Gibson's Top 50 Metal Songs

[Whipper]

Gibson posted a "Top 50 Metal Songs of All Time" list. It's actually a pretty good selection, although the order is questionable. And hard rock was clearly eligible too. Only one Ozzy song though?!

1. “Master of Puppets,” Metallica
2. “Ace of Spades,” Motörhead
3. “Crazy Train,” Ozzy Osbourne
4. “Iron Man,” Black Sabbath
5. “The Number of the Beast,” Iron Maiden
6. “War Pigs,” Black Sabbath
7. “Paranoid,” Black Sabbath
8. “One,” Metallica
9. “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” Iron Maiden
10. “Breaking the Law,” Judas Priest
11. “Children of the Grave,” Black Sabbath
12. “Welcome to the Jungle,” Guns N’ Roses
13. “Black Sabbath,” Black Sabbath
14. “Hells Bells,” AC/DC
15. “The Trooper,” Iron Maiden
16. “Painkiller,” Judas Priest
17. “Stargazer,” Rainbow
18. “Enter Sandman,” Metallica
19. “Back in Black,” AC/DC
20. “Runnin’ with the Devil,” Van Halen
21. “The Hellion/Electric Eye,” Judas Priest
22. “Run to the Hills,” Iron Maiden
23. “Let it Go,” Def Leppard
24. “Epic,” Faith No More
25. “Hangar 18,” Megadeth
26. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Iron Maiden
27. “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’,” Judas Priest
28. “Fear of the Dark,” Iron Maiden
29. “Raining Blood,” Slayer
30. “Walk,” Pantera
31. “Holy Diver,” Dio
32. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC
33. “Heaven and Hell,” Black Sabbath
34. “Bulls on Parade,” Rage Against the Machine
35. “Fade to Black,” Metallica
36. “Angel of Death,” Slayer
37. “Peace Sells,” Megadeth
38. “Freak on a Leash,” Korn
39. “Them Bones,” Alice in Chains
40. “Cemetery Gates,” Pantera
41. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS
42. “Devil’s Child,” Judas Priest
43. “Run with the Wolf,” Rainbow
44. “Would?,” Alice in Chains
45. “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” Twisted Sister
46. “Hell Bent for Leather,” Judas Priest
47. “Beyond the Realms of Death,” Judas Priest
48. “Bomber,” Motörhead
49. “Unchained,” Van Halen
50. “10,000 Days (Wings, Part II),” Tool

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Readers Poll – Top 25 Metal Songs

1. “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” Iron Maiden
2. “Paranoid,” Black Sabbath
3. “Master of Puppets,” Metallica
4. “Never in My Life,” Mountain
5. “Iron Man,” Black Sabbath
6. “Enter Sandman,” Metallica
7. “One,” Metallica
8. “Black Sabbath,” Black Sabbath
9. “Crazy Train,” Ozzy Osbourne
10. “Ace of Spades,” Motörhead
11. “Laid to Rest,” Lamb of God
12. “The Number of the Beast,” Iron Maiden
13. “Bang Your Head (Metal Health),” Quiet Riot
14. “Psychosocial,” Slipknot
15. “Children of the Grave,” Black Sabbath
16. “Run to the Hills,” Iron Maiden
17. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Iron Maiden
18. “Stairway to Heaven,” Led Zeppelin
19. “War Pigs,” Black Sabbath
20. “Creek Mary’s Blood,” Nightwish
21. “Whole Lotta Love,” Led Zeppelin
22. “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,” Black Sabbath
23. “Mr. Crowley,” Ozzy Osbourne
24. “Peace Sells,” Megadeth
25. “Seek and Destroy,” Metallica

[Trigger]

Wow Ozzy is in there so many times!! he must feel his career was worth while? some fantastic tunes fom great bands although i noticed that most of them are decades old now and it makes you wonder if the life of Rock music peaked long ago and we are now just seeing fade out slowly?

[Tito]

i think so ian...

[Trigger]

I am always banging the drum for Bowie so why isn't 'Ziggy Stardust' in that list? the album 'The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' was considered the most influential album of the 1970's so why didn't he make the list?
Even our mutual hero RR copied Mick Ronsons Image and idolised him so 'The Spiders from Mars' have not missed the list because they were a different genre, that band was a rock band.

[GUITARIDOL5682]

I noticed that aswell, all the tunes are old classic metal. Well a large percentage i think thats were the poll thing goes tits up. The NEW metal scene is a mad mixture of pop metal emo Black, Death metal need i list them all. Which the younger fans are cutting there teeth on. They are getting into the louder music by listening to bands like Greenday, Marilyn Manson, Metallica for example and then they are being introduced to classic vintage albums like Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Judas Priest etc. I forget how old i am, when your 45 and talking to a guy half your age. You forget that you have been into music for alot longer and are more experienced in taste and have heard more generations of music. So was that poll done at an old boys club for Gibson users ?.

[Alex]

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[NicDots]

Man, if metal heads love anything more than palm muting, guitar solos and double bass drums, it's LISTS!

[Alex]

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[NicDots]

Totally agree with you. They should call these sorts of lists: "Songs you like, but placed in a random order with numbers in front of them."