Artist	Song
Motörhead	Whiplash
from The Ultimate Tribute Album to Metallica (2005)
Disturbed	Fade to Black (Live)
from Music As a Weapon, Vol. 2 (2004)
Agent Orange	Seek and Destroy
from Surfing to Some F#*ked Up S@!t (2008)
Primus	The Thing That Should Not Be
from Rhinoplasty (1998)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	Enter Sandman
from Where'd You Go (2006)
Apocalyptica	The Unforgiven
from Plays Metallica By Four Cellos (1996)
Cannibal Corpse	No Remorse
from Worm Infested (2003)
Trivium	Master of Puppets (Bonus Track)
from Ascendancy (Bonus Track Version) (2009)
Dee Dee Ramone	Jump In The Fire (Cover Version)
from Harder And Heavier (2003)
Flotsam & Jetsam	Damage, Inc
from The Ultimate Tribute Album to Metallica (2005)
Black Tide	Hit the Lights
from Light from Above (2008)
Machine Head	Battery
from The Blackening (2008)
Vader	Fight Fire With Fire
from Necropolis (Exclusive Bonus Version) (2009)
In Strict Confidence	Sad But True
from Face the Fear (Bonus Track Version) (2004)
Chimaira	Disposable Heroes
from Chimaira (Special Edition) (2009)
Moonsorrow	For Whom the Bell Tolls
from Fire Storm (Tulimyrsky) - EP (2003)
The Kovenant	The Memory Remains
from SETI (2006)
D.O.A.	Motorbreath
from This Is Punk (2007)
Oscura Luminosa	Leper Messiah
from In Full Armour (1999)
In Flames	Eye of the Beholder (Bonus Track)
from Subterranean (2007)
Hatebreed	Escape
from For the Lions (2009)
Heideroosjes	Medlica Medley of Creeping Death: For Whom the Bell Tolls / The Four Horsemen / Motorbreath / Seek and Destroy / Master of Puppets from Metallica (Bonus Track)
from 20 Years: Ode & Tribute (2009)

Comment:

As anyone who's ever covered the band knows, there's more than one way to skin a Metallica song. There's the art-of-the-shred approach, a riff-by-riff reminder of just how flawless these tracks are to begin with. Make that flawless and [i]frantic[/i], as Motörhead ("Whiplash"), Trivium ("Master of Puppets"), and Machine Head ("Battery") prove by tearing into thrash metal's riotous roots. Then there's Flotsam & Jetsam's 50-yard-dash rendition of "Damage, Inc.," a tense [i]Master of Puppets[/i] tune that was originally tracked the winter before Jason Newsted left Flotsam & Jetsam for, yes, Metallica. And let's not forget Apocalyptica, a Finnish quartet that reduced "The Unforgiven" to nothing but chilling cello arrangements and mournful melodies. While that quartet's spare interpretation revealed just how spooky its source material is, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones' bullet-train version of "Enter Sandman" delivers a nightmarish, teeth-gnashing spin on ska-core. And it doesn't stop there: from Dee Dee Ramone to Disturbed, from Anthrax to Agent Orange, only the best and baddest cover Metallica — and we've got their best and baddest covers right here.

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