Top 100 Metal\Rock tracks of all time

[peace train]

Hi Fm's

.. and i have noticed most of the Tracks are before 80's. Hope Rock or metal were sounding good in 60s and 70's

.hyeah:

Just so you know, Heavy Metal didn't come into being until around the 80's. It evolved from Hard Rock music of the 70's (think AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc). There was also Southern Rock which tended to be more of a crossover in music styles, mixing between Rock, Country, Blues and it even had twinges of the edgier Hard Rock mixed in (think Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot, Charlie Danie's Band and their song, Devil Went Down To Georgia). And this type of rock competed with Top 40, and Disco music of that era as well.

Now back to Hard Rock. This evolved mostly from regular rock and roll, which was a carryover from the 50's. The 60's brought about a mix of styles, from Folk Rock to the later, more progressive hippie bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Grateful Dead, and so forth. Bands like The Beatles and The Beach Boys were ahead of their time, paving the way for much of the modern music we know of today. And of course, neither of these bands were considered Hard Rock by any means.

Heavy Metal, on the other hand was initially a term used to describe the band Journey. It was accredited later to the animated film Heavy Metal, which was partly responsible for this misnomer; and was quickly rectified as bands like Iron Maiden, and Queensryche came into their own in the 80'2. (Check out Queensryche for additional music you might enjoy.) Then, when Metallica came onto the scene, they were mostly responsible for what was initially called Speed Metal. Well, that term really didn't last long, and I've haven't heard anyone use the term after a few years or so.

Then, in the 90's, there was Grunge Rock which originated in the Northwest United States (mostly Seattle), where groups like Nirvana with their infamous singer Kurt Cobain came into being. Grunge quickly became harder, morphing into Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal (think bands like Marylin Manson, Tool, Korn), and Alternative Rock (think Kurt's Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and her Los Angeles band Hole).

And today, there's so many different syles of Rock and Metal (i.e., Death Metal), that it's difficult to keep track of everything.

Hope this helps!!!


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[peace train]

Peace Train, Your Fav also looking perfect with variety of tracks, just completed your list and more than 50% of your is my fav already(Sailing in same Boat) and other few were of good varieties.. great choice of yours..thanks for posting

You're welcome for the post, it was fun looking some of them up. I don't really listen to this type of music as much as I used to (because there's so much new stuff out today), but I'll add to it when I have time to go through my cd collection.


AS AN ADDENDUM TO MY LAST POST: Judas Priest is one of a few 70's bands which was initially considered Hard Rock. As they entered the 80's, their style (studded black leather jackets, spiked leather wrist bands, headbands, etc) became more defined, and helped to define the genre of what Heavy Metal was all about.

* Check out bands like Queen for more songs that you might like in the Hard Rock/ Rock Opera genre. (Looks like I'm going to have to go through my vinyl collection too!)

 

[jk_chaos]

Try these too,

Saxon - Motorcycle Man
Motorhead - I ain't no Nice Guy
Ozzy Osbourne - Perry Mason
Ozzy Osbourne - No More tears
Black Label Society - Suicide messiah
Probot - Shake your Blood
Diamond Head - Am I Evil
Diamond Head - Sucking My Love
Metallica - Blackened
Down - Stone the Crow
Tool - Lateralus
Tool - Roseta Stoned
Alterbridge - Metallingus
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary
Iced Earth - Pure Evil
Annihilator - Sixes And Sevens
Annihilator - The Fun Palance
Annihilator - Never Neverland
Annihilator - Alison Hell
Godsmack - Bad Religion
Godsmack - Changes

 

[metalmickey]

@peace train-korn,tool and marilyn were considered nu metal! And bands like the nine inch nails and fear factory are the one considered industrial metal!...same with 80's were more famour for air/hair metal/glam rock and bands like kiss and def leppard defined them with radio friendly tracks and grunge though was made famous by nirvana commercialy but it was 'sound garden'and their track 'black hole sun'that ever was the first/famous grunge track that was aired a lot(thanks to mtv!)

 

[asliarun]

@peace train-korn,tool and marilyn were considered nu metal! And bands like the nine inch nails and fear factory are the one considered industrial metal!...same with 80's were more famour for air/hair metal/glam rock and bands like kiss and def leppard defined them with radio friendly tracks and grunge though was made famous by nirvana commercialy but it was 'sound garden'and their track 'black hole sun'that ever was the first/famous grunge track that was aired a lot(thanks to mtv!)

By the time Kurdt Cobain became popular, grunge had already sold out. Anyway, the grunge band that was the darkest and closest to metal was probably Alice In Chains. Soundgarden had the bigger sound more suitable to a big theater though Chains was always darker. I would also put Stone Temple Pilots along with Soundgargen for sheer listenability and consistency.

Check out Singles and The Crow motion picture soundtracks. Singles especially will give you the best cross-section of vintage pre-commercial grunge that you can possibly get in one single album.

Some songs that I can remember:
Wake up - RATM
Milquetoast, Wilma's rainbow - Helmet
Lounge Act - Nirvana
Hurt - NIN, Johnny Cash
Slip side melting - For love not lisa
Burning inside - Ministry
Ashes to ashes - Faith no more
I stay away, Down in a hole - Alice in chains
New india - kinski
L'Enfant sauvage - Gojira (recently discovered this really nice band)
To bid you farewell - Opeth
Sleep or Murray Ostril (They Don't Sleep On The Beach Anymore) - Godspeed you! black emperor
Eulogy, Forty six & 2, stinkfist, schism, and the list goes on - Tool
(Wings For Marie part 1 and 2 or Reflection for a different take on Tool)
Army ants - Stone temple pilots
Birth ritual, jesus christ pose, the day i tried to live, blow up the outside world - Soundgarden
I alone, white discussion - Live
Ratamahatta, Kaiowas - Sepultura

 

[jk_chaos]

@metalmickey : Tool, Nu Metal?? I wouldn't say so.. They play progressive, let us not fight over genres, and yes the list in Grunge wouldnt be complete without Alice in Chains. Oh I'm such a big fan of Layne.. Songs like Man in the Box, Would, Rooster etc.. And yes Pearl Jam too..

 

[peace train]

@peace train-korn,tool and marilyn were considered nu metal! And bands like the nine inch nails and fear factory are the one considered industrial metal!...same with 80's were more famour for air/hair metal/glam rock and bands like kiss and def leppard defined them with radio friendly tracks and grunge though was made famous by nirvana commercialy but it was 'sound garden'and their track 'black hole sun'that ever was the first/famous grunge track that was aired a lot(thanks to mtv!)

Actually Korn is a blend of Nu Metal, Industrial Metal and Alternative Rock. This varies according to perspective, as there isn't any definitive categorization. The greatest number of Tool fans actually consider them Alternative Metal or Progressive Rock. In much the same way, the music of Nine Inch Nails straddles a wide range of genres, and we must realize that most of these bands are really so much more than a single label.

The thing is, there was and is so much going on with innovative music styles and perspectives, that to place any type of genre label starts to become a game of either being in the moment, or classification in hindsight. There really isn't any one right or wrong answer when it comes to all the varied styles at play during this time period.

To address asliarun, I agree about Alice In Chains et al. For the longest time, Nirvana remained pretty much an underground band on the scene, who really didn't gain mass popularity until Kobain's death. It was borderline absurd in Los Angeles at the time, when all the radio DJ's suddenly turned this relatively unknown singer into a sort of folk hero and spokesman for Generation X.

Poison, Cinderella, Twisted Sister, and even Guns n Roses and Skid Row were mostly considered Glam Rock in the '80's. Surprisingly or not, when Queensryche entered the scene, they also attempted to enter the glam craze, wearing makeup and lipstick, etc. This phase of theirs didn't last much longer than a few years. And when they finally removed the "glam" from their shows, their music surprisingly got a whole lot better...coincidence or not.

Great discussion, thanks for the post!

 

[jls001]

My memory of the 80s and 90s hard rock and metal scene is faint as I stopped listening to most of these long back, but here are some names that come to mind (in no particular order):

1) Van Halen - album 5150 - special tracks: Why Can't This Be Love, and Dreams
2) Quiet Riot - track Cum On Feel The Noize
3) Y&T - track This Time
4) Iron Maiden - track 2 Minutes to Midnight (the bassist of Iron Maiden is outstanding).
5) Judas Priest - track Turbo Lover
6) Twisted Sisters - Stay Hungry album, track The Price
7) Guns N Roses - album Appetite For Destruction, my fav tracks are Night Train, My Michelle, Rocket Queen. Sweet Child O'Mine is over played.
8) Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusions I and II - both are real good. If you are in sadistic mood, you can also listen to G'N R Lies album.
9) Gary Moore - track Wild Frontier. Some of his blues-tinted albums are way too heavy for my taste.
10) Motley Crue - tracks Girls Girls Girls and Home Sweet Home (one of the more successful glam rockers from the US west coast)
11) Ozzy Osbourne - albums The Ultimate Sin and Ozzmosis
12) Extreme - albums III Sides To Every Story, and Pornografitti
13) Joe Satriani - album Surfing With The Aliens
14) Eric Johnson - album Ah Via Musicom, track Cliffs of Dover is the standout track.
15) Vinnie Moore - tracks As Time Slips By and While My Guitar Gently Weeps (neo classical guitarist, master of the arpeggio)
16) Yngwie J Malmsteen - album Marching Out from this maestro of blindingly fast neo-classical guitar chops.
17) Steve Vai - album Passion and Warfare is a good starting point but the live album Alive In An Ultra World is better for me. His work with Alcatrazz was also very good.
18) Steve Morse - Stress Fest album is a good starting point. All his solo efforts have a strong jazz influence. Was/Is completely wasted in Deep Purple.
19) Loudness - track So Lonely (Jap metal band)
20) TNT, the guys from Norway brought a very different sound to the table - album Intuition
21) Poison - most of the albums with guitarist CC Deville (master of melodies but he couldn't handle his susbtance habits) are good but the one album with Ritchie Kotzen was the standout.
22) Boston - for those who love vocal melodies and heavy guitar melodies.
23) Kansas - a prog rock band of serious standing.
24) Soundgarden - album Superunknown, the album that defined grunge sound for me.
25) Saigon Kick - self titled album. Too bad they broke up prematurely.
26) Cinderella - self titled album
27) Skid Row - self titled album, their best IMO.

 

[metalmickey]

Yeah cheers to fans of alice in chains here...always they have been one of my most fav rock band...layne(r.i.p) and jerry are one toxic twins...and their unpluggd is one of the best ive heard...one of the most dark sounding band they always will be...angry chair man angry chair!

 

[soulforged]

Sure thing Trittya why not !
Well getting your hand on the albums is kinda tough, stores like flipkart do have some of the albums on sale, then a few at bajaao too..

and now a few words about these bands,
Motherjane Hails from Cochin, had one of the very best guitar players in India Baiju Dharmajan playing for them, now the incredible Santosh Chandran has taken up that role. They play progressive/carnatic rock, to have a taste of how they sound like you can search em up on youtube or search for them in facebook..
Songs to look out for from the band would be, Soul corporations, Mindstreet, Maya, Broken, Chasing the Sun, Fields of Sound, Karmic Steps etc etc.

Skyharbor, started off as Hydrodjent a one man project off his bedroom,by my very good friend keshav Dhar, now has big names like Marty Friedman and Dan Thompkins from Tesseract on his associations list. Based out of Delhi one of the few Indian acts to be signed by a foreign label, Basick records from the UK. Songs to look out for, Celestial, Dots, Maeva, Catharsis..

Avial based out of Trivandrum, plays folk rock, has the incredible Rex Vijayan on guitars, sings in malayalam but as Trittya said, if you listen to them language would never be a barrier.. Songs to look out for Nada Nada, Aaranda, Chekele, Aadu Pambe.. The vocalist who sang these songs, Anand is not with the band anymore, owing to which Tony took over the responsibility, some of his songs would include Aana Kallan, Ayyo etc.. However the band has experimented with their songs after the first album and has brought in elements of electronica etc into their sound..

Thermal And a Quarter is based out of Bangalore, lead by Bruce Lee mani plays a rock/jazz rock/funk sound.. The best song of theirs I've heard is Paper Puli.. Their new album Three Wheels Nine Lives is to be out soon this month

Junkyard Groove is based out of Chennai, and has Ameet leading the band, has a funk/folk influence in their sound.Their debut album 11 : 11 has been one of my top favorites.. Songs to look out for would be Folk You, Its Ok, Hold, Rock n Roll etc..

Pentagram is based out of Mumbai and has singer Vishal Dadlani leading the band, now their sound is more of electronica and rock synced together, an amazing live act I would say and has some awesome tunes to their credit. Look up for songs like Voice, Electric, Animal etc..

Speaking of Indian bands...anybody remember Millenium? They were kicking @$$ almost 20 years back and to me the best metal band to come out of this country. Of course, not very tuned into the current scene but I do like Motherjane, Avial, Moksha (are they still there?)...got a new CD a few weeks back from a band called Eccentric Pendulum (I think)...not my kind of music but I still bought it to show my support for the local scene \m/

 

[peace train]

Funny I forgot one of my favorite bands during the time (besides Pelvic Meatloaf who I was also friends with) has to be Static X. I'm a big fan of the Wisconsin Death Trip album. Not sure if it was because we used to drive around listening to it hopping between bars and desert parties, or that certain songs from this album were also played in the finer dance establishments of the era.

The whole album is awesome. Some tracks to check out: :thumbsup:

Static X - Push It
Static X - I'm With Stupid
Static X - Bled For Days

Also take a look at (mostly for instrumentals): :cheers:

Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star
Yngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond The Sun
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Yngwie Malmsteen - Beethoven's 5th
Yngwie Malmsteen - Mozart 40th Symphony
Yngwie Malmsteen - Faster Than The Speed Of Light

Steve Vai - For The Love Of God

And some less hard, albeit fun songs with a more mainstream or Classic Rock vibe: :yahoo:

Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun

Aldo Nova - Fantasy

Todd Rundgren - Bang On The Drum All Day

 

[Audio_Freek]

Great and thanks for info shared, I use to lay only on some Western tracks which were quite popular in India before(Mostly Albums and not in spec to Bands). But i heard "White Wedding", Paranoid,House of Raising Sun etc just like that from my friends collection couple of years and lost my heart for them, later gone with Beatles, AC/DC,Metallica..

Then i thought of making my own DB with such tracks to play when am fed-out,when Metal tracks get played am becoming insane and getting relaxed from my tension...

I haven't made any research on the Metal or rock or Jazz, but your post really helpful to know how my fav got evolved

Apart from it i check out for Yaani's tracks which really gives peace for closed mind

 

[nindo]

indian ocean - melancholic ecstasy
ac/dc - back in black, thunderstruck
joe satriani - flying in a blue dream
dream theater - erotomania

 

[peace train]

Great and thanks for info shared, I use to lay only on some Western tracks which were quite popular in India before(Mostly Albums and not in spec to Bands). But i heard "White Wedding", Paranoid,House of Raising Sun etc just like that from my friends collection couple of years and lost my heart for them, later gone with Beatles, AC/DC,Metallica..

Then i thought of making my own DB with such tracks to play when am fed-out,when Metal tracks get played am becoming insane and getting relaxed from my tension...

I haven't made any research on the Metal or rock or Jazz, but your post really helpful to know how my fav got evolved

Apart from it i check out for Yaani's tracks which really gives peace for closed mind

I agree with you about discovering new and varied types of music. Today, I listen to so much from all over the world that it's hard to keep track. And while I have hundreds of CD's and vinyl from the 80's, I mostly listen to satellite radio in the car and Pandora online. And while Metal is still fun now and then, I really enjoy artists like Deva Premal and also Loreena McKennitt for relaxation these days. Frank Sinatra and the old jazz artists are also fun when the mood strikes.

Glad I came across your thread. You've helped to bring back yet another level of appreciation for the good old days!

 

[Vinod.R]

Hi what about Lamb of God?

I think they sound like brazilian metal with samba beats...

Find me a song of theirs which is not good...WOW

Favourite Album - Sacrament,
Favourite Song - Ruin

Vinod

 

[Audio_Freek]

Peace Train, All the Fm members really Crazy about the music. We do hear thousands of music recommended by friends, played by our dad, uncle,inspired in radio and search for same in market,even spelling mistake for a track also end up in getting a unexpected good music,listening in road side shops so on, But only some specific music would stay in mind for ever which really made crazy. So that is the reason you just gave a big list and i hope those all tracks were your hearts Anthem some time before and came up in quick recall

Will you believe the Intro of English music was made for me in Audio cassette , where after recording the regional songs a min or two would be blank, normally all the Audio recording studio Guys use to fill with some English tracks. My Dad had more than 2000 Audio cassette and more than 1000 were custom recorded with list.

Most of the days in childhood, my aim was to run a sophisticated Audio cassette recording studio, This was gone as day dream because of the invasion of CD and DVD'S

"I WILL EVEN DIE FOR GOOD MUSIC and WILL DIE WITHOUT MUSIC"

 

[peace train]

Thanks Audio Freek. Glad to share with other music lovers from around the world.

If you're also looking for other types of western music from the 60's, 70's, until today, it's nice to look at the evolution of the music like you said. Check out artists like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Frankie Vali, The Momas And The Popas, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Band, Credence Clearwater Revival, Sisto Rodriquez, James Taylor, Moody Blues, Blues Traveler, Boz Scaggs, Elton John, Neil Young, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, America, Led Zeppelin, Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, The Knack, The Fixx, The Firm, The Cure, The Cult, Men Without Hats, Dream Academy, The Tubes, Bauhaus, Dead Kennedys, Joy Division, U2, The Smiths, Public Image Ltd, Black Eyed Peas, Amy Winehouse, Adele...

The list goes on and on, but if you do some searches on each of these artists or genres, you'll find so much more. There's even lots of great music from the 30's, 40's, 50's too.

Some of what I just listed is harder rock, but the rest is considered classic rock, folk, alternative, country, etc. There's also great jazz standards like the album Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis, or lounge style jazz like Johnny Mathis, Shirley Bassey, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett. And if you really want something different, edgy, hard and very cool, try Betty Davis - may be hard to find, but if you can get a hold of some of her music, you won't be disappointed. She's not the actress, but actually Miles Davis' former wife...hardcore funk to the extreme!

Anyway, maybe this would be another thread, but I would love to hear some of the general listening of music that you do in India. I'm familiar with some, but mostly just listen to what Ive seen in movies, or bhajans from Amma's ashram in Kerala.

Peace

 

[Audio_Freek]

Thanks Audio Freek. Glad to share with other music lovers from around the world.

If you're also looking for other types of western music from the 60's, 70's, until today, it's nice to look at the evolution of the music like you said. Check out artists like Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Frankie Vali, The Momas And The Popas, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Band, Credence Clearwater Revival, Sisto Rodriquez, James Taylor, Moody Blues, Blues Traveler, Boz Scaggs, Elton John, Neil Young, Neil Sedaka, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, America, Led Zeppelin, Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, The Knack, The Fixx, The Firm, The Cure, The Cult, Men Without Hats, Dream Academy, The Tubes, Bauhaus, Dead Kennedys, Joy Division, U2, The Smiths, Public Image Ltd, Black Eyed Peas, Amy Winehouse, Adele...

The list goes on and on, but if you do some searches on each of these artists or genres, you'll find so much more. There's even lots of great music from the 30's, 40's, 50's too.

Some of what I just listed is harder rock, but the rest is considered classic rock, folk, alternative, country, etc. There's also great jazz standards like the album Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis, or lounge style jazz like Johnny Mathis, Shirley Bassey, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett. And if you really want something different, edgy, hard and very cool, try Betty Davis - may be hard to find, but if you can get a hold of some of her music, you won't be disappointed. She's not the actress, but actually Miles Davis' former wife...hardcore funk to the extreme!

Anyway, maybe this would be another thread, but I would love to hear some of the general listening of music that you do in India. I'm familiar with some, but mostly just listen to what Ive seen in movies, or bhajans from Amma's ashram in Kerala.

Peace

Peace train, i just wonder whether this is Hifi Forum or Wikipedia, i could get lot of info from each member about tracks, their generation, the variation form other genre since the thread had been started. BTW i dont agree with some of your words "Anyway, maybe this would be another thread" as i feel "I would need another life,i.e my life span*2" to listen and enjoy and another thread is really not enough

Thanks again for your lists again, its really happy to see long list

Bhajans are rhythmic tracks which are played with some devotion to god. But am sure you might have not come across the Indian FOLK, South India has a variety of folk and as like western even FOLK tracks will never miss you to tempt dancing. In India we have variety of music as like language and culture. Here we have classical Music or Carnatic music and its Myth that its even capable of "bringing rain to land", i.e if you play certain music it disturber the nature and brings the rain to the place , and "FOLK" is really special.Here the music reaches comman man via Films and very rarely via Music albums.

Culturally India or Indian's are merged with some music from his birth to death.. so we mostly love the music which delivers some emotions which is scoped in the films or scenes

Let us discuss these things in some other thread.:clapping:

 

[gautamw]

Is tech nine consider rap or rock?

 

[metalmickey]

Tech what?who?....name sounds like an industrial rock/numetal band