Giving in to popular demand for a prize pair of Slipknot covers in this space while also owing to the fact that “Disdain” by Wage War is heavily inspired by what is for us probably the finest cut from possibly the finest of the Slipknot albums in “Iowa”, it’s time for “The Heretic Anthem” to
Up there with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nivana, “Self Esteem” by The Offspring has one of the most memorable riffs from the grunge era. The Garden Grove, California punks 1994 album “Smash” has shipped in excess of 16 million copies. In the red corner? Pianist Viktoriya Yermolyeva aka vkgoeswild has been releasing some simply amazing
Continuing the Cro-Mags theme (blame Lamb Of God) we’re going to go with one of the 5 or 6 most covered Cro-Mags songs around. The crossover thrash legends practically invented metallic hardcore and their debut “The Age Of Quarrel” is seen by many as one of the cornerstones of the current scene. In the red corner we have Machine Head joined by Biohazard‘s Bobby Hambel at The
From Nivana‘s iconic “Nevermind”, the album that brought so many people to Metal via Grunge in 1994, comes “Territorial Pissings”. Everyone has covered it… From ill Nino to Max Cavalera’s Soulfly to Comeback Kid and Dexter Holland’s The Offspring. But we’re going to go with Brighton’s Progressive Metalcore heroes Architects performing a version for the BBC in
DJ Snake and Lil Jon‘s 2013 club anthem “Turn Down For What” has been reinvented several times with Metal covers and dance remixes. The song has also appeared in the films 22 Jump Street, Vin Diesel’s Fast and Furious 7 and Horrible Bosses 2. This week Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios has taken the
Easily one of the most recognised rock songs and one of the highlights of Rocky III is Survivor‘s “Eye Of The Tiger”. The 1982 double platinum certified single is a a song everyone knows. In the Red corner we have Portuguese Melodic Deathmetallers Apotheus with their brutal 2016 version of the song. Apotheus share an
Written by American songwriter Chip Taylor, first recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965 but made famous by The Troggs in 1966, it’s a classic rock cover for Vs. Tuesday this week. “Wild Thing” has a simple and easily recognisable riff, it’s probably one of the first songs you might learn as a wannabe guitarist.
There are few Pantera songs that aren’t considered classics when it comes to Metal. The Arlington, Texas band are hailed by almost everyone and the creators of the groove metal sound. “5 Minutes Alone” from the bands “Far Beyond Driven” has been done a few times by a few bands but today we’re going with
Probably Canadian Thrashers Annihilator‘s most well known song is “Alison Hell”. From their 1989 album “Alice In Hell”, selling over 1.25m copies for Roadrunner Records. It’s a song known as much for it’s dark lyrics as Jeff Waters guitar work. In the red corner we have Cradle of Filth, who recorded their song for their
Are Alice In Chains more legendary because of what happened to Layne Stanley? Or is it just that certain types of artists will always be tortured souls, extremely good at something creative but the price of that is a self destructive nature? In the red corner, Nu-Metalcore heroes Cane Hill, so their take on the
