A great cover is an art form in and of itself, needing to both stand on its own two feet while being reverent towards the original. That rule flies out the window, however, when it comes to an artist covering their own stuff. Throughout the lengthy history of metal, band breakups and lineup changes have been all over the show, so it’s not a rare phenomenon whatsoever – and, here, Hammer’s celebrating the best times heavy metal stars recreated their classics to a tee with different musicians around them.
