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Instrumental Songs

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This is an alphabetical list of interesting instrumental songs that have been included by vocal groups as original contribution to an album. Therefore, this list does not include instrumental-based groups like Apocalyptica, songs that have a significant part with spoken words / human voices or instrumental versions of vocal songs.

This list has seen several conceptual changes. The current list shows instrumentals by bands that are linked (directly or indirectly) to my collection.

[Updated 10.05.2026]
209.
1.
Agalloch - Pale Folklore
The Misshapen Steed [4:54]
209.
2.
Agalloch - The Mantle
A Celebration for the Death of Man... [2:24] + The Lodge [4:43]
209.
3.
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
This White Mountain On Which You Will Die [1:39] + Our Fortress Is Burning... I [5:25] + Our Fortress Is Burning... III - The Grain [7:10]
209.
4.
Agalloch - Marrow Of The Spirit
They Escaped the Weight of Darkness [3:41]
209.
5.
Agalloch - The Serpent & The Sphere
(Serpens Caput) [3:08] + Cor Serpentis (The Sphere) [3:00] + Plateau Of The Ages [12:28] + (Serpens Cauda) [3:12]
209.
6.
Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes
Thousand Lakes [2:03]
209.
7.
Amorphis - Black Winter Day
Folk Of The North [1:19]
209.
8.
Anathema - Serenades
Dreaming: The Romance [23:23]
209.
9.
Anathema - Pentecost III
Pentecost III [3:54]
209.
10.
Anathema - Eternity
Ascension [3:20]
209.
11.
Anathema - Judgement
Destiny Is Dead [1:46] + 2000 & Gone [4:51]
209.
12.
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
Graveyard of Dreams [1:10] + Not Long for This World [3:29]
209.
13.
Arch Enemy - Will To Power
Set Flame To The Night [1:18] + Saturnine [1:09]
209.
14.
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
Separation [1:15] + Departed [1:41]
209.
15.
At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
And The World Returned [3:06]
209.
16.
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Into The Dead Sky [2:12] + The Flames Of The End [2:57]
209.
17.
At The Gates - At War With Reality
City Of Mirrors [2:05]
209.
18.
At The Gates - The Ghost Of A Future Dead
Förgängligheten [2:41]
209.
19.
Au-Dessus - Mend
Negation I [3:50]
209.
20.
Avatarium - Death, Where Is Your Sting
Transcendent [5:22]
209.
21.
Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil And The Dead
Notes From Underground [3:34]
209.
22.
Barshasketh - Antinomian Asceticism
Phaneron Engulf [4:21]
209.
23.
Battle Beast - Unholy Savior
Hero's Quest [2:30]
209.
24.
Be'lakor - Coherence
The Dispersion [1:53] + Sweep Of Days [5:17] + Indelible [4:59]
209.
25.
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Rat Salad [2:30]
209.
26.
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
Orchid [1:31]
209.
27.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Vol. 4
FX [1:43] + Laguna Sunrise [2:53]
209.
28.
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Fluff [4:10]
209.
29.
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Don`t Start (Too Late) [0:49] + Supertzar [3:40]
209.
30.
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
Breakout [2:36]
209.
31.
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
E5150 [2:54]
209.
32.
Black Sabbath - Born Again
Stonehenge [1:58] + The Dark [0:45]
209.
33.
Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
Sphinx (The Guardian) [1:12]
209.
34.
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
The Gates Of Hell [1:06]
209.
35.
Black Sabbath - Tyr
The Battle Of Tyr [1:08]
209.
36.
Blood Incantation - Starspawn
Meticulous Soul Devourment [4:20]
209.
37.
Brisinga - Mond Cult
Terpichore [2:01] + Brisingaland [3:50]
209.
38.
Brisinga - Rad
Dystance
209.
39.
Candlemass - Nightfall
Codex Gigas [2:20] + Marche Funebre [2:22] + Black Candles [2:18]
209.
40.
Candlemass - Tales Of Creation
Into The Unfathomed Tower [3:04]
209.
41.
Candlemass - Dactylis Glomerata
Cylinder [1:23] + Molotov [1:30]
209.
42.
Candlemass - From The 13th Sun
Zog [5:52] + Mythos [1:12]
209.
43.
Candlemass - Candlemass
The Man Who Fell From The Sky [3:26]
209.
44.
Candlemass - Death Thy Lover
The Goose [6:35]
209.
45.
Candlemass - The Pendulum
Sub Zero [1:16] + Aftershock [1:35] + The Cold Room [1:23]
209.
46.
Candlemass - Sweet Evil Sun
A Cup Of Coffin [1:12]
209.
47.
Candlemass - Black Star
Corridors Of Chaos [3:51]
209.
48.
Celeste - Assassine(s)
(A) [4:40]
209.
49.
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Innocence And Wrath [1:02] + Tears in a Prophet's Dream [2:33]
209.
50.
Dark Sanctuary - Exaudi Vocem Meam (Part I)
Ouverture [2:33] + Sortie Du Cloître [5:02] + Je M'En Irai [7:19]
209.
51.
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
Mine is the Grandeur... [2:27]
209.
52.
Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I
The Mind`s Eye [3:11]
209.
53.
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Ex Nihilo [4:33]
209.
54.
Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
Accumulation of Generalization [3:14] + Eon [3:37]
209.
55.
Darkthrone - Astral Fortress
Kolbotn, West Of The Vast Forests [1:54]
209.
56.
Darkthrone - It Beckons Us All......
And In That Moment I Knew The Answer [3:17]
209.
57.
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Irresistible [3:13]
209.
58.
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
Neptune Raining Diamonds [3:05]
209.
59.
Death - Human
Cosmic Sea [4:28]
209.
60.
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Voice Of The Soul [3:43]
209.
61.
Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence
The Ultra-Violence [10:33]
209.
62.
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Son Of Alerik <bonus> [10:06]
209.
63.
Delain - Apocalypse & Chill
Combustion [5:25]
209.
64.
Dieth - To Hell And Back
Severance [2:25]
209.
65.
Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
At the Fathomless Depths [1:56] + No Dreams Breed in Breathless Sleep [1:26]
209.
66.
Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite
The Ytse Jam [5:44]
209.
67.
Dream Theater - Awake
A Mind Beside Itself: I. Erotomania [6:44]
209.
68.
Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
Hell`s Kitchen [4:16]
209.
69.
Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory
Overture 1928 [3:37] + The Dance Of Eternity [6:13]
209.
70.
Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
Stream Of Consciousness [11:16]
209.
71.
Dream Theater - Dream Theater
Enigma Machine [6:01]
209.
72.
Edge Of Sanity - The Spectral Sorrows
The Spectral Sorrows [1:44] + A Serenade For The Dead [2:23]
209.
73.
Eluveitie - Slania
Anagantios [3:26]
209.
74.
Eluveitie - Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion
Memento [3:20]
209.
75.
Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
The Wanderer [2:54]
209.
76.
Equilibrium - Sagas
Heiderauche [2:30] + Mana [16:23]
209.
77.
Ereb Altor - By Honour
Perennial [4:39] + Ereb Altor [7:21]
209.
78.
Extreme Cold Winter - World Exit
The Sea Taketh [5:58]
209.
79.
Faun - Hex
Vals [2:33]
209.
80.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Oracles
Oracles [2:58]
209.
81.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Mafia
Mafia [3:00]
209.
82.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Temptation [1:47] + Agony [3:34]
209.
83.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth
Prolouge [1:07] + Labyrinth [4:25]
209.
84.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - King
Marche Royale [1:57] + King [3:59]
209.
85.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno
The Praying Mantis' Strategy [1:04] + Veleno [2:42]
209.
86.
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Opera
Opera [2:44]
209.
87.
Forefather - Ours Is The Kingdom
The Sea Kings [4:28]
209.
88.
Forefather - Curse Of The Cwelled
The River-Maid's Farewell [4:11]
209.
89.
Ghost - Opus Eponymous
Genesis [4:03]
209.
90.
Ghost - Prequelle
Helveterfönster [5:55] + Miasma [5:17]
209.
91.
Ghost - Impera
Imperium [1:40] + Dominion [1:23] + Bite Of Passage [0:31]
209.
92.
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Unicorn [2:09]
209.
93.
Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
The Silver Cord [2:32] + unnamed instrumental <secret track> [5:42]
209.
94.
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage
The Wild Healer [1:48]
209.
95.
Gojira - Magma
Yellow Stone [1:19] + Liberation [3:35]
209.
96.
Graveworm - Engraved In Black
Thorns Of Desolation [4:10] + Apparition Of Sorrow [2:04]
209.
97.
Graveworm - Fragments Of Death
The Prophecy [3:21]
209.
98.
Gyze - Asian Chaos
Far Eastern Land [3:12] + King Kamuy [0:38] + Chopin Revolutionary Étude <bonus> [2:23]
209.
99.
Haggard - And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer
Requiem In D-Minor [2:08] + Cantus Firmus In A-Minor [2:32]
209.
100.
Haggard - Awaking The Centuries
Saltorella La Manuelina [0:57] + Courante [1:10]
209.
101.
Haggard - Eppur Si Muove
SMenuetto In Fa-Minore [1:16] + Gavotta In Si-Minore [0:58] + Largetto / Epilogo Adagio [2:13]
209.
102.
HammerFall - Renegade
Raise The Hammer [3:23]
209.
103.
HammerFall - Crimson Thunder
Lore Of The Arcane [1:27] + In Memoriam [4:21]
209.
104.
Heaven Shall Burn - Iconoclast (Part I: The Final Resistance)
Awoken [1:29] + Equinox [3:10] + Atonement [4:35]
209.
105.
Heaven Shall Burn - Invictus (Part III: The Final Resistance)
Intro [1:09] + Outro [1:42]
209.
106.
Heaven Shall Burn - Wanderer
My Heart Is My Compass [1:10]
209.
107.
Heaving Earth - Denouncing The Holy Throne
And The Mighty Shall Fall [1:41], ...Into The Sea Of Fire [0:40], ...Where The Purified Essence Descends Ablaze [1:50], Endless Procession Of The Holy Martyrs / Final Termination [2:26]
209.
108.
Heaving Earth - Darkness Of God
Earthly Kingdom Of God In Ruins [3:56]
209.
109.
Heidra - Awaiting Dawn
Prelude [1:08]
209.
110.
Heidra - To Hell Or Kingdom Come
The Beginning And The End [0:55]
209.
111.
Helloween - Walls Of Jericho
Walls Of Jericho [0:49]
209.
112.
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I
Initiation [1:21]
209.
113.
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part II
Invitiation [1:06]
209.
114.
Helloween - Master Of The Rings
Irritation (Weik Editude 112 In C) [1:14]
209.
115.
Helloween - Better Than Raw
Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period In Z [1:45]
209.
116.
Helloween - The Dark Ride
Beyond The Portal [0:45]
209.
117.
Helloween - Helloween
Orbit [1:04]
209.
118.
Humanity's Last Breath - Abyssal
För Sorg [2:30]
209.
119.
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
1776 [3:33]
209.
120.
Immortal - War Against All
Nordlandihr [7:12]
209.
121.
In Flames - Subterranean
Timeless [1:46]
209.
122.
In Flames - Lunar Strain
Dreamscape [3:45] + Hargalaten [2:26]
209.
123.
In Flames - The Jester Race
The Jester's Dance [2:09] + Wayfaerer [4:41] + Acoustic Medley <bonus> [2:34]
209.
124.
In Flames - Whoracle
Dialoge With The Stars [3:00] + Whoracle [2:44]
209.
125.
In Flames - Colony
Pallar Anders Visa [1:41]
209.
126.
Inanna - Converging Ages
The Lighthouse [8:09] + Astral [1:49]
209.
127.
Insomnium - Since The Day It All Came Down
Resonance [2:29]
209.
128.
Insomnium - One For Sorrow
Decoherence [3:18]
209.
129.
Insomnium - Ephemeral
The Emergence [1:46] + The Swarm [2:54] + The Descent [3:11]
209.
130.
Insomnium - Heart Like A Grave
Karelia [7:49]
209.
131.
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Transylvania [4:09]
209.
132.
Iron Maiden - Killers
The Ides Of March [1:48] + Genghis Khan [3:02]
209.
133.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) [4:15]
209.
134.
Kaal Akuma - In The Mouth Of Madness
Yamantaka [6:16]
209.
135.
Kamelot - The Shadow Theory
The Mission [1:30] + Ministrium (Shadow Key) [3:02]
209.
136.
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic
Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part One [13:34] + Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two [7:14]
209.
137.
King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair
Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part III [6:07]
209.
138.
King Crimson - The ConstruKction Of Light
Larks' Tongues In Aspic (Part IV) / Coda: I have A Dream [13:03]
209.
139.
King Crimson - The Power To Believe
Level Five [7:17]
209.
140.
Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road
Spring Dance [3:05]
209.
141.
Korpiklaani - Tervaskanto
Running With The Wolves [3:52] + Nordic Feast [2:46]
209.
142.
Kvaen - The Funeral Pyre
Hymn To Kvaenland [4:46]
209.
143.
Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
Molten Universe [2:49] + Caterpillar March [1:56] + Capsized [0:55]
209.
144.
Kyuss - Kyuss
Asteroid [4:49]
209.
145.
Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town
Jumbo Blimp Jumbo [4:41]
209.
146.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Black Mountain Side [2:12]
209.
147.
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Moby Dick [4:25]
209.
148.
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Bron-Yr-Aur [2:06]
209.
149.
Mastodon - Remission
Elephant Man [5:40] (Note: after 1 min of silence followed by a hidden ambient outro track until 8:05)
209.
150.
Mastodon - Leviathan
Joseph Merrick [3:33]
209.
151.
Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What?
Into The Lungs Of Hell [3:29]
209.
152.
Megadeth - Endgame
Dialectic Chaos [2:25]
209.
153.
Megadeth - Dystopia
Conquer Or Die [3:33]
209.
154.
Melechesh - Sphynx
The Arrival Ritual [5:48] + Caravans To Ur (incl. secret instrumental track) [12:38]
209.
155.
Melechesh - Emissaries
The Scribes Of Kur [6:35]
209.
156.
Melechesh - The Epigenesis
When Halos of Candles Collide [5:38]
209.
157.
Melechesh - Enki
Doorways To Irkala [8:00]
209.
158.
Memory Garden - Doomain
Misfortune [2:06]
209.
159.
Meshuggah - Koloss
The Last Vigil [4:32]
209.
160.
Meshuggah - Immutable
They Move Below [9:39] + Black Cathedral [2:00] + Past Tense [5:46]
209.
161.
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth [4:15]
209.
162.
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
The Call Of Ktulu [8:55]
209.
163.
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Orion [8:27]
209.
164.
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Suicide & Redemption [9:58]
209.
165.
Midnattsol - The Aftermath
Evaluation Of Time [6:44]
209.
166.
Misþyrming - Algleymi
Hælið [2:33]
209.
167.
Moonsorrow - Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
Tyven [1:52]
209.
168.
Moonspell - Under The Moonspell
Chorai Lusitânia! (Epilogus / Incantatam Maresia) [1:46]
209.
169.
Moonspell - Wolfheart
Lua d'Inverno [1:48]
209.
170.
Moonspell - Hermitage
Solitarian [4:07] + City Quitter (Outro) [3:00]
209.
171.
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Nar Mattaru [2:07]
209.
172.
Morbid Angel - Domination
Melting [1:21] + Dreaming [2:17]
209.
173.
Morcolac - Drawbridge To Citadel Of No More Dawn
Witchblessed Nightwaltz [2:56] + And In The End We Only Saw The Shameful Rays [2:46]
209.
174.
Necrophobic - Darkside
Venaesectio [1:23] + Descension [1:21] + Nifelhel [4:12]
209.
175.
Necrophobic - Mark Of The Necrogram
Undergången [2:48]
209.
176.
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Moondance [3:31]
209.
177.
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Last Of The Wilds [5:41]
209.
178.
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Patterns In The Ivy [1:50]
209.
179.
Opeth - Deliverance
For Absent Friends [2:17]
209.
180.
Opeth - Damnation
Ending Credits [3:36]
209.
181.
Opeth - Heritage
Heritage [2:04] + Marrow Of The Earth [4:18]
209.
182.
Opeth - Pale Communion
Goblin [4:34]
209.
183.
Orphaned Land - All Is One
Freedom [3:18]
209.
184.
Orphaned Land - El Norra Alila
Takasim [1:13] + Joy [0:42]
209.
185.
Orphaned Land - Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven
The Calm Before The Flood [4:25] + Rainbow (The Resurrection) [3:01]
209.
186.
Porcupine Tree - Signify
Signify [3:26]
209.
187.
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Wedding Nails [6:33]
209.
188.
Rainbow - Difficult To Cure
Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal [3:13] + Difficult To Cure [5:54]
209.
189.
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Reality Dream III [5:01]
209.
190.
Riverside - Wasteland
Struggle For Survival [9:32]
209.
191.
Sepultura - Schizophrenia
Inquisition Symphony [7:13]
209.
192.
Sigh - Ghastly Funeral Theatre
Intro: Soushiki [1:18] + Imiuta [3:14] + Outro: Higeki [1:31]
209.
193.
Sigh - Hail Horror Hail
Burial [1:30] + Pathetic [2:21]
209.
194.
Skyforger - Pērkoņkalve
Garais Dancis [4:13]
209.
195.
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Revontulet [1:32]
209.
196.
Sonata Arctica - Talviyö
Ismo's Got Good Reactors [3:43]
209.
197.
Sorcerer - The Crowning Of The Fire King
Nattvaka [2:33]
209.
198.
Stratovarius - Fourth Dimension
Stratovarius [6:22] + Call Of The Wilderness [1:30]
209.
199.
Stratovarius - Episode
Stratosphere [4:51]
209.
200.
Stratovarius - Visions
Holy Light [5:45]
209.
201.
Stratovarius - Elements Part I
Stratofortress [3:25]
209.
202.
Summoning - Minas Morgul
Soul Wandering [2:33] + Orthanc [1:40]
209.
203.
Therion - Theli
Preludium [1:43] + Interludium [1:47] + Opus Eclipse [3:41] + Grand Finale/Postludium [4:04]
209.
204.
Tómarúm - Ash In Realms Of Stone Icons
Introspection I [2:30] + Introspection II [3:01]
209.
205.
Trouble - Psalm 9
Endtime [4:56]
209.
206.
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Mayhem With Mercy [0:58]
209.
207.
Wolfchant - A Pagan Storm
Growing Storms [1:55]
209.
208.
Zeal & Ardor - Devil Is Fine
Sacrilegium II [2:11] + Sacrilegium III [2:44]
209.
209.
Zeal & Ardor - Zeal & Ardor
A-H-I-L [2:36]
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28.01.2023 - 09:50

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Tornado of souls i'm pretty sure it is not instrumental.
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28.01.2023 - 12:22

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Corrected. Thanks.

This was left from the first version of the list, which also had instrumental versions of vocal songs.
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27.02.2023 - 20:12

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Update: I have decided to skip the 2 min limit. There are also fascinating pieces of instrumental music that are shorter.
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