Khanate – ‘Things Viral’ Unlike most of the other albums here, ‘Things Viral’ has acres of echoing … Instead, it’s relatable for those who have evil in their hearts: “My descent is the story of everyman/ I am hatred, darkness, and despair.” Of course, it’s musically eerie, as well. So here is my 10 favourite Heavy Metal Albums and what I consider to be the heaviest of the heavy. We’d also be remiss to neglect Cerebral Bore, one of the most overlooked metal acts of the 2010s. 7 years ago. The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time is a book by Martin Popoff who is the editor in chief and writer of the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine as well as the senior editor of bravewords.com. I couldn't hear properly for about a week afterwards. Emperor’s landmark black metal anthem I Am The Black Wizards boasts two breakdowns early on, and both feel seismic enough for the Richter Scale. Disbandments. The intro smashes faces, and the rest of the song is pure destruction. There’s a choice of songs that hit the magic 200 BPM mark, but we’ve gone with Life Sentence from the 1997 album Decibels. The playlist is collected from MARTIN POPOFF's great book. These experts of symphonic black metal have spent 25 years perfecting an occulti… I know they're not metal, but jesus fucking christ are Swans heavy. Hour Of Penance - Misconception Brutal/technical death metal. Of course, Cannibal Corpse takes a high spot on this list for their revolutionarily heavy “Hammer Smashed Face.” Never has a song represented the violence of brutal death metal so perfectly, and the time of its release, it was the most offensively disturbing track to become fiendishly popular. It’s a serious business, this heavy metal lark. This band terrifies me. Extreme metal titans Cradle of Filth got super deep on this track from their 2000 LP Midian, depicting a child who survived an abortion from a mother who didn’t want him. 15 Metal Christmas Songs for Unsilent, Unholy Nights AC/DC, Dio, Type O Negative, Korn and more deck the halls with heavy riffs This is just my opinion. Aah, aah, ahh, I'll let you sleep when I am through" and “She went out like the light in my mind. 7) Slayer – Raining Blood – 220 BPM It is an amalgamation of death metal with metalcore or hardcore punk, or both. About sums it up. During the rise of deathcore, Whitechapel stood out for their brutal tone and depraved lyrics, earning them greater admiration than their deathcore contemporaries. 416. Due to the good production, evil riffs, the fast blast beats and more-than-blasphemic lyrics, this track is one of the most intense I know. This seven-minute journey through the bowels of hell features horrific lines like: “I know I'm sick as Dahmer did, but this is what I do. "The Top 500 heavy metal songs of all time is the end result of massive, WORLDWIDE POLL asking the metal minions to list their favourite heavy metal standards." You can submit a metal song of over 15 minutes if it's not on the list. Marduk is, imo, the heaviest Black Metal band. And thus, there’s an abundance of tracks to choose from when compiling a list of the scariest metal songs. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams. The songs with the highest durations out of all subgenres of metal. The intro smashes faces, and the rest of the song is pure destruction. Demolition Hammer - Skull Fracturing Nightmare Absolutely skull fracturing. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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