Stormlord - Moonchild (Iron Maiden Cover)

[Vindrutetorkaren]

It is a somewhat evil song, so the growling fits really good. I do however prefer the original, ofcourse. Not bad though :)

[ocalaballa]

Definitely one of the coolest cover I have ever heard!

[seventhson1993]

I'm a die hard 7th son of a 7th son album fan ;) obviously...And this fucking cover rocks!

[thydemon666]

the best cover ever \m/

[bacessarni]

i'm the 30000 th LOOL.

[afoolisharrangement]

Life long Maiden fan here, love black and death metal aswell, holy mother of god did Stormlord make a great fucking cover, the voice is brutal and evil, I had never heard this cover but it blew me away, thx so much for posting, and ofcourse the song is just so fucking killer...

[lorenzo152857]

i like the twist!! :D

[valmont1602]

I fucking love more this cover than the original, also i think i like much more the covers they do than original songs xD ... STORMLOD FUCKING ROCKS !!!

[iVanHalen666]

Holy mother of fuck, what a powerhouse of a cover. These guys did great honour to the original. If I was Dickinson I would be very proud.

[legionovBeelzebub]

this is fucking great ! haul stormlord and hail iron maiden

[metrocks4life]

i think the lyrics flow better growled

[BlackerChileno]

Temazooooo Conxasdesusmadres XDDDDD

Stay Metal

Hail Satan \m/

[ddt44ss]

this is great

[alejandromoriel]

mmmmmm.. no.

[ramonbrazilian]

without vocals could be a very nice playback.

This man seems to have the runs!

[surfindave007]

@ramonbrazilian

Good one, I was digging it too until the singer showed us what a Taco Bell binge does to your voice! Delete that raspy, I just smoked an entire cargo ship full of cigarettes singing bullshit and you have a pretty decent cover!

[BabyyayMariena271]

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[IronFabianSteel]

this isnt my kinda thing i dislike blakk metal but this is actually good! but then again who can make moonchild sound bad right?

[darkshredder95]

@IronFabianSteel listen to shallow's cover of moonchild. now that is fucking shit!

[iVanHalen666]

@IronFabianSteel Like other cover songs from growled singing metal bands, this is one of those that make ppl who don't like black and death, fall in love with these styles. It didn't happen with me but... I'm sure many ppl get into dark styles thanks to this kind of covers.

[rabakmata]

cun cover black metal ni

[FurFagWolf]

Wow i think this is awesome..

Its obvious stormlord worked very hard on this song.

It sounds amazing.

[TheLordFenris]

They did a great job at this cover. specially musically.

[TheFlagellator28]

LOL at these little bitches complaining about the vocals. This is a black metal band, what did you expect?

[mozart0341]

damn they nailed it seriously.

[EddietheHead1994]

overly amazing cover, its a COVER, a thing our music teacher taught us is that if a band does it the same without their own twist is NOT cover, its just performing the song

[TheGodXdethroned]

All Hail Stormlord!!

[grynpys]

why the fuck other bands covering Iron Maiden, there are no band who could perform them songs better than Iron Maiden does, they just screwing them up and making Iron Maiden look stupid

[HeavenTornAsunder666]

@grynpys You are missing the point of a cover. Performing a song in a different style. I love Maiden and nothing will ever be better than their masterpieces, but, the fact that these bands cover them in the first place is because they too are Maiden fans, and as a tribute they record a cover in their own style. No need to get angry about it :P

[Desu666]

@grynpys I agree that they make Iron Maiden look stupid, especially Stormlord.

Because Stormlord makes the song better than the original.

[nakaufo]

change the voice.

[skrag999]

perfect cover :)

[Everdying90]

WTF

[iankaislaia]

The true obscure and mystical spirit of the song It's perfectly caught. Good version.

[darkshredder95]

this is awesome!!! the keyboard riffs are epic!!!

but they should cut down a bit on the screaming.

[daemonaeon]

For the idiots who keep complaining on the vocals or speed, I ask you: did you complain when Maiden played Cross-Eyed Mary for not sounding like Jethro Tull? Why the heck don’t you understand that this is a cover and there is no point of making a cover sound exactly like the original? If you play country, you will make covers sound country, if you sing rap you will make covers sound rap, if your play death metal, of course you will make covers sound death metal! Morons!

[m3tallih0lic]

@daemonaeon thanks for saying what needed to be said to those idiots.. couldn't have said it better myself.

[rock4707]

@daemonaeon lml! its true! stormlord its a wonderful band!!!!! they are originals but this cover its wonderful! (for me) idiots i bet that you cant sing like him! (sorry my english sucks but its true)

[TrooperLFC]

@daemonaeon simple mate. when Maiden do a cover from another band, Maiden's version is better than the original. When other bands cover Maiden, they soung like shit, for the most part. This one in particular, is not too bad.

[RichieSchwarzman]

The Organs at the beggining are epic.The guitar too.But i guess that an instrumental version of this cover would be much better.I had to turn it off after he started singing.

[CountXardas]

I don't think that vocals ruin it. Very amazing cover, but nothing is better than the original.

[edwardgreat]

voice performance: BAD

instruments:  GOOD

[lukepac]

@edwardgreat u dont like the verse the shout of moooooooooooonchild ?

[edwardgreat]

@lukepac

I totally get the point of doing a doom interpretation of the song

I mean, I can like growl singing

but not this one

[BorytheGreat88]

This is a fucking awesome cover, the vocals really add to the feel of the song, like the Prince of Darkness himself is actually singing, which it is about afterall

Musically As well, really really fucking awesome, all I can say

[femoman]

Eh, not bad. Black metal covers are always a touchy subject. This one was not too bad. Luckily, being about Crowley's Moonchild, this song already had occult references galore, so that worked. The overall music and drumming was good, except that the main riff could be more detailed. The screeching (as I call black metal vocals) was okay too. But I honestly prefer more coherent screeching, but yeah, when they scream "MOONCHILD!", it is kinda shivery!

[MrSpardas]

holy fuck

[soilmate666]

much respect for this band. iron maiden's version was already kick ass, but they took it to the extreme and did us metalheads proud!

up the irons! \m/

[MrSpardas]

@soilmate666 holy fuck when he screams moonchild! , do you feel a truley epic chill don the spine and the soul is in fear and excitment xD like holy fuck xD xD xD the solo is badass

[deadpisser88]

Maiden fans, stop getting butt hurt that the vocals aren't in the style of Dickinson. Everyone has their preference, stop taking things so fucking seriously. Also, this song doesn't "butcher" Moonchild, cause frankly, you can still go back and listen to original track, can you not?

Just something to think about. You can return to your subjective opinions now.

As for me, I thought it was a solid cover, though I too prefer Dickinson as far as the vocals go. = P

[darkshredder95]

i love iron maiden, and will always love them more than any other band. but these guys are pure hardcore epic!!!

the keyboard riff at the start is out of this fucking world!!!!

they've done maiden proud!

[MrSpardas]

@darkshredder95 is it me or when the Mooonchilld chorus kicks in its like holy fuck xD epic chill down the spine goosebumps the brain is like ya ya ya ya ya holy fiuuuckk xD the soul is like orgasming and the solo is badass too

[StrikeOfTheNinja]

SO MANY STUPID PEOPLE! THIS BAND ISNT SCREAMO SCREAMO IS SHIT! IT ISNT DEATH METAL EITHER!! THIS IS EPIC BLACK METAL!!! KNOW YOUR GENRES! AND THERE NOT SCREAMING ITS HIGH GROWLS!

[whitetower94]

i wonder how iron maiden allowed this??

[ToothlessWizard]

Omg, haha !!! How to rape a bloody good song, this should be banned for life, haha. No offense for those poor people who 'like' these kind of screaming morons.

[hatecrew77]

@ToothlessWizard well fuck your shit too:]

[mongrale]

gar... this is not meant to be a screamo song.... i mean no offense, but i wish screamo bands would stop covering Iron Maiden... however, decent guitar solo.

[HeavenTornAsunder666]

@mongrale Stormlord are not screamo. They are Epic Black Metal, or just black metal.

[thefinalb0ss]

these vocals =/. I really like the instruments, and I ALMOST like the vocals...but they don't sound extreme enough, almost metalcore-ish...I can't listen to this =/

Bal-sagoth is a good band too, look into them.

[ATAdude666]

that solo doesn't have anything on adrian smith and dave murray... disgrace!

[WMETAL666]

Great cover!!!

Stormlord Rule!!!

[MindsOfMetal]

I fuckn love this cover.

The whole album is awsome in my opinion.

Proud to own it.

[Fenriz72]

Fine Cover, esta bien pasa el cover.

[GregHM81]

Shit, I hate this kind of music. Why they have to scream?? They ruin the songs.

[Darkdevil1584]

this is black metal O.o but the screams kinda ruin it a bit more me. there to metalcorish =l

[GregHM81]

That's what I think. The riffs sound good, but the screaming ruin the whole thing.

[lyon1535]

@GregHM81 My thoughts exactly. At first I thought "this is okay". Then the screaming started and I paused it.

[godx5]

@Darkdevil1584 of course not

[godx5]

@GregHM81 is just a cover man, the screams is because it is a black metal band

[MegaEddie29]

sucks

[DawnOfMutilation]

They rock !

[zerodegree2732]

Wow! Too bad the singer SUCKS!

Not bad otherwise... but Bruce he is not

[Offttrap]

Cool

[GTASbo0mst1ck]

This isn't a cover band....they've covered a few songs but 95% of their stuff is original, a cover isn't supposed to sound just like the original song either....Stormlord isnt a cover band....learn something about them before you call them a cover band

[Riffienkuningas666]

If band starts new music genre, like black metal. Then band, who started it has to be black metal. It ain't no death metal etc.

Venom is pure fucking black metal. Much better than new blackshitmetal like Dimmu Burger.

[CRYSTALICBAND]

venom sucks end of story

[CRYSTALICBAND]

MaidenPriest420 your a dumb fuck these people are like 28 mabey young 30s

[Miguelitro87]

pobres Diablos.... se sienten bien rudotes porque hacen sus pinches voces feas....

[666RapSucks666]

This is ok for a maiden cover.....though i dont think this song is meant for a death metal cover.. IMO

[addiuslovidicus]

An awesome rendition of an awesome.

This band knows what makes Moonchild great and intensifies it.

[MaidenPriest420]

old men bashing extreme vocals, what a joke, your stuck in the 70/80's, blackmetal, death metal, deathcore,grind, its been around for a while and its not going anywhere

[motorcityrocker]

Ouch

[GuitarBill13]

omg..........guys i don't know what to say anymore.....the new style of singing is totally horrible....(as wowandmeatal said)..these new bands have this style i think because they can not find someone with such a good voice that people can say who is by listening to him...any way...i think that these bands sould not be allowed to cover all these song because they really ruin them.........and some songs that are great,they make them difficult to listen to them

[MaidenPriest420]

'new style'? growling/screaming been around since the 80's, u just need to expand your horizons

[GuitarBill13]

@MaidenPriest420

i know man,but i am saying "new style" because nowadays it's more famous than then...and the bands that did this style(Death,Venom etc) are way better then the bands today...

[MaidenPriest420]

venom didnt do anything extreme,

[GuitarBill13]

@MaidenPriest420

venom was one of the first death metal bands...if you know....for the era they played they were extreme

[MaidenPriest420]

they were never death metal, for gods sake they sounded like motorhead

[GuitarBill13]

@MaidenPriest420

when i read about Venom in many magazines they were defined as death metal band......and i listened to them and they sounded like that

[MetalUpYourAss4life]

they were black metal

[CernobylAftermath]

Totally right ! someone have to open he's eyes...

[natedagr808]

the screaming ruins it all

[wowandmeatal]

WHY THE HELL DO SCREAMING BANDS INSIST ON SCREAMING MAIDEN CLASICS THEY ARE NOT MENT TO BE SCREMED plz dont screm maiden songs it makes for a horible cover and any real maiden fan will agree that no cover is ever better espeshaly when screamed

[MetalUpYourAss4life]

it goes Maiden, Stormlord..............Necroph­obic

[kokorochris]

not BM enough :-P

[josher6]

I think this cover is better than Necrophobic's cover

[Outlander999]

5*5 stars, a great cover :)

[zeplynrulz]

fucking terrible maiden is like 1000000000x better

[blindiris22]

whoever thumbs downd u desves to die right on up the irons down this shit

[zeplynrulz]

thank you finally some one with a sense of music

[Luigigeneral]

I always thought this was one of Iron Maiden's darker songs. Nice cover and fits the lyrics, but Iron Maiden's the best

[DejaVu6661]

Not bad at all. Black Metal is my favorite genre that screams like a banshee. Great cover.

[Shazeen82]

Lol throat cancer....

[artvandelay0]

Way to fucking go!!!  Sounds great!!

[knowslian]

What a great cover! Especially the keyboarding!!

[HeavenTornAsunder666]

i'm a huge maiden fan, but i am also a fan of black metal and stuff like that, i think this is an excellent cover, but with touches of musical stylings from other genres, it is not a disgrace, its a cover. and incase anyone didnt know what that means, it means a band takes another bands song, and plays it in their own style. if you dont like it, fine. but dont bitch about it. \¬¬/,

[wakemeup38]

THANK YOU! A lot of people seem to think if the vocals and music aren't clean and/or melodic they're not good. Open up your minds!

[Zjheol]

The drummer from Stormlord is awesome, but he looks like a little midget bitch like Joey Jordinson..... Looks are so goddamn deceiving it's perplexing....

[davelpo]

At the moment im going through a bit of a depressive dark phase and i have to say the one thing that cheers me up and keeps me going is listening to Iron Maiden, especially Moonchild.

Its my favourite maiden song and I love listening to covers of it. Thanks for this, I enjoyed it alot.

UP THE IRONS!!!

[Vincent745]

The singer is fucking gay.

[scashman101]

it was quite good untill some bloke starting vomiting

[therapeofangels]

Necrophobics cover is better

[zallis]

Ironblaze64 you are a true bafoon, Iron Maiden pussy metal? I actually lol'd.

This really isnt for me but I wouldnt say its bad.

[ohjeeeeez]

Absolute SHIT. What a disgrace to Steve Harris.

[luscaslayer]

Although I don''t mind harsh and blackened vocals, I can see why some people dislike them, and in this song particularly - since the song is sung from Lucifer's viewpoint you'd think the blackened vocals would suit, but I think Bruce on the original song sounds more "evil", because his vocals (although they are more tame) are much more calculated and controlled-sounding, and therefore are more chilling. The singer on this one sounds more like he's just really angry as opposed to evil and scary.

[GTASbo0mst1ck]

Stormlord isn't satanic...

[luscaslayer]

I never said they were. Iron Maiden aren't Satanic either, but this fictional song is written from the viewpoint of Lucifer, so as you'd expect both Bruce and this singer try to sound evil. I just think Bruce's lyrics sound more convincingly chilling than blackened screaming.

[mancaria]

This song talks about Jack Parsons and his attempt to create a Moonchild: a baby with the soul of a demon, the antichrist himself.

[googleimages01]

drums are mad

[2791978t]

what is this shit!!!!!!!!

[BoEJohnWayne]

Oh MY SHIT!!!! I love death metal like Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, etc. but what the fuck, they shouldn't have done this!!!!! SHIT!

[Aufreizen]

Complete shit! What a way to murder one of the greatest metal masterpieces of all time.

[ironblaze64]

Awesome cover! If you don't like the vocals then get back to listening to your pussy metal. MCR anyone??

[nicohansenxd]

it's freezing!!

[magicalbilly]

full on grunting REALLY doesnt go well with iron maiden songs.

[ajcashman]

Lmao at all the imbeciles who are saying "omg this sounds like a dying pig its not true metal!" NWOBHM isn't everything, learn to diversify your metal tastes.

Go back to listening to your BFMV cd.

Good cover.

[pimmsRULES666]

BFMV, NWOBHM??? don't make me laugh

i like this by the way, not great, but good

still got nothing on maiden's though

[ajcashman]

It's a general insult towards those who only know the light, mainstream side of metal, it wasn't meant to be classified with NWOBHM..idiot... lol.

It's an "epic" black metal cover, what do you expect, Dickinson vocals?

[pimmsRULES666]

that's okay then :lol:

no i didn't expect dickinson vocals either :p

i was just giving my opinion :)

[dreadfullguitar]

WTF!? WE DON'T ALLOW OPINIONS! just kidding :P

[Klootzak123]

the problem with these cover bands is:

they just dont sound like maiden!

some too fast or too slow ...

stop covering but keep dreaming

[CyanideSovereign]

Thats why it is a "cover" not a "copy" silly!

[homerslave187HX]

this is a good damn cover!!!!

[ThrashingBlackDeath]

definitely the one of the most brutal remakes!!!

HAIL STORMLORD!

[ValenteIronMaiden]

who likes iron maiden doesn't like this cover

[JosephSlipknot]

That's what you think!

[Felipetv21]

Hey, let me see your band

[ValenteIronMaiden]

me and other millions od fuckin IRON MAIDEN fans ;)

[ColonelIsDead]

Nonsense! I love Maiden and I also like this - one of my favourite Maiden songs as it happens.

[mhagan]

o.k. instrumental parts. didn't like the vocals though... Maidens melodies are too important to be forgotten like this. and the guitar solos got fucked up. maybe because I really love the adrian smith solo, or because I like the fact that a guitar and not a synthesizer plays dave's solo! but an ok cover, I suppose..

[JBonesxa]

Great cover. And I love these types of vocals.

[GothPie666]

i thought it was ok, nothing too bad i suppose

[PoVerslaWe]

Fucking Great cover!!! UP THE IRONS 4 EVER!!!

[nediamnori3000]

holy crap the music was good butt the vocals are juvenile.

[italianopellicano88]

metal foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[jerskale]

Sorge myrskylordin faneille, mutta tää oli ihan paska.

[ZabuzaMyamoto]

i first heared this song before ich listened to iron maidens original moonchild and i have to say i think both are great

[CannibalYoda]

The music itself is OK but i hate when Iron maiden songs are sung like this, that's just a blasphemy.

[CorsarioKadar]

Dickinson rules...

[gcpreda]

death / black metal voices have to be done right. this cover is a good one. i like the voice, it fits. just like DIMMU BORGIR covering fucking twisted sister's burn in hell... and cradle of filth covering twisted sister's "the fire still burns"

[CrucifixDroogie]

i can't stand when bands cover iron maiden songs with death and black metal vocals. other than that this is a good cover.

[luckyluke193]

total agree:

instrumental part is ok, but as soon as he starts singing you should stop the video and listen to the original

up the irons

death to false metal (yes i also like manowar)

[sachamord]

TOTALLY AGREE

MAIDEN PWNES THIS SCUM

[ssj4goketa]

YOU ARE SO RIGHT!

[Thesteadfast]

i have to stop listening to iron maiden covers when people can't sing and sound like dying pigs. growling iron maiden = heresy

[FalcoRose]

@Thesteadfast

Moonchild is a song that more of less embodies everything Death Metal stands for. Quit being so closed minded.

[Thesteadfast]

@FalcoRose

Lets see.... Moonchild is part of a concept album about prophecy and magical powers based on a Sci Fi/Fantasy Book. That sounds like Power Metal.

That's what Death Metal stands for? Just because it has Satan in it does not make it a Death Metal anthem. Since when is not wanting my ears to bleed being close minded?

Growling to songs that are originally by singer with talent and awesome voice quality = Heresy

[FalcoRose]

@Thesteadfast

Jesus guy, are you seriously gonna nit pick a good song like that. Christ, I feel sorry for you.

[Thesteadfast]

@FalcoRose

Understanding what songs are about and the message an artist is trying to portray is a part of being a fan of music!

[Septherion]

Vocal is just stupid in this cover

[guitaristofgod]

best moonchild cover ever

[flarpingi]

this rules!

[StandardBunnies]

this sucks

[IMaiden89]

this nand rocks

[stoffia]

What a shit :O

[Stien696]

well i think the original is better but a great cover either way thanks for putting the vid on here its introduced me to a new band to listen to

yeah fuck nena impresionante tro