Favorite Metal Covers?

Metal student Number of posts : 132 Age : 113

List and discuss your favorite metal covers!

The songs, of course, don't have to be better in the cover versions but well, if they're just good enough!

This is my list: (in no special order)

Lita Ford - Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper)
Megadeth - I Ain't Superstitious (Willie Dixon)
Raven - Hellraiser / Action (Sweet)
Girlschool - I'm the Leader of the Gang (Gary Glitter)
Judas Pirest - Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez)
Lizzy Borden - This Ain't the Summer of Love (Blue Öyster Cult)
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)
Sodom - Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen)
Van Halen - You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
Mötley Crüe - Smokin' In the Boys Room (Brownsville Station)
Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel the Noize (Slade)
Def Leppard - Search and Destroy (The Stooges)
Riot - Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf)

Metal student Number of posts : 132 Age : 113

Ooopes, sorry! I mean "Favorite Metal Covers"! Not ballads.... Embarassed

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

Sepultura - Orgasmatron (Motorhead)

Flotsam - Fairies Wear Boots (Sabbath)

Faith No More - War Pigs (Sabbath)

Anything off of "Garage Days" by Metallica

Metal student Number of posts : 132 Age : 113

troublezone wrote:: Sepultura - Orgasmatron

Flotsam - Fairies Wear Boots

Faith No More - War Pigs

Anything off of "Garage Days" by Metallica

Nice choises. I think that Faith No More's version of "War Pigs" is great, much like the original actually maybe except the vocals. Sepultura's Motörhead-cover is great as well.

Ate his vegetables Number of posts : 4958 Age : 34

Priest-The green manalishi (Fleetwood mac)
Van Halen-You really got me (Kinks)
Quiet riot's Slade covers
Primus-NIB (Sabbath)

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Skyclad - Emerald (Thin Lizzy)

Lynch Mob - Tie your Mother Down (Queen)

Seven Witches - See you in Hell (Grim Reaper)

Annihilator - Hell Bent for Leather (Judas Priest)

Flotsam & Jetsam & Suicidal Tendencies - Battery (Metallica)

Helloween - Cold Sweat (Thin Lizzy)

Children of Bodom - The Trooper (Iron Maiden)

Holy Mother - Holy Diver (Dio)

Dark Moor - Halloween (Helloween)

Avulsed - Ace of Spades (Motorhead)

Overkill - Frankenstein (Edgar Winter)

L.A. Gun - Wheels of Steel (Saxon)

George Lynch - Mr. Crowley (Ozzy Osbourne)

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Pat Boone-Holy Diver (Dio)

Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

Napalm Death - Nazi Punks F*ck Off
Sepultura - Orgasmatron
Nevermore - The Sound Of Silence
Holy Moses - Five Year Plan
Gamma Ray - Victim Of Changes
Sanctuary - White Rabbit
Enslaved - Procreation Of The Wicked
Anthrax - Auf Wiedersehen

there are more but i can't think.

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Metal student Number of posts : 132 Age : 113

Forgot Pretty Maids' version of Lizzy's "Little Darling". Very Happy

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4201 Age : 39

Dark At Dawn - Don't Pay The Ferryman (Chris DeBurgh)

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Iron Maiden - Cross Eyed Mary (Jethro Tull) - one of the best covers EVER
Fear Factory - Cars (Gary Numan)
Slayer - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)
Voivod - Astronomy Domine & The Nile Song (Pink Floyd)
Coroner - I Want You (She's So Heavy) (The Beatles)

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12875 Age : 60

Maiden cover of that Ronnie Montrose song
Savatage cover of that Badfinger tune
Anthrax various KISS covers
Death Angel doing "Cold Gin"

Lots of great ones mentioned by the way

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James B. wrote:: Savatage cover of that Badfinger tune

Day After Day

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12875 Age : 60

detuned wrote:

James B. wrote:: Savatage cover of that Badfinger tune

Day After Day

Thanks man.... went and dug out the lp after posting but got sidetracked on other threadz.

Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

almost forgot Slayer's Dissident Aggressor.

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Metal master Number of posts : 874 Age : 59

Warrel Dane - Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters of Mercy)
Nevermore - Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
Aerosmith - Come Together (The Beatles)

Though I understand making a cover that sounds like the original, I think it means more to take a tune and make it your own, much like Metallica did with most of Garage, Inc. It speaks to the ingenuity of the band and the strength of the song.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

I forgot Nevermore's version of Priest's Love Bites.

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Viking's Hell Is For Children, although I like the original better.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1510 Age : 41

Anthrax - Got the Time (Joe Jackson)
Anthrax - Antisocial (Trust)
W.A.S.P. - The Real Me (The Who)
W.A.S.P. - Easy Living (Uriah Heep)
W.A.S.P. - I Don't Need No Doctor (Ray Charles/Humble Pie)
Blind Guardian - Spread Your Wings (Queen)
Blind Guardian - Mr. Sandman (The Chordettes)

Just off of the top of my head.

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spiritoradio wrote:: Anthrax - Got the Time (Joe Jackson)

One of my favorites as well.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17180 Age : 48

spectrefate wrote:: Viking's Hell Is For Children, although I like the original better.

Good one!

Subject: Re: Favorite Metal Covers? Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:38 am

Ice Cream Man by John Brim, covered by Van Halen

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:: Dark At Dawn - Don't Pay The Ferryman (Chris DeBurgh)

In all honesty, I love the original version of that song (I even remember the video on music television as a kid) so I would really like to hear DaD's version.
Also, Judas Priest - Diamonds & Rust originally by Joan Baez. Priest owns that song as well as Green Manalishi. I know that those are pretty obvious choices, but two favorites of mine. I also vote for Maiden's version of Cross Eyed Mary originally penned by Jethro Tull. Peace.

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

QuothTheRaven wrote:: Warrel Dane - Lucretia My Reflection (Sisters of Mercy)
Nevermore - Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
Aerosmith - Come Together (The Beatles)

Though I understand making a cover that sounds like the original, I think it means more to take a tune and make it your own, much like Metallica did with most of Garage, Inc. It speaks to the ingenuity of the band and the strength of the song.

totally agree with you here make it your own not try to make it as close to the original as possible. I like your 2 choices of Warrel's and Nevermores

Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Ra - Every little thing she does is magic
Sinergy - Invincible

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Alice Cooper-Seven and Seven is (Love cover)
Venom-Megalomania (Black Sabbath)
Skid Row-Little Wing ( Jimi Hendrix)
KISS-Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio? (The Ramones)
King's X-Manic Depression (Jimi Hendrix)
Krokus-Stayed Awake All Night(Bachman, Turner, and Overdrive)
Van Halen-Where Have All the Good Times Gone (The Kinks)