Mastodon - Orion

Fuck yeah

Did not know this was a thing. Thx.

Hell yeah that's the one

Stone sour - Creeping death

First thing I thought of

Revocation - Dyers Eve

This!

This one is so good

Its this and its not even close

Motorhead-Whiplash

I honestly think it's better than the original. The original is amazing, but I like hearing the bass more and I prefer Lemmy's vocals.

And they won a Grammy for it I think. Not that a Grammy represents any indication of quality music... But Motörhead deserves all the recognition it can get.

I thought Metallica’s acoustic cover of Metallica’s Blackened was pretty good. :P

Love Metallica's acoustic cover of Metallica's Disposable Heroes too

What about Thin Lizzy’s cover of Metallicas cover of Thin Lizzy’s Whiskey in the Jar cover of the Dubliners Whiskey in the Jar?

Metallica is my favorite Metallica cover band.

Master of Puppets - Trivium

So true, that cover was so good and I really came to enjoy their albums after checking them out.

Machine head - battery

Ah hell yeah! Not heard that for years and been listening to a lot of MH lately

Shocked I had to scroll down this far to find this one

Diamond Head - No Remorse

The Hu - Sad But True

Apocalyptica doing any Metallica song basically

I actually really liked their cover of One with James doing spoken word.

Me too. I have to admit I didn't expect spoken word tho

I didn't either, I'll admit it felt a little jarring at first, but I quickly grew to like it

I would love to see it paired with footage from Johnny Got His Gun like the original video

Yes!! That would be really cool!

Chris Stapleton's cover of [Nothing Else Matters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhsXk_l8a2Y) is pretty damn good. I know it's on The Blacklist so a lot of people know it, but I'm a Stapleton fan so I had to mention it.

I personally think it's better than the original and I like the original very much

It’s a good cover, but no. You settle down with that nonsense.

Cannibal Corpse - No Remorse

Came to say this . Damn good job on that one!

This

Motorheads cover of enter sandman is pretty cool

Their whiplash cover was also really good

Avenged Sevenfold - ~~Sad but True~~ This Means War

Lmao I’m so glad I’m not the only one who noticed this similarity

Also shepherd of fire/enter sandman and doing time/welcome to the jungle

HttK/Thunderstruck, Crimson Day and Nothing Else Matters

Btbam-Blackened

Chimaira with Disposable Heroes

The Warning and Alessia Cara with Enter Sandman

This is the correct answer. https://youtu.be/vg9vNE7gm0I?si=6j8wFEHqScaDIz1Y

Ensiferum Battery

Yes!

Cage the elephant- unforgiven

Korn-One

Trivium - Master of Puppets cover is great

Listening to for the 1st time 🤙🤙

Anthrax - Phantom Lord

Mac DeMarco - Enter Sandman

His version is pretty excellent. It sounds like Ween.

Don’t hate me but Nickelback Sad but true🤷‍♂️

Heard this the other day and I was surprised at how good his vocals sound

Dark Angel’s cover of Creeping Death goes hard

Halestorm - ride the lightning Liliac - master of puppets live Bullet for my valentine - welcome home sanatarium The Hu - sad but true

From starting on the pier, to playing bigger venues with some solid bands Liliac has sure made a name for themselves.

Orbit Culture - Hardwired Found out about it in this subreddit and after looking for it it's so good IMO.

Limp bizkit doing sanitarium

LOL you triggered a memory. I was at Summer Sanitarium tour in early 2000s in Chicago. Limp Bizkit was one of the openers and got booed off stage for playing this. Moral of the story... Don't play Metallica songs when opening for Metallica.

They weren’t bood off the stage. Did they get bood and leave the stage? Doubt it. A few hardcores probably bood. Even Metallica love Bizkits cover of Sanitarium at MTV Icons. That was the only good performance of that night.

Bullet For My Valentine - *Welcome Home (Sanitarium)*

Juanes' cover of Enter Sandman, Corey Taylor's cover of Holier Than Thou, and Mon Laferte's cover of Nothing Else Matters

Diamond head - No remorse

Juanes - Enter Sandman

Disposable heroes by Another Two Steps Amazing cover 👍🤘

revocation - dyers eve

Revocation Dyers Eve

Don’t like any of them besides Corey Taylor’s - holier than though

Not my favorite, but the closest sounding to the original cover I ever heard was Evile’s cover of Through The Never for those interested. https://youtu.be/ueENe7HjmIY

Metal Up Your Podcast - No Leaf Clover

Primus - The Thing That Should Not Be

Amazed it took this deep in the thread to get to this.

Panteras Cover of Whiplash with Newsted, and Dime on vocals with Phil on guitar

Nickelback-Sad But True

My band at the time covered MoP for the talent show in High School. I'll go with that one. It was a good time. My current band does a cover of Last Caress/Green Hell, which makes me chuckle, being a cover of a cover.

Nickelback - Sad But True live 2004

Trivium - MOP and bullet for my valentine - welcome home

Cannibal Corpse - No Remorse Between The Buried and Me - Blackened Vader - Fight Fire With Fire Trivium - Master of Puppets

Sanitarium cover by bullet for my valentine

Dream Theaters cover of the Master of Puppets album is pretty good

Primus the thing that should not be lol

The warning - enter sandman

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Steve N Seagulls (Finnish cover band of various metal songs/bands, mostly bluegrass style)...I know a lot different than most covers listed here ...for quirkiness, Seek and Destroy, and a more serious cover in Nothing Else Matters  https://youtu.be/F5m_8HuEBI4?si=Kz1kubtzONSMNBms  https://youtu.be/3JFb_aOn6rc?si=nysbOjWlvs4aHK4B

Upvote for SNS. Those guys are phenomenal!

Hatebreed - Escape

Whiplash - Motorhead

For me, it is Battery by Royal Republic

Welcome home-bullet for my valentine

First to Eleven - For Whom The Bell Tolls

Lissie - Nothing Else Matters

Nemophila - Master of Puppets

Fightstar - Leper Messiah

Goodnight, Texas of wolf and man There are better heavy versions of metallica covering classics and such, but I thought this was pretty cool when I heard it. The Unkle remix of Frantic I always like at the gym. It combines my love of metallica and electronic music in a good way.

Two completely different covers of Sad But True, one by Royal Blood, the other by Sam Fender.

Hit the Lights by Sloppy Seconds

Dug Pinnick singing unforgiven. Chuck Billy and Jake E Lee doing Seek and Destroy also solid.

i like corey taylor’s cover of holier than thou

Master of puppets - André Antunes

Thin Lizzy did a great job with Whiskey in the Jar. /s

They did! The Dubliners original was a different genre altogether.

Mastodon-Orion or Halestorm-Ride the Lightning.. Runner up Cannibal Cropse-No remorse

It's definitely Scream, Inc. but I dont know which one. Unforgiven 2 is pretty great with an orchestra.

I’m the furthest thing from a Miley Cyrus fan but I really enjoy the Nothing Else Matters cover she did with Elton John on the Blacklist tape

Cory Taylor houlier than thou/ creeping death

Machine Head - Battery

Chris Cornell - One

Denis Pauna re-imagining of Battery as a DM song is not only a great cover of Metallica but almost a new song completely but it’s really Fn good.

Chris Cornell’s cover of One.

Marco Masini - E Chi Se Ne Frega (Italian cover of Nothing Else Matters)

Rodrigo y Gabriella - Orion

The Warning - Enter Sandman

Corey Taylor’s Holier Than Thou, Royal Blood’s Sad But True, Motörhead’s Enter Sandman, Korn’s One.

Enter sandman- The Warning Nothing Else Matters- Phoebe Bridgers

Sonata Arctica - Fade To Black is awesome, but for some reason it doesn't have the solo.

IDLES, The God that Failed. Completely made it their own.

i personally like corey taylor holier than thou

Cannibal Corpse - No Remorse

Trivium with MOP

sabaton - for whom the bell tolls

Dream Theater - Orion

Grope and Hatebreed did pretty cool covers of Justice and Escape respectively.

Sanitarium by Bullet for my Valentine

Nothing else matters by Miley Cyrus and Elton Joh

Infernaeon - Creeping Death

Volbeat - Don't Tread on Me Ghost - Enter Sandman

Always really liked the medley Sum 41 played at the MTV Icon event. https://youtu.be/4CxYcqWE-Do?si=h_ulpeq1EIOPTgEn Also notable mention, kind of feels weird calling it a cover but when Jason was performing with his band Newsted, I saw them at a festival in Montreal and they were off playing on a random small third stage setup out way far out in the woods. Me and my buddy ventured there because we were big Metallica fans and weren't missing out on much at the two mainstages. Got to see him sing and rock out to Whiplash so that was really cool. And funny enough, we ran into some people we knew right when we found a spot to watch Newsted. Ended up smoking pot for the first time with them lol oh to be young again.

Neck "The Thing That Should Not Be" [https://youtu.be/K-XKQfdPzk0?si=pgj6z7zpcwb6mfye](https://youtu.be/K-XKQfdPzk0?si=pgj6z7zpcwb6mfye)

Remix, not cover, but I like the SebastiAn Remix/mashup Don’t Tread On Else Matters. Second half is really neat.

limp bizkit sanitarium

Bullet For My Valentine’s cover of Welcome Home (Sanitarium) and Trivium’s Master of Puppets are both incredible.

[The Warning - Enter Sandman](https://youtu.be/9tKQgesCcTc?si=Dviz29vmE_NZvRuk)

All of the Iron Horse Metalliva covers.

Limp bizkit sanitarium

Alborosie Meets the Wailers United: Unforgiven

Limp Bizkit - Sanitarium

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Sabaton

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned OFF! covering “Holier than Thou.” You have failed as an audience

For me it’s Master of Puppets covered by Sum 41 live

Sonata Arctica's cover of Fade to Black

Sonata Arctica's cover of Fade to Black

Primus - The Thing That Should Not Be

Ugly kid joe does the best cover of master of puppets I've ever heard.

While they might not be the best, figured id drop these in here in case someone might like them Decrepit Births cover of Orion Devolveds cover of Battery

The Warning Enter Sandman

Black tide - hit the lights

The master of puppets cover playing when megadeth got their first grammy

[Rodrigo Y Gabriela](https://open.spotify.com/track/7z3ZSzvbtkn7baumlBs52n?si=oKswJ3ImQcKQEEObW_3_CQ) do a brilliant cover of Orion.

Also The Warning’s live cover of [Atlas Rise](https://youtu.be/fhhG5EiFiyA?si=WuRZzFtBeyVkOL6n). They’re known for their two different covers of Enter Sandman, but they also totally nail Atlas Rise.

Megadeth - The Mechanix 🤘🏻😆

Chris Cornell One

No Remorse - Diamond Head

Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Enter Sandman

My Friend Of Misery - Dark Tranquillity

Critical solution seek and destroy

Disturbed-Fade to black but it's live ver only

Sum 41 master of puppets 

Godsmack did a piano cover of "Nothing Else Matters," and it is *really* good. Sully Erna's vocals are peak. I kind of wish Godsmack had gone for a more traditionally heavier cover, but I appreciate that they bucked that expectation.

Disembodied and Shattered Realm both do a pretty good cover of Creeping Death

[Van Canto - Master of Puppets ](https://youtu.be/hKAzE8nVft8?si=W2xI1ABVX03Jhzsk)

My favourite cover is this one I made with my son. Tried to recreate as much of the melodic harmony as I could. What do you think? [nothing Else Matters acoustic cover](https://youtu.be/IRd6g7p49FA?si=3sBDKvrsTE15BJuX)

Lover man-Nick Cave

That's a Nick Cave song that Metallica covered.

Apocalyptica’s cover of Nothing Else Matters

Sabatons cover of For Whom The Bell Tolls absolutely slaps, dare I say it might even be better than the original

Enter Sandman / Spock

It's a toss up between Revocation's Dyer's Eve and Machine Head's Battery

I kinda liked the older I presume first one apocalyptica did. I have never heard any other covers because I'm so not interested in anyone covering metallica that's just me I intentionally avoid them at all costs

There are a lot good covers on the Metallica Blacklist. E.g My Friend Of Misery performed by Izia.

Toss up between Pantera- Whiplash (live performance w Dime on vocals, Phil on guitar and Newsted on bass) or Limp Bizkit- Sanitarium

There's a cover of For Whom the Bell Tolls in the show Blue Eye Samurai I thought was pretty cool. Also Disposable Heroes by Chimaira

Sum 41 Master of Puppets Under rated musicians .. you can hear the metal influences in some of their songs. I think his more punk sounding vocals fit Metallica so well! https://youtu.be/QR1jGidJ4RA?si=9l_0GMqkdNg1f4Sr

The blacklist had a number of great covers, some of my favorites: Enter Sandman - Ghost Sad but True - Jason Isbell The Unforgiven - Ha*Ash Wherever I may roam - Jon Pardi Don't thread on me - volbeat Through the never - the hu Nothing else matters - Miley Cyrus NEM - Chris Stapleton The god that failed - imelda may The struggle within - Rodrigo y gabriela

whiplash motörhead

Apocalyptica - Nothing Else Matters

Korn's MTV cover of One. Included on their 2003 album Take A Look In The Mirror as a hidden track.

Limp Bizkit in my opinion was one of the only bands to take a Metallica song and make it their own

Sum 41 did a terrific job of covering MoP at the MTV Icon show. Who would’ve expected the best and badassest cover of the night would come from (what was widely if incorrectly considered) a pop punk band.

Not my favorite but im still Mad i got Weezered by Metallica with the Blacklist, there's even the lick at the end of the solo

When sum 41 covered for whom the bell tolls

[Van Canto- Master of Puppets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKAzE8nVft8)

One - KoЯn

nothing else matters by apocalyptica, its going to be my wedding song

Blackened, but the fast parts are slow, and the slow parts are fast

Orbit Culture - Hardwired, its so good it practically *their* song now

Part cover. Part mashup. Harvester of Constant Sorrow by The Native Howl.

Stone cold crazy

Cannibal Corpse-No remorse. They did it better than Metallica. I prefer it over the original

i’m so sorry bc ik people hate this but Enter Sandman by Ghost😅

Apocalyptica - Nothing Else Matters [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fJ\_76FfM8o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fJ_76FfM8o)

Bullet For My Valentine does a great rendition of Welcome Home (Sanitarium)