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Here is the best metal song of each year of the 1980s, including one runner-up for all 10 years!

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Rolling Stone has published a new list of the 250 best songs of the 21st century so far, and the music magazine included a whopping two metal songs in the roundup. The first metal appearance on the ...

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Black Sabbath released Paranoid in 1970 and almost ignored it, yet it became one of their most iconic songs of all time.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. While there’s not much debate regarding which lineup of Black ...