People value different things as to make a karaoke song "the best"; recognizability for the audience, how easy it is to sing, difficult passages to show off your vocal chops, not getting kicked out of the venue instantly,...

What's your best metal karaoke song, and why?

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[–] LOLjoeWTF@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

You Suffer by Napalm Death. It's good because it's pretty short, and the lyrics are quite simple.

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Here are some I enjoy:

Mother - Danzig
Anthrax - Caught in a Mosh (not in a public karaoke venue, too long, but at home or with friends, banger)
Sugar - System of a Down
Pump It - Electric Callboy

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Damn, can you even sing Sugar anywhere close to Serj's shenanigans?

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sort if. I mean, I'm nowhere near the vocalist Serj is. Not even close. But I give it all the emotion and enthusiasm it deserves. love that song. Singing it is so cathartic

[–] CrazyHorse@lemmy.cafe 9 points 3 weeks ago

Black Sabbath's Paranoid. Easy to get into to, gives room for your vocals to find their own way into loud territory, and it'll almost always sound awesome.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fucking easy. If you got the pipes for it, the correct answer is

Bloodbath - Eaten

If you can get the low guttural "eaten..." And get the responses while keeping your breath, You'll get the whole crowd in.

[–] jade52@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hahaha I would LOVE to see someone do this for karaoke

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

A bar somewhere has an Instagram video of me crushing it some years ago. 🤘

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago

Dragula by Rob Zombie. Catchy and well known.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's Ace of Spades and it's not even close.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Chic 'N' Stu - System of a Down

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also the prison song!

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Such a stone cold classic.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

For real! And it's educational too! And you can duet it as well

[–] WhiteRabbit 4 points 3 weeks ago

Saw a guy in a wheelchair do Angry Again by Megadeth and he killed it. So I’d say that lol

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I can’t growl, so I’m going with all of the songs from Opeth’s “Damnation”.

[–] funkforager@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

The trooper - Iron Maiden

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The ones I regularly go for

Sober - Nanowar of Steel
Murmaider - Deathklok
We Got The Moves - Electric Callboy

These songs help the digestion by non-metalheads by being very funny. Sometimes I just do a singalong with the official music video (Batmetal Returns for Murmaider) so people have something funny to watch as well.

Also

Bard's Song: In The Forest - Blind Guardian

But it's more of a folk song than a metal song.

[–] sniggleboots@europe.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

ah that's good intel, I hadn't considered the humour element!

[–] QueenMidna@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Beelzebub Showdown - Tenacious D

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg

If you can remember the lyrics.

[–] Motorheadbanger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ace of Spades and Breaking the Law

[–] BadEyeSyndicate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'd start from Rammstein 😜

[–] Libertus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'd say the easiest is "From skin to liquid" by Cannibal Corpse 😉