priest)
Hammerfall - I Want Out (Helloween)
Hammerfall - breaking the law (Judas Priest)
Grave Digger - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
Iced Earth - Hallowed be thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Iced Earth - Highway to Hell (AC/DC)
Iced Earth - The Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
Mnemic - Wild Boys (Duran Duran)

I would like to name two bands that always do GREAT covers! Atrocity and Graveworm and Norther.

Atrocity released an album entirey dedicated to covers they have made of pop songs from the 80's. It's called Werk 80. My favourite are:

- "Sound Of Silence" by Simon Und Garkunkel
- "Send Me An Angel" by Scorpions (not pop...but..)
- "Rage Hard" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- "The Great Commandment" by Camouflage

Graveworm have always had a great talent for covers... And sometimes I like their covers more than the song they write themselves . So far, they have done four covers. And most of them are great songs, almost as good, and sometimes even better than the original songs. Here they are:

- "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.. This song actually became my favourite song by Graveworm. It is 10 times better than R.E.M.'s version. It sounds like a song they would have written themselves.

- "Fear Of The Dark" by Iron Maiden, the legendary song. As I am not a big fan of Iron Maiden, I prefer Graveworm's version, that is really different from Maiden's. Better, in my opinion.

- "I Need A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler. Quite unexpected from a Gothic Black band, but it works. It is not my favourite though.


I'd also like to mention Norther's covers, which I like a LOT:

-"Youth Gone Wild" by Skid Row. The first song by Norther I listened to. I am in love with Petri Lindroos since that day .

- "Final Countdown" by Europe. I LOVE this song!!!! I've always loved it. Europe looked so sexy with their hair... I think I saw the clip for the first time when I was 8 or 9... The hair obssession had already begun. That's why I loved the song. I still love it. Norther's version is even better.

Carpathian Forest's version of The Cure's "A Forest" is pretty cool. Probarly my favourite.

Other cool cover versions:

Rammsten - Stripped (Depeche Mode)
Emperor - Cromlech (Darkthrone)
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - As I Die (Paradise Lost)
Agalloch - Kneel To The Cross (Sol Invictus)
Xasthur - Palace Of Frost (Katatonia)

Written by Sunioj on 10.08.2007 at 10:33

Six feet under is corpsgrinders band ( cannibal corpses ex vocalist - butchered at birth etc. )

Not Corpsegrinder, which is the actual singer, but it's Chris Barnes' band.

And covers ? So many in metal... but CoF made an excellent one of Sleepless (Anathema), really different.
In the same state of mind (classics revisited), Die Krupps covered Battery (Metallica), and Orphaned Land covered Mercy (Paradise Lost)

Written by matthioso on 11.08.2007 at 19:03

Cradle Of Filth - Fear of the dark (Iron Maiden)

Isn't that Graveworm?

Yes, Graveworm covered Fear of the dark, but so did CoF

Written by Darkside Momo on 24.08.2007 at 18:13

Written by Sunioj on 10.08.2007 at 10:33

Six feet under is corpsgrinders band ( cannibal corpses ex vocalist - butchered at birth etc. )

Not Corpsegrinder, which is the actual singer, but it's Chris Barnes' band.

Ah shit, bad memory...

Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest)
Most covers of Priest/Maiden songs end up sounding completely cliched or just plain awful. This cover of Painkiller, however, is absolutely INCREDIBLE. They take the drum solo, and make it even MORE awesome. They make the solo even more gratuitous and beautiful, and Chuck really excels on this one. A great note to go out on.

Emperor - A Fine Day To Die (Bathory)
Again, this cover really gives the original a run for its money, in terms of sheer intensity and spite. Really evil, and Ihsahn sounds great, while not deviating too far from Quorthon's tortured shrieks.

Dissection - Antichrist (Slayer)
Another great cover...it just suits Dissection's sound around 'Stom...' so well, although I still think Slayer perform it better live (listen to Tom's 'Screams!' on 'Decade of Aggression'!)

I must say, metal-core isn't my cup of tea, but damn, Killswitch Engage covered Dio's "Holy Diver" really well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp0_vLMrMy8

Angra covered a Kate Bush's song, and Andre Matos did pretty well! I thought it was a chick the first time I heard...
Well there is also the awesome Blind Guardian classic covers lol (Surfin' USA, Barbara Ann, and Mr Sadman)

Written by APOHAKC on 23.08.2007 at 02:10


Arch Enemy - Kill With Power

That and Incarnated Solvent Abuse!

Best Covers made by Metal bands:
Satanicide - My Heart will go On (Titanic cover / Heavy Metal)
Cradle of Filth - Hallowed be thy Name (Iron Maiden cover / Black Metal)
Children of Bodom - The Trooper (Iron Maiden cover / Melodic Death Metal)