100 Greatest Metal Songs

Nesquik · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:04 am

It should be much higher than it is at any rate.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11729

Symptom below Enter Sandman, which contributed.....NOTHING to metal?!
Oh but wait, "it's played on the radio a lot", so I guess it wins. :lol:

I cannot stress how gay this popularity thing is.
Importance > popularity.

Taro · **Joined:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:48 am **Posts:** 655

Top Ten Songs by Popular Rock Artists

Black Sabbath
1. Iron Man
2. Black Sabbath
3. Paranoid
4. War Pigs

The Greatest Metal Songs
2. War Pigs

Is this normal?

Sherick · **Posted:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:44 pm

Yeah, we use different criteria than that list and use the perspective of metal, whereas that forum uses the perspective of music as a whole.

JRA · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am **Posts:** 1999

As overplayed as it is, Iron Man should be above War Pigs.

Taro · **Joined:** Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:48 am **Posts:** 655

JRA wrote:

As overplayed as it is, Iron Man should be above War Pigs.

I don't agree

MJ7 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:31 am **Posts:** 122

JRA wrote:

Hellhammer- Triumph of Death should be on this list.

Nope. Circle of Tyrants is closer, but still not top 100 material.

Negative Creep wrote:

You dont think Symptom Of The Universe should be higher?

Personally, I don't. But if it is the only thing that hurt your eye in the list and other people are agreeing with you, I'll put it higher.

I always liked SotU. Maybe just because it was before awesome Megalomania, but still :lol:

Negative Creep wrote:

Enter Sandman, which contributed.....NOTHING to metal?!

Underestimating!

Negative Creep wrote:

Importance > popularity

Of course. Impact and influence >>> popularity alone.

Taro wrote:

JRA wrote:

As overplayed as it is, Iron Man should be above War Pigs.

I don't agree

Same here.

And of course I agree with Sherick.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11729

I miss the days when Am I Evil was in the top 20. At least I'm pretty sure it was...

Zach · **Posted:** Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:13 am

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" at #1 seems a bit off, even by the criteria.

How is "impact" defined here? Are we speaking musical impact, as in the reputation the song has within the metal community? If that's the case, I could see it doing very well in that particular criterion. I'm just not too sure it has much going for it in terms of influence or popularity -- not in the way songs like "Iron Man" or "Ace of Spades" do. Is "Hallowed..." really all that influential or popular?

And the "less weighted" criteria seem really subjective; I'd probably only utilize those in tie-breaking circumstances.

Still, I applaud the efforts of the editor. I'm sure it took a lot of work to make this list.

European Son · **Posted:** Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:23 am

Zach wrote:

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" at #1 seems a bit off,

I was thinking the exact same thing. Imo, it's wrong both by the criteria, and just by the satisfaction you get from listening.

Woah, I worded that really weird.

JRA · **Joined:** Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:47 am **Posts:** 1999

Negative Creep wrote:

I miss the days when Am I Evil was in the top 20. At least I'm pretty sure it was...

38 does seem a little low.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11729

Zach wrote:

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" at #1 seems a bit off, even by the criteria.

How is "impact" defined here? Are we speaking musical impact, as in the reputation the song has within the metal community? If that's the case, I could see it doing very well in that particular criterion. I'm just not too sure it has much going for it in terms of influence or popularity -- not in the way songs like "Iron Man" or "Ace of Spades" do. Is "Hallowed..." really all that influential or popular?

And the "less weighted" criteria seem really subjective; I'd probably only utilize those in tie-breaking circumstances.

Still, I applaud the efforts of the editor. I'm sure it took a lot of work to make this list.

Hallowed is a landmark for metal.
As far as popularity, it may not do that well in "mainstream" popularity (gag), but it's HUGELY popular within the world of metal, and I think that should count more. The song has been covered by a shit-ton of metal bands and the crowd still goes insane when they play it live.
Influence would be harder to analyze.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11729

My own subjective top 5....

1. Black Sabbath
2. Victim Of Changes
3. Hallowed Be Thy Name
4. War Pigs
5. Master Of Puppets

dmille · **Posted:** Sun Jan 01, 2012 7:05 pm

Negative Creep wrote:

Zach wrote:

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" at #1 seems a bit off, even by the criteria.

How is "impact" defined here? Are we speaking musical impact, as in the reputation the song has within the metal community? If that's the case, I could see it doing very well in that particular criterion. I'm just not too sure it has much going for it in terms of influence or popularity -- not in the way songs like "Iron Man" or "Ace of Spades" do. Is "Hallowed..." really all that influential or popular?

And the "less weighted" criteria seem really subjective; I'd probably only utilize those in tie-breaking circumstances.

Still, I applaud the efforts of the editor. I'm sure it took a lot of work to make this list.

Hallowed is a landmark for metal.
As far as popularity, it may not do that well in "mainstream" popularity (gag), but it's HUGELY popular within the world of metal, and I think that should count more. The song has been covered by a shit-ton of metal bands and the crowd still goes insane when they play it live.
Influence would be harder to analyze.

Hallowed's mainstream popularity can be measured by the fact that the A Real Dead One live version became a top ten hit in the UK.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11729

Niiiiiice.

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