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    Posted: 19 Jun 2012 at 10:32pm
Come on, now! Tell me about your favorite metal instrumentals.

Top 10 is cool, but list as many as you want. I am particularly interested in instrumentals written by groups that don't exclusively write instrumentals (eg. "The Jester's Dance" by In Flames or "From Skin to Liquid" by Cannibal Corpse)

A few of my favorite are:

Losfer Words - Iron Maiden
Intro to Reality - Anthrax
Urotsukidoji - Testament
The Heart of it All - Chimaira
Funeral in Space -Armageddon
Dysphoria - Cloud Kicker
Canto 34 - Five Finger Death Punch
Orion - Metallica (well, really just the S&M version that lives in my imagination)
Dialogue with the Stars - In Flames
Winter's Triangle - Dark Tranquility

I'd love to hear about some from lesser known bands. For example I came across "Desolate Horizons" by a band called Hexen, and it reminded me of a denser kind of "Voice of the Soul" by Death.

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My Favourite are:

Dream Theater - Stream of Consciousness
Iron Maiden - Transylvania
Burzum - Decrepitude II
Dream Theater - Erotomania
Judas Priest - The Hellion
Dub Buk - Мертвовод
Metallica - To Live is To Die
Dream Theater - The Dance of Eternity
Therion - Grand Finale: Postludium
Metallica - Orion
Dream Theater - Overture 1928
Iron Maiden - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
Sunn O))) - Cry for the Weeper
Earth - Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version (entire album)
Tool - Triad
Armory - Forged in Dragon Flames
Iron Maiden - The Ides of March
Metallica - The Call of Ktulu
Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan
Heart of Cygnus - The King and His Steed
Sunn O))) - Orthodox Caveman
Devin Townsend - Truth
Nightwish - Moondance
Dream Theater - The Ytse Jam
Wuthering Heights - Bad Hobbits Die Hard
Sabbat - Sausine
Riverside - Reality Dream

BONUS: Non-Metal instrumentals by Metal bands

Burzum: Rundtg�ing av den transcendentale egenhetens st�tte
Nokturnal Mortum: Black Moon Overture
Death: The Voice of the Soul
Nokturnal Mortum: Tnematset Wen (Nocturnal Mortum)
Pathfinder: Deep Into That Darkness Peering
Burzum: Dau�i Baldrs (entire album)
Sunn O))): Sin Nanna
Burzum: Hli�skj�lf (entire album)
Burzum: Tomhet
The Devin Townsend Band: Away
Nokturnal Mortum: Інтро
Devin Townsend Project: A Monday


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Losfer Words - Iron Maiden
The Ides of March - Iron Maiden
Laguna Sunrise - Black Sabbath
Orion - Metallica
The Call of Ktulu - Metallica
Suicide & Redemption - Metallica
Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater
 
I will remind more songs later.
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Originally posted by Tupan Tupan wrote:

Losfer Words - Iron Maiden
The Ides of March - Iron Maiden
Laguna Sunrise - Black Sabbath
Orion - Metallica
The Call of Ktulu - Metallica
Suicide & Redemption - Metallica
Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater
 
I will remind more songs later.


Tupan! Nice call on Laguna Sunrise! That tune transports me into another place, and it's just such a simple acoustic piece. I can't stress how much I love that utterly non-metal piece. It's definitely a hippie-influeced "flower-power" sort of thing.

Man, I love that song.

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Sorry to get sooo excited, but I never run into anyone who knows that song, let alone appreciates it. Clap

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tupan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Jul 2012 at 2:16pm
Originally posted by Tupan Tupan wrote:

Losfer Words - Iron Maiden
The Ides of March - Iron Maiden
Laguna Sunrise - Black Sabbath
Orion - Metallica
The Call of Ktulu - Metallica
Suicide & Redemption - Metallica
Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater
 
I will remind more songs later.
 
I remembered!Tongue
 
Kaiowas - Sepultura
Epilogue - English Dogs (not much known, but pretty nice instrumental!)
The Caravan - Cathedral
Winter (Part Three of Requiem) - Celtic Frost
The Ocean - Savatage
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Originally posted by Nick Dilley Nick Dilley wrote:

Sorry to get sooo excited, but I never run into anyone who knows that song, let alone appreciates it. Clap
 
Laguna Sunrise is a very relaxing piece created by the genius that is Tony Iommi. One of the things that make this song so awesome is that the other (awesome) tracks of Vol. 04 are very different. Laguna Sunrise is a contrast to the rest of the album!
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Always loved this one from "Independent" by Sacred Reich:
SACRED REICH - Independent cover


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It's not in order whatsoever and with ones coming to my mind right now:

Dream Theater - Bombay Vindaloo
Fates Warning - At Fates Fingers
OSI - Dirt From A Holy Place
The Jelly Jam - Ten
Anekdoten - Tabatah
Porcupine Tree - Moonloop
Twinspirits - Projected
Dream Theater - Hell's Kitchen
Iron Maiden - Transylvania
Savatage - Mozart And Madness


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