Cover songs that you think PWNS the original band?

Question

I was going through my CD collection earlier and i found my copy of Between the Buried and Me's "The Anatomy of" its pretty much a cover album of all their influences and there is a cover of Metallica's "Blackened" on it. It pretty much put Metallica to shame IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRNVhcQy1aM

What is a good cover song that you think makes the band that originally made it look bad.

Answer 1

Apart from the vocals, BTBAMs cover is much better than Metallica's, the guitar and drums sounds so much cleaner and heavier!



Here are some others:

No Remorse - Cannibal Corpse (Metallica cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vZy6J1rqaY



Seek and Destroy - Testament (Metallica cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-czt54VjMc



How I Could Just Kill A Man - Rage Against the Machine (Cypress Hill cover)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nxtPlvYBhM&feature=fvst

Answer 2

Carnifex's Angel of Death cover. Well, I wouldn't say ultimately "pwns" the original, but it does it some justice. I'm not a big Slayer fanatic but Carnifex did a superb job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oug2noVWUY



The next one being Suicide Silence's cover of Engine no.9 by Deftones. I hate Nu metal with an emo hating passion, but this cover is decent to say the least.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL4bpFq-_DA

Answer 3

Into the Void - Kyuss (Black Sabbath cover)

Immortality - Seether (Pearl Jam cover)

Christian Brothers - Queens of the Stone Age (Elliot Smith cover)

Simple Man - Shinedown (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)

Third Uncle - Bauhaus (Brian Eno cover)

Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Nirvana (Lead Belly cover)

Wash Away - Alkaline Trio (TSOL cover)

Stargazer - Dream Theater (Rainbow cover)

No Commands - Children of Bodom (Stone cover)

Needles and Pins - The Ramones (The Searchers cover)

Answer 4

There's a CD out there called Punk Goes Pop. (there's a volume three that just came out)

Every single one of those songs are waayyyy better than the original

Answer 5

Hot N Cold - Woe, Is Me (Katy Perry Cover)

My Love - We Came As Romans (Justin Timberlake cover)

Heartless - The Word Alive (Kanye West cover)

Blame It - Of Mice & Men (Jamie Foxx cover)

Answer 6

Hurt - Johnny Cash (Original by Nine Inch Nails)

Answer 7

Oh dear, you used "PWNS"