Long metal song?

peregrino wrote: Well, we could also add Empire of the Clouds from Maiden's latest album, which is actually quite proggy but a little so-so for a Maiden composition. It certainly is very different than the usual Maiden song, relying mostly on piano. Also, yeah, Dopesmoker and Jerusalem are the same song, but Jerusalem came out first. London Records demanded the original piece (later released as Dopesmoker) to be chopped up into a number of tracks and have its mixing to be "softer", so it could be actually marketable to someone else than just the band themselves.

Actually, I do love Empire of the Clouds. I still don't know so much from Maiden, but I think I know the most important songs, and so far it's my favourite along with "Hallowed be thy Name" and "To Tame a Land" (though the last one I only know from Dream Theater's cover

Mob Rules (Germany).

If you want a cracking melodic long metal song, try "Let The Storm Descend Upon You" by Avantasia.  In fact, try the whole album (Ghostlights, 2016), it's awesome!

Ephemeral Sun - Harvest Aorta (USA).
42 mn of instrumental music !
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=26886
http://https://ephemeralsun.bandcamp.com/album/harvest-aorta

OK, to start with the classics, though not quiet metal yet, there's "In-a-gadda-da-vida", by Iron Butterfly, and "2112" by Rush. I have not seen Haken nor Ayreon mentioned. Haken has "Celestial Elixir", "Visions", and "The Architect". Ayreon has the album "The Theory of Everything", with a doulbe album with 4 epics (just as Tales from Yes). Oh yeah, and there's Iron Maiden's "Empire of the Clouds", from their last album, which I really loved.

In the Woods - 299.796 Km/s from Omnio is brilliant and is close to 15 minutes long.

Edited by Cristi - September 12 2017 at 19:10

RedNightmareKing wrote: Metalmarsh89 wrote: I know of one non-prog metal epic. Manowar did a 28 minute song, though the title escapes me at this moment. All of the prog metal songs I know have already been mentioned. Achilles: Agony and Ecstasy in 8 Parts is the Manowar song. Pure power metal, good pick. As for me, Devil Doll has put out some pretty long songs, like... The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms (79 minutes) Dies Irae (49 minutes) It's neo-classical avant-progressive metal. Awesome, I know.

Mirkwood wrote: Actually that Sleep song is not that good, maybe "Jerusalem" by them is better.

As far as I know, "Jerusalem" is just a different, slightly shorter, edit of "Dopesmoker".

I know of one non-prog metal epic. Manowar did a 28 minute song, though the title escapes me at this moment.

Edited by Metalmarsh89 - March 16 2013 at 13:29