Your Top 20 Metal songs

Siddharth

Siddharth

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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

#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!
 
In no particular order, it changes on a regular basis but this is probably the closest you'll get right now:

  1. The Swart Raven - Winterfylleth
  2. Stories - Evergrey
  3. Let the Devil In - Green Lung
  4. Your Love Has Ruined My Life - Holding Absence
  5. Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest
  6. Jaws - Sleep Token
  7. Lord of the Rings - Blind Guardian
  8. Fake Healer - Metal Church
  9. Stare at the Sun - Blaze Bayley
  10. Riverbed - Pallbearer
  11. Bastard - Devin Townsend
  12. Headless Cross - Black Sabbath
  13. The Last in Line - Dio
  14. Cliffs of Gallipoli - Sabaton
  15. The Poet and the Pendulum - Nightwish
  16. Forgotten Paths - Saor
  17. Hell on Earth - Iron Maiden
  18. The Flood Came Rushing In - Urne
  19. Watching From a Distance - Warning
  20. Plague and Fyre - Hell
 
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THESEVENTHMARINER said:
In no particular order, it changes on a regular basis but this is probably the closest you'll get right now:

  1. The Swart Raven - Winterfylleth
  2. Stories - Evergrey
  3. Let the Devil In - Green Lung
  4. Your Love Has Ruined My Life - Holding Absence
  5. Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest
  6. Jaws - Sleep Token
  7. Lord of the Rings - Blind Guardian
  8. Fake Healer - Metal Church
  9. Stare at the Sun - Blaze Bayley
  10. Riverbed - Pallbearer
  11. Bastard - Devin Townsend
  12. Headless Cross - Black Sabbath
  13. The Last in Line - Dio
  14. Cliffs of Gallipoli - Sabaton
  15. The Poet and the Pendulum - Nightwish
  16. Forgotten Paths - Saor
  17. Hell on Earth - Iron Maiden
  18. The Flood Came Rushing In - Urne
  19. Watching From a Distance - Warning
  20. Plague and Fyre - Hell
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Great! Headless Cross and The Last In Line were close to making it in my list as well. Not familiar with many bands here though.
 
I hated trying to rank these, but I think this list is fairly representative of my favorite metal songs:

#1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Iron Maiden | Powerslave (1984)
The ultimate metal epic, a joyous journey through poetry and still the song that the rest of the genre has to live up to.

#2. Ghost Love Score
Nightwish | Once (2004)
Metal meets film score, moving from quiet to bombastic with orchestral flourishes as one of the most powerful choruses uproots your soul.

#3. Old Thunder
Ahab | The Call of the Wretched Sea (2006)
Funeral doom's finest song, a monstrously heavy whaling epic that peaks in glorious fashion while crushing riffs act as tidal waves against your speakers.

#4. Trumpets of Jericho
Bruce Dickinson | The Chemical Wedding (1998)
A rocking archaic beast composed of heavy guitar and the greatest metal singer ever giving one of his most captivating performances, heavy in the verses and soaring in the chorus.

#5. The Odyssey
Symphony X | The Odyssey (2002)
The ultimate prog metal masterpiece, 24 minutes of shifting rhythms, neoclassical guitar, orchestral keys, and beautiful vocals that will tear at your soul - and the most incredible journey through ancient Greek literature you'll ever hear.

#6. Forty Six & 2
Tool | Ænima (1996)
Driven by one of the all-time greatest bass riffs, and guided by hard-hitting lyrics, this is the song I go back to during my self-explorations.

#7. Blackwater Park
Opeth | Blackwater Park (2001)
A titanic extreme metal monster that knows when to quiet down in soothing, ethereal acoustic guitar - and knows when to explode like a motherfucking hurricane.

#8. Judith
A Perfect Circle | Mer de Noms (2000)
A gut-wrenchingly angry attack on the hypocrisy of religion, built with a mixture of heavy alternative riffing and beautiful vocal harmonies, leading up to one of the most insane held notes in metal history.

#9. Raining Blood
Slayer | Reign in Blood (1986)
The greatest thrash song of them all, featuring three-and-a-half minutes of raging guitar built up by ambience and erupting through one of the all-time greatest riffs - and then finishing out with a flurry of nuthouse soloing and a minute of rain sounds for good measure.

#10. Burning Times
Iced Earth | Something Wicked This Way Comes (1998)
One of the best concert openers, with a killer riff and powerful vocals that explode with the force of a cyclone.

#11. King James
Buckethead | Crime Slunk Scene (2006)
A wondrous instrumental showcase of great guitarwork with peaks and valleys driven forward in joyous fashion.

#12. Rain When I Die
Alice in Chains | Dirt (1992)
The perfect blend of Sabbathy-AIC doom and erupting Layne Staley awe - featuring one of most powerful choruses you'll ever hear.

#13. Ghost Division
Sabaton | The Art of War (2008)
Sabaton is a silly band, but here they unleash the most rip-roaring tank anthem of all time, with a blaze of heavy guitars and action-packed lyrics.

#14. Crystal Mountain
Death | Symbolic (1995)
One of the greatest extreme metal songs of all time, with furious guitar and screeching vocals undercut with acoustic interspersions that add a real depth to this dissection of religion.

#15. Ich will
Rammstein | Mutter (2001)
So hard to pick which Rammstein song to include, but I'm going with this one - an anthemic track with lyrics you could shout to at a concert... or ascribe to any two-faced leader with a lust for power.

#16. Corporal Jigsore Quandary
Carcass | Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)
A grimy, pathological dissection with some of death metal's all-time greatest riffs.

#17. Disposable Heroes
Metallica | Master of Puppets (1984)
"The Trooper" on steroids - heavier, longer, more intense, and featuring some of the best riffing, soloing, and choruses you'll ever hear from the biggest metal band on the planet.

#18. Blood and Thunder
Mastodon | Leviathan (2004)
An absolute juggernaut of a whaling anthem and one of the most intense opening rockers in metal history.

#19. The Sentinel
Judas Priest | Defenders of the Faith (1984)
Hard to pick a Priest song but this one is absolutely scorching from beginning to end, everything you want from a heavy metal track in just five minutes.

#20. Eyes of a Stranger
Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
A powerful conclusion to one of metal's greatest concept albums, with emotional lyrics, soaring vocals, and twin guitar awesomeness.
 
I'm not ranking these, going by release date:

Stargazer
Rainbow l Rising

2112
Rush l 2112

Children Of The Sea
Black Sabbath l Heaven and Hell

Don't Talk to Strangers
Dio l Holy Diver

Creeping Death
Metallica l Ride The Lightning

Still Loving You
Scorpions l Love At First Sting

The Sentinel
Judas Priest l Defenders Of The Faith

Medusa
Anthrax l Spreading The Disease

Guardian
Fates Warning l Awaken The Guardian

Wasted Years
Iron Maiden l Somewhere In Time

Keeper Of The Seven Keys
Helloween l Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2

Eyes Of A Stranger
Queensryche l Operation: Mindcrime

The Great Misconceptions of Me
W.A.S.P. l The Crimson Idol

A Change Of Seasons
Dream Theater l A Change Of Seasons

Darkside Of Aquarius
Bruce Dickinson l Accident Of Birth

Deadhead
Devin Townsend Band l Accelerated Evolution

Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Porcupine Tree l Deadwing

Harlequin Forest
Opeth l Ghost Reveries

Blackbird
Alter Bridge l Blackbird

Vermillion Moons
Arch/Matheos l Winter Ethereal

Honourable Mention: Ghost Love Score by Nightwish, if I was counting live versions it would be here along with Love to Love by UFO and potentially Victim Of Changes.
 
This is pretty much an impossible task, it changes every day. But I will try.

I have not included any "ballad" or alternative music on my list, not anything I consider rock either, just full-on metal songs. In no particular order:

Anthrax - Only

Iron maiden - Powerslave

Metallica - Leper messiah

Gojira - L’enfant sauvage

Celtic frost - The usurper

Bathory - Enter the eternal fire

Burzum - Det som engang var

Immortal - Damned in black

Emperor - Cosmic keys to my creations and times

Pagan’s mind - The celestine prophecy

Dream theater - Honor thy father

Pain of salvation - Trace of blood

Stratovarius - Survive

Nightwish - Ghost love score

Wintersun - Death and the healing

Sonata arctica - The cage

Kamelot - Forever

Gamma ray - Anywhere in the galaxy

Edguy - We don’t need a hero

Korn - Clown
 
It's a difficult decision for some bands, but I would say something like this:

Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (with Rime on close second)
Bruce Dickinson - Tears Of The Dragon (with Road To Hell and Power Of The Sun after it)
Judas Priest - One Shot At Glory (with Rising From Ruins and Future Of Mankind after it)
KISS - Forever (with Tears Are Falling and Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll on close second)
HammerFall - Templars Of Steel
Helloween - Ride The Sky (with Power and Where The Rain Grows on close second)
Accept - Breaker (with Living For Tonite, Winterdreams, Midnight Mover all on close second)
Dio - Rainbow In The Dark
Nightwish - Ever Dream
Rainbow - Stargazer (with Gates Of Babylon and A Light In The Black after it)
Saxon - Deeds Of Glory (with I Can't Wait Anymore and Lionheart after it)
Krokus - Screaming In The Night
Gamma Ray - Avalon (with Watcher In The Sky after it)
Metallica - The Unforgiven
Grave Digger - Excalibur (with Lionheart on close second)
Black Sabbath - Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Stratovarius - Eagleheart
W.A.S.P. - Wild Child
Attick Demons - City Of Golden Gates
Primal Fear - Iron Fist In A Velvet Glove

hm: Manowar - Thor (The Powerhead) / Def Leppard - Too Late For Love / Battle Beast - Place That We Call Home / Scorpions - Big City Nights / Bloodbound - Nosferatu / AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
 
1. Black Sabbath- Into the Void(A National Acrobat on close second)
2. Judas Priest- Beyond the Realms of Death(Victim of Changes on close second)
2. Iron Maiden- Caught Somewhere in Time(To Tame a Land on close second)
3. Ozzy Osbourne- Over the Mountain
4. Metallica- Creeping Death
5. Pantera- A New Level
6. Scorpions- The Sails of Charon
7. Megadeth- Wake up Dead
8. Motörhead- Overkill
9. Slayer- Angel of Death
10. Diamond Head- Am I Evil?
11. Dio- Don't Talk to Strangers
12. Queensryche- Queen of the Reich
13. Death- Symbolic
14. Saxon- 747(Strangers in the Night)
15. Thin Lizzy- Cold Sweat
16. Van Halen- Hear About it Later
17. The Warning- Queen of the Murder Scene
18. Queen- Stone Cold Crazy
19. Budgie- Breadfan
20. Riot- Narita
 
Ok, just for fun but there are at least 50, 100 more songs that I could have included here (with at least 95% of Maiden songs)

1. IRON MAIDEN - Rime of the ancient Mariner (close second: Alexander the great or Hallowed be thy name)
2. FATES WARNING - At fate's hands (close second: 95% of their discography)
3. DIO - All the fools sailed away (close second: The last in line or Sacred heart)
4. MEGADETH - Blood of heroes
5. JUDAS PRIEST - Blood red skies
6. RAINBOW - Stargazer
7. BLACK SABBATH - Sign of the southern cross
8. OZZY OSBOURNE - Diary of a madman
9. QUEENSRYCHE: Suite Sister Mary
10. ANGRA - ZITO
11. CRIMSON GLORY: Azrael
12. NIGHTWISH: Ghost Love Score
13. ACCEPT : Princess of the dawn
14. SAXON: Crusader
15. PARADISE LOST: Hallowed land
16. DREAM THEATER: Fatal tragedy
17. METALLICA: The call of ktulu
18. RAGE: Ghosts
19. BRUCE DICKINSON: Accident of Birth
20. HALFORD: Silent scream
 
Diesel 11 said:
#20. Eyes of a Stranger
Queensrÿche | Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
A powerful conclusion to one of metal's greatest concept albums, with emotional lyrics, soaring vocals, and twin guitar awesomeness.
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I nominated it for the GMSC, you´d better vote for it! :D
permanenteddie said:
2. FATES WARNING - At fate's hands
4. MEGADETH - Blood of heroes
9. QUEENSRYCHE: Suite Sister Mary
11. CRIMSON GLORY: Azrael
15. PARADISE LOST: Hallowed land
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Excellent choices!
 
Diesel 11 said:
I’m sure I will, unless LC has a thunderstorm lined up against it.
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It's the headliner of the Nicko McBrain Division, along with AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie, Machine Head - Davidian, Faith No More - The Real Thing, and Life of Agony - This Time. I have a hard time seeing it not come out of that division as top seed.
 
Difficult task but I'll try it:

I wanted to separate Hard Rock and Metal bands. I have to say that there's a lot of great songs and bands that cannot be included.


MY TOP 20 METAL SONGS LIST: (In No Particular order)


#1 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
Album: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

#2 Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
Album: Blizzard of Ozz (1980)

#3 Heading for Tomorrow - Gamma Ray
Album: Heading for Tomorrow (1990)

#4 Keeper of the Seven Keys - Helloween
Album: Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 (1988)

#5 The Idol - W.A.S.P.
Album: The Crimson Idol (1992)

#6 The Book of Thel - Bruce Dickinson
Album: The Chemical Wedding (1998)

#7 Starbreaker - Judas Priest
Album: Sin After Sin (1977)

#8 Symptom of the Universe - Black Sabbath
Album: Sabotage (1975)

#9 Calico Jack - Running Wild
Album: Por Royal (1988)

#10 Metal Thrashing Mad - Anthrax
Album: Fistful of Metal (1984)

#11 Defender - Manowar
Album: Fighting the World (1987)

#12 Good Mourning / Black Friday - Megadeth
Album: Peace Sells…But Who's Buying? (1986)

#13 People of the Lie - Kreator
Album: Coma of Souls (1990)

#14 Eerie Inhabitants - Testament
Album: The New Order (1988)

#15 Motorbreath - Metallica
Album - Kill 'em All (1983)

#16 Balls to the Wall - Accept
Album: Balls to the Wall (1983)

#17 Holy Diver - Dio
Album: Holy Diver (1983)

#18 South of Heaven - Slayer
Album: South of Heaven (1988)

#19 Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage
Album: Hall of the Mountain King (1987)

#20 Come to the Sabbath - Mercyful Fate
Album: Don't Break the Oath (1984)
 
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