Best Metal Songs of All Time

As in any music genre, metal music also has sub-genres. Metal music is an innovation of the typical rock music that was prominent in the 1970s and the '80s. It is a kind of music that has a bit heavier sound than that in rock music. It won't be wrong to say that it is the next level of hard rock music. Metal music is mostly famous among teenagers and youngsters. There are many sub-genres of metal music; and the most notable ones are heavy metal, black metal, symphonic metal, glam metal (hair metal), death metal, Christian metal, neo-classical metal among many others. Each of these genres has their own characteristics and variations in sound.

When it comes to enlisting the most famous metal songs, lists can differ in their rankings since all metal heads have their individual choices and preferences. However, there are some songs, all metal music lovers would remember if they were to pick the best metal songs of all time. Following are some good bands that rocked the world with their metal tunes.

♫ Good Metal Bands of All Time ♫

• Dokken
• Poison
• AC/DC
• Metallica
• Alice Cooper
• Winger
• Aerosmith
• Dethklok
• Whitecross
• Cinderella
• Petra
• Kiss
• Motorhead (an English rock band, classified as heavy metal, contributed to the introduction of thrash metal and speed metal)
• Scorpions
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Iron Maiden
• Korn (nu metal)
• Def Leppard
• Twisted Sister
• Van Halen
• Motley Crew
• Slayer
• Ratt
• W.A.S.P
• Stryper
• Dream Theater
• Black Sabbath
• Opeth
• UFO (heavy metal and hard rock)

♫ 10 Best Metal Songs of All Time ♫

• Jump - Van Halen
• Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
• Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses
• You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi
• Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
• Still of the Night (classified as hard rock, heavy metal) - Whitesnake
• Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N' Roses
• Led Zeppelin (pioneering work in heavy metal and hard rock)
• Highway To Hell - AC/DC

♫ Greatest Metal Songs of All Time ♫

• Ready or Not - Europe
• Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
• Tokyo Road - Bon Jovi
• Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
• Dude Looks Like a Lady - Aerosmith
• Time Has Come - Europe
• Roulette - Bon Jovi
• Give Me All Your Love (classified under hard rock, heavy metal) - Whitesnake
• Thunderstruck - AC/DC
• No Pain No Gain - Scorpions
• Into The Fire - Dokken
• Seven Doors Hotel - Europe
• Let It Rock - Bon Jovi
• Poison - Alice Cooper

♫ Best Heavy Metal Songs of All Time ♫

• Chop Suey - System of a Down
• Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Megadeth
• Down with the Sickness - Disturbed
• Enter Sandman - Metallica
• The Trooper - Iron Maiden
• Ace Of Spades - Motorhead
• Master of Puppets - Metallica
• Kiss of Death - Motorhead
• Painkiller - Judas Priest
• The Glass Prison - Dream Theater
• Walk - Pantera
• Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
• Fade To Black - Metallica

♫ Best Death Metal Songs of All Time ♫

• Lycanthropy - Six Feet Under
• The Pursuit of Vikings - Amon Amarth
• A Skull Full of Maggots - Cannibal Corpse
• Slowly We Rot - Obituary
• Orgasmatron - Sepultura
• Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse
• Stabwound - Necrophagist
• Spheres of Madness - Decapitated
• Only For the Weak - In Flames

♫ Best Thrash Metal Songs of All Time ♫

• Death Rattle - Pantera
• War Is My Shepherd - Exodus
• Into The Pit - Testament
• Escape To The Void - Sepultura
• Angel Of Death - Slayer
• Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
• Caught In A Mosh - Anthrax
• And Then There Were None - Exodus
• Tornado Of Souls - Megadeth
• I Am The Law - Anthrax

This was a list of some very good songs from metal music sub-genres such as death metal, thrash metal and heavy metal. Also note that the list is not prepared on the basis of rankings and the songs appear in random order. Did you find your favorite metal tune here?