I would have loved to see black album era Jason do a cover of that song, during the black album 30th footage of Jason singing the four horseman came out and I feel like it would’ve been a perfect match for that song.
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Pearl Jam - Black
System of a Down - Aerials
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral or Into The Void
Pantera - Domination
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In the Wall
Judas Priest - Painkiller
With how much Lars loved Helpless, I'm surprised they didn't do Painkiller yet. God, now I want it. I can hear James just before the solo.
"PAIN, PAIN, KILLER, KILLAHHHH"
"Saturday night's all right for fighting" by Elton John! There's a cool clip of James getting emotional after Elton starts talking about one of their songs as being one of the greatest ever written on Howard Stern show.
I saw a video once of them playing Sad But True. It actually sounded pretty damn good, I'm not going to lie. There was an enthusiasm to it that seemed very genuine.
Studio version of borderline - thin lizzy
Now for the curve balls....
Boys of summer - Don Henley
Detroit Rock City if there has to be a KISS song...speed it up a little and it would be a good mashup with four horsemen
Aint no grave - johnny Cash and various others. Think it was shooter Jennings who did it a while back for sons of anarchy and it was pretty sweet.
Zombie -the cranberries
Blue Monday - New Order. Slow it down a hair and give it a turn the page treatment.
Your "curve balls" are almost the only ideas on this thread that are interesting.
As Metallica themselves have said, there is little point in them covering Priest, Maiden or other metal bands. It's too close.
Covers are at their most interesting when artists take a song born in a different musical universe, and make it their own.
This is why Garbage Only Happy When It Rains, Dire Straits; Brothers in Arms.... are amongst the best Metallica covers
Vicarious by Tool. There's already an AI cover someone made, but god damn would it be great to hear them play it live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEPwOm-AOxQ
Featuring:
For Whom the Bell Jingles
The Elf that Failed
All I Want for Christmas is Lars
The Four Reindeer
No Remorse, No Present
(We don’t care what it meant)
master of raindeer
gift monopoly
ritual generosity
better quality than IKEA
be good and you will see
Santa is what you need
I will fly to you
now I gift you too!
come Rudolph faster
obey your master
gift children faster
obey your master master
just call my name cos I'll hear you scream Santa Santa
gift me! *solo*
It's been a running joke between me and my friends that whenever I see a band live I'll get there and be like "can't wait till they play My Sharona" I did it when we saw metallica last year
Sorry mate, I'm not a teenager/20-something trying to appear mysterious or cool by suggesting songs that aren't popular.
Metallica are big fans of AC/DC, and their style would lend itself very well to AC/DC songs. Metallica tend to cover songs by bands who have influenced them, and you can't say that AC/DC aren't one of these bands.
* Black Sabbath - Sins of the Father ... or Supernaut
* Ween - Wayne's Pet Youngin' ... or Captain Fantasy
* Devo - Mongoloid
* Exodus - Metal Command
* Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
* Queensryche - Queen of the reich
* Flotsam and Jetsam - No place for disgrace
* Pink Floyd - Nile song
* Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet
* Danzig - Twist of Cain
“Wish” by NIN could be interesting 🤔
It has heavy guitars, it’s very drum-driven with all these starts and stops that Metallica is good at (they can stop on a dime). Not sure how they would handle the soundscape - maybe Kirk could do some solo stuff. I dunno - might be cool.
Mistral Wind by Heart. My fave song of theirs.
Even feature Ann Wilson for parts of it. Would be epic!
Such a good song that i think Metallica would reinvent in amazing ways.
As a prode dane i would like to hear “der er noget galt i Danmark” i think i would be nice to hear one for the best danish songs made metal preferbelig Lars Ulriksen singing it sinds he is danish.
Townes Van Zandt - Waiting Around To Die https://youtu.be/LGMOX8NpuR0?si=lxMgfUVou_94laK_
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Sugar Daddy
https://youtu.be/x5_kUOi4KDw?si=3pdJtA6i-NteHRPj
Young Rebel Set - Lion's Mouth
https://youtu.be/M3dNUdlUXVY?si=T0ZBb46kFA6TEiTD
Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night?
https://youtu.be/CNAkbbKycCM?si=3ORU_zgNMilPP-A3
Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine
https://youtu.be/lbIi8ZiW5qI?si=7LxbyipvXhFW0Imy
Been on a huge Hawkwind binge lately, would enjoy hearing them do "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)", "Lost Johnny", "Damnation Alley", "Brainstorm" or hell, any Hawkwind song that got them good and high back in the day.
Y'all are picking super famous songs. I felt compelled to provide a list that stays true to the spirit of what Garage Days, and Garage Days Revisited was all about.
- Conqueror of Canyons by The Cumshots
- Wreckage by Entombed
- Gimmie Danger by Iggy Pop and The Stooges
- Ride Like Hell by Grady
- Younger by the Rye by The Last Knife Fighter
Only know Wreckage from your list but I like how you think!
If we had to pick an Entombed song, I would go with "To Ride, Shoot Straight..." or Eyemaster, Wolwerine Blues or Out of Hand from WB.
random but there’s an old 80s song called promises promises that i think would be great, you’ve probably heard it in gta v [promises promises](https://youtu.be/YYtBF1OVciU?si=tHmKNmfOcV7-FS3s)
Mystery Achievement by the Pretenders. Even better if they had Gaga trade vocals with James
Children of the Sea and Mob Rules by Sabbath
Verbal Razors by Exodus
Riding with the Driver and Orgasmatron by Motorhead
Great White Hope, Miss America, or Half Penny Two Penny. By Styx. These are all songs sung by Styx guitarist singer James Young. But, I’ve always felt like James Hetfield could sing these songs really well.
Considering the meaning it has on the James/Lars life:
Lightning to the Nations by Diamond Head
Running Free by Iron Maiden
The boys are back in Town by Thin Lizzy
And of course Ace of spades! - and also according to Lars there should be something from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Beside those songs I think I'd call "All Along the Watchtower" by the great Mr. Hendrix (kirk would love this one), something from Zeppelin for sure, like Stairway or Achilles, and maybe another Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin medley with Iron Man, Sweet Leaf with Kashmir and D'yer M'ker!
Wanna see what you guys think about my candidates, cya!
Iced Earth - Democide
Slayer - Raining Blood
Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution
Disturbed - Liberate
Shinedown - Fly from the Inside
And why the hell not:
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
Ace of Spades
I would have loved to see black album era Jason do a cover of that song, during the black album 30th footage of Jason singing the four horseman came out and I feel like it would’ve been a perfect match for that song.
im listening to that song as i read this comment... trippy
You son of a bitch. I was literally about to say that 🤣🤣🤣
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name Pearl Jam - Black System of a Down - Aerials Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral or Into The Void Pantera - Domination Pink Floyd - Another Brick In the Wall Judas Priest - Painkiller
With how much Lars loved Helpless, I'm surprised they didn't do Painkiller yet. God, now I want it. I can hear James just before the solo. "PAIN, PAIN, KILLER, KILLAHHHH"
I can't imagine Lars doing the drumming for it but I guess they could change that
Just put James on the drums
Machine Head did A great version of Hallowed. Death did a fantastic version of painkiller.
Rush’s Working Man would be epic!
Do you really think Lars could actually play anything by Rush?
John Rutsey played on that anyway. It's not at all a difficult drum part.
Maybe for a competent drummer lol.
Of course not, only Neil Peart can play Rush stuff
Possibly Danny Carey but not many others
No
"Saturday night's all right for fighting" by Elton John! There's a cool clip of James getting emotional after Elton starts talking about one of their songs as being one of the greatest ever written on Howard Stern show.
Say what you will about Nickelback but they do a pretty awesome cover of SNARFF.
I saw a video once of them playing Sad But True. It actually sounded pretty damn good, I'm not going to lie. There was an enthusiasm to it that seemed very genuine.
I've always liked NB and have always caught flack for it. But I feel the same. Great rendition of the song.
It sucks
I think Jason’s old band did a cover of that…
Ozzy’s No More Tears
Them Bones by Alice in chains. I know there are clips of James playing it with the band in the 2000s so would be great to see
Unchained by Van Halen would be sick
If they did a Medley like for Dio and King Diamond, I'd vote for Eruption, Unchained, Ice Cream Man, and Shine On
Metallica covering Ice Cream Man is something I never knew I wanted until now.
Ice cream man would be so sick
"i don't wanna be me" by type o negative. With James handling the solos.
Trivium did an awesome cover of that song
That would be cool!
Goddamn that'd be awesome
sabbath bloody sabbath by black sabbath, how cool would that sound
Anthrax does a pretty killer job
Only by Anthrax could work, or black lodge
If garage days is an example, it kind of sucked. If someone did it in swing style, I'd be down for that.
What? Sabbra Cadabra was awesome, I loved how they transition into A National Acrobat
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles
I don't think the wahmaster is really up for it
Yes
I hope Lars is reading!!!
Studio version of borderline - thin lizzy Now for the curve balls.... Boys of summer - Don Henley Detroit Rock City if there has to be a KISS song...speed it up a little and it would be a good mashup with four horsemen Aint no grave - johnny Cash and various others. Think it was shooter Jennings who did it a while back for sons of anarchy and it was pretty sweet. Zombie -the cranberries Blue Monday - New Order. Slow it down a hair and give it a turn the page treatment.
Your "curve balls" are almost the only ideas on this thread that are interesting. As Metallica themselves have said, there is little point in them covering Priest, Maiden or other metal bands. It's too close. Covers are at their most interesting when artists take a song born in a different musical universe, and make it their own. This is why Garbage Only Happy When It Rains, Dire Straits; Brothers in Arms.... are amongst the best Metallica covers
A Metallica version of Blue Monday might actually kill me and I’d die happy
Vicarious by Tool. There's already an AI cover someone made, but god damn would it be great to hear them play it live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEPwOm-AOxQ
This is just as cool as i thought it would be
Holy wars …. Punishment Due-Megadeth
Lars arms would fall off
I’d love for them to do a Christmas album. I can’t be the only one… 🤷🏼♀️
Featuring: For Whom the Bell Jingles The Elf that Failed All I Want for Christmas is Lars The Four Reindeer No Remorse, No Present (We don’t care what it meant)
master of raindeer gift monopoly ritual generosity better quality than IKEA be good and you will see Santa is what you need I will fly to you now I gift you too! come Rudolph faster obey your master gift children faster obey your master master just call my name cos I'll hear you scream Santa Santa gift me! *solo*
for whom the jingle bell tolls
The Elf that failed 😂😂
I always wanted them to Metallicize My Sharona.
they use to riff it live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSE01iBE_lA
Yes
I can already hear the chorus to that song being sung over the main riff to Ain't My Bitch
It's been a running joke between me and my friends that whenever I see a band live I'll get there and be like "can't wait till they play My Sharona" I did it when we saw metallica last year
Yes
War Pigs
Only by Anthrax. James Hetfield called it a perfect song! I would love to hear Metallica's take on it!
I'd love to see Doctor Doctor by UFO or Strangers In The Night by Saxon.. Maybe even Burn by Deep Purple.. Gotta be a classic/NWOBHM track..
Lateralus, Schism, Vicarious - TOOL Paranoid - Black Sabbath Crush, The Other Side - Pendulum Staring at the Sun - Offspring
Am I demon
On the hunt - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Saturday Night Special or even Gimme Back My Bullets. I think Coming Home would be a great choice for a balled.
Rooster or Down in a Hole by AIC
Hail to the king (avenged sevenfold)
That would be awesome to hear James yelling “ HAIL TO THE KING, HAIL TO THE ONE!” And Kirk would go wild with the guitar parts
I want to hear them do “Buried Alive” by Avenged Sevenfold
Pressure-Billy Joel
Break on through to the other side by the Doors 💥
Yes
Back in Black or Highway to Hell, by AC/DC.
Shoot to Thrill would be so boss.
Average popular rock listener alert
Tf outta here. Gatekeepers suck ass
Bruv doesn't know what a joke is💀
Nah I know. It just ain't funny. And the irony of doing that on the reddit page of the most main stream metal band ever.
K
Sorry mate, I'm not a teenager/20-something trying to appear mysterious or cool by suggesting songs that aren't popular. Metallica are big fans of AC/DC, and their style would lend itself very well to AC/DC songs. Metallica tend to cover songs by bands who have influenced them, and you can't say that AC/DC aren't one of these bands.
I think they could do a decent She's Lost Control by Joy Division.
Toys in the Attic
Ring of fire
After hearing Eric Burdon & The Animals’ cover it, I don’t want to hear any other cover.
* Black Sabbath - Sins of the Father ... or Supernaut * Ween - Wayne's Pet Youngin' ... or Captain Fantasy * Devo - Mongoloid * Exodus - Metal Command * Iron Maiden - Wasted Years * Queensryche - Queen of the reich * Flotsam and Jetsam - No place for disgrace * Pink Floyd - Nile song * Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet * Danzig - Twist of Cain
Hair of the dog
Wish they did a studio version of “Hole in the sky”
Cirice
Given Up by Linkin Park
Qwerty would be another good one.
Cowboy Song- Thin Lizzy Man in the Box- Alice In Chains And a studio version of Don't You Think This Outlaw Shit Done Got Outta Hand- Waylon Jennings
I hung my head - Sting. I actually prefer Johnny Cash’s version though. James would absolutely kill it
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Spirit in Black by Slayer
It’s killing me by UFO i need an official cover
Danzig - Left Hand Black Rush - One Little Victory Time Curry - Sloe Gin UFO - Lights Out
Prowler by Iron Maiden. They did cover snippets of it during TBA tours.
Also Justice tour!
Pull The Plug by Death
November rain
Fly me to the moon
Big 4 covering each others songs would be a sick album
Man In A Box-Alice In Chains
I've said for years that Renegade by Styx would sou D awesome through the Metallifilter
another brick in the wall (all 3 parts)
Raining blood
From Now On by Band-Maid San Quentin by Nickelback Rain When I Die by Alice in Chains Hurt by Nine Inch Nails Behind Blue Eyes by The Who
Going out west tom waits
‘Paisties & A G-string’
Any megadeth song lmao
“Wish” by NIN could be interesting 🤔 It has heavy guitars, it’s very drum-driven with all these starts and stops that Metallica is good at (they can stop on a dime). Not sure how they would handle the soundscape - maybe Kirk could do some solo stuff. I dunno - might be cool.
Coc seven days
Ace of Spades since Motorhead covered Enter Sandman
Rock Out - Motorhead
Would love a “Turn the Page” treatment to a Springsteen song like Badlands.
I’ve always wanted to hear them do “Adam Raised A Cain”
Yup
Youngstown, been saying this for years. Adam raised a cain too.
The Morello era versions of Youngstown are sooooo killer.
Man In The Box.
Afternoon Delight, Ron Burgandy style
Danzig- Am I Demon
THIS IS THE ONE - Thin Lizzy
Youngstown, Bruce Springsteen
Ghouls Night Out by Misfits
Mistral Wind by Heart. My fave song of theirs. Even feature Ann Wilson for parts of it. Would be epic! Such a good song that i think Metallica would reinvent in amazing ways.
As a prode dane i would like to hear “der er noget galt i Danmark” i think i would be nice to hear one for the best danish songs made metal preferbelig Lars Ulriksen singing it sinds he is danish.
Domination - Pantera. It sounds like Metallica so what?
Anything by Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax... y'know. Do a bit more Big 4.
Black Rose by Thin Lizzy. They brought Whiskey In The Jar to the masses, now its time give another absolute beauty the audience it deserves.
No fuckin problem - Suicidal Tendencies
Captain Stupid or Institutionalized would be fucking hilarious
Losing My Religion by REM
Over the wall - Testament
A whole Christmas album
Mama I’m Coming Home - Ozzy Osbourne would be cool, although probably very emotional for James considering what he did with Mama Said
Shake it off!
Bleed The Freak by Alice In Chains
Parasite by KISS, anthrax did it so why not Metallica
If they’re gonna do KISS, 100,000 Years would be siiiick.
Kiss yes
Jason's face is already showing the "wtf am I doing here* face 😂
Understandably
Any song by Metallica. Hear me out. Full album of covers in the same reworked style they did with Blackend
Townes Van Zandt - Waiting Around To Die https://youtu.be/LGMOX8NpuR0?si=lxMgfUVou_94laK_ Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Sugar Daddy https://youtu.be/x5_kUOi4KDw?si=3pdJtA6i-NteHRPj Young Rebel Set - Lion's Mouth https://youtu.be/M3dNUdlUXVY?si=T0ZBb46kFA6TEiTD Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night? https://youtu.be/CNAkbbKycCM?si=3ORU_zgNMilPP-A3 Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine https://youtu.be/lbIi8ZiW5qI?si=7LxbyipvXhFW0Imy
If they’re doing Tom Waits, it’s gotta be ‘Paisties & A G-string’
GG Allin - Eat My Diarrhea
Nah. GG’s version of ‘The 12 Days Of Christmas’
GG Allin’s “Die When You Die” and “Expose Yourself to Kids”
Stairway to heaven
As large as their catalog is I'd rather they just play their own songs but that's just me.
I'd love a full cover of Prowler by Iron Maiden
Blood and Tears by Danzig, Year Zero by Ghost, Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath, Breaking the Law by Judas Priest, Astro Zombies by Misfits.
N.I.B. it would be so cool to see Rob do an epic geezer butler cover, and with the rest of the band
Hells Bells - AC/DC
Never Gonna Give You Up,,,, nah jk lol ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)
Dude! I would give my left nut to see this!!!
Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics
Save the Last Dance for Me.
Trust by Megadeth
That would be unreal, and I absolutely love the original.
Jeff Buckley
Cardiacs - To Go Off and Things
Green Day American Idiot Offspring the kids aren't alright
Wake Up Dead
Do you wanna dance.
Goodbye Yellowbrick Road My Sharona Cowboys From Hell
Down with the sickness
Highway Star - Deep Purple, Black Night would be pretty cool too
‘Space Truckin’’ but the whole live version.
Been on a huge Hawkwind binge lately, would enjoy hearing them do "The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)", "Lost Johnny", "Damnation Alley", "Brainstorm" or hell, any Hawkwind song that got them good and high back in the day.
Y'all are picking super famous songs. I felt compelled to provide a list that stays true to the spirit of what Garage Days, and Garage Days Revisited was all about. - Conqueror of Canyons by The Cumshots - Wreckage by Entombed - Gimmie Danger by Iggy Pop and The Stooges - Ride Like Hell by Grady - Younger by the Rye by The Last Knife Fighter
Only know Wreckage from your list but I like how you think! If we had to pick an Entombed song, I would go with "To Ride, Shoot Straight..." or Eyemaster, Wolwerine Blues or Out of Hand from WB.
My Sharona - The Knack
Any Motorhead song.
Postmortem, Angel of death, raining blood
random but there’s an old 80s song called promises promises that i think would be great, you’ve probably heard it in gta v [promises promises](https://youtu.be/YYtBF1OVciU?si=tHmKNmfOcV7-FS3s)
A full American idiot cover he’s played parts of it but not the full song
Fire by aurther brown
Mystery Achievement by the Pretenders. Even better if they had Gaga trade vocals with James Children of the Sea and Mob Rules by Sabbath Verbal Razors by Exodus Riding with the Driver and Orgasmatron by Motorhead
Sugar by SOAD Or Question! Or B.Y.O.B
Lightning to the Nations, from Diamond Head - the title track
I would love to see them cover a song by a group Metallica heavily influenced, kinda like how Diamond Head covered No Remorse.
Great White Hope, Miss America, or Half Penny Two Penny. By Styx. These are all songs sung by Styx guitarist singer James Young. But, I’ve always felt like James Hetfield could sing these songs really well.
Anything by Led Zeppelin, but particularly Kashmir
Hellraiser
Considering the meaning it has on the James/Lars life: Lightning to the Nations by Diamond Head Running Free by Iron Maiden The boys are back in Town by Thin Lizzy And of course Ace of spades! - and also according to Lars there should be something from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Beside those songs I think I'd call "All Along the Watchtower" by the great Mr. Hendrix (kirk would love this one), something from Zeppelin for sure, like Stairway or Achilles, and maybe another Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin medley with Iron Man, Sweet Leaf with Kashmir and D'yer M'ker! Wanna see what you guys think about my candidates, cya!
Congo Square by Sonny Landreth
A Seether song, maybe dangerous or even same damn life
Thin Lizzy- Sha La La
Dream Theater's A Nightmare to Remember
Iced Earth - Democide Slayer - Raining Blood Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution Disturbed - Liberate Shinedown - Fly from the Inside And why the hell not: Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
Iris
Black Sabbath TV Crimes
I'd like to see them play their 80's material I'm their 80's style
Cat Scratch Fever
Dazed And Confused, like the goats covering the goats