What is your favourite metal song?
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
Hard to choose just one, but I'm gonna say
Nodes of Ranvier — "Soundtrack for Salvation"
hell of a debut album, there
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Not really a metal guy. I like beautiful music. I remember asking people why people who play metal don't play beautiful music. And I got no good answers. No one introduced me to Iron Maiden, who would have fit the bill. As someone who does not like metal, I can listen to every minute of "Brave New World" (2000) and enjoy the whole thing. I also like Number of the Beast and Powerslave from the 1980s, and the one that released between them.
The metal band I really love is Nightwish. They're from Finland, but I think they only have one song in Finnish? The opening to Imaginaerum. Over the Hills and Far Away is not only a cover, but it's about The Count of Monte Cristo... sort of. It's not exactly the same, but it's basically the same energy. Love triangle sends an innocent man to prison. Except in the book (and many films) the girl was his and it was the jealous lover who set him up. In this song, he messed with his best friend's wife and that's why he set him up.
And if you wanna hear how they sound live — the true indicator of what a band can do — here's Wishmaster from their final tour, I think, before they changed singers for the first time. Their composer/keyboard player is a bit of a drama queen, much like Eddie Van Halen was, and similarly, his personality would clash with diva singers over who "leads" the band. Neither of them can keep a singer. Not taking a side — incredible talent all around. Just band drama keeps them from having a consistent lineup. It happens to the best of them (see: Fleetwood Mac). So you enjoy what you can as it comes. But sadly they basically suck now. Their second singer was good too, but their third singer either isn't working for them or they're out of ideas, because their last few albums have been duds.
The entirety of their Imaginaerum album is good, but it's a bit weird. It was always meant as a companion piece for their movie, which never saw distribution in the US. So you have to watch it online. I won't help you do that, but if you're savvy, you can find it. Or maybe you're in Europe and you can just pick it up. I think you absolutely should if you can. For a while it was on YouTube (unofficially but in HD), not sure if it still is or not. Worth looking for, and it's just under an hour and a half. Much like Pink Floyd's The Wall, it's about how a musician has been driven crazy. Here, his adult daughter tries to reconcile with him before his death. Watch the movie trailer here
Try Orion by Metallica. It is beautiful music.
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Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath, from the album Black Sabbath.
Where do you stand on "Hocus Pocus" by Focus?
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
"Postmortem" by Slayer.
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
I really like a lot of Megadeth's Hidden Treasures since they don't pop up randomly so much I've never gotten tired of them.
Angry Again, 99 Ways to Die, Breakpoint, Go to Hell, Diadems. All great stuff.
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
currently enjoying swamped XX - lacuna coil and unleashed - epica
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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.
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
No Surrender by Beast in Black
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
I don’t have a favorite but Error Detection by Nemophila is an often played song in my list right now.
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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..
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One by Metallica
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.
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Photograph by Nickelback is a classic.
Side of a Bullet would almost work
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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.
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony - Human
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
What kind of metal do you like?
Meshuggah - Bleed
Rotting christ - ze nigmar
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I'd argue this is a precursor to metal rather than metal itself. Still a great song that everyone should listen to.
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
Opeth - Black Rose Immortal
Got me into metal when I was very young, and overall it’s an incredible song.
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
wrote last edited by [email protected]Atropos by Periphery
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I'm a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
As the others mentioned, there's way too many options.
Heimat - Equilibrium (folk metal)
Score to a new beginning - Fairyland (symphonic metal)
Seven pillars of wisdom - Sabaton (power metal)
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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.
