Friday Top 5: Favorite Cover Songs

All right for todays Top 5, I decided to go and list my all time favorite covers done by some amazing bands. I love these covers. Every now and then, you hear a song that's been covered and it might just be better than the original. Well, in most cases as good as the originals.

Here we go!

5. Trivium - "Master of Puppets" (Metallica Cover)

As if any list involving cover songs wouldn't be complete without a Metallica cover. I mean, come on. It's like a mandatory staple. Extremely well done, and fits in with Triviums sound at the time.

4. Demon Hunter - "Snap Your Finger, Snap your Neck" (Prong Cover)

Now, apparently this is an obscure song for some people. It was a staple back in the partying days. Such a fantastic song. great for headbanging and snapping peoples neck. Demon Hunter did an awesome job sticking to the nature of the original.

3. Spineshank - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (The Beatles Cover)

Man, Spineshank did such an amazing job with this song. I can't get over it. Such a fantastic way of taking the original, and mixing it with the metal sound. Must have song.

2. Machine Head - "Message in a Bottle" (The Police Cover)

I was blown away when it dawned on me what song this was. Completely took a great classic song and made it into a metal masterpiece. The vocals, guitar work, everything is bang on and perfect to what the song is.

1. Tori Amos - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana Cover)

The most amazing cover of a song ever, and done by an unlikely singer. Tori Amos does this Nirvana classic more then justice, she creates a melody almost romantic song that blows my mind every time I listen to it. I don't even know what else to say besides pure perfection.


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