Metallica's Master Of Puppets voted #1 metal song of all time

Gibson.com readers and editors have voted Metallica's Master of Puppets the greatest metal song of all time.

Metallica features four other songs on the list. Judas Priest features a whopping seven tracks, with Iron Maiden just behind with six tracks.

Gibson.com’s Top 50 Metal Songs of All Time

1. “Master of Puppets,” Metallica

2. “Ace of Spades,” Motörhead

3. “Crazy Train,” Ozzy Osbourne

4. “Iron Man,” Black Sabbath

5. “The Number of the Beast,” Iron Maiden

6. “War Pigs,” Black Sabbath

7. “Paranoid,” Black Sabbath

8. “One,” Metallica

9. “Hallowed Be Thy Name,” Iron Maiden

10. “Breaking the Law,” Judas Priest

11. “Children of the Grave,” Black Sabbath

12. “Welcome to the Jungle,” Guns N’ Roses

13. “Black Sabbath,” Black Sabbath

14. “Hells Bells,” AC/DC

15. “The Trooper,” Iron Maiden

16. “Painkiller,” Judas Priest

17. “Stargazer,” Rainbow

18. “Enter Sandman,” Metallica

19. “Back in Black,” AC/DC

20. “Runnin’ with the Devil,” Van Halen

21. “The Hellion/Electric Eye,” Judas Priest

22. “Run to the Hills,” Iron Maiden

23. “Let it Go,” Def Leppard

24. “Epic,” Faith No More

25. “Hangar 18,” Megadeth

26. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Iron Maiden

27. “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’,” Judas Priest

28. “Fear of the Dark,” Iron Maiden

29. “Raining Blood,” Slayer

30. “Walk,” Pantera

31. “Holy Diver,” Dio

32. “Highway to Hell,” AC/DC

33. “Heaven and Hell,” Black Sabbath

34. “Bulls on Parade,” Rage Against the Machine

35. “Fade to Black,” Metallica

36. “Angel of Death,” Slayer

37. “Peace Sells,” Megadeth

38. “Freak on a Leash,” Korn

39. “Them Bones,” Alice in Chains

40. “Cemetery Gates,” Pantera

41. “Detroit Rock City,” KISS

42. “Devil’s Child,” Judas Priest

43. “Run with the Wolf,” Rainbow

44. “Would?,” Alice in Chains

45. “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” Twisted Sister

46. “Hell Bent for Leather,” Judas Priest

47. “Beyond the Realms of Death,” Judas Priest

48. “Bomber,” Motörhead

49. “Unchained,” Van Halen

50. “10,000 Days (Wings, Part II),” Tool

See Gibson.com for the seperate reader's top 25, and a breakdown of the bands that had the highest number of songs on the list.