ILM : The Top 100 Metal/Heavy Rock Tracks Of All Time - Presented By Our Host, Henry, ILM's Favourite Heavy Metal Dog! THE END IS NIGH! (FIN)

99% of the times I'm listening to AC/DC, it's when I'm watching Iron Man.

(with my kid)

wow, never woulda expected 3 songs from Badmotorfinger in the top 100. i wonder how many albums can claim that distinction by the time it's all over.

30.
Queens of the Stone Age - If Only (1998) (483 Points, 13 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucry7ZxDD_g&NR=1

and here is the original version (its quite different)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGqHuRAlfdQ

glorious song.

I'm constantly amazed that people rate Josh Homme above meh. Some of the Desert Sessions stuff is pretty good, but QotSA...

Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper: Pretty sure I didn’t vote for this, but I definitely have a major soft spot for it. It sort of sits alongside ‘Bad Moon Rising’ as ubiquitous evocative TV/film soundtrack music, and has burnt into my affection circuits.

Sleep – Dragonaut: Alright, I actually like the beginning of this – heavy riff, some sort of effect that makes one of the instruments sound a bit like a Jew’s Harp (or am I just imagining this?!). Vocal phrasing is a little Sabbathy, I think. That sort of almost monotone but driving thing. Yeah, okay, I can get with this one. Never gonna be a favourite, but I can go along with where it’s coming from.

Rush – Tom Sawyer: Wow, this is amazing! Oh no, wait, this is the 8-bit version. Let’s try the real one. Okay, effects = awesome. Actual song = not so awesome. Ach, I mean, it’s not terrible, but I don’t think I’d like it at all if it didn’t have cool noises in it. Still, not very many songs on this list have had cool noises at all, so it gets immediate props just for that.

Black Sabbath – War Pigs: I’ve now forgotten which Sabbath songs I did or didn’t vote for. It’s more Sabbath! Of course it’s great! Actually, thinking about it, I must have voted for this one, surely? Otherwise I would have been foolish. Very foolish indeed.

Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: And again! Black Sabbath ROOLZ! Did I vote for this? Who knows?

Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose: Soundgarden doesn’t roolz. Two number ones? Really? I dunno, man, it just smacks of MTV-rock to me, nothing doing.

Monster Magnet – Negasonic Teenage Warhead: I’m going to try to forget how little I liked the other one and give this a chance. Hmmm. Musically, it’s definitely better, but it doesn’t really stand out as anything special. And while I totally believe that they love Hawkwind, I’m not sure having an effects pedal really counts as being ‘influenced’ by them. Where’s the craziness? Where’s the personality? It’s all so clean and sanitised.

QOTSA – Avon: Haha, if it wasn’t for the guitars being mixed relatively high, this would sound totally indie. It’s not bad, though. Actually, I think I kind of like this one. So there you go.

Ozzy Osbourne – Mr Crowley: Ahhh, what an amazing intro. Can I just keep that Moogy bass-line going throughout all the rest of the list? But nah, the rest of the song is cool, too. Not so mad about this as the non-solo stuff (I may have said this about the other Ozzy solo track that got in here, too?) but it’s still good. Well, maybe except for that guitar solo. Bring back the keyboards! [This is a lesson in how to get lynched on a metal thread, isn’t it?]

Iron Maiden – Running Free: Quite like the rhythm element of this, although it’s not doing anything particularly innovative. Maybe sort of retro rock’n’roll stomp in a metal stylee? Um. This sounds like it would be fun to play on Guitar Hero.

Black Sabbath – War Pigs: I’ve now forgotten which Sabbath songs I did or didn’t vote for. It’s more Sabbath! Of course it’s great! Actually, thinking about it, I must have voted for this one, surely? Otherwise I would have been foolish. Very foolish indeed.

Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: And again! Black Sabbath ROOLZ! Did I vote for this? Who knows?

No, you didn't.

QOTSA – Avon: Haha, if it wasn’t for the guitars being mixed relatively high, this would sound totally indie.

Very true! "If Only" sounds like Weezer.

I'm pretty sure I voted for War Pigs. My favorite aspects of the song are the later instrumental bits.

Wikipedia tells me that this part has a name!

The outro to "War Pigs" has its own name, "Luke's Wall" (named in homage to the band's two-man road crew, Geoff "Luke" Lucas and Spock Wall,) and features a more melodic tone than the rest of the song.

29.
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger (1994) (485 Points, 14 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBwu83RR6ZU

Chap,where are you? you wanted more faster stuff, you should be a happy chap!

You people love some dumb shit, you know that right?

not a black metal fan?

I won't dismiss an entire genre based on one terrible song by a band with a stupid name, but it's not looking good.

that's a great song.

28
Mayhem - Freezing Moon (1994) (491 Points, 14 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58o17dnB6hk

and the orgiginal version with Dead on vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6jOWlUmp-A&feature=related

and as a special treat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvWFEZSFDYA

Great, some more bullshit.

It's where it's at these days

I'm now reminded out loud why I pretty much abandoned metal in the '90s. It got extreme just for the sake of itself. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

no, no, no. how is this better than war pigs.

It's not.

It's hipper

Yeah, like "psssst...you listen to Mayhem right? Those freako murderer cannibal dudes? No? Well I can't be seen talking to you anymore, fuck off."

I like the Mayhem track quite a bit but didn't vote for it. The Darkthrone I can appreciate for it's significance but is so not my thing.

TWO songs from the first QotSA album?! Wtf ilx rulez!!!

Happy Birthday to me!

*twiddles thumbs*

happy birthday Drugs A. Money!

Have some drugs and money on us

Here is my present to you!

27.
Queens of the Stone Age - Regular John (1998) (505 Points, 14 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf6qnX4rmDU

One of my votes!

boffo idea! xps

Okay, are you fucking kidding me? Three QOTSA tracks from the same album w/in seven spaces? Settle on a favorite, people, and then vote THAT ONE up. You're crowding out shit I LIKE.

Oh great, more Weezer. Do we get the Foo Fighters too?

I'm gonna check out if this countdown doesn't get better quicklike.

LOL Fantastic!!!

thank you pfunkboy you've made it a day to remember!

Wouldn't be an ilm metal poll without Statler & Waldorf ^

EZ and I are going on tour. Buy your tickets now.

I know it's only been 8 minutes, but let's get to the next one. We obviously (as a whole) don't care about QOTSA placements. DA.M had a little birthday celebration (yay!), but let's get back to business.

There hasn't been a group singing of happy birthday yet or a cake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhKQKLiHxAw

http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hershey-kiss-birthday-cake.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojhydGkSIIc&feature=related

^ probz more appropriate.

good enough. Scott sewards friend Liz is in this next band..

26.
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis (2000) (506 Points, 12 votes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-t3iTpsPC8

One of my votes btw

I would have voted for "Birthday Dethday" had I thought to nominate it

Okay, no offense to Scott or his friend Liz, but this is the 26th greatest metal tune of all time? FUCK, I'M OUT.