Top 5 Metal/Hard Rock Ballads

[John Galt]

Please post a link if you can.


1. Labyrinth - "Falling Rain" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9raQQjahXk8&feature=PlayList&p=97A739E76829C43A&index=42&playnext=6&playnext_from=PL

2. Symphony X - "Candlelight Fantasia" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_YbguTUNQ

3. Fates Warning - "A Pleasant Shade of Gray IX" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG94KotFUm4

4. Kamelot - "Sailorman's Hymn" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4VMGEJzfyk

5. Saigon Kick - "Spanish Rain" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzeYazsADg

[X-Nightcrawler]

Opeth - Face of Melinda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV1Fe9de0dA)

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lljBSQdlvY)

Nightwish - Sleeping Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmDWvGKLzBE)

Within Temptation - Towards the End (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFnuvsmdsPc)

For some ungodly reason I can't think of many that don't repeat artists. I'll post others later.

[LordSimen]

10. Ayreon - Day Eight: School (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFAGSMPpFcg)
9. Dio - Don't Talk To Strangers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n721-IRnOTs)
7. Iced Earth - Melancholy (Holy Martyr) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ6hG7XX6zI)
6. Blind Guardian - Nightfall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azt8p7rWFaQ)
5. Skid Row - 18 and Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzmfpfIq0-4)
4. Symphony X - Paradise Lost (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWmEob1VBac)
3. Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2za92DQOCw)
2. Opeth - Harvest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWdCRYEZGE)
1. Metallica - Fade To Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEQnzs8wl6E)

I couldn't keep it to just 10. =P

[Hucksta G]

1. Opeth - Windowpane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IzLDT73bkk
2. Alice in Chains - Nutshell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alsUu-MGE9g&feature=related
3. Deftones - Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRpQFxo38R4 (Couldn't find one without a video)


Hmm I'll try post more when I can think of some that have not been listed.

[John Galt]

Here are 5 more:

Bruce Dickinson - "Navigate The Seas Of The Sun" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8w92Qtn9Vg)

Black Sabbath - "Solitude" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxzejQlnPaM&feature=PlayList&p=BE0F7532F968645C)

Psycho Motel - "With You Again" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySqzR-o_Bso&feature=PlayList&p=BE0F7532F968645C) (featuring the guitar wizardry of Dave Murray & Adrian Smith)

Ayreon - "Valley Of The Queens" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHrG-cMS0DY)

Crimson Glory - "Painted Skies" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ApLyIMqFxk&feature=PlayList&p=97A739E76829C43A) R.I.P. Midnight. You will be missed.

[John Galt]

We're all dispondent these days. Fuck it. 5 more...

Dream Theater - "Space Dye Vest" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DiM86RCW9Y&feature=PlayList&p=BE0F7532F968645C)

Symphony X - Lady Of The Snow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDwtnr-gFs)

After Forever - Silence From Afar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1a9wbWtUJs&feature=PlayList&p=97A739E76829C43A)

Saraya - Timeless Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWgcXLfdA8&feature=PlayList&p=BE0F7532F968645C)

Uriah Heep - Lady In Black (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jj_UeP9W48&feature=PlayList&p=97A739E76829C43A)

[countchocula]

The first five that came to mind...

Pantera-"Cemetery Gates"
Metallica-"Fade to Black"
Alice in Chains-"Love, Hate, Love"
Skid Row-"I Remember You"
Queensryche-"Silent Lucidity"

[Ratlehed]

A few good ones that come to mind. In no order.

Armored Saint- Another Day

Testament- The Ballad and Return to Serenity

Gwar- The Road Behind

Megadeth- Forclosure of a Dream and A Tout Le Monde (Cristina Scabbia version)

Metallica- Fade to Black

Alice in Chains- Nutshell

Motorhead- Lost in the Ozone, All For You, and Love me Forever

Overkill- Nice Day For a Funeral

[Badbird]

After Forever - Lonely (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7_UEEPWhJk)

Tarja - The Boy and the Ghost (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBVzlbf61AU)

Kamelot - Don't You Cry (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36QngswWs5o)

Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9wYEz_lvM)

Sonata Arctica - Replica (2006) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2IFk-nFgRA)

Northern Kings - My Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSH0xGvOXZw&feature=related)

Tarot - Rider of the Last Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHwiBpX3gUQ)

Metallica - Fixxxer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk-eAV6y1lg)

Apocalyptica - Faraway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMQL5XqhwLQ)

Type O Negative - Love You to Death
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZd8nMmWw8A)

Sinner - Judgment Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhXFBU0poo)

[Prismatic Sphere]

America - Survival (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLn2KSxTLpM)

Bruce Dickinson - Arc Of Space (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpUsNsLFpFs)

Saraya - Healin' Touch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEb5t2gYZ0A)

Led Zeppelin - Tea For One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7c5AQIWBiM)

Ozzy - You're No Different (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLZkIGxjrWs)

[jeo4]

It's not exactly metal, but five I listen to every time I hear them are:

Pearl Jam - Black

Nirvana - Come As You Are

Van Halen - Love Walks In

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

Queensryche - Silent Lucdity

[~Sixx~]

Motley Crue: Home Sweet Home

Guns-n-Roses: November Rain

[starcat]

Aerosmith - I dont wanna miss a thing
Cinderella - Dont know what you got, till its gone
Tesla - Love Song
Motley Crue - Youre all i need
Poison - Every Rose has its thorn
Def Leppard - Love Bites
Faster Pussycat - House of pain
Guns n Roses - Patience
ZZ Top - Rough boy
Van Halen - Love comes walkin in

[TATU]

1. The Scorpions- Winds Of Change

2. Whitesnake- What Is Love?

3. Metallica- Nothing Else Matters

4. Skid Row - I Remember You

5. Pantera - Cemetery Gates

Honorable Mentions

1. Tesla - Love Song

2. Guns N' Roses- Sweet Child 'O Mine

3. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

4. Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home

5. Slipknot- Sulfur

[HurricanesR1]

1. Miles Away by Winger
2. Heaven by Warrant
3. Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone by Cinderella
4. Forever by KISS
5. Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse

[Mongo]

The first five that came to mind...

Pantera-"Cemetery Gates"
Metallica-"Fade to Black"
Alice in Chains-"Love, Hate, Love"
Skid Row-"I Remember You"
Queensryche-"Silent Lucidity"


This would be my top 5.