Heavy Metal Songs About Nuclear War

(First in a long series of posts about the deep relationship between Heavy Metal & the anti-nuclear movement. RemyC.)

From:
Scopecreep

We all know that heavy metal has an obsession with death and destruction. It’s just part of the genre’s mystique. And there’s no man-made weapon capable of more destruction than nuclear weapons. This playlist examines the subject of nuclear war through the window of heavy metal songs.

Although there are metal songs that revel in the pain, death and destruction of nuclear annihilation, most of the songs are really a protest against nuclear weaponry.

This playlist kicks off with a band whose image and sound oozed evil, and paved the way for the genre, but whose lyrics could be very socially conscious; Black Sabbath. In all, the playlist contains 19 metal songs, and spans many sub-genres. You’ll find classic metal by the previously mentioned Black Sabbath as well as Iron Maiden and Deep Purple, but also pop metal by the likes of Dokken and Def Leppard, hardcore stuff by Slayer and Sepultura, and alt metal by System of a Down and Rage Against The Machine. They’ve all used the powerful imagery of nuclear war to get their points across and this playlist is a good example.

Heavy Metal Songs About Nuclear War Playlist

Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath
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From the album ReunionLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Rust In Peace…Polaris - Megadeth
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From the album Rust In PeaceLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
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From the album PowerslaveLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

South Of Heaven - Slayer
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From the album Soundtrack To The Apocalypse (Parental Advisory)Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Beneath The Remains - Sepultura
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From the album Beneath The RemainsLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Aftershock - Anthrax
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From the album Spreading The DiseaseLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Surgical Strike - Queensrÿche
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From the album Rage For OrderLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Child In Time - Deep Purple
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From the album Knocking At Your Back DoorLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Thank God For The Bomb - Ozzy Osbourne
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From the album The Ultimate SinLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Gods Of War - Def Leppard
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From the album HysteriaLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath
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From the album Live EvilLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Will The Sun Rise - Dokken
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From the album Under Lock And KeyLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Thermonuclear Warrior - Carnivore
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From the album Carnivore (Parental Advisory)Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Boom! - System Of A Down
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From the album Steal This Album!Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Born As Ghosts - Rage Against The Machine
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From the album The Battle Of Los AngelesLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

After The Bomb - Doom
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From the album Total DoomLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Nuclear Winter - Dawn Of Oblivion
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From the album Mephisto’s AppealingLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Set The World Afire - Megadeth
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From the album So Far, So Good… So What? (Remixed & Remastered)Last.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

Blackened - Metallica
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From the album …And Justice For AllLast.fm page / Search for lyricsSongBlogger V1.31

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006