Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...

Sometimes the best songs written for an album inexplicably don’t make the final cut — take our list of the best non-album ...

Just when you thought the 1980s were over, these 1990s bands brought the music of the decade back for another round. At times, the desire for a '90s band to turn the clock back 10 or so years has been ...

There is a saying that once a musician puts a song into the world, it no longer belongs to them. When other musicians cover a song, they might change the piece's style or inherent meaning by playing ...

When he helped induct Black Sabbath into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich mused, “On any given day, the heavy-metal genre might as well be subtitled ‘Music derivative of ...

Stacker compiled a list of data from WhoSampled.com to discover what the most covered songs of all time were, across all genres and timeframes.