Hear Biffy Clyro’s cover of Metallica’s Holier Than Thou

Singles from The Metallica Blacklist have started to arrive ahead of its release, the latest being Biffy Clyro’s cover of Holier Than Thou.

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By picking Holier Than Thou, Biffy Clyro are in the minority: only a handful of other artists picked the track. Biffy Clyro are joined in their song choice by Australian punks The Chats, non-Australian punks Off!, other non-Australian punks Pup and non-Australian non-punk Corey Taylor.

The song with the most covers on The Metallica Blacklist is Nothing Else Matters, with 12 artists taking on the track. The track with the fewest is The Struggle Within, with Rodrigo Y Gabriela being the only band to cover it.

Biffy Clyro’s cover of Holier Than Thou has arrived with an abstract, MC Escher-esque music video: flashing lights warning applies. Take a look below.

The Metallica Blacklist arrives in full on 10 September. Its full tracklist is below.

1. Alessia Cara & The Warning – Enter Sandman
2. Mac Demarco – Enter Sandman
3. Ghost – Enter Sandman
4. Juanes – Enter Sandman
5. Rina Sawayama – Enter Sandman
6. Weezer – Enter Sandman
7. Sam Fender – Sad But True (Live)
8. Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – Sad But True
9. Mexican Institute Of Sound Feat. La Perla & Gera Mx – Sad But True
10. Royal Blood – Sad But True
11. St. Vincent – Sad But True
12. White Reaper – Sad But True
13. Yb – Sad But True
14. Biffy Clyro – Holier Than Thou
15. The Chats – Holier Than Thou
16. Off! – Holier Than Thou
17. Pup – Holier Than Thou
18. Corey Taylor – Holier Than Thou
19. Cage The Elephant – The Unforgiven
20. Vishal Dadlani, Divine, Shor Police – The Unforgiven
21. Diet Cig – The Unforgiven
22. Flatbush Zombies Feat. Dj Scratch – The Unforgiven
23. Ha*Ash – The Unforgiven
24. José Madero – The Unforgiven
25. Moses Sumney – The Unforgiven
26. J Balvin – Wherever I May Roam
27. Chase & Status Feat. Backroad Gee – Wherever I May Roam
28. The Neptunes – Wherever I May Roam
29. Jon Pardi – Wherever I May Roam
30. Sebastian – Don’t Tread On Else Matters
31. Portugal. The Man Feat. Aaron Beam – Don’t Tread On Me
32. Volbeat – Don’t Tread On Me
33. The Hu – Through The Never
34. Tomi Owó – Through The Never
35. Phoebe Bridgers – Nothing Else Matters
36. Miley Cyrus Feat. Watt, Elton John, Yo-yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith – Nothing Else Matters
37. Dave Gahan – Nothing Else Matters
38. Mickey Guyton – Nothing Else Matters
39. Dermot Kennedy – Nothing Else Matters
40. Mon Laferte – Nothing Else Matters
41. Igor Levit – Nothing Else Matters
42. My Morning Jacket – Nothing Else Matters
43. Pg Roxette – Nothing Else Matters
44. Darius Rucker – Nothing Else Matters
45. Chris Stapleton – Nothing Else Matters
46. Tresor – Nothing Else Matters
47. Goodnight, Texas – Of Wolf And Man
48. Idles – The God That Failed
49. Imelda May – The God That Failed
50. Cherry Glazerr – My Friend Of Misery
51. Izïa – My Friend Of Misery
52. Kamasi Washington – My Friend Of Misery
53. Rodrigo Y Gabriela – The Struggle Within