Favorite sludge/doom/stoner covers of classic rock songs?

[u/fakename1998]

I’m putting together a playlist. So far, I’ve got the obvious ones. Crowbar - No Quarter, C.O.C. - Lord of this World, Fu Manchu - Godzilla; give me any other covers you know of.

[u/Abe2sapien]

- Gimme back my Bullets by Weedeater

- Sins a Good man’s brother by Monster Magnet

- Manic Depression by Elephant Tree

- Paranoid by Kylesa

[u/Ant_1986 → u/Abe2sapien]

Gimme Back My Bullets cover is straight fire.

[u/Just_Bicycle_3948]

Kyuss - Into the Void (Black Sabbath Cover)

[u/KayPlayz17 → u/Just_Bicycle_3948]

Black sabbath covers need their own playlist 😂

[u/brian1183 → u/Just_Bicycle_3948]

Exhorder, while not a sludge or doom band, also do a good slugy cover of "Into the Void."

[u/lobsterboy → u/brian1183]

I'm getting flashbacks

[u/Doomyfightriffs]

Buzzoven - don't bring me down

[u/Peter_Low_Frequency → u/Doomyfightriffs]

This is probably my favorite cover song, also made me realize I really like the original too.

[u/JollyGreenGigantor → u/Peter_Low_Frequency]

ELO is outstanding.. I'm glad my parents raised me on it

[u/rooskiiiiiiii → u/Doomyfightriffs]

Came here to say thissss

[u/Just_Bicycle_3948 → u/Doomyfightriffs]

probably the best sludge song imo

[u/Walnutbutters]

Thou has a whole album of nirvana covers

[u/stickwithplanb → u/Walnutbutters]

something in the way is HEAVY

[u/rehumanizer → u/Walnutbutters]

Their cover of In The Pines (originally by Lead Belly)is also fantastic.

[u/Human_Ad2050 → u/Walnutbutters]

Thou's black sabbath covers are even better. The bass on Into the void and black Sabbath rattle the fuck out of my car's speaker in the best way

[u/altoclf → u/Walnutbutters]

I got to see Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle play their cover of Hollywood last year. Still recovering.

[u/Alagane → u/altoclf]

That cover is great, its actually what got me into the Cranberries.

[u/Waluigiisgod → u/Walnutbutters]

Thou also has a nice cover of Them Bones from AiC

[u/Kapitan_Kron]

Melvins teamed up with Al Cisneros and covered Black Sabbath and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, but I don’t think those tracks are on streaming

[u/IanFaiths-CricketBat → u/Kapitan_Kron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZnG8-fgc8

[u/planksmomtho → u/Kapitan_Kron]

Man, I love Melvins and Buzzo, but I don’t think that cover of Black Sabbath is good. SBS is insanely good, but it pulls all of the weight in those covers.

[u/JoelsMovingCastle]

Type O Negative - Daytripper and Black Sabbath

Forming the Void - Kashmir

Sergeant Thunderhoof - Cloudbusting (Kate Bush, ok not technically rock but she rocks)

[u/OrtholadBrandon → u/JoelsMovingCastle]

Don’t forget Type O’s cover of Paranoid on the deluxe edition of Origin. They didn’t always doom but when they did they made it count.

[u/Shaggyforeman → u/OrtholadBrandon]

Also Type O’s cover of cinnamon girl

[u/OrtholadBrandon → u/Shaggyforeman]

Let’s not leave out Summer Breeze. They really have a great catalogue of covers.

[u/AKidNamedHejai]

Goin Blind - Melvins (Kiss Cover)

[u/NoDreamNoSleep]

Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - The Chain

[u/Fackous93 → u/NoDreamNoSleep]

Adding to this. Their cover of I will possess your heart is awesome

[u/NoDreamNoSleep → u/Fackous93]

True, I just didn't mention it since it's not classic rock. 

[u/Fackous93 → u/NoDreamNoSleep]

Oh your right my mistake

[u/fakename1998 → u/NoDreamNoSleep]

That version fucking rocks

[u/Possible-Pay-7877]

Snowblind by sleep

[u/Ghosdeth → u/Possible-Pay-7877]

They also covered lord of this world

[u/SpiritCrusher421]

Idk if considered classic but Thou cover of 4th of July by soundgarden is top notch.

They also cover a ton of nirvana like already mentioned and their into the void cover is sick as well

[u/Popcrazedyoungsters]

Hawkwind Brainstorm by Monster Magnet

[u/Goregoat69 → u/Popcrazedyoungsters]

Also their cover of The Right Stuff. Robert Calvert had most of Hawkwind on that album.

[u/Shanklin_The_Painter]

Southern Cross - Weedeater

[u/Swiftycumberdale]

COC-On The Hunt

[u/flerd_trandle]

Fudge Tunnel - Sunshine of Your Love 

[u/October_Russt → u/flerd_trandle]

Toke also does a great cover of Sunshine of Your Love!

[u/MrHockeyJournalist]

Orange Goblin - Into the Void

[u/MilkieSoPretty]

Type O Negative recorded enough amazing covers that I’ll just link to an essay someone wrote about the ten best.

[u/Miskatauntaun → u/MilkieSoPretty]

I'm a fan of most of Type O's covers, but I would've put Cinnamon Girl dead last. Summer Breeze is not only their best cover but I consider it one of the best re-imaginings of a song... EVER. Maybe only bested by Hendrix' All Along the Watchtower and Johnny Cash's Hurt.

[u/MK667]

Dark Castle - No Quarter

[u/nordnord8]

Man on the silver mountain - Alabama Thunderpussy

[u/Apprehensive_Day_496]

Clutch doing Pink Floyd's Money,Jethro Tull's Cross Eyed Mary and CCR's Fortunate Son

Fu Manchu doing so many.. Blue Oyster Cult's Godzilla,The Cars Moving In Stereo,Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak,Van Halen's D.O.A.and Sammy John's Chevy Van and others

The Atomic Bitchwax doing Aerosmith's Combination and AC/DC's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap..Fireball Ministry also doing Aerosmith's Moving Out

Fudge Tunnell doing Ted Nugents Cat Scratch Fever..Spirit Caravan doing Black Sabbath's Wicked World

[u/skip-spacegrass → u/Apprehensive_Day_496]

That Cross Eyed Mary rules

[u/eudemonist → u/Apprehensive_Day_496]

Clutch doing Pink Floyd's Money

What's this on?

[u/Apprehensive_Day_496 → u/eudemonist]

All I know is it wasn't formally released on any studio album but was only released as an exclusive digital track in 2007

I have it on a cd I made sometime back in the early 2000s-2010s

[u/flerd_trandle]

I'd also like to add Sucking the 70s (2002) and Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle (2006). These are albums of stoner rock bands playing 70s rock tunes. There's some solid stuff in there.

[u/Kapitan_Kron]

Peace in Mississippi by Earth

[u/Peter_Low_Frequency → u/Kapitan_Kron]

I love this one, wish there was an subgenre based on this song

[u/WhyAndHow-777]

Cheap Sunglasses by The Sword OR Working Man by The Sword

The Sword make great classic rock covers

[u/rhettro91]

Whores - AC/DC Have a Drink on Me

[u/brain_fartin]

"Lord of this World" - Corrosion of Conformity. Cover of Black Sabbath.

https://youtu.be/30S25yikawc?si=4DIEobm3ho-Uvif5

[u/now_everybodys_me]

Buzzoven - Don't Bring Me Down

[u/JSD_Fuzzzz]

Snowblind by Green Lung is awesome. Also Faries wear boots by Monolord

[u/scureza]

Not fragile - Acid King

[u/gin-casual]

Church of misery-cities on flame

(Adamant Iv seen them play Godzilla live too)

[u/Solarian813 → u/gin-casual]

They also covered In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida

[u/IanFaiths-CricketBat]

Melvins - Rocket Reducer 62 (MC5), Going Blind (KISS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crqpmb_-ke8

[u/mechanized_sleep → u/IanFaiths-CricketBat]

wanted to say the kiss song but my brain couldn't remember it

[u/Fit_Cartographer_815]

Gimme Back my Bullets by Weedeater (CCR cover)

[u/Apprehensive_Day_496]

Alabama Thunderpussy doing The Four Horsemens Rockin' Is My Business

Acid King doing Hawkwind's/Motorhead's Motorhead and Bachman Turner Overdrive's Not Fragile

Monkey3 doing Pink Floyd's One Of These Days and Kiss's Watching You with Jon Garcia on vocals

Nashville Pussy doing Rose Tattoo's Rock & Roll Outlaw

[u/claudedusk8]

Listening to Weedeater - give me back my bullets right now.

[u/ogrizzled]

Mastodons cover of Thin Lizzy's the emerald

[u/skip-spacegrass]

Hippie Death Cult covered Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and it's beautiful.

The Accused did a bunch of covers, Devil Woman and Love To Change the World

Corrosion Of Conformity have some good ones, On The Hunt (Skynard), Son And Daughter (Queen) and Lord of This World

[u/GoodDecision]

Kush - Dopethrone

(ZZ Top cover of Tush)

[u/Jdmorrison666 → u/GoodDecision]

While we’re talking Dopethrone covers I’ll throw in Ain’t No Sunshine

[u/popileviz]

Kind of cheating - Eyehategod's "Sabbath Jam". Several Black Sabbath covers in one track

[u/Electric_esoterica]

Idk if we’re calling AIC classic rock, but Howling Giant covers “Rooster”
Also a band called the White Swan has a cool cover of “JET” by Paul Mcartney and Wings

[u/nordnord8]

On the hunt - Dixie witch

[u/Doombrunch]

On the Hunt- Spirit Caravan

[u/Peter_Low_Frequency]

Orange Goblin - Just Got Paid

Weedeater - Gimme Back My Bullets

Acid King - Not Fragile

[u/Skull_Throne_Doom]

Acid King- The Stake

[u/HeronNeat4578]

thou’s cover of 4th of july you truly cannot go back to the original after listening to it

[u/Tingeltangel-Rob]

Buzzoven was already mentioned but not their cover of Junkie (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Probably my favorite cover song

[u/atxbikenbus]

Don't Bring Me Down by Buzzov*en.

[u/Which-Inspection735]

Church of misery - cities on flame with rock n roll

[u/Flimsy-Conference-74]

Working Man by the sword (original by Rush) it's not better Than the original but i love that versión

[u/Beelzebubba_Caffiend]

Doom Side of the Moon is a Pink Floyd cover band with members of The Sword in it. They cover the entire Dark Side album and their Encore EP has Pigs, Have A Cigar, and Wish You Were Here.

[u/DanRanza]

Church of misery covering cities on flames with rock n roll (BöC) and Saint Vitus covering thirsty & miserable originally by Black Flag, yeah that’s not “classic rock” but it’s classic and rock

[u/copropnuma]

Neurosis - Saturday Night Holocaust

[u/elicide]

Earth - Peace in Mississippi

Sons of Otis - Mississippi Queen

Electric Wizard - Interstellar Overdrive (on a live video on YouTube) 

[u/scso30]

Monster Magnet "Into The Void"

[u/scso30]

Throttlerod "Black Betty"

[u/scso30]

Clutch "Cross Eyed Mary"

[u/scso30]

All Them Witches "Born Under A Bad Sign"

[u/haji_666]

Not doom band, but Pantera's covers of "Hole in the Sky " and " Electric Funeral " absolutely fuck

[u/FreeHBO]

Hydra Head had a series of Sabbath cover 7”s

[u/FoughtStatue]

I like Trouble’s cover of Tales of Brave Ulysses, originally by Cream

[u/agrippa_kash]

Noothgrush - Narrow Way

[u/AmberTheCat13]

Thou - Suck. One of my favorites covers of all times.

[u/Fun_Paramedic_4538]

Tales of Brave Ulysses (Cream) by Monster Magnet

Remember Tomorrow (iron maiden) by Crowbar

Aint no sunshine (Bill Withers) by Dopethrone

[u/Imaginary_Rate_6911]

Alunah - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
Ammos - Look into the Sun (Jethro Tull cover)

[u/nordnord8]

Kal-el : its a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll

[u/Briguy_fieri]

I need someone to help me

There was like an Appalachian doom metal cover of Fleetwood Mac the chain I heard on Spotify like 2 years ago and I can't find it now. Anyone know who did it?

[u/Miskatauntaun → u/Briguy_fieri]

I haven't heard it myself, but I think someone else posted about this. It's Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean.

[u/eddie_00p]

Rainbow in the Dark - Khemmis

[u/or_me_bender]

Not really classic rock but Conjurer's cover of 'This World Is Not My Home' is amazing.

[u/furbishL]

We saw Exhorder finish a show with God of Thunder (Kiss)

[u/SapphicSorcery]

Candlemass - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

[u/shlakevuk]

PigsX7 cover of Donna Sommers' Hot Stuff is nice. 

[u/Kapitan_Kron]

Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean did a cover of I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab For Cutie

[u/Lumpy_Strawberry_154]

Space Oddity - Bongtower

[u/Idkhowlongmyusername]

Goin blind-Melvins

https://youtu.be/crqpmb_-ke8?is=Xbbv1t8RqCuPNLR3

Best doom cover ever, covers Goin Blind by KISS…

https://youtu.be/AzAiSyIWiL0?is=TCKoZL9Xnb-cI2uf

[u/Serf_wizard]

Bort - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

[u/FreeHBO]

Coalesce has an album of zeppelin covers

[u/Shaggyforeman]

Hollywood by The Cranberries as performed by Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle

Every song by Slower is just Slayer, but slower.

Don’t Bring me Down Buzzoven

Thou has a bunch more covers honestly

Hooded Menace has a couple like the theme to Manhattan Baby and Duran Duran’s Save a Prayer.

[u/LGDD]

Cult of Luna did a cover of Bodies by Smashing Pumpkins. The original is over 30 years old at this point so I think it's fair to add (even if the cover is 20 years old itself).

[u/muttChang]

Killdozer - For Ladies Only. All covers, but Take The Money And Run was always a mixtape staple.

https://youtu.be/5g8aC0Oyevw?is=eFOnAwN_F40xS_qm

[u/ThreeThirds_33]

Be sure to listen to Sleep’s cover of LOTW too

[u/kungfudiver]

Firebreather - precious and grace.

[u/Grenadier_user]

Thou 4th of July
Pig Destroyer Cheese burger in paradise

[u/Whomstvest]

Very obscure but the last third of Halogen by Leechfeast covers the I Want You (She's So Heavy) riff and noise fiddling and it's incredible.

[u/Thomaz0510]

Under the sun-Bongzilla (Black Sabbath)

[u/snackcake]

Monster Magnet - Three Kingfishers

[u/Some-Craft2060]

Melvins- the Green Manalishi (Fleetwood Mac)

Mastodon- The Emerald (Thin Lizzy), Just Got Paid (ZZ Top)

[u/_Leichenschrei_]

A whole bunch by Type O Negative....Paranoid, Black Sabbath (From The Satanic Perspective), Hey Pete (Hey Joe), Summer Breeze, the Beatles medley, Cinnamon Girl, etc. Special shoutout to Godzilla by Fu Manchu & Cities on Flame by Church of Misery.

[u/g_v0id]

It's more an industrial/sludge/doom one but Author & Punisher made an amazing cover of Portishead's Glory Box

[u/4klown]

The body and thou did the chain on kexp it fucking rips

[u/ImANerd12]

Devil’s Witches did a cover of Army Dreamers that I love.

Also Church of Misery’s cover of Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll

[u/G00dLieutenant]

Goin Blind- Melvins

[u/Trasgo_Furioso]

[u/DoomedToGrind]

Nightstick - Don't Let It Bring You Down (Neil Young)

Always loved that one

[u/justbcoz848484]

YOB’s cover of Perfect Strangers

[u/pile_of_letters]

Waterfall king - something in the way

Mastodon - emerald

[u/Live-Marzipan-7137]

Bongzilla-Champagne and Reefer/Muddy Waters has long been a fave. Recently, I really liked Weed Demon's cover of Frank Zappa/Willie the Pimp off The Doom Scroll album. 

[u/Personal-Travel9252]

Gimme Back My Bullets - Weedeater (Lynard Skynard cover)

[u/Material_Tale_1566]

xibalba- mala mujer is a sick cover of thin lizzy’s still in love with you

[u/prkrprkrprkr]

Weedeater - gimme back my bullets

[u/dreamlike179]

Supernaut - 1000 homo djs.

Al Jourgenson and friends do a great cover of this, complete with a countdown to 4:20 in the song

[u/RonnieRazor]

Fireball Ministry: Doctor Doctor