10/10 Perfect Metal Songs YOU Need To Hear

These metalcore, prog metal songs I would consider being 10/10 including Architects, Thrice, The Contortionist, Between The Buried And Me, Periphery and more. Subscribe for more honest music reaction / reviews and to discover new music.
Intro: (0:00)
Architects (0:32)
Thrice: (2:06)
Between The Buried And Me: (3:59)
Every Time I Die: (6:18)
Amia Venera Landscape: (7:21)
Periphery: (8:27)
The Contortionist: (9:57)
Protest The Hero: (12:33)
Oh Sleeper: (16:22)
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[@METALBIRB]

What song would you consider a 10/10? Also sorry about the music being edited a bunch. Damn copyright man.

[@WIERTARA2137]

For sure Satellites by Periphery, TesseracT "War of Being", Architects "Modern Misery" and Invent Animate "The Sun Sleeps". Probably there are more

[@colew.5522]

Just from this list, Hush Yael. Others: Underoath - Writing on the walls + Casting such a Thin Shadow. Bring me the Horizon - Hospital for Souls. Thrice - Image of the Invisible. Oh, Sleeper - Children of Fire + The Rise, Resolve - Between me and the Machine

[@TheNamesFathom]

@@WIERTARA2137I was about to type Satellites, but you beat me to it lmao Satellites was actually the first song I heard by Periphery, a friend recommended it to me while I was just getting into metal so he sent me a song that’s half calm and half total chaos. Jake, if you’re reading this, thanks so much dude!

[@samuelfavata7583]

For Today - Devastator

[@wallysnakes2690]

Still Hurts and Hands from greyscale season are 10s if not very close

[@lolrumbuutu]

Every time I hear 'Gone with the Wind' I get so nostalgic instantly. From the first note, I get teleported back to the show they played in Frankfurt after Tom died where everybody was just singing and crying along. That concert made me feel almost any emotion one can imagine and, to this date, nothing even comes close in terms of atmosphere. Definitely a masterpiece. Two other of my personal 10/10 songs would be Thornhill - Where We Go When We Die and Currents - The Place I Feel Safest.

[@ianwaldrop5456]

So real of you to include Stranger Things. That song blew my mind back in 2015! Still does tbh

[@353darkesthour]

Deadass though, I remember listening to the high note into the breakdown for the first time and uncontrollably honking my steering wheel with my forehead

[@wakeXupXdead]

2015!? Good god I'm getting old.

[@MinusFiveStars_]

Banger

[@Cornchps827]

I’ll never forget hearing flourish for the first time. That bridge made my jaw drop from what I was hearing

[@realtealcovers232]

The ending of Flourish is such a religious experience. I was so moved the first time I heard the bridge through the end of the song. So much emotion.

[@britballer4697]

10/10 songs for me personally. I won’t list them all because I have so many lol. But here’s a select few that fit the genre and my reasoning for them being perfect imo. Bring Me The Horizon - Doomed Perfect opening to their most accessible album in That’s The Spirit. They now have it in their encore at every show I’ve seen them perform. The strain in Oli’s voice on that “I think I like iiiiiiiiiiit!” Chef’s kiss! Architects - Doomsday The amount of recent metalcore bands that have taken inspiration from this song is insane. The video where they look up at the sky and see a bright light, supposedly representing Tom, cuts like a knife. Sam’s vocals are on point and for this to be the first song released since Tom passed away and still be this good says a lot about the band The Dillinger Escape Plan - Unretrofied An amazing multilayered song from an incredible band. Half of it is like a radio rock song and then there’s the screams from Greg Puciato who still remains one of the top tier vocalists in heavy music. This song definitely makes me miss Dillinger though 🙃 Deftones - Swerve City That riff is to this day one of the catchiest I’ve ever heard and Chino’s vocals on top of it make this a perfect song. They were on a run of not necessarily bad albums, but also not their best work and for this to be the lead single of Koi No Yokan was a sign of what they could still do when at their very best If anyone had read all of this then I appreciate it and welcome other people’s opinion. Give me one of your own picks and I’ll let you know what I think 😁

[@UnderJOath]

I was never a big BMTH guy but Doomed was certainly on my radar. However I recently saw BMTH at Sick New World and I can honestly say they made a believer out of me. Great performance and wish I’d seen Doomed live. I’ll have to catch them next time.

[@britballer4697]

@@UnderJOath I appreciate the feedback and even more so that you got into the band when previously not being a fan. They’re actually my number one all time and I’ve seen them 3 times, all in different stages of their success. Most recent was January this year and they had Bad Omens as main support. That show kicked ass!

[@Kr00ked32]

I dig that Protest the Hero added to my playlist. Love learning about new bands. That’s why I enjoy your channel! Keep it up. And thank you for all the new Music. 🤘

[@frozenandchosen]

I love when you do videos like this, instantly puts all the songs you mentioned at the top of my radar

[@UnderJOath]

Hahah awesome list. I couldn’t help but laugh as I went through it knowing that Selkies and Map Changes are on my 10/10 list as well as Periphery, albeit Satellites. Also pleasantly surprised to see Amia Venera Landscape pop up as I’ve been patiently waiting for their follow up for a solid decade and frequently ask for updates on their Facebook page 🤣. Figured everyone else forgot about them but me.

[@d.hodgsky]

Gone With The Wind is a fuggin 12 outta 10. I still get chills/teary every time I listen to it.

[@JohnnyRychous]

Man, Stranger Things will always be my favorite Periphery song of all time. I’ll never forget the emotions that went through my entire body and mind the first time I heard it. I was legit speechless 🔥 Also, fantastic choice for your Thrice pick. My personal 10 from them is a tie between All That’s Left and Red Sky. The Artist In The Ambulance is in my top 10 albums of all time 💪 Linkin Park’s song “Papercut” is my benchmark for my 10 out of 10 songs. Great picks my guy! 👊

[@BradleyCooperGraham]

Always so happy to see people talking about Amia Venera, that record is incredible.

[@QuietDewd]

Flourish by The contortionist is one of my favorite songs too and I totally agree with you that that harsh beginning is required to appreciate that bridge so much. But that bridge is like you said one of the best pieces of music that I know of it's just so amazing and gives me chills like every time. I wish I could convince more people who don't like metal to listen to it .

[@johnnyg666]

I cant believe you didn't mention Aviations - Outliers (maybe in part 2) I agree with your periphery pick for sure, there are several others by Periphery that you could argue 10/10, just such a phenomenal band. Also, I was thinking about what songs I would give 10/10 and I think all of them are prog bands, (dream theater's Octavarium comes to mind)

[@METALBIRB]

Because these are classics that I haven’t talked about before!

[@lisabyford]

This is so interesting and many thanks for it!

[@SamuelStudios]

A few of my favs include: Vengeance - August Burns Red David de la Hoz - The Chariot Feel Again - The Ongoing Concept Numbered Days - Killswitch Engage For a recent pick Suffocate - Knocked Loose

[@adam_korpusz]

The Contortionist’s Exoplanet is a one of a kind true masterpiece! Epic, pounding, brutal, beautiful and so on! Just classic! Mentioning it can affect instant subscribing! 🤘

[@tobiasgreven254]

For me, Erra-Dementia will forever be the best song ever. It's just so ambitious and complete.

[@jbasti227]

100% agree on Flourish by The Contortionist. All these years later and that whole middle section still gives me chills every time. Same thing with their song Oscillator. Exoplanet and Language are absolute masterpieces.

[@davidborer7857]

Totally stoked to hear AVL get a callout!! They're amazing and so underrated! Wish they would've stayed together 😔

[@ckokomo808]

They’re so good.

[@DillSkin]

Excellent list

[@amytt1996]

Yo, Birb! Lemme tell u something You could produce some content like "Birb introduces The Dear Hunter" and then you would talk about your relationship with their music, how'd you fall in love with the band, present some key songs, etc. You have such an amazing musical brain and taste, it'd be lovely to have your takes on the bands you love the most and how it all happened Keep rockin', you're the best!

[@RemcoL]

Cool list! That Oh, Sleeper album has some really nice songs. Endseekers is my fav

[@frantheravenfire]

LOVE the Periphery and Oh, Sleeper shouts. Both amazing songs ❤

[@ckokomo808]

I remember going through a hard time and first listening to Architects. This album truly helped me get through that dark time. Killer list!! I still jam oh sleeper when working out.

[@Owenator26]

One of the first band's I was in a prog metal band I remember my bandmate at the time played me Flourish by The Contortionist and when that melodic part came in after the heaviness instant goosebumps totally agree with you Birb brilliant piece of music! \m/

[@calebspencer3451]

That entire album by the contortionist is a religious experience

[@cowmark67]

Sick list. I was only familiar with Architects (I agree it's 10/10) and I had heard the Oh, Sleeper song once but everything else was new to me. The other songs sounded great. Here are some other metal songs I think are 10/10. 1. Architects - Doomsday 2. Make Them Suffer - Erase Me 3. Bolt Thrower - World Eater 4. Death - Pull The Plug 5. Parkway Drive - Karma 6. Deftones - Diamond Eyes

[@JoHarm96]

That whole Oh, Sleeper album is crazy. One of the best concept bands out there.

[@FlourishExpire]

Flourish is my all-time favourite song. Everything about it is perfect.. It, and Language I + II

[@Deadknot93]

I think many will agree that My Curse by Killswitch Engage is one of the best metalcore songs ever written. Least, I think it is. Stranger Things is easy Top 5 Periphery for me, but I have grown to believe that Wax Wings is their best song. Great riffs, fantastic vocal delivery, and just damn good proggy goodness! Ascensionism by Sleep Token is probably my favorite song currently. From a very unknown band, there's a song from this band called Meshiaak that really destroys! Alliance of Thieves. I get chills listening to that song, especially with the guitarwork. Danny Camilleri as a vocalist is severely underrated too.

[@Bonwizzle]

love the vid

[@JustinScottRiffs]

I still remember hearing Kezia for the first time and thinking… “The FUCK just happened.” Haha.. GOATed record for sure. And obviously you know where I stand on the Thrice boys 🖤 Solid list brother!

[@forrest705]

The KZbin algorithm introduced me to this channel. Does METALBIRB mainly focus on SiriusXM Octane, liquid metal/ Americore type bands?

[@WolfnamedKoga]

I'm late, but I love seeing Oh, Sleeper on here. They have such good music.

[@realtealcovers232]

I also think Kezia is a 10/10 album. Blindfolds Aside was the first song I heard by them but man, the whole album blew my mind.

[@reclaimer87]

Seeing thrice close their set with the earth will shake something like 18 years ago was the moment that solidified them as my favorite band of all time

[@METALBIRB]

Yeah man seeing them live is the best way to experience their music

[@reclaimer87]

@@METALBIRB 20th anniversary TAITA tour was easily one of, if not the, best shows I've ever been to. Hope you made it out to that

[@METALBIRB]

@@reclaimer87yup and I agree haha

[@toyotaecw]

In Elegance is my 10/10 Architects song. Loss by Devil Sold His Soul There Is No Tomorrow by Enterprise Earth Take Me Away by The Plot in You

[@OrdinaryDrummer]

Mara Effect from Spiritbox for me. My first ever dive into metalcore, it is special to me.

[@nottmore]

For me The Contortionst song Oscillator is my 10/10. Nothing have been able to touch it since. Starting at 2:20 to me is perfection.

[@kylemitchell651]

Gojira - the art of dying is an absolute masterpiece

[@joeyspijkers9867]

Omg yes

[@iHatchy]

Kezia is like a rock opera lol I love that album I need to relisten its been a min.

[@j.p3051]

Part 2 please!

[@bdydrppup]

That is by far my favorite Thrice song.

[@Daniel-zn1sn]

Strong agree with Architects, Contortionist and Protest The Hero ... For BTBAM I'd choose White Walls or Telos though :P and for Periphery maybe 22 Faces. I kinda prefer their short songs

[@chickox]

The entire Vheissu album by Thrice is perfection.

[@robbiemoore5608]

White Walls - Between The Buried and Me The Poet and the Pendulum - Nightwish Satellites - Periphery The Parable - The Contortionist Bleed - Meshuggah One - Metallica Unretrofied - Dillinger Escape Plan Pneuma - Tool Flying Whales - Gojira Eraser - NIN

[@dynchmetalhead410]

Hey mate! Kinda a bit surprised with your choices. So many great songs are left behind All that remains - not alone Killswitch engage - my curse or the end of the heartache Invent animate - void surfacing Novelists - echoes Trivium - ember to inferno Parkway drive - wild eyes And there are so many more. Are any songs of yours in the lists are paid for advertising ?

[@METALBIRB]

Yeah protest the hero paid me $1000 when I was 20 to get a tattoo of them and to make a video for them 13 years later

[@jdm8702]

The Poetic Edda for sure is perfection.

[@pancakeburglar9361]

Some really good picks. Though personally I’d include Widower by The Dillinger Escape Plan in my 10/10 list, what beautiful, weird and chaotic song.

[@cyclONEnation56]

Map change is so good.

[@colew.5522]

Love that you gave some attention to Thrice and Oh, Sleeper. Two super influential bands for me. I just wish Oh, Sleeper released more music. Cheers,

[@WetHat42]

Oh Sleeper 🙏 🎉

[@d.hodgsky]

Kezia is a fantastic album but Fortress is god-tier. In my top 5 albums of all time. And I think Limb From Limb is my fav off the album.

[@bl0odm1st7]

Ahh yes, naming your daughter after the woman who gets executed in your favorite concept album 😂

[@gibbyprogmetal9247]

IHLO - Coalescence is a definite 10 for me. I'll be honest it took me a lifetime to get into the track, but as soon it sunk in, it alllllll came in, and I was blown away by it

[@Supremebean28]

Birb! I’m so surprised you didn’t pick aviations - outliers!!!

[@METALBIRB]

I’m choosing songs that I haven’t made videos for in this series haha. I’ll make a note about it in part 2 but glad you know Outliers is for sure a 10/10

[@camdrouilhet6892]

My Body is a Cage by Arcade Fire is what I’d personally consider to be possibly the best song ever written

[@missinbrain]

I think Lamb of God “Laid to Rest” and Killswitch Engage, “In Due Time”

[@lokumo13]

Slice The Cake-Mountains of Man Hath-Kenosis Monuments-Origin of Escape Inferi-Mesmeric Horror Slugdge-War Squids

[@-Jake-]

Dementia by ERRA is an EASY 10/10

[@fill.5545]

Check out Mara by Chaos Divine. A definite 10/10 for me, lyrically and structurally!

[@teiwaz656]

Somebody who also knows Amia Venera Landscape??

[@METALBIRB]

🙌🏼

[@trowabarton222]

Man, its hard to pick a favorite Thrice song but id have to go with So Strange That I Remember You. That song has brought me to tears. BTBAM would have to me Extremophile Elite. Mastodon would be Crack the Skye. It brought me to tears before I knew the song was about Brann's little sister committing suicide. Im terrible at picking favorite songs though.

[@yohananbadgardener]

I hate this, but something that is cool about hush Yael is how it is able to be generalized. That same song could said about how insane Palestinians are being treated by the Israeli government. Unfortunately, it is as bad to the Palestinians right now as that terrible thing in 1979 😢

[@rhysd5435]

Feel that. Even when something is firmly rooted in specific tragedy, the passion conveyed can speak for any generation beyond it.

[@zerozeeros]

Both countries are guilty of crimes against humanity. No innocence but fuck I wish it would just stop without anymore bodies

[@Victorvonbass]

My Curse - KSE Tears Don't Fall - BFMV Carrion - Parkway Hypa Hypa - Electric Callboy Haters Gonna Hate - CNCC! Downfall of Us All - ADTR Obsession - Thornhill Wanderlust - ETID Secret Garden - Spiritbox Blessed Be - Spiritbox Rotoscope - Spiritbox The Offering - Sleep Token Alkaline - Sleep Token Rain - Sleep Token Mental Knife - Hail the Sun String Theory - Intervals Wax & Wane - The Omnific Shadow Moses - BMTH Sleepwalking - BMTH Needles and Pins - Deftones Diamond Eyes - Deftones Privilege - Incubus Circles - Incubus Middle of the Night - Rain Paris Quantum Flux - Northlane Stone - Alice in Chains I'm Broken - Pantera Got the Life - Korn ISERIOUSLYDISLIKEMOSTOTHERHUMANS - Bilmuri

[@RyanCogar]

Tears Don't Fall is way overrated honestly, Bullet have so many better tracks in my opinion, even just limiting the choices to before Scream Aim Fire.

[@dylandurham9337]

Man, Periphery have a lot of 10/10 songs. 2 of my favorites are both from P3: Remain Indoors and Lune

[@jkuli5314]

Lune is so damn good

[@BoOsT697]

I’d personally add aeon-Crystal lake, sun eater-Lorna shore, and terminal-silent planet

[@RyanCogar]

I know it has a lot of meaning for people but All our Gods didn't do much for me honestly which is strange because I fucking love Lost Forever//Lost Together...like any track besides Red Hypergiant or Distant Blue off that record beats anything from All Our Gods to me & that whole record is just so consistent in it's sound & vibe throughout. Just my two cents though of course. 🤷‍♂😂🤘

[@mr.tightywhitey8085]

I would have to add 🤔 Underoath - In Regards to Myself Killswitch Engage - My Curse Make Them Suffer - Erase Me Norma Jean - Songs Sound Much Sadder

[@madeleinesecker8036]

Killswitch engage for sure 🖤🎶☯️

[@METALBIRB]

I might do a part 2 and some of those bands are worth mentioning 😉

[@adamchambers7502]

the sun the moon the stars by Aether realm

[@mightymofoyoung]

One Armed Scissor ATDI Dream House Deafheaven The End of Heartache KSE When a Demon Def a Witch Whitechapel

[@Knox69420]

better be good bro Edit: After you said gone with the wind I was sold

[@callmekanda5662]

Thats a strong list, that Oh Sleeper track was new to me and wow that was heavy. Heres some of mine Breaking Point - Parkway Drive (One of the rawest intros to a metalcore song of all time, by far the most underrated song on Horizons. The energy is unreal.) Blood & Water - Memphis May Fire (I dont even like this band, but for some reason they pumped out the PERFECT radio modern metalcore song. Its anything you could ever want in an acessible hit, super simple but fun main riff, verses with insane energy, easly the best hook the band has ever written, double time breakdown but not quite cause they use the last 2 bars to ease you back into the song. It's just so well crafted) The World Breathes With Me - Caligula's Horse (i haven’t paid much attention to the lyrics yet because this is still fresh but one of my favorite album openers without question) Find Forever, Beautiful Obivion - Issues (Double pack here, I know Tyler is controversial to put it lightly and that has put a stain on this band's legacy, but this song is just so fucking fun man. It took 3 other messy releases to get here but this album is the perfect 50:50 split between metal and r&b, every time i hear it im left wondering if people even actually were hearing the music at the time of its release, because it deserved so much more praise. The ending breakdown on Beautiful Oblivion with the catchy playful vocal melodies is the most danceable shit ever. The saxophone on the final chorus of Find Forevwr mixed in with the layered vocals makes everything feel so huge but so fun. I love this album still, i cant help myself.) It's 5 AM when im typing this so im juat gonna list the next few without explaining Serenity Painted Death - Opeth Constance - Spiritbox When You Can't Sleep At Night - Of Mice & Men (by far the best song they made wasn't even metal) it really hurts :(: - fromjoy Crystal Mountain, Misanthrope - Death Jenny - Nothing More Sleepwalking, Nihlist Blues, Kingslayer - Bring Me The Horizon Danger - The Home Team

[@Cornchps827]

My favorite oh sleeper song from that album is in the wake of pigs. Love that song!

[@webster439]

Love me some Protest the Hero. Oh, Sleeper - Son of the morning is one of the best concept albums out there, even if you dont share their beliefs

[@noahstrasmann1557]

I mean, these prog songs are impressive and definitely good overall, but I would argue that 10/10 songs are ones that you would want to listen to the most. Like how often are you actually listening to these 7 minute prog songs? I would argue that songs like Shade Astray and The Orphan Breed are much more enjoyable than the technical prog stuff.

[@METALBIRB]

I’ve genuinely listened to all of these songs thousands of times lol. Time length truly doesn’t matter when a song is that good.

[@zerozeeros]

The story behind Yael is just fkn horrendous. Not saying israel as a country is innocent of crimes but for those saying free palestine they are just straight up sheep that dont even know the horrors of what they have committed

[@coly12345]

You = 🤡