Top 10 Cover Songs by Thrash Metal Bands

The Top Ten
1 Am I Evil? - Metallica

Diamond Head cover.

2 Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica

Thin Lizzy cover, although Thin Lizzy song was also a cover

3 Children of the Grave - Havok

Black Sabbath cover / Ozzy era.
That double bass drumming Havok added makes a whole lotta difference (play the sample).

4 Turn the Page - Metallica

Bob Seger cover. Awesome rendition, in my opinion.

5 Saturday Night's Alright - Flotsam & Jetsam

Elton John cover. I never expected this combination to work. But it did. At least for me. I like Elton John, this song and the cover.

This cover is so cool. I love it.

6 Space Truckin' - Overkill

Deep Purple cover. I love it.

7 Highway Star - Metal Church

Deep Purple cover. I love it, yeah! They even sped it up. And the screams are pretty good, too.

8 Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica

Queen cover - Metallica got it right: Stone Cold Crazy was the first proto-thrash metal song. Yup, Queen did it.

9 The Small Hours - Metallica
10 Cold Sweat - Megadeth

Thin Lizzy cover. The best song on Super Collider, LOL. And the best cover song by Megadeth (Megadeth and Slayer aren't very good at covers).

The Contenders
11 I Ain't Superstitious - Megadeth
12 Neon Knights - Anthrax

Black Sabbath cover / Dio era

13 Antisocial - Anthrax
14 Breadfan - Metallica

Budgie cover

15 Got the Time - Anthrax
16 Anarchy in the U.K. - Megadeth
17 I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Coroner

Wow, great song. Really fits the original mood while still changing the sound. Great.

My favorite The Beatles cover.

18 Ronnie Rising Medley - Metallica

A medley that included 4 Rainbow songs (Dio era) but Metallica covered almost entirely only Kill The King, the fastest and most aggressive metal song of the 70s.
(the sample plays A Light In The Black, perhaps my fave Rainbow song. Metallica got it right, again)

19 Cold Sweat - Sodom

Thin Lizzy cover. Very good.

20 Loverman - Metallica

This one is very very good. I think it's better than the original

21 Surfin' Bird - Sodom

Possibly the funniest cover on this list

22 Crash Course in Brain Surgery - Metallica

Metallica did a very good job with this song in my opinion.

23 Jailbreak - Anthrax

Thin Lizzy cover.

24 Cowboy Song - Anthrax

Thin Lizzy cover.
As you see, thrash metal bands love Thin Lizzy (Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Sodom, and some other thrash bands covered Thin Lizzy).

25 When a Blind Man Cries - Metallica

Deep Purple cover.

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