IoMP 152: Weirdest Metal Covers Ever? (Metal Covers pt. 3)
AI might be coming for musicians, but thankfully nobody can replace the sheer confusion of metal bands making the strangest cover song choices imaginable.
This week on the Influencers of Metal Podcast, Collin and Tom resurrect their beloved “Metal Covers” series for another round of musical whiplash, featuring some of the weirdest, funniest, and most unexpectedly brilliant covers metal has ever produced.
The guys spiral into a glorious rabbit hole of questionable musical decisions. From Blind Guardian transforming “Mr. Sandman” into fantasy metal wizardry, to Sodom somehow covering “Surfing Bird”, DragonForce unleashing double-kick drums upon Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”, Children of Bodom deciding Eddie Murphy’s “Party All The Time” needed a metal version, and Wind Rose accidentally turning a Minecraft meme song into an international metal anthem.
The conversation bounces between admiration, confusion, nostalgia, and complete disbelief as the guys try to answer one simple question: Why did these bands cover these songs? The answer? Sometimes because it’s funny. Sometimes because it rules. Sometimes because metal musicians are clearly unsupervised.
If you love bizarre metal trivia, chaotic conversations, and hearing two grown men question reality over speed metal Céline Dion, this episode is mandatory listening.
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