Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time

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#	Name	Artist	ISRCs	Rating	Length
1	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	`GB5KW1601266` `GBAJE7000076` (show 2 more) `USWB19900789`	4.2	6:20
2	Master of Puppets	Metallica	`GBAMC8600001` `QMKHM1600219`	4.45	8:35
3	Ace of Spades	Motörhead	`GB5KW1904841` `GBAJE0417839` (show 2 more) `GBAJE8100011`	4.25	2:47
4	Breaking the Law	Judas Priest	`GBBBN0009358` `GBBBN0202448` `GBBBN8000007` `GBBBN8302052`	4.15	2:35
5	War Pigs / Luke’s Wall (original stereo studio mix)	Black Sabbath	`AUXN22142435` `GB5KW1601272` (show 3 more) `USWB19900212`	4.6	7:56
6	Crazy Train (original mix)	Ozzy Osbourne	`USSM11002845` `USSM18000004`	4.05	4:51
7	Iron Man (original stereo studio mix)	Black Sabbath	`AUXN22142436` `GB5KW1601265` (show 3 more) `USWB19900215`	4.65	5:55
8	Raining Blood (with the end of Postmortem)	Slayer		4.2	4:58
9	Holy Diver	Dio	`GBF080300551` `NLF050390016` `USWB19903253`	4.25	5:52
10	Run to the Hills	Iron Maiden	`GBAYE8200224` `GBAYE9600133` (show 2 more) `GBCHB1800025`	4.15	3:54
11	One	Metallica	`GBAMC9400003` `QMKHM1700138`	4.4	7:26
12	Cult of Personality	Living Colour	`USSM18800018`	4.3	4:55
13	Paranoid (original stereo studio mix)	Black Sabbath	`AUXN22142433` `GB5KW1601263` (show 5 more) `USWB19900213`	4.55	2:48
14	Stargazer (New York mix)	Rainbow	`GBA147600010` `USPR37680077`	4.4	8:28
15	Angel of Death	Slayer	`USLIC0700838` `USSM18600233`	4.3	4:52
16	Hallowed Be Thy Name	Iron Maiden	`GBAYE9801385` `GBCHB1500026` `GBCHB1800027`	4.45	7:11
17	Back in Black	AC/DC	`AUAP08000046`	4.55	4:16
18	Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin	`USAT20703870` `USAT21300934` (show 2 more) `USRH11505626`	4.55	2:25
19	Peace Sells (original stereo mix)	Megadeth	`USCA28600021`	4.15	4:04
20	Round and Round	Ratt	`USAT20703221` `USAT29900560`	4.5	4:26
21	The Trooper	Iron Maiden	`GBAYE9801390` `GBCHB1500031` `GBCHB1800032`	4.15	4:12
22	Caught in a Mosh	Anthrax	`USIR28600018`	3.75	5:00
23	Shout at the Devil	Mötley Crüe	`USBY29900159` `USDPK2000073`	3.7	3:15
24	South of Heaven	Slayer	`USLIC0700862` `USSM18800154`	4.65	4:58
25	Rainbow in the Dark	Dio	`GBF080300553` `USRH11603037` `USWB19903259`	4.55	4:14
26	Am I Evil?	Diamond Head		4	7:44
27	Living After Midnight	Judas Priest	`GBBBN0009070` `GBBBN0009392` (show 2 more) `GBBBN8000005`	4.05	3:30
28	Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (original stereo mix)	Megadeth	`USCA20001220` `USCA29000003`	3.85	6:36
29	Walk	Pantera	`USAT21202190` `USEE10170088` `USEE10301252`	3.95	5:15
30	Enter Sandman	Metallica	`GBF089190013` `QMKHM1900001` `QMKHM1900218` `USEE10001992`	4.3	5:32
31	Heaven and Hell	Black Sabbath	`GBUM70900392` `USRH12003569` `USWB10700219` `USWB10800513`	4.5	6:57
32	Mother	Danzig	`USLIC0701218` `USSM18800169`	4.1	3:25
33	Kiss Me Deadly	Lita Ford	`USRC18705885` `USRC19305604`	3.65	4:01
34	Smoke on the Water (album version)	Deep Purple	`GBAYE7200258` `GBDXG0000595` (show 6 more) `USWB19903670`	4.15	5:40
35	Fade to Black	Metallica	`GBAMC8400011` `QMKHM1600097` `USEE10170110`	4.3	6:55
36	Rock You Like a Hurricane	Scorpions	`DEA349900689` `DEC649500253` (show 4 more) `USPR38430331`	4.05	4:13
37	Chop Suey!	System of a Down	`USSM10107256`	4.3	3:30
38	Killing in the Name	Rage Against the Machine	`USSM11205433` `USSM19200317` `USSM19200613`	4.25	5:14
39	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Metallica	`GBAMC8400004` `QMKHM1600096` `USEE10170109`	4.4	5:11
40	Victim of Changes	Judas Priest	`USKO10501189`	4.25	7:46
41	Bleed	Meshuggah	`DE1AH2308803` `DED830703548`	3.65	7:23
42	Curse You All Men!	Emperor	`GBADD0403501`		4:41
43	Bring Me to Life	Evanescence	`USC4R2337142` `USWU30200093`	4.4	3:57
44	Green Machine	Kyuss	`USEE10181159`	4.5	3:38
45	Symphony of Destruction (original stereo mix)	Megadeth	`USCA20001218` `USCA29200001`	3.6	4:03
46	Night Goat	Melvins	`USAT20103376`	3.5	4:41
47	Locust Star	Neurosis	`US2649693805`	3.75	5:48
48	Walk in the Shadows	Queensrÿche	`USVI20000101`	3.2	3:34
49	Just One Fix	Ministry	`USWB19904152`	4.1	5:11
50	Procreation (of the Wicked)	Celtic Frost	`DEA249917006`	3.25	4:05
51	Slateman	Godflesh	`GBBPB0400454` `GBBPB0400677`		5:56
52	Deliverance	Opeth	`GBCKC0200326`	4	13:36
53	Forty Six & 2 (album version)	Tool	`USZE19600086`	4.1	6:04
54	Photograph	Def Leppard	`GBF088200370` `GBF088300067`	4.35	4:08
55	Caffeine	Faith No More	`GBAAP0000874` `GBCRL0900084`	3.7	4:28
56	Bark at the Moon	Ozzy Osbourne	`USSM18300021`	3.85	4:17
57	The Cry of Mankind	My Dying Bride	`GBCQV0500963` `GBCQV0801025` `GBCQV9500064`	4.4	12:13
58	Refuse/Resist	Sepultura	`NLA329301550`	4.6	3:20
59	Freezing Moon	Mayhem	`NOFVD9406020`	3.5	6:23
60	People = Shit	Slipknot	`NLA320119546` `NLA321400524` `NLA321400538`	4.35	3:36
61	We Will Rise	Arch Enemy	`GBDHC0304833`	3.6	4:07
62	Dragonaut	Sleep	`GBBPB0400650` `GBBPB1404895`		5:43
63	Summertime Blues	Blue Cheer	`USPR36806028`	4.5	3:47
64	Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare‐All)	Type O Negative	`NLA329300680`	4.65	11:15
65	Over My Head	King’s X	`USAT20181062`	4.5	4:47
66	Bang Your Head (Metal Health)	Quiet Riot	`USLS50687102` `USSM18200465` `USSM18300032`	4.25	5:17
67	Blind	Korn	`USSM10022054`	3.35	4:19
68	Runnin’ With the Devil	Van Halen	`USWB10401754` `USWB10904524` (show 4 more) `USWB17700032`	4.25	3:36
69	Evil	Mercyful Fate	`NLA329780544` `USMBR2316088`	3.75	4:45
70	Flying Whales	Gojira	`FR6V80520037` `FRYFO0500020`	5	7:44
71	Blood and Thunder	Mastodon	`US2640462201` `US2640469201`	3.75	3:49
72	You Suffer	Napalm Death	`GBBPB0300074` `GBBPB0703014` (show 2 more) `GBBPB1606377`		0:05
73	Du hast	Rammstein	`DED579704010` `DED579704760` (show 2 more) `USMV29900037`	4.25	3:55
74	Chopped in Half	Obituary	`NLA329780562`	3.5	3:45
75	Youth Gone Wild	Skid Row	`USAT20703494` `USAT20901908` (show 2 more) `USRH11804136`	4.3	3:19
76	A Fine Day to Die	Bathory		4	8:36
77	Jesus Christ Pose	Soundgarden	`USAM19100282`	3.75	5:51
78	Concubine	Converge	`US3X50406101`	5	1:19
79	Balls to the Wall	Accept	`DEC768300008` `USSM18400165`	4.05	5:43
80	My Own Summer (Shove It) (album version)	Deftones	`USMV29700142` `USRE11600084`	3.55	3:35
81	We’re Not Gonna Take It	Twisted Sister	`USAT20000548` `USAT20903348` `USRH11603217`	4.55	3:40
82	Spit	Kittie	`USAR50010121`	4.15	2:21
83	World Eater	Bolt Thrower	`GBBPB0500907` `GBBPB0703266` `GBBPB1202128` `GBBPB1606336`		4:55
84	Thunder Kiss ’65	White Zombie	`USIR10000377`	4.25	3:54
85	There Goes the Neighborhood	Body Count	`USWB10102389`	4	5:50
86	21st Century Schizoid Man (including Mirrors) (mono)	King Crimson	`GBCTX0100062` `GBCTX0400093` (show 3 more) `GBCTX9900191`	4.25	7:24
87	Slaughter of the Soul	At the Gates	`GBBPB0200021` `GBBPB0200038`	4.15	3:03
88	This Time	Life of Agony		4.5	5:42
89	You Can’t Bring Me Down	Suicidal Tendencies	`USSM19000164`	5	5:49
90	Bring the Noise	Public Enemy	`USDJ28800014` `USSM18700467`	3.85	3:46
91	Pull Me Under	Dream Theater	`USEE10180251` `USEE10900663`	4.55	8:13
92	All We Are	Warlock	`DEF078703340`	4	3:19
93	Hammer Smashed Face	Cannibal Corpse	`USMBR0400806`	3.8	4:04
94	In the Meantime	Helmet	`USIR19200541`	4	3:08
95	Davidian	Machine Head	`NLA329400920`	3.65	4:56
96	Yeah Right	Girlschool		5	3:22
97	43% Burnt	The Dillinger Escape Plan		4.35	4:31
98	Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)	Power Trip			3:45
99	Planets Collide	Crowbar	`GBCBR9900288`	3.5	4:39
100	Welcome to Hell	Venom	`GBAJE8100091`	3.5	3:12

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