Iron Maiden via Swedish Lounge Metal

Hellsongs are a “lounge metal” band from Sweden and their covers album “Hymns in the key of 666″ features a plethora of classic metal cuts of which this one, in particular, presently intrigues me. They may skirt the line somewhat when it comes to my “Rules for making great Cover Songs” (the musical link to the original songs can be tenuous at best) but someone in the band is clearly an old school metal fan and Hellsongs brings enough of their own charm to win me over xD.

The Iron Maiden original brings back memories of bad metal covers bands from a misspent youth and the entire album is full of ‘em! If this tickles your fancy be sure to check out the Black Sabbath, Megadeth and Slayer covers. There’s something quite wrong about the way lead singer Harriet Ohlsson sings “frozen eyes stare deep in your mind as you die” xD. Thanks fOo!

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