Everyone loves bands that play cover songs. Ever since there have been bands, there have been other bands, who come after and cover them live and on record. Not only did some of the greatest rock ...

In the realm of popular (that is to say, non-classical) music, the metal and country genres might, at first glance, seem about as far apart as you can get. It's hard to discern any obvious link ...

Here are 10 rock and metal cover songs that are more famous than the originals. Musicians making new renditions of existing songs goes back to the very creation of music itself, really. But the modern ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

10. Nickelback w/ Kid Rock and Dimebag Darrell, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” (Elton John cover, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle OST, 2003) The two biggest salt-of-the-earth figures of ...

Many guitar-acts have scored with famous cover songs. Guns N’ Roses with “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Bob Dylan cover), Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock 'n' Roll” (The Arrows), Motley Crue “Smokin’ in the ...

Who’s more “metal?” Halloween‘s Michael Myers or The Lord of the Rings’ Frodo Baggins? If you don’t give the Hobbit extra credit because of Led Zeppelin it’s not exactly an easy question. How can you ...

Fall Out Boy are huge fans of metal as evident through their various side projects but their own track “Thnks fr th Mmrs” is getting a heavy touchup with this new cover. YouTuber Jonathan Young and ex ...

The metalsphere is ordinarily very quick to pay tribute to fallen musical heroes with covers, even of decidedly non-metal tracks. Following two high-profile deaths last year, we saw a bunch of metal ...

The Animal In Me has made a metal cover of Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” and it actually is really amazing. The band made the cover of the popular song and posted it on their YouTube channel. One their ...

It’s only mid-November, and today alone, we’ve already heard three metal Christmas songs: August Burns Red’s take on Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas,” Dee Snider and Lzzy Hale’s version of ...