Rolling Stone’s Top 100 Metal Songs list is ROUGH.
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Rolling Stone's top 100 metal songs of all time list is... not good! What songs did they pick for the best metal songs of all time, and are we really putting Skid Row above Korn and Cannibal Corpse??
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These damn hipsters!!! Wokeness
They forgot the Puya!!
100% agree on the Bolthrower statements though haha
Hey Finn do you agree that you can make a case for Attack Attack being on this list versus Bolt Thrower, Kittie, girl school, and the non metal bands on the list like ACDC and Van Halen, because I think this is a hill I could die on 😂
It's not true that "no one listens to Celtic Frost anymore". That's fine if you don't listen to them/ are not that into them (taste is subjective, after all) but I'm 41 and Celtic Frost is one of few bands who I still listen to since my teen years (albeit, not all the time). I would put more details in the top 20, It's Not Top 10 Greatest metal albums of all time. Every track is a banger.
Rolling Stone might as well have posted Guitar Hero tracklists and called it a day.
Literally bro 💀💀
They pretty much did lol.
I’m 87 % normie, and I learned alot.
I’m surprised through the fire and flames wasn’t on the list
I was thinking the exact same thing lmao
Painkiller by Judas Priest Should be here
Probably the most metal metal song ever
Saw them live when Painkiller came out, they toured with Megadeth. Show was in Oakland and I have never been to a louder show in my life. So badass.
It wasn't?!?!?!
Priest should have 3-5 songs on this list, but none of the ones that made this Rolling Stone list.
"'Breaking the Law' is their best song?" Not even close. BTL is not even the best song on British Steel.
At least this guy admits he doesn't really know Judas Priest.
I'd have picked Painkiller over Victim Of Changes. And to quote Dave Chappelle (re that JP pic): "Game, blouses".
Finn, do us all a favour and release your top 100 metal songs of all time. We need more material to trash you on.
Lol this is pretty much the first reaction video I haven't compeltely hated. If I were youtube I'd ban all reaction vids, hack garbage.
But yeah this guy has dog shit tastes in music. It's astouding how bad they are.
his list would be lame as fuck. all hardcore shit tht "he" thinks is gud.like no other kind of metal can be gud.i mean I listen to death & grincore but I'm not too critical of the list bzz it's rolling stone.wat do u xspect
Agreed. Boltthrower is actually good. Same with Bathory and Arch enemy. Arch enemy's era with Angela is so damn good
Bolt Thrower are sweet.
This is what we need.
I'm trying to figure out how Finn can know so many obscure bands and songs, but doesn't know "Hallowed Be Thy Name", which is regarded by some as the greatest metal song of all time.
Never got into classic metal tbh
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA well then you have no place commenting on this list
I watched him review iron maiden ones. Extremely disappointing. did not give them anything remotely approximeeting the barest minimum of a fair shake. He obsessed about what Bruce was wearing. Super tight pants that made him wonder how big his package was. Didn’t hardly pay any attention whatsoever to what was being sung or how the music was being played or anything. I mean, come on! The band has song after song that qualifies as a musical freaking masterpiece. The trooper, Passchendaele, run for the hills, fear of the dark, sign of the cross, dance of death, empire of the clouds, Hallowed be thy name, rhyme of the ancient mariner, and on, and on, and on. Masterpiece after masterpiece. Incredible lyrics, superb composition and arranging of the sort that impresses classical composers, incredible guitar playing by all three, fantastic bass playing, amazing drumming. And then, there’s Bruce! Good Lord! Amazing Singer with an impressive range and a supremely expressive voice. But he wore super tight pants one time when he was watching him on a video and he just obsessed about that for the entire little segment.
@@ForestDumper666 nah man classic metal isnt that important
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA Explains why you didn't know Warlock - although I Rule The Ruins is better than All We Are
You know it's a bad list when incredible bands like Death, Testament, Exodus and Kreator didn't made into the list.
Fair, but you also know it’s a bad list because it’s been written for Rolling Stone.
And no Overkill? Come on...
@@kathydukakis1663 Overkill is an amazing band, sorry for not including them. I'm really excited for the new Overkill album, really liked the 2 songs that they released so far.
Probably cause thrash isn't the only genre of metal.
Sepultura? Unless I missed it.
Surprising they did not put "Through The Fire And Flames" by Dragonforce on the list.
That was a combination of the absolute safest picks they could make while including the mostest hipsterest picks as well. Especially when black sabbath and iron maiden were like 80% of the top 20. They were really catering to their aging demographic. Didnt even include any sports metal!!!
I mean like there wasn't even stuff from the past 10 years include here lol
Sports metal is a new one
At least they had Blind lol
What’s sports metal?
@@USHARDY it was from another video of Finns. But someone wrote that and then it kind of became a running joke. I think it was basically any of the buttrock bands that get played in arenas or sporting events.
Jokes aside…Twisted Sister kicks ass. They were legendary on the club scene before getting huge. They put on such a killer high energy live show. They have much more music outside of the one everyone knows them for.
Saw them open for Maiden in 85. Put on a great show, and that album was solid with lots of rockers I still listen to.
'We're not gonna take it' is a generational anthem. Also Dee Snider stood for heavy metal before congress, so respect. Twisted Sister and Accept should be up in the list.
@@TWANDTW -- Dee did testify before Congress, so credit him for effort. However, he looked silly; his presentation wasn't very good. If metal had one envoy to send to that committee hearing, it should have been someone more intellectually gifted, like Ronnie Dio or Geoff Tate.
TS was a great live act in the 1970's, largely because Dee was a great frontman.
Accept was a great band in the 1980's. This dude Finn has no f'ing idea.
Burn in Hell is a blast.
They were ok before Dee made them a caricature of a punk bank . Sold out and it worked , they made a ton of money.
"Hallowed Be Thy Name, I don't know this song."...how to kill one's credibility in under 5 seconds.
but it makes edgelords stop and comment on "how uneducated" he is, so....... it served the purpose.
I would think even Non Maiden fans would know this song. Especially since it was covered by Cradle of Filth. I love both versions, but grew up on the original.
@@jimmym3352 if i had to guess, he's "working the gimmick" to piss off die-hards and those who cannot suffer difference of opinion.
I love Maiden, and that song is probably my second favorite Maiden song....next to Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
@@jimmym3352 yeah I first heard the CoF cover. Come to think of it I'm not sure if I've listened to the original yet, I better get on that.
Finn: “I’m not a fan of Iron Maiden”
Also Finn: “I don’t know Hallowed Be Thy Name”
Me: “Now we found the root of the problem”
Hahahah
he takes dillinger escape plan over maiden and cancels people based on their clothes. although he has ok taste, in my opinion :)🤷♂ and I have to admit I haven't listened to dillinger escape plan
Cradle of Filths version Fukin rocks
the root of all evil
@@seshimct by dream theater 😀😀😀😀😀
Girlschool are a British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978. Frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead, they are the longest-running all-female rock band, still active after more than 40 years.
Seriously. The “I’ve never heard of them so they must not be valid” line screams narcissism and I pretty much shut this video off at that point. Thanks for setting the record straight on Girlschool.
Finn should know better!
yeah right is literally live wire by motley crue but worse. it's like if motley crue kept that shitty guitarist from the dirt instead of mick mars
@@metaldams78 personal opinion should only go so far, but to not know Girlschool then trash Bolt thrower seems dumb.
Finn has been a hack for awhile now. He needs to give it up and go back to corporatesville for his kid.
No Death in a metal list is literally unbelievable
But it's kinda hard to pick the greatest Death song (just like the album), cause they are all equally good. They don't really have a standout song
@@pinthecool1you could’ve done Zombie Ritual or Symbolic. Honorable mention Lack of Comprehension
no death, no testament, no exodus, no carcass, but yeah let's go twisted sister and lita ford! durrrr
The philosopher is their most known song it was played on mtv.
Cannibal Corpse, Bolt Thrower, Obituary were all included.
Hallowed By Thy Name is one of,if not the best Iron Maiden songs and one of the greatest songs ever.
And for Finn to say he doesn't know that song by Iron Maiden and doesn't listen to them says to me he isn't qualified to make a judgment on metal bands as we all know Iron Maiden is one of the best metal bands ever....period. I agree Rolling Stones doesn't know metal either.
I was sure 'Fear of the Dark' would show up on the list, maybe like top 10 even
@@gmazz0913 see but that’s the problem with these lists. They “HAVE”to include certain things.
And for every 10000 people that think this list should have 10 Iron Maiden songs. There is 10000 people who are wondering how metallicas best songs aren’t on here. And so on and so on.
They need to make some sort of guidelines on these lists like l”2 songs max per band” or “anythjng that’s been in a top 10 metal songs before is excluded”. Or just some sort of way to make these lists more honest.
Cause I love metal- but maybe I just like different metal - cause I wouldn’t put hallowed be my name in my top 50. But I definitely would understand how someone like you would disagree. Cause objectively it’s a good song.
I donno. They just need some sort of stipulations on these lists so they aren’t so predictable - it’s pretty much just “here are all the classics in a random order. And a few of my subjective favorites from the last 30 uears”
@@gmazz0913 I thought the exact thing, in fact I found that very disappointing.
@@XViTNg i agree 100%, just like with anything, its objective. Like the lottery, my my playlist won't match any buddy else's.
Queensryche was a great band. Operation Mindcrime is an absolute masterpiece.
What sub genre of metal is that band in "Barely Metal?" :)
@@sole__doubtUSPM a niche sub genre but pretty good
@@supernova4226 Ok I do enjoy power metal Ill give it a listen. I like Power Trip if thats considered usbm.
I wouldn’t take any music advice from someone who doesn’t like Maiden, doesn’t like SOAD, thinks there’s too much 80s metal (when the 80s was the best decade for metal), thinks there’s too much Sabbath, and thinks Van Halen isn’t metal when EVH literally inspired a whole a generation of metal guitarists. All this tells me is that he isn’t all that in to metal and suffers from recency bias
Bolt Thrower's songs are not about Warhammer, they're about war in general, they just had 1 album cover that had Warhammer art.
And they're an incredible band imo.
Yeah bolt thrower is a incredible band, all there albums are amazing imo, Hot take by Finn but we alll have ours lol.
BT is great. I have played Warhammer a total of 0 times, I know nothing about it, I don’t play games, so I only care about the music, and BT is good.
I thought, like Metallica, they were considered objectively good to some extent. I was surprised he was shitting on them so hard. I haven't listened to tons, but I've heard like a dozen awesome songs out of a dozen
@@kranberryjones1449 he shits on a lot of good bands and will hail a lot of objective bad acts
EXACTLY Bolt Thrower is amazing. Finns only toxic trait is irrational hate for loved bands he wasn’t already into.
Accept is a damn good band. They released a lot of influential metal songs in the early 80s. Also, the last 15 years, almost all their albums have been stellar.
Bathory is the original Viking metal band way before Amon Amarth. Their 80s output was well ahead of their time. The production value was shit, exactly like how black metal was going to be in the 90s during the peak of the black metal movement
Stalingrad and Blind Rage are S tier albums
I'm a huge fan of "classic" 80's Metal and I would argue that their work from Blood Of The Nations and after are their best work. Great band
Pretty sure a lot of Finn’s fans are 15 year old metalcore kids.
he wants to criticise a heavy metal list, and he has no idea and don't like early 80s European heavy metal. go figure. is like saying, I like rave but I don't like all those British stuff.
Accept and Twisted Sister should be up on the list
Here are some notable band omissions and important songs by them. Not including Death is ridiculous and shits on Chuck’s legacy
Death - Symbolic
Morbid angel - God of emptiness
Behemoth- Blow your trumpets Gabriel
Carcass - Heartwork
Yeah the death omission is insane. He invented death metal.
In general having 3 death metal and 1 melodeath song is pretty dumb on a 100 song list.
There was about 20 thrash songs and like 10 hard rock songs.
“I don’t know Hallowed Be Thy Name”
The END.
Literally nobody trusts you after that statement.
Iron Maiden sucks, he should be glad he hasnt heard it. I wish I hadnt either.
@Sole Doubt you spelled "is awesome" wrong
sorry but no one under the age of 45 seriously listens to iron maiden
@@RAAFLightning1 do you work for Joe Biden? This is the most out of touch statement I’ve read all week.
1)Go open Google maps
2) find South America
3) every man woman and child on that map loves Iron Maiden.
@@sole__doubt okey hipster
The Bolt Thrower shade is unnaceptable. One of the best DM bands to have ever existed...
yeah that kinda shocked me lol like who cares if they wrote songs about a game their tone, riffs and vocals kicked ass, and they were massively influential
Yeah, holy$&%.. Finn has some interesting takes on some issues, but I do not jive with his tastes, omg! Hating fucking bolt thrower? (how??) Not knowing maiden's biggest songs? Yeah.. He has different tastes (that's OK), so I'll go somewhere else for band recommendations..
He's like a reverse boomer: almost nothing before 2000 is good 😂
No. 1 should have been Nookie by Bizkit.
That would have been very un-Rolling Stone like.
That honestly should have been one of the lower picks
But why did you do it?
😂
i was thinking more like hot dog by limp bizkit
Actually, Mother by Danzig came out in 1988 not 1993. Victim of Changes by Judas Priest is a metal classic and it definitely belongs on this list.
True, but it didn’t blow up till the live version came out around 93
Unleashed in the East came out in 1979
Yep, it was re-released on the Thrall Demon Sweat album
Painkiller over Victim of Changes
Live version on Unleashed was better than Sad Wings. Also Green Manalishi and Ripper also better live
I am not young by most people's standards, and I listened to Killswitch and BMTH *as a kid*. Insane they didn't include anything of that era at all.
Any or every song from The end of heartache should have been on the list
That stuff is not very highly regarded by critics. 'Core' music gets a pretty bad rep outside of bands like Converge and Cave In.
If you're in your 20's you're young lol, I don't think there's an idea out there that you're peaking at life by being a shitposting 17yo or something
Yeah they could’ve written this exact list in 2002 (excluding the like 4 post-02 songs) and no one would’ve batted an eye
I'm not being a Metal Elitist and I used to be a fan of both bands but you have to understand Metal is hyper misogynistic and inherently racist so if the band members have any signs of being black or bisexual, or value women in any way, shape, or form, they're getting zero respect in Metal. Doesn't matter how good they are. The fans want music made by racist misogynists just like themselves, so they only like bands like that. That's why there's all these giant metal festivals in Ukraine and Europe. Any American Bisexual or POC Band is never gonna make any list unless it's an emo list. That's why Matt Pike is so highly regarded and he's not even that good of a guitar player, and then Jackie Vincent, nobody ever heard of. None of them will ever admit Falling in Reverse has any talent or worthy of a listen. They'll just listen to Morbid Angel's Covenant Album for the next 30 years and act like it's better than a Led Zepplin Album and a Masterpiece. All band members have to be as straight and white as Matt Pike and the Drummer of Morbid Angel to get any reapect. A Day to Remember has too many Bisexual vibes to ever get any reapect. Angel Maker gets respect right out the gate because all the members seem like they are underpaid Carpenters before they started a band.
Finn knows he’s a Hipster right? 😂
perhaps, however, it seems that most of the comments section has deemed his greatest crime is not knowing Hallowed be thy name. I've only heard it a few times, can't rightly recall what its like, but I at least know what it is.
@@crazyjoeshorts5256 Yeah its an awful song from a highly over rated band.
@@sole__doubt awful comment from an overrated person
Not really since he also dislikes bands like The Strokes. He is more of a 40 year old stuck with the taste of a highschooler from 2007 still worshipping the "scene" metalcore from that era. I went deep into his videos and that is the conclusion I came up with. In some videos he is very close from liking butt rock from 2006
1st three Celtic Frost albums are great. People still listen to them.
Once again the media has a problem of not acknowledging current artists (and by current I mean from the last 20 years lol). I'd bet Rolling Stone will finally give bands like Killswitch and A7X their credits in like 2035
I TOTALLY agree A7X should've been on this list. They have a whole bunch of songs that influenced a lot of people to pick up some drum sticks, or a guitar and want to master their instrument.
I'd say in last 10 yrs Avatar has been one of the better Metal bands.
I was honestly shocked that they included Meshuggah lol. I agree Killswitch and Avenged Sevenfold definitely should have been on there. I think other metalcore bands should be on here too like August Burns Red and maybe The Devil Wears Prada.
Crazy thing is in the 80's classic rock stations played songs from the 60's and 70's that weren't even that old. Nowadays classic rock stations will almost never play anything newer than 1993 which is 30yrs ago... They're literally like "grunge and GnR are the last thing we can consider classic, ever." 😒
@@mikesteelheart i noticed my local classic rock station does play some relatively modern stuff. They tend to play a lot of RHCP even the 2000s stuff. I’ve also noticed they play also play Green Day, the white stripes, foo fighters, but that’s about it when it comes to anything not 30+ years old
This is bringing out the metal elitist in me that I've fought so hard to suppress.
Unleash the beast, my friend
@@FinnMckentyPRMBA I’m doing it Finn. Ima let it out. HOW DARE YOU DISS BOLT THROWER YOU STUPID F*CK. Okay I feel much better. Love you.
I'm not an elitist, but there are so many songs here that are rock, not metal.
They didn't even have Maudlin at the Well or Integrity on the list. Sheesh..
Metal Elistists are like Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons.
@@Lizardkingmediaproductions Integrity, the NYHC band?
No Death or Morbid Angel? Both are/were hugely popular, innovative, influential, and have countless classic songs to choose from.
no exodus ,no testament, no destitution ,no Sodom
Exactly, and they put bolt thrower on but not these two lol
Bolt Thrower deserve to be on top 100 Metal for sure though!!!
@@damienrobertson1593 not imo but everyone’s list is subjective
Agree. And no Entombed.
Finn, how do you get mad or surprised at Twisted Sister being put on a Metal Songs of All Time list?? Obviously they deserve a spot.
Lol. Evanescence gets no push back tho . Yea first and last video of this dude I watch
@@srbelnappa I actually don't mind them to be honest, but they are NOT METAL. They are more or less just goth rock
@@satan3959 yea but Nightwish had that similar style long before them and they’re way more talented and songs are way better
Eh
Whoa, 46&Two is not an obscure Tool song by any means. In fact, it's one of their most famous one, especially from their Aenima album. It was good pick
Shocked that there's no A7X on the list tbh, Beast and the Harlot or Unholy Confessions would've been good picks.
Even Bat Country would make sense
Ehh not top 100
Is that metal, or emo?
Emo is rock of different levels, but not sure that it would be very metal. Hard call there.
I'm fine with them off the list. They're ok but definitely not worthy of top 100. If anything, almost easy would be a better pick than those songs
Yes, but how do you put it above Lita Ford or whatever her name is
Bands like Accept paved the way for the bands that you like.
They were like quiet riot tier.
Tier 1 = Iron Maiden
Tier 2 = ??
Tier 3 = Cannibal Corpse
...Tier 5 = Accept
Being '1st' to the show doesn't == being the best. It just means the other people were younger or didn't get recognized when you did.
Bathory is an example, I love them, but there isn't a single 'polished' song by them. They literally all sound like they were recorded in your basement on some recording equipment you bought at a pawnshop and cludged together drunk on budget, bottom-shelf scandinavian beer.
@@djdrack4681I think Accept were quite recognized back then. Probably just as Cannibal Corpse in the 90s/2000s. Although of course tier 1 = Maiden and Priest.
Yeah but accept is mid asf
I’m a diehard Van Halen fan. They were the first concert I ever went to. They are a hard rock band; if one allots hair metal its own genre, Van Halen are one of the all time great hair metal acts. But especially when talking about early Van Halen, anything they did in the 70s is pretty objectively not heavy metal
I endorse them being called hard rock, but not even Atomic Punk or One Foot Out the Door can really be called metal.
They arent even hair metal they are a rock band like zepplin or aerosmith
Not hating VH is my favorite band
David once said "all that punk rock and heavy metal, Van Halen isn't that...we're something I like to call Big Rock"
The drummer had some good metal licks...at least he and Ed were very good at what they did!!
The truth is that Metal was at its most popular in the 80s that's why there are so many great songs from that era on the list.
True but metal really came into its own in the 90s with all the different subgenres of metal. Thats why most of the songs on my top 100 would be from the 90s.
That is true. And that is why I am not a metalhead since most of that stuff was very corny.
Strike 1: "Queensryche sucks", strike 2: not knowing who Glenn Tipton is and strike 3: "shocked and appalled" by Skid Row being on the list....the list itself is assbackwards as it is missing tons of kick ass songs, most notably Painkiller by Judas Priest, No Place for Disgrace by Flotsam & Jetsam, Black Leather And Glittering Steel by Riot, Out of the Fog by Stratovarius, Set The World On Fire by Symphony X and Nailed by Theocracy....and no Yngwie Malmsteen at all??? WTF!!!
Girlschool is the first all female metal band. Late 70s, early 80s. They are British aka NWOBHM. They are a sort of heavier Runaways. Songs like Race From The Devil (a cover), Demolition Boys, C'mon Let's Go, Hit and Run. Ect. They did a song with Motorhead. When they did the song, they did it under the name HeadGirl. It's called "Please don't touch". I wouldn't choose that song as their best. The ones I mentioned are better.
Warlock is great but I agree that Cannibal Corpse needs to be way higher. Warlock has the female Dio in the form of Doro Pesch. She's a metal goddess. The Queen to Ozzy. Four albums as Warlock and like 15 under her own name. She is one of metal's great statesmen.
Rolling Stones seems to be including Proto-Metal too. Bands that influenced metal or could have been classified metal in the late 60s and 70s. Metal Hammer in their issues of history of metal covered alot of these early bands. King Crimson being one of them.
Kittie is iconic to alot of nu-metal kids.
Accept is classic. But I would use Fast as a Shark as their best song.
I would use Ravenous or Bury Me An Angel as quintessential Arch Enemy.
Empire by Queensryche.
Rainbow got a Speed Metal song and has alot of riffs. They are way proggy. It's because Dio is the vocalist that it's included on this list.
List was overall bad.
If they were to honor a female metal pioneer, it had to be Doro and Warlock.
Girlshool, Lita Ford... might as well put in Lovebites. At least they shred.
Laid to Rest by Lamb of God might be one of the most influential (and in my opinion best) metal songs of all time. absolutely deserves to be on and all time metal lists.
if i could only pick one from LoG, i would select 11th hour. that song is to LoG as Blind is to Korn IMO.
Yes
Yes. And Ruin, but I’m also biased
But no. Smoke on the water by deep purple is a better metal song than all of LoG’s discography 🤣
@@fredcarrier4933 damn didn't think of it this way but when you're right you're right haha
Emperor is often hailed as one if the best metal bands period, let alone black metal. They're my absolute favorite. Not sure where you heard that no one listens to them lol. Those compositions are incredible.
He can barely differentiate himself from others
He doesnt know hallowed be thy name from Maiden, what can you expect
@@Dslayer066 He's probably heard, but doesn't recall the name
I think from the few minutes I watched, I can safely say when he’s saying “I’m not into it”. That’s code for, “it’s trash, it’s bad, no one even listens to them and they don’t make good music. Only hipsters listen to this”
His obsession with hipsters and clothes are vomit inducing… Hey, to each is their own. I was more into Burzum and Mayhem than Emperor. But do I think Emperor is hipster metal trash with a bad attire just because I wasn’t into it? Absolutely not 😂
If I don’t understand something musically, I don’t trash it either. I dislike professional critics who review albums, but at least they leave insight to why they liked or disliked something. This serves no purpose other than to say “my taste in music is superior, I’m a fashion critic and I hate hipsters even though I’m one myself”… and that honestly should just be the title of this video.
@@user-hu3iy9gz5j he also said that motorhead only has two good songs, bolt thrower is trash, and enter sadman should be #1......among other things!
6:21 World Eater is not their greatest song, but Bolt Thrower are fantastic. "For those once loyal" has maybe the best riffs I've heard in heavy music.
Those once loyal has so much fuckin' groove.
Been a fan since the time you could only really buy Realm of Chaos in games workshop - yeah, I'm old.
“Accept… NWOBHM…etc. blah, blah.” Your Americancentrism is off the charts. Bathory, Venom, Mercyful Fate, Bolt Thrower, Mayhem, Diamond Head… The world of metal isn’t just the USA, surprisingly.
Warlock 100% deserves their spot, one of the first iconic female fronted heavy metal bands if not the first, doro is an OG and she deserves her spot
And the song they chose is an absolute anthem.
Agreed I was shocked about how he reacted to that all we are slays and doro is really the og front women
Yes, and gilrschools are classic also, surprised the commentor never hear about them
Hey Finn. Loudwire, a couple months ago, revised their “Top 100 Rock/Metal Albums Of The 21st Century” list. I’d be interested in seeing you do a similar rundown of that.
I’m not a metal fan, but this was really interesting. Would love to see your own version of this list.
But then you'd have a metal song list that's actually all metal songs... How could Rolling Stone handle that?
Not that I dislike metal, just never identified with it. Fun to learn about. Of course I love the obvious stuff like Sabbath and Metallica
@@cobraofearth I think that there's tons of really interesting and unique stuff different metal bands do that you can sit there for days trying to discover something new, but it's only fair to acknowledge that you'd be sifting through enormous quantities of uninspired and derivative bands in order to find those real gems.
If you’re not a metal fan then why are you on this channel?? 😅
@@cobraofearth checkout insomnium
Sad Wings of Destiny is still one of my favorite Judas Priest albums. Victim of Changes has the most metal lyrics ever (middle aged woman struggling in her relationship, getting older, falling into alcoholism) but you can argue that metal really started during Dreamer deceiver/Deceiver when Rob switches to his metal voice for the second half of the song. Great songs but before they switched to the leather and studs. The old videos are funny to watch.
Dreamer Deceiver/Deceiver is the real deal! Tyrant and The Ripper from that album are great tracks, too!
Metal List
'I don't listen to Maiden.'
Have a good night!
"There hasn't been anything from the 2000s on this list."
Did Finn REALLY forget that quickly about Power Trip?
Came here to say this. “Blah blah, nothing newer than (insert 2000’s year here).”
Seriously? The second entry was 2017.
wish i was in the chat for that queensryche part because operation imdcrime is one of the greatest albums of all time
“Imagine putting an early Queensrÿche song ahead of Ozzy, Korn, and Slipknot.” Lol, don’t need to imagine it, I do it daily. That’s a terrible take, especially since most Queensrÿche fans would absolutely put the early stuff over the later albums.
The man really needs to restrict himself to opining on new metal and beyond. Nothing before 1997. His musical taste is shit when it comes to classic metal. He thinks Queensrÿche sucks, does not like Dream Theater very much and doesn’t care for iron maiden. I mean, good Lord!
I would not have picked Silent Lucidity just because it was a hit, but something like Operation Mindcrime, I Don't Believe in Love, or Empire should have been there.
@@badbirdkc Especially since Silent Lucidity is hardly metal. I'm a Mindcrime fanatic, so it would be hard for me to choose which song from that album. Eyes of a Stranger is probably the song I like most that got radio play, but I have a soft spot for The Mission and Suite Sister Mary.
@@devilpuppetsinc SlipKnot are overrated IMHO. They are pretty much the Insane Clown Posse of Metal bands...OK, they aren't that horrible, but they are still overrated.
"You Can't Bring Me Down" is absolutely the right ST song.
This list was made with the help of ChatGPT. This is a mix of old metalheads and hipsters had a meeting at Rolling Stone HQ, and and intern took notes and asked ChatGPT to shit out a list.
Don't know how you can dislike Iron Maiden and also have a valid musical opinion
Ok boomer
@@AngrySecs how about, people can like absolutely anything, and boomer should not be a word
@@cosmicsolitude3870 ok boomer
@@AngrySecs Iron Maiden is timeless, there's no "boomer" to his opinion. If you don't like them, great. But they are one of the greatest and still running metal bands ever. Not just because of longevity.
@@MoonOvIce I actually don't hate iron maiden. I'm just being annoying because the idea that someone has to enjoy iron maiden in order to have a valid music opinion is laughable.
Sorry Finn, but cred has to go to Warlock, especially Doro Pesch. Amazing band, amazing singer, amazing songs.
They're German and Finn is the most US-centric music commentator I know.
I get the feeling Finn hasn't travelled very extensively outside the US
Bolt Thrower may be over-hyped, but there are more than a few offerings in their catalog that warrant respect. The guitar tones in particular convey a fog-of-warish atmosphere which I find compelling.
This is true Bolt Thrower had their own energy and were great.
*Underhypyed. No one talks about Bolt Thrower and that is the true problem.
Salvo and Prophet of Hatred ftw. Just for the lines “There is no shelter from the steel rain” and “I am the Carrion Lord” respectively
You should definitely make your own list, that would be fun to watch! However, you can only pick MGK once, that's the rule.
He won't cause everybody gonna mock him
Girl school was one of the major bands of NWOBHM in the early 80's with an all female lineup. They were known for such songs as "Race With the Devil", "C'mon, Let's Go", and "Play Dirty". Lemmy of Motorhead liked them.
You say that Pour some Sugar on me should be on the list and call Victim of Changes a weird pick? Dismiss Warlock? You know nothing.
Finn can you please make your own list?
I dunno know man. Cannibal corpose has one memorable riff in their entire discography. Bolt Thrower on the other is riddled with sick riffs.
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Yoo I'm from new zealand too, cool.
Nice to see some kiwis on here
i cant believe he accepted photograph by def leppard as a metal song
I don't really consider Def Leppard metal...period. They are hard rock, sure, but Metal? Nah
I can't believe he thought it should have been Pour Some Sugar on Me instead!
They absolutely should've limited it to one song per artist - personally, I was super mad that Electric Wizard, Acid Bath, Boris, Chat Pile, Deafheaven or Chelsea Wolfe weren't mentioned at all. But hey, boomers gonna be boomers I guess.
I just don't understand how theirs no mention of
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Linkin Park
- A Day To Remember
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Suicide Silence
- In Flames
- Lamb Of God
- Deicide
- Static-X
- Rob Zombie
- Deafheaven
- Periphery
- Killswitch Engage
- All That Remains
- Whitechapel
Exactly.
lmao this Rolling Stones list's taste is so outdated... Prolly written by a 60 yr old guy
There were barely any 2000s+ bands 🤣 I'd also like to mention Asking Alexandria and BMTH
To be fair, If Bring Me To Life made it on the list, so should any song from Linkin Park's Hybird Theory and Meteora should be on the list even though I find most of the songs to be Rock and Alternative than Metal and also both bands overlap a lot with the fans including me
This list is indicative of another phenomenon that I have noticed in entertainment. Traditionally a list like this (not just in music) would avoid stuff focus on things 10 years or older and almost avoid anything withing the last 5 years. For example a greatest 100 movies list produced in 1999 would have a couple of early 90s films and maybe something more recent. It makes sense because people want to wait and see which ones keep holding up.
It seems that, since the 2000s came around (this makes me sound old), that time-frame has moved. Now the focus is on pre-2000s. It seems that the the 2000s are still regarded as "too recent".
Again, to compare this to movies, I was in a conversation with someone about great years for films and said that 2016 was one of the best in my lifetime - they were shocked but, after we started listing the films of that year they realized that some fantastic movies came out and across a variety of genres. Its not that they didn't agree its just that they wouldn't have given that recent year consideration.
Yes the list is also indicative of Rolling Stone's preference for "influential" music and displays its hipster leaning but I also think the "anything past 2000 is too recent" attitude is also on display.
Finn! lf you ever need a new video series, I think you should make your own lists. It would be cool to hear your opinions or memories with staple songs and introduce more music to your audience that may not ever hear them. Not only for metal either other genres included. Would love more content like this!
Venom, Quiet Riot, Bathory: "Not Good"
Mercyful Fate: "Corny"
Converge, Korn: "Great band"
You are disqualified from ever talking about metal again.
"When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies". That's my highschool yearbook quote. I graduated in 2015
That's a good point. There is an distinction between "Best metal songs" and "Important metal songs"
I can remember my friends’ band played a couple shows with Soul Fly back in line 98/99 when Logan from Machine Head was in the band. At one of the shows, we accidentally drank all of Logan’s beer🤷🏻♂️ we did buy him 2 cases from the bar to replace it. It was all good and after it was all said and done, even Logan laughed about the situation. That was at Milk Bar in our hometown Jacksonville Florida, but we originally met him in Clinton Iowa like 2 months before while playing Pigstock. It was an off date of Ozfest. That day was amazing as a 20 year old. I played the “crack machine” (bar top game) with Lemmy for about an hour, went and got coffee with Dez from Coal Chamber, almost got in a fight with Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) but was singing for Life of Agony at the time, talked to Mikey and Meeg from Coal Chamber for a few hours, then to top it off, Rayna from Coal Chamber was drunk and had her arm around me (for support) but at the time I had a huge crush on her 😂. This was right around the time her and Clint from Sevendust stated dating and they were there too.
By the way, Clinton Iowa is the smelliest place in the US, at least back then. They had a dog food company, a paper mill, and a grain alcohol distillery in this one little town. It was mid summer and I swear I puked almost daily while we were there from the smell. We were there for like 2 weeks
Yeah... Clinton still isn't great
@@natec4339 they wouldn’t let anyone on their tour bus unless they brought some coke…. And not the beverage
For a mainstream publication, it isn't too bad of a list. It's surprisingly diverse, and while I personally find some "metal" choices questionable (AC/DC doesn't belong), at least they included Bolt Thrower. My main strife is the lack of power metal/metalcore representation.
That's true, AC/DC are a good band (especially classic era AC/DC), but they are more hard rock/blues rock than metal. Of course, I could also say the same thing about Def Leppard.
Whoever drew up this list was a classic rock marching band kid who just found out about black metal a year or so ago.
Imagine how much frustration we could all be saved if they simply ommited rank numbers from these lists!
And the word "best".
100 Great Metal Songs. Or 100 of the Greatest Metal Songs. Yeah I getcha really
@@kranberryjones1449 100 Metal Songs. That way it could be best or worst depending on your opinion!
@@charlesrense5199 hahaha sounds like a good idea for one of those satire websites like Clickhole. “Here is a list of 100 pop songs!”
@@v00doozz82 clickhole is still a thing? Man, that takes me back!
I’m glad Crowbar are on the list. They don’t get enough credit.
Hallowed at 16 is Criminal.
it is a top 5 metal song of all time.
Instead of repeating the same bands so many time (even though I love a lot of them), they should have included more artists like Avenged Sevenfold, Death, Exodus, Ghost, In Flames, Killswitch Engage, Lamb Of God, Linkin Park, Morbid Angel, Overkill, Testament, Trivium, etc.
This dude doesn’t like Iron Maiden or System of a Down. Opinion discarded
Also doesn't believe that opeth is in the top 100 heavy metal songs?
@@deliriumcamper awesome username
Its okay to have a few token historical songs on a top 100 all time list, like best girl metal songs one or two, its acceptable. Or genre inventors like best Black Metal.
Bolt Thrower are fucking awesome. That said, fucking weird they're higher than Cannibal Corpse
As a huge Emperor fan, that song choice is absurd. They only picked it because of the bad grammar. They belong on this list for sure, but why not a song like "With Strength I Burn" or "The Loss and Curse of Reverence"?
If you're going to pick an Emperor song it should be their most famous 'I am the Black Wizards'. I was surprised by his disdain for Bolt Thrower, they're great but Hammer Smashed Face should've been top 50 or higher.
@@jasonjames6383 agreed mostly. I kinda think Emperor's first album is kinda overrated but I wouldn't complain about "I Am the Black Wizards" being on the list. But yeah I echo what Finn says here, a lot of this stuff in the top 50 is just safe old man picks, a lot of which isn't even listened to anymore. Gojira, Mastodon and Power Trip being the only newer bands on the list is ridiculous
Ahhh, I was initially having a bit of playful dig regarding the Girlschool appraisal and then you pumped off with the Warlock thing. Doro Pesch is something of a considerable legend, just because you personally haven't heard of her or her band doesn't take any of that away.
Of course i have heard of her
I was really worried Motorhead didn't even make the list
That being said, as the biggest Motorhead fan under 30, they only really should have one spot cause they just played the same song for 30+ years and I LOVED IT
Why are rockbands like ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Kyuss and Deep Purple on a "Metal Top 100" but they leave out highly influential songs to Metal like Liege of Inveracity or Stabwound by Necrophagist?
Bolt Thrower NOT good?!? How dare you?! I’m triggered so hard right now
His taste is garbage.
It's his opinion and he's wrong!!!
@@wc1994 exactly! He has no right to having a wrong opinion.
His opinion sucks indeed. I don't even have to be a fan of Bolt Thrower to recognize their appeal, they are a solid band. Honestly I don't value much the opinion of someone that never even heard Hallow Be Thy name but goes around saying that every band either sucks or is for hipsters. What a Dork.
I like Bolt Thrower's "For Victory" and "The IVth Crusade" albums quite a bit, but my interest in them may just be carried by that absolutely delicious guitar tone used on those albums though-who knows. I am easily pleased
Love bolt thrower they are amazing being easy to please is also probably a good thing too
Love Bolt Thrower
For victoryyy
The Rolling Stone list unsuprisingly has it's issues, but your take on their rankings is baffling & ill-informed. You completely dismiss the impact of NWOBHM but at the same time said that you never heard of one of the bands that made the list that came from the scene. You shit on Queensryche and Iron Maiden but at the same time wave the flag for Korn and Slipknot. The points you made about Bolt Thrower are all incorrect. You pour praise onto Motley Crue but earlier questioned the credibility of Ratt, what's the major difference between the two, other then one of them had a Netflix movie. Where are all the new bands you ask, perhaps they should marinate for a couple of decades before we rate them historically. Your comment about Pour Some Sugar On Me might have been the worst thing you said in the entire video. I enjoyed watching your video.
I can’t take lists seriously when they are obviously made from 50+ year old dudes that don’t do these with an open mind. This should say “classic metal”
A buddy of mine had that neurosis shirt and in the decade we hung out
I never knew him to own an album or listen to the band
It's so odd to me that a magazine that has historically hated on metal has written an article about top 100 metal songs.
I didn't think the list was straight up terrible, but I had a lot of problems with it. From arguably non-metal entries, to some odd choices for the top 50 over obviously better and more influential bottom 50 options. As in, if you're going to say certain songs belong on the list, that's one thing, but if you're going to put Kyuss or Evanescence on the list, how do you justify putting them over Opeth, Tool, Sepultura, Mayhem ...
I'm afraid that you are way off about Bolt Thrower. They were masters of riffs and grooves, similar to Obituary. They were definitely not a joke. Yet you are cool with Korn and Rammstein being on this list? And your suggestion of a Def Leppard song for this metal list is Pour Some Sugar on Me? The band had morphed into a pure pop band by that point. Finally, you miss the mark when it comes to Motorrhead by a mile. Two good aongs? Wow.
Honestly, i'm surprised "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles wasn't number one, let alone wasn't on this list at all considering most music people consider that song to be the first heavy metal song in history.
you think thats bad, try people arguing what the first rock song was. I mean blues songs from the thirties sometimes sound like rock.
And it inspired a cult to do some killings. LOL
Bro Kyuss was phenomenal. I appreciate the hot takes even if they're wrong haha
Also like you said. Wouldn't have picked that song. Lots of that going around the list.
Bathory and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal are terrible? I would really like some more perspective on why would this be true, for example why is Bathory’s “Blood, Fire, Death” album and Judas Priest’s “Screaming for Vengeance” album is so terrible and horrible?
A "Metal band list" that was shuffle like a deck. Was a perfect analogy for this.
European Metal from the early 80's is some of the best Metal
I like how he has 4 big guys on his spotify playlist
Wow they are reallyyyyy in touch with the metal scene lmao.
I started listening to Arch Enemy in 2022. And i love it! Both the Angela and Alissa era
Let's see, no Helloween, no Blind Guardian, no Manowar, no Angra, no Nightwish or Epica, no Sabaton, no Cradle of Filth, no Ghost... Forget about Eluveitie or Unleash the Archers or Battle Beast.
That was like 3 or 4 bands from continental Europe in a list of 100 best metal songs! 🤬🤣🤣🤣🤣
The inferiority complex is real!
Delete Chanel after not knowing hallowed be thy name bruh. Maidens best song.
Hey ChatGPT, what are the top 100 metal songs of all time?
I don’t think many metal songs recorded after 2000 will ever have any significant impact. At least not at the level of the stuff pre-internet. It just can’t. Focus is all over the place these days. No song by any modern band will ever have the reach or impact of even the most random 80s song like Balls to the Wall. Unfortunate but true. This list doesn’t bother me as much as I thought it would.
i do agree with you. There really aint a good sense of a monocultural zeitgeist anymore 😢.. everyone just sticks to their lane nowadays