Industrial metal outfit 3TEETH have roared back into the spotlight with a blistering new cover of Guns N’ Roses’ 1990 single “Civil War,” released via Century Media Records.
The track itself has an interesting lineage. Civil War was first unveiled on the 1990 charity compilation Nobody’s Child: Romanian Angel Appeal, a project spearheaded by George Harrison and his wife Olivia to raise funds for Romanian orphans after the fall of the Ceaușescu regime. A year later, Guns N’ Roses would give the song a wider audience when they included it on their mammoth, seven‑times platinum album Use Your Illusion II in 1991, where it became a fan favourite for its haunting whistle intro, sprawling anti‑war narrative, and Slash’s searing guitar work.
For 3TEETH, known for merging industrial aggression with modern metal weight, taking on Civil War is more than just a tribute — it’s a chance to reframe the song’s message through their own apocalyptic lens. Frontman Alexis Mincolla snarls through the verses with a sense of urgency that feels chillingly current, while the band’s crushing electronics and downtuned riffs transform the track into something darker and more dystopian, perfectly in line with their aesthetic.
This isn’t 3TEETH’s first rodeo with covers, either. They’ve built a reputation for injecting fresh venom into classics: their eerie rendition of Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks” gained viral attention for turning indie pop into something sinister, while their versions of Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” and Sweet’s “Ballroom Blitz” tore up the soundtrack for the 2020 action‑chaos film Guns Akimbo.
Their decision to tackle Civil War feels deliberate — a song originally about global conflict and hypocrisy, now repurposed in a time when those themes feel unsettlingly relevant. For fans of industrial metal or anyone curious to hear a GNR classic pushed through the grinder, 3TEETH’s take is as heavy, abrasive, and thought‑provoking as you’d hope.
