The 90s, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times… depending on who you talk to. Some people will tell you that metal almost died in the 90s, while others would argue it was one of the most exciting periods for the genre.
Metal Hammer would fall in the latter category, as they just released an entire issue dedicated to the decade that gave us bands like Korn, Limp Bizkit and saw the rise of bands like Pantera and White Zombie. They made a list of the 100 best songs of the decade, and that is a task I do not envy them for doing. Overall, not much to disagree with here. How would you change this list?
100. Mr Bungle – “Carousel”
99. Snot – “Snot”
98. Faith No More – “The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies”
97. Testament – “Riding The Snake”
96. Voivod – “Jack Luminous”
95. Melvins – “Honey Bucket”
94. Napalm Death – “Twist The Knife (Slowly)”
93. Queens Of The Stone Age – “Avon”
92. Emperor – “Thus Spake The Nightspirit”
91. Life Of Agony – “Lost At 22”
90. Meshuggah – “New Millennium Cyanide Christ”
89. Opeth – “Face Of Melinda”
88. Metallica – “Until It Sleeps”
87. Corrosion Of Conformity – “Dance Of The Dead”
86. Entombed – “Wolverine Blues”
85. Suffocation – “Infecting The Crypts”
84. Megadeth – “Sweating Bullets”
83. Limp Bizkit – “Nookie”
82. Cradle Of Filth – “The Forest Whispers My Name”
81. Death – “Trapped In A Corner”
80. Kyuss – “Gardenia”
79. Peal Jam – “Rearviewmirror”
78. Anthrax – “Only”
77. Immortal – “The Sun No Longer Rises”
76. Electric Wizard – “Wizard In Black”
75. Guns N’ Roses – “November Rain”
74. Amorphis – “Black Winter Day”
73. Darkthrone – “Transilvanian Hunger”
72. Ozzy Osbourne – “Mama, I’m Coming Home”
71. In Flames – “Jotun”
70. Nine Inch Nails – “The Day The World Went Away”
69. Eyehategod – “Dixie Whiskey”
68. Tool – “Sober”
67. Pantera – “I’m Broken”
66. Marilyn Manson – “Lunchbox”
65. Deftones – “Engine No. 9”
64. Cathedral – “Hopkins”
63. Type O Negative – “Everything Dies”
62. Down – “Stone The Crow”
61. Sepultura – “Arise”
60. Rage Against The Machine – “Guerrilla Radio”
59. Carcass – “Heartwork”
58. Neurosis – “Locust Star”
57. Fear Factory – “Replica”
56. Strapping Young Lad – “Detox”
55. Cradle Of Filth – “Cruelty Bought Three Orchids”
54. Iron Maiden – “Fear Of The Dark”
53. Paradise Lost – “Hallowed Land”
52. Morbid Angel – “Fall From Grace”
51. White Zombie – “More Human Than Human”
50. Opeth – “Demon Of The Fall”
49. Entombed – “Left Hand Path”
48. Pantera – “Floods”
47. Monster Magnet – “Space Lord”
46. Refused – “New Noise”
45. Type O Negative – “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend”
44. Meshuggah – “Future Breed Machine”
43. The Dillinger Escape Plan – “43% Burnt”
42. Marilyn Manson – “The Dope Show”
41. Clutch – “I Have The Body Of John Wilkes Booth”
40. Smashing Pumpkins – “Tonight, Tonight”
39. Slayer – “Dead Skin Mask”
38. Faith No More – “Midlife Crisis”
37. Korn – “Falling Away From Me”
36. Cannibal Corpse – “Hammer Smashed Face”
35. Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing”
34. Darkthrone – “A Blaze In The Northern Sky”
33. Tool – “Stinkfist”
32. Mayhem – “Freezing Moon”
31. Nirvana – “Heart-Shaped Box”
30. Ministry – “Jesus Built My Hotrod”
29. Guns N’ Roses – “You Could Be Mine”
28. At The Gates – “Slaughter Of The Soul”
27. Pearl Jam – “Alive”
26. Rage Against The Machine – “Bulls On Parade”
25. The Prodigy – “Firestarter”
24. Soundgarden – “Jesus Christ Pose”
23. Rob Zombie – “Dragula”
22. Body Count – “Cop Killer”
21. Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
20. Rammstein – “Du Hast”
19. Judas Priest – “Painkiller”
18. Sepultura – “Refuse/Resist”
17. Pantera – “Cowboys From Hell”
16. Emperor – “I Am The Black Wizards”
15. Megadeth – “Hangar 18”
14. Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People”
13. Deftones – “My Own Summer (Shove It)”
12. Alice In Chains – “Rooster”
11. System Of A Down – “Sugar”
10. Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
09. Slipknot – “(sic)”
08. Soundgarden – “Black Hole Sun”
07. Nine Inch Nails – “Closer”
06. Metallica – “Sad But True”
05. Sepultura – “Roots Bloody Roots”
04. Rage Against The Machine – “Killing In The Name”
03. Machine Head – “Davidian”
02. Pantera – “Walk”
01. Korn – “Blind”
Read Metal Hammer's reasoning for each item here.
[via The PRP]
