[Top 5] Cover Songs Played By METALLICA

5. "Astronomy" (Blue Öyster Cult) - Garage Inc., 1998

The best new recorded coverversion on the overall grandiose Garage Inc. compilation album. that should say it all!!!

4. "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen) - Enter Sandman (Single), 1991

Metallica covered the song as their contribution to the 1990 compilation album Rubáiyát – Elektra's 40th Anniversary. This cover version was later used as a B-side of their "Enter Sandman" single and subsequently won a Grammy Award!

3. "Last Caress" (Misfits) - The $5.98 E.P.: Garage Days Re-Revisited, 1987

The late and great Cliff Burton got Metallica into the Misfits. While driving, Burton would commandeer the tape player and play the Misfits non stop. Eventually, the rest of Metallica got into the band and recorded the already awesome song for their "Garage Days EP" after Burton's death.

2. "So What?" (Anti Nowhere League) - Sad But True (Single), 1993

Metallica released the song as a B-side to the "Sad But True" single and later included on the Garage Inc. album too, it is also a bonus track on the Asian version of Metallica. "So What?" would go on to become an in-concert standard for the band.

Fun Fact: Metallica performed the songs "Last Caress" and "So What?"on the MTV European Music Awards,  instead of performing their single "King Nothing" as scheduled. The MTV executives told the band that they weren't allowed to use any curse words during their time on live TV, and upset with the scripted, family-friendly MTV antics, Metallica simply played non-TV friendly songs. The song "So What?" is known for its amount of expletives and references to Bestiality among many other controversial lyrics while "Last Caress" has lyrics pertaining to murder and rape. As a result of their performance Metallica's performance and references to Metallica have been removed from future broadcasts of the ceremony.

"Last Caress/ So What?" live at the MTV European Music Awards in 1996

1. "Am I Evil?" (Diamond Head) - Creeping Death (Single), 1984

Originally released by Diamond Head in 1980 on the"Lightning to the Nations" album, Metallica have already released their version in their 1984's "Creeping Death" single in 1984. It's also features in the "Wherever I May Roam" single (live version recorded on 1991 in Moscow, Russia) and in the The Unforgiven II single (live version recorded on 1997 in London, England).

Metallica have played this song live for 750 times, first in March 14, 1982, in Anaheim, CA. Diamond Head has stated that the band's members are flattered by the cover, and that the royalties from it have enabled the band to continue.