What should be the non-metalheads stereotypical metal song?
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Posted by Valentin B, 03.01.2010 - 17:12
i find it pretty difficult from that list to choose anything.. probably You've got Another Thing Comin' but that's just me.
anyway if you want total stereotypical metal though, as in something like, when showing it to someone who hasn't heard metal in his life, something you can say "90% of metal sounds similar to this" regardless of how many people like/dislike the band, like it or not it's Manowar's anthems, they are imo by far the most typical metal band, it doesn't get much more typically metal than Kings of Metal, Call to Arms, Metal Daze, The Gods Made Heavy Metal, Return of the Warlord or (of course) Warriors of the World United.
| vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493  |
To a lot of people, it's probably Paranoid or Iron Man.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Painkiller. That song best sums up the term ''heavy metal'' more than any other for me.
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| yumishami Posts: 23  |
In my country there is some words which defines metal for non-metalheads:metallica,nothing else matters,the unforgiven,satan o yea btw some of them thinks there is sub genre named "heavy metallica"!
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| Kennoth Posts: 2502  |
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark would be my best pick
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| SerratedSyringe Posts: 510  |
If I had to pick one song to represent metal as a whole from a modern standpoint it would have to be The Final Absolution by Anaal Nathrakh. The song is extremely brutal yet melodic, savage yet majestic, and the execution is flawless. 
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| Edmund Fogg Posts: 1752  |
A song that represents Metal...I would have to go with either Impaler by Paragon or Nemesis by Arch Enemy.If the listener doesn't like those two songs then maybe a more classic song like Metal on Metal by Anvil
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| TheOwl Posts: 208  |
Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name Painkiller would be a good one also as well as Jawbreaker or The Sentinel from Judas
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| Entropic Silence Posts: 251  |
Should it have screaming? I personally think yes, and would go for Meshuggah's Bleed. That riff has to be the hardest piece of metal ever to pass through my ears. If someone was to ask me for a song that embodied metal, I would play them bleed. Plus it's experimental, dark, Jens has an amazing voice, drums are amazing, and it has the second most frightening clean section ever created (losing out to Unas, Slayer of the Gods). Using something like Maiden or Metallica is fine, but it is the kind of stuff that gets emphasised, I wouldn't mind something a bit less typical, or a bit less well known. Using something like Painkiller, which has a bit less exposure, would be better, especially since you still get that heavy metal reputation that Judas priest carries with them. But still. Bleed.
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| Death To Posers Hate Thy King Posts: 268  |
Exodus- Piranha
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| King Bonzo Posts: 220  |
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| Evil Chip Posts: 505  |
Metallica - Master of Puppets. It's pretty iconic, catchy and well thought song.
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| Balthazine Posts: 58  |
Metal Warriors by Manowar Come on, it's a song about metal and metal heads, and being brothers of metal. "HEAVY METAL!! OR NO METAL AT ALL!! WIMPS AND POSERS LEAVE THE HALL!!" Buuuut, that song might be a bit cheesy for some, so, a few of my other choices would be.. Exodus's Bonded By Blood (It's fast, brutal, catchy, and it's about metal and again, being united under metal music) Testament's Into The Pit (just because is'a fucking amazing song) D.R.I.'s Thrashard (Again, amazing song, about moshing and kicking ass) Metal Church's Ton of Bricks (Just listen to it and you'll know why) (this is excluding some of the other songs other people have mentioned with which I agree would be great songs)
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| theFIST Posts: 1074  |
Written by MetallicA on 04.01.2010 at 03:11 Agreed to Emperor anyways, if you mean stereotypical as in what the general public thinks Metal songs are like, then (Debauchery - I Will Rape and Murder) would be what fits best should your stereotypical song be one that should create a positive image, then it should be either something with wonderful melodies (Dekadent - Beautiful Fire) or something the average listener can recognize as complex compared to what (s)he usually listens to (Insurrection - Fracture)
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| Aluminum Alloy Posts: 47  |
Written by TheOwl on 08.06.2010 at 17:42 Amen. As far as I'm concerned the most perfect song in metal history. Though to represent the more atmospheric, melancholic side of metal, I'd choose In the Shadow of Our Pale Companion by Agalloch. That's a 12-minute journey through life, death and existence itself.
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| gav1230 Posts: 73  |
Probably anything by Black Sabbath, their music was the blueprint that other metal bands built on.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by Aristarchos on 21.12.2011 at 16:44 Any song that spawned a Killswitch Engage cover is immediately disqualified.
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| Valentin B Iconoclast Posts: 10094  |
I just found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlqlSMaXW7Q Ugly Kid Joe - Heavy Metal. aside from the title it doesn't have any lyrics, and it's 25 seconds of tremolo picking and double bass madness. the most stereotypical metal song 
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| Zealot644 Posts: 157  |
I'd go with perhaps: (subject to interpretation) Good Melodeath which would preferably mix harsh and clean vocals. Gothenburg Good Metalcore which mixes vocal styles. Various Classics...Despite us mostly being stereotyped into that.
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| Infernal Eternal Posts: 647  |
Hell-Plague And Fire or On Earth As It Is In Hell Wintersun-Beyond The Dark Sun Judas Priest-Painkiller Kreator-People Of The Lie
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| bran Posts: 157  |
Metallica- master of puppets dio- holy diver black sabbath- heaven and hell, iron man judas priest- painkiller slayer- angel of death iron maiden- hallowed be thy name
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9158  |
Probably a big four thrash album, maybe ...AJFA.
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