Metal Songs

194 songs · chronological · Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer

A collection of Metal songs referencing the Vietnam War This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,000 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.

  1. Black Sabbath – Hand of Doom (1970)
  2. Black Sabbath – War Pigs (1970)
  3. Various Artists – Down in Vietnam (1981)
  4. Manowar – Death Tone (1982)
  5. Manowar – Shell Shock (1982)
  6. Casey – Vietnam - No More Wars (1983)
  7. Saxon – Innocence Is No Excuse (1985)
  8. Courage – At Vietnam (1986)
  9. Obsession – My Lai 31568 / Take No Prisoners (1986)
  10. Evil Blood – Vietnam Combat Fever (1986)
  11. Evil Blood – Kill With Napalm (1986)
  12. Titan – Titan (1986)
  13. Impetigo – My Lai (1987)
  14. Manowar – Violence and Bloodshed (1987)
  15. Sodom – Persecution Mania (1987)
  16. Inquisição – Napalm (1987)
  17. Wehrmacht – Napalm Shower (1987)
  18. Expect No Mercy – Vietcong Invasion / Charly's Back in Town (1988)
  19. Virus – Force Recon (1988)
  20. Sodom – Magic Dragon (1989)
  21. Sodom – Agent Orange (1989)
  22. Skinny Puppy – Tin Omen (1989)
  23. Grinder – Agent Orange (1989)
  24. Lååz Rockit – Annihilation Principle (album) (1989)
  25. Lååz Rockit – Chasin Charlie (1989)
  26. GWAR – Slaughterama (1990)
  27. Sodom – Capture the Flag (1990)
  28. The Plague – There's No Cure (1990)
  29. Jewel – The Vietnam Requiem (1991)
  30. Cornucopia of Death – Nip It in the Bud (1991)
  31. Out of Darkness – Demo (1991)
  32. Ministry – N.W.O. (1992)
  33. Alice in Chains – Rooster (1992)
  34. Rage Against the Machine – Wake Up (1992)
  35. Wicked Lady – War Cloud (1993)
  36. Biohazard – Remember (1994)
  37. Nailbomb – Point Blank (1994)
  38. P.U.S. – Sin Is the Only Salvation (1994)
  39. Aardvarks – Eyes (1994)
  40. Iron Maiden – The Edge of Darkness (1995)
  41. My-Laï – My-Laï (1995)
  42. Tortoise Corpse – Vietnam (1996)
  43. Witch Meadow – Down Eternity's Hall (1996)
  44. Rage Against the Machine – Vietnow (1997)
  45. Master – Return to Vietnam (1998)
  46. Biohazard – New World Disorder (1999)
  47. October 31 – Meet Thy Maker (1999)
  48. Rage Against the Machine – Sleep Now in The Fire (2000)
  49. Lamb of God – O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E. (2000)
  50. Fat Tortoise Butcher – Luciferngully (The Softer Side of Satan) (2000)
  51. Various Artists – Wizards of Gore: A Tribute to Impetigo (2000)
  52. Sodom – Among the Weidcong (2001)
  53. Sodom – Napalm In The Morning (2001)
  54. Voorhees – Crystal Lake's Legacy (2001)
  55. Magellan – The Great Goodnight (2002)
  56. Vilently Ill – Group Hug (2002)
  57. War Plague – P.O.W.M.I.A. (2003)
  58. Six Feet Under – American the Brutal (2003)
  59. Magrudergrind – My Lai Massacre (2004)
  60. Rabid – My Lai (2004)
  61. Megadeth – The System Has Failed (2004)
  62. Embrace the End – The Fathers Right Hand (My Lai) (2005)
  63. Toxocara – The Blood Road (Ho Chi Minh Trail) (2005)
  64. Arterial Pressure – Vietnam (2005)
  65. Janus – Kadaverstern (2005)
  66. The Arson Project – Good Morning Vietnam (2005)
  67. Sabaton – Primo victoria (2005)
  68. Sói Đen – Chiến tranh và hòa bình (War and Peace) (album) (2005)
  69. Sói Đen – 1975 (2005)
  70. Sói Đen – Blackwolf (2005)
  71. Sói Đen – Lâu đài sói (The Castle of Wolf) (2005)
  72. Sói Đen – Lòng tự hào (2005)
  73. Sói Đen – Người chiến binh (2005)
  74. Sói Đen – Nhạc khúc hòa bình (2005)
  75. Sói Đen – Vầng trăng sầu (2005)
  76. Sói Đen – Ði tìm ánh sáng (2005)
  77. Throwing Shrapnel – Hanoi Circa 1973 (2006)
  78. Misery Index – Unmarked Graves (2006)
  79. Dead Vertical – 13 Years In Vietnam (2008)
  80. A Punto – Lo nuestro en común (2008)
  81. Arterial Pressure – Shadow's Embrace (2008)
  82. Vothana – Vòng hoa chiến thắng / Crown of Victory (album) (2008)
  83. Vothana – Bước chân Việt-Nam / Vietnam March (2008)
  84. Vothana – Giai cấp trên / Higher Order (2008)
  85. Vothana – Giận dũ, và chuyên chế / Wrath & Tyranny (2008)
  86. Vothana – Outro (2008)
  87. Vothana – Ý chí mạnh mẽ / Strong Will (2008)
  88. Carne Humana – Intracorporal Exposiciòn (2008)
  89. Debustrol – Rwanda (2009)
  90. Gutalax – Sucking a Cock of a Vietnam Veteran (2011)
  91. Knives Out! – Hysteria (2012)
  92. Amen 81 – Helden von Nordvietnam (2012)
  93. Eyehategod – New Orleans Is the New Vietnam (2012)
  94. Xzibit – Napalm (2012)
  95. Rezet – Civic Nightmares (2012)
  96. Black Spring Monolith – Rebirthing the Goat (2013)
  97. Decaying – Fall of Saigon (2014)
  98. Decaying – Ho Chi Minh Trail (2014)
  99. Space Eater – Passing Through the Fire to Molech (album) (2014)
  100. Space Eater – P.O.W. (2014)
  101. Nocturnal Breed – Napalm Nights (2014)
  102. Sgt. Rock – Demos Cassette Collection 1987 (2014)
  103. Cerberus Attack – Cranial Attack (2014)
  104. Vothana – Cầu Nguyện Cho Cuôc Sống Của Người (album) (2014)
  105. Vothana – Cųőc Phòng (2014)
  106. Vothana – Outro (2014)
  107. Vothana – Tâp Nơp (2014)
  108. Vothana – Vinh Quang (2014)
  109. Vothana – Đoàn Kêt (2014)
  110. Vothana – Đây Vê Phía Trươc (2014)
  111. Woodlark – La Drang (2015)
  112. Jasons – Inferno (2015)
  113. Victimized – Vietcong (2016)
  114. The SlayerKing – My Lai (2016)
  115. Devil's Witches – Black Cauldron (2017)
  116. Whom Gods Destroy – Far Reaches (2017)
  117. Yakisoba – My Lai (2018)
  118. Khar Sulde – C-123s Spraying Agent Orange Using the Call Sign Hades (2020)
  119. Horresque – My Lai '68 (2020)
  120. Suppurated Fetus – Ho Chi Minh Trail (2020)
  121. Suppurated Fetus – Khe Sanh (2020)
  122. Suppurated Fetus – Camboja (2020)
  123. Suppurated Fetus – Dong Ap Bia (2020)
  124. Suppurated Fetus – Shua Valley (2020)
  125. Kjøttkvern – Vietnam (album) (2020)
  126. Kjøttkvern – Finne Og Ødelegge (2020)
  127. Kjøttkvern – Drap Av Uskyldige (2020)
  128. Kjøttkvern – Vietnam-Syndromet (2020)
  129. Kjøttkvern – Dyret (2020)
  130. Kjøttkvern – Jungelen (2020)
  131. Kjøttkvern – Metamorfose (2020)
  132. Kjøttkvern – Napalm (2020)
  133. Kjøttkvern – Torturerer (2020)
  134. Kjøttkvern – Uttak (2020)
  135. Stonewielders – Quarantine Is the New Vietnam (2020)
  136. Necrotic Cave – Screams From the Tomb (2020)
  137. Complot! – Complot! (2020)
  138. Lamb of God – Lamb of God (2020)
  139. Sodom – Genesis XIX (2020)
  140. Vothana – Commando (album) (2020)
  141. Vothana – 30 năm chiến tranh (30 Year War) (2020)
  142. Vothana – Bên cạnh hoặc dưới chân chúng ta (At Our Sides or Beneath Our Feet) (2020)
  143. Vothana – Bạo chúa đến (Black Tyrant) (2020)
  144. Vothana – Con dao cắt cổ họng của bạn (The Knife That Slits Your Throat) (2020)
  145. Vothana – Khoảng trống (Void) (2020)
  146. Vothana – Toàn quyền tối cao (Total Supremacy) (2020)
  147. Nagasaki Sunrise – The Fall of Saigon (2021)
  148. Church Crusher – Worship That?..Never!.. (2021)
  149. Vothana – Hành động bây giờ, tương lai đảm bảo (Action Now, Assured Future) (album) (2021)
  150. Vothana – Cuộc Hành Quân Của Cái Chết / March of Death (2021)
  151. Vothana – Máu Đổ Ra Đường Phố / Bloodshed Spills Out Into the Streets (2021)
  152. Vothana – Mồ Chôn Tập Thể / Mass Graves (2021)
  153. Vothana – Sống Cuộc Sống Nguy Hiểm / Live Life Dangerously (2021)
  154. Vothana – Xung Đột Và Đấu Tranh / Strife and Struggle (2021)
  155. Vothana – Đầu Cuối Cùng / Beginning of the End (2021)
  156. Xentrix – Ghost Tape Number 10 (2022)
  157. Shadow of Jupiter – Daisy Cutter (2022)
  158. Vothana – Trò chơi kết thúc / Game Over (album) (2022)
  159. Vothana – Bài ca không quên (Unforgotten Song) (2022)
  160. Vothana – Cơn giận dữ tiếp diễn (The Fury Rages On) (2022)
  161. Vothana – Dao đào rãnh, nắm chặt thay (Trench Knives, Clenched Fist) (2022)
  162. Vothana – Mayday, Mayday, Máy Bay! (2022)
  163. Vothana – Quân lệnh cuối cùng (The Final Command) (2022)
  164. Vothana – Đe dọa bạo lực (Violent Threat) (2022)
  165. Abbinormal – Ho Chi Minh Trail (2023)
  166. Sarcoptes – Massacre at My Lai (2023)
  167. Just Before Dawn – Kill Zone 2 (2023)
  168. Just Before Dawn – Mac V Sog (2023)
  169. Just Before Dawn – Tunnel Rats (2023)
  170. Just Before Dawn – Hill 937 (2023)
  171. Just Before Dawn – Into An Ambush (2023)
  172. Just Before Dawn – Tail-End Charlie (2023)
  173. Just Before Dawn – A War Too Far (2023)
  174. Just Before Dawn – Innocence Lost (2023)
  175. Just Before Dawn – Operation Arc Light (2023)
  176. Just Before Dawn – La Drang (2023)
  177. Just Before Dawn – Odyssey Of Echo Company (2023)
  178. Just Before Dawn – Gulf Of Tonkin (2023)
  179. Just Before Dawn – Phase Line Green (2023)
  180. Just Before Dawn – When Sanity Cracks (2023)
  181. Just Before Dawn – We Few (2023)
  182. Panzerkrieg 666 – My Lai Massacre (2023)
  183. Slasher Dave – Vietnam Summer (2023)
  184. Wizard Cage – Wizard Cage (album) (2023)
  185. Wizard Cage – Take Me to Vietnam (2023)
  186. Eraser – Harmony Dies (2024)
  187. MG 08 – 7.62 (album) (2024)
  188. MG 08 – F-4 Phantom II (2024)
  189. MG 08 – Going Home (2024)
  190. MG 08 – Tiger Force (2024)
  191. Disarmageddon – No Liberty (2024)
  192. Trencheard – Nāve Zinātnes Vārdā (2024)
  193. Sodom – The Arsonist (2025)
  194. Warfield – With the Old Breed (2025)