Metal versions of pop(ular) songs?

MetalDog

Any ideas of popular/classic/chart songs that could be given the metal treatment in a band context - just for sh1ts and giggles?

Bear in mind, this isn't a serious thread at all. Any and all suggestions
welcome.

I'd be tending towards 80's cheese or trad ballads just for the laugh.

breffni666

Get that Mike Flowers Pops guy to cover some metal. Would be shi*e but funny at the same time

wolfmoon87

I'd like to hear a death metal version of this song....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfKznX8hkw

MetalDog

wolfmoon87 wrote: »

I'd like to hear a death metal version of this song....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfKznX8hkw

haha maybe!

Joe_Dull

wolfmoon87 wrote: »

I'd like to hear a death metal version of this song....

I'd rather bring death to the singers to be honest, does my f*ckin' head in :pac:

This guy is absolutely excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evsatnc7D0k

dcr22B

Some of these are hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyRehfeldt/videos

Nailz

Joe_Dull wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evsatnc7D0k

Fantômas performing Al Green's soul hit "Simply Beautiful", stunning! I love the abrupt changes in mood...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXI47_URvmE

Joe_Dull

Not an LMFAO fan then? :pac:

Nailz

Haha! Most certainly not, that song is a crime against humanity. I remember I once said the phrase "everyday I'm shufflin'" in the presence of my peers and I'm still mad at myself for it.

TheStickyBandit

Joe_Dull wrote: »

I'd rather bring death to the singers to be honest, does my f*ckin' head in :pac:

This guy is absolutely excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evsatnc7D0k

I've seen this guy before too, excellent player but he's really creepy! the wink at the start of the video...WTF?

Joe_Dull

Nailz wrote: »

Haha! Most certainly not, that song is a crime against humanity. I remember I once said the phrase "everyday I'm shufflin'" in the presence of my peers and I'm still mad at myself for it.

No harm in a little shuffin' as part of your everday routine in my book :P Ah well, I can be a shameless electropop fan when I want to be so we'll have to agree to disagree!

TheStickyBandit wrote: »

I've seen this guy before too, excellent player but he's really creepy! the wink at the start of the video...WTF?

I think it's kind of endearing most of the time, but it can come across as a bit creepy alright! His version of "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal is also glorious...

lord lucan

Always reckoned that ABBA would be a great band to cover,lots of tracks lend themselves to be covered by metal bands.

MetalDog

lord lucan wrote: »

Always reckoned that ABBA would be a great band to cover,lots of tracks lend themselves to be covered by metal bands.

I think that the fact they're Swedish helps too! It just does

Knifey Spoony

lord lucan wrote: »

Now that you mention it, there's a cover band down here in Cork that does drone metal covers of ABBA songs. I know that sounds like a terrible idea but their name is what really stands out: "Gnawing Me, Gnawing You" . I think they've only played one gig so far though, which I managed to miss.

Corruptedmorals

This is my favourite by far, just what a good cross-genre cover should be and fits your bill of being originally an 80s tune (going to guess it's 80s..)

old gregg

for more metal covers than you can shake a stick at check out Ten Masked Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNzzDybVyNs

bnt

I think it would be great to hear more metal versions of some of those 80s synth bands - they could use some extra Grunt. There are some already out there e.g. this crappy version of OMD's Enola Gay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vtL2vBFzFo

or this crappy version of Shout (Tears For Fears):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY3mLhPpB04

I thought about looking for metal versions of Duran Duran songs, but dread the thought of what I might find ... :eek:

partyatmygaff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grJZFp_4FKg

Mozart's 40th symphony by Yngwie Malmsteen. Simply fantastic.