100 Greatest Metal Songs

Hank The Drifter · 07-01-2010, 02:46 AM

One of the best metal related lists I've ever seen. I was questioning the placement of Hallowed Be Thy Name but I agree with it. Even though if someone really wanted to I think they could make a strong case for one of Sabbaths or Priests songs to go up there. Nice list overall though.

Mojo · 07-01-2010, 05:04 AM

If i play some Iron Maiden to someone who doesnt know the band, i usually play Hallowed Be Thy Name.

I think the list is alright. You dont expect these lists to actually be anything special or to agree with them or anything but its better than it could have been. How many metal bands do VH1 know though? Not many it would seem by browsing this list. I would have liked to have seen a Top 100 metal BANDS rather than songs.

**Janszoon** · 07-01-2010, 06:28 AM

I realize "Ace of Spades" is Motorhead's most well-known song but it's far from their best. If they were only going to have one Motorhead song on the list (a crime in and of itself) I think they should've gone with "Snaggletooth" or "Motorhead".

**Janszoon** · 07-01-2010, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

How many metal bands do VH1 know though? Not many it would seem by browsing this list. I would have liked to have seen a Top 100 metal BANDS rather than songs.

Yeah, that and I'd like to newer metal better represented. Looking at this list you'd think people stopped playing metal sometime in the early 90s.

~~James~~ · 07-01-2010, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

If i play some Iron Maiden to someone who doesnt know the band, i usually play Hallowed Be Thy Name.

I think the list is alright. You dont expect these lists to actually be anything special or to agree with them or anything but its better than it could have been. How many metal bands do VH1 know though? Not many it would seem by browsing this list. I would have liked to have seen a Top 100 metal BANDS rather than songs.

DigitalDreamDoor did one a while back.
1. Black Sabbath
2. Iron Maiden
3. Metallica
4. Judas Priest
5. Motörhead
6. Slayer
7. Megadeth
8. Venom
9. Pantera
10. Death
11. Ozzy Osbourne
12. Queensrcyhe
13. Dream Theater
14. Celtic Frost
15. Manowar
16. Dio
17. Mercyful Fate
18. Helloween
19. Anthrax
20. Bathory
21. Napalm Death
22. Carcass
23. Alice in Chains
24. Sepultura
25. Mötley Crüe
26. Scorpions
27. Morbid Angel
28. Tool
29. Mayhem
30. Korn
31. Opeth
32. Emperor
33. Rainbow
34. Soundgarden
35. Exodus
36. Possessed
37. Blind Guardian
38. Cannibal Corpse
39. Testament
40. Faith No More
41. King Diamond
42. Suicidal Tendencies
43. Accept
44. Fates Warning
45. Overkill
46. Symphony X
47. Yngwie J. Malmsteen
48. Kreator
49. Deicide
50. Burzum
51. At the Gates
52. System of a Down
53. Candlemass
54. Saxon
55. Slipknot
56. In Flames
57. Rage Against the Machine
58. Children of Bodom
59. Voivod
60. Machine Head
61. Dimmu Borgir
62. Diamond Head
63. Neurosis
64. Metal Church
65. Savatage
66. Type O Negative
67. Darkthrone
68. DRI
69. My Dying Bride
70. Sodom
71. W.A.S.P.
72. Immortal
73. Iced Earth
74. Twisted Sister
75. Cradle of Filth
76. Ministry
77. Terrorizer
78. Annihilator
79. Danzig
80. Dokken
81. White Zombie
82. HammerFall
83. Gamma Ray
84. Edge of Sanity
85. St. Vitus
86. Nevermore
87. Pentagram
88. Budgie
89. Fear Factory
90. Mastodon
91. Meshuggah
92. Entombed
93. Lamb of God
94. Suffocation
95. Skid Row
96. Raven
97. Therion
98. Trouble
99. Stratovarius
100. Atheist

Pantera being so high sickens me.

Unknown Soldier · 07-01-2010, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by James

DigitalDreamDoor did one a while back.
1. Black Sabbath
2. Iron Maiden
3. Metallica
4. Judas Priest
5. Motörhead
6. Slayer
7. Megadeth
8. Venom
9. Pantera
10. Death
11. Ozzy Osbourne
12. Queensrcyhe
13. Dream Theater
14. Celtic Frost
15. Manowar
16. Dio
17. Mercyful Fate
18. Helloween
19. Anthrax
20. Bathory
21. Napalm Death
22. Carcass
23. Alice in Chains
24. Sepultura
25. Mötley Crüe
26. Scorpions
27. Morbid Angel
28. Tool
29. Mayhem
30. Korn
31. Opeth
32. Emperor
33. Rainbow
34. Soundgarden
35. Exodus
36. Possessed
37. Blind Guardian
38. Cannibal Corpse
39. Testament
40. Faith No More
41. King Diamond
42. Suicidal Tendencies
43. Accept
44. Fates Warning
45. Overkill
46. Symphony X
47. Yngwie J. Malmsteen
48. Kreator
49. Deicide
50. Burzum
51. At the Gates
52. System of a Down
53. Candlemass
54. Saxon
55. Slipknot
56. In Flames
57. Rage Against the Machine
58. Children of Bodom
59. Voivod
60. Machine Head
61. Dimmu Borgir
62. Diamond Head
63. Neurosis
64. Metal Church
65. Savatage
66. Type O Negative
67. Darkthrone
68. DRI
69. My Dying Bride
70. Sodom
71. W.A.S.P.
72. Immortal
73. Iced Earth
74. Twisted Sister
75. Cradle of Filth
76. Ministry
77. Terrorizer
78. Annihilator
79. Danzig
80. Dokken
81. White Zombie
82. HammerFall
83. Gamma Ray
84. Edge of Sanity
85. St. Vitus
86. Nevermore
87. Pentagram
88. Budgie
89. Fear Factory
90. Mastodon
91. Meshuggah
92. Entombed
93. Lamb of God
94. Suffocation
95. Skid Row
96. Raven
97. Therion
98. Trouble
99. Stratovarius
100. Atheist

Pantera being so high sickens me.

I think they should be even higher than 9!!!

Mojo · 07-01-2010, 06:47 AM

Im a not Pantera fan either, to say the least. Thats a decent enough list. Of course i would change it around a bit if i was making one but thats neither here nor there.

Also i agree that Ace of Spades is far from Motorheads best but i can see why it would be so high why on a commercial list by the likes of VH1. There was a DJ that played rock and metal clubs around here in Newcastle for years and years. He played just about everywhere. He was a real prick though, he would play whatever he wanted to play all night, the same songs every week, and wouldnt play anyones requests unless they had tits. I once asked him for any Motorhead track at all aslong as it wasnt Ace of Spades but he told me that he wouldnt do that as Ace of Spades is the only one anyone knows.

Now, if you arent a Motorhead fan or a metal fan then this may well be true but when you DJ in metal clubs full of metal fans, im sure most people there know more Motorhead than that. He wouldnt even play Bomber or Overkill.

Unknown Soldier · 07-01-2010, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Rotter

I'm with you on the Pantera. Its sort of hard to respect a band that stuck to glam metal in the 80's and then changed to a thrashier sound when it became the next trend.

Even if they got a new vocalist something about Pantera's music sounds over polished and fake.

Good list though, I kinda wonder how they could add Skid Row but not Guns and Roses though?

When a band makes a full transformation from one genre (metal genres) to another and does it to the drastic levels that Pantera did, and to boot did it brilliantly, thats a major achievement in itself.

They didn`t actually just switch to a thrashier sound, they actually carved out a new mainstream metal genre in groove metal, fellow southern band Exhorder often claim this was something they did, but whatever the case Pantera were always far better from the word go.

Unknown Soldier · 07-01-2010, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Rotter

Well for me its like this. I grew up listening to all the underground punk and thrash metal bands that busted thier buts sweating it out in poverty throughout the 80's, by chooosing to pioneer hard music to the masses.

Bands like the Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer, and Black Flag ect, could of put on the skin tight zebra pants and made a run at being the next Poison or Extreme, but they didn't because they had integrity.

Then along comes this failure of a glam metal band that switches thier sound as soon as hard music becomes commercially profitable, signs to a label and Bam! instant fortune.

I'm not doubting that they have technical talent, I just don't think they have any heart.

Whether a band sweats it out in poverty, makes no compromise in their sound, gives their loyal fans what they want, really doesn`t have any real importance to me in musical terms. For me its just down to how good they sound regardless of whether its commercial or not.

~~James~~ · 07-01-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Rotter

I understand that, Pantera is huge for a reason, but I also stated that I think their music sounds overpolished and fake, I'm not the only one feel this.

I also feel this.

07-01-2010, 02:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
Hank The Drifter Take it easy, but take it Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 213	One of the best metal related lists I've ever seen. I was questioning the placement of Hallowed Be Thy Name but I agree with it. Even though if someone really wanted to I think they could make a strong case for one of Sabbaths or Priests songs to go up there. Nice list overall though. __________________ “If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.” - Hank Williams

07-01-2010, 05:04 AM	#12 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	If i play some Iron Maiden to someone who doesnt know the band, i usually play Hallowed Be Thy Name. I think the list is alright. You dont expect these lists to actually be anything special or to agree with them or anything but its better than it could have been. How many metal bands do VH1 know though? Not many it would seem by browsing this list. I would have liked to have seen a Top 100 metal BANDS rather than songs. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

07-01-2010, 06:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	I realize "Ace of Spades" is Motorhead's most well-known song but it's far from their best. If they were only going to have one Motorhead song on the list (a crime in and of itself) I think they should've gone with "Snaggletooth" or "Motorhead". __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

07-01-2010, 06:47 AM	#17 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	Im a not Pantera fan either, to say the least. Thats a decent enough list. Of course i would change it around a bit if i was making one but thats neither here nor there. Also i agree that Ace of Spades is far from Motorheads best but i can see why it would be so high why on a commercial list by the likes of VH1. There was a DJ that played rock and metal clubs around here in Newcastle for years and years. He played just about everywhere. He was a real prick though, he would play whatever he wanted to play all night, the same songs every week, and wouldnt play anyones requests unless they had tits. I once asked him for any Motorhead track at all aslong as it wasnt Ace of Spades but he told me that he wouldnt do that as Ace of Spades is the only one anyone knows. Now, if you arent a Motorhead fan or a metal fan then this may well be true but when you DJ in metal clubs full of metal fans, im sure most people there know more Motorhead than that. He wouldnt even play Bomber or Overkill. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust