10 Perfect Heavy Metal Songs To Listen To When You're Angry

10. Machine Head - Ten Ton Hammer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBMLkrAW0Lk Never has a song title been so aptly named than the pulverising Ten Ton Hammer. Off 1997's The More Things Change, Machine Head came out of the gates with this brute aiming to match the intensity of their debut album Burn My Eyes, and succeeding. The outfit take things to crushing extremes on the lead single by incorporating a sickening bottom end riff with singer Rob Flynn's defiant growls, made all the more punishing by drummer Dave McClain's thunderous drum workout. Lyrically the song doesn't disappoint either when it comes to sheer frustration, with lyrics ranging from the more reflective side of Flynn like "I can feel this pain is real, I hate deep down inside" to the more aggressive declaration of "like broken glass you'll shatter, with bloody fists I'll batter, like a ten ton hammer son", almost exhibiting a song that is at war with itself. The band managed to smash their way into the Top 20 on the Official UK Album Charts for their efforts, putting them among the premier heavy metal bands of their time. The juggernaut that is Ten Ton Hammer certainly played a role in that ascension. Musically and lyrically, this one is a rage filled alternative hit of the 90's which helped put a majorly angry band into the spotlight. Angriest Lyric: "I'll be the thing that you despise, 'Cause I'm the path to your demise, and I will be there standing tall - tall!".