100 Greatest Metal Songs Of All Time Pt.1

Before going through this list, you must understand that whenever a person writes this kind of stuff, he/she is bound to be prejudiced sometimes...it's only human. I'm no elitist who swears by Iron Maiden/Judas priest/Black Sabbath or someone who says that any list without Slayer sucks, or someone who makes it a point to talk trash about bands like Slipknot, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit,Disturbed etc. and belittle anyone who listens to them. I enjoy rock/metal in all it's forms...if it sounds good to my ears..it's good. Of course, when something sounds good, and also has great technicality and musicianship to back it up, it becomes even more memorable, in other words..a CLASSIC/MASTERPIECE. The top 20 of this list would be absolute!, i.e. my REAL favourites..in order. The rest of the list, however, should not be considered definitive..the No.29 might actually become my No.21 over a period of time....lol..i know I'm confusing you now..so I'll cut the crap and start with the listings...in reverse order. I won't be including ballads in this list, so don't go freaking out if you don't find a Nothing Else Matters or Stairway To heaven in the list....coz I don't think ballads should ever be compared with the heavier/rockier stuff, it results in bias all around. And do remember, there are thousands of great metal songs and choosing only 100 is bound to faulty at times, and I might even miss something that should have been here. One thing is for sure though, if there's a metal band I missed in this list, either I haven't heard of it or I seriously don;t consider any of their songs to be on this list. I'll be doing 20 songs in one sitting..so here they are Nos.100-81

100. World Of Lies--At The Gates(Slaughter Of The Soul):
A great track from their melo-death classic Slaughter Of The Soul. Heavy..pounding beats..insane shredding. Tempo changes--blast beats and groove immmaculately mixed, and of course, the melodic feel typical of the Gotherburg sound. Killer of a song

99. The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears--Machine Head(The Burning Red)
One of the few Machine Head songs I enjoy very much..has a very nu-metallish feel to it, but it's a groovy headbanger nonetheless.

98. Crystal Mountain--Death(Symbolic)
This is progressive death metal at it's best, and who better to do it than the creators of the genre themselves. Godly riffing and even better soloing..Chuck Schuldiner--RIP

97. Balls To The Wall--Accept(Balls To The Wall)
The best song from these German metal masters. You'll find all that's good about classic heavy metal in here.

96. Hate Me--Children Of Bodom(Follow The Reaper)
This is a great place to start if you haven't heard of COB. Maiden-esque solos(only 10 times faster), deadly keyboards, savage riffing..monster of a song.

95. Downfall--Children Of Bodom(Hatebreeder)
Two COB songs in a row? yeah well...it's hard not to think of their other songs while thinking of one. The keyboard-guitar lick intro is sooooooo addictive..then the song bursts into 4 n' a half minutes of power/death mayhem.

94. Laid To Rest--Lamb Of God(Ashes Of The Wake)
Almost 4 minutes of a lesson in what metal should sound like in the new millennium. Insane headbanger this one.

93. Zombie Inc.--In Flames(Colony)
Combining METAL!!! n Melody...no one does it better than In Flames. Great song off a great album. Everything you need in a metal song.

92. Through The Fire And Flames--DragonForce(Inhuman Rampage)
Yeah, they're fresh in my memory, so this has to be here. But seriosuly, listen to this song, and you'll have a feeling that all the other guitarists and drummers in the world are school kids(atleast while you're listening to it).The dual guitar attack is AWESOME!!

91. Final Resistance--Dark Tranquillity(Damage Done)
Starts off slow..for about 10-15 seconds...and then blasts on to you with 3 minutes of melo-death metal fury. Do remember to UP the volume all the way while listening to this...he he.

90. Mr. Crowley--Ozzy Osbourne(Blizzard Of Ozz)
Classic metal with the virtuosity of Rhandy Rhoads taking over Ozzy's charisma, it was evident on the whole album. The solo on this one is a masterpiece.

89. Riot Of Violence--Kreator(Pleasure To Kill)
Monster thrasher from a monster album. This saw Kreator at their best.

88. Punish My Heaven--Dark Tranquillity(The Gallery)
Very maiden-esque song from these lords of Gotherburg. Great song with clasical twin solos.

87. Omens--King Diamond(Abigail)
People can hail Venom and Merciful Fate(another King Daimond outfit) as much as they want, but when it comes to black metal, I swear by King Diamond. Abigail, for me was the pinnacle of black/horror metal. The whole album is a masterpiece from start to finish, and the album can be enjoyed best when you sit through it. Omens is one of the two songs(the other will come later) which can be listened to individually and enjoyed. That's why it's here. Great riffs--very groovy and a DARK atmosphere. King Diamond's vocals can be an acquired taste..but man...you gotta love those falsettos...better than Halford in my opinion. And the dual guitar attack is underrated as hell...it's right up there with Iron Maiden in my opinion.

86. Polaris--Megadeth(Rust In Peace)
Great thrasher with amazing riffs from RIP..one of the greatest metal albums ever recorded.

85. Blinded By Fear--At The Gates(Slaughter Of The Soul)
The best song off this album. An out n out headbanger..blast beats all the way.Hevy as hell!

84. Good Mourning/Black Friday--Megadeth(Peace Sells...But Who's Buying)
Excellently crafted track from Megadeth's first great album.The riffing is to die for!

83. Darkness Descends--Dark Angel(Darkness Descends)
The MOST underrated extreme thrash classic of all times.This is probably due to the fact that it was released in the same year(1986) as Master of Puppets,Reign In Blood and Peace Sells..But Who's Buying?. The album is a merciless onslaught of uber heavy thrash madness. I know it's blasphemous to say so, but it owns Reign In Blood in terms of sheer agression. The title song is about as agressive as metal could get in those days, and if you listen closely to the double bass pattern, you'll know where One(Metallica) came from.

82. Inner Self--Sepultura(Beneath the Remains)
A classic song from one of the most under-rated thrash masterpieces of all time. This song presents everything that was good and thrashy about Sepultura before they went crazy with their tribal crap.

81. The Endless Feed--Dark Tranquillity(Character)
Arguably the best 'true death metal' song of the new millennium. Very atmospheric and heavy song. The album was great too

Bye for now...will be back with 80-61 very soon.