Battle Of Covers: Results

[JudasMyGuide]

Well, the Anthrax vote was obvious - one of my favourite covers ever! I just love the chicken in my head!

The rest was tougher… Halford’s voice sounds terrible there, Gamma Ray’s cover is meh and the Iced Earth cover sounds terrible sterile for some reason. So, although it’s not my favourite Pink Floyd song or my favourite cover, the Nightwish one is probably the second best. It’s solid and it has Marco!

 

[mckindog]

I really like Halford's voice on that song, and the song itself.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

I really like Halford's voice on that song, and the song itself.

It's a great song, but the original is so sparse and emotional, that Halford's can't help but sound ludicrous by comparison.

 

[Pand]

Gamma Ray and Anthrax, in that order.

 

[Brigantium]

Gamma Ray - good, if not drastically different.
Iced Earth - does justice to Hallowed and also adds a nice Iced Earth-y touch

 

[Forostar]

Thank you Heavy Metal Mania voters. This track deserves to go through in this field.

 

[Pand]

Thank you Heavy Metal Mania voters. This track deserves to go through in this field.

You're welcome.

 

[Night Prowler]

You should sometimes give a chance to other songs when they face your own songs in this game, @Forostar

 

[Brigantium]

Thank you Heavy Metal Mania voters. This track deserves to go through in this field.

Cheers, mate. Cheque in the post as usual?

 

[Forostar]

You should sometimes give a chance to other songs when they face your own songs in this game, @Forostar

I'll do my best!

 

[Night Prowler]

Got The Time
Never heard the original. On its own, this is a bit too silly. Bass is pretty good though.

Heavy Metal Mania
Never heard the original. Nice riffs and melodies at the beginning and the end, but the middle part of the song is super boring and monotone and Kai's vocals are pretty bad.

Winter Song
Again, never heard the original, and again, this was pretty boring.

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Great cover of the best song ever, easy vote here.

High Hopes
Original song is legendary. Cover isn't anything special, but it doesn't have much of a competition in this round so it gets my 2nd vote.

 

[Forostar]

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Great cover of the best song ever, easy vote here.

I prefer this one. <--- for the ones who hadn't heard it yet.

 

[Brigantium]

Nice. Very similar to the original but that bit darker and more moody. Is it tuned down?

 

[Forostar]

Perhaps. It's a doom band, so your description fits well.

 

[Night Prowler]

It's good but I think Iced Earth did it way better. Put more of their own sound into the cover and had Barlow and better drums.

This Hallowed cover is also cool:

Spoiler

 

[Brigantium]

Wasn't that one on the Maiden Heaven tribute album? (A major reason I got back into Maiden).

 

[Night Prowler]

Yep

 

[Night Prowler]

Phase 1, Round 4 Results:
Got The Time and Hallowed Be Thy Name are promoted; Heavy Metal Mania, Winter Song and High Hopes are eliminated.

Phase 1, Round 5:

Spoiler: Adrenaline Mob - Kill The King (Rainbow cover)

Spoiler: Alestorm - Hangover (Taio Cruz cover)

Spoiler: Anthrax - Parasite (KISS cover)

Spoiler: DragonForce - Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)

Spoiler: Witherscape - Out In The Cold (Judas Priest cover)

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Many, many people have covered Kill The King. None have done as good a job as this, in my opinion. Russell Allen absolutely slays on his Dio covers. Best person in the world to sing Dio-minus-Dio. I wish Adrenaline Mob would stop making original garbage music and just be a badass covers project.

Also, DragonForce. It's ludicrously stupid, but points go for innovation and fun.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Adrenaline Mob and Witherscape, though DragonForce were funny as hell.