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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Malcolm Dome

10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

Donna Summer/Orson Welles/Ingrid Pitt and Michael Palin.

Can you imagine Barbra Streisand duetting with Cannibal Corpse? Or Tom Cruise doing a monologue on a Slayer album? No, nor can we. But while these collaborations might be in the realm of fantasy, some truly unlikely partnerships have transpired in real life. Bands have recorded songs featuring a disco diva, a highly respected scientist and a bona fide horror icon.

Here, while we wait for that Cradle Of Filth collab with Ed Sheerin to emerge, are 10 instances where the sublime met the ridiculous.

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