00:13 - Opethian Pairing up Serj with Ishahn & Devin is the most random thing ever IMO. I just finished listening to the track and Serj's vocals are downright out of place, sorry ...
23:20 - Lit. Ihsahn doesn't do much better. Drumming really sucks, too. Painfully meh song.
23:08 - .starrk @Unhealer: except for the fact that Serj completely ruined the song >_> Ihsahn's voice fits perfectly, then you have Serj's abomination hastily thrown in
22:56 - Jiri jrir is carlelkessly tyling to emul[atge ba dendlgish.
So the Dane Train released his list of favorite metal acts covering non-metal artists, but anything you can do I can do better. Or something. Actually, not better, just different. And by different I mean better. (Provided you're not the poster who thinks we are the same person… in which case your head might just have blown!) In any case, as with the artists on his list and mine, rather than show originality I'm simply going to cover his concept.
So, without further adieu, here is my list of favorite metal acts re-interpreting non-metal songs. There is no particular order here, just 10 tracks that amuse me.
Darkthrone - Love In A Void - much like their (soon to be appearing) Swiss overlords, the Norwegian black metal duo crop their hair up to Flock Of Seagulls heights, break out the black lipstick, and pay homage to the reigning queen of post-punk/new wave, Siouxsie and her Banshees with Love In A Void.
Exodus - Low Rider - The SF Thrash stalwarts take on the theme song to the George Lopez show, giving it a bit of a metal kick in the ass. The laid back shuffle gets some swagger and shred.
Anthrax - Got The Time - Frankie Bello and company kick the Joe Jackson song into high gear with an awesome bassline and solo with some crushing riffs. Probably the best track on their last album with Joey Belladonna. Sing along now! Chicken on my head! CHICKEN ON MY HEAD!
Celtic Frost - Mexican Radio - Wall Of Voodoo was a relatively obscure 80's new wave band which had an unlikely eMpTy Vee hit with "Mexican Radio". No idea why CF covered it… or how the Swissters even heard it. A good cover, even if Tom G. Warrior's vox aren't as cool as Stan Ridgway's quirky style.
Ministry - Roadhouse Blues - Somehow seems a fitting cover that Al and Co., known for raising hell, would pick this The Doors song. The original is an awesome beer-swilling, sing-a-long tune. This version isn't just a party, it's a Texas bar-room brawl… Roadhouse Black & Blues.
Buzzov*en - Don't Bring Me Down - The original cheery, cheesy ELO song annoys the crap out of me every time it appears on classic rock radio. Buzzers piss all over it and make it a definite, hateful downer that will have ELO fans sticking forks in the nearest light socket and ELOctrocuting themselves.
Anathema - Better Off Dead - The Pink Floydian Doomster's entry marks the first metal cover to actually take a fast song and slow it down. They turn the cheeky song mocking the over self-centered and distill it into a beautiful ballad, which thus beautifully mocks, well, pretty much all of Gen X onward.
Carpathian Forest - A Forest - CF's cover is another which takes a song and slows it down. In this case, taking a Cure classic with an awesome bass line and cool guitar parts and strip it down to a near dead electronic piece.
Danzig - The Hunter - Everyone's favorite Mr Mojo Risin impersonator takes on the Albert King blues classic, slightly altering the lyrics, has Christ stomp on the distortion pedal and turns it to a blues-metal good time.
Lawnmower Deth - Kids In America - Yet another metal band going to the 80's music scene to pluck an oddball for covering. This song is infectious, even with the tempo amplified, the guitars distorted as hell, and the sing-a-long bits even more sing-a-long-y.
I love the Anathema cover, I remember when I listened to it the first time. One of my favourite all time covers. And it's perfect for what their music was at the time.
SLAYER - ina-gada-davida..........why the fuck did you exclude this?????
what Marcel said. it was crap. i avoided the various punk covers and Exploited medley (Disorder) as those were pretty much similar in style to begin with.
What about: Black Sabbath - Warning (Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation), Sinergy - Gimme Gimme Gimme (Abba) or Motorhead/Girlschool - Please Don't Touch ( Johnny Kidd and the Pirates).
What about: Black Sabbath - Warning (Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation), Sinergy - Gimme Gimme Gimme (Abba) or Motorhead/Girlschool - Please Don't Touch ( Johnny Kidd and the Pirates).
I had 10. those were my favorite ten. largely because i was familiar with, and like, both the originals and the covers. well, aside from ELO, whose demolition i like.
this is not a complete list, nor is it a list of all my favorite metalicized covers. it's 10.
If you like good covers you should listen to Acid Drinkers albums called Fishdick and Fishdick zwei. Both of them all only cover albums, there you can find songs like, New York New York, Chess With The Abyss, Hot Stuff and many more.
I can't stand the Anathema cover. I think this song works much better in its original punk rock form.
A couple of good (IMO) non-metal songs covered by metal bands that weren't mentioned by you or Dane:
Nevermore - The Sound Of Silence
Ministry - Lay Lady Lay (complete deconstruction of the original, love it)
Adagio - Fame (sort of a non adventurous cover, but this song seems to be made for a metal cover)
Mourning Beloveth - The Weeping Song
I really like the Anthrax cover. A few of my favorites are Pain of Salvation- Hallelujah, Helloween- All My Loving, and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=narHqBWkauI
bluegreengod - 06.06.2011 at 09:21
Somewhere a long time ago I head a bootleg (yes, back when bootleg tapes floated around) of Type O Negative playing 'total eclipse of the heart' live. It was fantastic and I have never been able to find it since.
Somewhere a long time ago I head a bootleg (yes, back when bootleg tapes floated around) of Type O Negative playing 'total eclipse of the heart' live. It was fantastic and I have never been able to find it since.
that would be awesome. they are great cover masters. "Cinnamon Girl" would have made my list if not for Dane's inclusion. "Summer Breeze" is great as well. I saw them with Godflesh and Danzig back in the Bloody Kisses/Selfless/IV era... they played a cover of Sabbath's "Paranoid" that was some god-damn slow (and I was so god-damn drunk after Godflesh's 30min set) i didn't realize it even was "Paranoid" ... i swear, that made that song drag on for 10 minutes.
I always really liked Turisas's cover of 'Rasputin'.
!!!!!!!! This is the first thing I thought of when I saw this article.
Although BitterCOld here really had a profound impact on my life with some of these awesome covers which were new to me, Turisas would have made it complete
SLAYER - ina-gada-davida..........why the fuck did you exclude this?????
what Marcel said. it was crap. i avoided the various punk covers and Exploited medley (Disorder) as those were pretty much similar in style to begin with.
but...but...Blind Guardian did a good cover of that song
SLAYER - ina-gada-davida..........why the fuck did you exclude this?????
what Marcel said. it was crap. i avoided the various punk covers and Exploited medley (Disorder) as those were pretty much similar in style to begin with.
but...but...Blind Guardian did a good cover of that song
Riiiight... Not knowing BG it was the only reason I checked the single featuring that cover. I found it totally lacked in the department that made the original stuff cool. So no, BG did not do a good cover of that song.
I always really liked Turisas's cover of 'Rasputin'.
!!!!!!!! This is the first thing I thought of when I saw this article.
Although BitterCOld here really had a profound impact on my life with some of these awesome covers which were new to me, Turisas would have made it complete
I always really liked Turisas's cover of 'Rasputin'.
!!!!!!!! This is the first thing I thought of when I saw this article.
Although BitterCOld here really had a profound impact on my life with some of these awesome covers which were new to me, Turisas would have made it complete
I have listened to Depeche Mode covers made by In Flames, Rammstein, Lacuna Coil and they are all great. Angra has a incredible cover of Kate Bush's Wuthering heights and also Edguy made a great cover of Ultravox's Hymn.
Low rider is a great cover by exodus! i liked the version of "overdose" they did as well.On a side note- another kisck ass cover is "Frankenstien" done by a band Edge of paradise. the guitar playing is outstanding, and i've always liked the song.Also: Paul gilbert/racer x's version of "godzilla"! very cool. That's my 2 cents!!
*awaits bloodshed*
