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On this episode, we discuss the endless stream of incredible metal bands doing incredibly metal covers of (often) non-metal songs. JOIN US as we get into the purpose of covers, some of our personal favorites (and some awesome new discoveries!) and a few surprises along the way (including one of the few times in Metal Nerdery History when we ACTUALLY agree with something Milley said!)
Wrathchild America doing Time on their 1991 album Climbin’ The Walls from Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon.
Pantera doing Planet Caravan on their 1994 album Far Beyond Driven from Black Sabbath’s 1970 album Paranoid.
Type O Negative doing Paranoid on their 1992 album Origin Of The Feces from Black Sabbath’s 1970 album Paranoid.
Anthrax doing Got The Time on their 1990 album Persistence Of Time from Joe Jackson’s 1979 album Look Sharp!
Alien Ant Farm doing Smooth Criminal on their 2001 album ANThology from Michael Jackson’s 1988 album Bad.
Slayer doing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida on the 1987 Less Than Zero film soundtrack. Originally released by Iron Butterfly on their 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
Exodus doing Low Rider on their 1989 album Fabulous Disaster from War’s 1975 album Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Voivod doing Astronomy Domine on their 1989 album Nothingface from Pink Floyd’s 1967 album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
Life Of Agony doing Don’t You (Forget About Me) on their 1995 album Ugly from the 1985 film soundtrack for The Breakfast Club.
Therapy? w/Bruce Dicksinon doing Black Knight live in Belfast 01/05/2004 from Deep Purple, released as a single in 1970.
Tool doing No Quarter on their 2000 album Salival from Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album Houses Of The Holy.
Anhrax doing Carry On My Wayward Son on their 2017 For All Kings 7-inch Box Set from Kanas 1976 album Leftoverture.
W.A.S.P. doing The Real Me on their 1989 The Headless Children album from The Who’s 1973 album Quadrophenia.
Mastodon doing Just Got Paid on the 2009 Covered, A Revolution In Sound album from ZZ Top’s 1972 album Rio Grande Mud.
Disturbed doing The Sound Of Silence on their 2015 Immortalized album from Simon & Garfunkel’s 1966 album Sounds Of Silence.
00.00: Intro/Metal bands covering non metal songs and the purpose of playing covers (other than irritating the employees at Guitar Center)
03:00: Wrathchild America doing Pink Floyd’s “Time” (and their overall musical diversity)/IT’S IN THERE!
07.54: Pantera doing Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan”/The Perfect ending to Far Beyond Driven/Suicide Paneling, Pt. 1
10.32: Type-O-Negative doing Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” (from Origin of the Feces) VERY differently (and VERY brilliantly!)/Other Type-O covers: Black Sabbath, Highway Star (Deep Purple), Hey Joe (Hey Pete), Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young), Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts)/Type-O-Negative show story and Peter Steele’s marketing genius
16.30: Anthrax doing Joe Jackson‘s “Got the Time” (from Persistence of Time)/Kansas “Carry on My Wayward Son” (Nailed it!!!)/One of two ways to do covers/Anthems (very faithful to the originals!): Rush, Boston, Journey, ACDC, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy/Joey Belladonna’s versatility (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) and the Bruce Dickinson/Godspeed version/Nativity in Black Tribute albums/COC/Slayer “Hand of Doom”/Black Slayer Sabbath
23.00: Alien Ant Farm doing Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal/a non-metal artist doing a metal cover: Tori Amos doing Slayer’s Raining Blood/Slayer doing the “Slayerized” version of In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)/Hand of Doom/Undisputed Attitude
27.16: Exodus metal cover two-fer: Low Rider (War) and Overdose (ACDC) from Fabulous Disaster/Voivod doing Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine”
31.21: Korn doing Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall”/Life of Agony doing “Don’t you Forget about Me” by Simple Minds and the power of "The Soft Intro"
33.44: Therapy? (From Ireland) w/ Bruce Dickinson doing “Black Night” by Deep Purple/*Soft Intro* aftershock
35.21: Kreator doing (a KICK ASS version of) “Number of the Beast” by Iron Maiden/Milley’s old tour stories/Black Sabbath doing Evil Woman by “Crow”/W.A.S.P. doing “The Real Me” by The Who and “I don’t need no Doctor” from Inside the Electric Circus/Uriah Heap: Easy Livin’
40.30: The Sword doing “Cheap Sunglasses” by ZZ Top and Mastodon doing “Just Got Paid”/Coroner doing “I want you (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles
46.50: Death doing KISS “God of Thunder” and Judas Priest “Painkiller/Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix (Carnivore and King’s X)/Megadeth doing “These Boots” by (CENSORED!)/Tool doing “No Quarter” by Led Zeppelin/Crowbar also did “No Quarter”/A special message from Bill… ACTIVATE THE METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL (MNTT): late 80’s/early 90’s Decimation (ATL!)