Best heavy covers top-10

A good cover really blows you away and a good cover must retain the identity of the performer where at the same time respects the original tune. It is also interesting when the cover is of a song coming from a completely different genre of music. When you get a good combination of all the above the result is really magnificent!


10. Rammstein - Stripped (Depeche Mode song turned completely upside down. Result: mind-blowing!)
9. HIM - Wicked Game (Chris Isaac original - and the first HIM song I heard ever! Pretty decent actually. Could easily pass for a HIM song the way they changed it)
8. Paradise Lost - Small Town Boy (80's pop given the Paradise Lost treatment...quite nice)
7. Disturbed - Shout (Amazing! This cover is nowhere near Tears For Fears' original. Respect)
6. Cradle of Filth - Hallowed Be Thy Name (Personal favourite of the list! Filthy cover)
5. Fear Factory - Cars (Gary Numan's 80s favourite - I like FF's version more though, a sound that really fills the room)
4. Machine Head - Message In A Bottle (Pretty awesome - did not expect this from MH's worst album)
3. Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver (KsE gave this Dio classic their heavy signature - really dig it!)
2. Korn - Another Brick In The Wall (Same here - Pink Floyd's 80s classic got the Kornification I was expecting)
1. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (amazing cover, great video, completely different from the original version. Deservedly first on my top-10. Actually Manson's covers are sometimes better than his own songs :))

There is always the other side of this so I would really like to include Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's Hurt, but I guess this can be included in the next top-10/blog post :) heavy-gone-acoustic cover songs \m/ \m/


For now, please fee free to post you own top-10/top-5 of heavy covers! I'd be really curious to see your input on this.