The Top 33 Metal Songs of All Times
Here’s my list of the top 33 best songs in metal. Why 33? Because Jesus died at 33, and I recently turned 33. I don’t really have a better reason than that… Oh, and the font is small in order to fit everything into each line.
Let me know what you think by participating in the poll and leaving a comment below.
| The Top 33 Metal Songs of All Times | ||||
| Rank | Song | Artist | Album | Year |
| 1 | Angel of Death | Slayer | Reign in Blood | 1986 |
| 2 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 1970 |
| 3 | The Number of the Beast | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | 1982 |
| 4 | Battery | Metallica | Master of Puppets | 1986 |
| 5 | Mayhem With Mercy | Venom | Welcome to Hell | 1981 |
| 6 | Walk | Pantera | Vulgar Display of Power | 1992 |
| 7 | Chapel of Ghouls | Morbid Angel | Altars of Madness | 1989 |
| 8 | Seasons in the Abyss | Slayer | Seasons in the Abyss | 1990 |
| 9 | As the Eternity Opens | Immortal | Pure Holocaust | 1993 |
| 10 | You Suffer | Napalm Death | S.C.U.M. | 1987 |
| 11 | Be All, End All | Anthrax | State of Euphoria | 1988 |
| 12 | Flattening of Emotions | Death | Human | 1991 |
| 13 | Mechanix | Megadeth | Killing Is My Business… | 1985 |
| 14 | Punishment | Biohazard | Urban Discipline | 1992 |
| 15 | Demanufacture | Fear Factory | Demanufacture | 1995 |
| 16 | Welcome to the Jungle | Guns N’ Roses | Appetite for Destruction | 1987 |
| 17 | Sacrificial Suicide | Deicide | Deicide | 1990 |
| 18 | Crazy Train | Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz | 1980 |
| 19 | One | Metallica | …And Justice For All | 1988 |
| 20 | Veil of Maya | Cynic | Focus | 1993 |
| 21 | Epic | Faith No More | The Real Thing | 1989 |
| 22 | Burning Inside | Ministry | The Mind Is A Terrible Thing… | 1989 |
| 23 | Cygnus X-1 | Rush | A Farewell To Kings | 1977 |
| 24 | Extreme Agression | Kreator | Extreme Agression | 1989 |
| 25 | Holy Diver | Dio | Holy Diver | 1983 |
| 26 | Voivod | Voivod | Voivod | 1984 |
| 27 | Burn In Hell | Twisted Sister | Stay Hungry | 1984 |
| 28 | Exhume to Consume | Carcass | Symphonies of Sickness | 1989 |
| 29 | Exhorder | Exhorder | Slaughter in the Vatican | 1990 |
| 30 | Into the Infinity of Thoughts | Emperor | In the Nightside Eclipse | 1994 |
| 31 | Practice What You Preach | Testament | Practice What You Preach | 1989 |
| 32 | Welcome Home | King Diamond | Them | 1988 |
| 33 | Halo | Machine Head | The Blackening | 2007 |
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October 16, 2008 at 11:23 pm
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December 10, 2009 at 10:20 pm
this was probably one of the best lists I’ve come across so far.
December 10, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Thanks Joel, I appreciate it. There’s actually a lot of work behind that list, it’s not just a bunch of songs I like that I threw out there in a random order. I carefully considered the impact of each song on its own contemporaries, and its lasting appeal. I tried to weigh each song according to how it was popular at the time, and how its appeal endured over time. But some songs are very popular without having an influence on music over time, and some songs have a huge impact without being widely known. I tried to take that into account as well. Another important criterion for me was to cast a wide net: I wanted the list to be a metal list, not a list from the point of view of a death/black metal guy, or a trash/speed guy, etc.
What would you have done differently?
January 10, 2010 at 11:57 am
man on slipknot !!! YOU DO SUCK slipknot is the best metal band ever thaybrokethrough the music industry. and no slipknot this list blows!!