What is your favorite cover of a Maiden song?

[Chaosego888]

I rarely ever like covers at all but I have heard a couple lately that I like a lot. Powerslave by Anaal Nathrakh and Remember Tomorrow by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. I am a big fan of both of these bands but you may need to appreciate them already to like their versions. They make the songs sound like themselves which I think is a necessity if you are going to record a proper cover song. I also like that version of The Number of the Beast that is at the beginning of that movie 'Spun'

[Rain88]

With the fear of being bashed, I would dare to say Sonata Arctica : Die with your boots on. That song is one of the few maiden song that I don't really like (original and cover) but I think it's more suitable to them than Iron Maiden.
As for the rest of the covers, no band can do a better job in a song over maiden.

[The Educated fool]

No need to fear any bashing of opinions here! It's nice to see someone down in this poor, neglected section of the board again too, however fleeting! lol

I completely agree with you too: no cover comes close to being better than the original, in my opinion... with any band, actually.

[Peppoah]

I like Kreators version of number of the beast.
https://youtu.be/gwaViuEmdT4

[The Educated fool]

I hadn't heard that one before... cool post! Phantom AntiChrist was a killer album too...

[Peppoah]

I hadn't heard that one before... cool post! Phantom AntiChrist was a killer album too...

Yes, it is a great album. I often heard it while I was jogging in the woods. The new album "Gods of Violence" is a great one, too.

[The Educated fool]

Right on, man. I've been meaning to check that out...

[druid138]

Dream Theater covered The Number of the Beast in its entirety live in 2002.

https://www.ytsejamrecords.com/Produ...h&idCategory=7

I love DT, and I liked this a lot. But, I was wishing it would have been even better.

Speaking of which, there is some cool stuff that DT does with Bruce on this one:

https://www.ytsejamrecords.com/Produ...2&idcategory=8

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[Chaosego888]

I need to listen to that Kreator cover, I just saw them Friday night with Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous. A great show with 4 awesome bands.

[The Educated fool]

Sounds like a killer show, for sure! \m/ Never seen Obituary live, though I would if they ever came near here. lol