'Rip-Off' Bands that you adore

Okay, So most Rip-Off Bands out there are Bad Carbon Copies of their idols but I certainly love some of the few who give justice to their chosen sound albeit being completely Un-original, here are some of my faves

Primal Fear - Judas Priest Worshippers

Cage - More like the solo 'Halford' sound with a tinge of Iced Earth

Delirious - Clearly these guys are into Chuck Billy & Testament

Korzus - Arise/Beneath d Remains-era Sepultura

and.......PANTERA!




What about you?

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PRIMAL FEAR doesn't sound as much like JUDAS PRIEST as people claim.

I'll go with EXIVIOUS/CYNIC.

Ultimatum - Definitely Exodus ripoffs

JUST KIDDING OF COURSE!

Temple of Blood wrote:

PRIMAL FEAR doesn't sound as much like JUDAS PRIEST as people claim.

Depending on how you perceive it, it's not always the case but everytime I crank up their earlier albums I always Imagine a 'Painkiller' Incarnation

X-Sinner - AC/DC clones (esp. on their first album, GET IT)

Mirror of Dead Faces. A name so idiotic I fail to see how it was even conceived, but its some top notch worship of The Black Dahlia Murder.

EmoElmo wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

PRIMAL FEAR doesn't sound as much like JUDAS PRIEST as people claim.

Depending on how you perceive it, it's not always the case but everytime I crank up their earlier albums I always Imagine a 'Painkiller' Incarnation

If they really were a clone of that I would like them more. They have a lot of flower metal on those albums as well.

EmoElmo wrote:

Okay, So most Rip-Off Bands out there are Bad Carbon Copies of their idols but I certainly love some of the few who give justice to their chosen sound albeit being completely Un-original, here are some of my faves

Primal Fear - Judas Priest Worshippers

Cage - More like the solo 'Halford' sound with a tinge of Iced Earth

Delirious - Clearly these guys are into Chuck Billy & Testament

Korzus - Arise/Beneath d Remains-era Sepultura

and.......PANTERA!




What about you?

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Early in PF early years they were JP classified but no more they have their own sound.

Korzus actually were one the first thrash bands from South America from the mid 80's.

Wargod

Primal Fear sound nothing like Judas Priest. Scheepers surely sounds like Halford at times, but that doesn't make the band sound like Priest.

Cage was around before Halford put out Resurrection. And they sound nothing like Fight. Not that they sound like Halford's other stuff.

And Pantera did not rip-off Exhorder. It's nonsense, as it's always been.

That said...

Witchfinder General (Sabbath)

Phil Anselmo did rip off Kyle Thomas' vocal and lyrical style. And did it better frankly, with a more talented backing band.

Pretty much every AC\DC clone band (and AC\DC themselves ) like Bullet. Animal - basically it's WASP, and Astral Doors, if they fell into that category (not exactly Dio rip-off for me).

Temple of Blood wrote:

Phil Anselmo did rip off Kyle Thomas' vocal and lyrical style. And did it better frankly, with a more talented backing band.

There is, at times, a similarity there.

BearOnUnicycle wrote:

Pretty much every AC\DC clone band (and AC\DC themselves ) like Bullet. Animal - basically it's WASP, and Astral Doors, if they fell into that category (not exactly Dio rip-off for me).

Listen to the video I posted about. They make bands like Rhino Bucket and Airbourne sound original.

Eyesore wrote:

BearOnUnicycle wrote:

Pretty much every AC\DC clone band (and AC\DC themselves ) like Bullet. Animal - basically it's WASP, and Astral Doors, if they fell into that category (not exactly Dio rip-off for me).

Listen to the video I posted about. They make bands like Rhino Bucket and Airbourne sound original.

Agreed. But that was the best I could come up with . Personally I hear a lot of Accept too in Bullet's music.

Temple of Blood remind me of Agent Steel. And Ultimatum are like Steve Souza era Exodus.

The first Living Sacrifice album is a total Slayer rip-off. (minus the vocals)

Rhino Bucket of course, but man the band '77 is like they are channeling the original Bon Scott AC/DC line up, rip off of AC/DC? Hell ya but an enjoyable one.

Everyone should give a listen to Insane - Wait and Pray. It is the best copy of Slayer's Show No Mercy I've ever heard. Everything from the sound to the imagery is done perfectly! It doesn't quite beat the original, but I listen to it often.

Eyesore wrote:

Primal Fear sound nothing like Judas Priest. Scheepers surely sounds like Halford at times, but that doesn't make the band sound like Priest.

I completley agree - I never got how people for some reason think that Halford invented the metal scream - it's stupid. While Primal Fear are probably very influenced by Judas Priest (who isn't?), they sound nothing alike.

Hmmm.......

Deliverance's first album had a lot of Megadeth worship going on, Barren Cross (that one is OBVIOUS!), Sacred Warrior's Queensryche worship (listen to Wicked Generation the Operation:Mindcrime!)

And agree with FF on X-Sinner!

Aside from the obvious Halford comparisons on the vocals, Primal Fear always sounded more like Accept musically to me.

Seven Witches (esp. when they had Wade Black and James Rivera on vox) seemed like they were trying harder to be Judas Priest Junior.

Spiner202 wrote:

Everyone should give a listen to Insane - Wait and Pray. It is the best copy of Slayer's Show No Mercy I've ever heard. Everything from the sound to the imagery is done perfectly! It doesn't quite beat the original, but I listen to it often.

Yeah, I agree with this. I like that album. It sorely misses the dual guitar leads though.

I dont know too many bands that are uniquely original actually.

I also have to say Covenant (or The Kovenant) is one of those rip offs that pass up the band that they were ripping off,which was For All Tid and later Enthrone Darkness Triumphant era Dimmu Borgir