I’m a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
“Laser Cannon Death Sentence” by Dethklok
a classic: “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden.
But the version by Cradle of Filth
I can’t place Cradle of Filth above Iron Maiden, but this is a good version.
Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath, from the album Black Sabbath.
Where do you stand on “Hocus Pocus” by Focus?
Pretty good track! But maybe not as good as Weed by Weed, from the album Weed.
I like that song “Bad Company”, but I forgot who wrote it.
I don’t recall, but I’m pretty sure it’s off the Bad Company album.
I’m also a big fan of Iron Maiden, the last track on Iron Maiden, and Motörhead from the Motörhead release. But I forget who wrote those too.
I also really like Sanctuary by Elder for something modern-ish and proggy, Sweet Tooth by Intervals for something happy, or The Cromlech Gate by Enslaved for something extra heavy.
Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.
Tornado of souls for me
Five Magics for me
Changes literally every day! At the moment I’m loving Witch Club Satan’s new single You Wildflower.
Also (sorry for the spam), I co-present a metal radio show which plays music from explicitly antifascist and/or anti-bigotry artists called Contra Odium.
One by Metallica, Ratamahatta by Sepultura, The Trooper by Iron Maiden are all up there
Special mention for Gimme Chocolate by Babymetal
Woo hoo Babymetal. Have you heard Electric Cowboy x Babymetal song Ratatata? That’s a banger!
All time? Probably Dream Theater’s A change of seasons. But there’s way too many to choose from.
Katatonia - Old heart Falls
Caligula’s Horse - Marigold
Soen - Martyrs
Swallow the sun - Falling World
Haken - 1985
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
Rotting Christ - Ze nigmar
Draconian - Daylight Misery
Paradise lost - faith divides us /death unites us
Leprous - Rewind
Eons Enthroned - Stormblessed (for fans of the stormlight archive)
Rhapsody (of fire)- emerald sword
Ihsahn - Mass darkness
Gojira - Flying whales
The ocean - jurassic
Opeth - fuck… can’t even pick one… but let’s say ghost of perdition
Dragony - Magic
And many, many, many more…
Arbitrary choice, but Wherever I May Roam by Metallica never gets old for me.
I definitely didn’t quote this song in my highschool yearbook grad comment…
Good! That would be really embarrassing if we both quoted Metallica songs in our HS yearbooks. Which we definitely did not.
One by Metallica
Yah, which one?
I still remember the first time I heard that song.
If you haven’t heard it, theres a Chris Cornell mashup he did by putting the lyrics from Metallicas One to the music of U2s One.
Apparently he was looking up the wrong lyrics one time then challenged himself to figure it how to make it work.
Painkiller by Judas Priest will always have a special place in my heart due to the hours 11 year old me spent air-guitaring that solo.
I’d argue this is a precursor to metal rather than metal itself. Still a great song that everyone should listen to.
Also Iron Man
Thats a hard one. But im a sucker for Metropolis part 1 by dream theater.
Like other people say, “favorite” depends on the context. Here are ones I’ve had on repeat at one point or another.
The Hammer - Kublai Khan TX
Contraband - Make Them Suffer
The Migrant - Shadow of Intent
Die Alone - A Pale Horse Named Death (this one is for a sad day)
In The Name Of God - Rotting Christ
(literally anything, Garden of Earthly Delights is a good place to start) - Apocalypse Orchestra
Looking Down The Barrel of Today - Hatebreed
Bullet With A Name - Nonpoint
WAKE UP - The Browning (whole album is good, intro is a fucking headbanger)
Where The Things Have No Color - Destrage
The Orphan - Paleface Swiss
I have to go do stuff, but that should get you started.
*I’m back and adding some more, cuz why not:
I Am The Mountain - Windrose
Captain Morgan’s Revenge - Alestorm
Primo Victoria - Sabbaton
Vodka - Korpiklaani
Hardrádi - Hulkoff
Låt Napalmen Regna - Raubtier
Planet on Fire - Rob Sigurd
Hellhacker - Aaron F. Bianchi Jupiter
Destiny Crucified - Shokran
Tibet - Space of Variations
Homicide - Sammy Slamdance
I saw Shadow of Intent live as an opener for Heaven Shall Burn a couple years ago and they were great.
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony - Human
This album is a Top 5/desert island choice for me, but No Leaf Clover is my favorite, though I’ve worn it out so much over the years.
Oooh, same. That version of No Leaf Clover is waaaaay up there for me. That and The Memory Remains.
I’m in the weird position that that album was my introduction to metallica, so any version other than the full symphony sounds weird to me 😅
Same here. It was not only my introduction to Metallica, it was literally the first album to get me into non-country music (it’d kinda become my identity as a kid) and the first non-country album I HAD TO BUY (and the first CD purchase that worried my parents). I’ll never forget waking up to my cousin playing that song and thinking, “WHAT. IS. THAT. AMAZING. SOUND!?”
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