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Derwood · 05-13-2003, 11:28 AM

Just curious what people thing is the "Perfect" Heavy Metal song. I know that there are a wide range of genres within the general genre of Heavy Metal, but what do you think epitomizes the genre?

My vote would be "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica. It is loud, angry, kicks your ass, but is also musically diverse and well written.

Narcissus · 05-13-2003, 11:54 AM

Metallica - "One"

Spungfoo · 05-13-2003, 05:54 PM

There is no such thing as a perfect song... let alone one from Metallica, eww... anyway, while I can't really pin single song down to define a genre, I can name bands that pretty much do...

Thrash - Slayer
New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Iron Maiden
Hair Metal (huh huh huh) - Poison
Nu-metal - Korn
Death - Death (woulda thunk it?)
Grindcore - Brutal Truth
Black - Emperor
Doom - Candlemass
Progressive - Dream Theater
Power - Stratovarious
Folk Metal - Finntroll
Industrial - Godflesh
Sludgecore - Eyehategod

Those are my picks for the major genres, but each of them branch out into many sub-genres which would be too much of a pain in the ass to list here.

GuttersnipeXL · 05-13-2003, 05:59 PM

Raining Blood by Slayer.....however, Spungfoo is on to something there....it's gotta be categorized...Dream Theatre doesn't tear shit up the same way that Slayer does, and Slayer doesn't tear shit up the same way Korn does...etc....it's all different, for the sake of answering your original question, I'll say Raining Blood.

Dustallica · 05-13-2003, 07:55 PM

Two of my personal favorites are Master of Puppets and 99 Ways to Die

vermin · 05-13-2003, 09:40 PM

Steeler by Judas Priest.

perripken · 05-14-2003, 05:03 AM

Metal Gods by Judas Priest- I bought their two CD compilation,(I don't have it here in front of me so I can't remember the name of it) the songs are all hand picked by the band as their favorites. There is a booklet inside that explains the background of each song. For Metal Gods, they were talking about how they got the metal crashing sound in the background. They actually used a plate with silverware on it and would just through the silverware up a few inches and let it drop back down on the plate.

monkeydriven · 05-14-2003, 09:07 AM

The Trooper - Iron Maiden

Snoogans · 05-14-2003, 11:17 AM

Slayer - Raining Blood
It is THE metal song.

brandon11983 · 05-14-2003, 02:41 PM

Pantera - "Mouth For War." that song just pisses you off. makes you wanna go out and punch someone in the fucking jaw. (hence the album cover)

Sun Tzu · 05-14-2003, 09:54 PM

Were not gonna take it- Twisted Sister

Atomic Pinkie · 05-16-2003, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spungfoo
There is no such thing as a perfect song... let alone one from Metallica, eww... anyway, while I can't really pin single song down to define a genre, I can name bands that pretty much do...

Thrash - Slayer
New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Iron Maiden
Hair Metal (huh huh huh) - Poison
Nu-metal - Korn
Death - Death (woulda thunk it?)
Grindcore - Brutal Truth
Black - Emperor
Doom - Candlemass
Progressive - Dream Theater
Power - Stratovarious
Folk Metal - Finntroll
Industrial - Godflesh
Sludgecore - Eyehategod

Those are my picks for the major genres, but each of them branch out into many sub-genres which would be too much of a pain in the ass to list here.

There are only a few of those bands who would probably say that they haven't been influenced in some way by the mighty Four Horsemen. It is undeniable that they reshaped the industry to mass proportions, creating the revolution.

Atomic Pinkie · 05-16-2003, 03:47 AM

oh, and for the record, its a toss up between Welcome Home and Dyers Eve...i just can't decide!

Ktulu is a close second.

fienna · 05-16-2003, 07:55 AM

metallica - ...and justice for all - the album, and the song...

IMHO - that was and always will be the pinnacle of their artistry...

metallion · 05-16-2003, 02:57 PM

Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust '98 not exactly metal but uhh
Judas Priest - Running Wild. (spotting a pattern here

)
incidently the CD spoken of earlier picked by the band was Metal Works.

LuxoDave · 05-16-2003, 03:16 PM

I certainly wouldn't pick anything by Metallica.

To pick one song is not possible.

RyeZingSon · 05-17-2003, 12:15 PM

I believe it has to be Hallowed Be Thy Name from Iron Maiden. The song started as a metal ballad and finishes so powerful.

To me that is what heavy metal is all about.

archer2371 · 05-17-2003, 03:04 PM

It's a tie between Master of Puppets and Blackened for me.

apetaster · 05-17-2003, 05:55 PM

As much as a cliche as it may be, I still really like One - Metallica. I have always been a big fan of the soft-loud-soft-louder types of music. I also really get a kick out of 'To Live is to Die' off the same album.

Ruling Metallica out and going for pure edge, I'd have to vote for Territory by Sepultura.

Thraeryn · 05-17-2003, 08:46 PM

I would say something by Obituary, as unpopular as that may be. "Cause of Death" or "Slowly We Rot" would be my song choices, or I'd combine the best of "Corrosive", "The End Complete", . . . . well, anyway.

Sun Tzu · 05-18-2003, 01:53 AM

I know my humor sucks; but I hope no one took me seriously.

Krakatu by Yngwie Malmsteen is one of my favorites.

NoCure · 05-21-2003, 10:29 AM

Anything by Soil

Eggy · 05-21-2003, 06:45 PM

"Master Of Puppets" by Metallica, the S&M version.

otefsu11 · 05-21-2003, 07:59 PM

i'd actually take twisted over wanky old Yngwie any day.

KWSN · 05-21-2003, 08:01 PM

There are too many to pick one for me, but it's among these:

Band - Style (Genre)
Slayer - South of Heaven (Thrash)
Slayer - Disciple (Evil thrash)
Iron Maiden - The Trooper (NWOBHM)
Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills (NWOBHM)
Metallica - One (it's Metallica)
Metallica - Battery (see above)
Arch Enemy - Seed of Hate (Dark)
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (You don't need to categorize Sabbath)
Grave - Rise (Death)
Hatebreed - A Call For Blood (Hardcore... and I find Hardcore to be more along metal lines than punk so it goes here)
Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt (See Above)
Dillinger Escape Plan - Variations on a Cocktail Dress (See Above)
Tool - Aenima (Alterna-Metal)
Fudge Tunnel - Grey (Grungy Metal)
Pro-Pain - The Beast Is Back (Hard to put these guys into a category... kind of a general headbanging-metal guitar line to their songs, but with REALLY heavy vocals)
Pro-Pain - Down for the Cause (See Above)
Pro-Pain - Political Suicide (See Above)

Those are just a few...

Sun Tzu · 05-21-2003, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by otefsu11
i'd actually take twisted over wanky old Yngwie any day.

ohhhhhhhhh mannnnnnnn!!!! Are we talking about the same Yngwie?

alterEGO · 05-22-2003, 01:59 AM

Pantera -

strength beyond strength ( insane

)
sanblasted skin
primal concrete sledge
suicide note pt II
yesterday dont mean shit
goddamn electric
war nerve
the underground in america

oh yeah the art of shredding how could i possibly forget that one.

Embic · 05-22-2003, 03:00 AM

Metallica - One
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Metallica - Blackened
Six Feet Under - In League With Satan
Dimmu Borgir - Puritania
Slayer - Devine Intervention
Slayer - Angel of Death

absorbentishe · 05-22-2003, 12:26 PM

Black Sabbath War Pigs or NIB
Judas Priest Diamonds and Rust...
Early Metallica, like Sanotarium

h2ogo69 · 05-22-2003, 07:42 PM

metallica - one
liquid tension experiment - paradigm shift
tool - 46 & 2
Black sabbath - war pigs

otefsu11 · 05-23-2003, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sun Tzu
ohhhhhhhhh mannnnnnnn!!!! Are we talking about the same Yngwie?

yeah... i mean, he's a great guitarist, but some of his stuff is just too... over the top. when i'm in the mood for guitar wank, i usually listen to Rhys Chatham.

h2ogo69 · 05-23-2003, 04:43 PM

i'd take buckethead over yngwie

WhoaitsZ · 05-23-2003, 06:09 PM

.... the perfect metal song?

no fucking clue

but some that I think are among the best:

Dyer's Eve by Metallica
Knife Party - Deftones . hard to classify. Deftones are the only group i've never been able to fit in a genre
Aenima - TOOL
Stnikfist - TOOL
Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
Walk - Pantera

there's a lot of great metal songs. the genre is too wide and bands too many to pick one.

Metallica's And Justice For All, all of TOOLs work (to me metal doesn't have to be sheer thrash)
Megadeth - Dave's voice r u l e s
Shadows Falls - a killer new group
hatebreed... great new group too

Jackson33 · 05-23-2003, 07:21 PM

MetallicA IS by far the 4 horsemen of metal. Too many too list.

How bad ass was Limp Bizkits' Sanitarium Performance on MTV Icon!?

If you missed it - you can find it and download the song and/or the video on Kazaa.com

Sun Tzu · 05-24-2003, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by otefsu11
yeah... i mean, he's a great guitarist, but some of his stuff is just too... over the top. when i'm in the mood for guitar wank, i usually listen to Rhys Chatham.

I'll have to give Rhys Chatham a listen.

Cujo · 06-03-2003, 06:49 PM

Metallica - Fade to Black & One
Anthrax - Madhouse
Megadeth - Angry Again, Peace Sells & In My Darkest Hour
Black Sabbath - War Pigs & Children of the Grave
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight & Running Free

Could listen to those ten for hours on end, oh wait I already do.

absorbentishe · 06-04-2003, 11:32 AM

Hey <B>Jackson33</B>, I like Limp and all, but the way the did Sanitarium was totally killer, Fred hit the notes, and the band rocked out...

90degree · 06-04-2003, 12:35 PM

any OPETH SONG.

brandon11983 · 06-04-2003, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by absorbentishe
Hey <B>Jackson33</B>, I like Limp and all, but the way the did Sanitarium was totally killer, Fred hit the notes, and the band rocked out...

you poor misguided soul.....

rogue49 · 06-04-2003, 04:49 PM

Metallica - One

05-13-2003, 11:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Derwood Who You Crappin? Location: Everywhere and Nowhere	The Perfect Metal Song? Just curious what people thing is the "Perfect" Heavy Metal song. I know that there are a wide range of genres within the general genre of Heavy Metal, but what do you think epitomizes the genre? My vote would be "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica. It is loud, angry, kicks your ass, but is also musically diverse and well written.

05-13-2003, 11:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Narcissus Upright	Metallica - "One" __________________ Well you'll work harder with a gun in your back For a bowl of rice a day Slave for soldiers til you starve Then your head skewered on a stake

05-13-2003, 05:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
GuttersnipeXL Giggity Giggity!! Location: N'York	Raining Blood by Slayer.....however, Spungfoo is on to something there....it's gotta be categorized...Dream Theatre doesn't tear shit up the same way that Slayer does, and Slayer doesn't tear shit up the same way Korn does...etc....it's all different, for the sake of answering your original question, I'll say Raining Blood. __________________ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. HST

05-13-2003, 09:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	Steeler by Judas Priest. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

05-14-2003, 05:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
perripken Now a registered fossil Location: Home of the shrinking Kodak	Metal Gods by Judas Priest- I bought their two CD compilation,(I don't have it here in front of me so I can't remember the name of it) the songs are all hand picked by the band as their favorites. There is a booklet inside that explains the background of each song. For Metal Gods, they were talking about how they got the metal crashing sound in the background. They actually used a plate with silverware on it and would just through the silverware up a few inches and let it drop back down on the plate. __________________ And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

05-13-2003, 05:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Spungfoo Insane Location: Pittsburgh, PA	There is no such thing as a perfect song... let alone one from Metallica, eww... anyway, while I can't really pin single song down to define a genre, I can name bands that pretty much do... Thrash - Slayer New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Iron Maiden Hair Metal (huh huh huh) - Poison Nu-metal - Korn Death - Death (woulda thunk it?) Grindcore - Brutal Truth Black - Emperor Doom - Candlemass Progressive - Dream Theater Power - Stratovarious Folk Metal - Finntroll Industrial - Godflesh Sludgecore - Eyehategod Those are my picks for the major genres, but each of them branch out into many sub-genres which would be too much of a pain in the ass to list here.

05-13-2003, 07:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dustallica Crazy	Two of my personal favorites are Master of Puppets and 99 Ways to Die

05-14-2003, 09:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
monkeydriven Addict Location: Boston	The Trooper - Iron Maiden __________________ you think i got my eyes closed but i've been lookin' at you the whole f&ckin' time... ------------------------------------------------ Posting from the home of the 2004 World Champion Boston Red Sox

05-14-2003, 11:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
Snoogans Veteran Location: Uppsala, Sweden	Slayer - Raining Blood It is THE metal song. __________________ Internet hint: If someone's asking if what they do is weird, it always is.

05-14-2003, 02:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	Pantera - "Mouth For War." that song just pisses you off. makes you wanna go out and punch someone in the fucking jaw. (hence the album cover) __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.

05-14-2003, 09:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	Were not gonna take it- Twisted Sister __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

05-16-2003, 03:47 AM	#13 (permalink)
Atomic Pinkie Addict Location: Chicago	oh, and for the record, its a toss up between Welcome Home and Dyers Eve...i just can't decide! Ktulu is a close second. __________________ Where dem bitches at?

05-16-2003, 07:55 AM	#14 (permalink)
fienna i wanna be just like you Location: n to the j	metallica - ...and justice for all - the album, and the song... IMHO - that was and always will be the pinnacle of their artistry... __________________ to leave is never easy perhaps it shouldn't be but return is even harder yes return is harder still

05-16-2003, 02:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
metallion Upright	Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust '98 not exactly metal but uhh Judas Priest - Running Wild. (spotting a pattern here ) incidently the CD spoken of earlier picked by the band was Metal Works.

05-16-2003, 03:16 PM	#16 (permalink)
LuxoDave Upright	I certainly wouldn't pick anything by Metallica. To pick one song is not possible.

05-17-2003, 03:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	It's a tie between Master of Puppets and Blackened for me. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."

05-21-2003, 10:29 AM	#22 (permalink)
NoCure Crazy Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio	Anything by Soil __________________ ...So I punched her in the cunt

05-17-2003, 12:15 PM	#17 (permalink)
RyeZingSon Upright Location: Davenport, Iowa	I believe it has to be Hallowed Be Thy Name from Iron Maiden. The song started as a metal ballad and finishes so powerful. To me that is what heavy metal is all about. __________________ Everyone should have beliefs. I believe I will have another beer!!

05-17-2003, 05:55 PM	#19 (permalink)
apetaster Insane Location: P.R. Mass.	As much as a cliche as it may be, I still really like One - Metallica. I have always been a big fan of the soft-loud-soft-louder types of music. I also really get a kick out of 'To Live is to Die' off the same album. Ruling Metallica out and going for pure edge, I'd have to vote for Territory by Sepultura.

05-17-2003, 08:46 PM	#20 (permalink)
Thraeryn Loser	I would say something by Obituary, as unpopular as that may be. "Cause of Death" or "Slowly We Rot" would be my song choices, or I'd combine the best of "Corrosive", "The End Complete", . . . . well, anyway.

05-18-2003, 01:53 AM	#21 (permalink)
Sun Tzu Conspiracy Realist Location: The Event Horizon	I know my humor sucks; but I hope no one took me seriously. Krakatu by Yngwie Malmsteen is one of my favorites. __________________ *To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.- Stephen Hawking*

05-21-2003, 06:45 PM	#23 (permalink)
Eggy Upright	"Master Of Puppets" by Metallica, the S&M version.

05-21-2003, 07:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
otefsu11 Upright	i'd actually take twisted over wanky old Yngwie any day.

05-21-2003, 08:01 PM	#25 (permalink)
KWSN green	There are too many to pick one for me, but it's among these: Band - Style (Genre) Slayer - South of Heaven (Thrash) Slayer - Disciple (Evil thrash) Iron Maiden - The Trooper (NWOBHM) Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills (NWOBHM) Metallica - One (it's Metallica) Metallica - Battery (see above) Arch Enemy - Seed of Hate (Dark) Black Sabbath - War Pigs (You don't need to categorize Sabbath) Grave - Rise (Death) Hatebreed - A Call For Blood (Hardcore... and I find Hardcore to be more along metal lines than punk so it goes here) Dillinger Escape Plan - 43% Burnt (See Above) Dillinger Escape Plan - Variations on a Cocktail Dress (See Above) Tool - Aenima (Alterna-Metal) Fudge Tunnel - Grey (Grungy Metal) Pro-Pain - The Beast Is Back (Hard to put these guys into a category... kind of a general headbanging-metal guitar line to their songs, but with REALLY heavy vocals) Pro-Pain - Down for the Cause (See Above) Pro-Pain - Political Suicide (See Above) Those are just a few... __________________ Your arms are broken!

05-22-2003, 01:59 AM	#27 (permalink)
alterEGO Loser	Pantera - strength beyond strength ( insane ) sanblasted skin primal concrete sledge suicide note pt II yesterday dont mean shit goddamn electric war nerve the underground in america oh yeah the art of shredding how could i possibly forget that one.

05-22-2003, 03:00 AM	#28 (permalink)
Embic Insane Location: Canada	Metallica - One Metallica - Master Of Puppets Metallica - Blackened Six Feet Under - In League With Satan Dimmu Borgir - Puritania Slayer - Devine Intervention Slayer - Angel of Death

05-22-2003, 12:26 PM	#29 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	Black Sabbath War Pigs or NIB Judas Priest Diamonds and Rust... Early Metallica, like Sanotarium

05-22-2003, 07:42 PM	#30 (permalink)
h2ogo69 Banned	metallica - one liquid tension experiment - paradigm shift tool - 46 & 2 Black sabbath - war pigs

05-23-2003, 04:43 PM	#32 (permalink)
h2ogo69 Banned	i'd take buckethead over yngwie

05-23-2003, 06:09 PM	#33 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	.... the perfect metal song? no fucking clue but some that I think are among the best: Dyer's Eve by Metallica Knife Party - Deftones . hard to classify. Deftones are the only group i've never been able to fit in a genre Aenima - TOOL Stnikfist - TOOL Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth Walk - Pantera there's a lot of great metal songs. the genre is too wide and bands too many to pick one. Metallica's And Justice For All, all of TOOLs work (to me metal doesn't have to be sheer thrash) Megadeth - Dave's voice r u l e s Shadows Falls - a killer new group hatebreed... great new group too

05-23-2003, 07:21 PM	#34 (permalink)
Jackson33 Upright	'tallica MetallicA IS by far the 4 horsemen of metal. Too many too list. How bad ass was Limp Bizkits' Sanitarium Performance on MTV Icon!? If you missed it - you can find it and download the song and/or the video on Kazaa.com

06-03-2003, 06:49 PM	#36 (permalink)
Cujo Crazy Location: Ontari-ari-ari-O, Canada EH!	Metallica - Fade to Black & One Anthrax - Madhouse Megadeth - Angry Again, Peace Sells & In My Darkest Hour Black Sabbath - War Pigs & Children of the Grave Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight & Running Free Could listen to those ten for hours on end, oh wait I already do.

06-04-2003, 11:32 AM	#37 (permalink)
absorbentishe Boy am I horny today Location: T O L E D O, Toledo!!	Hey <B>Jackson33</B>, I like Limp and all, but the way the did Sanitarium was totally killer, Fred hit the notes, and the band rocked out...

06-04-2003, 12:35 PM	#38 (permalink)
90degree Insane	any OPETH SONG.

06-04-2003, 04:49 PM	#40 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	Metallica - One