Metal Songs

Metal takes rock's guitar-and-drums template and pushes it further: heavier distortion, lower tunings, faster tempos and more aggressive vocals. This page starts at the source with Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne, takes in Iron Maiden's galloping twin-guitar attack and Motörhead's breakneck rock and roll, and covers the '80s thrash of Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. Disturbed's cover of “The Sound of Silence” shows the genre's softer side.

The '90s and 2000s bring groove metal from Pantera, the progressive weight of Tool, Rammstein's German industrial metal, and the nu-metal and alternative metal of System Of A Down, Slipknot, Disturbed and Papa Roach, with Bring Me The Horizon representing the metalcore generation. Thrash and nu-metal sound very different despite sharing a label, so it pays to start from a specific song: open one you know well and you'll see tracks with a similar intensity and style.

44 popular metal songs

  1. Enter Sandman by Metallica album coverSongs similar to Enter SandmanMetallica · 1991
  2. Master of Puppets by Metallica album coverSongs similar to Master of PuppetsMetallica
  3. Nothing Else Matters by Metallica album coverSongs similar to Nothing Else MattersMetallica
  4. One by Metallica album coverSongs similar to OneMetallica
  5. Paranoid by Black Sabbath album coverSongs similar to ParanoidBlack Sabbath
  6. Iron Man by Black Sabbath album coverSongs similar to Iron ManBlack Sabbath
  7. War Pigs by Black Sabbath album coverSongs similar to War PigsBlack Sabbath
  8. The Trooper by Iron Maiden album coverSongs similar to The TrooperIron Maiden
  9. Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden album coverSongs similar to Fear of the DarkIron Maiden
  10. Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden album coverSongs similar to Run to the HillsIron Maiden
  11. Ace of Spades by Motörhead album coverSongs similar to Ace of SpadesMotörhead
  12. Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne album coverSongs similar to Crazy TrainOzzy Osbourne
  13. Chop Suey! by System Of A Down album coverSongs similar to Chop Suey!System Of A Down
  14. Toxicity by System Of A Down album coverSongs similar to ToxicitySystem Of A Down
  15. B.Y.O.B. by System Of A Down album coverSongs similar to B.Y.O.B.System Of A Down
  16. Duality by Slipknot album coverSongs similar to DualitySlipknot
  17. Psychosocial by Slipknot album coverSongs similar to PsychosocialSlipknot
  18. Before I Forget by Slipknot album coverSongs similar to Before I ForgetSlipknot
  19. Down with the Sickness by Disturbed album coverSongs similar to Down with the SicknessDisturbed
  20. The Sound of Silence by Disturbed album coverSongs similar to The Sound of SilenceDisturbed
  21. Walk by Pantera album coverSongs similar to WalkPantera
  22. Cowboys from Hell by Pantera album coverSongs similar to Cowboys from HellPantera
  23. Freak On a Leash by Korn album coverSongs similar to Freak On a LeashKorn
  24. Bodies by Drowning Pool album coverSongs similar to BodiesDrowning Pool
  25. Last Resort by Papa Roach album coverSongs similar to Last ResortPapa Roach
  26. Schism by Tool album coverSongs similar to SchismTool
  27. Sober by Tool album coverSongs similar to SoberTool
  28. Du hast by Rammstein album coverSongs similar to Du hastRammstein
  29. Sonne by Rammstein album coverSongs similar to SonneRammstein
  30. Raining Blood by Slayer album coverSongs similar to Raining BloodSlayer
  31. Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth album coverSongs similar to Symphony of DestructionMegadeth
  32. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth album coverSongs similar to Holy Wars... The Punishment DueMegadeth
  33. Can You Feel My Heart by Bring Me The Horizon album coverSongs similar to Can You Feel My HeartBring Me The Horizon
  34. Throne by Bring Me The Horizon album coverSongs similar to ThroneBring Me The Horizon
  35. Painkiller by Judas Priest album coverSongs similar to PainkillerJudas Priest
  36. Breaking the Law by Judas Priest album coverSongs similar to Breaking the LawJudas Priest
  37. Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden album coverSongs similar to Hallowed Be Thy NameIron Maiden
  38. Peace Sells by Megadeth album coverSongs similar to Peace SellsMegadeth
  39. Angel of Death by Slayer album coverSongs similar to Angel of DeathSlayer
  40. Blackened by Metallica album coverSongs similar to BlackenedMetallica
  41. Sad But True by Metallica album coverSongs similar to Sad But TrueMetallica
  42. Aerials by System Of A Down album coverSongs similar to AerialsSystem Of A Down
  43. Wait and Bleed by Slipknot album coverSongs similar to Wait and BleedSlipknot
  44. Lateralus by Tool album coverSongs similar to LateralusTool

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