The BEST METAL SONG of every single year. 

If Alice in Chains isn't metal, then Ghost is DEFINITELY not metal.

Everytime Finn says “I know this is going to upset a lot of people…” I grin from ear to ear lol

Metal bands in the 2010’s: exist Loudwire: I can only see Ghost here

Finn's voice deteriorating with all the Ghost entries by the end killed me.

No A7X or BMTH on here was certainly a choice.

The fact there was no Architects, Linkin Park (admittedly they only have 1 metal album) or Lamb of God is insane.

My kind of content, nerdy annoying metal guy stuff!

70's metal is great! You're crazy

Brave New World by Iron Maiden is one of their best, most consistent albums of their entire catalogue. No filler tracks, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith rejoined the band the year prior, and the 6 dudes just clicked perfectly and were firing on all cylinders. My personal favorites on that album are: Ghost Of The Navigator Blood Brothers The Fallen Angel Out Of The Silent Planet

The crazy thing about Judas Priest is that the "Firepower" album actually IS that good. It's probably their heaviest album ever and has great songwriting. Lighting Strike is a banger, it's insane for a band that late in their career to put out some of their best stuff ever.

I get that I’m a boomer millennial, but the drop off in the metal scene is so apparent at 2010. The four Ghost tracks says it all

Absolutely mind blowing that Nightmare by A7X wasn't the 2010 song or even the runner up.

The amount of ghost and tool on this list is brutal to me

Here's the thing Finn...... We need a tier list!

"I don't care about the 70s and I don't listen to iron maiden". Oh boy...

That 2018 Judas Priest album is cool as fuck.

Well… I think it’s obvious… you now need to make another video with your picks for each year with one runner up. It has to happen

No Linkin Park, no BMTH, no Suicide Silence in the list... Just wow.

Judas Priest 50 years into their career was actually the best metal album that was released in 2018. Insane comeback album

The last few Judas Pruest albums fucking rock. They're more metal and heavier than any metalcore bands have been in the last 10 years.

I love when finn goes metal snob. Tool rules😮❤

Toxicity is unquestionably THE album of 2001. No joke.

You either die young, or you live long enough to see yourself agree with most of a top metal songs list Great vid !

I love Tool, but 1996 was Antichrist Superstar time, Manson really disrupted the mainstream with that one.

List doesn’t include as I lay dying 2005 album or attack attack which literally created a sub genre.

That Priest album actually effin rules.

I say The Scorpions were the bookends of Hair Metal. It started in 1984 with "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and it ended in 1991 with "Winds of Change" (it came out in Jan 1991, 8 months before Nirvana exploded)

Fuck yea “ 43% Burnt” for 1999

Rammstein songs (from the 4-5 first albums at least, after they lost their inspiration mostly) only sound the same if you're not paying much attention, or you could say that of any band with a definite sound: Maiden, Slayer, Type O, Korn, etc.

Ghost of Perdition is such a sick song.

Your 2006 complaint could be corrected with In Flames - take this life

I saw Neurosis in 99 opening for Soulfly-same kind of experience that you described: The floor cleared out almost completely with only a few dudes kind of swaying around as if in some neurotic trance. Up to that point I’d never seen people outwardly booing and mocking an opener on such a high profile tour. “We hate you, go away” was heard echoing throughout the venue. And then Hatebreed (pre-Perseverance) came on and the place exploded. They saved the day, honestly. It seemed like an all out riot was about to erupt. I’m not exaggerating.

There are many haters but DeafHeaven's Dream House should have taken 2013. They weren't the first to do that kind of music but it's hard to argue that it wasn't the most influential that year.

Need to redo this and include your picks for each year

2000 should be Only for the Weak by In Flames

Caught in a Mosh by anthrax could've easily been the pick for 1987

As a kid I always thought Kiss must be be very heavy. When I first made the connection between their looks and their poppy music I was so surprised.

I'd put Zero Signal by Fear Factory as my pick for 1995. I remember seeing the Mortal Kombat movie in the theater and hearing it play during the Johnny Cage/Scorpion fight. I went out and bought the Demanufacture the next day.

The new Judas Priest stuff is actually really awesome, if you like Priest even slightly you should give it a listen.

I'll never unserstand Finn's dislike of SOAD. To me they're easily the best nü metal band, if you can even call them that. Their political commentary is fantastic, the riffs and drumbs go hard, Serj's dramatic singing fits the wacky tone perfectly, they can go hard, they can go soft and it's all perfectly balanced by their amazing sense of humor. Legit one of the best bands out there, IMO

Dear Finn Syncopated does not mean what you think it means. Also death rules, get your ears checked.

Ghost is the Dio of the 21st century. Looks hard AF, sounds like contemporary pop rock.

I like your new content and the stuff you say reminds me of all the 2000’s scene kids I grew up with. Subscribed

2000? a couple of little songs called 'One step closer' and 'In the end'? didnt even get a runner up

I don't agree Crazy Train being underrated, it's probably Ozzys signature song and is played even on pop stations and everybody knows the song

I love how it feels like some point onwards the grammy co-hosts took over the article lmao

Would love to see Finn’s version of this same list.

Loudwire was doing okay for a while, but three Tool songs and FOUR Ghost songs really hurt the validity of this list. Also, the song of the year for 1990 OBVIOUSLY should've been "Ritual" by Blasphemy 😎

When you said that Death and Megadeth are overrated, I immediately knew that you aren't a guitar player.

Got sent home by my Spanish teacher in High School for wearing my SOD shirt. Didn't really think that through before wearing it lol.

Loudwire writers only listened to ghost from 2010-2016 apparently

I love your videos man, and I respect the way that you don't give a fig if you piss people off!

Nookie is actually THE metal song of 1999, also rollin is the song of 2001, sorry slipknot your time doesn't come until duality

No writing on the walls by underoath for 2006 off an album that went #2 on billboard? No Counting Worms by Knocked Loose in 2016? No Just Pretend by Bad Omens for 2022? Wtf?

I heard SOD when I was 10 when it came out my neighbors dubbed it on cassette. My life totally changed.

Mouth For War is my favourite Pantera song too. Lol

To be fair, the late 70s had some great Judas Priest albums, and the NWOBHM has some solid bands

Megadeth rules but I'm mostly into Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Some Nu-Metal and Black Metal.

That Firepower album from Judas Priest was a banger. It is one of their best albums. It doesn't break any molds but it is very well done.

Wow, septicflesh great mass deserves nothing but praise, the whole album is phenomenal, I’m not mad just disappointed

Ghost sounds like a Halloween party monster mash music.

I think the Grammys helped them out with this list.

when is Finn gonna make a tier list of his best tier lists

Also, where is Static X, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine, Motley Crue, Sevendust, BMTH, Trivium etc.

You're wrong about Death. We wouldn't have other death metal without Death. But that's just like, my opinion man.

Finn, death is UNDERRATED bro

I feel like the people at Loudwire have a very specific taste in metal

Lamb of God / Walk With Me In Hell should have been the pick for 2006

Morbid Angel #1

Arch Enemy and Megadeth for 2022 really… over arguably the biggest baddie core atm. Hipsters don’t need to be in charge of any lists lol

Picking Opeth over Gojira is so stupid. They had every opportunity to pick Flying Whales

“I can’t believe they covered the Killswitch song!” 😂😂

2007: Avenged Sevenfold Afterlife 2010: Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare 2013: Avenged Sevenfold This Means War 2016: Avenged Sevenfold The Stage

Linkin Park? Architects? System? BMTH? Boomer list deluxe 😂 2000-2004 is strait up just Linkin Park alone.

Progenies of the great Apocalypse is an *incredible* song when you take the vocals out of it. Absolutely epic in the literal definition of the word.

"Is Alice In Chains really metal?", also "yeah where's Linkin Park" lmao

That list is a stone cold atrocity lol

Finn I’m digging the self deprecation as of late on your channel. Keeping it real. I appreciate.

My personal choices: 1970: War Pigs-Black Sabbath 1971: Children Of The Grave-Sabbath 1972: School’s Out-Alice Cooper 1973: No More Mr Nice Guy-Alice Cooper 1974: Burn-Deep Purple 1975: TNT-AC/DC 1976: Detroit Rock City-Kiss 1977: The Sails Of Charon-Scorpions 1978: Beyond The Realms Of Death-Judas 1979: Overkill-Motörhead 1980: Heaven & Hell-Black Sabbath 1981: Over The Mountain-Ozzy 1982: Hallowed Be Thy Name-Maiden 1983: The Four Horsemen-Metallica 1984: Creeping Death-Metallica 1985: Hell Awaits-Slayer 1986: Master Of Puppets-Metallica 1987: Halloween-Helloween 1988: One-Metallica 1989: Alison Hell-Annihilator 1990: Tornado Of Souls-Megadeth 1991: Wherever I May Roam-Metallica 1992: Walk-Pantera 1993: Territory-Sepultura 1994: Davidian-Machine Head 1995: Crystal Mountain-Death 1996: The Beautiful People-Manson 1997: My Own Summer-Deftones 1998: Spirit Crusher-Death 1999: Falling Away From Me-Korn 2000: Blood Brothers-Iron Maiden 2001: Mein Herz Brennt-Rammstein 2002: Trigger-In Flames 2003: Unholy Confessions-A7X 2004: Ghost Love Score-Nightwish 2005: Flying Whales-Gojira 2006: Walk With Me In Hell-Lamb Of God 2007: Blackbird-Alter Bridge 2008: The Night-Disturbed 2009: Burn To A Cinder-Epica 2010: Nightmare-A7X 2011: Storytime-Nightwish 2012: Scourge Of Iron-Cannibal Corpse 2013: As Loke Falls-Amon Amarth 2014: The Devil In I-Slipknot 2015: Cirice-Ghost 2016: Spit Out The Bone-Metallica 2017: Satan Is Real-Kreator 2018: Lightning Strike-Judas Priest 2019: Deutschland-Rammstein 2020: Catastrophist-Trivium 2021: The Writing On The Wall-Maiden 2022: Deceiver, Deceiver-Arch Enemy 2023: State Of Slow Decay-In Flames

No Painkiller by Judas Priest.......yawn!

More Drum Circles in metal

Thanks Finn! Good points. I wouldve liked Dillinger’s 43% burnt to represent them. Very happy Lorna was up there. Thanks for your hard work Finn… I can now make my reac video to yours❤

That should be the outro for every video

Tool's Lateralus is an experience. Amazing album.

I'd argue Babymetal deserve to be somewhere on this list. They came out at a time when metal had largely grown stale and made it feel fresh and different.

Hearing Finn McKenty say, "Really? Another God Damn Ghost song!..." and seeing his reaction pretty much made this whole video.

I don’t understand the Rammstein love. Except for the scene in XXX. That shit was so early 2000s and I love it. 😂

The fact that Shadow Moses wasn’t picked for 2013 is actually insane.

1996 = The Beautiful People

Stream idea: make your own list of best metal songs through the years. I agree, four Ghost songs is overkill and I have nothing against them.

There was this girl at a show one time with the gojira tree head thing tattooed on her back. And my friend said “woah she has an infant sausage tattoo” and I was so confused

I don’t mean to hate, we clearly have very different tastes in metal and that’s alright. But “Korn is one of the 4 most important metal bands.” May just be the single worst take I’ve ever heard.

Finn: skips the 70s Me: skips the 80s and 90s

Surely im not the only one who was expecting your fade out sound bite to be "really another godamn ghost song"

“Metal really started with Reign in Blood 1986” as he glazed over an Exodus album from 1985 . “This (reign in blood) was really the beginning of thrash” , LOL😂

Finn bases his metal enjoyment on his 12 year old self.

"I don't listen to Iron Maiden." - Dude is covering best metal songs of the 80s and doesn't listen to Maiden. GTFOH

The guys at Loudwire are *extremely* tight friends with the guys in Ghost. It's not a surprise they cover them as heavily as they do.

This list seems like the personal opinions of a couple journalist rather than a reputable panel.

I kinda agree with Finn over Rammstein's Deutschland song not being great (the music is a 6/10), however the music video is an absolute piece of art and needs to be taken into consideration for this song.