Easy Metal Songs To Cover?

superconor

I have been asked to join a metal band with some good friends, and i am going to give it a shot. I have been told to learn:

Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
Four Horsemen (4 minutes version) - Metallica
Devils Island - Megadeth
****ing Hostile - Pantera

I was thinking, what good metal songs are easy to play and that gets people going? I was thinking of stuff like Panteras version of Cat Scratch Fever, Only For The Weak by In Flames, Vampire Sun by Cathedral and NIB by Black Sabbath.

Im the drummist by the way, and i dont have a double kick yet and im not the best, so this will be hard, yet fun!

Any suggestions?

Waltons

Easy for you or everyone?
I Hate You by Slayer is fairly accessible on drums anyhow.

the_obsolete

Purely for easiness on drums...Sleep Now In The Fire (RATM) Cowboys From Hell, Enter Sandman, Battery (w/out dbl kick & w/out fills), King Nothing, Die, Die My Darling (Misfits)...I'll have a thinkie and get back to ya on that.

Pugsley

I would not recomment learning N.I.B, its not that hard to play, but for guitar and bass theres a LOT to rememebr in it (and if your ognna play the bass intro, good luck to your bassist, its fiddly as hell).

Generally speaking tho, Sabbath are usually quite easy to cover, its covering them well thats very very hard (and you may get murdered if you do it badly in the wrong crowd). A fair bit of Iron Maiden also isnt that hard (The Wicker Man is easy as piddle, but not a great song IMO).

NeMiSiS

Therapy? Screamager.
Rock.

It wasn't me!

For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Sabbath are a band whose fans will crucify you if you cover one of their songs badly, and it's hard to cover any band pefectly. Might want to try some easier stuff like Placebo first. Most metal tends to be a bit harder than other styles.

superconor

My other band does For Whom The Bell Tolls, and me and the bassist do a jam over NIB, (including the intro ).

Screamager would be pretty damn good, Cowboys From Hell is getting suggested and i think Die Die is on the setlist!

Thanks! Keep adding to this so it becomes a good list for bands?

asphalt-cushion

RATM - Killing in the name - its overdone a bit but its easy on drums (apart from that solo thing in the middle).

whiskey in the jar is easy aswell.

A lot of megadeth stuff is ok on drums too, particularly off countdown to extinction.

Pet

Anything by Metallica really, as long as you leave out any double-kick or the more complicated fills, the basic beats are a piece of piss.

ferdi

off topic: someone mentioned die, die my darling earlier, i love this song, are there any other metallica songs wth a similar pounding rhythm that i can get? also if anyone can point me in the direction of any metal with a similar punkish rhythm, it'd great. listen to the song to see what i mean..

cournioni

Sepultura are always easy to cover.

Doctor J

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Sepultura are always easy to cover.

Unless you're a drummer

cournioni

LOL. Good point.

Try Sentenced and some In Flames, they are fairly handy as far as drums go.

the_obsolete

ferdi wrote:

off topic: someone mentioned die, die my darling earlier, i love this song, are there any other metallica songs wth a similar pounding rhythm that i can get? also if anyone can point me in the direction of any metal with a similar punkish rhythm, it'd great. listen to the song to see what i mean..

Go to the source- Misfits. The original of Die, Die is a hell of a lot better than Metallica's cover. Be prepared though, almost all of the earlier stuff suffered from poor recording. Still class even to this day thoguh! Also try and pick up some of the newer stuff, American Psycho is an amazing album with some fairly metallish songs in it.

mayordenis

bomber by motorhead - nearly anything of garage inc. erm the wicker man byt maiden. angel of death by slayer.

the_obsolete

After havin' a thinkie for more....
Voices by Disturbed
Edgecrusher by Fear Factory (one of the few tracks by them with little or no dbl bass!)
Run To The Hills by Iron Maiden (it may be reallllll fast but it's simple stuff)
Fuel by 'Tallica (can get away with using toms for the chorus)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Dig Up Her Bones & Last Caress by Misfits
Walk by Pantera (ALWAYS a god metal crowd pleaser!)
Madman by Silverchair
Zero by Smashing Pumpkins
Deer Dance - SOAD

ven0m

Pet wrote:

Anything by Metallica really, as long as you leave out any double-kick or the more complicated fills, the basic beats are a piece of piss.

Hard to believe Metallica got away playing the piss simple crapola they've churned out for years......... borders on criminal!!!!!


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the_obsolete

Hey, leave 'em alone ya big meanie!

Pantera

Pantera stuff is pretty cool, your guitarist may shoot you for suggesting that they should learn any of dime's solo's though, also some of vinnie's timing is pretty hard but the likes of Walk is real easy and a great crowd pleaser! well it would please me anyway!

the_obsolete

Too much info dude!

Karl Hungus

Cowboys from hell is a great song tbh.

the_obsolete

Understatement of the decade dude, it's a godly song!

ferdi

i knew it was a misfits song, loisten to alot of misfits, just wondering if metallica had done anything similar...

the_obsolete

Last Caress and Green Hell maybe?

Matthewthebig

just on the subject of Misfits covers they all pale in comparison the wonderful Danzig era stuff you need his voice but if you want an interest version Cradle have a cover of death comes ripping its not as good as the original but its still legend.

Mother by Danzig is a nice easy song to cover

ven0m

Kinda suprised no one said 'Smoke On The Water' or 'Paranoid' or 'Stairway' - hehehehe thw quintessential 'guitar shop' tracks - it's like murder to the ears....aaaahhhh bless...


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Shazbot

the_obsolete wrote:

Battery (w/out dbl kick & w/out fills)

dont think thats worth learning then. great song and energy in it. but the double kick really promotes the speed and sound of the song.

my band covers.........

pantera - dominationt
arch enemy - ravenous ( known by many but great song )
iron maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
slayer - postmortem / raining blood / black magic all in one long song

Pyr0

Give 13 steps to knowhere a go by Pantera ......... p1ss easy tbh

And also if you ever listened to seek and destroy coverd by Pantera,is a ruff way to learn the song

the_obsolete

ven0m wrote:

Kinda suprised no one said 'Smoke On The Water' or 'Paranoid' or 'Stairway' - hehehehe thw quintessential 'guitar shop' tracks - it's like murder to the ears....aaaahhhh bless...


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Those ain't Metall tracks mate!

the_obsolete

Matthewthebig wrote:

just on the subject of Misfits covers they all pale in comparison the wonderful Danzig era stuff you need his voice

Then get an Elvis impersonator! I remember reading somewhere he was always facinated by The King's voice and wanted to emulate it.

ven0m

the_obsolete wrote:

Those ain't Metall tracks mate!

Emm - Dude, they were 'metal' before there was 'metal'; i.e. long before NWOBHM, NWOAHM, 'Heavy', Speed, Trash, Speed, Black, Death, Techno-Metal, Grunge & Nu-Metal were even a distant thought in someone's head - think you need to check your music history - you crazy kids today eh.... LOL

[think I got them in chronological order there - feel free to correct!]


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