If you listened to Ponies at Dawn’s Dreamwalkers, then you know the original. Now prepare yourself for the metal version with heavy guitars played by Gabriel Borza and vocals with Michael Gardner. The pervasive, muted guitars add a fiery intensity over the original while the new vocals lend well to the symphonic metal style. Koa’s voice still accents the song creating a soundscape that is full, gorgeous, and intimidating all in one!
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General Mumble – Monster Party (feat. Koa)[covering The Wilders] | Pop
Coming out right on Halloween this year, General Mumble’s cover of “Monster Party” is a spooktacular take on the original. Mumble’s version features a ferocious, gnarly bass synth as well as a more prominent organ, both of which enhance the spookiness of the track and give it some extra bite. He is joined by Koa on vocals, and the two of them alternate back and forth singing the verses. Their performance is a hit, and they also do an excellent job on all the little background vocals sprinkled in. Overall, this song will be sure to have you delightfully dancing all night!
4everfreebrony – My Cadence (feat. Koa) (covering Matthew Mosier) | Soft Rock Ballad
Two vocal powerhouses join together to cover one of the fandom’s all-time most popular acoustic songs. I’m at a loss for words here, and whatever I say through my tear-filled eyes won’t even remotely convey how beautiful and powerful this song is. The only word that keeps coming to mind is “wow.” I’m glad that 4everfreebrony decided to make the already stunning song into a soft rock ballad and that Koa lent her exquisite voice to sing the Cadance lyrics. Both of them complement each other’s voices perfectly to create this absolutely perfect cover. [Twitter: 4everfreebrony]
Violight – Becoming Popular (covering Daniel Ingram & Kazumi Evans) | Pop
We probably don’t feature enough purely vocal covers, so this is a nice welcome addition to our usual features. Violight’s cover of Rarity’s solo song Becoming Popular is delightful with a bit of a softer touch than the original. She even handles the harmony line fabulously!
Blurain – A Letter to my Worst Friends, and my Best Enemies (Covering Biscuit) | Metal
Content Warning: Suicide and Profanity
Blurain has been making punk and alternative hits for a little while now, and he’s taken that sound and gone even harder! Blurain understands the emotional depth of A Letter to my Worst Friends, and my Best Enemies, Biscuit’s demonstration of pain based on letters he wrote to himself during multiple difficult times in his life. The added video Blurain incorporates allows him to demonstrate his own interpretation of the emotional weight of Biscuit’s message through his own performance.
NeverLastStanding – Pony Shelter | Electronic
“I was so excited when I heard the opening notes of ‘Shelter’ done with pony chops,” they whisper in the halls of convention hotels long after the concert has ended. “But I tried to find it online, it’s never been posted anywhere.” More like a myth than a song despite having heard it with my own ears…
The year is 2023. It is a month before NeverLastStanding’s final MLP performance with Loophoof at Everfree Northwest, and the legendary “Pony Shelter” has finally dropped! A recreation of “Shelter” by Porter Robinson and Madeon, its synths so warm and pure and full of light, its pony chops evoking emotions long thought to have been lost, its stunning visuals showing Celestia nurturing Twilight and then Twilight nurturing Luster Dawn, a powerful way to echo its lyrics, “I’ll give them shelter like you’ve done for me.” Euphoria. Words can’t do justice to how this song makes one feel.
It’s been a huge honor to see NLS perform this one live in his farewell performance to the fandom. Best of luck entering the next era of your creative journey!
Celica Soldream – Living in Zephyr Heights (covering BlackenedBlue) | Metal
Almost a year ago, Blackened Blue gifted the world with his track “Living in Zephyr Heights,” an already amazing song that had me listening on loop for weeks straight. Recently, Celicia Soldream created a cover of the song that has me doing the same all over again! Unlike traditional covers that showcase musical talent using the same blueprint of the original song, Celica goes above and beyond with her cover and spices it up with tasty harmonies and additional lyrics that were not present in the original song. And that isn’t the only spice that this piece is serving up. Not only is her voice & range perfect for a song that is supposed to emulate Zipp singing the lyrics, but it has a very similar “edge” that matches Blackened’s style of vocals; I couldn’t think of another vocalist that would make a perfect cover of this already perfect song, and I can’t wait to see what Celica has in store for the future!
4everfreebrony – Mail It In (covering The Wasteland Wailers) | Rock
We all know that 4everfreebrony can sing pretty songs of love, but today he is using Equestria’s Postal Service for his message with his own spin on The Wasteland Wailer’s “Mail It In”. While the song is a bit more rocking than the original, especially with fantastic solo in the middle, it still retains that sweet melody and lyrics about Derpy. All this is rounded off by a cutely animated video, so not only give the song a listen, but also the music video a watch!
Childlike Wonder feat. GreenyPika – Magic (covering The Living Tombstone) | Midtempo
Childlike Wonder has visited an old song from The Living Tombstone with from all the way back in 2012! Adding a fresh coat of paint and modernizing the mix while still nailing the classic style and feel of the original with the familiar upbeat melody and catchy vocals and an updated refined feel to the plucky synths and rolling basslines. Its quite interesting to bounce between both this cover and the original to see just how its evolved after over a decade. So don’t just give this one a listen I encourage you to go back and listen to the original as well; conveniently linked within the description!
Blurain – Revenge (covering Thrack) | Metal
Covers are always a pleasure, they show us a whole other way to play a track you enjoy, and Blurain really shows us what he’s got, covering Thrack’s “Revenge”! Springing from randomly deciding to play this track on his downtuned guitar, Blurain turned this song into a metal banger, and his vocals sound just as amazing as the new instrumental!
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