This might be a fun thread and give people new music to check out or at least have a laugh...
Post the weirdest metal covers you know of! The stranger the subject material, the better. Things along the lines of Coroner's "I Want You (She's So Heavy), Sodom's "Bird is the Word" or Blind Guardian's inexplicable Beach Boys covers. Let's see what bizarre finds you Tshirt Slayers can unearth.
Ares Kingdom - Major Tom (Originally by Peter Schilling, a German Neue Deutsche Welle artist)
and the whole album „James Rivera's Metal Wave - New wave gone metal“ 😂
Will give that album a thorough investigation! Did not know of the Peter Schilling song "Major Tom", the David Bowie song was the first thing that came to mind.
Yeah they did im listening to both the numanoid mix and the original serj from system also joined to sing on ozzfest i think or some other tour they did
Completely forgot that Megadeth did a cover of Nancy Sinatra, These Boots, as well as Howlin' Wolf's I Ain't Superstitious, not "weird" per se, but it is different for a thrash metal band to cover jazz/blues standards. To add to jazz/blues standards would be Motorhead's cover of Louis Louis
Weird and COOL metal cover from my fav album. Symphonic black group Graveworm covers Pet Shop Boys 'Its a Sin'. really annoyed that decades later Ghost would get all the cred for covering the same song... Graveworm did it first!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnozZLeHvQ
Also.... down to the real cult. There is revolutionary goth/metal band Monumentum covering new-Romantic synthwave group Visage and turning their Blitz club song to a cathoic dirge. You can argue this album is not exactly a metal album but Monumentum were invaluable to the formation of the black metal genre both in inspiration and in promotion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ufE7kcCzg
Type O Negative - "Day Tripper", from the "World Coming Down" album. It's a Beatles-Medley containing the songs Day Tripper, If I Needed Someone and I Want You.
Cars by Gary Numan - done by Fear Factory, always thought it was quite weird they covered it, but again sounded nothing like FF Normal style! Pretty rockin though haha!
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Queens News of the World is odd
MortalCoil138 on
My Sharona by Destruction, originally by the Knack
In the Mood, also Destruction, originally by Glenn Miller
Lowrider by Exodus
Sound of Silence by Disturbed, originally Simon and Garfunkel
Land of Confusion by Disturbed, originally by Genesis
bad_american1992 on
I did not know that Lowrider cover existed, that's what I'm talkin about!
oldcoffinspirit on
Ares Kingdom - Major Tom (Originally by Peter Schilling, a German Neue Deutsche Welle artist)
and the whole album „James Rivera's Metal Wave - New wave gone metal“ 😂
bad_american1992 on
Will give that album a thorough investigation! Did not know of the Peter Schilling song "Major Tom", the David Bowie song was the first thing that came to mind.
Into Glory Ride on
Holy fuck, I didn't know Ares Kingdom covered that.
Now we need an Arghoslent cover of Der goldene Reiter
Edit: Just realized it was done by Vulpecula and didn't connect the obvious dots. That cover is totally killer actually!
oldcoffinspirit on
You are right! It was Vulpecula.
Into Glory Ride on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=808-DGgaJ3Q
Thread closed.
bad_american1992 on
What the fuck hahahaha
Think I'll stick with the Nightwish version
Into Glory Ride on
Never ever.
This is beautiful.
Agrunge hippie ... on
Fear factory- School by Nirvana not that weird but it's kinda funny how they made that thing heavy
Kinda like how Hatebreed added a bit of metal to a bad brains song as well
Agrunge hippie ... on
I guess we can add coal chamber's cover of shock the monkey as well
MortalCoil138 on
Actually that reminds me, Fear Factory did a cover of Cars by Gary Numan I believe
Agrunge hippie ... on
Yeah they did im listening to both the numanoid mix and the original serj from system also joined to sing on ozzfest i think or some other tour they did
schönheit-der-natur on
Something in the Way (Nirvana) - 1914
LegionWerewolf on
Six Feet Under covered the Back in Black album in full, so there's that.
MortalCoil138 on
SFU have an entire back catalogue of covers, some of which I actually like
bad_american1992 on
The existance of Graveyard Classics II will never ever make sense to me. It's so bad I find myself returning to it on occasion
MortalCoil138 on
Graveyard Classics II is easily the worst of the lot, I do enjoy the original versions more, but sometimes I enjoy listening to them.
Agrunge hippie ... on
That's crazy although Chris probably butchered it lol still haven't forgiven him for the Dead Kennedys horrendous cover
Into Glory Ride on
For some reason I also always really liked the cover Iron Savior did of "Crazy" by Seal
pan_in_ithyphal... on
Probably cause Seal is awesome, especially early 90s Seal!
slayerslayer on
Celtic frost - mexican radio
Slayer- in a gadda divida
Dead Kelly - sounds of then
none of these are weird . but covers nonetheless.
bad_american1992 on
CF's cover of Mexican Radio is one of my favorites.
slayerslayer on
also , Arch enemy - star breaker , /priest , its a fuckin ripper!
and Arch enemy - aces high , also great .
hysteria on
Graveworm - I Need A Hero
Ensiferum - Bamboleo
Alestorm - Hangover
Paradise Lost - Small Town Boy
Metalmate on
That Graveworm one just made my day!
Tx !!!
no_teleology on
https://youtu.be/xIPuCX-3wrM?si=XuafdsOqK6urAF1Z
Totally absurd but amazing
Into Glory Ride on
Speaking of Björk....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSfXZ5rkCNQ
no_teleology on
Wow this is really cool! Thanks for sharing
meaningless
holy....shit.... and lol
U realy have to write next to the title, that this would be a Cover because...hahahaha
Into Glory Ride on
The best will always be the comments by the butthurt Björk Fans
meaningless
i bet...hahahahahaha
Xsephyx on
Warrel Dane - Patterns (Simon & Garfunkel cover) isn't that odd, but it's a standout for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P852LQDXQyc
bad_american1992 on
That is cool, I remember they covered Jefferson Airplane on their debut album, so this is a nice surprise!
Wyvern on
Feuerschwanz - Gangnam Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0U769v6acU
slayerslayer on
definately weird!
MortalCoil138 on
Completely forgot that Megadeth did a cover of Nancy Sinatra, These Boots, as well as Howlin' Wolf's I Ain't Superstitious, not "weird" per se, but it is different for a thrash metal band to cover jazz/blues standards. To add to jazz/blues standards would be Motorhead's cover of Louis Louis
MortalCoil138 on
Eve of Destruction by Warfare, originally Barry McGuire
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This folk version of Deicide-dead by dawn fuckin cracks me up!!!! 😂😂😂😂
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWHixzpYaY&pp=ygUZRGVpY2lkZSBkZWFkIGJ5IGR...
bathoryhordes on
Hotdamn this pretty genius! xD
bathoryhordes on
Not that weird but some genuine impressive covers I would recommend are all those that Angelcorpse did, check it out yourself
https://youtu.be/JuptEeKqU4o?feature=shared
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God Dethroned - Fire (Arthur Brown cover)
https://youtu.be/qGFR7RTzaJA?si=oOtzabQujbGfxlp3
Arthur Brown btw, deep in his 80s, still lights himself on fire.
pan_in_ithyphal... on
Weird and COOL metal cover from my fav album. Symphonic black group Graveworm covers Pet Shop Boys 'Its a Sin'. really annoyed that decades later Ghost would get all the cred for covering the same song... Graveworm did it first!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnozZLeHvQ
Also.... down to the real cult. There is revolutionary goth/metal band Monumentum covering new-Romantic synthwave group Visage and turning their Blitz club song to a cathoic dirge. You can argue this album is not exactly a metal album but Monumentum were invaluable to the formation of the black metal genre both in inspiration and in promotion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ufE7kcCzg
MetalNDN on
Tori Amos covers Raining Blood. 🤘
bad_american1992 on
Now that one is really bizarre. Never heard of it until now. Almost has a Nine Inch Nails vibe to it
Beer.Browser on
Surprised no one has mentioned the Children of Bodom cover of Oops I Did It Again
https://youtu.be/3XyK2pk2kR8?si=C4qTHwOtsVSoMx2S
bad_american1992 on
They had a slew of goofy covers, "Lookin Out My Backdoor" by CCR and "Shipping Up To Boston" by Dropkick Murphys to name a few others
MortalCoil138 on
Pretty sure they also did a cover of Bed of Nails by Phallus Cooper
GuyIncognito on
Type O Negative - "Day Tripper", from the "World Coming Down" album. It's a Beatles-Medley containing the songs Day Tripper, If I Needed Someone and I Want You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZxgwqkwDuI
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The Accused I,d love to change the world https://youtu.be/VyNMxui6sh4?si=XDyf_uN-G6rscXPB
program_control on
Realm's cover of Eleanor Rigby is weird in the sense that is doesn't suck like 99.9% of metal Beatles covers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9XNoU3tHqU
Voker on
Does Beverly Hills Corpse by Corpsefuking Art count?
https://youtu.be/H5jG8pUd5Kw
It’s a sort of cover of the Beverly Hills Cop theme.
If not then Marijuana by Brujeria covering the Macarena song hahaha.
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anal cunt - just the two of us
bad_american1992 on
What the fuck did I just listen too...
Cuervo on
Carcass- Torn Arteries . I actually really like this album, but I've never seen a album cover like that before lol. Feels very random
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Cars by Gary Numan - done by Fear Factory, always thought it was quite weird they covered it, but again sounded nothing like FF Normal style! Pretty rockin though haha!