Top 10 Metal Songs About Soldiers

Songs about soldiers are type of war-themed songs that focus on soldiers experiences rather than on other aspects of war.
Not every war-themed song is about soldiers - for example, Holy Wars by Megadeth isn't exactly about soldiers.
The Top Ten
1 One - Metallica

Few modern songs have portrayed the brutal realities soldiers experience in war as effectively as Metallica (and not only in this song).

2 For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
3 The Trooper - Iron Maiden
4 Disposable Heroes - Metallica

"Hell, hell is here. I was born for dying, life planned out before my birth".

5 Eyes of the Insane - Slayer

The lyrics explore an American soldier's mental anguish following his return home from the second Gulf War, and are based on an article entitled "Casualty of War" in Texas Monthly magazine.

6 Refuse/Resist - Sepultura
7 All for One - Primal Fear
8 Take No Prisoners - Megadeth
9 Hand of Doom - Black Sabbath
10 To Hell and Back - Sabaton

This new metal song (2014) is about Audie Murphy and his post-traumatic stress disorder. Audie Murphy was a WW II hero from Kingston, Texas.
And Sabaton aren't even from the US, they are from Sweden.

The Contenders
11 No Remorse - Metallica
12 Soldier - Kobra and the Lotus

The video was shot in a vacated mine in Canada and the production features genuine World War II arms and clothing.

13 The Day that Never Comes - Metallica

The video is war-themed, although the song lyrics are about forgiveness and resentment, inspired by a father-son relationship.

14 Night Stalkers - Megadeth

Night Stalkers' is about the 160th Battalion with the United States Army,

15 Sargent D and the S.O.D. - S.O.D.

S.O.D. stands for Stormtroopers of Death.

16 Paschendale - Iron Maiden
17 Soldier Side - System of a Down
18 Gunslinger - Avenged Sevenfold

Gunslinger is a great track.

19 M.I.A. - Avenged Sevenfold
20 Wrong Side of Heaven - Five Finger Death Punch
21 Critical Acclaim - Avenged Sevenfold
22 Broken Heroes - Saxon
23 Night Witches - Sabaton
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