Covers in a another genre than the original

[Joose]

^Love that song.

I'm glad raunchy covered this song because they are honestly the only metal band that could do a song like this justice

Hell yes.

 

[Manurack]

HILARIOUS Disney version of Slayer's Angel of Death! It's weird yet funny to hear a happy version of such a great thrash masterpiece!

 

[Louis Cypher]

Extreme covering Wild Cherry's Play that Funky Music
Nuno just tears this up & the solo is awesome!!

 

[Daf57]

^ Ha! Never heard that - that's excellent!

 

[brector]

HILARIOUS Disney version of Slayer's Angel of Death! It's weird yet funny to hear a happy version of such a great thrash masterpiece!

I love Andy's covers lol!!

-Brian

 

[Rosal76]

John 5 covering "Beat it" by Michael Jackson.

 

[straymond]

seeing that I'm norwegian:

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

As much as I love Tears for Fears, Gary Jules' cover truly transcends the original.



Also related:

can we all agree that djent covers of pop songs are currently the worst musical trend on youtube?

cool bro, you're chugging over a taylor swift song. invigorating.

 

[Dan_Vacant]

can we all agree that djent covers of pop songs are currently the worst musical trend on youtube?

cool bro, you're chugging over a taylor swift song. invigorating.

I love this one, it sounds more like groove then djent, and I think this is done by a member on this forum.

 

[Dan_Vacant]

As much as I love Tears for Fears, Gary Jules' cover truly transcends the original.

I found this when I tired to learn the song on bass.

 

[yingmin]

Jeff Berlin - Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)



The Glenn Miller Orchestra - Anvil Chorus (Giuseppe Verdi)



Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Nutrocker (Tchaikovsky)



The Gipsy Kings - Que Si Que No (originally "Funiculi Funicula" by Peppino Turco)



In Flames - World of Promises (Treat)



In Flames - Strong and Smart (No Fun at All)



In Flames - Everything Counts (Depeche Mode)



Devo - Are You Experienced? (Jimi Hendrix)



Nevermore - Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)



Old & In the Way - Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)



The Folksmen - Start Me Up (Rolling Stones)



Although I can't find a video of it, Terri Lyne Carrington did a phenomenal version of Michelle by the Beatles.

 

[dedsouth333]

I can't see any video posts for some reason on my tab (and I'm sure if this hasn't been posted yet then I'll look like a moron for posting it ) but I love Mushroomhead's cover of "Crazy" by Seal.

YouTube

 

[Malkav]

So much better than the original:



Django's version is amazing, but so is this one:



This is a pretty cool out of the box way to do it:



Also somehow amazing:



Jazz standards are technically covers right?:



Basically everything this band does is an amazing cover in their particular style, so I highly recommend checking them out:



One of my favourite bands, covering one of my favourite bands :



Nails every nuance:

 

[brutalwizard]

anything panzerballet touches SLAYS

 

[TheBloodstained]

Children Of Bodom has done some kickass covers



Also, .... the HATERS!!! I like djent covers of pop songs

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Judas Priest covering Joan Baez

From folk rock


To 70's metal/hard rock


To folk-ish rock with a metal-esque finale

 

[Louis Cypher]

Yngwie's Gimme Gimme Gimme cover is awesome!

 

[straymond]

this guy can take all of my change.

 

[troyguitar]

this guy can take all of my change.

 

[Lickers]

Can't link to it as youtube is banned from my net connection at work but...

Deftones - No Ordinary Love originally by Sade

The original is superb but the 'tones cover is genuis.