Favourite Long Epic Tracks

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:26 am

What are you favorite epics? Talking about tracks that are 7+ minutes and make time fly. The ultimate heavy/epic/power/doom/thrash/technothrash/prog/black/death magnum opuses that send shivers down your spine.

Here's some of my favourites, more will surely be added later:

CIRITH UNGOL - Master of the pit 07:09
CIRITH UNGOL - Chaos rising 08:42
BATHORY - A fine day to die 08:36
CLOVEN HOOF - Return of the passover 9:01
HALLOW'S EVE - Hallow's eve (including Routine) 08:05
HAMMER (UK) - Across the line 08:00
DEALER (UK) - Final conflict demo '84 version 09:52
BATHORY - Blood and iron 10:25 (and basically anything from Hammerheart, Twillight of the gods and Blood on ice that fits the description)
CANDLEMASS - A sorcerer's pledge 08:18
DREAM THEATER - The killing hand 08:42 (from the times when DT played some decent music)
FATES WARNING - Nothing left to say 07:59

and a whole bunch of old MAIDEN tracks.

sovdat · Post by **sovdat** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:39 am

The first one that comes to my mind is MANOWAR - Battle Hymn.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:00 pm

+ MANOWAR - Bridge of death
MANOWAR - The power of thy sword
MANOWAR - Achilles, agony and ecstasy in eight parts
MANOWAR - Mountains

boris · Post by **boris** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:04 pm

the one and only RAINBOW - Stargazer (the longer rough mix version)
BLACK SABBATH - Heaven and Hell
ARIA - Ballada o Drevnerusskom Voine
CIRITH UNGOL - Chaos is Rising
SANCTUS - Creature From Vercenta
BEYOND TWILIGHT - The Devil's Hall of Fame

GJ · Post by GJ » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:12 pm

I came to think of Hades' "Masque of the Red Death", maybe not the greatest of compositions but it has a rather cool riff and it produced quite an eerie mood. At least it did when I was in my late teens - I got to pull it out of the shelf and see what it does for me these days, twenty years later.

(hope the track is long enough to be included here - from what I remember, it was)

lunaboy · Post by **lunaboy** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:32 pm

LEGEND - From The Fjords
PAUL CHAIN - Bath - Chair's Mary
THUNDER RIDER - Galaxy
BREAKER - In Days of Heavy Metal

msp · Post by **msp** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:33 pm

Fates Warning - The Ivory Gate of Dreams
Bathory - Shores in Flames
Manowar - Mountains

Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (if I am allowed this one)

JonahQuizz · Post by **JonahQuizz** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:59 pm

CANDLEMASS - A sorcerer's pledge

The one and only that you need in this genre!

Post by **DaN** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:52 pm

lunaboy wrote:LEGEND - From The Fjords

I'll top that by nominating "The Golden Bell".

Here's to stating the obvious:

"Seventh Son Of Seventh Son"
"To Tame A Land"
"Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner"

Fils Du Metal · Post by **Fils Du Metal** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:04 pm

VENOM "At war with Satan" 20:21 is my fave concerning the length of an epic track and the quality anyway.

Otherwise I also think "Legend "The golden bell" and for sure
HIGH POWER "Offrande charnelle"...

OK is this all epic? Or only long

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:13 pm

It doesn't have to be necessarily something like Manowar or Bathory. It can also be something from the second Heathen album for example or something from Summoning's Minas Morgul. Or even Incantation's Unto Infinite Twilight / Majesty of Infernal Damnation! Just name some long tracks that kick ass!

msp · Post by **msp** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:22 pm

Few more:

Mirror of Sorrow by Solitude Aeturnus
Footprints by Warning
A Funeral Request by Cathedral

All in my opinion of course

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:31 pm

msp wrote: Mirror of Sorrow by Solitude Aeturnus

Absolutely.

I'd add also Solitude Aeturnus - Transcending Sentinels + Shattered my Spirit

Post by **DaN** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:34 pm

SKYCLAD - Womb Of The Worm!

Ok, so it's only 6:55 but it remains one of the greatest, longish Metal Epics of the 90's.

ION BRITTON wrote:MANOWAR - Achilles, agony and ecstasy in eight parts

Urrgh... For me that song and its album was the beginning of the end for ManOwaR

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:39 pm

DaN wrote:
ION BRITTON wrote:MANOWAR - Achilles, agony and ecstasy in eight parts
Urrgh... For me that song and its album was the beginning of the end for ManOwaR

It's the last truly great ManOwaR album imo. It's flawed, but at least it left us some classics. As for the track in question, if you exclude the solo parts, for me the rest it's up there with the best moments of 80's ManOwaR.