1
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
2
Master of Puppets
Metallica
3
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
4
Breaking the Law
Judas Priest
5
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
6
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
7
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
8
Raining Blood
Slayer
9
Holy Diver
Dio
10
Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden
11
One
Metallica
12
Cult of Personality
Living Colour
13
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
14
Stargazer
Rainbow
15
Angel of Death
Slayer
16
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
17
Back in Black
AC/DC
18
Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin
19
Peace Sells
Megadeth
20
Round and Round
Ratt
21
The Trooper
Iron Maiden
22
Caught in a Mosh
Anthrax
23
Shout at the Devil
Mötley Crüe
24
South of Heaven
Slayer
25
Rainbow in the Dark
Dio
26
Am I Evil?
Diamond Head
27
Living After Midnight
Judas Priest
28
Holy Wars…the Punishment Due
Megadeth
29
Walk
Pantera
30
Enter Sandman
Metallica
31
Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath
32
Mother
Danzig
33
Kiss Me Deadly
Lita Ford
34
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
35
Fade to Black
Metallica
36
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Scorpions
37
Chop Suey!
System of a Down
38
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
39
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Metallica
40
Victim of Changes
Judas Priest
41
Bleed
Meshuggah
42
Curse You All Men!
Emperor
43
Bring Me to Life
Evanescence
44
Green Machine
Kyuss
45
Symphony of Destruction
Megadeth
46
Night Goat
Melvins
47
Locust Star
Neurosis
48
Walk in the Shadows
Queensrÿche
49
Just One Fix
Ministry
50
Procreation (of the Wicked)
Celtic Frost
51
Slateman
Godflesh
52
Deliverance
Opeth
53
Forty Six & 2
Tool
54
Photograph
Def Leppard
55
Caffeine
Faith No More
56
Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne
57
The Cry of Mankind
My Dying Bride
58
Refuse/Resist
Sepultura
59
Freezing Moon
Mayhem
60
People = Shit
Slipknot
61
We Will Rise
Arch Enemy
62
Dragonaut
Sleep
63
Summertime Blues
Blue Cheer
64
Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
Type O Negative
65
Over My Head
King’s X
66
Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Quiet Riot
67
Blind
Korn
68
Runnin
With the Devil,’ Van Halen
69
Evil
Mercyful Fate
70
Flying Whales
Gojira
71
Blood and Thunder
Mastodon
72
You Suffer
Napalm Death
73
Du Hast
Rammstein
74
Chopped in Half
Obituary
75
Youth Gone Wild
Skid Row
76
A Fine Day to Die
Bathory
77
Jesus Christ Pose
Soundgarden
78
Concubine
Converge
79
Balls to the Wall
Accept
80
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Deftones
81
We’re Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister
82
Spit
Kittie
83
World Eater
Bolt Thrower
84
Thunder Kiss ’65
White Zombie
85
There Goes the Neighborhood
Body Count
86
21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson
87
Slaughter of the Soul
At the Gates
88
This Time
Life of Agony
89
You Can’t Bring Me Down
Suicidal Tendencies
90
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy feat. Anthrax
91
Pull Me Under
Dream Theater
92
All We Are
Warlock
93
Hammer Smashed Face
Cannibal Corpse
94
In the Meantime
Helmet
95
Davidian
Machine Head
96
Yeah Right
Girlschool
97
43% Burnt
The Dillinger Escape Plan
98
Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)
Power Trip
99
Planets Collide
Crowbar
100
Welcome to Hell
Venom

Metal

Source: Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs

top 100

1
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
2
Master of Puppets
Metallica
3
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
4
Breaking the Law
Judas Priest
5
War Pigs
Black Sabbath
6
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
7
Iron Man
Black Sabbath
8
Raining Blood
Slayer
9
Holy Diver
Dio
10
Run to the Hills
Iron Maiden
11
One
Metallica
12
Cult of Personality
Living Colour
13
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
14
Stargazer
Rainbow
15
Angel of Death
Slayer
16
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
17
Back in Black
AC/DC
18
Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin
19
Peace Sells
Megadeth
20
Round and Round
Ratt
21
The Trooper
Iron Maiden
22
Caught in a Mosh
Anthrax
23
Shout at the Devil
Mötley Crüe
24
South of Heaven
Slayer
25
Rainbow in the Dark
Dio
26
Am I Evil?
Diamond Head
27
Living After Midnight
Judas Priest
28
Holy Wars…the Punishment Due
Megadeth
29
Walk
Pantera
30
Enter Sandman
Metallica
31
Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath
32
Mother
Danzig
33
Kiss Me Deadly
Lita Ford
34
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
35
Fade to Black
Metallica
36
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Scorpions
37
Chop Suey!
System of a Down
38
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine
39
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Metallica
40
Victim of Changes
Judas Priest
41
Bleed
Meshuggah
42
Curse You All Men!
Emperor
43
Bring Me to Life
Evanescence
44
Green Machine
Kyuss
45
Symphony of Destruction
Megadeth
46
Night Goat
Melvins
47
Locust Star
Neurosis
48
Walk in the Shadows
Queensrÿche
49
Just One Fix
Ministry
50
Procreation (of the Wicked)
Celtic Frost
51
Slateman
Godflesh
52
Deliverance
Opeth
53
Forty Six & 2
Tool
54
Photograph
Def Leppard
55
Caffeine
Faith No More
56
Bark at the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne
57
The Cry of Mankind
My Dying Bride
58
Refuse/Resist
Sepultura
59
Freezing Moon
Mayhem
60
People = Shit
Slipknot
61
We Will Rise
Arch Enemy
62
Dragonaut
Sleep
63
Summertime Blues
Blue Cheer
64
Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
Type O Negative
65
Over My Head
King’s X
66
Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Quiet Riot
67
Blind
Korn
68
Runnin
With the Devil,’ Van Halen
69
Evil
Mercyful Fate
70
Flying Whales
Gojira
71
Blood and Thunder
Mastodon
72
You Suffer
Napalm Death
73
Du Hast
Rammstein
74
Chopped in Half
Obituary
75
Youth Gone Wild
Skid Row
76
A Fine Day to Die
Bathory
77
Jesus Christ Pose
Soundgarden
78
Concubine
Converge
79
Balls to the Wall
Accept
80
My Own Summer (Shove It)
Deftones
81
We’re Not Gonna Take It
Twisted Sister
82
Spit
Kittie
83
World Eater
Bolt Thrower
84
Thunder Kiss ’65
White Zombie
85
There Goes the Neighborhood
Body Count
86
21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson
87
Slaughter of the Soul
At the Gates
88
This Time
Life of Agony
89
You Can’t Bring Me Down
Suicidal Tendencies
90
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy feat. Anthrax
91
Pull Me Under
Dream Theater
92
All We Are
Warlock
93
Hammer Smashed Face
Cannibal Corpse
94
In the Meantime
Helmet
95
Davidian
Machine Head
96
Yeah Right
Girlschool
97
43% Burnt
The Dillinger Escape Plan
98
Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)
Power Trip
99
Planets Collide
Crowbar
100
Welcome to Hell
Venom