You know those great songs that exceed the normal track time and that you can enjoy every minute of them.

1. Hallowed be thy Name - Iron Maiden
2. Master of Puppets - Metallica
3. Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
4. Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
5. Sign of the Cross(rock in rio version) - Iron Maiden
6. Battle Hymn - Manowar
7. One Shot at glory - Judas Priest (from the amazing Painkiller album)
8. The Pipes never dies - Edguy
9. The Dark Ride - Helloween
10.Pull me under - Dream Theater

Please include only Metal bands, not those nu metal crappers who dont have any great epics anyway. And please stick to Metal

1. Victim of Changes/Judas Priest
2. Hallowed be thy Name/Iron
3. Phantom of the Opera/Maiden
4. Stariway to Heaven/Zepelin
5. Child in Time/Deep Purple
6. Iron Man/Black
7. War Pigs/Sabbath
8. One/Metallica
9. Holy Wars/Megadeth
10.Cemetery Gates/Pantera

thers no such thing as a best metal song they all suck

HEY RIPPER YOU SPELLED ZEPPELIN WRONG!!!!!!!!!

Number ONE for sure is Iron Maiden`s Hallowed be thy Name

2. Master of Puppets by Metallica
3. Heaven and Hell by Sabbath
4. Sign of the Cross by Maiden
5. Mr. Ego by Helloween
6. Pull me under by dream theater
7. Tears of the Dragon by Bruce Dickinson
8. Tears of a Mandrake by Edguy
9. Cemetary Gates by Pantera
10.Dream of Mirrors by Maiden

I dont consider stairway to heaven as metal. Its way too "nice" if u know what i mean...Except for the climax of the song there is nothing metal about it.

1. Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
2. Rooster by Alice In Chains
3. Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
4. November Rain by Guns N` Roses
5. One by Metallica
6. Still Of The Night by Whitesnake
7. Cemetery Gates by Pantera
8. Eyes Of A Stranger by Queensryche
9. No More Tears by Ozzy Osbourne
10. Highway Star by Deep Purple
10.

1 Master of Puppets Mettalica
2 Achilles Last Stand Led Zeppelin
3 Hypnotise System of a Down
4 Fall to Pieces Velvet Revolver
5 It`s a long way to the top AC/DC


Can`t think of any others.

fall to pieces?! what the **** man thats not even metal or even hard rock. Slash and the gang are nobody without Axl, im sorry to say it but its true. That stone temple pilot dude doesnt deserve to have those members with him.

I just like the song dude.

i dont know many "epic metal songs" but i have heard
Master of Puppets and Hallowed be thy name from Metallica and Iron Maiden and they are both awesome songs.

The Mighty Priest has so many it`s hard to choose, so i`ll only name a few.(and i agree with ripper on "Victim of Changes")
1 Victim Of Changes - Judas Priest
2 Beyond The Realms Of Death - Judas Priest
3 Hellrider - Judas Priest
4 Painkiller - Judas Priest
5 Dreamer/Deceiver - Judas Priest
6 Hallowed By thy name - Iron Maiden

1-fear of the dark - iron maiden
2-crazy train - ozzy
3-nothing else matters - metallica
4-iron man - black sabbath
5-thunderstruck - ACDC
6-them bones - alice in chains
7-master of puppets - metallica
8-you cant kill rock n roll - ozzy
9-battery - metallica
10-sanitarium - metallica

not in that order, but its roughly that. i didnt include rock, only metal. my fav. song is comfortably numb by pink floyd.

My personal choices

1. Welcome home - Coheed and cambria
2. Vicarious - Tool
3. One - Metallica (S&M album)
4. Fear of the dark - Iron maiden
5. Hail and kill - Manowar(hell on wheels live)
6. The power of thy sword - Manowar
7. Family tree - Megadeth
8. Parabol/parabola - Tool
9. Passenger - Deftones
10.Tears of the dragon - Bruce dickenson

Not all of this bands are classified as metal but their songs are epic, heavy and beautyful non the less.

You people should stop calling bands like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple metal. They are hard rock.