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My favorites are:

3. Helstar 'He's a Woman, She's a Man' (Scorpions Cover)
2. Pendulum 'Master of Puppets' (Metallica Cover)
1. Opeth 'Remember Tomorrow (Iron Maiden Cover) 
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1. Welcome to The Machine - Queensryche (Pink Floyd cover) 
2. Imagine - A Perfect Circle (John Lennon cover)
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Apocalyptica (Metallica cover)

Best covers-almost better than the original Smile


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Unitron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 Jul 2014 at 10:46pm
Originally posted by VerticalUprising VerticalUprising wrote:

1. Welcome to The Machine - Queensryche (Pink Floyd cover) 
2. Imagine - A Perfect Circle (John Lennon cover)
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Apocalyptica (Metallica cover)

Best covers-almost better than the original Smile

I forgot about Queensryche's cover of Welcome to the Machine, that is probably my favorite actually Tongue
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Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

Originally posted by VerticalUprising VerticalUprising wrote:

1. Welcome to The Machine - Queensryche (Pink Floyd cover) 
2. Imagine - A Perfect Circle (John Lennon cover)
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Apocalyptica (Metallica cover)

Best covers-almost better than the original Smile

I forgot about Queensryche's cover of Welcome to the Machine, that is probably my favorite actually Tongue

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I think I actually like this one much more than the original:

  



Not sure I'd say they're favourites because I can't say I pay much attention to covers but a couple of decent covers worth mentioning here IMO, and the only two I instantly thought of.


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I really like this blackened version of Iron Maiden's Powerslave.


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a great great cover. It's not metal but i love it. The original is by Marcy playground. maroon five covered sex and candy on their excellent new album v and it sounds just like it could have been written by themselves for their first album Songs About Jane.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psydye Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Oct 2014 at 11:39pm
Could only think of two songs, 'Kill the King' by Liege Lord(orig. Rainbow), and 'Painkiller' by Death(orig. Judas Priest). Couldn't think of a 3rd, sorry! *Would probably help if I wasn't so inebriated. XD


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Since my last post, my favorites have changed. This is probably my top 3 these days:

Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest cover)
Slayer - Dissident Aggressor (Judas Priest cover)
Soundgarden - Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf cover)

Other favorites:
Cirith Ungol - Fire (Arthur Brown cover)
Soundgarden - Into the Void (Black Sabbath cover)
Helstar - He's a Woman, She's a Man (Scorpions cover)
Soundgarden - Homicidal Suicidal (Budgie cover)
Metallica - Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover)
Shadows Fall - Welcome to the Machine (Pink Floyd cover)
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (Dio cover)


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Antimatter - Welcome to the Machine (Pink Floyd)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (NIN)
Voivod - Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd)

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Unitron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Feb 2020 at 5:15pm
Originally posted by Unitron Unitron wrote:

Since my last post, my favorites have changed. This is probably my top 3 these days:

Death - Painkiller (Judas Priest cover)
Slayer - Dissident Aggressor (Judas Priest cover)
Soundgarden - Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf cover)

Other favorites:
Cirith Ungol - Fire (Arthur Brown cover)
Soundgarden - Into the Void (Black Sabbath cover)
Helstar - He's a Woman, She's a Man (Scorpions cover)
Soundgarden - Homicidal Suicidal (Budgie cover)
Metallica - Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover)
Shadows Fall - Welcome to the Machine (Pink Floyd cover)
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (Dio cover)

Still really like all these covers, but top 3 now would probably be this:

Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez cover)
Riot - Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf cover)
Soundgarden - Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf cover)

3 Honorable mentions that aren't in that last post:

Metallica - Crash Course in Brain Surgery (Budgie cover)
Anthrax - Phantom Lord (Metallica cover)
Korn - Earache My Eye/Scatterbrain - Earache My Eye (Cheech and Chong cover) Korn's cover actually sounds a bit like Cathedral, particular with the vocals having a very Lee Dorian-esque exuberance to them.

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I did not actually know this was a cover at first, because my promo material for the album neglected to include that information. I don't know the original. But this is a killer track and actually my favourite from this album:



I only heard the original of this yesterday in a film, but I always felt this cover really fit into the concept of the main album so well:



I am not a Pink Floyd fan, but I love this cover version (though in fact this is one of the few PF songs I like anyway):



I'm not sure if that's strictly my top 3 of all time, but it is the first 3 that came into my head when I saw this topic. 
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^Never heard that cover before, but it's one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs so I'll make sure to check it out. I do love their slowed down cover of Paranoid.

Forgot a couple Stones covers that have become favorites recently:

Blue Cheer - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Lucifer - Dancing With Mr. D
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How did I forget Budgie's cover of Baby Please Don't Go, now that's one of my favorites. Has to have one of the best bass tones in classic metal.
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