[Question] What are some of your favorite metal covers of songs, ever?

So, a note. There's two kinds of covers. Covers where the band tried to do exactly what the band they're covering did. And covers where bands made it their own.

If you want a whole album of some excellent examples of the former, look no further than BTBAM's "The Anatomy Of". Whole album is covers.

If you want the latter... What comes to mind is Children of Bodom. They did like 30+ covers that metal fans love. Off the top of my head:

Children of Bodom - Hellion (W.A.S.P)

Children of Bodom - Oops I did it again. (Brittney Spears)

Children Of Bodom - Somebody Put Something In My Drink (Ramones)

Then we got

In flames - Everything Counts (Depeche Mode)

In Flames - Hurt (Trent Reznor)

I'll keep updating this. More are coming to mind.

System of a down - Snowblind (Black Sabbath)

Shadows Fall - Bark at the moon (Black Sabbath)

Dark Tranquillity - Acacia Avenue (Iron Maiden)

Soilwork - Burn (Deep Purple)

Ooh, just remembered:

Avenged Sevenfold - Retrovertigo (Mr. Bungle)

Every time we touch by Electric Callboy

If dwarf metal counts then it's got to be the Wind Rose cover of Diggy Diggy Hole
Original

Feuerschwanz Gangnam Style

Feuerschwanz - Dragostea Din Teil

Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver

Arch Enemy (/w Alissa) - Breaking The Law

Korn - Another brick in the wall

Anthrax - Neon knights

Dragonforce - Ring of fire

Amon Amarth - Aerials

Powerwolf - Out in the fields

Powerwolf - Bark at the moon

Amaranthe - 82nd all the way

Eluveitie - IRA Sancti Powerwolf cover

Some current favorites: Judas - Rage of Light (Lady Gaga cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7cvquM3zNc&t=287

The entire album "Epica vs Attack on Titan Songs" by Epica

Powerwolf's multiple bonus albums where they have other bands cover them or collab. Interludium, Communio Lupatem. This gave us the awesome Battle Beast cover of Resurrection by Erection, where you can tell they were having a blast.

Napalm Death - Nazi Punks Fuck Off

One of my all-time-favorite metal covers is of The Postal Service - Such Great Heights, which was covered by Confide. (Note: The Metal starts around 40 seconds in.) It's blend of Metalcore and Screamo made this cover of this song made it stand out once again for me.

Obituary - Buried Alive
Obituary (90s Death Metal) covers Venom (1st Wave Black Metal)

Vader - Raining Blood
Vader (2000s Death Metal) covers Slayer (80s Thrash Metal)

Vader - Freezing Moon
Vader (2000s Death Metal) covers Mayhem (2nd Wave Black Metal)

Totenmond - Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht
Totenmond (Crustcore Death Metal) covers Ton Steine Scherben (1970s Protopunk Rock)

Blackbraid - A Fine Day To Die
Blackbraid (2020s Black Metal) covers Bathory (1st Wave Black Metal)

Sodom - Iron Fist
Sodom (80s Thrash Metal) covers Motörhead (70s Protometal Rock)

Dying Fetus - Unleashed Upon Mankind
Dying Fetus (Brutal Death Metal) covers Bolt Thrower (Death Metal)

Death - Painkiller
Death (Melodic Death Metal) covers Judas Priest (Heavy Metal)

In Extremo - Herr Mannelig
In Extremo (Medieval Heavy Metal) covers Swedish folk song

Something is missing...

I very much enjoy Otep's cover of Royals by Lorde. The angst of the lyrics match up really well with the human embodiment of angst known as Otep.

I really like Ensiferum - Battery (Metallica)

Anthrax - got the time

Original is a Joe Jackson bop

I'm not a huge fan of the whole lo-fi recording/editing that's especially prevalent in early black and thrash metal genres so many of my favourite covers will be from more recent bands covering old classics. Many Bathory covers, especially, such as Emperor doing call from the grave, Cradle of filth covering bestial lust or the many a fine day to die covers (emperor, ereb altor, blackbraid, etc)

Also, Metallica has been covered a ton. And many of them are great. Not hard but yeah.. Revocation - dyer's eve or Vader - fight fire with fire

And ofc there's also the many cool pop song covers. Someone already mentioned CoB (rip Alexi) and there's Turisas - Rasputin or Avantasia - lay all your love on me or Nanowar's Norwegian reggaeton (which I think it's technically a parody rather than a cover, but amazing nonetheless) or Leprous - take on me or Elvenking - heaven is a place on earth

I think In This Moment did a fantastic cover of Call Me by Blondie

https://song.link/t/55210608

Also, they're kind of toward the metal end of hard rock, but Halestorm did a great version of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance

https://song.link/t/5935702

Cover: Mercenary - Music Non Stop

Original: Kraftwerk - Music Non Stop

Allegaeon covering Roundabout is amazing. Allegaeon in general is an amazing underrated band with some phenomenal covers too

Leo Morachioli's cover of toss a coin to you witcher

And his final countdown small drums solo is pure joy. Watch the video for effect think his YouTube channel is called frog leap

Andre Antunes’ metal renditions of:

Sanson Ki Mala Pe by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Bulgarian Folk Song Ergen Deda

Equilibrium - Himmelsrand (skyrim theme song)

A lot and i can't think of them all atm. But here's one. I'm at work and brain hurts

Revolting Cocks - Do Ya Think Im Sexy.

I keep coming back to Sienna Skies' cover of Fireflies (originally by Owl City).

Tragedy, in general. Death to false disco metal is a great album.

I have one that's a metal -> metal cover that I love: Ember Falls - Cloud Connected a cover of In Flames

Blümchen - Herz an Herz & Roxette - The Looks (Lord of the Lost)

God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen - Dio & Iommi

I know it's a Christmas song, but they really do make it epic!

https://youtu.be/nwMppjtA3zs