![]() ![]() “I listened to some of the other versions I’m not gonna name any names, but I think they may have been going down the wrong road, like trying to out-rock Metallica,” Gahan confesses. The singer further admits he “wanted to go in a very cinematic sort of place” with the cover, purposely trying to create a version of the song that strayed from the original. “Deep when we were in lockdown, I actually went into my little studio in the city with a friend to record – that was a little strange, too, wearing masks and being in a room like that and not to be able to see someone’s face. “That was weird and came about in a weird way,” says Gahan, who released a covers album of his own, Imposter, with his side project the Soulsavers, last month. The song is an ambient, stripped-down version of “Nothing Else Matters,” one of a dozen takes on the song included on the Metallica Blacklist compilation, sitting alongside renditions by Chris Stapleton, Darius Rucker, Roxette and Miley Cyrus‘ all-star consortium with Elton John, Metallica’s own Robert Trujillo, Yo-Yo Ma and the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Chad Smith. ![]() Dave Gahan has remained especially busy during the pandemic lockdowns, recording a new album, getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Depeche Mode and even finding the time to cover Metallica. ![]()
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