Favorite Epic songs??

[Tubbs]

9-29-045 from Green Carnation's EXCELLENT Acoustic Versus - turns out that this song happens to be one of my favourite song of the year so far. So many fine moments here - insanely well put pieced together.

AWESOME song. Green Carnation's turning out to be one of my favorite bands.

 

[Death_To_False_Metal]

Opeth : The Moor, Deliverance
Dream theater : Change of Seasons
Porcupine Tree : Russia on Ice
Genesis : Musical Box
The very long song on Mastodon's Leviathan has an ending which is epic metal at its best !
Mike Oldfiled : Tubular Bells
Pink Floyd : Diamond
Metallica : Disposable Heroes, And Justice For All

 

[Keith!]

Enslaved - Reogenesis

I thought you didnt like Enslaved?

Good to see your mind has started to see sense.

 

[Demilich]

i don't know if its epic but

Colour Haze - Peace, Brothers and Sisters!

 

[Hypnos]

Primordial 'Gods To The Godless'

you can't get a song more epic than this one. my favourite song!


My Dying Bride 'The Cry Of Mankind'

i love that guitar melody throughout the whole song and the layered vocals.


Hollenthon 'Eclipse - Vita Nova'

this one is epic from the beginning to the end, but especially when the gregorian chants kick in! awesome!


Hollenthon 'Conspirator'

this is a strange song. very sinister in the first part, with that twisted sound during the chorus. but at the end, when the choirs start it's pure epicness


Alchemist 'Tide In, Mind Out'

this song has one of the most brilliant build-ups i've ever heard

 

[NFU]

apparently the word "epic" translates to any "heavy and melodic" song on this forum.

 

[illidurit]

beatles - a day in the life, PERIOD

 

[Id]

TETAGRAMMATON

 

[Id]

beatles - a day in the life, PERIOD

one of the best songz evor

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

a day in the life is an amazing song, but epic?

 

[illidurit]

come on, it ends on the crazy orchestral orgasm

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

i see. rhapsody have orchstra too and they epic so ADITL must be epic

and in fact it ends in some backwards (?) singing ... now thats epic

 

[illidurit]

oh don't be dense, the original aim of the band when they came up with the orchestra part was to make an 'orgasm' of sound (it even comes after the line "I'd love to turn you on")

nothing more epic than an orgasm tbh

and yeah the crazy loop at the end is pretty cool

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

the loop is indeed cool but the 'silence' part has some very high noise going on (like some TV sets do) which is really annoying to my eyes

 

[derbeder]

led zeppelin - kashmir

 

[reidie]

A change of seasons - Dream Theater

 

[Dark_Karma]

Good thread.

Many great tracks mentioned already (Starless, Achillies, Shine On...), I'll add...

Opeth - Ghost of Perdition + Blackwater Park
Porcupine Tree - The Start Of Something Beautiful
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Explosions In The Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone
Mogwai - Like Herod
Pain Of Salvation - People Passing By
Camel - Ice
No-Man - Angel Gets Caught In The Beauty Trap
Meshuggah - I

...and a load more I can't think of off the top of my head!

 

[NFU]

beatles - a day in the life, PERIOD

it is fantastic...but i think the term "epic" would really only be characteristic of about half the song.

 

[Prognostic]

paatos- tea imo

 

[Tubbs]

Emperor - With Strength I Burn is another good one imo.