Your Top 20 Metal songs

[stvn1974]

To be honest I am not much of a metal fan so my list will be limited to the metal artist that I do listen to. I can't limit it to one per artist because then it wouldn't be my actual 20 favorite songs.

Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera
Slayer - Jesus Saves
Metallica - Disposable Heroes
Metallica - Leper Messiah
Iron Maiden - The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
Tool - Roetta Stoned
Death - Beyond The Unholy Grave
Iron Maiden - Total Eclipse
Slayer - Anti-Christ
Black Sabbath - Megalomania
Black Sabbath - The Writ
Tool - Lateralus
Iron Maiden - Nomad
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Metallica - Metal Militia
Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
Slayer - Spill The Blood
Iron Maiden - Book Of Souls
Danzig - I Don't Mind The Pain
Iron Maiden - When The Wild Wind Blows

 

[tylergrez]

Since the GMSC is on and while I'm a bit late to the party to nominate any songs, I decided to make this thread.

Pick ONLY one song by a band and you may include a Maiden song as well!

My Top 20:

#1. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth
Album - Rust In Peace (1990)
Genre - Thrash Metal

#2. Master Of Puppets - Metallica
Album - Master Of Puppets (1986)
Genre - Thrash Metal

#3. Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath
Album - Master Of Reality (1971)
Genre - Heavy/Doom Metal

#4. The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner - Iron Maiden
Album - Somewhere In Time (1986)
Genre - Heavy Metal

#5. Bat Country - Avenged Sevendold
Album - City Of Evil (2005)
Genre - Heavy Metal

#6. Mouth For War - Pantera
Album - Vulgar Display Of Power (1992)
Genre - Groove Metal

#7. Native Blood - Testament
Album - Dark Roots Of The Earth (2012)
Genre - Thrash Metal

#8. Spirit Crusher - Death
Album - The Sound Of Perseverance (1998)
Genre - Technical Death Metal

#9. Painkiller - Judas Priest
Album - Painkiller (1990)
Genre - Speed Metal

#10. Of Sin And Shadows - Symphony X
Album - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (1997)
Genre - Progressive/Power Metal

#11. Learning To Live - Dream Theater
Album - Images And Words (1992)
Genre - Progressive Metal

#12. What Drives The Weak - Shadows Fall
Album - The War Within (2004)
Genre - Metalcore

#13. A Skeleton In The Closet - Anthrax
Album - Among The Living (1987)
Genre - Thrash Metal

#14. Albatross - Corrosion Of Conformity
Album - Deliverance (1994)
Genre - Sludge Metal

#15. Nothing To Say - Angra
Album - Holy Land (1996)
Genre - Power Metal

#16. The Uninvited Guest - Mercyful Fate
Album - Into The Unknown (1996)
Genre - Heavy Metal Geometry Dash Full

#17. The Hunter - Dokken
Album - Under Lock And Key (1985)
Genre - Glam Metal

#18. Before I Forget - Slipknot
Album - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
Genre - Alternative/Nu Metal

#19. Southern Dissolution - Black Label Society
Album - Order Of The Black (2010)
Genre - Groove Metal

#20. Heresy - Paradox
Album - Heresy (1990)
Genre - Thrash Metal with melodic and progressive influences

Do you like any of these? Would like to know your thoughts!

Great list. Respect for including deep cuts like Paradox and C.O.C alongside the heavy hitters. Also, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner is a killer, underrated Maiden pick.

Here is my Top 20:

• Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (The Number of the Beast, 1982) [Heavy Metal]
• Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth (Rust in Peace, 1990) [Thrash Metal]
• Master of Puppets - Metallica (Master of Puppets, 1986) [Thrash Metal]
• Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest (Stained Class, 1978) [Heavy Metal]
• War Pigs - Black Sabbath (Paranoid, 1970) [Heavy/Doom Metal]
• Cemetery Gates - Pantera (Cowboys from Hell, 1990) [Groove Metal]
• Crystal Mountain - Death (Symbolic, 1995) [Technical Death Metal]
• Pull Me Under - Dream Theater (Images and Words, 1992) [Progressive Metal]
• Mirror Mirror - Blind Guardian (Nightfall in Middle-Earth, 1998) [Power Metal]
• A Fine Day to Die - Bathory (Blood Fire Death, 1988) [Black/Viking Metal]
• Overkill - Motörhead (Overkill, 1979) [Speed/Heavy Metal]
• A Skeleton in the Closet - Anthrax (Among the Living, 1987) [Thrash Metal]
• Ghost of Karelia - Mastodon (Crack the Skye, 2009) [Progressive/Sludge Metal]
• Ghost River - Nightwish (Imaginaerum, 2011) [Symphonic Metal]
• Over the Wall - Testament (The Legacy, 1987) [Thrash Metal]
• Evil - Mercyful Fate (Melissa, 1983) [Heavy Metal]
• Black No. 1 - Type O Negative (Bloody Kisses, 1993) [Gothic Metal]
• Psychosocial - Slipknot (All Hope Is Gone, 2008) [Nu/Groove Metal]
• Blind - Korn (Korn, 1994) [Nu Metal]
• Hail and Kill - Manowar (Kings of Metal, 1988) [Power/Heavy Metal]

 

[karljant]

Bastard - Devin Townsend

 

[karljant]

Not my favorite 25 (I couldn't narrow it down to less than 25 songs) but what I consider to be the most iconic of all time on a chronological order. In other words, a playlist that gives an absolute newbie a cool introduction to the genre, IMO:

• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (70's Metal/ Doom Metal)
• Judas Priest - Tyrant (70's Metal)
• Motorhead - Overkill (70's Metal/ Punk Rock)
• Iron Maiden - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (Heavy Metal)
• Slayer - Angel Of Death (Thrash Metal)
• Metallica - Battery (Thrash Metal)
• Candlemass - Solitude (Doom Metal)
• Helloween - Judas (Power/ Speed Metal)
• Anthrax - Among The Living (Thrash/ Crossover)
• Voivod - Overreaction (Thrash/ Prog Metal)
• Death - Leprosy (Death Metal)
• Bathory - A Fine Day To Die (Black/Viking Metal)
• Judas Priest - Painkiller (Heavy/ Speed Metal)
• Megadeth - Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (Thrash Metal)
• Godflesh - Like Rats (Industrial Metal)
• Carcass - Inpropagation (Melodic Death Metal)
• Entombed - Out Of Hand (Death n' Roll)
• Sepultura - Refuse Resist (Groove/Thrash Metal)
• Cynic - The Eagle Nature (Prog Metal)
• Type O Negative - Christian Woman (Gothic\ Doom Metal)
• Paradise Lost - Enchantment (Gothic Metal)
• Fear Factory - Zero SIgnal (Industrial Metal)
• Devin Townsend - Namaste (Prog\ Speed Metal)
• Neurosis - No River To Take Me Home (Sludge)
• Cult Of Luna - In Awe Of (Post Metal)

 

[karljant]

• Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth (Rust in Peace, 1990) [Thrash Metal]
• Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest (Stained Class, 1978) [Heavy Metal]
• Crystal Mountain - Death (Symbolic, 1995) [Technical Death Metal]
• A Fine Day to Die - Bathory (Blood Fire Death, 1988) [Black/Viking Metal]
• Overkill - Motörhead (Overkill, 1979) [Speed/Heavy Metal]
• A Skeleton in the Closet - Anthrax (Among the Living, 1987) [Thrash Metal]
• Over the Wall - Testament (The Legacy, 1987) [Thrash Metal]
• Evil - Mercyful Fate (Melissa, 1983) [Heavy Metal]
• Black No. 1 - Type O Negative (Bloody Kisses, 1993) [Gothic Metal]