History AwesomeMusic / HeavyMetal

** Ronnie's musical duel with Geoff Tate on Queensryche's [[https://youtu.be/7oW_LxH_vVg "The Chase"]]. Ronnie James Dio also got some more [=CMoA=]s for "The Stargazer" and "A Light in the Black" during his days with Rainbow, "Atom and Evil" and "Eating the Cannibals" from Heaven & Hell, some other songs with Dio like "Stand Up And Shout", "Don't Talk To Strangers", "Evil Eyes", basically the whole of ''Holy Diver''... hell, let's just say Ronnie James Dio is very, very good at these.

%%** TwoWords: [[ChaoticNeutral "We Rock"]].

** Then you have "Obscure", "Merciless Cult" and so many songs by the band that are moments of musical awesomeness.
** "[[https://youtu.be/2X38H6Zvyr4 The Final]]" is a J-metal CultClassic.

** The ''Dum Spiro Spero'' album features the most diverse and evil-sounding vocals from Kyo ever, including him performing ''[[HarshVocals guttural death growls]]'' to rather epic results.
** 'Mazohyst of Decadence'. A haunting, snare-driven, raw tune about Kyo's views on Japan's ignorance towards abortion.
** "Zan", "Rasetsukoku", "The Blossoming Beelzebub", "Saku" and "Grief" are [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome all kinds of awesome]].
** "Dozing Green"'s LastNoteNightmare is a musical Moment of Awesome in itself, as it's an "appetizer" of what Kyo can do with his vocals. ManOfAThousandVoices indeed.
** "Different Sense" shows how TechnicalDeathMetal should be done. It ''even'' made the band [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome win Loudwire's "Extreme Metal Olympics"]], defeating even groundbreaking death metal acts such as Music/{{Death}} and Music/CannibalCorpse.
** "Sustain The Untruth" can be basically interpreted as the child of Music/{{Merzbow}}, Music/FaithNoMore and Music/{{Behemoth}}. [[https://youtu.be/_GQDfmlDLck AND IT IS GLORIOUS.]]

* Sleep was an incredibly influential stoner doom metal band from the 90s. They easily claim the title as heaviest band to ever exist. Take Black Sabbath and get them EVEN MORE high on as much weed as you can possibly have. Their moment of awesome is easily their song "Dopesmoker". A single song that lasts OVER AN HOUR! If you have not been crushed into tiny pieces and had your spirit ascend to nirvana by the end of "Dopesmoker", the bonus live track on the album, [[https://youtu.be/SChhLWp40Qk "Sonic Titan"]], will finish the job
* [[Music/{{Mastodon}} "And now I'm standing staring at the world..."]] Hell, the entire ''Crack The Skye'' album qualifies as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, so anyone who's not familiar with the band should think about starting there.

* And now for something completely different, yet awesome: Apocalyptica. Some good pieces: [[https://youtu.be/l8imVKXWd8U "Inquisition Symphony"]], [[https://youtu.be/odot5s70dvc "Hyperventilation"]], [[https://youtu.be/MhKe-Z-NhBs "Hall of the Mountain King"]] and the best of all: their rendition of [[https://youtu.be/rbTozgoj9OQ "Nothing Else Matters"]] takes the cake, '''hands down'''. [[https://youtu.be/VfVqOZQVcJQ "Ruska"]], meanwhile, is a TearJerker.

* [[Film/AnvilTheStoryOfAnvil Anvil]]'s album, ''Metal on Metal'' is full of monster riffs spanning various styles of heavy metal. The album has been cited by many as influencing several other metal bands. The album and the band are cited as being the blueprint for a variety of metal bands. This includes the "Big Four" of thrash: Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Anthrax}}, Music/{{Slayer}}, and Music/{{Megadeth}}.

* [[Film/AnvilTheStoryOfAnvil Anvil]]'s album, ''Metal on Metal'' has been cited by many as influencing several other metal bands. So much so that several songs are listed as being the blueprint for a variety of bands.

* AwesomeMusic/{{Kamelot}}

* Youtuber [=331Errock=] has TONS of amazing metal remixes of non-metal songs.

* [[https://youtu.be/or8bb3oKNQI The]] [[https://youtu.be/oj0CjV1QxtQ biggest]] [[https://youtu.be/98MWcF_Ucs0 shred]] [[https://youtu.be/3BbUFLWVm0g collab]] [[https://youtu.be/EkXVwzMCoew song]] series, is full of awesome, amazingly written guitar solos with a heavy dose of GenreRoulette. There is even [[https://youtu.be/_WBy55xiLXA an all-female version]].
** LeadBassist is in [[https://youtu.be/PGttwvaqOtU full effect in this video]]. Who says NobodyLovesTheBassist when they can solo and do it wonderfully?

* You think non-metal guitarists would suck at writing HeavyMetal? Think again! [[https://youtu.be/pVflSOUxIO8 Even non-metal guitarists can play genuinely awesome metal riffs]] and serve more evidence of metal's influence.

* You think non-metal guitarists would suck at writing HeavyMetal? Think again! [[https://youtu.be/pVflSOUxIO8 even non-metal guitarists can play genuinely awesome metal riffs]] and serve more evidence of metal's influence.

* You think non-metal guitarists would suck at writing HeavyMetal? Think again! [[ https://youtu.be/pVflSOUxIO8 even non-metal guitarists can play genuinely awesome metal riffs]] and serve more evidence of metal's influence.

** [[https://youtu.be/zX-kwqfDJj8 The PONPONPON one]] pays a tribute to Music/{{BABYMETAL}} influence, fitting for a song from Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu.

** "Asche zu Asche" nods towards jungle and drum-n-bass.

%%** [[https://youtu.be/zX-kwqfDJj8 The PONPONPON one]] has a very strong Music/{{BABYMETAL}} influence.

%%** [[https://youtu.be/64uH3oUG00U The Imperial March one]] has massive PowerMetal music of epicness.
%%** [[https://youtu.be/1CFnM4SYQC8 Ditto for the Mr. Trololo/Edward Khil one.]]
%%** [[https://youtu.be/T3VIJTFS3Nc You'll be hard-pressed NOT to headbang to the Skrillex one.]]

* '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHCCTrka8RQ MARINES!]]''' Sure, it's probably an [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing anti-war anthem]], but this ''is'' Music/{{Sodom}}, after all.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTIdkv6Wx5A AGENT ORANGE - BURN! AGENT ORANGE - BURN! AGENT ORANGE - BURN!]]
** Their cover of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYzQsZXIRc "Surfin' Bird"]] by The Trashmen [[note]](which itself is a cover of "Bird's the word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" by the Rivingtons)[[/note]].

** Say what you will about the pseudo-fantasy videos and MindScrew lyrics, listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTO1n7GNXyM "Holy Diver"]] and get a rush from the sheer ''power''.
** Ronnie's musical duel with Geoff Tate on Queensryche's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oW_LxH_vVg "The Chase"]]. Ronnie James Dio also got some more [=CMoA=]s for "The Stargazer" and "A Light in the Black" during his days with Rainbow, "Atom and Evil" and "Eating the Cannibals" from Heaven & Hell, some other songs with Dio like "Stand Up And Shout", "Don't Talk To Strangers", "Evil Eyes", basically the whole of ''Holy Diver''... hell, let's just say Ronnie James Dio is very, very good at these.

** Just to start, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMZkF8JDuk "Balls To The Wall"]].
** And then, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkiuJg5HhtM "Fast As A Shark"]]. The entirety of ''Restless and Wild'' is a ''MUST LISTEN''.
** For something new, try [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=req-oDf2ZRc "Teutonic Terror"]].
** "Russian Roulette". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaJs0MKAlA War games! *BOOM*]]
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9y_zFGnKM SWAY! So hypnotic...]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcSpFbRJ5Rc "Feel So Numb"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZvJ-2pgC9s "Dragula"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Lg2_PJv24 "Superbeast"]] by Music/RobZombie are all worth mentioning.
** By his original band, White Zombie, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFqBTSvBPAU "More Human Than Human"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxQap_3Bj6Q "Black Sunshine"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkjSNhkdmZ4 "Thunder Kiss '65"]] are also awesome.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwBJMvyfT0 Do you know what it means to feel like God?]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V02WZvLE_R0 "Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, Cannibal Girls"]], a song so hardcore they put it in a movie about [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead two metalheads who watch music videos]] as the ''one and only'' musical number.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0abnkjw-Mqc "Sankarihauta"]]. Epic does not begin to describe it.

* Being one of the first bands in Finnish metal, Oz demonstrates how [=CMoA=] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXeF9Qn4aDU done]].
* Doro Pesch, in both her "Warlock" career and her still-continuing solo career, is one of the undisputed queens of metal, as demonstrated by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2i8gotiqS0 "All We Are"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33TbR_1Mx7g "Burning the Witches"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHrVeKYGfo "Für Immer"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLPbpCOnpP0 "I Rule the Ruins"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTTlp0l9AKg "Thunderspell"]], and a host of others.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjRd28TU9CE "Solitude"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjhXxouTsI8 "Crystal Ball"]]. A Sorcerer's Pledge, too epic for words, especially that high note: The Sorcerer will Riiiiiiiise!!!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kkVlJMcJTw Black Stone Wielder]]... [[IncomingHam IS]] [[BigWordShout BOOOOO]][[EpicRiff OOOOORN!]]
* On the subject of Epic Doom Metal, the band [=DoomSword=] from Italy definitely deserves a glowing recommendation here. Led by the sonorous baritone of singer and main songwriter Deathmaster, [=DoomSword=] as a band just ''screams'' the word 'epic' in both its music and lyrical themes. Take a pick from any one of their songs, be it the dark, barbaric gallops of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrqvdSIV2sM "Gergovia"]], the somber majesty of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewkz0bl5nVA "Heathen Assault"]], the triumphant [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZB72JAxdEk "Onward into Battle"]], which will have you pumping your fist in the air and shouting the words "March, March!" to the heavens in tandem with Deathmaster by the end, or the ridiculously epic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U138j6tqQes "For Those Who Died with Sword In Hand"]], possibly the greatest song ever written about the glory of dying in battle under Odin's gaze, and you will instantly see why.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEVJFSUjvNo Korpiklaani]].
** Imagine a tent full of metalheads dancing and singing to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3ZhkLUcKT8 this]] and having a lot of fun doing it. Only Korpiklaani can do that.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOKbhQbvpPA "Beer Beer"]] is one of the best drinking songs ever. In fact, many of their songs are some of the best drinking songs ever.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASmqBUnm8rQ "Cottages and Saunas"]]. Playing this while doing almost ANYTHING will almost certainly make you feel badass.

* Eluveitie. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coTd0UoFyXY "Uis Elveti"]]. '''Awesome.''' Eluveitie just equals win.
* Turisas. Practically every Turisas song has an insanely epic sing-along chorus that you can't help but get stuck in your head. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFBIr3Vx16w "To Holmgard and Beyond"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKmL-LXcaK4 "One More"]] if you want to be humming something for a week straight.
%%** Two words: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5e3SidgylI "Battle Metal"]].
* Saxon: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWWS7lQlnE "Street Fighting Gang"]]. Perfect for when you need to dispense an old-school asskicking.
%%** For that matter, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L8RrphXRg "Princess of the Night"]].

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOhnKIVLzOw Transformers theme]] as done by a group called Lion.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azNcUy1_3mA This]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Qc5YYp4Cg compilation]] is called ''A Last Illusion''. The first song is "Flight of the Bumblebee". PURE WIN. Followed by an equally awesome rendition of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy".
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks "Wizards In Winter"]]. Along with one person's ''epic [[MundaneMadeAwesome Christmas lights]]''.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ZqVdEEu8A "Beethoven's Requiem (The Fifth)"]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHioIlbnS_A "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, the Carol of the Bells"]].
* "[[Creator/RonWasserman No one will ever take them down!]] [[Franchise/PowerRangers The power lies on their]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-van93HkAag si~i~i~i~i~ide!]]"

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuIkINDV0tg "Beast Loose in Paradise"]], which played over the credits of their movie ''Film/DarkFloors''.
** They also did a cover of Music/AliceCooper's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFO1c0143TU "He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask)"]].

* "Live for the Kill" by Amon Amarth. Normally MelodicDeathMetal songs don't have very moving parts to them, but add in the cellos of Apocalyptica, and it's a very powerful and very haunting effect. Also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3WJX1cIuY4 Twilight of the Thunder God.]] What you just heard was the soundtrack to Ragnarök.
* "Call me by my astral name Breeding fear through wordless tongue" barks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95es4DNiQOk Mikael Stanne]] / [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcKWOrkpXO4 Anders Friden]] aided by that sweeping cyclone of guitar riffs and subsequent pounding of the guitar in the track that become Music/InFlames[='=] first classic track and a icon of the Gothenburg metal scene.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_fNutgheN4 TAKE THIS LIFE! I'm right here, stay a while and breathe me in!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-6jntlAWJs "The One you Love to Hate"]]. Rob Halford. Music/BruceDickinson. Singing together in an awesome song.
* Metsatöll. Take some traditional Estonian folk music, mix it with heavy drums and electric guitars and you get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChYRwd-cPbM this]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uo_RO56Tz0 this]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nocw1cl4xEQ this]].
* "Burn In Hell" by Twisted Sister. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL3C_eAtlS0 Their performance of this song at Wacken Open Air Festival 2003]] was epic beyond words.

** Special mention goes to the album ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'', the entirety of which is pretty awesome. Notably epic tracks include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CggKmuiY198 "By Your Command"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtSnXU8DfCA "Ziltoidia Attaxx!!!"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65gsQucAsfE "Planet Smasher"]].
** Every song from the album ''Addicted''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYsJpAqPQG8 Start here]]. If you listen to it from start to finish by the end you'll feel as if you've been taken to the stars and back. Props go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M06vB9YeIjw "Trainfire"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ImWfFLqeSc "Lady Helen"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gmLplFmUns "Ki"]] from his other album ''Ki'' as well.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oeClwtHv44 GIVE IT UP! YOUR WORLD! GIVE IT UP! YOUR WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD!]] A song with the name "The Mighty Masturbator" should never go unnoticed.

** Anything he has done with his band Strapping Young Lad qualifies. Industrial thrash/death metal never sounded so good since its inception. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20L0msLsM Take a listen.]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaN3YEbYbng ALL! HAIL! THE NEW FLESH!]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdgQ_0uCcaQ STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND.]]
* Music/{{Korn}} certainly deserves a few mentions. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYQQzw4-NSg "Twisted Transistor"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lAnqTpJgA "Ever Be"]] are both great songs, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYQQzw4-NSg "Coming Undone"]] is fucking ''incredible.''

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRGrNDV2mKc "Freak On A Leash"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAWjsVoDpm0 "Got The Life"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkiJJ_NkD0 "Another Brick in the Wall"]]. Thought this was a [[Music/PinkFloyd cover]] that could never work? Prepare to be proven wrong.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-FEbdNTuk Lai Lai Hei]] illustrates what they are capable of. 7 minutes of folk metal greatness.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V63dMeT_i0A Victory Song]], likewise, is a bit over 10 minutes of violins and ''ham.''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiUvcfSjHQs In My Sword I Trust]] perfectly demonstrates Ensiferum's ability to put out incredible material even at the critical low point of their career.
* X Japan. All of their songs are pretty epic, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUhwNWzdIAc "Art of Life"]] is probably the best example. The song is about ''thirty minutes long'' and still manages to be awesome the whole time.

%%* Special mention for Isole, a Doom Metal band with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsuCziWL_c exactly 'one' good song]].
* Leaves' Eyes. Most of their songs are about love, nature and other such stuff. Wouldn't expect much epicness out of that, would you? It's symphonic/gothic metal covered in the most epic epicsauce known to man. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOu2Y8nrTW8 "Senses Capture"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAM3WhB6cQ "Farewell Proud Men"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvuO8_VLmY "Solemn Sea"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU7O1lU8YmQ "Misseri"]]. Aw heck, the entirety of ''Vinland Saga'' is one great, big, whopping CMOA.

* The melodic death metal band Deadlock would be already awesome enough to get an entry in this page, but their album ''Wolves'' brought us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB4uhYpaIXg "Praeludium II"]], a short epic ''classical piece'' that manages to be as interesting as the metal content on the rest of the album, if not even ''more'' interesting.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LTT0xwdfw OOH WAH AH AH AH!!]]

** [[Music/JudasPriest "Living After Midnight"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W66-xlmfpTQ covered by Disturbed]]. Not only is it an excellent cover all-round, Mike Wengren pays tribute to Painkiller's drum opening for fun in the intro, Dan Donegan creates an original solo for the outro and David Draiman hits a massively high note near the end as well.

** In 2015, Disturbed triumphantly returned with a new single, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TEMJQraQkc "The Vengeful One"]]. It's best described as a cross between "The Night" and "Another Way to Die", and it is wonderful.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq8i2i2ZRHA MEGADETH!!! MEGADETH!!!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX6UjWMffaY AGUANTE MEGADETH!!!]]

* Brocas Helm's album ''Defenders of the Crown''. The whole damn thing, particularly if it comes with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YO8qwKVuik "Drink The Blood Of The Priest"]]. The entire album is on this guy's channel, fifteen songs in all. "Cry of the Banshee", "Juggernaut", "Persian Gulf"... hell, the whole damn thing.

** The base is even more broken now that Alissa White-Gluz has taken over for Angela after she stepped down, but as their new song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRMwptcgAo "War Eternal"]] shows, she's perfectly capable of carrying the torch.

** Listen to "Redemption" or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugPxKkDmh5M "Meddler"]]. "We'll feed our flame before wasting time on anyone else's/the gallows were not supposed to look like this"
** Almost all of the songs from their album ''Leveler'' certainly qualify for this, but the lyrics of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RGpAvWqctQ "Empire"]] are about humanity, and how our time now is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

%%** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5HZOemIcys I SHED THE BLOOD OF THE SAXON MEN!]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I SHED THE BLOOD OF THE SAXON MEN!]] I SHED THE BLOOD OF ''FOUR THOUSAND'' SAXON MEN!"

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1paTrimD6O4 "The Finisher"]] by Oh, Sleeper is written as a BadassBoast from God's perspective to [[ArchEnemy Satan]]. From its start to its finish, it gives the impression that Lucifer is probably sitting there saying "OhCrap." Excerpts:

** Likewise, the opening eponymous track on the same album, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcXuUe-FYsw "Son of the Morning"]], is the reverse: a challenge against God by Satan, wherein God's response is contained in the chorus. It is manic and violent, giving the picture of a very disturbed, almost insane Satan. And it is AWESOME.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTyjXYo_Z8 I see it all laid to waste in a view from the end of the world...]]
* Scar Symmetry's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5aB9bW5B00 "Ghost Prototype II - Deus Ex Machina"]] is amazing. The combination of clean vocals and death growls, the semi-upbeat lyrics, and that fucking SOLO.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQZwsXnDQJc title track]] to the band's ''Holographic Universe'' album. If ever there was a song to thoroughly define the band that plays it, this is it. That ''entire fucking album'' is probably one of the best metal albums put out since 2000. From the way the songs are written to the way one song flows into the next, it's essentially flawless, and without a doubt their best work to date.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX0p7Y3gND4 The Illusionist]] from ''Pitch Black Progress''. That. Damn. Intro. Riff.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S99RuToWQzs "Feeding Frenzy"]] by Walls of Jericho. The intro alone ''demands'' fist pumping.
* Music/{{Kyuss}}' entire career was made out of hugely distorted guitar riffs that sound completely awesome (true story: Josh Homme plugged a guitar head into an Ampeg bass cabinet to bring out the low end). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY3UF6_IaM "Whitewater"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdOlzIRCdk "Demon Cleaner"]] stand out, but the entire ''Sky Valley'' album is completely kickass, as is the rest of their material.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxUYpVl0qok "Misanthropy Pure"]] by Shai Hulud. The lyrics are sick, never mind the guitar work.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDKwCvD56kw "Youth of the Nation"]]. A ominous, powerful dedication to victims of school shootings and other isolated victims of the dark side high school life.
** The band's collaboration with Carlos Santana, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wm2Erqnz9w America]], is nothing short of ''epic''.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kncfM9Jihv8 Here comes the BOOM!!!]]

* Music/{{Summoning}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lDcp_vD6HI "Land of the Dead"]] has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever.
* Sentenced had an epic and emotional farewell gig after they decided to disband permanently and the whole gig could be said to be a moment of awesome. The most emotional moments are when the former vocalist makes a surprise guest appearance to bid [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsTvAa-qqYw his own farewell to the fans]] and the vocalist holding back tears when introducing and singing their swan song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujseiSglQo "End of the Road"]] and the lengthy guitar solo that ends the song.
* Trivium has a '''butt load''' of these on ''Shogun''. With earth-shattering cuts such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKNm4qMJTc "Kirisute Gomen"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEhP-jbvVx8 "Down From The Sky"]], how could anyone even hope keep their head still?
* Music/{{Mayhem}} definitely has it going for its career, but their primary awesome song is "Freezing Moon". It doesn't matter if it's with Attila Csihar, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cJZ7b7gxGs Maniac]], or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IJovmgDJPY Dead]] because it's still awesome to listen to.
* And then there's Music/{{Burzum}}, whose [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBll5LyMnAw "Det Som En Gang Var"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFCBdS5PAs "Dunkelheit"]] are considered masterpieces of atmospheric black metal.

** The entire ''Reign in Blood'' album. 30 minutes of pure metal carnage.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6_zsJ8KPP0 "Angel Of Death"]] is a highlight for being the ''most brutal song on the album''. Then there's the onslaught known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8ZqFlw6hYg Raining]] [[SignatureSong Blood]].

* The Lord Weird Slough Feg (now Slough Feg) is proof that metal is alive and well. With songs like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRqy8qERjTg "Warrior's Dawn"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH26F6kvhUY "Vargr Theme - Confrontation"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ws4ZwHQB9c "Ape Uprising"]].

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X38H6Zvyr4 The Final]]" is a J-metal CultClassic.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7WAoNDI-0 THE AGITATED SCREAMS OF KYO]]. No, seriously, if this song wasn't made by Diru it would've been made by Music/{{Converge}}. '''And that really says something.'''

** "Sustain The Untruth" can be basically interpreted as the child of Music/{{Merzbow}}, Music/FaithNoMore and Music/{{Behemoth}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GQDfmlDLck AND IT IS GLORIOUS.]]

* Sleep was an incredibly influential stoner doom metal band from the 90s. They easily claim the title as heaviest band to ever exist. Take Black Sabbath and get them EVEN MORE high on as much weed as you can possibly have. Their moment of awesome is easily their song "Dopesmoker". A single song that lasts OVER AN HOUR! If you have not been crushed into tiny pieces and had your spirit ascend to nirvana by the end of "Dopesmoker", the bonus live track on the album, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChhLWp40Qk "Sonic Titan"]], will finish the job

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3-l_T6AuNk "Breadfan"]].
* And now for something completely different, yet awesome: Apocalyptica. Some good pieces: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8imVKXWd8U "Inquisition Symphony"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odot5s70dvc "Hyperventilation"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhKe-Z-NhBs "Hall of the Mountain King"]] and the best of all: their rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbTozgoj9OQ "Nothing Else Matters"]] takes the cake, '''hands down'''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfVqOZQVcJQ "Ruska"]], meanwhile, is a TearJerker.
* Czech band [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejKFyshXVTE Root]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLY4vQ-d1A undeservedly]] obscure.
* Russian band Arkona's folk metal. Just listen to their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSRSikWuxXY "Rus"]].
* The Hungarian folk metal band Dalriada. Pretty much all of their songs have unbelievably catchy choruses. For example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F7b4skyUy4 "Hajdútánc"]].
* Behemoth have many songs that could qualify for a CMOA but the best of the best is probably [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txOaM6Y2Wis this]].
* Just for the page intro: you want aggressiveness? Then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ADPPcZZIBU Heaven Shall Burn]] will more than sate your needs. After detonating your eardrums [[LoudOfWar a thousand times over]], of course. Their duet with Deadlock's lead singer Sabine Scherer, 'Given in Death', is something that nobody thought would work, but it turned out to be a masterpiece. There's a reason it got so much attention.
* Music/AnaalNathrakh, with their downright brutalizing take on BlackMetal, mixing it with IndustrialMetal, DeathMetal and {{Grindcore}}. And ''yes, it worked.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUcFAA1dKPY Listen.]]

* Music/WithinTemptation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCxb8FwhzK8 "Our Solemn Hour"]], with guest appearance by Winston Churchill.
** Their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC8GIrfOrOg "Sound of Freedom"]] is also awesome. Especially the live version with an extended intro and an orchestra playing with them.
** Their album ''[[ConceptAlbum The Unforgiving]]'' is really awesome. Highlights include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sco7GZOn1P8 "Iron"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7tRXf3sN0 "A Demon's Fate"]].
** There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLz61g0JLxQ "Shot in the Dark"]] for those of you who prefer their slower stuff. Worthy of note from earlier albums: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa5BUDKgzRQ "The Howling"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33AGm_HLb90 "Hand Of Sorrow"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzZIe5KJQDg "Dark Wings"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCMtO9omBTE "The Promise"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fr_vKhYEeo "Enter"]].
** There's a reason ''Hydra'' is coined by fans and critics alike the band's greatest work. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiV8RpqzME "Dangerous"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6MpsDPKts "Paradise (What About Us?)"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cBaQ6WUVc "And We Run"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRNPkJ0ELPc "Whole World is Watching"]] are all considered as WT's landmarks, and ''nobody'' has argued over it.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyuJI73Uxns "The Truth Beneath The Rose"]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJdzm9h6rfI "Die For Metal"]], quite possibly the greatest metal anthem ever recorded.
** The true metal anthem [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUx8gRFnNWQ "Kings of Metal"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6na8gO12vg "Army of the Dead"]] qualifies for the sheer levels of ManlyTears it inspires.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV571FNpIcc "Fight for Freedom"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJUWRuNwm4 Here it is in a tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces.]]
%%** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5nL6FJDUmM Manowar! Born to live forevermore! The right to conquer every shore!]]"
%%** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRWcmYLVKG0 Father! Father! FATHER I LOOK UP TO YOUUUUUUU....]]"
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZLsaI1khk "Hymn of the Immortal Warriors"]].
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhE9_y76hw "Warriors of the World (United)"]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaqH3v31X4w "Heart of Steel"]]
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLCp5U7wotQ "Carry On"]]
* "You Are A Pirate" from Series/LazyTown is very catchy right, well check out the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os5TXyJlEMc Alestorm version...]]
** Also from Music/{{Alestorm}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4MWU6KZOk "Keelhauled"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXK6BLds7BY "Chronicles of Vengeance"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOFzu-6MD4 "Shipwrecked"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL65oumesqE "Captain Morgan's Revenge"]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkyo5FTR25M "Back Through Time"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBW7MZhhLc4 "Over The Seas"]]. Utterly brilliant, swashbuckling and epic openings to their respective albums.

* Music/{{Motorhead}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSsqavYIgNc something something something THE ACE OF SPADES! THE ACE OF SPADES!]] Then there's "Overkill", a stop-start section done 4 times that gets better everytime. Especially when the Big Four play it and their drummers continually one-up each other.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ1nLow0txY I just wanna touch you, I just wanna FUCK YOU!!!]] Nobody can make singing about feelings for a girl sound that awesome. 'I can, smell the way you taste...'. Who knew metal could be seductive?
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aGsdoBDiXw THIS IS WAR!]] Listen to this while playing Borderlands, Call of Duty, or any shooter. YOU. WILL. OWN.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUNOeJj8cZ8 NO MORE WAARRRS! NOOO MOORRREE RESOLUTIONS!!]]

** "Kellogg's, Bombs, & Cracker Jacks". Forget how ridiculous the title is; that song is awesome. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fQu1gfQKc EAT YOUR RICE! EAT YOUR STEAK! EAT YOUR FRIES! THE ONLY FUCKING THING WE DO IS WATCH TV!]] Also really funny.

* Atmospheric black metal band Drudkh has several. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMZxZ5Nm95U "Glare of Autumn"]] seems to be the fan favorite.
* Music/MachineHead definitely deserves a mention. Listen to their entire ''Burn My Eyes'' album. ''The Blackening'' and ''Unto the Locust'' deserve mention as well. A grand example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U0Xo9ohdFk "I Am Hell".]]

* Heidevolk - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reOLeLX0Q9U "Vulgaris Magistralis"]]
* Ladies and gentlemen, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTcYZdxing Nonpoint]]. Alternative metal doesn't get much better than these guys.

** The sheer awesomeness that is their very first song on their very first album, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNBq0euXMeg "Deathrider"]]!

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu63ZBn4z-Y Silent Genocide]]'' by [[Music/{{Dragonforce}} ZP Theart]]'s new band (''I AM I'') is a pretty cool jam.

* Ice-T proves that he can heavy metal just as well as gangsta rap with Body Count's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSvD5SM_uI4 Cop Killer.]]
* Hammers of Misfortune create an amazing blend of traditional metal with progressive metal and have even included elements of folk, power, thrash, doom and black metal in their music. On top of that, they incorporate heavy co-operation with both male and female vocalists. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiIerbAR_os The Trial and the Grave]] shows how female vocals in heavy metal are done right.

** Forever being in the underground metal scene, Manilla Road have produced high quality traditional metal such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWvQVln9fAU Necropolis]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWu9BQzzzKs Cage of Mirrors]] and have even written high quality thrash metal songs like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A71CcYEFt5I Up From the Crypt]] that would make Kerry King of Music/{{Slayer}} jealous.

* Skindred plays what they call 'reggae metal'. Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuC3n7brNmo This is just an example.]]
* Besides every single track on Exodus's ''Bonded By Blood'' and ''Exhibit B: The Human Condition'', there's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcfIGok1mMI The Toxic Waltz]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6o7G-wU_I Children of a Worthless God]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IebbyCAU2YA Blacklist]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsAjImoR9E0 War is my Shepherd]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wCmvqbuQek Bedlam 1-2-3]], and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments last but certainly not least]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg3XPkglEsM Bonded By Banjo]], made in response to the "Rob Dukes is a redneck and therefore he sucks" fan attitude.

* Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch have plenty of this to go around. Much of their album ''War is the Answer'' qualifies - "Hard to See", "Burn It Down", and "Dying Breed" in particular. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2yuGgp_U8 Lift Me Up]]" features ''[[Music/JudasPriest Rob fucking Halford]]'' and is [[RatedMForManly manly]] [[HotBlooded enough]] to put even "[[AwesomeMusic/FistOfTheNorthStar Ai Wo Torimodose]]" and "[[Music/{{Megadeth}} Holy Wars: The Punishment Due]]" to shame.
%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pj5SKE7DWY "I'm FUCKING BULLETPROOF!"]]
* Battlesoul, oh, Battlesoul. Almost ANYTHING by them, which is a mixture of Celtic Folk Metal, Power Metal keyboards and thrash metal drumming, plus Melodic Death Metal, GenreMashup indeed, that doesen't makes them any less awesome, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUjCXa5FBgI Wolf]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qukge1oqD60 Oathbreaker]] from ''Lay Down Thy Burdens'', and from ''Tir Na Nog'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXk859eKNtA Songs of Our Heroes]], are the most incredible.

%%** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DfYLar2QGI "COWBOYS FROM HEEEEEELLLLLLLLL!"]]
* On the instrumental side of metal, Joe Stump's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxQZsW0H7LU Speed Metal Messiah]]" pretty much proves he is just that.
* The {{Retraux}} style and WorldBuilding lyrics of The Sword's ''Warp Riders'' album, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr3r6Mdci6c Lawless Lands]]" being a good example.
* In 2013, American stoner rock band Monster Magnet covered Donovan's "Three Kingfishers", originally a gentle and lilting song. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dt-XS9Ez5k This is what they did with it]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzSxv7Tkpno War for Metal]]. Perfect for singing as you march into battle.
** Check out this video for their song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooxBkUXqZSE Hawks Will Fly]]. So epic....
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwJkDhGLMoU Metal to the Metalheads]]. The [[HeavyMeta title]] and [[SugarWiki/AwesomeArt album cover]] alone should let you know what you're in for.
* Music/{{Cormorant}} is a band that loves to mix a whole lot of genres together while being unique, earning a lot of praise for [[ShownTheirWork showing their work]], and giving us awesome songs like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti518tjrLqU The Emigrant's Wake]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIuciQZtgjU Junta]].
* Music/TypeONegative gives a lot of Gothic cheesy Halloween vibes to their music, in a fantastic way. Give a listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebU62XB-Wv8 Black No. 1]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DbnUseigbs Christian Woman]] and try to say otherwise. They were once hired to create a theme song for Wrestling/{{Kane}}, but was passed over in favor of "Slow Chemical". The unused theme was later given a full version as a bonus track called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_HPkObv3Vs Out of the Fire]]. HOW COULD ANYONE TURN THIS DOWN?
* Viking Metal band Windir gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEmlAjyM5Yg "Sóknardalr"]]. It's a gorgeous, truly divine instrumental that makes one feel as though they've made it to Valhalla in style.
* Absu, one of the flagship bands in the Black/Thrash genre, features [[LeadDrummer Proscriptor McGovern]], possibly one of the best drummers in this blue Earth. All of their discography counts as awesome, but the Tara LP and the In The Eyes Of Ioldánach EP are their crowning achievements. Have a taste [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC9PMIAeduA here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUndp8K7--M here]].

** Music/SuicideSilence is one of the genre's {{Ur Example}}s for a very good reason: between Mitch Lucker's instantly recognizable vocals and such iconic songs such as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT13aP_GnuM Unanswered]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSpfXwbcRaU You Only Live Once]]", it's not hard to see how other bands have paid homage to their style.
** Music/ShadowOfIntent. Just about every song they've made combines bombastic orchestra with melodic yet brutal riffs to create some of the most epic tracks in the genre. From their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VbBuXJmg1s first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgaUi3f2vrs two]] albums to their [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-5s3pq4apEHkgVbrElADaRQqOHcIke8k later]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScjRwjZDb7g material]], they prove that you CAN fuse deathcore and symphonic metal together and make it work
** Music/LornaShore melds deathcore and BlackMetal into a single majestic package that brings out the best of both worlds, made even better with the inclusion of symphonic elements in their later albums. Whether it is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb35TzEflh8 tortured shouts of Tom Barber]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbfnfWnh7SM CJ McCreery's brutal gutturals]], or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K32F5KDVAbs Will Ramos' dynamic highs and lows]], you can't deny that they have proven themselves among the crowded scene.
** Music/SlaughterToPrevail delivers brutal riffs and sick grooves capped off by frontman Alex Terrible's distinctively hellish gutturals. From their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUmRWZbTQNA debut EP]] to their NuMetal influenced material off of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k773u380C9g Kostolom]]'', they prove you can change your sound while remaining true to your roots

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8dCGIm6yc Wolf Totem]]. THE ultimate song for showing your foes who's boss this side of the steppes!
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD1gDSao1eA The Great Chinggis Khaan]] is by far the most badass anthem dedicated to UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan. The epic instrumentals and throat-singing help too!