Favorite hard-rock/metal covers!
 

Simply add any other covers, as in "songs that weren't originally wrote by the band mentioned", and describe why you like them either the same as the original or more/better than the original.Also comment on if you dislike any of the covers that either I or someone else puts on their list.

I'll put a list of some of my favorites here that I recall are covers.I'm almost 100% positive that all of these songs actually are covers, but if either I or someone else has put down a song that is an original instead of a cover discuss that as well.Have fun!:beer:

(Not in any order of preference)

1. "Cars" - Fear Factory.
2. "Voodoo Chile" - S.R.V.
3. "You Really Got Me" - Van Halen.
4. "Oh Pretty Woman" - Van Halen.
5. "Dancing In The Street" - Van Halen.
6. "Cinnamon Girl" - Type O Negative.
7. "Dancing Days" - Stone Temple Pilots.
8. "Rusty Cage" - Soundgarden.
9. "Riders On The Storm" - Snoop Dogg.
10. "The Man Who Sold The World" - Nirvana.
11. "Lake Of Fire" - Nirvana.
12. "Circle Of The Tyrants" - Opeth.
13. "Mississippi Queen" - Ted Nugent w/ Molly Hatchett.Ozzy Osbourne.
14. "Rebel, Rebel" - Iggy Pop w/ Lenny Kravitz.
15. "How I Could Just Kill A Man" - R.A.T.M.
16. "The Ghost Of Tom Joad" - R.A.T.M.
17. "Street Fighting Man" - R.A.T.M.
18. "Maggie's Farm" - R.A.T.M.
19. "Fire" - R.H.C.P.
20. "Higher Ground" - R.H.C.P.
21. "California Girls" - D.L.R.
22. "Smokin' In The Boys Room" - Motley Crue.
23. "Helter Skelter" - Motley Crue.
24. "School" - Fear Factory.
25. "Breadfan" - Metallica.
26. "Die, Die My Darling" - Metallica.
27. "So What" - Metallica.
28. "Last Caress/Green Hell" - Metallica.
29. "Darling Nikki" - Foo Fighters.
30. "Baker Street" - Foo Fighters.
31. "Have A Cigar" - Foo Fighters.
32. "Tiny Dancer" - Foo Fighters.
33. "Purple Rain" - Foo Fighters.
34. "Sister Europe" - Foo Fighters.
35. "I Ain't Superstitious" - Megadeth.
36. "Anarchy In The U.K." - Megadeth.
37. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Megadeth.
38. "Paranoid" - Megadeth.
39. "Problems" - Megadeth.
40. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - Marilyn Manson.
41. "American Woman" - Lenny Kravitz.
42. "Another Brick In The Wall" - Korn.
43. "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" - Elton John.
44. "I Shot The Sheriff" - Eric Clapton.
45. "Crossroads" - Cream.
46. "Cocaine" - Eric Clapton.
47. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Eric Clapton.Guns And Roses.
48. "Bring The Noise" - Anthrax.
49. "Antisocial" - Anthrax.
50. "Let The Music Do The Talking" - Aerosmith.

"Take On Me" - Capn Jazz
"Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm
"Send Me An Angel" - Thrice

thats all i got right now :(

uhm

Painkiller-Death

Do they cover the Judas Priest "Painkiller" or is it some other artists "Painkiller" you're talking about?Also, do they get Halford to sing on it or is it simply Death with no "guests"?

It's Death covering Judas Priest's Painkiller with Death's Chuck Schuldiner on vocals.

Oh god I love that cover - it's possibly my favourite ever and I like it more than the original. I just love Chuck's insane screams - and also the fact that Death added an extra guitar solo.

Judas Priest - Green Manalishi
Voivod - Astronomy Domine
Motorhead - Motorhead

Those are the only 3 songs I can think of that I think are better than the originals.

Rage Against the Machine - How I Could Just Kill A Man
lostprophets - Cry Me A River
lostprophets - Reptilia

I just think they did it better thats all.

I think the Jesus & Mary Chain`s version of Vegetable Man is better than the Pink Floyd version too but they`re not a hard rock/metal band.

Didn't Botch cover 'O Fortuna'? Or am I going crazy...

VoiVod did in fact do an amazingly incerdible job on covering that song, yes indeed!

Sounds cool, maybe I'll D.L. it now.No matter what though, I'm pretty sure I'll prefer the original because most of the time the original is the best, but who knows?I'm D.L.ing it specifically for that reason.If I remember, I'll come back and tell yall what I thought, cheers!:beer:

Thats probably one of the worst lists I have ever seen. Snoop Dog???????

oh, snap. i forgot throwdown's cover of baby got back. that's just hilarious.

Theres been so many rumors about it. Honestly I don't know if it was really them but it could have been. They sure had the talent.



9. "Riders On The Storm" - Snoop Dogg.
Woah really? lol I'll have to check that one out.


Have you seen them play it live? Too funny for words.

I agree, that Snoop Dog ROTS cover is actually pretty good. It can be found on one of the Need For Speed Underground games.

Or the internet:p:

Judas Priest - Paint It Black
WASP - Somebody To Love(Jefferson Airplane version)
Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction - Born To Be Wild
Metallica - Astronomy
AC/DC - Baby Please Don't Go
Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind
Gary Moore - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

That's great, we got another opinion in a forum!Man, am I ever so shocked...lol!

And how could you diss a Door's cover, kiddo?:usehead:

Got anything to add to this post?Possibly one of your "great" ideas of a cover, new chump?

Since, as a matter of fact, I was just listening to Kiss and the song Goin' Blind I'm guessing that they did Kiss' version?I mean, does any other band got a song titled Goin' Blind...lol?

Ooh, ooh, ooh!Got to choose!Who's your baby!:beer:

Oh just because I dont spend my life sitting on forums and chatting about music must make me a "chump". Great another 15 year old boy who thinks he knows a lic about music. First off it doesn't matter if God made a song and covered it if the SONG sucks then it's a bad cover. Just because its a doors song doesn't mean its automatically great. So next time you think you know something keep it to yourself cause you dont. IDIOT. RAP MUSIC IS AN OXYMORON!

Great, you give me more of your stupidity to point out:


1. "just because I dont spend my life sitting on forums and chatting about music must make me a "chump"."

No, your arrogant opinion of either Snoop Dogg, the Doors or both make you look like the chump that probally has a collection of nothing more than one variety of music and is too afraid to try new things.And why does your sentence end with a period?Weren't you trying to question me...lol?

2. "another 15 year old boy who thinks he knows a lic about music."

Are you talking to yourself again, chump, because I'm not 15.I, most likely different from you, have already graduated high school and obviously one who already graduated high school back then is older than 15 and more mature than you.Also, you spelled lick wrong, kiddo.Who knows, maybe you were referring to the nasty condition growing in your hair, but whatever?Adding to that, I am not only highly accomplished in the study of music, but I have also played for, most likely, more years than you've been alive.I started out mainly playing guitar, yet had a true passion for the drums, seeing as how physical and intense I am.I have become quite adept at playing guitar (both rhythm and lead, but mainly lead) and have been even more passionate about the drums over the years, focusing that as my main instrument.I've also played bass and other instruments as well.I know more about guitar, drums and music than you've learned over your whole life, period!

3. "First off it doesn't matter if God made a song and covered it if the SONG sucks then it's a bad cover."

First off?Quit getting off on yourself, ya wacko!Also, don't use the Lord's name in vein because he punishes weak fools like you!The Lord knows that you are blind to the truth and therefore have no "true" say on whether music is good enough.Especially over an accomplished musician like me, period!:usehead:

4. "So next time you think you know something keep it to yourself cause you dont. IDIOT. RAP MUSIC IS AN OXYMORON!"

I respect Snoop Dogg for giving the song a "new" sound and staying true to it's original intent, while keeping the original recording still there.Rap is crap, whatever, it's been said again and again.Does it make you happy if I say that ALL rap is crap though?Like I should give a damn about what an incompetent imbecile like you says anyways, chump!

Obviously I'll respect your opinion, but I'm sure it's most likely influenced on which band you prefer.Hey, sometimes covers are better, but only to some, not to all.:beer:

Avenged Sevenfold - Walk

^That's not surprising.

Social Distortion-Ring of fire

Bigwig - War Ensemble
Link 80 - Harvester Of Sorrow

I enjoyed Metallica's cover of "Die, Die My Darling" by the Misfits. I'll probably get bashed for this but I enjoyed the cover that Atreyu did of Bon Jovi's "You give love a bad name". (I think thats the title.) Haste the Day's cover of "Long Way Down" (originally by the Goo Goo Dolls) was good too.

Hurt-NIN
Hurt-The Man in Black (Johnny Cash)

Hmmmm, Covers.....

Last Caress: Metallica
So What: Metallica
Master Of Puppets: Trivium
Get Down Make Love: Nine Inch Nails
Hole In THe Sky: Pantera
Cat Scratch Fever: Pantera
Tainted Love: Marilyn Manson (Alot of good covers)
I Wanna Be Sedated: The Offspring
Mama Kin: Guns N' Roses
War Pigs: Faith No More
Zombie Eaters: Ill Nino
You Give Love A Bad Name: Atreyu (singing drummers should be a circus sideshow)


Plenty more, but I'm running outa time.

Matt

New here, sorry to pull up an old thread, its just the one that convinced me to stop lurking.

Welcome to Musicbanter Matt/Predator.

Pantera did do a good job of CSF.

I have a 10 Hour play list on my Media Player of covers. Here's a few good ones:

Shock The Monkey - Coal Chamber and Ozzy
Purple Haze - The Cure
Born To Be Wild - The Cult
One - Filter
Sunshine of Your Love - Fudge Tunnel
Cat Scratch Fever - Fudge Tunnel and Pantera (You can't mess this song up!)
Paranoid - Type O Negative and Megadeth
Hand Of Doom - Danzig
Sabbra Cadabra - Metallica
Children of The Grave - White Zombie
Hair Of the Dog - Guns N Roses (I think their version is better than the original!)
Fire - Alice Cooper (Better than Hendrix!)
Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica
Blitzkrieg Bop - Rob Zombie
Never Say Die - Overkill (BTW Coverkill is a GREAT album!)
Land Of Confusion - Disturbed
Iron Man - I have 7 remakes of this song!
American Bad Ass - Kid Rock (Used Sad But True as the music!)
Another Brick in the Wall - Layne Stanley and the Class of '99 and Korn
Monster Mash - The Misfits
Space Truckin' - Overkill
Deuce - Overkill
Overkill - Overkill

I have a ton more!

Rusty Cage IS a Soundgarden song not a cover

That's a horrible cover

I'm sorry you didn't like it. I thought it was cool.

metalcore/alternative metal cover of High Hopes (Pink Floyd) :)

YT: "High Hopes - Pink Floyd cover by Aesthetic Empathy (studio ver)"
download available as well.

Cheers!

Mushroom - Jesus & Mary Chain
Last Caress/Green Hell - Metallica
Missing - Paradise Lost
Supernaut - 10,000 Homo DJs
Anything on the Pat Boone metal covers album cos they're hilarious

Amon Amarth - Aerials
Korn - Word Up!

The All That Remains cover of "Believe in Nothing" by Nevermore and Between the Buried and Me's cover of "Little 15" by Depeche Mode are both pretty good

It was an obvious choice for me

This is a hidden track off of Farzad Golpayegani's album "Three"
It's a cover medley of:
Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Fire (Jimmy Hendrix), Speed King (Deep Purple), Fits like a glove (Kiss), War Ensemble (Slayer), Damage, Inc. (Metallica), Birth of Tension (Overkill), Desperate Cry (Sepultura), Holy Wars (Megadeth), Cowboys From Hell (Pantera).



Then there's Mattias IA Eklundh for good, fun measure.