Your top 10 most overlooked/underrated songs...

[CFH]

by your favorite bands. What songs do you like that very few others seem to acknowledge in comparison to hits or well-known songs?

Here's my list:

1. Machine Head, "Violate"
2. Iron Maiden, "The Prisoner"
3. Megadeth, "502"
4. Iced Earth, "Im-Ho-Tep (Pharaoh's Curse)"
5. Pantera, "Message In Blood"
6. Queensryche, "Surgical Strike"
7. Judas Priest, "All Guns Blazing"
8. Nightwish, "The Pharaoh Sails To Orion"
9. Testament, "Eyes Of Wrath"
10.Alice In Chains, "Sunshine"

[Bradzilla]

Some of my favorite bands are a little obscure, so I'll pick a couple each some of the more well-known

DEATH "Left To Die", "Sacred Serenity"
BLIND GUARDIAN "Somewhere Far Beyond", "The Last Candle"
DEF LEPPARD "Gods of War", "Die Hard the Hunter"
TESTAMENT "Apocalyptic City", "Reign of Terror"
JUDAS PRIEST "Between the Hammer and the Anvil", "Leather Rebel"

[Mark Carras]

Wow, this is turning into a great thread. Rare songs by well known bands. The only ones I knew right off the bat are the Judas Priest ones and the Pantera one.

Let's see...

1. Overkill-Birth Of Tension
2. Motorhead-Liar
3. Nevermore-Garden Of Gray
4. Testament-Envy Life

[tbhride]

For starters...

Testament - The Burning Times
I Heard It On the X - ZZ Top
Metallica - Holier Than Thou
Motörhead - Whorehouse Blues

[Mythos Inibri]

10.Alice In Chains, "Sunshine"

I love that song..AIC had some of the best harmonies ever.

[tbhride]

I love everything Alice has ever done. Sunshine is a great track!

[SLASHer]

Metallica - Holier Than Thou


:hmmm Interesting. A great song. I didn't think we would be getting any Metallica songs here especially that one. I dig it though.

[Bradzilla]

Speaking of Metallica songs, how about "Escape" and "Trapped Under Ice"?

[Mythos Inibri]

Judas Priest - Green Manalishi
Ted Nugent - Terminous Eldorado
Scorpions - Hellcat

:metal

[SLASHer]

Speaking of Metallica songs, how about "Escape" and "Trapped Under Ice"?

Amazing songs!!!! My favorite Metallica album is RTL and my 3 favorite songs from that album are Trapped Under Ice, Escape and my favorite Metallica song ever Creeping Death.

[Mythos Inibri]

the best Metallica song ever is "Jump In The Fire" love that guitar lead...

followed by "The Thing That Should Not Be" for the extreme heaviness...

[Mark Carras]

followed by "The Thing That Should Not Be" for the extreme heaviness...

That is possibly my favorite classic Metallica song ever. :metal

[CFH]

A Metallica song that definitely belongs in this thread is "Metal Militia."

[SLASHer]

the best Metallica song ever is "Jump In The Fire" love that guitar lead...

followed by "The Thing That Should Not Be" for the extreme heaviness...

Ahh I love both those songs. Jump in the Fire is one of my favorite riffs to play on guitar for some reason I just love to play it. :headbanger

[tbhride]

Getting back to the thread

Wait for an Answer - Blind Guardian
Man on the Edge - Iron Maiden (Blayze Bailey on vocals)
Van Halen - Mean Street

[Bradzilla]

Amazing songs!!!! My favorite Metallica album is RTL and my 3 favorite songs from that album are Trapped Under Ice, Escape and my favorite Metallica song ever Creeping Death. Makes for an awesome side 2 doesn't it?

[Bradzilla]

Wait for an Answer - Blind Guardian

Excellent pick! Everyone seems to rag on that album, but it had several great tracks. My favorite is "Punishment Divine".

[Bradzilla]

Gonna add a couple more:

SLAYER "Dittohead", "Hallowed Point"
MEGADETH "Elysian Fields", "99 Ways To Die"
VAN HALEN "Top of the World", "The Dream Is Over", "Pleasure Dome"
JOURNEY "Only the Young"
BLACK SABBATH "I"
EXODUS "The Last Act of Defiance", "Cajun Hell", "Feeding Time At the Zoo"

[Mythos Inibri]

Gonna add a couple more:

SLAYER "Dittohead", "Hallowed Point"
MEGADETH "Elysian Fields", "99 Ways To Die"
VAN HALEN "Top of the World", "The Dream Is Over", "Pleasure Dome"
JOURNEY "Only the Young"
BLACK SABBATH "I"
EXODUS "The Last Act of Defiance", "Cajun Hell", "Feeding Time At the Zoo"

Fabulous Disaster was a very excellent album:monkeybang

[CFH]

A few more:

Iron Maiden, "The Duellists" & "Flash of the Blade"
Machine Head, "Death Church" & "Down To None"
Pantera, "Medicine Man" & "The Sleep"
Iced Earth, "Wolf"

[SLASHer]

Van Halen - Mean Street

Fair Warning is just great all around.

Makes for an awesome side 2 doesn't it?

I listen to is on CD, but yeah it is fucking awesome. But so is the first half also.

[Bradzilla]

Listening to Iron Maiden today, and there's a couple songs that don't get appreciated enough:

"Caught Somewhere In Time"
"Powerslave"
"The Prisoner"
"Only the Good Die Young"

[tbhride]

Prisoner is a definite Maiden classic in my mind. Its too bad they don't play it live anymore.

[SLASHer]

"Only the Good Die Young"


Do they cover Billy Joel or something???

[Bradzilla]

Do they cover Billy Joel or something??? Um...no. :D It's the last track off the Seventh Son album.

[Mythos Inibri]

Do they cover Billy Joel or something???
:rotfl

[jonezie]

Acid Reign - Goddess
Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumptom Riots
Snivelling Shits - I Cant Come
Prong - Rude Awakening
Crumbsuckers - Shits Creek
Life Of Agony - Weeds
Sodom - Napalm In The Morning
Sabbat - Behind The Crooked Cross
Bolt Thrower - Cenotaph
Sisters Of Mercy - Vision Thing