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My Favorite Metal Songs


Here is a revamped list of my favorite metal songs!
It was hard to limit it to 50 albums, and even harder to rank them, but I believe it’s a good insight into my current taste in metal!

The old version of my “300+ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time” is archived and can be found through this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a8UTyLlQ5ReSjfJM1ww70oCVHuvtZq_-rcVtIylP9sk/edit?usp=sharing

Created by: F3ynman | 24.06.2021



1. Kypck - Черно
02. Christmas in Murmansk
2. Vektor - Terminal Redux
10. Recharging the Void
3. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
09. Annihilation of the Wicked
4. Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
04. The Sentinel
5. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
02. Funeralopolis
6. Summoning - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
03. In Hollow Halls Beneath the Fells
7. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
06. The Hunt
8. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
08. Dante’s Inferno
9. Neurosis - Souls At Zero
9. Takeahnase
10. Porta Nigra - Kaiserschnitt
03. Kaiserschnitt
11. Slayer - Reign In Blood
01. Angel of Death
12. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach
02. From Scythe to Sceptre
13. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
10. Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten
14. Vektor - Terminal Redux
01. Charging the Void
15. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
01. Awakening...
16. Kyuss - Kyuss
06. Demon cleaner
17. Autopsy - Severed Survival
05. Ridden with Disease
18. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
07. Dr. Seuss Is Dead
19. Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
05. Drink The Midnight Hymn
20. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
08. Into the Void
21. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
07. Ahab's Oath
22. Vektor - Terminal Redux
03. LCD (Liquid Crystal Disease)
23. Japanische Kampfhörspiele - Welt Ohne Werbung
08. Der neue Hitler
24. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
03. Weird tales
25. Slayer - Show No Mercy
09. Crionics
26. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
07. Lashed to the Slave Stick
27. Acherontas - Vamachara
02. Blood Current Illumination
28. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
03. Old Thunder
29. High On Fire - Death Is This Communion
03. Death is this Communion
30. Judas Priest - Painkiller
08. A Touch of Evil
31. Lord Belial - Enter The Moonlight Gate
01. Enter the Moonlight Gate
32. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
07. Tornado of Souls
33. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
02. Night's Blood
34. Kypck - Черно
05. Black Hole
35. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
04. Blodtorst
36. Lucifer's Fall - III - From The Deep
05. Across the void
37. Kypck - Ниже
09. Comrades
38. Lucifer's Fall - III - From The Deep
07. From the deep
39. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
04. The Nocturnal Silence
40. Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun
01. Lost
41. Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka
07. Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche
42. Summoning - Minas Morgul
02. Lugburz
43. Virgin Black - Elegant... And Dying
06. The Everlasting
44. Melechesh - Emissaries
02. Ladders to Sumeria
45. Batushka - Litourgiya
01. Ектения I: Очищение
46. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
01. Through Silver in Blood
47. Nocte Obducta - Galgendämmerung - Von Nebel, Blut Und Totgeburten
09. Wenn nur im Tod noch Frieden liegt
48. Burzum - Filosofem
03. Erblicket die Töchter des Firmaments
49. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
01. Brave
50. High On Fire - The Art Of Self Defense
02. 10,000 Years



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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27.03.2024 - 14:05
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by F3ynman on 27.03.2024 at 13:34

Written by Guib on 27.03.2024 at 05:23

Well, this is quite cool. I like the idea of the list but I think you should revisit this concept into something more concise. Maybe like 50 all time favourite songs that you update if need be.

It would sure be super challenging to do.

Yeah, it's probably a good idea. I have been ignoring this list mostly because it's pretty outdated. If I updated it now, a lot of Iron Maiden and Metallica would disappear, I think

If it's limited to 50, should I also limit it to 1 song per album?

I don't think you need to. You could if you want it to help people discover more bands, sure. But otherwise, let it reflect what you truly consider to be the greatest songs. Doesn't matter IMO if there are a few songs from the same albums. Only real limitations in a list like this should be on the total amount because it can get out of hand real quick as you realized yourself. Also your taste will change over time so limiting it makes it easier to update as well.

A good way of starting this should be to identify what are the criterias for you in order for a song to be truly great. Is it the progression, the hooks, the performance, the emotions, the production, ...etc. It's probably a combination of many things. Once you got a solid system figured out this should help you rank the songs and help you filter to a top 50.

Then again, it really depends what your aim here is and at the end of the day, its your list, so do you. We don't need a greatest songs list that appeals to as many metalheads as possible and is "objective". I think a good list like this specific type is one that has a lot of personality.

Wow this was way longer of a reply that it needed to be lol.
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27.03.2024 - 15:51
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by Guib on 27.03.2024 at 14:05

We don't need a greatest songs list that appeals to as many metalheads as possible and is "objective". I think a good list like this specific type is one that has a lot of personality.

Ok I'll try my best! Stay tuned!
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27.03.2024 - 20:09
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by Guib on 27.03.2024 at 05:23

Well, this is quite cool. I like the idea of the list but I think you should revisit this concept into something more concise. Maybe like 50 all time favourite songs that you update if need be.

It would sure be super challenging to do.

Update: I've narrowed it down to 50 songs, although my younger self would crucify me for leaving out some bands. Still, I've got to now rank these songs, and I don't know how exactly I'm going to do that.
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28.03.2024 - 18:06
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by Guib on 27.03.2024 at 05:23

Well, this is quite cool. I like the idea of the list but I think you should revisit this concept into something more concise. Maybe like 50 all time favourite songs that you update if need be.

It would sure be super challenging to do.

So it has been written! So it has been done!

“No Metallica, no Iron Maiden, no Dio, no Bolt Thrower, no Death, … my God, what have I become?”
– young F3ynman seeing current F3ynman's list
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28.03.2024 - 18:29
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by F3ynman on 28.03.2024 at 18:06

Written by Guib on 27.03.2024 at 05:23

Well, this is quite cool. I like the idea of the list but I think you should revisit this concept into something more concise. Maybe like 50 all time favourite songs that you update if need be.

It would sure be super challenging to do.

So it has been written! So it has been done!

“No Metallica, no Iron Maiden, no Dio, no Bolt Thrower, no Death, … my God, what have I become?”
– young F3ynman seeing current F3ynman's list

Pretty cool!! It really did change a lot since you've made your first iteration.
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29.03.2024 - 23:07
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
We have maybe 3 or 4 in common very cool to see how much your tastes have evolved from the previous version of this list, maybe I should do one as well
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30.03.2024 - 00:05
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by Roman Doez on 29.03.2024 at 23:07

We have maybe 3 or 4 in common very cool to see how much your tastes have evolved from the previous version of this list, maybe I should do one as well

Let me guess... the Vektor and Dissection songs?
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30.03.2024 - 00:25
Guib
Thrash Talker
I'm gonna make a playlist with those. Try to get the F3ynman's perspective on what's the greatest metal has to offer.
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30.03.2024 - 00:35
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
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Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 00:25

I'm gonna make a playlist with those. Try to get the F3ynman's perspective on what's the greatest metal has to offer.

Hell yeah! Great idea! Which songs are new for you, by the way?
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30.03.2024 - 00:56
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by F3ynman on 30.03.2024 at 00:35

Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 00:25

I'm gonna make a playlist with those. Try to get the F3ynman's perspective on what's the greatest metal has to offer.

Hell yeah! Great idea! Which songs are new for you, by the way?

I'm not gonna list them all because there's more than I'd like to admit but I'll list a few.

1. Essentially all the Kypck's songs. I'm not familiar at all with that band other than by name. But since this is pure Doom, I should very much enjoy it right away.

2. Nocte Obducta's Wenn nur im Tod noch Frieden liegt. When it comes to pure ol' black metal, you'll notice I'm not the most knowledgeable outside of the biggest/oldest acts and perhaps those from Canada. It is not necessirily a genre that on its own, I'm particularly interested in. Though, I love when black metal is infused into other genres such as Sludge, Progressive, Death or Thrash.

3. Batushka's Ектения I: Очищение

4. Melechesh's Ladders to Sumeria

5. Virgin Black's The Everlasting. Now, even though I'm a fan of doom generally speaking, I'm not as much a fan of Gothic and Funeral Doom (though there are exceptions obviously such as Ahab which you have in your list or Esoteric for example).

So yeah, here's a couple examples which will be absolutely brand new to me. Never heard them even once. I like discovering though so this should be fun.
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30.03.2024 - 01:16
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 00:56

I'm not gonna list them all because there's more than I'd like to admit but I'll list a few.

1. Essentially all the Kypck's songs.

2. Nocte Obducta's Wenn nur im Tod noch Frieden liegt.

3. Batushka's Ектения I: Очищение

4. Melechesh's Ladders to Sumeria

5. Virgin Black's The Everlasting.

So yeah, here's a couple examples which will be absolutely brand new to me. Never heard them even once. I like discovering though so this should be fun.

This is an unusual role for me. Usually I've been on the receiving end of music recommendations
Anyway, I think you'll have a blast with these songs! Enjoy! And you'll see some descriptions of these albums and more in my upcoming June anniversary article. So, this is an appetizer of sorts
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30.03.2024 - 01:50
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by F3ynman on 30.03.2024 at 01:16

Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 00:56

I'm not gonna list...

This is an unusual role for me. Usually I've been on the receiving end of music recommendations
Anyway, I think you'll have a blast with these songs! Enjoy! And you'll see some descriptions of these albums and more in my upcoming June anniversary article. So, this is an appetizer of sorts

Yeah, that article will be a fun read! Can't wait to see the progress of that journey. Also, you gotta tell me when that journey brings you into the forsaken and horrible depths of Brutal, Technical and Dissonant death metal. If it ever... I mean, I see Nile up there, so there's hope lol.
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30.03.2024 - 01:54
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Written by F3ynman on 30.03.2024 at 00:05

Let me guess... the Vektor and Dissection songs?

Those + Tornado of Souls are likely to be there (although I would have had Pillars of Sand in my Vektor picks as well), but I'll try to flesh out a proper list
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30.03.2024 - 06:16
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Written by Guib on 30.03.2024 at 01:50

Also, you gotta tell me when that journey brings you into the forsaken and horrible depths of Brutal, Technical and Dissonant death metal. If it ever... I mean, I see Nile up there, so there's hope lol.

ooh that's a good idea. I'll keep that in mind
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22.04.2024 - 17:21
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
On my public transportation commute today back home, I decided to listen to a randomly shuffled playlist of my 50 favorite songs. I listened to, in order:
"Christmas in Murmansk", "Tornado of Souls", "Recharging the Void", "Old Thunder", "The Hunt", "Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche", "Ladders to Sumeria", "Dante's Inferno", and "Lugburz".

Interestingly enough, the train connection between Mainz main station and Wiesbaden main station is exactly the track length of "Recharging the Void". Also, what are the chances that I got two Ahab songs in a row?
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23.04.2024 - 01:18
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by F3ynman on 22.04.2024 at 17:21

On my public transportation commute today back home, I decided to listen to a randomly shuffled playlist of my 50 favorite songs. I listened to, in order:
"Christmas in Murmansk", "Tornado of Souls", "Recharging the Void", "Old Thunder", "The Hunt", "Die Rache Krieg Lied der Assyriche", "Ladders to Sumeria", "Dante's Inferno", and "Lugburz".

Interestingly enough, the train connection between Mainz main station and Wiesbaden main station is exactly the track length of "Recharging the Void". Also, what are the chances that I got two Ahab songs in a row?

Goddamn mate your commute is long as fuck haha.
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