Top 10 Best Cover Versions of Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water

Deep Purple's iconic song Smoke on the Water came out in 1972. It has been covered many times.

I hesitated over whether to include live covers but eventually decided to do so because, for example, Dream Theater's live cover is better than some studio covers by other bands. Smoke on the Water is a great song to play live, after all.

The Top Ten

Metalium

Metalium are a metal band and this cover is, of course, metalized. I like their new drum arrangement (modern metal drumming). Clean vocals are remarkable.
Overall, they did a great job. They made some changes but without butchering the original.
Throne of Chaos

This has to be one of the fastest renditions of that song, if not the fastest. It's got thrashy/power metal-ish drum beats and some harsh vox. Sounds quite funny but not bad.
Throne of Chaos (aka TOC) are a metal band from Finland. They play Melodic Death Metal and Power/Progressive Metal. Their Smoke on the Water cover was on their 2003 album.
Dream Theater

In 2006, Dream Theater played the entire Deep Purple live album "Made in Japan" live. Dream Theater played it in Japan, of course, and recorded it.
Mr. Big

A very good live cover (Back to Budokan version). Mr. Big is a band with Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert.
Sepultura

Some people don't like it, but I kinda enjoy it. I don't mind harsh vox and more brutality in the sound.
Riot
Dr. Stones

This is a standard cover. There are no changes or experiments, but it's very good.
Carlos Santana, Jacoby Shaddix & Dennis Chambers

Despite Carlos Santana's participation, I have mixed opinions about this version, but I can't say it's bad.
Six Feet Under

An extreme and perhaps controversial cover.
Pat Boone