The Wildhearts - “Understanding Jane”
Kerbdog - “This Is Not A Love Song”
KISS - “Anyway You Want It”
Henry Rollins w/ The Hard Ons - “Let There Be Rock”
Sex Pistols - “No Fun”

no specific order:

machine head - hallowed be thy name
skid row - children of the damned
metallica - remember tommorow
trivium - master of puppets
killswitch engage - holy diver
def leppard - action
guns n’ roses - live and let die
velvet revolver - its so easy
megadeth - paranoid
motley crue - jailhouse rock

children of bodom - talk dirty to me
Guns N Roses - knocking on heavens door
Trivium - Master of puppets
Machine head - hallowed by thy name
Killswitch Engage - Holy diver
Cradle Of Filth - Temptation
atreyu - You gave love a bad name
Bullet for my valentine - Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
A day to remember - Since you been gone
Coheed And Cambria - The Trooper

Can I add another one?

Machine Head - “Negative Creep”

What about:

Opeth - Remember Tomorrow (Iron Maiden)

Children of Bodom - Oops! I Did It Again
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Nightwish - Phantom of the Opera
Megadeth - Paranoid
Machine Head - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Metallica - Tuesday’s Gone
Death - Painkiller
Ministry - Roadhouse Blues
Children of Bodom - Lookin Out My Backdoor

HIM- Wicked Game
Deftones- Simple Man
Killswitch Engage- Holy Diver
Botch- O

Soulfly - The Beautiful People
Opeth - Remember Tomorrow
Chimaira - Disposable Heroes

Machine Head - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Amon Amarth - War Pigs
KSE - Holy Diver
Trivium - Iron Maiden
Cradle of Filth - Angel of Death
Children of Bodom - Oops I Did It Again xD
Lacuna Coil - Enjoy The Silence

All i can think of xD

Turisas-Rasputin
Megadeth-Never Say Die
Wildhearts-Cheers
Metallica-Am I Evil?
Killswitch Engage-Holy Diver
Machine Head-Hallowed Be Thy Name
Trivium-Iron Maiden
Iced Earth-Screaming For Vengeance
Judas Priest-Green Manalishi
Bullet For My Valentine- Domination

Tool - ‘No Quarter’ (BEST COVER EVER)
Anthrax - ‘Sabbath Bloody Sabbath’
Opeth - ‘Remember Tomorrow’
Tori Amos - ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
Slayer - ‘Born to be Wild’
A Perfect Circle - ‘Imagine’
Soulfly - ‘Smoke on the Water’

the best one ever-
Jimi Hendrix- all along the watchtower,
the next in no order
machine head - negative creep
killswitch - holy diver
metallica- so what
him - poison heart
the ramones- somebory to love
Pantera- Planet caravan
Rise against-Data
Nofx- I Want you to want me

Opeth-Remember tommrow. best. cover. ever.

Cradle Filth- “For those who died”
Sepultura- “Orgasmatron”
Sodom- “Surfin’ Bird”
Testament- “Nobody’s Fault”
Destruction- “Killers”

Opeth - Soldier of Fortune
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
Machine Head - Battery
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
In Flames - Fucking Hostile
Dream Theatre - Master of Puppets

Turisas - Rasputin
Devil Driver - Wasted Years

Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar
Deathstars - White Wedding
Avenged Sevenfold - Walk
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
Machine Head - Battery
Pantera - Paranoid

Destruction - The Damned
Blind Guardian - Surfin’ USA
Gamma Ray - It’s A Sin
Sodom - Iron Fist
Arch Enemy - The Book Of Heavy Metal
Anal Cunt - Gloves Of Metal
Manowar - An American Trilogy
Bathory - War Pigs
In Flames - Everything Counts
Emperor - Gypsy

Between the Buried and Me: Blackened

In no order:

Firewind:Maniac
Children Of Bodom:Aces High
Turisas:Rasputan
Machine Head:Battery
Lacuna Coil:Enjoy The Silence
Pantera:Planet Caravan
Metallica:Whiskey In a Jar
Helloween:Lay All Your Love On Me
Sonata Arctica:I Want Out
Nightwish:Over THe Hills And Far Away

This is in no particular order but

Machine Head Hallowed Be Thy Name

HIM Solitary Man

Bullet For My Valentine Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

Motley Crue Paranoid

KSE Holy Diver

Nirvana Man Who Sold The World

Cradle Of Filth Temptation

Sick Of It All - “Borstal Breakout”
The Almighty - “Give Me Fire”
Slayer - “Born To Be Wild”
Anthrax - “Bring The Noize”
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - “A.C.D.C.”

atreyu - you give love a bad name
marilyn manson - sweet dreams
cradle of filth - temptation

Sleep - Snowblind
Pantera - Electric Funeral
Metallica - Am I Evil?
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
Hate Theory - The Blue
The Black Dahlia Murder - Paint it Black
Arch Enemy - Incarnated Solvent Abuse
Fear Factory - Dog Day Sunrise
Slayer - Ina Gadda Da-Vida
Apocalyptica - One

in no specific order…

cradle of filth - hallowed be thy name
cradle of filth - mr crowley
cradle of filth - for those who died
cradle of filth - temptation
cradle of filth - devil woman
cradle of filth - hell awaits
cradle of filth - no time to cry
cradle of filth - sodomy and lust
cradle of filth - sleepless
cradle of filth - death comes ripping
cradle of filth - dawn of eternity
cradle of filth - black metal
cradle of filth - bestial lust
cradle of filth - the fire still burns

theres more but i cant be arsed to type em.
\m/_ hail cradle _\m/

Turisas - Rasputin

Graveworm - Losing my religion

esOterica - Silence

Benedictum - Balls To The Wall

Awesome!

oooh i also forgot Pink Floyd - House of The Rising Sun

Slayer - Born To Be Wild
Kyuss - Into The Void
Children of Bodom - Ghostriders In The Sky
Anthrax - Celebrated Summer
Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
High on Fire - The Usurper

Exodus - pump it up

Nightwish-over the hills and far away
Children of bodom-umbrella
Turisas-Rasputin
Lacuna coil-enjoy the silence
Black tide-prowler
Fightstar-fear of the dark
Killswitch engage-holy diver
HIM-wicked game
Lost prophets-davidian
Sonata arctica-we will rock you

& nobody mentioned Turisas with Rasputin

metallica - remember tomorrow

Punk Covers:
Megadeth - Anarchy In The USA (UK)
Cradle Of Filth - Death Comes Ripping
Children Of Bodom - Somebody Put Something In My Drink
Metallica - Last Caress

All Other Genres:
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchower
Megadeth - Paranoid
Megadeth - Out On The Tiles
Children Of Bodom - Talk Dirty To Me
HIM - Wicked Game
Children Of Bodom - Rebell Yell
Cradle Of Filth - Temptation
Quiet Riot - Cum On Feel The Noise
Mr.Big - Wild World
Children Of Bodom - Just Dropped In
Killswitch Engage - Holy Driver
Tina Turner - Proud Mary (O_O?)
Tokio Hotel - Instant Karma (O_O”’?)

Just kidding with the last two…

Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy
Hellsongs - Seasons In The Abyss
Anthrax - Got The Time
Wrathchild America - Time
Fishbone - Freddie’s Dead
Living Colour - Final Solution
Apocalyptica - Master Of Puppets
Rabbit Junk - Start The Riot
The Shizit - Just One Fix
Slayer - Violent Pacification

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams
Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus
Marilyn Manson - Down in the park
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Marilyn Manson - The Alabama Song
Cradle of Filth - No Time To Cry
Cradle of Filth - Mr. Crowley

People of MetalHammer, in these pragmatically tempestuous times it’s good to see a little bit of acknowledgement being thrown towards the deftones, and their morose duran duran cover

System of a down - Snowblind
Janis Joplin - Summertime (i don’t care that she’s not metal, it’s a good cover, and that’s the sentiment to this list)

my taste of best covers ever:
metallica-stonedead forever
metallica-astronomy
children of bodom-dont stop at the top
cradle of filth-hollowed be thy name
iced earth-the number of the beast
metallica-the more i see
apocalyptica-nothing else matters
death-painkiller
metallica-blitzkrieg
moonsorrow-for whom the bell tolls
iced earth-its a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Hellsongs yet. Or is Hellsongs a dirty word at Metal Hammer? Their cover of Paranoid is worth a listen.

I always thought the Children of the Damned cover was a Sebastian Bach solo thing, rather than Skid Row. I must be wrong.

Most of all my favourite covers have already been mentioned, so I won’t bother repeating them, but here’s a few more;

KISS - God Gave Rock n Roll To You (you can argue that by re-writing lyrics makes it a KISS song all you want, but the fact remains Argent did it first).

Megadeth - No More Mr Nice Guy (originally by Alice Cooper)

Twisted Sister - It’s Only Rock n Roll But I Like It

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Voodoo Chile (the only man who can cover Hendrix and better it…)

But my 2 favourite covers of all time are both covers of Bohemian Rhapsody. If you’re gonna cover quite possibly the greatest song ever then you’re gonna have to do something very special to it;

First up, this truly haunting cover by Grey DeLisle with nothing but a drumbeat and an Autoharp - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXXTe6M1PE - Sends shivers down my spine, as the song says. Believe it or not, her day job is the voice of Daphne in the Scooby Doo cartoons.

Second is this truly fantastic cover by American comedian Rick Miller who does Bohemian Rhapsody in “The 25 most annoying voices in music”. Has to be seen and heard to be believed - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bPpIFzjv6rE