100 Greatest Metal Songs Of All Time

Greatest Metal Songs with Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden album covers
Criteria: Metal Songs were ranked for their impact, influence, popularity, and less important - musical quality/composition and lyrical quality, within the world of metal.

Last Updated: 2011-06-17
Greatest Metal Songs
  1. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
  2. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
  3. Master of Puppets - Metallica
  4. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
  5. Angel of Death - Slayer
  6. Ace of Spades - Motörhead
  7. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
  8. Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
  9. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
10. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
11. Raining Blood - Slayer
12. Stargazer - Rainbow
13. Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest
14. One - Metallica
15. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth
16. The Trooper - Iron Maiden
17. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
18. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
19. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
20. Painkiller - Judas Priest
21. Seek and Destroy - Metallica
22. Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
23. Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
24. N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
25. Creeping Death - Metallica
26. Fade to Black - Metallica
27. Peace Sells - Megadeth
28. Cemetery Gates - Pantera
29. Witching Hour - Venom
30. Holy Diver - Dio
31. Phantom of the Opera - Iron Maiden
32. The Oath - Mercyful Fate
33. Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
34. Symptom of the Universe - Black Sabbath
35. You've got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
36. Aces High - Iron Maiden
37. Pull The Plug - Death
38. Am I Evil? - Diamond Head
39. Enter Sandman - Metallica
40. Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath
41. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
42. Cowboys from Hell - Pantera
43. Black Metal - Venom
44. Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
45. Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer
46. Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
47. Halloween - Helloween
48. Fast As A Shark - Accept
49. Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
50. Freezing Moon - Mayhem
51. Mr. Crowley - Ozzy Osbourne
52. Queen of the Reich - Queensrÿche
53. Walk - Pantera
54. Hangar 18 - Megadeth
55. 2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
56. War Ensemble - Slayer
57. Metropolis Part I - Dream Theater
58. Into the Void - Black Sabbath
59. Balls To The Wall - Accept
60. Rainbow in the Dark - Dio
61. The Four Horsemen - Metallica
62. The Philosopher - Death
63. Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden
64. Pull Me Under - Dream Theater
65. I am the Black Wizards - Emperor
66. Bonded by Blood - Exodus
67. Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse
68. Battle Hymn - Manowar
69. Over The Mountain - Ozzy Osbourne
70. Powerslave - Iron Maiden
71. Keeper of the Seven Keys - Helloween
72. A Fine Day to Die - Bathory
73. Heartwork - Carcass
74. The Last In Line - Dio
75. South Of Heaven - Slayer
76. Transilvanian Hunger - Darkthrone
77. Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath
78. Eyes of a Stranger - Queensrÿche
79. Killers - Iron Maiden
80. Screaming For Vengeance - Judas Priest
81. Guardian - Fates Warning
82. The Exorcist - Possessed
83. Kill The King - Rainbow
84. Crystal Mountain - Death
85. Wasted Years - Iron Maiden
86. Elimination - Overkill
87. Blackwater Park - Opeth
88. Blinded By Fear - At the Gates
89. Divine Wings of Tragedy - Symphony X
90. Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
91. Evil - Mercyful Fate
92. Tornado of Souls- Megadeth
93. Over the Wall - Testament
94. Solitude - Candlemass
95. Nightfall - Blind Guardian
96. Jesu Død - Burzum
97. Exciter - Judas Priest
98. Chapel of Ghouls - Morbid Angel
99. Battery - Metallica
100. Fairies Wear Boots - Black Sabbath


record artwork for Hallowed Be Thy Name
record artwork for War Pigs
record artwork for Master of Puppets
record artwork for Paranoid

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