Top Ten Sci Fi Influenced Rock and Metal Songs

The Top Ten
1 Electric Eye - Judas Priest
2 Hangar 18 - Megadeth
3 Iron Man - Black Sabbath
4 Sacred Worlds - Blind Guardian
5 Metal Gods - Judas Priest

Feels like an asimov novel

6 The Ninth Wave - Blind Guardian

"We all drown in the fifth dimension".

All Blind Guardian albums (10 as of 2015) are based on science fiction and fantasy because their singer and lyricist loves such books. So practically their entire discography goes but I picked 'The Ninth Wave' because it's from their newest album 'Beyond The Red Mirror' (2015). It’s a concept album, described by Hansi Kürsch himself as "A story between science fiction and fantasy. [...] The two worlds described have changed dramatically for the worse since then. While there used to be several passages between the worlds, there is only one gate left now: The Red Mirror. It has to be found at any cost.”

7 Anywhere In the Galaxy - Gamma Ray
8 Space Oddity - David Bowie

As well as his albums Ziggy Stardust and Diamond Dogs.

9 The Final Countdown - Europe
10 Cosmic Egg - Wolfmother

This riff is amazing, so catchy.

The Contenders
11 Caught Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden

Are you caught in time?

12 Across the Universe - The Beatles

My favorite of the songs on the list yet I don't regard it as sci-fi influenced as it’s more spiritual influenced I believe

13 Through the Never - Metallica
14 Starrider - Foreigner

Excellent tune, beautiful lyrics, cool vox and solo.

"I stole a ride on a passing star
Not knowing where I was going
...
Speed increasing
All control is in the hands of those who know
Will they help us grow
To one day be starriders? "

15 Space Police - Edguy

Oh what looked like zero gravity
Is just a gelatinous mass

We're riding out, pass by the moon
Bird's eye view on the universe
We're all about breaking the rules
"Freeze! " goes the Space Police

16 Rocket Man - Elton John
17 Veteran Cosmic Rocker - The Moody Blues
18 Outta Space - Billy Preston
19 Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd
20 2112 - Rush
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