IDLES are the latest act to share a Metallica cover as part of the expansive 52-track tribute album, ‘The Metallica Blacklist’.The English post-punk band have optioned a version of ‘The God That Failed’, making them the first act thus far on the ‘Blacklist’ to cover that song.
It’s taken, as with all the songs on the compilation, from Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album – best known as ‘The Black Album’.
The cover was produced by Mark Bowen, IDLES’ lead guitarist.Listen to IDLES’ version of ‘The God That Failed’ below:‘The God That Failed’ is the fifth single IDLES have released in 2021.
Coincidentally, it is also their third cover of 2021 – following their version of Sharon Van Etten‘s ‘Peace Signs’ and their take on Gang of Four‘s ‘Damaged.
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