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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Simon Young

10 unexpectedly brilliant metal covers of 2010s pop songs

Miley Cyrus, Oli Sykes, Taylor Swift and Spencer Charnas

The 2010s – the 10s, for short – seem like a far-off, distant land. Bands could travel freely around Europe, motorists could fill their petrol tank without even wincing and the idea of the world staying indoors to protect each other from a pandemic was the stuff of a Hollywood drama. 

That decade also produced some absolute bangers in the pop world. You couldn't move for them. Some of them became so irresistible, bands in the rock and metal world couldn't resist having a little tinker with them and making them their own. They did them for songs from the 90s and the 00s, and we wouldn't be surprised if we revisited this idea in 2030.

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