Epic: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture"

epic poem: a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

Well in that case I must say that Highlander the one by Lost Horizon is one pretty epic song

Written by Ellrohir on 26.09.2009 at 13:07

Written by Kratos on 26.09.2009 at 08:07

Twlight of the Thunder Gods

it is twilight of only one Thunder God, but i agree it is great song...i would add "Hermod's Ride To Hell" by Amon Amarth

yeah, that song is pretty fucking awesome, and gets across the "riding to hell" atmosphere pretty well.

Enslaved's 793. part I part II

Seventh son of a seventh son by Iron Maiden and then 2112 by Rush. Among lesser known songs I would defenitely say Last goodbye by Sorcery. Anyone who has heard them? Great band from late 70's that deserve more attention.

Unity- Rage (7:20).

A complete 7 minutes of instrumental awesomeness.

The Poet And The Pendulum - Nightwish. A full symphonic orchestra, a choir, a very good boy soprano, bombastic performances by Marco and Anette and beautiful dark lyrics. A song that hacks your soul to pieces and puts it back together at the same time.

Memento Mori - Kamelot. The Black Halo. Nuff said.

White Pearl Black Oceans - Sonata Arctica. One of the best stories ever told in metal.

For me, i have three epic categories, so here goes.

1. Random and epic goes to Sadistik Exekution for their song Fukking Death Mental. ( they replace all c's with k's for an obvious reason)
2. Truly EPIC goes to the band Running Wild, for the song Riding the Storm. Pretty Kick ass intro for an eighties band.
3. Death's version of epic goes to Oppressor, for Dying Inside...Hey, c'mon, they were the one of the first technical death metal bands!

1. Battery - Metallica
2. Holy Wars ...The Punishment Due - Megadeth
3. Angel Of Death - Slayer
4. Among The Living - Anthrax
5. Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

Written by Aristarchos on 22.07.2010 at 12:13

Seventh son of a seventh son by Iron Maiden

LMAO! That song has such a simplistic melody and rhythm that anyone capable of composing could have written it. It also suffers from the most insanely unpronouncable lyrics ever written, there's barely anything to the vocal performance other than hissing: svnthhhhsnnnnfffffffasvnthhhhsnnnnn. Feel free to disagree of course, I don't mean to attack you, but the song is nothing special.

1. Moonsorrow - Sankaritarina. Moonsorrow pretty much *defines* the word epic anyways - probably half their songs could be in the running - but this one is even more epic than their usual, with the 14 minute running time, the slow start with the burning pyre noises, and the ending the closes the album out the same way it began.
2. Moonsorrow - Tyven/Sankarihauta (I'm proud, I spelled that without looking ) Same album, intro + awesome first song. Really gets your blood pumping.
3. Nightwish - The Beauty of the Beast. Not Beauty AND the best, from their first album, but the closing track on Century Child. This song pretty much encapsulates the entire album, and ends on a similar note to how it began. Utterly awesome, too. I feel like I've just watched an entire Broadway play or something (a great one) every time I hear this song.

One song that comes to mind... Dante's Inferno by Iced Earth, just love how they take you through all the rings of hell

Kong Hydnes Haug by Windir or any other long song from Arntor. The first track from Borknagar's self titled is very epic too. I don't know how to spell it though.

Memento Mori - Kamelot
Ghost Love Score - Nightwish

I'll add:
Enslaved - Ethica Odini

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons

Also very epic:

Dream Theater - Metropolis
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Rainbow - Stargazer

Rhapsody Of Fire - Emerald Sword

Well, this will be a long list ( no specific order)
Moonsorrow - Sankarihauta
BlindGuardian - Battlefield; And then there was silence; Nightfall; Under the ice;
Rhapsody - Silent Dream, Emerald Sword, Sacred Power of Raging Winds, The Magic of the Wizard's Dream;
Elvenking - The Oakenshield
ok, ok, I will finish it for now, but may edit it later

Nile - Unas Slayer of the Gods

Pretty much an 11 minutes of technicality with an epic Egyptian atmosphere

The song that came to mind first was Crimson by Edge of Sanity. 40 minutes of pure progressive death metal epic-ness.

Written by king_matt on 26.08.2011 at 01:35

The song that came to mind first was Crimson by Edge of Sanity. 40 minutes of pure progressive death metal epic-ness.

Yep, this kind of question always evokes the same mental response from me too.

There is a lot of epic stuff out there, a ton of it already mentioned! Whenever I think of epic I usually lean towards Blind Guardian, and that's what I'm going to do with this.

Blind Guardian - Wheel of Time

Granted, I am a bit biased since I am currently reading through the book series... However, if you have ever listened to Wheel of Time, then you know that it's laced with some really impressive orchestral work that strengthens the core of Blind Guardian. And, not to mention, Hansi's vocals with that range, both tonally and characteristically.

Plus, how much more epic can you get when you have a song about a young man beset by fate, empowered by a force he must use to save the world, but using that force drives him closer to insanity?

I always considered Judas Priest's "Blood Red Skies" quite epic.

Embrace of the Endless Ocean by Amon Amarth, perfect way to end Twilight of the Thunder God and a really epic songn

Written by Vikingr on 13.01.2012 at 21:01
Embrace of the Endless Ocean by Amon Amarth, perfect way to end Twilight of the Thunder God and a really epic songn

FATHER, I DIE ALONE

*epic fucking lead*

Bree bree-Brokencyde.

























You really believed me?


I dont mind Le Chene et Le Roseau by Despised Icon.
Maybe Bloodmeat by Protest The Hero.

Textures - Polars
Sleep - Dopesmoker
green carnation - light of day day of darkness
Led Zeppelin - Moby DIck (From LZ DVD)
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Triptykon - The Prolonging
Equilibrium - Mana

Sacred Worlds... the most epic song I have ever heard!

Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.01.2012 at 21:54

Written by Vikingr on 13.01.2012 at 21:01
Embrace of the Endless Ocean by Amon Amarth, perfect way to end Twilight of the Thunder God and a really epic songn

FATHER, I DIE ALONE

*epic fucking lead*

Fuck yeah it is

Written by Vikingr on 16.01.2012 at 15:06
*epic fucking lead*

Must check this out again...

Also, I nominate Conlaoch by Suidakra - it's as epic as melodic death metal can get with its bagpipes. Can't listen to it without images of celtic highland battles in my head.