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"The Number of the Beast" is one of the band's most popular songs, appearing at No. 7 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs [11] and No. 6 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time, a list said to be compiled from 15,000 votes submitted by musicians, music journalists and the general public. [12]
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. [2] With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness.
Heavy: The Story of Metal is a four-part documentary special that aired on VH1 from May 22 to 25, 2006. The series focuses on the origins, subgenres and the bands of heavy metal music , paying close attention to influential bands like Black Sabbath , Led Zeppelin , Judas Priest and Iron Maiden , who helped to define heavy metal in its early years.
"Run to the Hills" remains one of the band's most popular songs, with VH1 ranking it No. 27 on their list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs, [1] No. 14 on their list of the Greatest Hard Rock Songs, [2] and Rolling Stone ranking it No. 10 on their list of the 100 greatest heavy metal songs [3]
The song made VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs at No. 40. [6] In 2009 it was named the 12th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. [7] PopMatters said the song "opens with one of the most famous riffs in metal history, wasting no time getting into listeners' heads. ' " [8]
He also wrote The Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time (2010). Popoff put together this book by requesting thousands of heavy metal fans, musicians, and journalists to send in their favorite metal songs. Almost 18,000 individual votes were tallied and entered into a database from which the final rankings were derived.
Chaos A.D. was ranked 29th on Rolling Stone's and 63th on NME's 100 greatest metal albums lists. [43] [44] "Refuse/Resist", the album's first single, charted at number 26 in VH1's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" list. [45] In Rolling Stone Brasil's list of the 100 greatest MPB records, Chaos A.D. held the 46th position. According to the magazine, the ...