My 100th Metal Friday post!
A few observations.
Most featured band: Judas Priest (14 appearances).
Others with multiple appearances: Iron Maiden (12), Black Sabbath (9), Bruce Dickinson (5), Manowar (5), Manilla Road (4), Blind Guardian (4), Queensryche (4), Metallica (3), Def Leppard (3), Rob Halford (2), Anthrax (2), Slayer (2), Sepultura (2), Eternal Champion (2), Ace Frehley (2), Thin Lizzy (2), Ronnie James Dio (2).
This gives you a pretty good indicator of my metal(ish) tastes. Note that there is a separate “heavy metal” category on the blog for general metal posts that fall on non-Fridays. So what you see above is not all-inclusive or all-indicative of my interests.
Metal Friday typically steers away from bands that are hard rock/borderline metal (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, etc.) with some exceptions. Or when Gordon Lightfoot died or I felt like talking about 80s KISS.
Not every Metal Friday is a song; sometimes I covered the metal news of the day, concert reviews, etc. With that in mind, here is your Metal Friday 100 post setlist; pretty good listening here IMO.
How has Megadeth not made a Metal Friday? Let’s fix that now with what is probably their best song.
1. Valkyries, Blind Guardian
2. Light Comes Out of Black, Rob Halford
3. Jerusalem, Bruce Dickinson
4. Falling off the Edge of the World, Black Sabbath
5. NM156, Queensryche
6. Hail and Kill, Manowar
7. Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Metallica
8. Beyond the Realms of Death, Judas Priest
9. Raining Blood, Slayer
10. Left Hand Black, Danzig
11. The Evil That Men Do, Iron Maiden
12. The Clairvoyant, Iron Maiden
13. Night Winds, Parasite
14. Queen of the Black Coast, Manilla Road
15. Man of Sorrows, Bruce Dickinson
16. Satsuma covers Ratt's "Lay it Down" and Judas Priest's "Hellion/Electric Eye"
17. Take Hold of the Flame, Live in Tokyo 1984, Queensryche
18. Armageddon Clan, Battle Beast
19. The Hunt, Sepultura
20. Darkest Hour, Iron Maiden
21. Heart of a Lion, Judas Priest
22. Sing a Last Song of Valdese, Eternal Champion
23. Between the Hammer and the Anvil, Judas Priest
24. I, Black Sabbath (with incredible Conan imagery)
25. Judas Priest! … and Gordon Lightfoot?
26. British Steel on the docket tomorrow night
27. Defending 80s KISS (A Million to One)
28. Orgasmatron, Motorhead
29. Nativity in Black (Black Sabbath tribute album)
30. Master of the Wind, Manowar
31. Wild Child, WASP
32. Master of Puppets, Metallica
33. Necropolis, Manilla Road
34. The Crue, Poison, Def Leppard, Joan Jett
35. Emerald, Thin Lizzy
36. Ace Frehley lead guitar! (Fractured Mirror)
37. Blood Tears, Blind Guardian
38. Rockin’ Again, Saxon
39. Headless Cross, Black Sabbath
40. A very metal week: Judas Priest/Queensryche, Iron Maiden (Halls of Valhalla)
41. The Clansman, Iron Maiden
42. Sea of Red, Judas Priest
43. Thunder Road, Judas Priest
44. Flaming Metal Systems, Manilla Road
45. Theater of Salvation, Edguy
46. Bible Black, Black Sabbath
47. Top 5 Manowar Songs
48. Show Don’t Tell, Rush
49. Kill Devil Hill, Bruce Dickinson
50. Let it Go, Def Leppard
51. Beginning of the End, Meliah Rage
52. Stranger in a Strange Land, Iron Maiden
53. En Force, Queensryche
54. Caught in the Middle, Ronnie James Dio
55. Traitor’s Gate, Judas Priest
56. RIP to Canada’s finest singer-songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot
57. Edge of Thorns, Savatage
58. If Heaven is Hell, Tokyo Blade
59. Curse My Name, Blind Guardian
60. As Heavy as I’ll go (Sepultura, Slayer)
61. Worms of the Earth, Eternal Champion
62. Force of a Storm, Sumerlands
63. Orion, Metallica
64. The Battle of Evermore and the timeless nature of fantasy
65. Resurrection, Rob Halford
66. Start the Fire, Metal Church
67. Season of the Witch, Grave Digger
68. Where Eagles Dare, Iron Maiden (for Nicko)
69. Cold Sweat, Thin Lizzy
70. Sign of the Southern Cross, Black Sabbath
71. The Rage, Judas Priest
72. Cauldron Born, Born of the Cauldron
73. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, Rainbow (RIP Ronnie James Dio)
74. Gods of War, Def Leppard
75. Powerslave, Iron Maiden
76. War Pigs, Judas Priest
77. Goodbye to Romance: Reflections on Black Sabbath, Back to the Beginning, and the end of the road
78. Mystification, Manilla Road
79. Hell on Earth, Iron Maiden
80. Bruce Dickinson at the House of Blues, Boston MA Sept. 11, 2025
81. Atom and Evil, Black Sabbath
82. Strange Ways, Ace Frehley
83. Of Blind Guardian and the Quest for Tanelorn
84. The Sentinel, Judas Priest
85. Stonehenge, Spinal Tap
86. Computer God, Black Sabbath
87. Judas Be My Guide, Iron Maiden
88. Desert Plains, Judas Priest
89. Heavy metal, sword-and-sorcery, the Outsider ... and Iron Maiden's “Drifter”
90. Among the Living, Anthrax
91. Revelations, Judas Priest
92. The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, Arkham Witch
93. Mountains, Manowar. RIP Ross the Boss
94. Defender, Manowar
95. Darkside of Aquarius, Bruce Dickinson
96. Don’t Break My Heart Again, Whitesnake
97. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Iron Maiden
98. Shake Me, Cinderella
99. Medusa, Anthrax
100. In My Darkest Hour, Megadeth
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