Best Metal Songs With Galloping Rhythm

The Top Ten
1 The Trooper - Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are the Kings of gallops.

Steve Harris rules!

2 The Four Horsemen - Metallica

A very suitable rhythm choice as the song title contains the word "Horsemen".

3 Needled 24/7 - Children of Bodom
4 Powerslave - Iron Maiden
5 Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden

Galloping rhythm always gets me!

I LOVE the rhythm in this song!

6 Holy Diver - Dio

Dio signature song is with a mid-tempo galloping rhythm.

7 Crimson King - Demons & Wizards
8 More Than Meets the Eye - Testament
9 Vain Glory Opera - Edguy

Clear and emphasized galloping rhythm. Love it!

10 Tear Down the Wall - Demons & Wizards
The Contenders
11 Angel of Death - Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy worked in several rock subgenres but this song is 100% metal. It's also my fave song from them. I think it's their best.

12 Hard Lovin' Man - Deep Purple

The song that started gallops in metal (1970).
There are better songs with gallops but I put it at #8 because I wanted to say "Thank you for the idea Deep Purple". Gallops are awesome!

13 Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden

Who would've thought a few notes played on an E minor scale could captivate me so much.

14 Flight of Icarus - Iron Maiden
15 Road of the Cross - Jorn
16 Battery - Metallica

Best riff ever!

17 Devil's Island - Megadeth

Amazing gallop. Also, I wouldn't say Holy Wars has that much of a gallop, but whatever.

Iron Maiden has the best gallops, but this is underatted and needs to be higher. Incredible gallop.

18 Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen

A slow gallop

19 Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

Only on a part of the song but it's very cool

20 The Unholy - Savatage
21 Alexander the Great - Iron Maiden

A great song but I didn’t want to put too many Maiden songs in the top 10.

22 Henchmen Ride - Testament

I love this song a lot.

23 Stained Class - Judas Priest
24 Barracuda - Heart

Wait is this a metal song?

The song is full of them

25 Poor Man's Crusade - Demons & Wizards

A very cool gallop throughout almost the entire song. Jon Schaffer is the King of gallops.

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