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Metal Band Name Drop – Songs That Mention The Band Name In The Lyrics


This is an alphabetical list of bands that have recorded songs with lyrics containing the name of their band.

While it should be clear that the use of the band name in the lyrics is on purpose, the context within the song may be different: The lyrics may explicitly refer to the band itself or just use the words of the band name for the specific story of the song.

Moreover, the songs in this list do not have the band name in their title (for those examples see: “Song Titles With The Band`s Name”.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of (MS-listed) metal/rock bands that mention their band name in the lyrics of a song.

[Updated:18.09.2024]

Created by: Plattner | 10.09.2024



1. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
ORESTES: Metaphor for a missing moment / Pull me in to your perfect circle
2. Agathocles - Distrust And Abuse
BIG-HEADED BASTARDS: But we are Agathocles / We say "bollocks" to what the media says / We're not a part of your show-bizz-ball / We prefer to stay honest and small
3. Alice Cooper - Killer
BE MY LOVER: She asked me why / The singer's name was Alice / I said listen, baby / You really wouldn't understand
4. Amon Amarth - The Avenger
METALWRATH: See us ride down / The Amon Amarth / The last sight you'll ever see [Note: Amon Amarth is a volcano in the "Lord Of The Rings" books of J.R.R. Tolkien.]
5. Amon Amarth - Versus The World
VERSUS THE WORLD: Once we were scum of the Earth / Now we've cleared our names / In Nifelheim came rebirth / Baptized in Mount Doom's flames [Note: The first name of the band was "Scum", which they later changed to "Amon Amarth", which is an alternative name for the "Mount Doom" in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.]
6. Anthrax - I'm The Man
I'M THE MAN: Now we're Anthrax and we take no shit / And we don't care for writing hits
7. Auri - Auri
I HOPE YOUR WORLD IS KIND: Auri in the night / Sighs "I hope your world is kind" [Note: Auri is a character from "The Name Of The Wind" and other novels of the Kingkiller Chronicle series by Patrick Rothfuss.]
8. Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II
CHALICE OF AGONY: Out of the wine, out of the chalice of agony / Welcome to Avantasia [Note: Avantasia is a parallel dimension of imagination in the storyline of The Metal Opera Part I and Part II project].
9. Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
WOMAN OF DARK DESIRES: Woman of dark desires / Woman of eternal beauty / Woman of dark desires / Elizabeth Bathory
10. Brothers Of Metal - Prophecy Of Ragnarök
SIBLINGS OF METAL: We’re chasing freedom with ultimate steel / An epic journey begins / Across the wastelands, over the seven seas / We are the Brothers Of Metal + GODS OF WAR: All hail gods of war – war / All hail gods of war – Brothers Of Metal
11. Candlemass - Nightfall
THE WELL OF SOULS: He will not fear / Though the Sabbath is near / Twelve strokes for Candlemass, darkness descends [Note: Candlemass refers to the Christian feast, which is based on the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.]
12. Corvus Corax - Venus Vina Musica
VENUS VINA MUSICA: Leo / Lea / Taurus / Tigris / Corvus Corax / Panthera
13. Destruction - Sentence Of Death
DEVIL`S SOLDIERS: Eternal Darkness a ripper approaches / He returns from his mission / He has only one target / Death and destruction
14. D.R.I. - Full Speed Ahead
WHO AM I? : Who am I? / D.R.I. / Who am I? / Three simple words
15. Edge Of Sanity - The Spectral Sorrows
LOST: I have seen eternity / I am the king of time / I am off the edge of sanity / My living ain't no crime
16. Emperor - Emperor
I AM THE BLACK WIZARDS: I travel through time and I return to the future / I gather wisdom now lost / I visit again the eternally ancient caves, / Before a mighty emperor thereupon came
17. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
INNO A SATANA: Thou art the emperor of darkness / Thou are the king of howling wolves
18. Exodus - Fabulous Disaster
THE TOXIC WALZ: And this exercise / Helps you brutalize / With us! / Exodus!
19. Fist - Back With A Vengeance
TURN THE HELL ON: We're the fist driving down your throat, so don't forget the name
20. Forced Entry - Uncertain Future
BLUDGEON: Stumble & fall, we've set the trap / Relentless pushing on / Forced entry at your back!
21. Gaerea - Mirage
LAUDE: We are Gaerea / Bent down on our back / Old oaths thrown in the wind / We're cursed through sludge and torment
22. Godsmack - The Oracle
CRYING LIKE A BITCH: And you can run / Your little mouth all day / But the hand of God / Just smacked you back into yesterday.
23. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
GET IN THE RING: You may not like our integrity yeah / We built a world out of anarchy oh yeah / And in this corner weighing in at 850 pounds, / Guns N' Roses / Get in the ring
24. Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's The Infectious Grooves
CLOSED SESSION: No I haven't. This is the Infectious Grooves. It's a closed session
25. King Diamond - "Them"
TEA: Grandma came and knocked at my door / "Wake up King, wake up my dear / I am gonna show you about the House of Amon." [Note: This is a fictional concept album about King, his mentally ill grandmother and the voices in the House of Amon, known as "Them".]
26. KISS - Rock And Roll Over
CALLING DR LOVE: I know what your problem is / The first step of the cure is a kiss
27. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
ORDSMEDAR AV RANG: Jah / Kvelertak / Dei skriver tekstar uten stans / Og legger / For han var ordsmedar av rang
28. Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: Limp Bizkit's in the house, so bring it on ... Limp Bizkit committee, down in Kansas City + N 2 GETHER NOW: Who hold crown? / Protect land wit' four pound, Limp Bizkit... Wu-Tang and Limp Bizkit / Roll on the set... Wu-Tang Killa Bees / And the Limp Bizkit
29. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
MY GENERATION: If only we could fly / Limp Bizkit style... It's Limp Bizkit, fuckin' up your town + ROLLIN' (AIR RAID VEHICLE): Oh, there it is / Limp Bizkit, DMX ... L-I-M-P Bizkit is right here / People in the house, put them hands in the air ... You wanna mess with Limp Bizkit? / You can't mess with Limp Bizkit ... Limp Bizkit, DMX, Method Man, Redman and Swizz Beatz + TAKE A LOOK AROUND: Limp Bizkit rockin' the set
30. Living Colour - Vivid
WHAT`S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? (THEME SONG): What's your favorite color? / Living color
31. Magic Kingdom - Symphony Of War
SYMPHONY OF WAR: The magic kingdom has to see the light again
32. Manowar - Fighting The World
FIGHTING THE WORLD: Stripes on a tiger don't wash away / Manowar's made of steel not clay
33. Manowar - Kings Of Metal
KINGS OF METAL: Manowar, Manowar living on the road / When we're in town speakers explode … Just true metal people that's Manowar's crowd … Other bands play Manowar kill
34. Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
RATTLEHEAD: Rattle Head / A dose of metal you need / To bang your head til you bleed / It's time for snapping some neck / Slashing, thrashing to Megadeth
35. Metallica - Kill 'Em All
WHIPLASH: Life out here is raw / But we will never stop / We will never quit / Cause we are Metallica
36. My Dying Bride - As The Flower Withers
THE RETURN OF THE BEAUTIFUL: Look for me among the flowers / Sleeping with the earth / My dying bride / The pity I fashion / Through a rain of tears
37. Myrath - Legacy
BELIEVER: ميراث ميراث نورك ساطع وغالي [Note: نورك (Arabic letters) = Myrath (Latin letters) = Legacy (English translation): “The legacy of your light is bright and precious”]
38. Nevermore - Nevermore
WHAT TOMORROW KNOWS: No more color to will to fade / To see life clearly, regretful nevermore / Take the time, make the time
39. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
THE HEART COLLECTOR: Nevermore to feel the pain / The heart collector sang / And I won't be feeling hollow for so long / Nevermore to feel the pain / The words fall out like fire / Just believe when you can't believe anymore
40. Nightwish - Angels Fall First
ASTRAL ROMANCE: The nightwish I sent you centuries ago / Has been heard by those who dwelled in woe
41. Orphaned Land - All Is One
ALL IS ONE: An ancient promise in an orphaned land / A clenched fist becomes an open hand / Armed forces spill their blood on holy sands / Again and again we fail to see that all is one
42. Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs
CHAINS FALL TO GRAVITY: When a messiah is born it's like a late blooming / Of a flower rising in the netherworld / Waters of hope falling on an orphaned land
43. Pantera - Metal Magic
RIDE MY ROCKET: In this day and time of metal magic / We need rock and roll / We need Pantera!
44. Poets Of The Fall - Clearview
DRAMA FOR LIFE: I've got this madman in my mind, this prolific designer / And he's working overtime, and he gets all wired up / Higher and higher as we fly / We're poets of the fall
45. Poison - Open Up And Say... Ahh!
LOVE ON THE ROCKS: She said, "I'm your poison, now you drink a cup"
46. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
SKY IS FALLLIN`: Live and direct coming at you from the middle of nowhere / The centre of everywhere / Ya gotta check this band, Queens Of The Stone Age / If you not knowin' [Note: not part of the lyrics of the actual song but part of the spoken words from a radio show sample that is also part of the track]
47. Rainbow - Rising
STARGAZER: I see a rainbow rising / Look there, on the horizon / And I'm coming home
48. Rainbow - Down To Earth
LOST IN HOLLYWOOD: In the L.A. night the sirens wail / The song you can feel / Pale stars that never shine / Scotch and the whiskey / And the Rainbow local wine [Note: also a reference for the Rainbow Bar & Grill in Hollywood, which was the inspiration of the band name.]
49. Rammstein - Herzeleid
WOLLT IHR DAS BETT IN FLAMEN SEHEN?: Ihr wollt doch auch den Dolch ins Laken stecken / Ihr wollt doch auch das Blut vom Degen lecken / Rammstein
50. Running Wild - Gates To Purgatory
PRISONER OF OUR TIME: We are prisoners of our time / But we are still alive / Fight for the freedom, fight for the right / We are Running Wild
51. Saurom - Sombras Del Este
MORDONORIENNA (HACIA EL PAIS DE LAS SOMBRAS): Pondrías a una reina en el sitio de Saurom
52. Sepultura - Roots
BORN STUBBORN: It's been like that from the start and you can′t break it apart / Sepultura in our hearts / Can′t take it away / These roots will always remain
53. Skid Row - Skid Row
YOUTH GONE WILD: I said "Hey man, there's something that you oughta know. / I tell you Park Avenue leads to Skid Row."
54. Sodom - In The Sign Of Evil
WITCHING METAL: Witch, Bitch, no sleep in Sodom... Metal war Sodom / Wildfire Sodom / Bloodlust Sodom... Cries, Crime, Cross over Sodom... War, Law, Slave of Sodom... Sodom! Wildfire Sodom! / We are Sodom
55. Stream Of Passion - Embrace The Storm
PASSION: A dangerous stream of passion / Flows through my veins
56. Thin Lizzy - Shades Of A Blue Orphanage
CALL THE POLICE: Thin Miss Lizzy was a-kept very busy / And sometimes very dizzy, we knew what for
57. Twisted Sister - Come Out And Play
COME OUT AND PLAY: Twisted Sister, come out and play
58. Vintersorg - Till Fjälls
ASATIDER: Hednahären leds av Vintersorg / I dagerns bleke över myrar och berg / De tappra hirdmän ifrån nordens borg / Med kämaglöden rotad djupt i sin märg, djupt i sin märg [Note: Vintersorg is a character in the "The Legend Of The Ice People" novels by Margit Sandemo.]
59. White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1
WELCOME TO PLANET MOTHERFUCKER/PSYCHOHOLIC SLAG: Meet me in St. Louis "god" a one way ticket's cheaper yeah! Time-travel I'm walk'n / I got a white line zombie fever yeah!
60. Wizard - Bound By Metal
HAMMER, BOW, AXE AND SWORD: A dwarf smithed these four eternal weapons / With the help of the wizard he gave them magic power



Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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21.09.2024 - 00:01
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Written by Bluemobius on 20.09.2024 at 22:15

This gives me an idea for a new list: Bands that mention other bands in their lyrics.

For example, Stallion with the song Meltdown:
"Raise your iron fist
all hail to Judas Priest
heavy metal breakdown
fly the jolly roger
cry out “I'm a rocker!”
working class meltdown"

Thank you for your comment, Bluemobius. Indeed, I know two or three more examples. Let`s see when this will develop into a list.
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