Metal Hammer Staff Top Ten: Title-Tracks
It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another top ten from the Hammer team! This week, it’s all about title-tracks!
OK, so this week we’re picking our favourite title-tracks. the rules are simple: pick ten tracks that are titled from the album that they come from and it’s not genre-specific, so anything goes!
Here’s our picks and add your own in our comments section!
Alexander Milas (editor)
AC/DC – Back In Black
Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
Dio – Holy Diver
Scorpions – Lonesome Crow
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Jethro Tull – Minstrel In the Gallery
Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden
Rammstein – Mutter
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
Caren Gibson (deputy editor)
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Slayer – Hell Awaits
Neurosis – Through Silver In Blood
Motley Crue – Dr Feelgood
Skid Row – Slave To The Grind
Faith No More – The Real Thing
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Alexisonfire – Crisis
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Back My Bullets
James Gill (editor at large)
Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
Nine Inch Nails – Further Down The Spiral (The Bottom)
Killswitch Engage – End Of Heartache
Skid Row – Slave To The Grind
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced
Van Halen – 5150
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Motley Crue – Dr Feelgood
Muse – Absolution
Thunder – Backstreet Symphony
Jonathan Selzer (reviews editor)
Swans – Children Of God
Neurosis – The Eye Of Every Storm
Prince – Sign ‘O’ The Times
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Bathory – Blood Fire Death
Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
Death – Scream Bloody Gore
Enslaved – Isa
The Louvin Brothers – Satan Is Real
Watain – Sworn To The Dark
James Isaacs (art editor)
Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
AC/DC – Highway to Hell
Monster Magnet – Dopes To Infinity
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Opeth – Deliverence
Fu Manchu – King Of The Road
Megadeth – Peace Sells…
Clutch – Pure Rock Fury
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Terry Bezer (web editor)
Metallica – Ride The Lightning
Gallows – Orchestra of Wolves
Tool – Lateralus
Deftones – Around The Fur
Faith No More – The Real Thing
Soundgarden – Superunknown
Killswitch Engage – The End Of Heartache
Lamb Of God – As The Palaces Burn
Prince – Purple Rain
Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill
Lynsey Wright (office contributor)
Deftones – Around The Fur
Black Flag – My War
Hole – Celebrity Skin
Skid Row – Slave to The Grind
Motley Crue – Too Fast For Love
Alexisonfire – Crisis!
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Prince – Purple Rain
Check out our previous Top Ten’s below!





Metallica- Ride The Lightning
Testament- The New Order
Fear Factory- Demanufacture
Rhapsody [of Fire]- Dawn Of Victory
System Of A Down- Toxicity
Bad Religion- Suffer
Placebo- Without You I’m Nothing
Lamb Of God- As The Palaces Burn
Nightwish- Wishmaster
Trivium- Shogun
Top ten tracks containing the album title in the lyrics:
Megadeth- Peace Sells (Peace Sells But Who’s Buying?)
Disturbed- Down With The Sickness (The Sickness)
Killswitch Engage- Just Barely Breathing (Alive or Just Breathing)
Machine Head- Old (Burn My Eyes)
Metallica- My Apocalypse (Death Magnetic)
System Of A Down- P.L.U.C.K. (System Of A Down)
Sepultura- Roots Bloody Roots (Roots)
Bad Religion- Fuck Armageddon This Is Hell (How Could Hell Be Any Worse?)
Slayer- Raining Blood (Reign In Blood)
Avenged Sevefold- Beast And The Harlot (City Of Evil)
In no particular order:
Fear Factory / Demanufacture
Fear Factory / Obsolete
Pantera / The Great Southern Trendkill
Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots
Will Haven / Carpe Diem
Zyklon / Aeon
Vision of Disorder / Imprint
Lamb of God / As The Palace Burn
Pantera / Cowboys From Hell
Black Sabbath / Black Sabbath
KsE – End of Heartache
Dream Evil – The Book of Heavy Metal
BFMV – The Poison
Norther – Death Unlimited
Kalmah – For the Revolution
Trivium – Shogun
Escape the Fate – This War is Ours
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Ensiferum – Iron
Municipal Waste – The Art of Partying
metallica – …and justice for all
metallica – master of puppets
iron maiden – powerslave
iron maiden – killers
ac/dc – highway to hell
ac/dc – for those about to rock
megadeth – peace sells
trivium – shogun
black tide – light from above
evile – enter the grave
pabtera – cowboys from hell
testament – the new order
motley crue – girls girls girls
def leppard – hysteria
Alexander Milas broke the rules! He put the same artist twice!
Anyway, here’s mine, in no particular order:
Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill
Five Finger Death Punch – The Way of the Fist
Metallica – Ride The Lightning
Iron Maiden – Dance of Death
Cavalera Conspiracy – Inflikted
Kreator – Hordes of Chaos
System of a Down – Toxicity
Hellyeah – Hellyeah
Offspring – Smash
Autumn Offering – Embrace the Gutter
Slayer – South of Heaven
Nile – Annhialation of the Wicked
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Rammstein – Sehnsucht
Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
The Who – My Generation
Iced Earth – Framming Armageddon
Killswich Engage – End of Heartache
Johnny Cash – San Quentin
some awsome songs from everybody meethinks!
Metallica-…And Justice For All
Metallica-Ride The Lightning
Iron Maiden-Seventh So Of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden-Dance Of Death
Saxon-Crusader
Saxon-Denim And Leather
Judas Priest-Stained Class
Judas Priest-Nostradamus
Bathory-Blood Fire Death
Motörhead-Iron Fist
Hehe, Alexander Milas look at the example you have made!
has nobody mentioned ‘Motorhead – Ace of Spades’?
metallica – ride the lightening
trivium – shogun
pantera – cowboys from hell
bullet for my valentine – scream, aim, fire
children of bodom – blooddrunk
metallica – master of puppets
as i lay dying – an ocean between us
slayer – seasons in the abyss
arch enemy – rise of the tyrant
iron maiden – iron maiden
Off the top of my head:
Neurosis – ‘Through Silver in Blood’
Cave In – ‘Jupiter’
Prince – ‘Purple Rain’
Converge – ‘Jane Doe’
Carcass – ‘Heartwork’
Marvin Gaye – ‘Let’s Get it On’
Britney Spears – ‘Baby One More Time’
Metallica – ‘…And Justice for All’
Pantera – ‘The Great Southern Trendkill’
Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Bark at the Moon’
Nile – Black Seeds Of Vengeance
Slayer – Season In The Abyss
Destruction – All Hell Breaks Loose
Manowar – Kings Of Metal
Hammerfall – Legacy Of Kings
Carcass – Heartwork
Turisas – Battle Metal
Dragonforce – Valley Of The Damned
Sodom – Agent Orange
Finntroll – Jaktens Tid
Tool: Aenema (Aenima)
Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell
Flotsam and Jetsam: Doomsday for the Deceiver
Death: Symbolic
Slayer: Seasons in the Abyss
Mercyful Fate: Melissa
Edge of Sanity: Crimson
Death Angel: The Ultra-Violence
Violence: Eternal Nightmare
Russian Circles: Station
No order
Exhorder – Slaughter in the Vatican
Gamma Ray – Land of the Free
Venom – Black Metal
Megadeth – Rust In Peace…Polaris
Vio-Lence – Eternal Nightmare
Mercyful Fate – Melissa
Sodom – Agent Orange
Bathory – Blood, Fire, Death
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
In no particular order
AC/DC – Back In Black
Alter Bridge – Blackbird
Megadeth – Peace Sells
Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper
Metallica – Master of Puppets
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood
Tool – 10,000 Days
Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast
In Flames – Come Clarity
Oh and just because I’m a loser can I point out that there’s no such song as Absolution by Muse?
Megadeth – Peace Sells But Who’s Buyin’
Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
Suicidal Tendencies – Join The Army
Anthrax – We’ve Come For You All
Metal Church – Metal Church
Motley Crue – Girls, Girls, Girls
Gorerotted – Only Tools & Corpses
Carcass – Heartwork
Corrosion Of Conformity – Deliverance
Testament – Souls Of Black
Ruinedbyidiots: you read my mind. I was just about to say that it was strange that the MH staff didn’t mention the Crue’s “Girls, Girls, Girls”.
Not one of their greatest songs but after a few pints I always seem to end up putting KISS “Crazy, Crazy Nights” on the jukebox (does that count, even though the album is just called “Crazy Nights”? Or am I just very sad, nitpicking and have to much time on my hands?)
Something tells me Mr. Isaacs the art editor likes his stoning…
Master Of Puppets
Painkiller
Ace Of Spades
Paranoid
Ride The Lightning
Holy Diver
Peace Sells (But Who’s Buying?)
Fear Of The Dark
Brutal Planet
Antichrist Superstar
1. Master Of Puppets
2. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
3. Ride The Lightning
4. For Whom The Bell Tolls
5. One
6. Battery
7. Blackened
8. … And Justice For All
9. Seek & Destroy
10. Whiplash
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Opeth – Deliverance
Tool – Lateralus
Dream Theater – Octavarium
Dream Theater – Change of Seasons
Amon Amarth – With Oden on our Side
Amon Amarth – Twilight of the Thunder God
Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns
Symphony X – Paradise Lost
What no Chinese Democracy, Milas? xD!
Alfredo, you’re getting the whole thing wrong there. It’s meant to be title tracks off albums(that means the same name as the title of the album).
Tyr – Land
Amon Amarth – The Fate Of Norns
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Slipknot – Iowa
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell
Bathory – Blood Fire Death
Stormwarrior – Heading Northe
Finntroll – Nattfodd
DragonForce – The Valley Of The Damned
Blackmore’s Night – Ghost Of A Rose
1- Reise, Reise (Rammstein)
2- Sleeping with ghosts (Placebo)
3- The heart of everything (Within Temptation)
4- Night electric night (Deathstars)
5- …And justice for all (Metallica)
6- Antichrist Superstar (Manson)
7- Clandestino (Manu Chao)
8- Spit (Kittie)
9- Hypnotize (SOAD)
10- Mutter (Rammstein)
I just couldn’t help it – I needed pu R+ twice!
Dio – The Last In Line/ Holy Diver
Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak/Bad Reputation
Black Sabbath – Heaven & Hell/Black Sabbath/Mob Rules
Rainbow – Long Live Rock & Roll
Deep Purple – Burn
Judas Priest – Painkiller
this is one possible list, so much to decide from!
Back in black- AC/DC
One-X Three Days Grace
Infest- Papa Roach
Alien Youth- Skillet
Sinner- Drowning Pool
Falling Away- Crossfade
All hope is gone- Slipknot
Chinese Democracy- Guns And Roses
Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!- Megadeth
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
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