newer covers of classic songs?

[TKEblue]

I've found myself listening to killswitch engages cover of holy diver a lot lately, and I remember I used to love CoBs cover of rebel yell. What's you guys opinion on newer metal bands doing covers of classic metal songs? They're not usually spot on, the bands usually add their own flavor and I really like that.

[Hellbat]

Nevermore's cover of The Sound Of Silence is pretty cool. It's so different from the original, but the base of the song is still there. IMO thats what makes a good cover. You either have to try and nail the original but add enough of your own personality to make it different, or you need to make it outer space different but recognizable.

[Twitch]

I love Metallicas Turn The Page. The KSE Holy Diver, ehh, its ok. The Showdowns Carry on My Wayward Son, pure garbage. I do strangely like Cakes War Pigs. Korns One and The Wall Pt.2, garbage. These are of course just my opinions.

[TKEblue]

Evergreen terrace actually has an album called writers block that's all covers. Some of them are kinda cool. I liked the cover of enjoy the silence, they make it metal cos depeche mode sucked. Lol

And cakes covers are always cool, dunno why but I dig their style.

[Ward]

It got overplayed on radio, but I thought the Five Finger Death Punch cover of Bad Company was great. I never liked the original much, but I love how they beefed it up, and the solo was killer.

[VitaminG]

I dig a good cover version. Just dug through the archives for some of my faves, because the old noggin won't recall them like it useta....

Not comprehensive & in no particular order:
Warrel Dane - Lucretia My Reflection
Sinergy - Hanging on the Telephone
The Living End's - Tainted Love
Firewind - She's a Maniac (that Flashdance song)
Coroner - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
KsE - Holy Diver
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
Dokken - One
Opeth - Soldier of Fortune
Gary Moore - Shapes of Things
Living Colour - Memories Can Wait
Nevermore - The Sound of Silence
Anthrax – Got The Time
Judas Priest – Green Manalishi
Pinnick, Malmsteen, Sheehan, Colaiuta – Light Up The Sky (Little Guitars tribute album)

[RacerX]

Almost any cover by Six Feet Under gets my toes to tappin'!

[Hellbat]

I do enjoy Me First and the Gimme Gimme's as well.

[javert]

Almost any cover by Six Feet Under gets my toes to tappin'!

.. and the "singing" started... argh.

[RacerX]

.. and the "singing" started... argh.

Well, yes, that's pretty freakin' far from "singing" but you can't deny Chris Barnes has quite a unique & recognizable vocal style.

[Mr Sandman]

It aint metal but it rocks...

[joshulator]

I've always enjoyed the covers that Van Halen did.

[Larz]

I like hearing newer bands pay some tribute to the old school.

Not particularly recent but one of my absolute cover favorites is Faith No More's cover of "Easy" by the Commodores. Jim Martin's solo is just dripping with fuzz.

[javert]

Well, yes, that's pretty freakin' far from "singing" but you can't deny Chris Barnes has quite a unique & recognizable vocal style.

That he has!

Twitch, I like their version of Turn the Page too