So Here It Is, The TOP 100 Metal Songs of All Tiiiimmmmeeeeee!

[Seeker of Truth]

So here it is, the TOP 100 Metal songs of all tiiiimmmmeeeeee! Thanks to all who voted. It took me forever to compile because even though I expected a lot of votes, I didn't expect 3,480 votes! I was totally unprepared for it and am now pretty good with Excel. The results I think show the diversity of those who visit our site. There's all styles of Metal represented, from Maiden to Slipknot, Metallica to Obituary. I don't know if I particularly agree with the list, but it is what it is... what people who come here consider the best of Heavy Metal music. Thanks again.

1 Metallica - Master of Puppets

2 Iron Maiden- Hallowed Be Thy Name

3 Judas Priest- Beyond The Realms of Death

4 Metallica- Fade To Black

5 Black Sabbath - Paranoid Tab

6 Black Sabbath - Children of The Grave

7 Slayer - Angel of Death

8 Metallica - One

9 Black Sabbath - Iron Man

10 Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil

11 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

12 AC/DC - Back in Black

13 Pantera - Cemetery Gates

14 Megadeth - Holy Wars

15 Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

16 Slayer - South of Heaven

17 Guns N Roses - Welcome to The Jungle

18 Metallica - Creeping Death

19 Megadeth - Hangar 18

20 Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane

21 Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

22 Manowar - Master of The Wind

23 AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

24 Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

25 Guns N Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine

26 Iron Maiden - Number of The Beast

27 Saxon - Princess of The Night

28 Iron Maiden - The Trooper

29 Slipknot - Wait and Bleed

30 Queensryche - Revolution Calling


See The Rest @ heavymetal.about.com (http://heavymetal.about.com/bltop100.htm)

[JonECat]

3 Metallica Songs in the Top 10, Not bad! http://freeconservatives.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon16.gif

[Dash_Riprock]

What, no "More Than Feeling" by Boston in the Top 20?

[Wyatt_Junker]

I may have seen all those songs live 'cept the Slipknot.

Number 7 though, I was in a few mosh pits there back in the day, fully decked in leathers, elbows cocked 'bout my head, as Tom Araya rapped 'bout unwatned Hebrew 'surgery with no anasthesia'. And then that tempo change in the middle, all of us heshers, suddenly putting our arms down like Simon Says and suddenly slow-dancing with each other.

[n_carolyne]

I'm surprised the entire "Operation Mindcrime" album by Queensryche isn't there. That is the best album in my book. That one and "Empire" were fantastic.

[Dash_Riprock]

"A Momentary Lapse of Reason," by Pink Floyd.

[Radical-Conservative]

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I'm surprised the entire "Operation Mindcrime" album by Queensryche isn't there. That is the best album in my book. That one and "Empire" were fantastic.

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wow! another Queensryche fan!

Empire was better IMO though

[Radical-Conservative]

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Dash_Riprock said:
"A Momentary Lapse of Reason," by Pink Floyd.

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That's not metal

[Radical-Conservative]

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What, no "More Than Feeling" by Boston in the Top 20?

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[Dash_Riprock]

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That's not metal


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I suppose it depends on your definition of it.

[Wyatt_Junker]

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That's not metal


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I suppose it depends on your definition of it.

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Rad's right. Floyd ain't metal, its an alloy.

And the best 'Reich is Rage when one knee-high boot was still firmly planted in the gothy camp world.

[n_carolyne]

You're right, I've seen pictures of Geoff Tate in the Rage days, boy he looked campy. That was the time of the glam bands, though, and the men with the biggest hair and thickest make-up got the rock-n-roll respect back then. Androgyny was the rule. Both of my kids are gonna bust a gut in laughter when they open my yearbook and see my teased hair clear off the top of the picture!

[Wyatt_Junker]

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You're right, I've seen pictures of Geoff Tate in the Rage days, boy he looked campy. That was the time of the glam bands, though, and the men with the biggest hair and thickest make-up got the rock-n-roll respect back then. Androgyny was the rule. Both of my kids are gonna bust a gut in laughter when they open my yearbook and see my teased hair clear off the top of the picture!

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I went to a Reich show in '86. They were on tour with AC/DC.

Hillbillies were hocking loogies at Geoff Tate on stage, waiting for Angus to come out in his bording school tie-n-knickerbocker get up and start his one leg chicken strut-n-pick, shoot-the-duck boot-n-scoot.

And although I'd been reared on High Voltage, I was there for the Rage show. They came out dressed like a Raelian cult. All they needed was the matching hand bag and they'd resemble Malibu Barbie. And then this midget comes out of the ground on some floor elevator, the mixer, a nerdy dj who was prematurely balding. It was like the guy "behind the curtain" in Oz, "pay no heed to that man". And the mullet-heads(failed car mechanics, burger flippers and crankcases) started chucklin' at the gnome dude even as the reefers glowed like embers in their greasy palms.

I enjoyed it though, even afterward when AC/DC blew out my inner ears. I heard the ringing for 72 hours and half a bottle of Advil later.

[wolfplus3]

Summer of '79.

Four band show at Carter Finley Stadium..Raleigh, NC

Headliner: Boston
Accompanying acts: Poco (fag band...get off the stage)
Outlaws (good midwest laid back group)
Van Halen (new boys in town)

Poco opened up the show, did three or four songs, then got the F*** out! Bunch of ass bandits, hit the road boys.
Van Halen up next, first base cord blows half the speakers in the monster stacks by the stage! Unreal, show stoppers and stealers. David Lee Roth may be mental, but he puts on a hell of a show!
Boston up next. The boys are great, but they're not in Halen's league and they know it. Went from highly anticipated to "yer not bad" in one act.
Outlaws close out the show, damn good choice too. There was the obligatory "Ghost Riders in the Sky", but "Green Grass and High Times Forever" sold the crowd. Everybody goes home feeling mellow, coming down off the adrenaline high from the previous bands. Been to many concerts since ('Priest, Ozzy, AC/DC, Ted, etc.) and they were all outstanding, but that first one was the topper for me. It turned a 15 year old pop/country kid into a raving/head banging/long haired/you looking at me/schizo all around fun kinda guy.

But I'm all better now...... http://freeconservatives.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[wolfplus3]

Man, I just paged thru the top 100. No Malmsteen? What a bunch of pansies....and no Ted either. How 'bout the bullet boys?

seems like everybody just got a few of their "known" groups and never stopped to put any serious noodleing into it. 'course, being metal usually means the cerebreal cortex has been blown......whatever.

[n_carolyne]

Malmsteen, huh? Yeah, he was good. I also liked Steve Vai, even though most of his music was instrumental.

I can understand why the Bulletboys didn't make it. I consider them part of the lighter sounding, "glam bands" of the eighties. None of that type made it there. Let's see, the most popular was probably Poison, then you went downhill from there.... Firehouse, Warrant, Faster Pussycat, Slaughter, White Lion, Cinderella, (although I love Cinderella, I lost the originals but bought the greatest hits), who am I missing here? They had okay music but usually fell in the "one hit wonder" category.

Anyway, the list is predominantly those bands that have withstood the test of time. I don't like all those on there, Slayer, King Diamond, Marilyn Manson, and Dio are just a little too satanic for my tastes, but I can understand why they are there.

Queensryche still rules supreme. I went to see them on their Empire tour, but they did the entire Mindcrime set with it. There are no words to describe it.

[wolfplus3]

I've thumped my head to the "ryche" for many moons. The first tune of theirs I heard was "lady wore black", or something like that. My memory is kinda hazy of those days http://freeconservatives.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon129.gif
At any rate, Geoff has a killer voice and the band puts out some great tunes. Mindcrime was a great album, and I like Empire just about as much. As to Ronnie James (Dio), I think he just went overboard with himself after he left Sabbath. Granted, I went ga-ga over his music, but he did rely a touch too much (AC/DC freudian slip) on the Satanic imagery. It was all great stuff to an up and coming spaz back in the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Hee...this could go on for hours, I'll cut it loose there.

[JonECat]

All this time I've never given a real thorough listen to Empire, even though I've had it for years.

One tiny little gripe, Def Leppard made the list but no Whitesnake?? Not even Still of the Night? Whitesnake was my first concert, I remember Great White opened the show back in '89, haven't forgotten it. Ironically enough since then I've only been to 2 or 3 shows. I really gotta get more. http://freeconservatives.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[TSawyer2112]

WHAT?!!! No Rush?!!! I find the fact that "Tom Sawyer" is not on the list personally insulting. It's been the same trio since 1974 when Neil Peart, drummer extraordinaire, replaced John Rutsey. I saw them put on an AWESOME show last August. It lasted almost three hours. Just them.

On another note: I do like the entire "Empire" album by Queensryche. How do their other albums compare?

[n_carolyne]

In my humble opinion, Operation Mindcrime is Queensryche's best, followed by Empire. Rage For Order would be third, then the last one is the one they put out last...I can't remember the name....I didn't like it at all.

[JonECat]

It's just occured to me, I've had Empire in my collection all this time, and never ONCE listened to it all the way through. Maybe I will tonight.

[TheRealLobo]

Hmmmm...a top 100 Metal Songs that does NOT include Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda Da Vida concerns me.

I am glad Smoke on the Water was there. Some people would argue that Machine Head was the FIRST metal album.

[Wyatt_Junker]

Okay, here's one I forgot.

What has 7 arms and sucks?

Def Leppard.

[Wyatt_Junker]

http://www.clavia.se/pictures/users/Rick.jpg

1)What if he had no arms?

2)What if he had no legs either?

3)And what if he had an aneurism and lost all his rhythm?

Theoretically he could still go on tour by rolling him out on stage and having him press the play-back button on a pre-programmed Korg with his tongue.

Gunter glieben glauchen globen

[Wyatt_Junker]

We should probably start where else, but here?
http://www.marshallamps.com/images/marshalllaw/news/artistpix/slayer.jpg
Then, move a bit to the right...
http://omropfryslan.modules.nl/files/2146/motorhead.jpg
And let's not forget this classic.
http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/img/exodus%20-%20bonded%20by%20blood.jpg
Or this one either.
http://www.all-reviews.com/images/music/amongtheliving.jpg
And round out the metal canon with Kill, the mother of all palm muting.
http://www.rockdiscography.com/coversiq/metallica/metallica_kill.jpg

[JonECat]

Opinions from anyone who's heard Metallica's New One? I've heard it's really good, and I've heard it's lousy! No real grey area.

[Wyatt_Junker]

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Opinions from anyone who's heard Metallica's New One? I've heard it's really good, and I've heard it's lousy! No real grey area.

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There's seemingly less production on it, giving it a tribal effect. The drums sound Sepulturesque, almost tinny, which I prefer. Its the difference between hearing a gun battle in a movie theatre versus being out on the shooting range. The real open air acoustic sound brings a kind of ampitheatre approach, a muffled quality, but at the same time, authenticates the sound with which one would call "raw". They've brought back an element of realism to their music, a welcome return, but I just can't 'do' Hetfield's corny lyrics anymore.

He stopped writing music after M.O.P., and after they got "Cliffed". I still remember buying Justice eons ago, unwrapping it with Puppets still riffing in my head and being so thoroughly disappointed after the first two minutes that it nearly made me ill. I kept waiting for "it" and "it" never came. Just a stinky pile of gain thudding along, overkill crunching, Bob Rock's version of a produced-to-death, giving-your-kid-so-many-vitamins-their-face-turns-bright-orange-dayglow like putting sugar on top of your whip cream on top of your frosting or smothering Tammy Baker's face in so much Mary Kay that you could sink a couple picnic tables right into it or like a Jerry Bruckheimer movie with so many bullshit 'sploshuns between sex scenes that you walk out of the theatre with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and a hard on...

but you get my drift.

On this album, they've stripped back down to the skeleton. Somebody went to therapy. You can tell. They went back to work.

All those shitty albums: Justice, the black one, Load(& I dunno I'm prolly missing s'more crap here)...when they started out so good. Its a shame. Metal Up Your Ass was a suppository not to be had ever again.

Kill 'em was kool. It was the first album where I remember physically wanting to destroy something. All I had up to that point was Rodney James Dio & Maiden, which wasn't bad, but KEA was truly inspiring to a teenager who was unfortunately stuck in an all boys school. At the time, I had a brutal psychological need for encountering Neitszche firsthand. And to break shit. And Kill was quite the prescription for a boy in his garage, working out until his arms swelled up like a man's. I wanted to join the Metal Militia. I wanted to Seek & Destroy. I had to walk around in a neck brace because I took Whiplash literally. No remorse, no regrets. Just keep going forward, smashing through time, disemboweling authority. Stuff to grow tough on. A pitbull wearing a spiked collar ripping out the jugular of a chihuahua. Rolling down the road in a soup-fed Mustang, windows down, and the Four Horsemen riding with you, the volume knob broken off in your fingers, your dashboard shaking, and just under your knuckles, you watch the speedometer needle flick its tail at the red light while the other foot keeps you from breaking free.