The greatest metal songs of all time

No Deep Purple or Rainbow? How about some Schenker? What were you thinking?

What songs would ya suggest ? :)

Queensryche: all of "Operation: Mindcrime"

Definately! What a timely album too.

Purple: Highway Star, Space Truckin', especially My Woman in Tokyo (live version)

Rainbow: Man on Silver Mountain, Since You've Been Gone (okay, a little poppy but great guitar)

How about Hendrix and Zep? Come on, if you make a list, you owe us a better effort

Man on a Silver Mountain! I forgot that one! Hendrix, Zep, KISS, Aerosmith coming right up as well :)

Favorite metal songs of the moment. This list could be entirely different by tomorrow though.

Destruction – “Total Desaster”
Kreator – “Awakening of the Gods”
Impaled Nazarene – “Motorpenis”
Entombed – “But Life Goes On”
Bathory – “The Golden Walls of Heaven”
Slayer – “War Ensemble”
Nembrionic – “Kill Them”
Demolition Hammer – “Epidemic of Violence”
Obituary – “Chopped in Half”
Bewitched – “Cremation of the Cross”
Immortal – “Battles in the North”
Mercyful Fate – “Doomed by the Living Dead”
Morbid Angel – “Chapel of Ghouls”
Bolt Thrower – “Attack in the Aftermath”
Samael - “Baphomet’s Throne”
Sodom – “Agent Orange”
Hirax – “Bombs of Death”
Whiplash – “The Burning of Atlanta”
Venom – “Live like an Angel, Die like a Devil”
Brutal Truth – “Walking Corpse”
The Crown – “Beautiful Evil Soul”
Dismember – “Fleshless”
Sepultura – “Troops of Doom
Celtic Frost “Suicidal Winds”
Suffocation – “Pierced from Within”
Pungent Stench – “Blood, Pus, and Gastric Juice”
Deicide – “When Satan Rules His World”
Carcass – “Reek of Putrefaction”
Slaugherlord – “Steel Lords of War”
Voivod – “Suck Your Bone”
Metalucifer – “Heavy Metal Chainsaw”
Krisiun – “Kings of Killing”
Cradle of Filth - "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh"

That's a brutal list dude! If I was compiling my favorite songs of the moment, my list would change considerably too though :)

Maybe this goes to how old I am but I have never heard a single song by any of the bands on Chris's list and I've only read the word Slayer before! Damn.

Hey, at least there's a new Springsteen release in 38 days!

The amazing thing is some of those bands are really old Bill. Venom in particular is one of the originators of an entire genre - death metal. Slayer is a Venom baby :) Venom and Slayer definately deserve a place on my list. "War Enseamble" is amazing. But I really like "South of Heaven". Whadda riff!

Iron Maiden Moonchild

Metallica harvester of Sorrow

Slayer War Ensemble

Voivod X-Ray Mirror

Megadeth Hangar 18

GG Allin - I wanna fuck myself

Screaming in the night Krokus

How about Guns N'Fucking Roses?

Welcome to the jungle(live)
Civil War
Coma
Paradise City
Nightrain
Sympathy for the Devil(Rolling Stones cover)
November Rain
Estranged
Don't Cry
Sweet Child O'Mine
You Could be Mine
We will Rock you (Queen cover)

And Alice in Chains

Would?
Rooster
Them Bones
We die young
Man In The Box
Down in a Hole
Get Born Again

BTW, i know Alice is grunge but i just wanted to put them in my list.

Excellent choices!

Heres some of my favorites:

Accept - Balls To The Wall

AC/DC - TNT

Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

Rail - Hello

Queensryche - Revolution Calling

Nazereth - Hair Of The Dog

Motorhead - Ace Of Spades

Judas Priest - The Hellion/Electric Eye.mp3

Great White - Mista Bone

Helmet - Wilma's Rainbow

Faster Pussycat - Babylon

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

If you need more let me know - these were fust on the tip of my tongue.

Kanawao

No Led Zepplin, they were one of the first metal bands.

One word Malmsteen. That guy gives speed metal a new meaning.

yEAH COMMON WHAT ABOUT bLACK dOG BY zEPPLIN

here are some more.....

Rammstein - Stripped

Crematory - Unspoken

Crematory - Fallen

Crematory - endless

Saliva- Lacklustre

Crematory - act seven

Murderdolls - dead in hollywood

Prong - snap your fingers , snap your neck

Ministry - Psalm69

Marylin Manson - I don't like drugs, the drugs like me

KMFDM - Anarchy

Ministry - Jesus built my hotrod

Rammstein - engel

How about metal ballads? Too oxymoronic? I'd say Still Lovin' You, The Scorpions, is definately up there!

Guys, you forgot awesome songs here!

Dark Tranquillity - Monochromatic Stains
Dark Tranquillity - Final Resistance
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Mudvayne - Not Falling
Mudvayne - Internal Primates Forever
Mudvayne - Goodbye
Mudvayne - World So Cold
Mudvayne - Dig
Mudvayne - Death Blooms
Dimmu Borgir - Puritania
Dimmu Borgir - Burn in Hell
Dimmu Borgir - Dark Army
In Flames - Cloud Connected
In Flames - Free Fall
In Flames - Gyroscope
In Flames - Jotun
Mushroomhead - Before I Die
Godsmack - Sick of Life
Disturbed - Remember
Rammstein - Adios
Rammstein - Mutter
Rammstein - Ich Will
Rammstein - Sonne
Rammstein - Speiluhr
Sevendust - Breathe
Sevendust - Praise
Shadows Fall - Thoughts Without Words
Shadows Fall - Destroyer of Senses
System of a Down - I-E-A-I-A-I-O
System of a Down - CUBErt
System of a Down - Prison Song
System of a Down - Needles
System of a Down - Deer Dance
System of a Down - Psycho

Yeah those are some of the many songs I listen to haha..yeah

I forgot:
Nothingface - Blue Skin
Lost Prophets - Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja

same time same Spat by Gowdas

SLipknot - wait and bleed
Suffocation - thrones of blood
Mudvayne - Nothing to gein
Tool - Schism
Staind - Waste
MOnster Magnet - Powertripping
Korn - Daddy
Metallica - Turn the Page
Ozzy Osbourne - Dreamer
Marilyn Manson - Rock is Dead
Nine Inch nails - We're in this together
Static-X - I'm with Stupid
Neurosis - Stones from the sky
Type O negative - Wolf Moon
Rammestien - Kokain
Dimmu Borgir - Puritania
System of Down - Toxicity
Mushroomhead - Before I Die
Disturbed - Stupefy
Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive

cmon!
u guys have mostly death metal bands here..you're forgetting who started metal..
where's the maiden & priest!
i mean cmon maiden is the best band ever no question..2 lead guitarists and one rythm, THE best bassist and lead singer ever..
Iron Maiden - the trooper
" " - dream of mirrors
Judas Priest - The ripper

theres 3 good songs!

DREAM THEATER!!!!!!!
In flames
megadeath
slayer
iced earth
maiden
metallica
old darkest hour
avenged sevenfold

metalcore these days such as shadows fall, killswitch engage, thrice, atreyu, avenged sevenfold, zao, a fall farewell, mmmm metal

... drew said it best 2 above ^

maiden, judas, and metallica regulate all metal

HIM (Helsinki, Finland) is the greatest love-metal band:
Your Sweet 666, Poison Girl, Death is in Love With Us, Love's Requiem, Join Me in Death, Wicked Game (remake of the Chris Issak hit)
Forget Cradle of Filth--From the Cradle to the Enslave, Once Upon Atrocity,
Dusk and Her Embrace, etc.
Iron Maiden--The Clairvoyant, Two Minutes to Midnight
The 69 Eyes (Helsinki, Finland)--Wasting the Dawn, Gothic Girl, Crashing High, Stigmata, Helsinki Vampires

dream theater, probably one of the most talented bands of all time.. yeah thats right

metal but really progressive

Too much metallica not enough zepplin

Where the hell is VAN HALEN on that list??? That band kicks serious ass and Eddie is one of the best guitarists of the 80's

You guys are all mentioning the flavours of the month.

Go to the start, and look forward. Who do you see standing tall? For more than 3 years?

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica
Megadeth
Iced Earth
Alastis
Ozzy Osbourne
Slayer
Led Zeppelin
Stratovarius
The Greatful Dead

These are only a few, but I think I made my point.
My addition to the "Greatest Metal Songs"?

Only one I need to add : Judas Priest - The Rage.

PS - Yes, I do own Rammstein and MuDvAyNe and Slipknot. They are good, but they didn't help build the metal scene to what it is today, the merely helped to expand it a little.

The greatest Metal song of all is HELL AWAITS by SLAYER other sick songs are

Cannibal corpse- Hammer Smashed Face
Six feet under- The day the dead Walked
Slipknot- Wait and Bleed
Dark Funeral- Arrival of satans empire
Cralde of filth- Lord Abortion
Gutted- Death before Dismember
Iron Maiden- Hallow be thy name
Possessed- The Exorcist
Venom- Black Metal
Sepultura- Roots Bloody Roots
Sinister- Bastard Saints
Carcass- Maggot Colony
Cryptopsy- Slit Your Guts
Sodom- Tapping The Vein

duh, you guys are forgetting Barbie Girl by Aqua! Tisk tisk... I expected better from you people

Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Night & The Pips
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Moonlight Feels Right - Captain Hook
I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabitt
Night Fever - Bee Gees
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie

The darkest songs I have ever heard.

True METAL songs:

Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Judas Priest - Hellbent For Leather
Judas Priest - Breaking The Law
Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
Iron Maiden - Rime of The Ancient Mariner
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden - The Trooper

Thrash metal / Speed metal:

Metallica - The Four Horsemen
Metallica - Fight Fire With Fire
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Slayer - Angel of Death
Slayer - South of Heaven
Slayer - Seasons In the Abyss
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Megadeth - Holy Wars

From here you can branch out again to death metal, thrash hybrids, and so on and so on...

We all see things differently. Led Zeppelin was never "HEAVY METAL" imo. They were the lead in the path down "HARD ROCK" with some heavy blues riffs and rock arrangements. Bands like Guns 'n' Roses have Led Zep to thank.

Black Sabbath imo was the FIRST true metal band. Of course you had more obscure bands like Diamond Head during the NWOBHM, but Iron Maiden and Priest were more visible.

Keep in mind the original poster asked to list best heavy metal "SONGS" and once again I'm like many who have gone off on a tangent comparing bands and styles.

In fact, most of the tunes listed here will suffice as great rock/metal tunes. Of course ymmv.

What about Yngwie Malmsteen? Okay... so he's "neoclassical", but it's innovative stuff. Besides, the guitar work kicks ASS!!

AC/DC is the best metal band of all time!
Hells Bells
TNT
Dirty Deeds
Thunderstruck
Shoot to Thrill
Back in Black
And my all time favorite song
You Shook Me All Night Long

slayer-raining blood

symphony of destruction :P try it.. from megadeath

symphony of destruction :P try it.. from megadeath

symphony of destruction :P try it.. from megadeath

AC/DC rocks
Springsteen kicks ass

and I don't car what anyone says styx and boston are great bands

Come on guys, what about Slim Whitman and Englebert Humperdink

hey dudes...appreciate most of the lists...but, heres my own collection..not includin' metallica and the other old big guns coz thats understood..heres some slightly newer music..all those who think i rock, tell me:P
startin with saliva..always, bleed for me, rest in pieces, lackluster, my goodbyes
3 doors down: kryptonite, when im gone, here without you, duck and run
and how about meatloaf's "i wud do nething fer luv"???? whered that go?!! evanescence's "bring me to life"..and "not enuff" by our lady peace..thats ok fer now...get these..ull love me fer life!

One word, Dream Theater! They're awesome.
Erotomania, Fatal Tragedy, Strange Deja Vu, The Dance of Eternity... they're all good.

Old Metallica rules too.
( Kill Em All to and Justice for all )
Harvester of Sorrow and The Four Horsemen

There's one songs that defines metal to the EXTREME. The name sounds and looks as if it some big p***y song but trust me, download this one and there'll be months of headbanging and moshing in your own pad.

LESLIE GORE - SUNSHINE, LOLLIPOPS & RAINBOWS

Peace out.

Metal is serious and grave. Why not put up Metallica
Fixxxer - Reload
Carpe Diem Baby - Reload
Where The Wild Things Are - Reload
Devil's Dance - Reload
King Nothing - Load
Outlaw Torn - Load
The House Jack Built - Load

I think the 3 best metal bands are from Europe:
In Flames, Stratovarius and Children of Bodom. The song Clayman from In Flames is the metal song of the past 10 years. And Speed Of light of Stratovarius seriously kicks ass !

best metal bands of all time \

1.BLACK SABBATH

2.LED ZEPPELIN

3.DEEP PURPLE

4.AC/DC

5.IRON MAIDEN

6.METALLICA

7.VAN HALEN

8.KISS

9.SEPULTURA

10.NIRVANA