One Heavy Metal Song From Every Year (1970-2022)

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Here’s a list of every song used in the video:

1970. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
1971. Drowned My Life in Fear - Leaf Hound
1972. Highway Star - Deep Purple
1973. Space Station #5 - Montrose
1974. Stone Cold Crazy - Queen
1975. Man On the Silver Mountain - Rainbow
1976. Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
1977. Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult
1978. The Sails of Charon - Scorpions
1979. Overkill - Mötorhead
1980. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
1981. Princess of the Night - Saxon
1982. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
1983. Holy Diver - Dio
1984. A Dangerous Meeting - Mercyful Fate
1985. Bonded by Blood - Exodus
1986. Angel of Death - Slayer
1987. Indians - Anthrax
1988. A Fine Day to Die - Bathory
1989. Immortal Rites - Morbid Angel
1990. Holy Wars… the Punishment Due - Megadeth
1991. Enter Sandman - Metallica
1992. Walk - Pantera
1993. Sober - Tool
1994. Davidian - Machine Head
1995. Symbolic - Death
1996. The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
1997. Du Hast - Rammstein
1998. Freak On a Leash - Korn
1999. The Doorway - Neurosis
2000. Funeralopolis - Electric Wizard
2001. Toxicity - System of a Down
2002. Ghost Along the Mississippi - Down
2003. Windowpane - Opeth
2004. The Light That Blinds - Shadows Fall
2005. Panic Attack - Dream Theater
2006. Redneck - Lamb of God
2007. No Pity for a Coward - Suicide Silence
2008. Psychosocial - Slipknot
2009. Evisiceration Plague - Cannibal Corpse
2010. Ironbound - Overkill
2011. In the Waves - Trivium
2012. Reign of Darkness - Thy Art Is Murder
2013. Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold
2014. The Motherload - Mastodon
2015. How the Years Condemn - Napalm Death
2016. Old Heart Falls - Katatonia
2017. Sentence Day - Obituary
2018. Are You Ready - Disturbed
2019. Hickory Creek - Whitechapel
2020. Children of the Next Level - Testament
2021. Dance of Ixtab - Carcass
2022. Become Immortal - Kreator

[danieldo]

It’s videos like this that help me discover new music

[enbee]

Victim of Changes - It’s hard to believe that’s 1976- I always think of Judas Priest as 80s metal. Love that song/ love that band

[heisenberg]

1992-Pantera with their Walk! Great. 1997-Rammstein, Du Hast. Fuck yeah

[weiheim]

1973 - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1984 - Creeping Death
1985 - Last Rites/Loved to Death
1988 - One

[laurenzgraffilpenstein]

For people who are interested in 70s rock and heavy stuff before the NWoBHM movement took place in 1979 should check out UFO, Budgie, Riot, Gillan, Rory Gallagher, Sweet, Rush, Nazareth, Rainbow, Priest, Scorpions, Ram Jam...

[ytisdead]

Love the appreciation for Scorpions Taken By Force, Sails of Charon is such an amazing song!

[pablof.m.]

Very surprised and even more pleased about seeing Bathory’s “Today is a fine day to die”. It’s awesome to know a channel that appreciate Quorthon’s job and legacy for metal. New sub here, amazing video and music!! Hail the hordes!!

[mattslater]

What about 1968 and 1969? You have plenty to pick from:

1968: Helter Skelter (Beatles), Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer)*, In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly), Voodoo Chiod (Jimi Hendrix), etc
1969: Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin), Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin), I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges), 21st Century Schizoid Man (King Crimson), etc

*Blue Cheer's cover of "Summertime Blues" is considered the first heavy metal song.

[wincup]

I cannot agree to any songs of 81 ~ 88 but respect your choice and taste.

[GabME]

Thank you so much for this list, very good bands and songs selection

[juliusJuliusjuliusKkkkkkkkJkkK]

Let's agree... The golden age was between 70s and 90s

[iurycmm]

There are at least 10 songs in this video that aren’t metal.

[vennuv]

First Time when on list like this has Motörhead. Awesome list

[duckeroni]

Suprised Opeth’s Windowpane is in this video, probably one of their least metal songs

[djinvisible]

Some of the pioneers of death metal like slayer and death were playing at the same time as glam metal bands like motley crue and kiss idk why but that surprises me

[heatherr]

I think I just found myself a whole bunch of bands I need to check out

[superstan]

2007 No Pity for a Coward by Suicide Silence that was a crazy choice deathcore is not everyone’s cup of tea but their first album was pretty good

[billpet]

Nice list.
Two suggestions (more representative) HardRock=>Heavy Metal
1970 Deep Purple Black Night
1976 Rainbow A light in the black

[kevinbrown]

1970: War Pigs - Black Sabbath
1971: Children of The Grave - Black Sabbath
1972: Highway Star - Deep Purple
1973: A National Acrobat - Black Sabbath
1974: Drifting Sun - Scorpions
1975: Symptom of The Universe - Black Sabbath
1976: Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
1977: The Sails of Charon - Scorpions
1978: Stained Class - Judas Priest
1979: Another Piece of Meat - Scorpions
1980: Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
1981: The Sign of The Southern Cross - Black Sabbath
1982: The Hellion/Electric Eye - Judas Priest
1983: Don't Talk to Strangers - Dio
1984: The Sentinel - Judas Priest
1985:
1986: Disposable Heroes - Metallica
1987: Black Horsemen - King Diamond
1988: Eyes of a Stranger - Queensryche
1989: Gutter Ballet - Savatage
1990: Painkiller - Judas Priest
1991: The Unforgiven - Metallica
1992: Walk - Pantera
1993:
1994: Little Whip - Danzig
1995:
1996: Floods - Pantera
1997:
1998:
1999:
2000: Out of The Silent Planet - Iron Maiden
2001:
2002:
2003: Dance of Death - Iron Maiden
2004: The Scorpion - Megadeth
2005: Demonizer - Judas Priest
2006: The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg - Iron Maiden
2007:
2008: The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
2009: Bible Black - Heaven & Hell
2010:
2011:
2012:
2013:
2014: Sword of Damocles - Judas Priest
2015: Cirice - Ghost
2016: Spit Out The Bone - Metallica
2017:
2018: Traitors' Gate - Judas Priest
2019:
2020:
2021: Hell On Earth - Iron Maiden
2022:
2023: 72 Seasons - Metallica

[potatodrummer]

can’t believe master of puppets wasn’t 1986