Favorite Epic songs?

[Einherjar86]

Primordial - Gods To The Godless
Primordial - The Coffin Ships
Primordial - Autumn's Ablaze
Primordial - Traitor's Gate
Moonsorrow - Rauniolla
Bathory - One Rode To Asa Bay

Moonsorrow: YES
Bathory: YES
Primordial...

YES; but you forgot:

AS ROME BURNS

"sing... sing... sing to the slaves... sing to the slaves as... Rome burns...

 

[Hypnos]

^^ yes, but i could easily pick 10 another Primordial songs, like Gallows Hymn, Soul Must Sleep, Children Of The Harvest, Sons Of The Morrigan, Tragedy's Birth, Failure's Burden, Journey's End, Graven Idol, No Nation On This Earth or the above mentioned As Rome Burns. Primordial's music is just so hugely epic!

 

[waif]

Kreator - Voices Of The Dead

 

[Einherjar86]

^^ yes, but i could easily pick 10 another Primordial songs, like Gallows Hymn, Soul Must Sleep, Children Of The Harvest, Sons Of The Morrigan, Tragedy's Birth, Failure's Burden, Journey's End, Graven Idol, No Nation On This Earth or the above mentioned As Rome Burns. Primordial's music is just so hugely epic!

Indeed, you speak the truth. And now I think I shall go and listen to the newest album.

 

[scytheavatar]

Persefone - Sanctuary
Persefone - Underworld
Persefone - Seed
Persefone - Train of Consequences

 

[Einherjar86]

Amorphis- I of Crimson Blood
Norther- Day of Redemption
Queensryche- En Force (I've forgotten how epic Warning is)

 

[Mudvain_for_life]

any song by arch enemy IMO one of the best line ups for a metal band.

 

[Belligerent]

I don't mind Arch Enemy but none of their songs are even close to being epic.

 

[waif]

Definitely. Not even remotely close.
Go listen to Amon Amarth for some epic melodic death metal.

 

[Mudvain_for_life]

i like amon amarth what songs would be epic by them? and another band that i find epic is at the gates

 

[The Ozzman]

Fates Warning - Guardian

 

[Einherjar86]

i like amon amarth what songs would be epic by them? and another band that i find epic is at the gates

Runes to My Memory, The Last With Pagan Blood, An Ancient Sign of Coming Storm, Victorious March, Under the Northern Star, etc.

 

[S<issors]

epic equates to "long" in some sense (it could also be argued that subject matter is involved), hence 5-minute-or-less AE songs don't count.

 

[Thraxdude666]

Jumalten Kaupunki/Tuhatvuotinen Perinto & Jotunheim by Moonsorrow are two of the best epic metal songs my ears have heard.

 

[Tatsumaru]

A bunch that came to mind...

Ensiferum - Lai Lai Hei / The way the ''chorus'' kicks in after the solo is brilliant, and the finnish sung parts are awesome
Ensiferum - Victory Song / Killing each and every man = epic
Wintersun - Sadness and Hate / Brilliant lyrics and buildup
Wintersun - Starchild / 03:25 =
Turisas - Miklagard Overture / Epic closer: KON-STAN-TI-NOPOLIS!
Amon Amarth - Victorious March / Brutal
Iced Earth - The Coming Curse / Gotta love the awesome headbanging part at 04:25
Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven / Just beautiful... WHY WON'T YOU LET ME DIE?!
Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Ocean / I love the story to this and the way it ends
Helloween - King for a 1000 Years / Great song
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor / The climax is brilliant
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black / It still haunts me sometimes...

 

[Einherjar86]

Jumalten Kaupunki/Tuhatvuotinen Perinto & Jotunheim by Moonsorrow are two of the best epic metal songs my ears have heard.

Hell yeah. The opening to Jumalten Kaupunki is one of the most epic intros ever.

Turisas - Miklagard Overture / Epic closer: KON-STAN-TI-NOPOLIS!

Absolutely badass.

The ending to Five Hundred and One, when the choir comes in, is fucking epic as hell. "The wind flew the raven banner on high..."

 

[waif]

i like amon amarth what songs would be epic by them? and another band that i find epic is at the gates

Um...any of the ones I listed. Try these:
Runes To My Memory

Cry of the Blackbirds
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhptP8j-t-M&feature=related[/ame]
The Pursuit Of Vikings
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy1Z53gOE-E&feature=related[/ame]
Death in Fire
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-UbViuK4fY&feature=related[/ame]
Victorious March
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJK-uymlg0&feature=related[/ame]

They did a 5-concert, 3-disc DVD set, and fans have ripped pretty much all of it and posted it on Youtube, so you can see most of their discography. Get stuff in this order:
Once Sent From The Golden Hall
Versus The World
With Oden On Our Side
Fate Of Norns
Avenger
The Crusher

epic equates to "long" in some sense (it could also be argued that subject matter is involved), hence 5-minute-or-less AE songs don't count.

Not really. If the music creates an epic feel, it doesn't have to be long. And a 20 minute song isn't necessarily epic.

 

[Bitencourt29]

Kreator - Voices Of The Dead

Great song, Great band

As Rome Burns (Primordial) is a fucking Epic song
Cry of the Blackbirds (Amon Amarth) is also Epic

 

[The_Lunar_Strain]

Edguy-All the Clowns
Celesty-Empty Room
Kamelot-Forever
Dark Tranquility-Cathode Ray Sunlight
Rhapsody-Emerald Sword
NightWish-Planet Hell

 

[waif]

Great song, Great band

As Rome Burns (Primordial) is a fucking Epic song
Cry of the Blackbirds (Amon Amarth) is also Epic

Rhapsody-Emerald Sword

There aren't enough smilies in the world to give this song it's due. Second most epic musical composition in the history of the world.