Top 10 Cover Songs by Extreme Metal Bands

Original songs can be either metal or non-metal, extreme or non-extreme. However, the band performing the cover must fall within the extreme metal genre.

Extreme metal bands typically belong to subgenres such as thrash, death metal, black metal, and other smaller extreme subgenres.

Sometimes, extreme bands alter the original song's genre, which often sparks debates among fans.
The Top Ten
Painkiller - Death (Judas Priest)
Aces High - Children of Bodom (Iron Maiden)

Bruce Dickinson sings this song very aggressively and screams the vocals almost all the time so Alexi Laiho just developed this vocal style a bit further. Instrumental part is great.

I don't like the growls Cradle of Filth added to Hallowed Be Thy Name because Hallowed Be Thy Name is mainly an introspective song. However, Aces High isn't introspective and growls don't sound bad, in my opinion.

Alison Hell - Cradle of Filth (Annihilator)

A very good Annihilator cover. This is coming from a massive Annihilator fan.

This time they made a cover without changing the original. It's almost note for note, unlike the HBTN cover where they got "creative" and the result wasn't very good.

Black Metal - Vader (Venom)
Children of the Grave - Havok (Black Sabbath)

Excellent cover, one of the best I have heard. Double bass matters (to me).

Speed King - Venom (Deep Purple)

A very good Deep Purple cover.

Am I Evil? - Metallica (Diamond Head)

Yes, Metallica is definitely extreme metal.

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Coroner (The Beatles)

My favorite The Beatles cover. Coroner are a thrash band.

Highway Star - Metal Church (Deep Purple)

I really like this Deep Purple cover.

Balls to the Wall - Amon Amarth (Accept)

Death metal cover of Accept. I like it. I think growls don't ruin it.

The Newcomers

? Can You Forgive Her? - Finntroll (Pet Shop Boys)
? Aerials - Amon Amarth (System of a Down)

Aerials is pretty awesome to start with, but with the Amon Amarth touch, it's just perfect!

The Contenders
Cold Sweat - Megadeth (Thin Lizzy)
Saturday Night's Alright - Flotsam and Jetsam (Elton John)

Elton John went thrash thanks to Flotsam & Jetsam.

Would? - Opeth (Alice in Chains)
Space Truckin' - Overkill (Deep Purple)

Pretty good Deep Purple cover.

Valhalla - Heaven Shall Burn (Blind Guardian)

Death metal cover of Blind Guardian classic with additional vocals by Hansi Kursch.

I am very curious what cjWriter1997 thinks about this cover because Valhalla is his favorite Blind Guardian song.

I like this cover very much. It was a great idea to invite Hansi because his voice adds epicness to the cover.

I only wish they kept the brutality of the original riff. It's odd but the riff on the extreme version sounds less brutal. On the re-recorded Blind Guardian version of 2011-2012, the riff sounds even more brutal than their original.

Whiskey in the Jar - Metallica (Thin Lizzy)
Neon Knights - Anthrax (Black Sabbath)

One of my favorite covers of Dio songs.

Oops!...I Did It Again - Children of Bodom (Britney Spears)

Britney Spears went death metal.

Fight Fire with Fire - Vader (Metallica)

Great Metallica cover.

Black Night - Deicide (Deep Purple)

Deep Purple cover - I actually like it very much.

Powerslave - Anaal Nathrakh (Iron Maiden)

Iron Maiden cover. It's a controversial cover but I included it to see what you think. I know some people may not like it.

Cold Sweat - Kalmah (Thin Lizzy)

Another Thin Lizzy cover, it's more extreme than the Megadeth version (this is death metal).

Smoke on the Water - Six Feet Under (Deep Purple)

Another controversial cover by Deep Purple, with growls by Chris Barnes (ex-Cannibal Corpse).

Angel of Death - Vader (Slayer)

A Thin Lizzy cover, not Slayer. It's a death metal version. I like this cover but prefer the version by Gamma Ray because Gamma Ray emphasized the great riff of the original song while Vader somewhat buried the riff under other things.

Children of the Grave - Amon Amarth (Black Sabbath)
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