Cover albums: Yay or Nay

[Oblivious Maximus]

What do think about cover albums? Are they good, bad? Should metal bands do them? I haven't heard to many of them, so I'm undeicded. I did like Slayer's Undisputed Attitude, and Six Feet Under's Graveyard Classics was one of the funniest things I've ever heard. I think it's interesting when metal bands do covers of non-metal songs. In some cases it can be a good cover, or in other cases a shitty cover that runins the song.

 

[Jean-Pierre]

Judas Priest's catalogue is full of prime examples of non-metal covers done right.

 

[AjDeath]

Nay.

 

[Chasm]

Nay.

Same.

 

[Psychonaut]

Meh. Slayer's was okay. Iced Earth's got boring fast. I'm not big on them at all. Tribute albums are the only thing worse.

 

[six12dotcom]

They are good if the bands can add a new dimension to the songs and re-invent them.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

^What he said.

I'm still waiting for an album of metal covers of Johnny Cash tunes. Ghost Riders In the Sky, Long Black Veil, Ring of Fire, that gay Nine Inch Nails song that he turned into a fucking masterpiece...it's a huge chunk of awesome waiting to happen.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

that gay Nine Inch Nails song that he turned into a fucking masterpiece

"Hurt". Cash turned that into an emotional masterpiece.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

That he did. Everybody already knew how much Johnny Cash ruled, but when he made a work of genius out of a Nine Inch Nails song, that cemented his status as a bonafide legend.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

That he did. Everybody already knew how much Johnny Cash ruled, but when he made a work of genius out of a Nine Inch Nails song, that cemented his status as a bonafide legend.

Amen.

 

[byrne]

Nay, although I think bands should do a cover on each album.

Not as a requirement, but I think its a good idea to do one. Then you get things like Death's - Painkiller, which outright ruled.

 

[AjDeath]

Nay, although I think bands should do a cover on each album.

Not as a requirement, but I think its a good idea to do one. Then you get things like Death's - Painkiller, which outright ruled.

Yea to that.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Though Im not really big on punk, 'Undisputed Attitude' ruled.

Vader has a good cover album too. 'Future Of The Past'

 

[Donnie Darko]

Im surprised Garage Inc hasnt been brought up yet. Its two discs of covers and IMO it's a kick ass album. The covers are done quite well.

 

[Jean-Pierre]

I miss what made Death's cover of Painkiller so good. It would be enjoyable if Chuck hadn't butchered the solo.

 

[The_Evil_Gentleman]

I don't mind cover albums some turn out to be better that the original version. I like when a metal band covers a non-metal song. For example, Metallica on La Bamba sounds excellent, Blind Guardian on To France and Mr. Sandman amazing shit. Pantera on Paranoid sounds better than the original.

It depends sometimes they work perfectly and some they shit a lot.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Every cover album I've heard was lacking, even those that tried to be innovative like Tori Amos- Strange Little Girls. Tribute albums are horrid, I don't know why people keep making them. All together doing a cover that is actually worth listening to is very hard, so naturally making an entire album that is worth listening to is virtually impossible...

 

[Profanity]

Blind Guardian - The Forgotten Tales owns all. EWvery single cover was better than the original yet it was only a fun album.

 

[AjDeath]

I miss what made Death's cover of Painkiller so good. It would be enjoyable if Chuck hadn't butchered the solo.

You must not be a Death fan, I own both albums and I like Deaths version better for it intensity. I can't really explain why, I geuss it is the whole package.

 

[nobody]

The only metal Cover album I like is "Carnival in Coal - French Cancan".