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Formed in Los Angeles,California in 1981.

Best selling metal band ever.

Formed By drummer Lars Ulrich and lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist james hetfield.








                       Members

James Hetfield – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Kirk Hammett –  lead guitar, backing vocals
Robert Trujillo –  bass, backing vocals
Lars Ulrich      –  drums, percussion


So metallica...I think most of you have heard this name even if you are not a metal fan.And if you are i'm sure you have.One of the top thrash metal bands in history having an excellent guitarist in Kirk Hammett,vocalist and one of the best rhythm guitarist James Hetfield, and drummer  Lars Ulrich..Their bassist has changed several times during the past ..well they've been around since the 80's..

The band has won a fair share of grammy awards (grammy awards are a joke in my opinion) and have had controversies sorround them in the early years when dave mustaine (who went on to found megadeth) was kicked from the band...In 2000,they filed a case against napster (a peer to peer file sharing network) when they found out that their music was freely distributed on the network.It led to napster being a paid service and the fans showed their discontent towards it..

But there's no doubting that metallica were one of the best in their time.They have influenced many a band and introduced people to metal.They,alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax were the big four of the thrash metal genre in the 80's..Kirk Hammett is one of my favorite guitarists..His solos in "Fade to Black" and "One"
are some of the best..Lead vocalist James Hetfield is also the rhythm guitarist of the band and he's awesome.

Their earlier albums(Kill Em All,Ride the lightening,..and justice for all,master of puppets and metallica) are their best albums..However since then,they never could reach up to that level again..


                                                         Favorite songs

Here are my favorite metallica songs..

                                                  Fade to Black
                                                  Master of Puppets
                                                  Unforgiven
                                                  Seek and Destroy
                                                  Nothing Else Matters 
                                                  One 
                                                  Enter Sandman
                                                  Turn the Page 
                                             

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.  - Berthold Auerbach

Today I'm gonna post top song lists of metal and rock songs..Lists are collecetd from the internet..An effort to put different lists in one place.In the end I'll post what I think are the top ten metal songs..

                                                 VH1 TOP METAL SONGS

• 40. "Breaking the Law" - Judas Priest
• 39. "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
• 38. "Balls to the Wall" - Accept
• 37. "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
• 36. "Wait and Bleed" - Slipknot
• 35. "Metal Health" - Quiet Riot
• 34. "Paranoid" - Black Sabbath
• 33. "High 'N' Dry " - Def Leppard
• 32. "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
• 31. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - Scorpions
• 30. "Epic" - Faith No More
• 29. "Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax
• 28. "The Beautiful People" - Marilyn Manson
• 27. "Run to the Hills" - Iron Maiden
• 26. "Refuse/Resist" - Sepultura
• 25. "Cowboys From Hell" - Pantera
• 24. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC
• 23. "Freak on a Leash" - Korn
• 22. "Enter Sandman" - Metallica
• 21. "Paradise City" - Guns 'N' Roses
• 20. "I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister
• 19. "Man in the Box" - Alice in Chains
• 18. "Slave to the Grind" - Skid Row
• 17. "Live Wire" - Motley Crue
• 16. "Walk" - Pantera
• 15. "Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine
• 14. "Toxicity" - System of a Down
• 13. "Rainbow in the Dark" - Dio
• 12. "Bring tha Noize" - Anthrax & Public Enemy
• 11. "Peace Sells" - Megadeth
• 10. "Ace of Spades" - Motorhead
• 9. "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
• 8. "Raining Blood" - Slayer
• 7. "The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
• 6. "Detroit Rock City" - KISS
• 5. "You've Got Another Thing Coming" - Judas Priest
• 4. "Back in Black" - AC/DC
• 3. "Master of Puppets" - Metallica
• 2. "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns 'N' Roses
• 1. "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath

So what can i say about this list..Seems ok except a few bands.This is just my opinion by the way.What are bands like korn,slipknot,marilyn manson doing in here?Ofcourse the songs are really popular but that doesn't mean they're good..Hallowed be thy name(one of the best heavy metal songs in my opinion) isn't even in the list..Are bands like AC/DC and KISS metal?Well whats metal and not will always generate interest and conflicting responses..I'm not the one to judge so I'll leave it to that..in my opinion even guns n roses even metal..just in my opinion....

                                                   VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs 

100 Sammy Hagar – “I Can’t Drive 55″
99 Grand Funk Railroad – “We’re An American Bandv
98 Buckcherry – “Lit Up”
97 The Edgar Winter Group – “Frankenstein”
96 Kansas – “Carry On Wayward Son”
95 Creed – “Higher”
94 The Darkness – “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”
93 Autograph – “Turn Up The Radio”
92 Night Ranger – “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me”
91 Smashing Pumpkins – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
90 Jethro Tull – “Aqualung”
89 Andrew W.K. – “Party Hard”
88 Alice In Chains – “Would?”
87 Winger – “Seventeen”
86 Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People”
85 Velvet Revolver – “Slither”
84 W.A.S.P. – “I Wanna Be Somebody”
83 Evanescence – “Bring Me To Life”
82 Rainbow – “Since You Been Gone”
81 Black Sabbath – “Heaven And Hell”
80 Journey – “Any Way You Want It”
79 Billy Idol – “Rebel Yell”
78 Bad Company – “Feel Like Making Love”
77 Soundgarden – “Black Hole Sun”
76 Lita Ford – “Kiss Me Deadly”
75 The White Stripes – “Seven Nation Army”
74 The Cult – “Love Removal Machine”
73 Thin Lizzy – “Jailbreak”
72 Pat Benetar – “Heartbreaker”
71 Jane’s Addiction – “Mountain Song”
70 Foreigner – “Hot Blooded”
69 Living Colour – “Cult Of Personality”
68 White Zombie – “More Human Than Human”
67 ZZ Top – “Tush”
66 Europe – “The Final Countdown”
65 MC5 – “Kick Out the Jams”
64 Rollins Band – “Liar”
63 Survivor – “Eye Of The Tiger”
62 Dokken – “Breaking The Chains”
61 Ratt – “Round And Round”
60 Skid Row – “18 And Life”
59 Billy Squier – “The Stroke”
58 Stone Temple Pilots – “Interstate Love Song”
57 The Kinks – “You Really Got Me”
56 Warrant – “Cherry Pie”
55 Blue Oyster Cult – “Don’t Fear The Reaper”
54 Faith No More – “Epic”
53 Steppenwolf – “Born To Be Wild”
52 The Runaways – “Cherry Bomb”
51 Megadeth – “Peace Sells”
50 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away”
49 The Stooges – “Search And Destroy”
48 Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
47 Kid Rock – “Bawitdaba”
46 Anthrax – “Madhouse”
45 Foghat – “Slow Ride”
44 Cream – “Sunshine Of Your Love”
43 Dio – “Holy Diver”
42 The Clash – “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”
41 Quiet Riot – “Cum On Feel The Noize”
40 Poison – “Talk Dirty To Me”
39 Boston – “More Than A Feeling”
38 Queen – “Stone Cold Crazy”
37 The Who – “My Generation”
36 Van Halen – “Hot For Teacher”
33 Alice Cooper – “School’s Out”
34 Heart – “Barracuda”
33 Green Day – “Basket Case”
32 Ted Nugent – “Cat Scratch Fever”
31 AC/DC – “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
30 Pearl Jam – “Even Flow”
29 Joan Jett – “Bad Reputation”
28 Foo Fighters – “Everlong”
27 Whitesnake – “Still Of The Night”
26 Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
25 The Ramones – “Blitzkrieg Bop”
24 Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”
23 Ozzy Osbourne – “Crazy Train”
22 Jimi Hendrix Experience – “Hey Joe”
21 Led Zeppelin – “Kashmir”
20 Bon Jovi – “You Give Love A Bad Name”
19 Rush – “Tom Sawyer”
18 Scorpions – “Rock You Like A Hurricane”
17 Twisted Sister – “I Wanna Rock”
16 Kiss – “Rock And Roll All Nite”
15 Motley Crue – “Dr. Feelgood”
14 Iron Maiden – “Run To The Hills”
13 Def Leppard – “Photograph”
12 Judas Priest – “Breaking The Law”
11 Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”
10 Motorhead – “Ace Of Spades”
09 Van Halen – “Runnin With The Devil”
08 Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
07 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
06 The Who – “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
05 Metallica – “Enter Sandman”
04 Black Sabbath – “Paranoid”
03 Led Zeppelin – “Whole Lotta Love”
02 AC/DC – “Back In Black”
01 Guns N’ Roses – “Welcome To The Jungle”


                                                                 TOP METAL SONGS

1. Slayer: "Raining Blood"
2. Black Sabbath: "War Pigs"
3. Metallica: "Master of Puppets"
4. Pantera: "Walk"
5. Iron Maiden: "The Trooper"
6. Megadeth: "Holy Wars"
7. Motorhead: "Ace Of Spades"
8. Anthrax: "Caught In A Mosh"
9. Sepultura: "Refuse/Resist"
10. Judas Priest: "Screaming For Vengence"
11. Black Sabbath: "Black Sabbath"
12. Metallica: "One"
13. Pantera: "Cowboys From Hell"
14. Slayer: "Angel Of Death"
15. Megadeth: "Peace Sells"
16. Iron Maiden: "Number Of The Beast"
17. Pantera: "Cemetary Gates"
18. Metallica: "For Whom The Bells Toll"
19. Testament: "Into The Pit"
20. Anthrax: "I Am The Law"
21. Judas Priest: "Painkiller"
22. Slayer: "Chemical Warfare"
23. Black Sabbath: "Heaven And Hell"
24. Pantera: "Domination"
25. Megadeth: "Hanger 18"
26. Exodus: "Toxic Waltz"
27. Metallica: "Creeping Death"
28. Machine Head: "Davidian"
29. Slayer: "South of Heaven"
30. Sepultura: "Territory"
31. Iron Maiden: "Two Minutes To Midnight"
32. Pantera: "I'm Broken"
33. Metallica: "Battery"
34. Korn: "Blind"
35. Slayer: "War Ensemble"
36. Exodus: "Bonded By Blood"
37. Slipknot: "Heretic Anthem"
38. Dio: "Holy Diver"
39. Sepultura: "Roots Bloody Roots"
40. Pantera: "This Love"
41. Testament: "Disciples of the Watch"
42. Megadeth: "Symphony of Destruction"
43. Metallica: "Fade To Black"
44. Type O Negative: "Black No. 1"
45. Pantera: "Mouth For War"
46. Fear Factory: "Replica"
47. Anthrax: "Indians"
48. Slayer: "Seasons In The Abyss"
49. Lamb Of God: "Black Label"
50. Hatebreed: "I Will Be Heard"
51. Suicidal Tendencies: "You Can’t Bring Me Down"
52. Megadeth: "Wake Up Dead"
53. Black Sabbath: "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"
54. Anthrax: "Madhouse"
55. At The Gates: "Slaughter of the Soul"
56. Sepultura: "Dead Embryonic Cells"
57. Opeth: "Deliverance"
58. Metallica: "Hit The Lights"
59. Napalm Death: "Greed Killing"
60. Slipknot: "Spit It Out"
61. Carcass: "Heartwork"
62. Danzig: "Mother (live)"
63. System of a Down: "Sugar"
64. Cannibal Corpse: "Hammer Smashed Face"
65. Celtic Frost: "Procreation of the Wicked"
66. Death: "The Philosopher"
67. Venom: "Welcome To Hell"
68. Motorhead: "Overkill"
69. Iron Maiden: "Wrathchild"
70. Ministry: "Just One Fix"
71. Deftones: "7 Words"
72. Testament: "Practice What You Preach"
73. Prong: "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck"
74. Biohazard: "Punishment"
75. Corrosion of Conformity: "Albatross"
76. Soulfly: "Eye For An Eye"
77. Voivod: "Tribal Convictions"
78. Morbid Angel: "Chapel of Ghouls"
79. Helmet: "Unsung"
80. Mercyful Fate: "Evil"
81. Deicide: "Dead by Dawn"
82. Overkill: "Rotten To The Core"
83. Meshuggah: "Future Breed Machine"
84. Lamb Of God: "Now You’ve Got Something To Die For"
85. Kreator: "Pleasure to Kill"
86. Life Of Agony: "River Runs Red"
87. Manowar: "Kill With Power"
88. Annilhilator: "Allison Hell"
89. Melvins: "Honey Bucket"
90. Entombed: "Wolverine Blues"
91. Mudvayne: "Dig"
92. Cradle Of Flith: "From The Cradle To Enslave"
93. Gwar: "Maggots"
94. Cro-Mags: "We Gotta Know"
95. Mastodon: "Iron Tusk"
96. Shadows Fall: "What Drives The Weak"
97. Sick Of It All: "Stratch The Surface"
98. Static-X: "Push It"
99. Killswitch Engage: "Fixation On The Darkness"
100. Neurosis: "Through Silver In Blood


                                                  Metalhammer.de’s Top 10 Death Metal Songs 

Cannibal Corpse – ‘Hammer Smashed Face’ from Tomb Of The Mutilated
Arch Enemy – ‘We Will Rise’ (from Anthems Of Rebellion
Death – ‘Crystal Mountain’ from Symbolic
Amon Amarth – ‘Pursuit Of Vikings’ from Fate Of Norns
Vader – ‘Carnal’ from Black To The Blind
Sepultura – ‘Arise’ from Arise
Carcass – ‘Heartwork’ from Heartwork
In Flames – ‘Only For The Weak’ from Clayman
Kataklysm – ‘In Shadows And Dust’ from Shadows & Dust
Behemoth – ‘Christians To The Lions’ from Thelema.6
                                       
 Here's my top 10..These are what I think are the best songs.Might not be my favourites.Some of them are.

1.Iron Maiden - Hallowed be thy name
2.Black Sabbath - Iron Man
3.Metallica -Master of puppets
4.Judas Preist - Breaking the law
5.Slayer - Angel of Death.
6.Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train
7.Metallica -Fade to black
8.Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
9.Motorhead - Ace of spades
10.Megadeth - Holy Wars... The Punishment Due







So lets begin with my favorite heavy metal band-IRON MAIDEN

You can read all about heavy metal music on wikipedia.

iron maiden eddie heavy metal


Iron Maiden - Formed in 1975 by bassist Steve Harris

From Leyton in East London

Released a collective total of thirty albums: fourteen studio albums, seven live albums, four EPs and                       five compilations.

One of the most successful metal bands ever.

Sold over 100 million records worldwide




                                                                         Members
Bruce Dickinson - best metal vocalistDave Murray-Guitar   Adrian Smith-guitar
                                             

Bruce Dickinson -Vocals                       Dave Murray - Guitar                 Adrian Smith - Guitar
              


                                          
Steve Harris-BassistDanick Gers-guitar  Nicko Mcbrain-Drums
                 
       
   Steve Harris - Bass Guitar                           Janick Gers - Guitar                   Nicko Brian - Drums
     

If you are a metal fan you must be knowing about this band.if not I'll tell you.This band is awesome.One of my all time favorites.I mean they have been going on and on for 30 years.Founded by Steve Harris who also does most of the song writing (he's brilliant at it,mind you) in 1975,this band has it all.Awesome vocals, great riffs,mindblowing solos,wonderful drum work.You name it,iron maiden has it.They have sold millions of albums without any mainstream radio play.If you've not listened to them check them out.trust me,they're brilliant.A dream come true for every metal fan.

Bruce Dickinson's first album with the band was the Number of the Beast which still remains one of their best albums to date.Iron Maiden has inspired hundreds of bands and are one of the most influential bands in the rock history.

Well,when i started listening to metal, i mostly used to listen to newer bands but this band made me realize that many of the bands that i liked were mostly crap.I started searching for more and more for iron maiden and older stuff and found that there was magic in the 80's.With bands like Slayer,Metallica,Black Sabbath,Judas Preist,Motorhead,Megadeth etc.All these bands are great but I like maiden the most.Well,whatever suits you.

Another thing,they are totally awesome live.If you don't believe it check out some of their live videos.Hair raising stuff.I haven't had the chance of seeing them live.They came to India in 2008 and 2009 but i was not that big a fan then.i wish they'd come again.I'll have to go very far (a 1000 miles) to see them live but thats a very small price I would have to pay for it.

Another thing which i wanted to do in this blog is tell you some of my favorite songs from the bands i like.Whenever i stumble across a new band im always searching the net for their best songs.This might prove to be helpful so,well..lets see..

                                                             Favorite Songs

I like most of their songs but if i have to choose here are my favorites..In no particular order;
                                 
                                Hallowed be thy Name
                                Fear of the Dark
                                Aces High
                                Dance of Death 
                                Rime of the Ancient Mariner 
                                The Trooper
                                The Number of the Beast
                                Phantom of the Opera
                                The Evil that men do 


                                UP THE IRONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
                                








Hello and welcome to this blog.This blog is about three things that i really like.Music,music and music.I'll be mainly writing about rock,metal music and some of my favorite bands so stay tuned!


Lets Start!!!

I love music.Music is my life.Music makes me go sad and makes me happy.But not all music.I hate most of the commercial stuff like today's pop and hip hop.These music genres had their time but now its all too commercial and most of the stuff is crap.And there are so many music genres out there that it would not be possible to list them all. I'll just start on with the music that i love.Rock and Metal.Well,mostly metal which is one of the least commercialized of the music genres.Ofcourse metal too has had commercial success these days with bands such as slipknot(they are crap) but there are so many bands out there that go unnoticed and heres artists like rihanna, britney spears making millions.That sucks.So this blog is a simple introduction to rock and metal music.I'll be writing about this music in general and about some of my favorite bands.

Oh by the way don't get me started on bollywood music (i am from india).its so sad.india has some very good bands as well but they'll never get mainstream radio play (most of the radio plays stuff that i can't listen to). Well,not now any anyways.Lets see what the future has in store for us.You never know!

In between i might write about other things like movies,technology,phones etc..Time will tell.Lets proceed to ou first post now..Keep Rocking!!!!







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