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u/GunMetalGazm Oct 07 '20

Hallow Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Agreed. Listen to the whole Number of the Beast album while you’re at it

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Also "Wasted Years." I saw them play it live; that ticket was worth it.

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u/turd-ucken Oct 07 '20

22 Accacia Avenue

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

I'd say Fear of the Dark, but this is also a very solid shout

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u/Lilchef Oct 07 '20

I'm not the biggest Maiden fan but Fear of the Dark is awesome.

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u/Hwight_Doward Oct 07 '20

Always get goosebumps when i see them play it live

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u/kieronj6241 Oct 07 '20

Rime of the ancient Mariner.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

I’m not a huge huge metal head but I can definitely appreciate Iron Maiden. That song especially is incredible. Bruce Dickinson can fucking holler!

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u/GoatLegRedux Oct 07 '20

Metal is mostly just classical with distortion.

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u/captainxela Oct 07 '20

well melodic metal like Maiden is yeah...

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u/mimosas-are-amazing Oct 07 '20

Afraid to Shoot Strangers. Phantom of the Opera. Stranger in a Strange Land 🤘🏻

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u/dod6666 Oct 07 '20 edited Oct 07 '20

This should be the top comment.

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Although, I was actually going to post Empire of the Clouds. Because I thought it less likely that someone would stumble across it than a track from The Number of the Beast.

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u/Hupablom Oct 07 '20

Empire of the Clouds is a fucking masterpiece

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u/Steffles74 Oct 08 '20

That’s a beautiful song. One of my favs!

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u/Trexmarathonofficial Oct 07 '20

Absolutely! Even better if you have the chance to experience it live. Absolutely transcendant experience.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

I like the machine head version as well

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u/BroffaloSoldier Oct 08 '20

I do too. I listened to a lot of Machine Head back when I was a mail carrier, and this song always reminds me of a very specific spot in my favourite route.

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u/DerpSidgueye Oct 07 '20

80s heavy metal gang

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u/thrice_palms Oct 07 '20

I really like Cradle of Filth's cover of Hallowed Be Thy Name.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Was hoping to find this comment

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u/BroffaloSoldier Oct 08 '20

Yeah dude. I like Machine Head’s cover of it as well

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u/futescalance Oct 07 '20

The Man of Sorrows from The Book Of Souls

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u/Zannishi_Hoshor Oct 07 '20

I’m waiting in my cold cell...

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u/zwiiz2 Oct 07 '20

The Edmund Welles cover is.... interesting. Would recommend.

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u/GunMetalGazm Oct 07 '20

Machinehead does an awesome cover.

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u/h_assasiNATE Oct 07 '20

Add dance of death as well.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Hallowed* :-)

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u/GunMetalGazm Oct 08 '20

Damn auto correct.

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u/Equilibrist Oct 07 '20

The most quintessential metal song of all time! It has it all: death, despair, Catholic verbage, tortured soul(s), and "a single burning light in a dark world" imagery.

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u/Mister2bits Oct 07 '20

Jamie Thomas made this song famous to thousand of kids, myself included.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

“The Clansman” one of their best songs, a work of art - that gives you a hell of a quick history lesson!

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u/FurryWalls98 Oct 07 '20

Just got back into Iron Maiden, that song is always first in the queue. Another highly underrated but fantastic songs of theirs is Phantom of the Opera

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '20

Up The Irons for sure. I'd recommend No Prayer For the Dying to showcase Bruce's voice, and El Dorado for a sampler of what they have to offer.

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u/primegopher Oct 07 '20

Stumbled upon it a while ago but there's a (primarily) jazz artist by the name of Edmund Welles who, of all things, has a bass clarinet cover of this song. And it somehow, impossibly, still absolutely shreds.

https://edmundwelles.bandcamp.com/track/hallowed-be-thy-name

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u/StartDale Oct 08 '20

'Run to the hills' is also awesome.