Best metal song from each year?

Obv don't have to them all bc it's a long list. Just do whatever ones you want.

1970: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971: Black Sabbath - Children of the Grave
1972: Black Sabbath - Under the Sun
1973: Black Sabbath - A National Acrobat
1974: Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
1975: Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe
1976: Judas Priest - Victim of Changes
1977: Motorhead - Motorhead
1978: Black Sabbath - Never Say Die
1979: Motorhead - Overkill
1980: Ozzy Osbourne - Mr Crowley
1981: Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
1982: Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
1983: Metallica - The Four Horsemen
1984: Metallica - Fade to Black
1985: Megadeth - Last Rites/Loved to Deth
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Anthrax - Indians
1988: Metallica - One
1989: Deliverance - The Call
1990: Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
1991: Tourniquet - Broken Chromosomes
1992: Tourniquet - The Skeezix Dilemma
1993: Deliverance - Time
1994: Korn - Daddy
1995: Death - Symbolic
1996: Pantera - Floors
1997: Megadeth - Trust
1998: Death - Painkiller
1999: Mortification - Martyrs
2000: Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man
2001: System of a Down - Aerials
2002: System of a Down - Streamline
2003: Linkin Park - Don't Stay
2004: Megadeth - The Scorpion
2005: System of a Down - BYOB
2006: Red - Breathe Into Me
2007: Megadeth - Washington is Next!
2008: Theocracy - Mirror of Souls
2009: Megadeth - How the Story Ends
2010: Disciple - Eternity
2011: Theocracy - I Am
2012: Tourniquet - Fed By Ravens, Eaten by Vultures
2013: Stryper - No More Hell to Pay
2014: Demon Hunter - Death
2015: Red - What You Leave Behind
2016: Megadeth - Bullet to the Brain
2017: Michael Sweet - Afterlife
2018: Deliverance - The Black Hand
2019: Skillet - Reach
2020: Motivik - Inception
2021: Iron Maiden - Days of Future Past
2022: Megadeth - Dogs of Chernobyl
2023: Metallica - Room of Mirrors
2024: Motivik - The Storm is Coming

I agree with a lot, but shouldn't the first one be Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath? It's probably the most important song in metal history.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:I agree with a lot, but shouldn't the first one be Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath? It's probably the most important song in metal history.

That is true, and I do love that song. But I slightly prefer Paranoid.

I do too, I just think historical importance needs to be accounted for. Especially since you said best song of every year rather than favorite.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:I do too, I just think historical importance needs to be accounted for. Especially since you said best song of every year rather than favorite.

I guess I did say that. Though I tend to interchange those words more than I should.

Gimmee a couple weeks for this one.

I enjoyed reading your list Steven. 

I usually won't post in these types threads because I have a hard time picking a favorite band or album, let alone a song. I had some downtime and just went for it.

70 Deep Purple - Child in Time
71 Deep Purple - Fireball
72 Deep Purple - Pictures of Home
73 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
74 Deep Purple - Burn
75 Led Zeppelin - In the Light
76 Rainbow - Stargazer
77 Scorpions - Sails of Charon
78 Judas Priest - Exciter
79 Thin Lizzy - Rosin Dubh
80 Black Sabbath - Children of the Sea
81 Black Sabbath - Turn up the Night
82 Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills
83 Queensryche - Nightrider
84 Queensryche - Nm 156
85 Yngwie Malmsteen - Soldier Without Faith
86 Fates Warning - Guardian
87 Helloween - Twilight of the Gods
88 Scanner - Warp 7
89 Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone
90 Judas Priest - Painkiller
91 Savatage - Believe
92 Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon
93 Angra - Evil Warning
94 Running Wild - Freewind Rider
95 Virgin Steele - I Will Come For You
96 Impellitteri - Countdown to Revolution
97 Symphony X - The Accolade
98 Angra - Fireworks
99 Nocturnal Rites - Destiny Calls
00 Rob Rock - The Sun Will Rise Again
01 Lost Horizon - Heart of Storm
02 Lost Horizon - Pure

Big Gap

13 Stryper - Marching Into Battle
14 Mekong Delta - Mutant Messiah
15 Stryper - Yahweh
16 Helstar - Black Cathedral
17 Obituary - Sentence Day
18 Judas Priest - Never the Heroes
19 Narnia - Sail on
20 Stryper - Even the Devil Believes
21 Helstar - Dark Incarnation
22 Stryper - Ashes to Ashes
23 Theocracy - Red Sea
24 New Horizon - Daimyo

I like how all of it is less extreme than even softer thrash... and then there's randomly an Obituary song in there lol. Overall nice list!

Ha! those last 2 Obituary albums are excellent though. These days I am mostly looking for melodic and lighter side of metal but Obituary really have improved over the years!

Bronze Age wrote:
85 Yngwie Malmsteen - Soldier Without Faith

89 Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone

91 Savatage - Believe

96 Impellitteri - Countdown to Revolution

00 Rob Rock - The Sun Will Rise Again





15 Stryper - Yahweh

Incredible songs! I absolutely love the Malmsteen and Savatage songs.

Ammocas wrote:

Bronze Age wrote:
85 Yngwie Malmsteen - Soldier Without Faith

89 Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone

91 Savatage - Believe

96 Impellitteri - Countdown to Revolution

00 Rob Rock - The Sun Will Rise Again





15 Stryper - Yahweh

Incredible songs! I absolutely love the Malmsteen and Savatage songs.

I would go with the same albums, but different songs.  Title track on Gutter Ballet, I'll See the Light Tonight, Kingdom of Light off Screaming Symphony, Ghost In the Ruins.

It would break my brain to attempt this monumental task

Superjuice wrote:

Ammocas wrote:

Bronze Age wrote:
85 Yngwie Malmsteen - Soldier Without Faith

89 Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone

91 Savatage - Believe

96 Impellitteri - Countdown to Revolution

00 Rob Rock - The Sun Will Rise Again





15 Stryper - Yahweh

Incredible songs! I absolutely love the Malmsteen and Savatage songs.

I would go with the same albums, but different songs.  Title track on Gutter Ballet, I'll See the Light Tonight, Kingdom of Light off Screaming Symphony, Ghost In the Ruins.

Post those lists, dudes!

1990 - Painkiller

There’s no point in me choosing a list. I would want to change some of the choices the next day.

Temple of Blood wrote:1990 - Painkiller

It hurts to choose one for 1990. Imo the best year for metal.

1968 - Steppenwolf "Born To Be Wild"
1969 - Led Zeppelin "Good Times Bad Times"
1970 - Deep Purple "Bloodsucker"
1971 - Black Sabbath "Children Of the Grave"
1972 - Deep Purple "Highway star"
1973 - Budgie "Breadfan"
1974 - Queen "Ogre Battle"
1975 - Black Sabbath "Megalomania"
1976 - Thin Lizzy "Emerald"
1977 - Judas Priest "Dissident Aggressor"
1978 - Van Halen "On Fire"
1979 - Scorpions "Lovedrive"

Brutal cutting room floor: (1970) "Iron Man" BS - "Mississippi Queen" Mountain / (1971) "The Author" Budgie - "Fireball" Deep Purple - "Black Dog" LZ / (1972) "Supernaut" BS / (1973) "Spiral Architect" BS - "The Ocean" LZ / (1974) "Rock Bottom" UFO / (1975) "Man On the Silver Mountain" Rainbow - "The Writ" BS / (1976) "The Ripper" Judas Priest - "A Light In the Black" Rainbow - Achilles Last Stand" LZ / (1977) "Lights Out" UFO - "She's A Woman" Scorpions - "Kings and Queens" Aerosmith (1978) "The Shed" Rainbow - "Hell Bent For Leather" JP / (1979) "D.O.A." VH

1980 - Judas Priest "Rapid Fire"
1981 - Black Sabbath "Falling Off the Edge of the World"
1982 - Judas Priest "Screaming For Vengeance"
1983 - Accept "Balls To the Wall"
1984 - Metallica "Creeping Death"

Rough cuts: (1980) "Ace of Spades" Motorhead / "Neon Knights" BS / "Crazy Train" Oz / "Remember Tomorrow" Iron Maiden / "Hello America" Def Leppard - (1981) "Over the Mountain" Oz / "Unchained" VH / "Killers" IM - (1982) "Never Again" Daniel Band / "Under the Blade" TS / "The Prisoner" IM / "Hang 'Em High" VH / "Blackout" Scorpions / "Fast as a Shark" Accept / "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" Night Ranger / "Stand Up and Shout" Dio - (1983) "Sirens" Savatage / "Too Young to Fall In Love" Crue / "Hot On Your Heels" Steeler / "Whiplash" Met / "The Trooper" IM / "Bark At the Moon" Oz / "Bang Your Head" QR / "Touch Of Madness" Night Ranger / "Queen of the Reich" Q - (1984) "Freewheel Burning" JP / "We Rock" Dio / "Before the Storm" Q / "Hitman" Metal Church / "Aces High" IM / "Lack of Communication" Ratt / "House of Pain" VH / "Heaven's On Fire" KISS

A best of list from 2000-2024 would be the most interesting IMHO

Temple of Blood wrote:A best of list from 2000-2024 would be the most interesting IMHO

Yeah. Metal has evolved much quicker in recent years. I don’t like a lot of more modern genres though.

1985 - Stryper "Surrender"
1986 - Lion "Transformers (Theme Song)"
1987 - Barren Cross "The Living Dead"
1988 - Crimson Glory "Eternal World"
1989 - Badlands "Hard Driver"

Missed the cut: (1985) "Stop the Lightning" Black 'n' Blue / "Til the Livin' End" Dokken / "Madhouse" Anthrax / "Blistering Winds" Vicious Rumors / "I'll See the Light Tonight" Yngwie / "Just Another Day" Dio - (1986) - "Living In A Dream World" Chastain / "Puppets" Met / "Ton of Bricks" Metal Church / "Walk In the Shadows" Q / "THWTD" Stryper / "Dangerous Love" Racer X / "Wake Up Dead" Megadeth / "It's All Come True" Barren Cross / "Deja Vu" IM - (1987) "Kiss Of Death" Dokken / "Indians" Anthrax / "Black Horseman" King Diamond / "Over the Wall" Testament / "Hall Of the Mountain King" Savatage / "Fighting the World" Manowar / "Loud and Clear" Autograph - (1988) "Lady Took A Chance" Vicious Rumors / "Through Eyes of Glass" Forbidden / "The Shortest Straw" Met / "Breaking the Silence" Q / "Battle Angels" Sanctuary / "The New Order" Testament / "I Want Out" Helloween - (1989) "Practice What You Preach" Testament / "Soldier Of Fortune" Loudness / "Gutter Ballet" Savatage / "Street Ready" Leatherwolf / "Right Between the Eyes" Icon / "Alice In Hell" Annihilator / "Midnight Love" Fifth Angel

1990 - Judas Priest "Painkiller"
1991 - tie: Fates Warning "Point Of View"/ Savatage "Ghost In the Ruins"
1992 - King's X "The World Around Me"
1993 - tie: Galactic Cowboys "If I Were A Killer"/Anthrax "This Is Not An Exit"/Betrayal "Strength of the Innocent"
1994 - Dream Theater "Voices"
1995 - Argyle Park "Skin Shed I-III"
1996 - Stavesacre "Suffocate Me"/Pantera "Floods"/VH "Me Wise Magic"
1997 - tie: Dream Theater "Peruvian Skies"/Divine Regale "Ocean Mind"
1998 - Teramaze Shadow-s Gallery "Mystery"
1999 - tie: "Anywhere In the Galaxy" Gamma Ray/"D.N.R." Testament

Superjuice wrote:1990 - Judas Priest "Painkiller"
1991 - tie: Fates Warning "Point Of View"/ Savatage "Ghost In the Ruins"
1992 - King's X "The World Around Me"
1993 - tie: Galactic Cowboys "If I Were A Killer"/Anthrax "This Is Not An Exit"/Betrayal "Strength of the Innocent"
1994 - Dream Theater "Voices"
1995 - Argyle Park "Skin Shed I-III"
1996 - Pantera "Floods"
1997 - tie: Pat Boone "Enter Sandman"/Dream Theater "Peruvian Skies"/Divine Regale "Ocean Mind"
1998 - Shadow Gallery "Mystery"
1999 - tie: "Anywhere In the Galaxy" Gamma Ray/"D.N.R." Testament

No one and I mean no one in 1997 beats Pat Boone being in a metal mood

2000 - Extol "Ember"
2001 - tie: Balance of Power "Searching For the Truth"/Threshold "Light and Space"
2002 - Symphony X "The Odyssey"
2003 - tie: Fearful Symmetry "Black (In the Alone)"/Celldweller "The Last Firstborn"
2004 - Pyramaze "Forsaken Kingdom"
2005 - Brainstorm "Worlds Are Comin' Through"
2006 - Firewind "Insanity"
2007 - Helloween "Paint A New World"
2008 - Disturbed "Inside the Fire"
2009 - Lich King "Black Metal Sucks"

2010 - tie: Halcyon Way "Building the Towers"/The Birthday Massacre "In the Dark"
2011 - Redemption "Noonday Devil"
2012 - Affector "Harmageddon"
2013 - Sacred Warrior "Waiting In Darkness"/Illusion Suite "Orpheus' Quest"
2014 - tie: Black Fate "Rhyme of A False Orchestra"/Teramaze "Bodies of Betrayal"
2015 - Ten "Albion Born"
2016 - tie: Fates Warning "White Flag"/Circle of Dust "Contagion"
2017 - Threshold "Trust the Process"
2018 - tie: Riot V "Victory"/Images of Eden "Shield Me"
2019 - Dark Water "A New Beginning"