Greatest Heavy Metal Songs Since 1980

This list contains songs which have defined this genre over the years... everyone is welcome to add any other song of their choice...
The Top Ten
1 Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
2 The Unforgiven - Metallica

A masterpiece it should have been number 1

3 The Judas Kiss - Metallica

The best piece of metal music... Givs you the "gt outta my way" attitude

4 Fade to Black - Metallica

My favourite song of all time! Amazing intro leads into an amazing riff with perfect vocals and story behind it. The ending and outro has the best solo in metal history in my opinion!

Nirvana is in no way metal, but metallica is! Fade to black perfection, enough said.

5 The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
6 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
7 Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
8 Holy Wars... the Punishment Due - Megadeth
9 Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
10 Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth

Greatest metal riff after Smoke On The Water, and the lyrics are for Nobel award. Great heavy metal attitude.

The Contenders
11 Master of Puppets - Metallica

What the... Wow...
SWEET CHILD O' MINE IS NOT METAL!
The softest rock track on Appetite, and people are calling it metal...

12 Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold

THIS SONG HAS THE AWESOME AND THE AWESOME RHYTHM OF A GREAT BAND. THIS SONG IS AWESOME.
WHENEVER HEAR THIS SONG MY BLOOD STARTS TO RAGE.
THE WAY THIS SONG STARTS IS AWESOME BUT AS IT CARRIES ON AND ENDS IS SIMPLY MESMERISING.

13 Reign of Fire - Armored Saint
14 Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

I honestly can't believe that people put on this list bands like Nirvana or Guns and Roses, can anyone then when these 2 bands became metal?! People, Black Sabbath is and always will be THE best metal band ever! And this song will always be a metal anthem. From Ronnie's incredible singing to Iommi's LEGENDERY guitar riff, this is by far the best metal song ever!

15 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - Iron Maiden
16 Everybody Wants Some!! - Van Halen
17 Ride the Lightning - Metallica

The intro and all the solos from this song are absolutely amazing!

18 Buried Alive - Avenged Sevenfold
19 Psychosocial - Slipknot
20 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of Theses) - Marilyn Manson

I know it's a cover but it put him on the map as a metal artist

21 Megalovania - Toby Fox
22 One - Metallica
23 Raining Blood - Slayer
24 Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
25 Panama - Van Halen
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