Favorite Instrumental Songs

MetalRob331 wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

"The Crusade" by Trivium.

Allot of folks write these guys off as posers or trend-hoppers or whatever, but dang if that ain't a catchy tune. And I like that a young band can thrown on a decent intrumental at the end of the cd. Very old-school mentality.

thats a great cd regardless of what ppl think. To me music is music regardless of who the band might sound like. If it catches my attention thats all that matters. It seems that ppl dis bands or hate them because they sound like other bands too much. Trivium is the perfect example as they come off to everyone as Metallica and Testament rip offs when they are just playing the music they love.

All in all a good band in my eyes and a great instrumental there

AMEN!

A few of my favs have got to be,

Arch Enemy - Snow Bound

Arch Enemy - Stigmata

Racer X - Scarified

Annihilator - Crystal Ann

Testament - A Musical Death (A Dirge)

Tourniquet - Viento Borrascoso

Metallica - Orion/Call of Ktulu

Death - Voice of the Soul

Dark Angel - Cauterization

Annihilator - Schizos (are never alone)

Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell

Scorpions _ Coast to Coast
Rush_ YYZ
Iron Maiden _ Transylvania
Black Sabbath _Fluff
Joe Satriani_ The Headless Horseman

I'm sure there are more but these are a couple of my favorites

Cacophony-Speed metal symphony!

Everything by Gordian Knot, whose alumni have included: Ron Jarzombek, John Myung, Steve Hackett, Bill Bruford, Sean Reinert, and a host of others...great stuff.

Labyrinth - Vertigo
Death - Voice of the Soul
The Chasm - A Soulstorm Bleeds Over The Horizon/Procession to the Infraworld
Camel - Lunar Sea
Pink Floyd - Sysyphus 1-4

Well since I'm also a huge jazz fan I'm guessing that 80% of my music collection is instrumental...so it would be too hard to pick favorites out of that batch.

But as far as rock/metal goes I'd have to vote for:

Rush - La Villa Strangiato
Rush - YYZ
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Larks Tongue In Aspic Pt 2
Overkill - Frankenstein
Wrathchild America - Prego

plus I've been listening to a band called Earthless from San Diego recently and all their music is instrumental.

bludgeonous wrote:

Arch Enemy - Snow Bound

Ah, great choice. I love that one. I also love their instrumental 'Hybrids of Steel'. Another one of my favourites would be Inflames' 'Man Made God'. Great tune.

Agent Steel - The Day at Guyana
At The Gates - And The World Returned
Camel - Lunar Sea
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion
Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan
Megadeth - Into The Lungs Of Hell
Rush - YYZ

I'm sure there is many more great instrumentals, but I just can't remember them at the moment.

Thin Lizzy-Banshee
Pink Floyd-One Of These Days
Satch-Rubina from Live In S.F.
SRV-Little Wing

too many more to mention.

No love for "Man Made God" ?

That Instrumental freaking melts! - One of the best pieces of music In Flames have ever composed.

the impossibility of reason - Chimaira
to live is to die - Metallica
for the love of god- Vai

Quote :

No love for "Man Made God" ?

That Instrumental freaking melts! - One of the best pieces of music In Flames have ever composed.

I don't know that it's one of my favorites, but it definitely helps to fill out 'Colony' for me. I got the Japanese import of the album for that and 'Clad in Shadows '99'.

ultmetal wrote:

some great ones already listed. I'll add:

Switch 625 - Def Leppard

Excellent!

Riot-Narita
Iron Maiden - Genghis Khan
Agent Steel-The Day at Guyana

Orion

I can beat you all.

Primus-Hamburger Train. That song has the best bass work of all time.

Death - Voice of the Soul, Dream Theater - Ytse jam, Van Halen - Eruption, Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell, Queensryche - Anarchy X, Black Sabbath _ Rat Salad, Yngwie Malmsteen - (all of 'em) and Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover, I also love all the Metallica and Iron Maiden Instrumentals I don't know why they both quit making them.

Obituary - Redneck Stomp

ccs wrote:

Riot-Narita

YEAH!

That one brings back some memories, great album as well. Road Racin' anyone?

Probably Metallica's "Orion"

Both Sides - Molly Hatchet

Metallica-Orion
Jeff Beck-Led Boots
Iron Maiden-Losfer Words
Yngwie Malmsteen-Black Star
Accept-Just by my Own
Ted Nugent-Home Bound
Impelliteri-Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Rainbow-Diffcult to Cure
Deep Purple-Son of Alerik

Forgot one -Fractured Mirror-Ace Frehley

manny wrote:

Forgot one -Fractured Mirror-Ace Frehley

Good one. I like all three "Fractured" instrumentals.

"Fractured Mirror"
"Fractured Too"
"Fractured III"

and also
"Cherokee Boogie"