No primers for you posers today. Instead, we’re hurtling headlong into the lack of originality that has plagued the metal scene since, well, Blue Cheer. Cover your asses and prepare for karaoke hour with the AMG Crew.
- Steel Druhm
– Celestial Season – “Vienna” (Ultravox)
– Slayer – “In A Gadda Da Vita” (Iron Butterfly) - Madam X
– Shining – “For My Demons” (Katatonia)
– Shining – “Carnival of Rust” (Poets of the Fall) - Dr. A.N.Grier
– Brand New Sin – “House of the Rising Sun” (The Animals)
– Vader – “Raining Blood” (Slayer) - Dr. Wvrm
– Imaginary Flying Machines – “Country Road (Whisper of the Heart)” (John Denver)
– Hammerfall – “Back to Back” (Pretty Maids) - Sentynel
– Troldhaugen – “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Troll After Midnight)” (ABBA)
– Rodrigo y Gabriela – “Orion” (Metallica) - Grymm
– Anacrusis – “I Love the World” (New Model Army)
– Solitude Aeturnus – “Hallowed Be Thy Name” (Iron Maiden) - Kronos
– Johnny Cash – “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails) - El Cuervo
– Oceans of Slumber – “Nights in White Satin” (The Moody Blues)
– Ulver – “The Power of Love” (Frankie Goes to Hollywood) - Mark Z.
– Deafheaven – “Punk Rock/Cody” (Mogwai)
– I Prevail – “Blank Space” (Taylor Swift) - L. Saunders
– Revocation – “Dyers Eve” (Metallica)
– Sepultura – “Policia” (Titãs) - Huck N Roll
– Voivod– “Astronomy Domine” (Pink Floyd)
– Apocalyptica – “Creeping Death” (Metallica) - Eldritch Elitist
– Powerglove – “Chrono Trigger” (Yasunori Mitsuda)
– Visigoth – “Necropolis” (Manilla Road) - Ferrous Beuller
– Opeth – “Remember Tomorrow” (Iron Maiden)
– My Dying Bride – “Scarborough Fair” (Simon and Garfunkel) - GardensTale
– Strapping Young Lad – “Room 429” (Cop Shoot Cop)
– Tyr – “I” (Black Sabbath) - Master of Muppets
– Dark Tranquillity – “22 Acacia Avenue” (Iron Maiden)
– Borknagar – “My Friend of Misery” (Metallica) - TheKenWord
– In This Moment – “Call Me” (Blondie)
– Tardigrade Inferno – “Marmalade” (System of a Down) - Cherd
– Type O Negative – “Cinnamon Girl” (Neil Young)
– The Ogre Packet Slammers – “All Star” (Smash Mouth) - Doom_et_Al
– Our Last Night – “Look What You Made Me Do” (Taylor Swift)
– Megadeth – “These Boots” (Nancy Sinatra) - Holdeneye
– Nevermore – “The Sound of Silence” (Simon and Garfunkel)
– Wachenfeldt – “Necrophiliac” (Slayer) - Carcharodon
– Death – “Painkiller” (Judas Priest)
– System of a Down – “Metro” (Berlin) - Twelve
– Sonata Arctica – “I Want Out” (Helloween)
– Frozen Land – “Angels Crying” (E-Type)