Top 50 Metal Songs Of All Time

[Pete]

The people at Gibson polled the editors, writers and readers to come up with the top 50 metal songs of all time.

Here are Gibson.com's Top 50 Metal Songs of All Time:

1. Metallica — "Master Of Puppets"
2. Motorhead — "Ace Of Spades"
3. Ozzy Osbourne — "Crazy Train"
4. Black Sabbath — "Iron Man"
5. Iron Maiden — "The Number Of The Beast"
6. Black Sabbath — "War Pigs"
7. Black Sabbath — "Paranoid"
8. Metallica — "One"
9. Iron Maiden — "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
10. Judas Priest — "Breaking The Law"
11. Black Sabbath — "Children Of The Grave"
12. Guns N' Roses — "Welcome To The Jungle"
13. Black Sabbath — "Black Sabbath"
14. AC/DC — "Hell's Bells"
15. Iron Maiden — "The Trooper"
16. Judas Priest — "Painkiller"
17. Rainbow — "Stargazer"
18. Metallica — "Enter Sandman"
19. AC/DC — "Back In Black"
20. Van Halen — "Runnin' With The Devil"
21. Judas Priest — "The Hellion/Electric Eye"
22. Iron Maiden — "Run To The Hills"
23. Def Leppard — "Let It Go"
24. Faith No More — "Epic"
25. Megadeth — "Hangar 18"
26. Iron Maiden — "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner"
27. Judas Priest — "You've Got Another Thing Comin'"
28. Iron Maiden — "Fear Of The Dark"
29. Slayer — "Raining Blood"
30. Pantera — "Walk"
31. Dio — "Holy Diver"
32. AC/DC — "Highway To Hell"
33. Black Sabbath — "Heaven And Hell"
34. Rage Against The Machine — "Bulls On Parade"
35. Metallica — "Fade To Black"
36. Slayer — "Angel Of Death"
37. Megadeth — "Peace Sells"
38. Korn — "Freak On A Leash"
39. Alice In Chains — "Them Bones"
40. Pantera — "Cemetery Gates"
41. KISS — "Detroit Rock City"
42. Judas Priest — "Devil's Child"
43. Rainbow — "Run With The Wolf"
44. Alice In Chains — "Would?"
45. Twisted Sister — "We're Not Gonna Take It"
46. Judas Priest — "Hell Bent For Leather"
47. Judas Priest — "Beyond The Realms Of Death"
48. Motorhead — "Bomber"
49. Van Halen — "Unchained"
50. Tool — "10,000 Days (Wings, Part II)"

[rtbuck]

That's a pretty cool list. Sure it can be picked apart but I never take these lists that serious because everyone has their own versions
...& here's mine!!!!!!!!! I made up this list of my favorite Metal Songs a couple of years ago. I also made up a list of my favorite Hair Metal songs (I never liked the Hair Metal term but didn't know what to call it)

Metal Songs

1) Seek & Destroy by Metallica

2) Among the Living by Anthrax

3) Ace of Spades by Motorhead

4) Hell Bent for Leather by Judas Priest

5) Cross Eyed Mary by Iron Maiden

6) Animal(Fuck like a Beast) by WASP

7) Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne

8) Man of the Silver Mountain by Rainbow

9) Cities on Flame by Blue Oyster Cult

10) Beast & the Harlot by Avenge Sevenfold

11) Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue

12) Fast as a Shark by Accept

13) Sin City by AC/DC

14) Peace Sells but Who's Buying by Megadeth

15) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath

16) Master of the Puppets by Metallica

17) The Trooper by Iron Maiden

18) Holy Diver by Dio

19) Living After Midnight by Judas Priest

20) Eat the Rich by Krokus

21) Welcome Home by King Diamond

22) Highway Star by Deep Purple

23) Teacher's Pet by Venom

24) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

25) Stairway to the Stars by Blue Oyster Cult


Hair Metal Songs

1) Heaven's on Fire by Kiss

2) Welcome to the Jungle by Guns & Roses

3) Metal Health(Bang Your Head) by Quiet Riot

4) You Shook Me by AC/DC

5) Lick it Up by Kiss

6) Looks that Kill by Motley Crue

7) Babylon by Faster Pussycat

8) Don't You Never Leave Me by Hanoi Rocks

9) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

10) Round & Round by Ratt

11) Look What the Cat Dragged in by Poison

12) Sex Action by L.A. Guns

13) House of Ecstacy by Shooting Gallery

14) It's So Easy by Guns & Roses

15) Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi

16) Once Bitten Twice Shy by Great White

17) Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth

18) Cum on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot

19) Rock of Ages by Def Leppard

20) Monkey Business by Skid Row

21) Still of the Night by Whitesnake

22) Monkey Bars by Coney Hatch

23) Breaking the Chains by Dokken

24) Billy Two Rivers by the Dogs D'Amour

25) Crazy Nights by Loudness

[Trexx]

OMG, it's cool to see Motorhead up there.

...Master of Puppets, I honestly cannot recall that tune at all 'cause I'm not that into Metallica.

Ace Of Spades... cool.

Love that list of yours, Bucky!

[Jesse]

Not a bad list at all. Not perfect, but hardly worth my effort to pick it apart either.

[blackers45]

Pete, nice list including Ritchie's last disc as Rainbow and as a rocker, have always thought that 1 more disc with that line-up would have put him back on top again.

[bluecheer]

Mar 21, 2011 6:42:51 GMT -5 @rtbuck said:

That's a pretty cool list. Sure it can be picked apart but I never take these lists that serious because everyone has their own versions
...& here's mine!!!!!!!!! I made up this list of my favorite Metal Songs a couple of years ago. I also made up a list of my favorite Hair Metal songs (I never liked the Hair Metal term but didn't know what to call it)

Metal Songs

1) Seek & Destroy by Metallica

2) Among the Living by Anthrax

3) Ace of Spades by Motorhead

4) Hell Bent for Leather by Judas Priest

5) Cross Eyed Mary by Iron Maiden

6) Animal(Fuck like a Beast) by WASP

7) Bark at the Moon by Ozzy Osbourne

8) Man of the Silver Mountain by Rainbow

9) Cities on Flame by Blue Oyster Cult

10) Beast & the Harlot by Avenge Sevenfold

11) Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue

12) Fast as a Shark by Accept

13) Sin City by AC/DC

14) Peace Sells but Who's Buying by Megadeth

15) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath

16) Master of the Puppets by Metallica

17) The Trooper by Iron Maiden

18) Holy Diver by Dio

19) Living After Midnight by Judas Priest

20) Eat the Rich by Krokus

21) Welcome Home by King Diamond

22) Highway Star by Deep Purple

23) Teacher's Pet by Venom

24) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

25) Stairway to the Stars by Blue Oyster Cult


Hair Metal Songs

1) Heaven's on Fire by Kiss

2) Welcome to the Jungle by Guns & Roses

3) Metal Health(Bang Your Head) by Quiet Riot

4) You Shook Me by AC/DC

5) Lick it Up by Kiss

6) Looks that Kill by Motley Crue

7) Babylon by Faster Pussycat

8) Don't You Never Leave Me by Hanoi Rocks

9) You Can't Stop Rock & Roll by Twisted Sister

10) Round & Round by Ratt

11) Look What the Cat Dragged in by Poison

12) Sex Action by L.A. Guns

13) House of Ecstacy by Shooting Gallery

14) It's So Easy by Guns & Roses

15) Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi

16) Once Bitten Twice Shy by Great White

17) Yankee Rose by David Lee Roth

18) Cum on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot

19) Rock of Ages by Def Leppard

20) Monkey Business by Skid Row

21) Still of the Night by Whitesnake

22) Monkey Bars by Coney Hatch

23) Breaking the Chains by Dokken

24) Billy Two Rivers by the Dogs D'Amour

25) Crazy Nights by Loudness

Good list Bucky!

I like to refer to hair metal as "Good party rock to get wild and drunk and fucked up to"

[Equinox]

Mar 22, 2011 14:54:57 GMT -5 blackers45 said:

Pete, nice list including Ritchie's last disc as Rainbow and as a rocker, have always thought that 1 more disc with that line-up would have put him back on top again.

I agree that it's a decent list.

However, both Rainbow songs come from "Rising" which was the first of 2 with that lineup (Powell on drums). "Long Live Rock'n'Roll" came out after, and is at least as good IMO.

[kim]

Where's the contribution from "Tull's" "Crest of a Knave"?

No excerpt from that "Heavy Metal" artist of the year
back in 89'....ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Thanks
Kim

[duojett71]

We were discussing this list over at Dinosaurrockguitar.com....No Scorpions? And kind of
an odd choice for a Rainbow song with "Run With The Wolf".....What about "Man On The
Silver Mountain" or "Long Live Rock N Roll". I don't even know of a Rainbow fan that talks about
the song "Run With The Wolf"....who would chose that as a standout track?