Which is your favorite epic track?

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5065 Age : 27

I love when a metal band makes a well-crafted 10 minute + song.

I was thinking about including Queensrÿche's "Roads to Madness" in here too, but it's a good 3 minutes shorter than the other songs I included.

Feel free to list another one (like Keeper of the Seven Keys, for instance) if you have a specific favorite out of the three I culled from my brain.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5065 Age : 27

I have to make my fan-boy status obvious, because Fates' "Epitaph" gets my vote.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 9888 Age : 48

Went with rime of the ancient mariner. Classic.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 39594 Age : 55

Rime Of The Ancient Mariner ! Love that song. Halloween comes in second.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37646 Age : 53

Always liked "Halloween" (esp. this time of year). I dig "Rime" too but I'm sure that I've listened to "Halloween" way more over the years.

Not into FW so I'm not familiar with the third choice.

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7234 Age : 52

I voted other and there are too many to list from the likes of Subrosa. Triptykon, Agalloch, Saor, Alcest, Wolves in the Throne Room,, Panopticon, Selim Lemouchi & His Enemies. Mare Cognitum but I will post my favorite

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7611 Age : 55

"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for me.

I can't stand anything Helloween has ever done. The Fates Warning is good.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 28447 Age : 38

Gilbert wrote:: Went with rime of the ancient mariner. Classic.

As did I.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5014 Age : 55

Went with Rime

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2654 Age : 54

I voted other, At War with Satan by Venom is my favorite song that I consider epic. A close second would be Echoes, by Pink Floyd. Third would be Satan's Fall by Mercyful Fate. I could go on and on, because I love long songs. headbanger

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 2096 Age : 61

Halloween, 'tis the season...

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 15680 Age : 51

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - no contest. A brilliant classic.

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Wrecked Neck wrote:: At War with Satan by Venom

Which is your favorite epic track? 395375

Love this song. headbanger

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7234 Age : 52

I like Iron Maiden well enough but Rime is boring Sleep

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 52

Another notch for 'Rime'. 'Halloween' isn't bad either, but I prefer Maiden. Not sure I know the FW tune.

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1064 Age : 31

Ivory Gate of Dreams, even though it sbasically a number of songs so im not sure whether its good for this thread or not. Halloween from thh choices here.

Metal master Number of posts : 689 Age : 103

Epitaph

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5065 Age : 27

Boris2008 wrote:: I like Iron Maiden well enough but Rime is boring

I agree. I mean, I love Maiden with all my heart, but the little creaky boards section in the middle seems to be inserted just to make it longer, and thus more epic, but it seems unnecessary to me. It is a great song otherwise, though.

Also Boris, that Gallowbraid track is awesome. I'll have to keep them in mind next time I'm in a black metal mood. It seems we like similar variants of that genre, because when you post some of it you listen to, I almost always enjoy it (like Saor especially; they're so damn good).

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5065 Age : 27

BearOnUnicycle wrote:: Ivory Gate of Dreams, even though it sbasically a number of songs so im not sure whether its good for this thread or not. Halloween from thh choices here.

It flows well enough in my eyes to be considered an epic "track." At least, I view it as one huge collection of movements in prog-power metal.

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assault_attack wrote:: Epitaph

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candlemass wrote:: Halloween, 'tis the season...

That was partly my motivation for including it in the poll (that and it's f*cking badass). "...AAAAAAHHH, it's Halloween..."

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 39594 Age : 55

Looks like a runaway for Rime.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7831 Age : 43

I stuck with your choices, Noah, and went with Epitaph.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 25871 Age : 54

Of these 3 I'm going with Halloween.