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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.
Metal Mayhem (formerly Metal Mania or Headbangers) is a block of classic heavy metal/hard rock music videos that first aired on the American television channel VH1 Classic. The series originally featured music videos from 1970s to early 1990s, but since VH1 Classic's transition to MTV Classic , it has now incorporated music videos from the ...
The single was released on August 16, 1982. In May 2006, it was ranked #17 on VH1's list of the 40 greatest metal songs of all time. [4] The song was remixed in 1991 alongside "Piece of Your Action" for the compilation album Decade of Decadence.
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.
The song is the most viewed Pantera song on YouTube, with over 284 million views as of 2024. In March 2023, Rolling Stone ranked "Walk" at number 29 on their "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time" list. [7] The song ranked number 16 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs. [8] Guitar World magazine voted the song's solo the 57th greatest of all ...
[2] [3] In 2006, VH1 ranked "Peace Sells" at number 11 on their list of the "40 Greatest Metal Songs" of all time. [4] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked the song number nineteen on their list on the 100 greatest heavy metal songs. [5] The song is also known for the distinctive bass intro played by Ellefson.
"Paranoid" was ranked No. 34 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs. [11] In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 11 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Rolling Stone ranked it number 250 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time [12] and 13th on their 2023 list "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time."
"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]