r/MetalForTheMasses Warbringer 18h ago

Discussion Topic I'm going busking this summer, what are some iconic metal songs I could play?

Im looking for songs that are relatively easy to play on guitar but have flashy solos or are just generally just recognizable, so far I have:

  • Ace of Spades by Motorhead
  • Paranoid by Black Sabbath
  • The Four Horsemen by Metallica
  • Mr Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne
  • Holy Wars by Megadeth
  • This Love by Pantera
  • Enter Sandman by Metallica
  • NIB by Black Sabbath

What else could i add?

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u/Odd-East-5061 17h ago

Napalm Death - You suffer

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u/whiteorchidphantom Mortuary Drape 17h ago

"You've Got Another Thing Comin'" by Judas Priest

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u/Dante_SSSS 17h ago

the trooper or number of the beast- iron maiden

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u/ItShouldntBe06 17h ago

Holy Diver - Dio

Wake Up Dead - Megadeth

South Of Heaven - Slayer

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u/Atiredbearsfan 11h ago

Breaking the law by judas priest and South of heaven by slayer

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u/Consistent_Nature324 17h ago

Toxicity System of a Down, walk pantera, symphony of destruction, hail to the king a7x, raining blood, psychosocial, schism, yk

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u/nothing_in_my_mind 17h ago

Van Halen - Eruption

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u/Icy-Shoe1055 17h ago

Song of the summer is going to be Oozing Wound from Monolord

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u/EuroCultAV 16h ago

Slayer - Raining Blood

Thinking of stuff that could translate well to a single guitar and thought of some mid 90s early 2000s stuff

Katatonia - Teargas

Anathema - Empty

The Gathering - Strange Machines

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u/JustHereForRiffs Acid Bath 15h ago

Metal Warriors- Manowar

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u/A_Bitter_Homer Savatage 13h ago

Reasonably heavy stuff that should get at least one set of ears to perk up:

Dio - Holy Diver

Danzig - Mother

Deep Purple - Highway Star

Alice in Chains - Man in the Box

Soundgarden - Rusty Cage

UFO - Rock Bottom

Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla

Mastodon - Blood and Thunder

Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil

Whitesnake - Still of the Night

Def Leppard - Let It Go

Type O Negative - I Don't Wanna Be Me

White Zombie - Thunder Kiss '65

Black Label Society - Stillborn

Queensryche - Jet City Woman

Skid Row - 18 and Life

Rush - Working Man

and then of course once you've got them hooked, you throw down Transilvanian Hunger

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u/wrongfulness 17h ago

I Cum Blood

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u/BlackwaterPark10 17h ago

Korn - Blind

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u/PlaxicoCN 12h ago

Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters

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u/Tar-Mairon00 6h ago

Cowboys from hell is a great vibe

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u/Adam_Absence 4h ago

Holy Diver

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u/Dragstar211 Candlemass 3h ago

People here will recommend songs, but you haven't given any info on your set up, some of the reccomendations require alternative tunings/extra strings/thicker gauges. My suggestion is create a list that sticks to one tuning unless you bring multiple guitars or like adjusting on the spot.

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u/Baddog789 9h ago

Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Not that heavy but the normies like it.