I’m a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath, from the album Black Sabbath.
Where do you stand on “Hocus Pocus” by Focus?
Pretty good track! But maybe not as good as Weed by Weed, from the album Weed.
I like that song “Bad Company”, but I forgot who wrote it.
I don’t recall, but I’m pretty sure it’s off the Bad Company album.
I’m also a big fan of Iron Maiden, the last track on Iron Maiden, and Motörhead from the Motörhead release. But I forget who wrote those too.
Murmaider
“Laser Cannon Death Sentence” by Dethklok
a classic: “Hallowed Be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden.
All time? Probably Dream Theater’s A change of seasons. But there’s way too many to choose from.
Katatonia - Old heart Falls
Caligula’s Horse - Marigold
Soen - Martyrs
Swallow the sun - Falling World
Haken - 1985
Mastodon - Blood and Thunder
Rotting Christ - Ze nigmar
Draconian - Daylight Misery
Paradise lost - faith divides us /death unites us
Leprous - Rewind
Eons Enthroned - Stormblessed (for fans of the stormlight archive)
Rhapsody (of fire)- emerald sword
Ihsahn - Mass darkness
Gojira - Flying whales
The ocean - jurassic
Opeth - fuck… can’t even pick one… but let’s say ghost of perdition
Dragony - Magic
And many, many, many more…
Atreyu - Bleeding Mascara, just punches you in the face with an awesome intro.
That was one of the songs that introduced me to Metalcore. I remember making a mix with that, My Last Serenade, some Folly, and some Anah Aevia, a band I can’t find anything by these days.
Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.
Tornado of souls for me
Five Magics for me
Like other people say, “favorite” depends on the context. Here are ones I’ve had on repeat at one point or another.
The Hammer - Kublai Khan TX
Contraband - Make Them Suffer
The Migrant - Shadow of Intent
Die Alone - A Pale Horse Named Death (this one is for a sad day)
In The Name Of God - Rotting Christ
(literally anything, Garden of Earthly Delights is a good place to start) - Apocalypse Orchestra
Looking Down The Barrel of Today - Hatebreed
Bullet With A Name - Nonpoint
WAKE UP - The Browning (whole album is good, intro is a fucking headbanger)
Where The Things Have No Color - Destrage
The Orphan - Paleface Swiss
I have to go do stuff, but that should get you started.
*I’m back and adding some more, cuz why not:
I Am The Mountain - Windrose
Captain Morgan’s Revenge - Alestorm
Primo Victoria - Sabbaton
Vodka - Korpiklaani
Hardrádi - Hulkoff
Låt Napalmen Regna - Raubtier
Planet on Fire - Rob Sigurd
Hellhacker - Aaron F. Bianchi Jupiter
Destiny Crucified - Shokran
Tibet - Space of Variations
Homicide - Sammy Slamdance
I saw Shadow of Intent live as an opener for Heaven Shall Burn a couple years ago and they were great.
I’m not a huge metal head, but “Trapped Under Ice” by Metallica is probably my favorite. I’d strongly recommend the entire Ride the Lightning album though. Pretty much every song is great.
The Sentinel by Judas Priest
Right now its still probably Killing Time and Space by Nekrogoblikon. Goblins, cosmic history, and a banjo? In my metal? Helllll yeah brother.
Red Handed Denial - One More Night
Or
Spiritbox - Circle With Me
Painkiller by Judas Priest will always have a special place in my heart due to the hours 11 year old me spent air-guitaring that solo.
In Flames - Only for the weak Iced Earth - Frankestein Antioch - Where the dagger lies Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7
