by Metal Insider | Nov 18, 2016 | Covers, Metallica Insider
As the heavy metal and hard rock institution that they are, Metallica’s catalog has long since become a go-to song book for newer bands in the genre to cover. The thrash veterans are no strangers themselves to covering others’ work, having done an album of...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 26, 2016 | Covers
There are lots of Metallica covers out there. Hell, Apocalyptica got their start by releasing a whole album of cello covers of the band’s music, and everyone from Between the Buried and Me to Rodrigo y Gabriela have put their stamp on them as well. This...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 4, 2016 | Covers, Video
Lemmy famously started off Motorhead’s shows with “We are Motorhead and we play Rock and Roll.” Sure the trio’s take on rock and roll borrowed quite a bit from punk rock and metal, but at the heart of it all, they really were a rock band....
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 19, 2016 | Covers, Viral Videos
The internet is an instantaneous thing. Hell, the day after Metallica’s “Hardwired” was released in late afternoon, there were already a bunch of guitar covers of it online. That’s why it’s almost quaint that a version of...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 9, 2016 | Covers
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...
by Alix Vallecillo | Aug 25, 2016 | Covers, News, Video
Since we got word about Prophets of Rage forming, they haven’t calmed down for a split second and continue their work to make America rage again. That sounds like a very difficult task, so the band decided to ask for some help from friends they made throughout...