Metal Hammer Says That These are “The 100 Best Metal Songs of the ’90s”

In case you haven’t noticed, we are now in the summer new doldrums. Thank Christ, then, that Metal Hammer have released a list of what they consider to be “The 100 Best Metal Songs of the ’90s.” This should give us something argue/waste time with for at least a week.

A list like this must have been a bitch to make. I sympathize. They certainly could have made things easier on themselves by not including any Limp Bizkit (they managed to avoid Coal Chamber, after all!), but hey, I get it. “Nookie” is the best song ever about denying you have any human feelings and ordering a woman who has broken your heart to shove a cookie up her vagina. It simply had to be included.

The rest of the list is reasonably respectable… reasonably. That there are two Korn songs but nothing by Obituary, Bolt Thrower, or Deicide seems kinda bonkers.

But, again, I get it. This list really could not have existed without “Nookie.”

Check out the full list below, courtesy of The PRP. You can read Metal Hammer‘s explanations for their selections here. You can also find a Spotify playlist with all these tracks at the bottom of this post.

100. Mr Bungle – “Carousel”
99. Snot – “Snot”
98. Faith No More – “The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies”
97. Testament – “Riding The Snake”
96. Voivod – “Jack Luminous”
95. Melvins – “Honey Bucket”
94. Napalm Death – “Twist The Knife (Slowly)”
93. Queens Of The Stone Age – “Avon”
92. Emperor – “Thus Spake The Nightspirit”
91. Life Of Agony – “Lost At 22”
90. Meshuggah – “New Millennium Cyanide Christ”
89. Opeth – “Face Of Melinda”
88. Metallica – “Until It Sleeps”
87. Corrosion Of Conformity – “Dance Of The Dead”
86. Entombed – “Wolverine Blues”
85. Suffocation – “Infecting The Crypts”
84. Megadeth – “Sweating Bullets”
83. Limp Bizkit – “Nookie”
82. Cradle Of Filth – “The Forest Whispers My Name”
81. Death – “Trapped In A Corner”
80. Kyuss – “Gardenia”
79. Peal Jam – “Rearviewmirror”
78. Anthrax – “Only”
77. Immortal – “The Sun No Longer Rises”
76. Electric Wizard – “Wizard In Black”
75. Guns N’ Roses – “November Rain”
74. Amorphis – “Black Winter Day”
73. Darkthrone – “Transilvanian Hunger”
72. Ozzy Osbourne – “Mama, I’m Coming Home”
71. In Flames – “Jotun”
70. Nine Inch Nails – “The Day The World Went Away”
69. Eyehategod – “Dixie Whiskey”
68. Tool – “Sober”
67. Pantera – “I’m Broken”
66. Marilyn Manson – “Lunchbox”
65. Deftones – “Engine No. 9”
64. Cathedral – “Hopkins”
63. Type O Negative – “Everything Dies”
62. Down – “Stone The Crow”
61. Sepultura – “Arise”
60. Rage Against The Machine – “Guerrilla Radio”
59. Carcass – “Heartwork”
58. Neurosis – “Locust Star”
57. Fear Factory – “Replica”
56. Strapping Young Lad – “Detox”
55. Cradle Of Filth – “Cruelty Bought Three Orchids”
54. Iron Maiden – “Fear Of The Dark”
53. Paradise Lost – “Hallowed Land”
52. Morbid Angel – “Fall From Grace”
51. White Zombie – “More Human Than Human”
50. Opeth – “Demon Of The Fall”
49. Entombed – “Left Hand Path”
48. Pantera – “Floods”
47. Monster Magnet – “Space Lord”
46. Refused – “New Noise”
45. Type O Negative – “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend”
44. Meshuggah – “Future Breed Machine”
43. The Dillinger Escape Plan – “43% Burnt”
42. Marilyn Manson – “The Dope Show”
41. Clutch – “I Have The Body Of John Wilkes Booth”
40. Smashing Pumpkins – “Tonight, Tonight”
39. Slayer – “Dead Skin Mask”
38. Faith No More – “Midlife Crisis”
37. Korn – “Falling Away From Me”
36. Cannibal Corpse – “Hammer Smashed Face”
35. Jane’s Addiction – “Been Caught Stealing”
34. Darkthrone – “A Blaze In The Northern Sky”
33. Tool – “Stinkfist”
32. Mayhem – “Freezing Moon”
31. Nirvana – “Heart-Shaped Box”
30. Ministry – “Jesus Built My Hotrod”
29. Guns N’ Roses – “You Could Be Mine”
28. At The Gates – “Slaughter Of The Soul”
27. Pearl Jam – “Alive”
26. Rage Against The Machine – “Bulls On Parade”
25. The Prodigy – “Firestarter”
24. Soundgarden – “Jesus Christ Pose”
23. Rob Zombie – “Dragula”
22. Body Count – “Cop Killer”
21. Korn – “Freak On A Leash”
20. Rammstein – “Du Hast”
19. Judas Priest – “Painkiller”
18. Sepultura – “Refuse/Resist”
17. Pantera – “Cowboys From Hell”
16. Emperor – “I Am The Black Wizards”
15. Megadeth – “Hangar 18”
14. Marilyn Manson – “The Beautiful People”
13. Deftones – “My Own Summer (Shove It)”
12. Alice In Chains – “Rooster”
11. System Of A Down – “Sugar”
10. Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
09. Slipknot – “(sic)”
08. Soundgarden – “Black Hole Sun”
07. Nine Inch Nails – “Closer”
06. Metallica – “Sad But True”
05. Sepultura – “Roots Bloody Roots”
04. Rage Against The Machine – “Killing In The Name”
03. Machine Head – “Davidian”
02. Pantera – “Walk”
01. Korn – “Blind”