# Help Me Build a Heavy Metal & Hard Rock Playlist!

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**Created:** [February 19, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594 "2009-02-19T20:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
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I’ve got a few Zune points I want to burn, and I’m currently building a Hard Rock & Heavy Metal playlist. Got any suggestions for me? I’d like to stick to stuff from about ~1978 to about ~1995, with an emphasis on mid-80’s hair bands (what can I say? That was popular when I was in high school); although I’m open to other suggestions. Extremely death-y and thrash-y stuff, like Dimmu Borgir, or modern nu-metal [del]crap[/del] stuff like Korn or Tool are out.

To give you an idea of what I like, here’s what I have so far:

_Wasted Years_ by Iron Maiden  
_Keep 'Em Separated_ by Offspring  
_In My Dreams_ by Dokken  
_Peace Sells, But Who’s Buying_ by Megadeth  
_Dragula_ by Rob Zombie  
_Dreams_ by Van Halen  
_I’ll Wait_ by Van Halen  
_Panama_ by Van Halen  
_Let the Bodies Hit the Floor_ by Drowning Pool  
_Seek and Destroy_ by Metallica  
_Through the Fire and Flames_ by Dragonforce  
_Modern Day Cowboy_ by Tesla

TIA

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/2 "2009-02-19T20:02:47Z")

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Hey, no fair lumping Tool with Korn. I don’t worship them like a lot of people do but they’re about a thousand times more legitimate than fucking _Korn_.

I notice there’s no Pantera on your list, or is that too heavy? And if you want hair, you need Poison, Motley Crue, and Twisted Sister.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/3 "2009-02-19T20:07:54Z")

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> [@Cisco](#):
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> Hey, no fair lumping Tool with Korn. I don’t worship them like a lot of people do but they’re about a thousand times more legitimate than fucking _Korn_.
> 
> I notice there’s no Pantera on your list, or is that too heavy? And if you want hair, you need Poison, Motley Crue, and Twisted Sister.

Sorry, my unfamiliarity with the nu-metal scene causes me to lump them together.

I don’t know if Pantera is too heavy or not - I’ve never heard any of their songs. Which ones are emblematic of their sound?

I’m definitely going to get some Crue, Poison and Twisted Sister. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/4 "2009-02-19T20:18:10Z")

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Wow, never heard Pantera . . . if you end up liking them, you’re in for a real treat. They’re probably the best metal band of all time IMO. As for one song to recommend – that’s a tough one. They were around for a long time and did some evolving. I guess if one album really exemplifies their sound, it would be _Vulgar Display of Power_. Try _Walk_, maybe?

And, just to reiterate, Tool is not nu metal. They were around long before that whole thing happened and sound nothing like them.

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/5 "2009-02-19T20:33:20Z")

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Where is the Motorhead??? At the very least, you need Bomber and Ace of Spades.

Back in the late '70s, the term “Hard Rock” referred to bands in the Heart/Aerosmith/Led Zeppelin vein. At the very least (given the 1978 cutoff), I’d add Heart’s “Even it Up” or Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” (if 1977 stuff is ok.)

You could also add Blue Oyster Cult’s “Burnin’ for You”, Godzilla (1977) or “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (1976).

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/6 "2009-02-19T20:39:44Z")

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I’m listening to Warrior Soul’s “The Wasteland” as I read this…I’d definitely add them to your list. And I second the need for there to be some Motorhead up there…I’m partial to nearly anything off the 1916 album.

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/7 "2009-02-19T20:40:18Z")

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I don’t listen to a lot of metal, but these guys’ last album, called The Chemistry of Common Life, have been ruling my world.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yAwSnxIXank/hqdefault.jpg "Fucked Up Magic Word Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwSnxIXank)

Also, check out The Sword. Epic:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yryt3g4BIo)

And maybe a dash of High On Fire:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HgtxdN8ngFI/hqdefault.jpg "High on Fire "Devilution"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgtxdN8ngFI)

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/8 "2009-02-19T20:44:29Z")

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No Judas Priest? AC/DC?

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/9 "2009-02-19T20:50:19Z")

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Yeah, you need some Priest. And some BOC.

Electric Eye - Judas Priest  
Screaming for Vengence - Judas Priest  
Victim of Changes (live version) - Judas Priest  
The Wicker Man - Iron Maiden  
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden  
Cities on Flame - Blue Oyster Cult  
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/10 "2009-02-19T20:55:05Z")

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Might as well do _Invaders_ by Iron Maiden too.

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/11 "2009-02-19T21:01:11Z")

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Machine Head’s debut album, Burn My Eyes, should fit in. Try **Davidian** , **Old** , **None But My Own** or **Death Church**.

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Where’s Ozzy in all this?

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/13 "2009-02-19T21:04:46Z")

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I had requested an[Ultimate Metal Playlist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=489304&highlight=playlist)some time ago. Here’s what was recommended:  
Black Sabbath, “Paranoid”  
Iron Maiden, “Hallowed Be Thy Name”  
Judas Priest, “The Hellion/Electric Eye”  
Alice in Chains, “Them Bones”  
Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”  
Led Zeppelin, your call  
Manowar, “Kill With Power”  
Motorhead, “Ace of Spades”  
Helloween, “Future World”  
Venom, “Black Metal”  
Korn, “Blind”  
Disturbed, “Stupify”  
Van Halen, “Hot for Teacher”  
Def Leppard, “Too Late for Love”  
Metallica, “Fade to Black”  
Megadeth, “Peace Sells”  
Candlemass, “Solitude”  
Celtic Frost, “Circle of the Tyrants”  
Slayer, “Jesus Saves”  
Anthrax, “Among the Living”  
Bathory, “Blood Fire Death”  
Kyuss, “Thong Song”  
Electric Wizard, “Vinum Sabbathi”  
Death, “Scavenger of Human Sorrow”  
Danzig, “Mother”  
Dream Theater, your call  
At The Gates, “Under a Serpent Sun”  
Spinal Tap, “Big Bottom”  
In Flames, “Satellites and Astronauts”  
Dark Tranquility, “Punish My Heaven”  
Faith No More, your call  
Vision of Disorder, “Twelve Steps to Nothing”  
Refused, “Summerholidays Vs. Punkroutine” (not strictly metal, but c’mon)  
Ministry, “Jesus Built my Hotrod”  
Morbid Angel, “Rapture”  
Deicide, “Dead by Dawn”  
Carcass, “Carnal Forge”  
Darkthrone, “Natassja In Eternal Sleep”  
Napalm Death, “You Suffer”  
Dethklok, “Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle”  
Voivod, “Astronomy Domine”  
Dillinger Escape Plan, “Caffeine”  
Dragonforce, your call  
Stratovarius, “Eyes of the World”  
Swallow the Sun, “Silence of the Womb”  
Sentenced, “Neverlasting”  
Amorphis, “Goddess of the Sad Man”  
System of a Down, “Cigaro”  
Symphony X, “King of Terrors”  
Theatre of Tragedy, “And When He Falleth”  
AC/DC, your call  
Emperor, “Ye Entrancemperium”  
Therion, “Son of the Staves of Time”  
Tiamat, “The Scapegoat”  
Corrosion of Conformity, “Heaven’s Not Overflowing”  
Tool, “Ænema”  
Immortal, “My Kingdom Cold”  
Týr, “Hail to the Hammer”  
Finntroll, “Slaget Vid Blodsälv”  
Grave, “Bullets Are Mine”  
Into Eternity, “Selling God”  
Lacrimosa, “Liebesspiel”  
Isis, “Weight”  
My Dying Bride, “Sear Me”  
Ahab, “The Pacific”  
Evoken, “In Pestilence, Burning”  
Neurosis, your call  
White Zombie, “More Human than Human”  
Nightwish, your call  
Savatage, “Morphine Child”  
Solefald, “Christiania (Edvard Munch Commemoration)”  
Arcturus, “Master of Disguise”  
Nevermore, “The River Dragon Has Come”  
Iced Earth, “Disciples of the Lie”  
Alice Cooper, “Desperado”  
Cradle of Filth, “Heaven Torn Asunder”  
Earthride, “For Mere Remains”  
Einherjer, “Ironbound”  
GNR, your call  
Pantera, “Fucking Hostile”  
Rage Against the Machine, “Killing in the Name of”  
Opeth, “The Leper Affinity”  
Monster Magnet, “Space Lord”  
Rammstein, “Amerika”  
Annihilator, “Back to the Palace”  
Boris - Electric  
The Sword - Freya  
Sunn O))) - Rabbits Revenge  
Earth - Omens and Portents 1: The Driver  
Electric Wizard - Torquemada 71  
Sunn O))) and Boris - The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)  
High On Fire - Devilution  
Orange Goblin - They Come Back  
Witch - Disappear  
Hammerfall, your call (I like “Natural High” and “Renegade”)  
Metallica, “Master of Puppets (album)”  
Ozzy - Anything off of Diary of a Madman  
Sanctuary- White Rabbit (cover)  
Crimson Glory - Lost Reflections or In Dark Places  
Leatherwolf - Black Knight  
Rammstein - Links 234, Feuer Frei  
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It  
Apocalyptica - In the Hall of the Mountain King  
The Deftones - Needles & Pins  
Ministry - Just One Fix  
Tool - Stinkfist  
Trivium - “Entrance of the Conflagration”, “Detonation”  
Rammstein - “Ich Will”, “Sonne”, “Keine Lust”  
Machine Head - “Halo”  
Slipknot - “Left Behind”, “Wait and Bleed”, “The Nameless”  
Mudvayne - “Dig”  
Megadeth - “Symphony of Destruction”, “Peace Sells”  
Metallica - “Battery”, “Cyanide”, “Creeping Death”  
Five Finger Death Punch - “The Bleeding”, “Hate Me”  
Hatebreed - “Spitting Venom”, “Destroy Everything”  
Pantera - “Walk”, “Cowboys from Hell”  
Lamb of God - “Pathetic”, “Redneck”  
Allen/Lande “The Battle” (available on iTunes)  
Judas Priest, Breaking the Law, Another Thing Coming, Living After Midnight  
Tenacious D - “The Metal”  
Anthing by Faith No More!  
Danzing, “She Rides”, “In the underbelly of the beast”  
Nine Inch Nails, “Reptile”  
Rammstein, “Spiel mit mir”  
Type O Negative, “Love you to death”, “Stay out of my dreams”  
Metallica, “Sad But True”  
KoRn, “Did My Time”  
Anthrax -Only  
Slayer - Seasons in the abyss  
Snot - Deadfall  
Machinehead - Take my scars  
Fear Factory - Resurrection  
Metallica - One  
Megadeth - Hangar 18  
Opeth - Karma  
Pantera - 5 minutes alone  
Dream Theater - The glass prison  
Meshuggah - New millenium cyanide  
Tool - Hooker with a penis  
Iron Maiden - Run to the hills  
Sepultura - Dead embryonic cells  
Strapping Young Lad - Thalamus  
Therapy? - Knives  
Testament - Return to serenity  
rage against the machine - Township rebellion  
Nailbomb - Cockroaches  
Carcass - Room 101  
Helmet- Better  
Tool- Sober  
King Diamond - Welcome Home (Jay and Silent Bob theme from Clerks 2)  
Rammstein - Du Hast  
White Zombie - Thunder Kiss ‘65  
Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide  
Disturbed - Down With the Sickness (OWOO AAH AHH AHH!!!)  
Motley Crue - Wild Side  
Pantera - Mouth for War  
Pantera - Walk  
Sepultura - Inner Self  
Sepultura - Orgasmatron  
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis  
Faith No More - A Small Victory  
Hilltop Hoods - nosebleed Section (skydiving anthem ! )  
Metallica - the Unforgiven  
Machine Head - Davidian  
Slayer - 213  
Slayer - Dittohead  
Pantera - 5 Minutes Alone  
Megadeth - Hook in Mouth  
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction  
Radiohead - fade out off topic, but a super track  
Megadeth - Skin o’ My Teeth

I’m too lazy to standardize it or clean up duplicates, but it should get you started.

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/14 "2009-02-19T22:08:50Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> I’m definitely going to get some Crue, Poison and Twisted Sister. Thanks!

If you’re open to pop-metal/hard rock, don’t forget Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Scorpions, and perhaps Ratt; that’s what I remember from the 80’s. Oh, and if you really want to go there: Stryper.

For a more “official” list, check out [The Essential Music Library: Metal](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=350583)

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/15 "2009-02-19T22:14:27Z")

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Wow, thanks for all the replies! :eek:

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/16 "2009-02-19T22:28:57Z")

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> [@Cisco](#):
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> Wow, never heard Pantera . . . if you end up liking them, you’re in for a real treat. They’re probably the best metal band of all time IMO. As for one song to recommend – that’s a tough one. They were around for a long time and did some evolving. I guess if one album really exemplifies their sound, it would be _Vulgar Display of Power_. Try _Walk_, maybe?

I think [Fucking Hostile](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Equ8-2I0V-4) is probably the best song by which to judge whether you like Pantera.

> [@](#):
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> And, just to reiterate, Tool is not nu metal. They were around long before that whole thing happened and sound nothing like them.

Tool was only formed three years before Korn, and their first recordings were only a year apart, and they were both huge influences on the nu metal scene.

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White Zombie-Welcome to Planet Motherfucker, Electric Head

Alice in Chains-We Die Young, Dam That River, Hate to Feel

Soundgarden-Slaves and Bulldozers

Maybe a little far afield, but:  
Nine Inch Nails-Gave Up, Last, Heresy  
Moby-several from the Animal Rights album, Say it’s All Mine is the only one I can remember

I know you said no Tool, but at least give this one song a chance:  
Tool-Hooker with a Penis

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**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/18 "2009-02-20T00:07:54Z")

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Mostly newer stuff, but some of it has an old school sound…

At the Drive-In - “Catacombs”, “Rolodex Propaganda” (really anything off of [Relationship of Command](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=relationship+of+command)is good)

Black Mountain - I’m not sure how to describe them exactly; just really, really good. Very retro sound. Try “Don’t Run our Hearts Around”, “Druganaut”, or “Faulty Times” from their self titled [album](http://www.amazon.com/S-T/dp/B000X6XHR4/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_1).

Coheed and Cambria - They can do some really good stuff, provided you don’t mind the Geddy Lee-esque vocals. “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3”(the song itself, most of the rest of that album is meh); “The Final Cut” is one of a few good tracks off of [Good Apollo…](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BKCTRK/ref=sr_f2_album_5?ie=UTF8&child=B001BKGQAG&qid=1235082487&sr=102-5)

Dokken - Dream Warriors(trusting yahoo for that link)

Dungen - [Ta Det Lungt](http://www.amazon.com/Ta-Det-Lugnt-Dungen/dp/B0002N8LPQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1235083557&sr=8-2) Not quite metal as it is psychedelic and prog-ish; but could be a nice pace changer. There are some really good riffs in there though; try the title track. I should also note that Gustav Ejstes played every instrument on there; learn Swedish if you want to know the lyrics.

Faith No More - “War Pigs”, or as said a few times in **msmith537** ’s post anything of theirs.

Guns and Roses - Again, almost anything; start on _Appetite for Destruction_

Murder By Death - [Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them](http://www.amazon.com/Will-Survive-What-Left-Them/dp/B000X6XGXE/ref=sr_f3_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1235085736&sr=103-2). An old west tale of a small town versus a revenge seeking Devil(w/zombies!). Try “Killbot 2000”, “A Masters in…”, “That Crown…”, “Desert’s on Fire”. The samples don’t quite capture the heavier parts. If you ever get the chance to see this band life, do it!..and Sarah Balliet, the cellist?[oh](http://www.flickr.com/photos/25944547@N06/2635684699/in/set-72157605969796344/).[my](http://www.flickr.com/photos/josselien/2658383036/).[gawd](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrquicknet/180240691/in/photostream/).

Prodigy - “Breath”, “Firestarter” off of [Fat of the Land](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012C4CU4/ref=sr_f2_album_1?ie=UTF8&child=B0012BWYMI&qid=1235088371&sr=102-1)

Static X - [“Wisconsin Death Trip”](http://www.amazon.com/Wisconsin-Death-Trip-Album-Version/dp/B001229D8U/ref=sr_f2_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1235088239&sr=102-1) (the song; the album is so-so)

The Darkness - [Permission to Land](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011Z78GM/ref=sr_f2_album_1?ie=UTF8&child=B0011Z10HK&qid=1235084435&sr=102-1)is a good send up of Hair Rock.

The Mars Volta - Start with [Deloused in the Comatorium](http://www.amazon.com/Deloused-in-the-Comatorium/dp/B000WOT406/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1235084127&sr=1-1), if you like that dive further in; maybe try “Roulette Dares” or “Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt” for more metalish tracks.

The Toadies -[Rubberneck](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V639QK/ref=sr_f2_album_1?ie=UTF8&child=B000V64QQM&qid=1235084625&sr=102-1)is a just a damn good album.

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Iron Maiden - [The Trooper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTaD9cd8hvw)  
Pantera - [Cemetary Gates](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGSv7Qyod_Y)

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**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-heavy-metal-hard-rock-playlist/486594/20 "2009-02-20T00:27:09Z")

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Forgot about:

The Black Angels-Young Men Dead, The First Vietnamese War, Sniper at the Gates of Heaven

Helmet-anything, especially Milquetoast, Ironhead, Rollo, Exactly What You Wanted

Mastondon-don’t know any titles, but they are pretty hard

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