What metal songs have blown your mind?

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Breakdowns suck.

Most death metal has breakdowns.

 

[FenriR]

Time for a nice, big list.

Metallica - Call of the Ktulu
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Metallica - The Unforgiven
Nile - Unas, Slayer of the Gods
Nile - Sarcophagus
Nile - Chapter of Obesiance Before Giving Breath To The Inert One In The Presence Of The Crescent-Shaped Horns
Nile - Burning Pits of the Duat
Blind Idiot God - Slack Jaw
Blut Aus Nord - Choir of the Dead
Blut Aus Nord - Procession of the Dead Clowns
in fact, pretty much all of The Work Which Transforms God
Ad Inferna - To Enter The Tragic Symphony
Amon Amarth - Bloodshed
Amon Amarth - Runes to my Memory
Amon Amarth - Versus the World
Ancient - Horroble
Arcturus - Fall of Man
Arthemesia - Whore of the Satan's Night
Bloodoline - Voyage Til Death. Those wailing riffs at the beginning...!
Crionics - Waterfalls of Darkness
Diabolical Masquerade - Cloaked by the Moonshine Mist
Dimmu Borgir - Perfection or Vanity
Ephel Duath - Embossed
Graveworm - Descending into Ethereal Mist
Immortal - Within the Dark Mind
Iron Maiden - Out of the Silent Planet
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
Iron Maiden - Infinite Dreams
Kalmah - Third, The Magical
Kalmah - Moon of my Nights
Kalmah - Hades
Karras - Xenoglossy
Lamb of God - Walk with me in Hell
Legion of the Damned - Werewolf Corpse
Negura Bunget - 'N Crugu Bradului (whole album)
Nevermore - Sentient 6
Obtained Enslavement - O'Nocturne
Old Man's Child - St. Aiden's fall
Pelican - Sirius
Pelican - Red Ran Amber
Pelican - Drought
Testament - John Doe
Testament - Return to Serenity
Testament - Eyes of Wrath
Testament - Alone in the Dark
Tvangeste - From Nameless Oracle
Vader - ShadowsFear
Vesania - Inlustra Nigror
Wolves in the Throne Room - Behold the Vastness and Sorrow

 

[waif]

Human Fortress - Divine Astronomy
Opeth - Windowpane

 

[TheAnonymous]

Very recently:

Kiuas - Of Ancient Wounds
Kiuas - The New Chapter

 

[Einherjar86]

Human Fortress - Divine Astronomy
Opeth - Windowpane

To the first one: so the new album's good?
To the second: I love that song

Very recently:

Kiuas - Of Ancient Wounds
Kiuas - The New Chapter

Enjoy The Spirit of Ukko,

 

[waif]

To the first one: so the new album's good?
To the second: I love that song

And I have no idea...I don't have the new album. Looks like they have 3 now...I only have the first, but it's one of my favorite power metal albums. I really love the medieval atmosphere.

 

[Lord Kur]

how on earth could "nothing else matters" blow anyone's mind?

pretty basic and boring power ballad, actually nothing even remotely mind blowing.

 

[waif]

I really like the solo

 

[Zephyrus]

Arcturus - Fall of Man

"The Deep is the Skies" blows me away much more.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Most death metal has breakdowns.

I wouldn't say most death metal has blatant breakdowns (unless we're talking about brutal death) but a lot of death metal has "breaks" in the music from time to time (Incantation's Deliverance of Horrific Prophecies) comes to mind).

 

[Einherjar86]

And I have no idea...I don't have the new album. Looks like they have 3 now...I only have the first, but it's one of my favorite power metal albums. I really love the medieval atmosphere.

Ha, I actually don't own the first one, but I have about half the songs from it. I do own Defenders of the Crown though, and it's an incredible record. I'm really thinking about getting the new record, the songs have sounded pretty good so far.

 

[General Zaroff]

Dismember - Under A Blood Red Sky

Favorite off the new self-titled.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I wouldn't say most death metal has blatant breakdowns (unless we're talking about brutal death) but a lot of death metal has "breaks" in the music from time to time (Incantation's Deliverance of Horrific Prophecies) comes to mind).

Breakdowns mean different things in different styles of music; it was almost purely a semantic point. I know what Greys means, I'm just being an ass to him.

 

[mutantllama]

Evil Eye-Malmsteen

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Negura Bunget - Tesarul de Lumini

 

[Mudvain_for_life]

o and nevermore- this godless endeavor

 

[sevag00]

You're not gonna believe, but the song "Nostalgia" by Nocturnal Depression has blown my mind many many times. Such an amazing and depressive song.

 

[cookiecutter]

Such a great riff in that song

 

[waif]

Sodom - City Of God, Buried In The Justice Ground - yesterday, these kicked my ass

 

[sevag00]

Such a great riff in that song

Hell yeah.