GOOD
Cradle of Filth: Hallowed be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
I actually really enjoy this version. The band created their own spin on it and it turned out relatively well.
Dark Tranquillity: My Friend of Misery (Metallica)
I actually prefer this version to the Metallica version. Something about the death metal vocals makes it sound better.Death: Painkiller (Judas Priest)
Amazingly good cover. Chuck Schuldiner's vocals are the main difference, but he comes close to approximating Halford's howls.
Dew-Scented: Metal Militia (Metallica)
The death/thrash band does a reasonable job at sounding like Metallica, but retaining their own sound.
Dragonlord: Emerald (Thin Lizzy)
The most amazing part are the trade-off guitar solos at the end. Not bad at all.
Faith No More: War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
Another band that was able to capture the spirit of the song, yet make it their own. An amazing job, particularly with the bass lines.
Graveworm: Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden)
A seriously beautiful rendition of the classic Maiden track. Featuring violin parts during the first verse.
Megadeth: Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
Megadeth speeds things up and gives it a new spin. Pretty good.
Metallica: Mercyful Fate (Mercyful Fate)
A medley of songs off MF's first full length. Pretty good, considering this is newer Metallica covering it, and not when the band was really good.
Metallica: Blitzkrieg (Blitzkrieg)
Metallica owned this song. Fantastic job early in the band's career.
Pantera: Planet Caravan (Black Sabbath)
Pantera went way out of their comfort zone. Perhaps the song sounded too much like the original, but it was a great track.
Sepultura: Orgasmatron (Motorhead)
Sepultura is perhaps more well-known for this song than Motorhead. That tells you something.
Swallow the Sun: Solitude (Candlemass)
Swallow the Sun captures the spirit of the original, it's doomy atmosphere and effectively adds their death metal styled vocals to it.
Type O Negative: Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Type O Negative made this song terrifying.
BAD
Cannibal Corpse: The Exorcist (Possessed)
I will give them a little credit, they make it their own. By and large though, it's not a very good cover.
Dark Tranquillity: 22 Acacia Ave. (Iron Maiden)
I don't understand this choice at all.
Exhumed: Trapped Under Ice (Metallica)
Somewhere, the band completely misses an entire verse.Grave: Them Bones (Alice in Chains)
I don't know, the band kind of misses the point of the song, it's too aggressive.
Kalmah: Skin O' My Teeth (Megadeth)
I don't understand where this one went wrong, it just sounds bad.
Krisiun: Sweet Revenge (Motorhead)
Please, no more death metal covers of Motorhead songs.
UGLY
Amon Amarth: Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
This one is pretty awful. Mostly because of the shitty production, but this song doesn't sound close to the original, and a death metal band probably should not be covering Black Sabbath anyway. They do not do any justice to the song, and it is a terrible sound.
Coffins: Warhead (Venom)
Venom is a band well-known for their speed. Coffins is pretty much exactly the opposite. Do the math.
Dimmu Borgir: Burn in Hell (Twisted Sister)
Seriously? What the hell?
Headhunter: 18 and Life (Skid Row)
I had high hopes for this. Headhunter completely botched it.
Katalepsy: Symphony of Destruction (Megadeth)
Yes, a slam cover of a melodic thrash classic. It really is as fucked up as that description makes it sound.
Testament: Sails of Charon (Scorpions)
Awful, awful try at this song that's not even a particularly well-known Scorpions song. This was during the band's death metal stage.Type O Negative: Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
Somehow, Type O stretched this two and a half minute song to over five minutes. Crazy.
Vital Remains: Disciples of Hell (Yngwie Malmsteen)
Yikes.
Good piece. I like that Dimmu cover of Burn in Hell. Maybe just because the OG was in Pee Wee's Big Adventure. That's right, I went there..
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