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This is my in-progress clean-up of The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time. Please don't edit this page, unless you're me.

The Top 50 Heavy Metal Songs Of All Time is a book by Martin Popoff who is the editor-in-chief and writer of the Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles magazine, as well as being the senior editor of BraveWords.com.

Popoff assembled this book by requesting thousands of metal fans, musicians, and journalists to send in their favourite heavy metal songs. Almost 18,000 individual votes were tallied and entered into a database from which the final rankings were derived.

Martin Popoff then began interviewing the bands that made the final grade, reviewing each track and digging into the history of each song that made the final list.

Additionally, some of the top metal performers were polled and their lists displayed in the book. It also contains hundreds of quotes from dozens of well-known artists as well as several underground who have made a mark on the metal scene.

List[edit]

The Top 100 albums as listed in the book are as follows

100. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"
99. Rush - "2112"
98. Blind Guardian - "Nightfall in Middle-Earth"
97. Savatage - "Hall of the Mountain King"
96. AC/DC - "Powerage"
95. Faith No More - "The Real Thing"
94. Sepultura - "Chaos A.D."
93. Deep Purple - "Burn"
92. Queensrÿche - "Empire"
91. UFO - "Strangers in the Night"
90. Mötley Crüe - "Too Fast for Love"
89. Helloween - "Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.1"
88. Deep Purple - "Made in Japan"
87. Iron Maiden - "Live After Death"
86. Nevermore- "Dead Heart in a Dead World"
85. W.A.S.P.- "W.A.S.P."
84. Rainbow- "Long Live Rock N' Roll"
83. Black Sabbath- "Born Again"
82. Aerosmith- "Toys in the Attic"
81. Fear Factory- "Demanufacture"
80. Led Zeppelin- "Led Zeppelin"
79. Judas Priest- "Killing Machine"
78. Scorpions- "Blackout"
77. Exodus- "Bonded By Blood"
76. Riot- "Fire Down Under"
75.RUSH- "Moving Pictures"
74.PANTERA- "Far Beyond Driven"
73.DIO- "The Last in Line"
72.BRUCE DICKINSON- "Accident of Birth"
71.Aerosmith- "Rocks"
70.Iron Maiden- "Somewhere in Time"
69.MERCYFUL FATE- "Melissa"
68.TWISTED SISTER- "Stay Hungry"
67.SEPULTURA- "Arise"
66.CARCASS- "Heartwork"
65.METAL CHURCH- "Metal Church"
64.KISS- "Destroyer"
63.Iron Maiden- "Iron Maiden"
62.Judas Priest- "Defenders of the Faith"
61.BRUCE DICKINSON- "The Chemical Wedding"
60.PANTERA- "Cowboys from Hell"
59.Led Zeppelin- "II"
58.ACCEPT- "Balls to the Wall"
57.SLAYER- "Hell Awaits"
56.Iron Maiden- "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
55.DEF LEPPARD- "Pyromania"
54.KING DIAMOND- "Abigail"
53.MEGADETH- "Countdown to Extinction"
52.ALICE IN CHAINS- "Dirt"
51.Judas Priest- "Stained Class"
50.VENOM- "Black Metal"
49.ANTHRAX- "Among the Living"
48.Led Zeppelin- "Physical Graffiti"
47.DREAM THEATER- "Images and Words"
46.Black Sabbath- "Vol. 4"
45.Black Sabbath- "Mob Rules"
44.SLAYER- "South of Heaven"
43.MOTÖRHEAD- "Ace of Spades"
42.Judas Priest- "Unleashed in the East"
41.KISS- "Alive!"
40.Black Sabbath- "Sabotage"
39.Rainbow- "Rising"
38.Deep Purple- "In Rock"
37.ACCEPT- "Restless and Wild"
36.Helloween- "Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt.2"
35.MERCYFUL FATE- "Don't Break the Oath"
34.Judas Priest- "Sad Wings of Destiny"
33.Black Sabbath- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
32.Iron Maiden- "Killers"
31.MEGADETH- "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?"
30.Led Zeppelin- "IV"
29.OZZY OSBOURNE- "Diary of a Madman"
28.SLAYER- "Seasons in the Abyss"
27.METALLICA- "Metallica"
26.Judas Priest- "Painkiller"
25.Black Sabbath- "Master of Reality"
24.Deep Purple- "Machine Head"
23.AC/DC- "Highway to Hell"
22.Mötley Crüe- "Shout at the Devil"
21.Judas Priest- "British Steel"
20.PANTERA- "Vulgar Display of Power"
19.METALLICA- "...And Justice for All"
18.METALLICA- "Kill 'Em All"
17.DIO- "Holy Diver"
16.Black Sabbath- "Heaven and Hell"
15.OZZY OSBOURNE- "Blizzard of Ozz"
14.Black Sabbath- "Black Sabbath"
13.Iron Maiden- "Powerslave"
12.Judas Priest- "Screaming for Vengeance"
11.MEGADETH- "Rust In Peace"
10.GUNS N' ROSES- "Appetite for Destruction"
09.VAN HALEN- "Van Halen"
08.Iron Maiden- "Piece of Mind"
07.QUEENSRYCHE- "Operation:Mindcrime"
06.METALLICA- "Master of Puppets"
05.AC/DC- "Back in Black"
04.METALLICA- "Ride the Lightning"
03.SLAYER- "Reign in Blood"
02.Iron Maiden- "Number of the Beast"
01.Black Sabbath- "Paranoid"

The Top 50 Songs in the book are as follows

50.Metallica- "Seek & Destroy"
49.Deep Purple- "Child in Time"
48.Pantera- "Walk"
47.Kiss- "Detroit Rock City"
46.Dio- "Rainbow in the Dark]"
45.Slayer- "South of Heaven"
44.Black Sabbath- "Symptom of the Universe"
43.Judas Priest- "Beyond the Realms of Death"
42.Pantera- "Cowboys from Hell"
41.Deep Purple- "Burn"
40.Slayer- "Seasons in the Abyss"
39.Dio- "The Last in Line"
38.AC/DC- "Hells Bells"
37.Rainbow- "Stargazer"
36.Metallica- "Enter Sandman"
35.Led Zeppelin- "Stairway to Heaven"
34.Black Sabbath- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
33.Accept- "Fast as a Shark"
32.Mötley Crüe- "Shout at the Devil"
31.Metallica- "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
30.Dio- "Holy Diver"
29.Judas Priest- "You've Got Another Thing Coming"
28.Iron Maiden- "Run to the Hills"
27.Megadeth- "Peace Sells"
26.Accept- "Balls to the Wall"
25.Deep Purple- "Smoke on the Water"
24.Iron Maiden- "The Trooper"
23.AC/DC- "Highway to Hell"
22.Metallica- "Fade to Black"
21.Metallica- "Creeping Death"
20.Slayer- "Raining Blood"
19.Guns N' Roses- "Welcome to the Jungle"
18.Judas Priest- "Electric Eye"
17.Judas Priest- "Victim of Changes"
16.Megadeth- "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due"
15.Black Sabbath- "Black Sabbath"
14.Deep Purple- "Highway Star"
13.Metallica- "One"
12.Judas Priest- "Painkiller"
11.Black Sabbath- "Heaven and Hell"
10.Black Sabbath- "Iron Man"
09.AC/DC- "Back in Black"
08.Black Sabbath- "War Pigs"
07.Iron Maiden- "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
06.Iron Maiden- "The Number of the Beast"
05.Slayer- "Angel of Death"
04.Ozzy Osbourne- "Crazy Train"
03.Motörhead- "Ace of Spades"
02.Metallica- "Master of Puppets"
01.Black Sabbath- "Paranoid"

External links[edit]

http://www.martinpopoff.com/html/500songs.html

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