Sarcofago's Deathrash does it for me. It's simply one of the most awesome songs ever written.

I have to mention two:

Aesthetics Of Hate by Machine Head
This blows everything away, really! It's great m/ aggressive, yay^^

And of course, the Anthem for me:

Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden

Because this song is incredible, especially live. And it is one of my favourite song for years and years...

Holy shit what a question.. Swedish Thrash metal band The Law do a good thrash anthem called 'Lawman and the law'. That and Exodus's classic: Bonded by blood would make up my thrash anthems. Metallica's whiplash is my gig/show goer anthem.

Behemoth - Towards Babylon
Meshuggah - Corridor of Chameleons
Tyr - Ride to Hell
Wintersun - Starchild
Falconer - Vargaskall
Hypocrisy - Warpath

just to name a couple..

The one metal song...

"Crystal Night" - Masterplan

Must admit that "Battle Song" by Ensiferum is not far behind...

I Always Liked Painkiller. Or Nightcrawler. You Know, anything off of that album is an anthem.

Theres no one song, or one band that sums up the entire genre.
Maybe,

Burzum - En ring tal el herske (writing off the top of my head) - Black Metal
Blind Guardian - And the story ends - Power Metal
Cannibal Corpse - Decency Defied -Death Metal

Thrash anthem : Slayer - Angel of Death
Black anthem: Satyricon - Fuel for Hatred and Immortal - Mighty Raven Dark
Death anthem: Possessed - Death Metal
Progressive anthem: Dream Theater - In the Presecen of the Enemies Pt. 1
Viking anthem: Turisasa - To Holmgard and Beyond

Thats a pretty hard question, but I would say Summoning with "Long Lost To Where No Pathway Goes". In my opinion the most beautiful song ever written.

Written by Vanwarp on 10.02.2009 at 04:50

The one metal song...

"Crystal Night" - Masterplan

+1

And Mordred's Song by Blind Guardian, the acoustic version.

There are a lot of metal anthems , from the classics , like iron maiden , metallica , but right now the one i choose is ''The immortals '' from Shadows in the deep of Unleashed , that song represents what is to be a metalhead for me, and feel the power of the almighty Heavy metal
''We are immortals of the never ending grace , and we shall fight 'till the end''

My metal anthems :
from the 70´: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
from the 80´: HELLOWEEN - Phantoms of Death
from the 90´: CRADLE OF FILTH - Queen of Winter - Throned
new millenium : EQUILIBRIUM - Mana

Written by hard_tom on 17.02.2009 at 22:29

My metal anthems :
from the 70´: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
from the 80´: HELLOWEEN - Phantoms of Death
from the 90´: CRADLE OF FILTH - Queen of Winter - Throned
new millenium : EQUILIBRIUM - Mana

OKay you're about my age. But the weird thing is I only have an anthem from the 70s which was still my anthem more or less in the early 80s and that was

Kiss - Detroit Rock City.

After that I never had a true anthem anymore.

Balls to the Wall- Accept

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 17.02.2009 at 23:15

Written by hard_tom on 17.02.2009 at 22:29

My metal anthems :
from the 70´: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
from the 80´: HELLOWEEN - Phantoms of Death
from the 90´: CRADLE OF FILTH - Queen of Winter - Throned
new millenium : EQUILIBRIUM - Mana

OKay you're about my age. But the weird thing is I only have an anthem from the 70s which was still my anthem more or less in the early 80s and that was

Kiss - Detroit Rock City.

After that I never had a true anthem anymore.

Very good choise, KISS was my favourite band too. Detroit... is really their best song.
I like other old fast tracks from KISS too, like "Love Gun", "I Stole Your Love" or "Black Diamond" (with acoustic intro!).
In the 70 had also RUSH play very heavy music - songs like "Bastille Day", "Something for Nothing" and epic suites "2112", "Xanadu" or "Cygnus x-1"...

Hmm i have never really given this too much thought before to be honest. But if I were to say one anthem for me i would have to say...
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under, although i must admit this would probably change every time i ask the same question of myself.

Hard one... Hmm...

Heavy: King Diamond - Arrival (the song that got me into KD)
Power: Iced Earth - Dante´s Inferno (or is it thrash?)
Black: Gotta say Dimmu Borgir - The Serentine Offering
Death: ATM it is Bolt Thrower - ... When Cannons Fade
Other: Summoning - Land of the Dead

This is just way too hard to leave at 1 track....
My soundtrack:
Iron Maiden:"Run to the Hills"&"Can I play with Madness"
Bruce Dickinson:"The Alchemest"&"The Magician"
Motorhead:"Burner"&"Another Perfect Day"
Death:"Misanthrope"
Emperor:"Nonus Equilibrium"
Immortal:"Triumph"
Skyfire:"Dimensions Unseen"
Napalm Death:"Bred to Breathe"&"Next on the List"

My Metal Anthems are:
Vader - Xeper
Roarunner Records - Annihilation by the hands of god
Deicide - Scars of the crucfix

Maybe right now my anthem might be "Storm The Gates of Hell" by Demon Hunter. Between the music and the lyrics, it sums up my current life more than any other song out there. I've actually been thinking about getting "Hell hath no fury at all" tattooed across my shoulders.


Storm The Gates Of Hell

Broken teeth, a shattered jaw
Ten to one, behold my God
Wicked sons of Heaven's loss
Raise your own inverted cross
Kings of earth, iron first
Serve the sacred you dismissed
Stand before your final day
Choke on every line you pray

Raise your glass to death
Not one second left

Wake the lifeless, die to fight this
Stand beside me, storm the gates of Hell
Wake the lifeless, die to fight this
Stand beside me, storm the gates of Hell
Storm the gates of Hell

Coward's heart, a serpent's tongue
Stand to face what you've outrun
Fear of death, fear of pain
Bound to all you took in vain
No more lies, no regrets
Sever ties and hollow debt
Open eyes, live to learn
Or watch your blessed temple burn

Raise your glass to death
Not one second left

Hell hath no fury at all

The song that describes me.... Indestructible by Disturbed!! No, but my metal soundtrack is probably a song like "2 Minutes To Midnight" [Iron Maiden] or "Sleepwalker" [Megadeth]...

Master of puppets or aces high, but halo by machinehead is a masterpiece

Somehow the best metal anthem would be Primal Fear's "Metal is Forever"

When Mind and Flesh Departs - Limbonic Art

If we're talking about songs that sum up how I feel about metal and what it does to me, there are two that come to mind, and they both come with extra creamy cheese - "Metalhead" by Blotto and Anvil's "Metal on Metal."

But I never admitted to that. You're just imagining this post.

My anthems:

Dalriada - Igaz hittel
Amon Amarth - live for the kill
Blind Guardian - Imaginatoins from the other side

Sepultura - Arise !

Ark - Where the wind blows

Judas Priest - Rock Hard Ride Free

Get a grip on the action
Movin' heaven and earth
Gotta get a reaction
Push for all that you're worth

No denyin we're goin' against the grain
So defiant they'll never put us down

Rock Hard Ride Free
All day, all night
Rock Hard Ride Free
All your life

Tough as steel
Stop at nothin'
Look at fate in the face
Don't take no for an answer
Grab the lead in the race

Rock hard with a purpose
Got a mind that won't bend
Diehard resolution
That is true to the end

Moonsorrow-Shankarihuata
Lamb Of God-Laid To Rest