In 1981 synthpop duo Soft Cell had a smash hit with the Gloria Jones 1964 flop ‘Tainted Love’. But these Canadians bring something different to the table, their hardcore element fits the song perfectly, add to that a hilarious music video full of Beastie Boys Easter Eggs and you just gotta like it. Simmer down people, I’m not saying this cover is better than the Beastie Boys original. Apparently West mixed the track over 75 times before he released it, but it took a metalcore group from Bern to get it right… Fun Fact: The lads might be making a comeback to music in 2020 which is exciting! #18 – Cancer Bats – ‘Sabotage’ They may have only been around for 10 short years, but the Swiss natives managed to release 4 albums and this absolutely brutal cover of Kanye West’s ‘Stronger’.

Aside from the chorus it’s barely recognisable from the Britney Spears original, and for that we can be eternally grateful. So when Alexi Laiho and co ripped into this saccharin sweet turd from 2000 it turned out exactly as expected. The Finnish masters of Melodic Death Metal have never shied away from a good cover song. So, with that in mind here is the official (unofficial) Wall Of Sound Countdown of the 20 best covers by heavy bands of non-heavy songs better than the originals… #20 – Children Of Bodom – ‘Oops! … I Did It Again’ Some examples of the latter are Motley Crue’s take on Madonna, Limp Bizkit losing it with ‘Faith’ and pretty much any band who tries to cover The Beatles.īut shitty covers aside, many times the covers have been as good as and in many cases actually better than the original. A good cover is an art-form in itself, do you rework it entirely, do a straight-out carbon copy or just tweak it a little? All have their pros and cons, you could drop a hit, a miss, or become a laughingstock. Dropping a cover song outside your band’s usual genre can be a recipe for disaster, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of heavy bands from having a go. The world’s biggest bands have released cover songs, and in some cases whole albums.

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