UK metal rag Metal Hammer is turning 30 years old, and to commemorate, they’ve enlisted 15 artists to cover songs from those 30 years. Among them are Korn covering Faith No More’s “We Care a Lot,” Asking Alexandria doing Slipknot’s “Duality,” Devin Townsend covering Accept’s classic “Fast As a Shark” along with help from Accept’s Wolf Hoffmann and Meshuggah’s Fredrik Thornendal, and Cane Hill covering Alice In Chains’ “We Die Young.” Korn themselves are the subject of a cover, with The Qemists covering “Blind.”
The compilation will be included with the release of the 30th anniversary issue of the magazine, and will be on CD. That’s appropriate, given that the CD itself has only been commercially available for about 31 years. At any rate, even though all the songs will eventually wind up on the internet eventually, Metal Hammer has given us 30 seconds of each song. In some cases, that’s more than enough – in others, it leaves us wanting to hear the rest of the song. Give a listen.
Korn – “We Care A Lot” (Faith No More cover)
Asking Alexandria – “Duality” (Slipknot cover)
Devin Townsend – “Fast As A Shark” (Accept cover) (feat. Wolf Hoffmann of Accept and Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah)
New Years Day – “mOBSCENE” (Marilyn Manson cover)
Sabaton – “Kingdom Come” (Manowar)
Katatonia – “Night Comes Down” (Judas Priest cover)
Cane Hill – “We Die Young” (Alice In Chains cover)
Hacktivist – “Break Stuff” (Limp Bizkit cover)
Wilson – “Sleep Now In The Fire” (Rage Against The Machine cover)
The Qemists – “Blind” (Korn cover)
Employed – “Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste” (Norma Jean cover)
Counting Days – “Disciple” (Slayer cover)
Stoneghost – “I Disappear” (Metallica cover)
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – “Scum” (Napalm Death cover)
No Consequence – “The Pot” (Tool cover)
