Best Covers Ever
I made this before and now it's time to relive it again. These are some of my favorite covers ever. If you have one in mind, please mention it and I will add it with the user name and a short writeup of the song. |
| 1 |  | Death
The Sound of Perseverance
Painkiller
The best cover of all time. Period. |
| 2 |  | Natalie Imbruglia
Left of the Middle
Torn
This is a great cover and most people don't realize it is a cover. She did a fantastic job here and it is one of the best songs ever to grace the radio waves. |
| 3 |  | Type O Negative
The Origin of the Feces
Hey Pete
An homage to Jimi Hendrix. This is a great cover no doubt. |
| 4 |  | Pantera
Far Beyond Driven
Planet Caravan
This is one of the best covers of all time and a perfect way to end a brutal album. This song means a lot to me. |
| 5 |  | Shadows Fall
The Art of Balance
Welcome To The Machine
The amount of work put into this is scary. They were dedicated and it is amazing. Great cover. |
| 6 |  | Dark Tranquillity
The Gallery
22 Acacia Avenue
This cover kicks so much ass Iron Maiden should pay them for their effort. Honestly. |
| 7 |  | Nirvana
MTV Unplugged in New York
Plateau
This is perfection in a live setting. Remarkable. |
| 8 |  | Killswitch Engage
As Daylight Dies
Holy Diver
Such a great cover. This band doesn't feck around here, totally dedicated to Dio. |
| 9 |  | Metallica
Garage Inc.
Astronomy
This is one of the best covers ever. They spent a lot of time on this and made it into something very special. |
| 10 |  | Rage Against The Machine
Renegades
How I Could Just Kill A Man
This album doesn't get much attention but this song is a great cover of Cypress Hill. Song slays. |
| 11 |  | Tool
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Demon Cleaner
Although this song wasn't on any of the bands albums, they played it live a few times and the owned it. You can tell that Kyuss influenced Tool in a lot of ways in their early stages of recording. |
| 12 |  | Ulver
Shadows of the Sun
Solitude
Ulver manage to take an already great song and make it their own. Tempo slowed by 50% and it works well. |
| 13 |  | Alice in Chains
Jar of Flies
Sweet Leaf
Another great cover not recorded in the studio. This band kicks ass and used to play this live frequently. A nice cover too being it's the greatest song in metal history. Yeah, I'm right. |
| 14 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland
All ALong The Watchtower
Bob Dylan was Jimi's idol. No shit. He loved Bob and thought he was the best songwriter of all time. Great cover. |
| 15 |  | Shinedown
Leave a Whisper
Simple Man
I first heard this on the radio and I was floored. Not a huge Shinedown fan but this song is a great cover. A lot of emotion here. |
| 16 |  | Machine Head
The Burning Red
Message In A Bottle
This song is awesome. This album gets a bad rap but ... he raps so... understandable. |
| 17 |  | Megadeth
Hidden Treasures
Paranoid
wew! This is how to make a cover sound good. |
| 18 |  | Children of Bodom
Follow the Reaper
Shot In The Dark
This cover surprised me. I wasn't expecting to like it so much. Great song. |
| 19 |  | Cradle of Filth
Cruelty and the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
This is one of my personal favorite covers ever. How Dani's voice changed into wind is unreal. Iron Maiden were proud of this cover and I am happy to have been alive to hear it. |
| 20 | | Type O Negative
The Origin of the Feces
Paranoid (Darius)
Another Black Sabbath cover, surprise! Type O managed to slow this down to the point of extacy. Great cover and the best band of all time show they love Black Sabbath. |
| 21 |  | Deftones
Diamond Eyes
Simple Man (Emim)
This is an excellent cover, thank you for showing this to me Emim. Song slays |
| 22 |  | Staind
Break The Cycle
What Hurts The Most
I love Staind. Aaron Lewis is one of my favorite vocalists in the genre. He nailed this cover and it kicks so much ass it kicks my own ass when it's kicking ass. |
| 23 |  | Atreyu
The Curse
You Give Love a Bad Name (Sinternet)
Never thought I'd hear a cover of this song and after listening to it, it kicks ass. I'm pretty sure Jon loved the solo here as well as the effort put into it by Atreyu. Good cover. |
| 24 |  | Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Hurt (Hovse)
Nice mention here. Trent was really happy with this and I do believe this is a very important cover. Johnny doing Johnny and he displays his emotion in this song more than any song he has ever recorded. That is a hard fact! |
| 25 |  | Jeff Buckley
Grace
Hallelujah (FreddieDelaney31)
Whenever I see a Fender Telecaster, I think of Jeff. Granted, Clapton owned this instrument but Jeff made it come alive. Great cover and a superb musician. |
| 26 |  | Oasis
(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Cum On Feel The Noise (alamo)
This took me by surprise, been a huge fan of this band when I was a teenager and hearing this cover made me feel really happy. Nice mention! |
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