Some real good one's here🖒I have listed a few of my personal favourite instrumentals:

(Emperor) Alsvartr - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. One of the most epic instrumental intros I've heard.

(Taake) Doedskvad - Hordaland Doedskvad Pt.6. Very Melodic and groovy for this kind of black metal.

(Summoning) Bauglir - Oath Bound. Sets a good atmosphere to begin the album.

(Rush) La Villa Strangiato - Hemispheres. Possibly the best drummer, and bass player in Hard Rock history showing just how talented they are.

Good idea for a list.
And a lot of good songs here. Many of them I wouldnt have come up with from the top of my head I guess.
I have not yet thought about this list for myself.
But what I can say so far is that my favourite instrumental metal song of all time clearly is Death Angel's The Ultra-Violence (title track from the respective album).

Written by Redel on 02.07.2021 at 23:47

Good idea for a list.
And a lot of good songs here. Many of them I wouldnt have come up with from the top of my head I guess.
I have not yet thought about this list for myself.
But what I can say so far is that my favourite instrumental metal song of all time clearly is Death Angel's The Ultra-Violence (title track from the respective album).

Thanks! I'll have to check that song out.
Which songs in the list were unexpected for you?

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 02.07.2021 at 21:50

Some real good one's here🖒I have listed a few of my personal favourite instrumentals:

(Emperor) Alsvartr - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk. One of the most epic instrumental intros I've heard.

(Taake) Doedskvad - Hordaland Doedskvad Pt.6. Very Melodic and groovy for this kind of black metal.

(Summoning) Bauglir - Oath Bound. Sets a good atmosphere to begin the album.

(Rush) La Villa Strangiato - Hemispheres. Possibly the best drummer, and bass player in Hard Rock history showing just how talented they are.

Thanks for the suggestions! As you can see, I've listened to more Summoning songs - their instrumentals are great. A New Power is Rising was epic with that haunting ring verse and marching drums (and trumpets?)

Written by F3ynman2000 on 03.07.2021 at 02:22

Thanks! I'll have to check that song out.
Which songs in the list were unexpected for you?

Well, it was not really specific songs from your list that I did not expect to find here.
It was rather that had you ask me to name some of my favourite instrumental metal songs ever before posting your list I would probably not have come up with that many at all.
The instrumental one is a category of songs that is not particularly present for me in metal generally I guess. My mentioned favourite one being an exception.
If you are up for early thrash of the type of Death Angel or Exodus you should indeed check out that song.
And I should make up my mind about some more of my favourite instrumental metal songs and come back to you here in case I have something more to suggest.

Written by Redel on 02.07.2021 at 23:47

But what I can say so far is that my favourite instrumental metal song of all time clearly is Death Angel's The Ultra-Violence (title track from the respective album).

I just listened to it - fantastic! I've added it to my list (along with Metal Church's Merciless Onslaught, Black Sabbath's Orchid, and Testament's Hypnosis)

Hell yeah, awesome picks. Call of Ktulu is my top Metallica track.

Written by blackwreath13 on 16.07.2021 at 16:42

Hell yeah, awesome picks. Call of Ktulu is my top Metallica track.

Thanks! Indeed, Call of Ktulu is a masterpiece! For some reason, I've seen people claim that it's a weak track...
I've lately been keeping an eye out for instrumentals and I was surprised to see them by places I wouldn't expect: Pleasure to Kill, Iron Maiden, So Far So Good So What (I'm especially fond of the latter track - What a unique opening to a Megadeth album!)

Written by F3ynman2000 on 16.07.2021 at 17:10

Written by blackwreath13 on 16.07.2021 at 16:42

Hell yeah, awesome picks. Call of Ktulu is my top Metallica track.

Thanks! Indeed, Call of Ktulu is a masterpiece! For some reason, I've seen people claim that it's a weak track...
I've lately been keeping an eye out for instrumentals and I was surprised to see them by places I wouldn't expect: Pleasure to Kill, Iron Maiden, So Far So Good So What (I'm especially fond of the latter track - What a unique opening to a Megadeth album!)

I was lucky enough to see them play it live, it was amazing. Oh yeah, Into the Lungs of Hell is possibly my fav song on that album.
If you're on the lookout for more here's some Black Metal recommendations if you weren't already aware of them:
Gorgoroth - Heaven's Fall, Huldrelokk
Emperor - The Wanderer
Watain - Lawless Darkness, Withershins, Dead But Dreaming
Mayhem - A Wise Birthgiver
Shining - Till minne av daghen
Enthroned - Ingressvs Regnvm Spiritvs, Antares
Blut Aus Nord - Inner Metal Cage, Procession of the Dead Clowns
Deathspell Omega - First Prayer, Second Prayer
Marduk - Echoes From the Past (Not what you would expect from Marduk)

And some others:
Candlemass - Marche Funebre, Black Candles, Prologue, The Opal City
Paradise Lost - Angel Tears
Cathedral - Cathedral Flames
Electric Wizard - Black Magic Rituals & Perversions
Cannibal Corpse - Infinite Misery
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines IV: Ruins
Obituary - Redneck Stomp
Arch Enemy - Enter the Machine
Destruction - Thrash Attack
Nuclear Assault - Game Over
Dark Angel - Cauterization
Sodom - Procession to Golgotha

A list that has a lot of Dissection = good list, automatically

Written by sgtrobo on 10.09.2021 at 06:01

A list that has a lot of Dissection = good list, automatically

Indeed!