Metal Hammer To Unleash Tribute Albums On The Work Of AC/DC, Black Sabbath and Judas Priest!
Steel Panther, Skindred, Apocalyptica, Turisas and more already confirmed with more massive names to come! Full details inside!
To celebrate the 30th anniversaries of AC/DC’s classic Back In Black album and the 40th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s inception, Metal hammer is lining up some ultra-awesome tribute albums to be given away with future copies of Metal Hammer!
We already have Steel Panther on board and Skindred doing ‘Back In Black’ for our best of AC/DC album, which will include the best of both the Bon Scott and the Brian Johnson-era!
Trigger The Bloodshed and White Wizzard are already scheduled for the re-creation of Judas Priest’s legendary ‘British Steel’, with Trigger doing ‘Rapid Fire’.
As for the best of Black Sabbath album we can reveal that Turisas, Electric Wizard and Apocalyptica are recording versions for us – with the latter covering the classic track, ‘Spiral Architect’.
We will be revealing more details of the tribute albums as soon as we know them so keep your eyes on www.metalhammer.co.uk for updates!
What bands would you like to see on these albums? Let us know in our comments section!






Arch Enemy and Death’s Judas Priest covers are awesome
Wow sounds incredibly killer!
I think Fozzy would do well with Iron Maiden/Judas Priest covers, they covered The Prisoner by Maiden and did a damn good job of it.
high on fire or cancer bats doing a sabbath cover
Trigger The Bloodshed covering Judas Priest? That could be interesting.
Try to get a black metal band to cover Black Sabbath’s title track. Seriously that song demands to be black metal-ised.
FUCK Steel Panther.
I want to hear Immortal covering War Pigs, Blind Guardian covering Heaven & Hell and Marduk covering Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
If anyone should cover ANY ACDC song it should be Airbourne!! THEY FUKIN RULE!!!
rammstein covering paranoid by sabbath!
Opeth – War Pigs (enough said)
I would say Paradise Lost, look at some of the really awesome covers that they have done in the past
Sounds very cool I’d LOVE to see Clutch get to work on some classics. Sabbath especially – how About ‘The Wizard’?
Any chance of Lamb of God doing anything?
I just think it should all be scrapped and get a Pantera cover album out, Covered by Black Label Society, Metallica, Rob Zombie, Hellyeah, Avenged Sevenfold ect…. Spread the word!!!! lol it neeeeeds to be done, Or get Zakk Wylde, Vinnie Paul and Rex Brown together to do a cover album with guest artists on each track…..take notes!!! lol let me know wen its all sorted
children of bodom doing painkiller?
Would be interesting for Fear Factory to do a cover of any of AC/DC’s songs and I would kill to hear the Mighty Unleashed covering Black Sabbaths Sabbath bloody Sabbath…
Megadeth should do full Black Sabbath cover. They did it twice and both versions sound better than originals! B-)
Other bands: Airbourne, At Vance, Five Finger Death Punch, W.A.S.P., Hammerfall, Twisted Sister, Testament, Slayer, Motorhead…
Im with Megasam!
So, we have the anniversaries of Back in Black, British Steel and Black Sabbath – now where’s the 30th anniversary of Iron Maiden’s debut album and Ace of Spades?!
get alestorm to pirate up some ac/dc
AIRBOURNE SHOULD DO THE AC/DC TRIBUTE ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Black Sabbath playin ACDC’s songs and ACDC playing Black Sabbath’s songs, would be pretty cool.
Steel Panther – Big Balls (AC/DC cover)
The Dillinger Escape Plan – Wish or Terrible Lie (Nine Inch Nails cover)
Amon Amarth -War Pigs (Sabbath cover)
Devin Townsend – Paranoid (Sabbath cover)
Deftones – Happiness Is Slavery (Nine Inch Nails cover)
those would be some pretty awesome covers.
i have a lot of black sabbath cover versions and most are really good. along with electric wizard i’d love to have a High On Fire cover of sabbath, and Down would be great too
trigger the bloodshed doing rapid fire? well, vader did it a few years ago and it was ace so i expect them to do a good job too
as for ac/dc what are the odds of an airbourne cover appearing?!
Skindred – Back in Black. That’s going to be fucking epic.
The Vision Bleak, Alcest, Electric Six please for Black Sabbath covers please!
5FDP
Slipknot
Machine Head
HIM
Atreyu
Killing Joke
Orange Goblin
Gallows
Evile
Down
to cove black sabbath songs
down nd blacklabel society covering black sabbath?
A7X for priest or sabbath
evile because they nailed their pantera cover
Paradise Lost doing Symptom of the Universe would be awesome.
As would Machine Head covering Painkiller.
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Avenged Sevenfold doing AC/DC or Black Sabbath!!!!
Bullet For My Valentine doing AC/DC
Atreyu doing AC/DC
Why don’t we celebrate the anniversary by listening to the original songs and not pointless cover versions?
i actually just came…. liquid metal……I ACTUALLLY CANNOT WAIT!!!!
Grand Magus doing Sabbath, Edguy doing Priest and Dream Theater to prog up some DC
Wonder what an Airbourne cover of AC/DC would sound like?……… lol!!
machine head to cover ‘priest eletric eye and make it there own!!! fuck aiiiiiii.
Blind Guardian covering Heaven & Hell that would be epic
if tim the ripper owens doesnt cover the ripper then the judas priest cd will not be complete!
Metallica – Paranoid (Y)
Edguy covering Shook Me All Night Long would be brilliant and Blind Guardian Covering Paranoid would be excellent.
Suggestions I’m loving so far:
Rammstein doing Paranoid – fuck yeah but unlikely.
Paradise Lost doing ANY Sabbath – they do great covers, perhaps Children of the Grave?
Alestorm pirating up some AC/DC – too cool
Split Heaven doing Judas priest, you need the latin metal flavor
i second adzzy with Machine Head covering Electric Eye by priest,i’m sure robb would love to do it as he’s a big fan of them and it would be killer because… A)i think it would really suit them…and B)their covers always rule
Someone good doing “A National Acrobat”. Metallica’s sucked due to the low volume of the bass. Probably the continuing hazing of Jason Newstead’s fault.
Lamb of God – War Pigs
How about Black Infinity Covering ” Painkiller ” from Judas Priest
Check it out !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLqoe0Dbh4
Here are a few badass suggestions…I’m serious, hit these bands up, It’d KILL to hear these bands do these songs.
Lamb of God-Highway to Hell (if you can’t get them to do that, then maybe a ‘broken hands’-esque take on Dirty Deeds’)
Shadows Fall-’For those about to Rock’ (Back in 2005 when they were touring for War Within, the hit the stage to this song, so it’d only be appropriate)
Down-’Sweet Leaf’ by Sabbath….remember Down’s song ‘hail the leaf’? …nuff’ said.
Seventh Void—’Sabbra Cadabra’.
and just because I am intrigued at how this would come out, talk Nightwish into covering ‘Children of the Grave’…I’d like ot ehar an operatic female voice on that complete with all the bombast trimmings.
…or, you know, Andrew WK doing ac/dc’s ‘Big Balls’…just for a what the Fuh…?!?! moment.
As I Lay Dying would do an awesome cover of Neon Knights (black sabbath)
I think Candlemass should cover a song with sabbath and Hammerfall one with judas priest
Get another Evile cover!!!!
Get a Beholder cover!!!!
Get an Arsis cover in you can too please
You could also ask megadave if he’d do a cover of something, he loves all three of those bands although I doubt megs’d do it. Plus they already did never say die and paranoid.
And make sure you cover some stuff off of defenders of the Faith.
cannibalcorpse – children of the grave it would be sweet
some children of bodom, slayer or cradle of filth
megadeth covering some judiest priest
Metallica – Children of the Grave. I’ve always thought it sort of similar to The Four Horsemen
Evile did an amazing cover of Cemetary Gates, so perhaps they would be great for a Priest cover.
Cliche as it sounds Metallica doing an AC/DC cover
Also I wonder how Deftones would put a spin on any of the covers…..
and if at all possible Manowar doing ANY cover
well cradle of filth did mr crowley in one of there albums so that probably be on the tribute album
trivium
slipknot
bullet for my valentine
machine head
children of bodom
the best Judas priest cover is Forbidden -Victim of Changes
my dying bride or katatonia cover would rule – there must be black sabbath cover of the best area with tony martin
Thats Not BIBLE………
other bands for ac/dc covers album
Hardcore Superstar
Overkill
Dragonforce
Motley Crue
New York Dolls
Airbourne
Nine Inch Nails
Paramore
Lacuna Coil
Rise to remains
ZZ Top
Foo Fighters
Motorhead
Anthrax
Meat Loaf
other bands for judas priest covers album
Iced Earth
Fu Manchu
Municiple Waste
Tim Ripper Owens
Billy Idol
Cathedral
Testament
Metallica
Slayer
Fightstar
Iron Maiden
The Stranglers
Green Day
Biohazard
Hed P.E
Cypress Hill
Fergie
Alice Cooper
Marylin Manson
Revolting Cocks
How about Sabbath covering Judas Priest, Judas Priest covering AC/DC, and AC/DC covering Sabbath…
…Or is that just wishful thinking
what about Dillinger Escape Plan doing a cover of Turbo Lover for the Judas Priest cd? that would sound killer
if children of bodom and sylosis arn’t involved all these cd’s are gaurenteed to be utter gash
i think every one wants some bodom in it
would be cool to hear machine head cover children of the grave
slayer doing painkiller
airbourne covering you shook me all night long
I agree with Megasam. Opeth covering war pigs would be cool.
megadeth should cover sabbath and judas priest
Please don’t include any sucky covers that sound identical to the originals.
Something by Opeth or Dream Theater would be awesome. Or Tyr or Alestorm!
burple farts right get paradise lost on it!!!!!
Austrian Death machine’s cover of hell bent for leather!! that was awsome!
am i the only one who thinks tim ‘ripper’ owens covering judas priest is a little bit pointless? like when paul d’ianno was on an iron maiden tribute cd. if u want ripper singing ‘the ripper’ just buy one of the 2 priest live albums he was on!
also, whoever mentioned forbidden’s version of ‘victim of changes….fuck yeah thats a great cover, by one of the most underrated bands ever!
OTEP
Lacuna Coil
Karnivool
MSI
FFDP
Boy Hits Car
Anthrax- Hells Bells?
Devin Townsend.
’nuff said.
Covering Black Sabbath had better be done right! No metalcore or any shitty bands! (the MAchine Head cover of Hole In The Sky for example, is very poor) I’d like:
Down
Queens Of The Stone Age (anything Josh Homme related)
Hermano
Mastodon
Acid King
High On Fire
Monster Magnet
Shrinebuilder
airbourne for ac/dc!!!
Killswitch Engage – Neon Knights (Black Sabbath)
Buckcherry – It’s A Long Way To The Top (AC/DC)
In Flames – Living After Midnight (Judas Preist)
i would love to hear five finger death punch doing some stuff, maybe iron man by black sabbath, that could be interesting. maybe see if you can get marilyn manson or slipknot/stone sour for some judas priest, that would be kick ass!
christopher lee singing bible black or is that asking too much? Doesn’t have to be bible black, could get him doing neon knights or anything off heaven and hell.
um…buckcherry doing highway to hell
alice in chains doing black sabbath, that would work
gallows doing symptom of the universe or anything sabbath, not exactly the metaliest of metal I know but still (and that is a word)
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megadeth doing hole in the sky?
If Steel Panther absolutely must cover AC/DC they should do their own version of Bon Scott dying of alcohol poisoning. Then they would have honestly done a cover far more enjoyable than the original.
Shining (the norwegian one) doing Black Sabbath ‘The Wizzard’
My Dying Bride – Judas Priest ‘Breaking The Law’
Korpliklanni – AC/DC ‘You Shook me All Night Long’
Apocalyptica and Turisas = me very happy….:D
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