Great Rock/Metal Ballads Though The Years
Not much moves me like a good ballad can. Here's some of my personal favorites, regardless of era. |
| 1 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
"Silver Springs" (B-Side to Go Your Own Way) - 1976 |
| 2 |  | Metallica
Ride the Lightning
"Fade to Black" - 1984 |
| 3 |  | Scorpions
Love At First Sting
"Still Loving You" - 1984 |
| 4 |  | Metallica
...And Justice for All
"One" - 1988 |
| 5 |  | Soundgarden
Superunknown
"Black Hole Sun" - 1994 |
| 6 |  | Nirvana
MTV Unplugged in New York
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" - 1994 (I'm aware it's a cover) |
| 7 |  | Megadeth
Youthanasia
"A Tout le Monde" - 1994 |
| 8 |  | Green Day
Nimrod
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" - 1997 |
| 9 |  | Manic Street Preachers
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
"Born a Girl" - 1998 |
| 10 |  | Opeth
Damnation
"Hope Leaves" - 2002 |
| 11 |  | Avenged Sevenfold
Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
"Warmness on the Soul" - 2001 |
| 12 |  | Avenged Sevenfold
Waking the Fallen
"I Won't See You Tonight" - 2003 |
| 13 |  | My Chemical Romance
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
"Demolition Lovers" - 2002 |
| 14 |  | AFI
Sing the Sorrow
"This Time Imperfect" - 2003 |
| 15 |  | Jimmy Eat World
Futures
"23" - 2004 |
| 16 |  | My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade
"I Don't Love You", "Cancer", and "Disenchanted" - 2006 |
| 17 |  | Stone Sour
Stone Sour
"Bother" - 2002 |
| 18 |  | Slipknot
All Hope Is Gone
"Snuff" - 2008 |
| 19 |  | In Flames
Come Clarity
"Come Clarity" - 2006 |
| 20 |  | In Flames
A Sense of Purpose
"The Chosen Pessimist" - 2008 |
| 21 |  | Avenged Sevenfold
Nightmare
"Victim", "Tonight the World Dies", and "Fiction" - 2010 |
| 22 |  | Escape the Fate
Escape the Fate
"World Around Me" - 2010 |
| 23 |  | Bring Me the Horizon
There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It...
"Don't Go", "Blessed With a Curse" - 2010 |
| 24 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Dead Throne
"Chicago" - 2011 |
| 25 |  | Devil Sold His Soul
Empire of Light
pretty much this entire album but especially "It Rains Down" - 2012 |
| 26 |  | My Chemical Romance
May Death Never Stop You
"Fake Your Death" - 2014 |
| 27 |  | Bring Me the Horizon
Sempiternal
"Hospital for Souls" - 2013 |
| 28 |  | Periphery
Periphery III: Select Difficulty
"Absolomb" and "Lune" - 2016 |
| 29 |  | Bullet for My Valentine
Gravity
"Breathe Underwater" - 2018 |
| 30 |  | Whitechapel
The Valley
"Hickory Creek" - 2019 |
| 31 |  | Motionless in White
Disguise
"Another Life" - 2019 |
| 32 |  | Bring Me the Horizon
Post Human: Survival Horror
"One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be in Your Chest as You March Towards Your Death" - 2020 |
| 33 |  | Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet For My Valentine
"Step Out from the Inside" - 2022 |
| 34 |  | Whitechapel
Kin
"Anticure", "Orphan", and "Kin" - 2021 |
| 35 |  | Avenged Sevenfold
Life Is But a Dream...
"Cosmic" - 2023 |
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