“Big Time Sensuality” is the fourth single from Björk‘s first adult album, the appropriately titled Debut. It was her third Icelandic #1, her second Top 20 UK hit and her first charting song in the US, so it’s a bit of a milestone for her career. Unlike the first three singles, musically “Big Time Sensuality” is a more traditionally up-tempo house number – though it takes a bit to get going and it has a distinct chorus that seems to disappear into the song. Like much of her music from this time, it shows off the full range of both her voice and her vocal techniques.

Dear Evangeline are an all-woman metal band from Brampton, a suburb of Toronto. They put out their debut EP last year. Their sound blends elements of sludge metal with metalcore, nu metal, alternative metal and post-hardcore. So they’re an obvious choice for a Björk cover.

Dear Evangeline’s cover begins with a sample of Björk being Björk from some kind of promo (presumably MTV). And then the sludgy assault begins. One of the singers (there are two) shouts/screams the verses and they sing the chorus (though they scream the title), giving a real contrast to the two sets of lyrics, unlike in the original. Meanwhile the bass plods underneath and the lead guitar runs around in the background. The band slows everything down for the final stanza, fully leaning into the sludge.

The vocals are very metalcore while the band is very sludgy. It’s a long way from house music but features an extreme vocal performance just like the original, even if it’s a very different kind of extreme. It’s fun and, if you like this kind of metal, it just might be for you.