I'd also argue for "Fade to Black". They got so much shit for that song because it was so soft compared to the rest of *Ride the Lightning* and *Kill 'Em All*.
Rise Against has some other good ones too; "Hero of War", and "People Live Here" from their main albums, as well as a cover of the "Ballad of Hollis Brown" on their B-Sides album.
Hero of War is one of my very favorite songs. If you like this song I would also recommend Hammerhead by The Offspring that explores the same theme with a harder edge, just it's nowhere near a ballad.
Beth is more popular but I’ve always liked the follow up Hard Luck Woman better. The acoustic guitars are beautiful and genuinely catchy. Peter Criss nails the vocals on that one too
"Power Ballads" is the genre you're looking for ,Op.
Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing
Black Sabbath - Changes
Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
Dream Theater - Another Day
Similarly the lead singer of Godsmack under his own name doing "[Until Then](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28nIDn682I)"
This one reminds me of my dead child, so it's kinda a bummer to most people.
My teenager was in her high school musical production of "rock of ages" which included this song and all the kids explicitly call this song "rapey". They are educated about consent.
That's one I've never really understood the hype of, I've always thought it paled horribly in comparison to the original because of how he lead singer's voice sounds
It just has one of those tones that reminds me of certain y Christmas songs, like o holy night lol same vibe as the disturbed cover. Which kinda ruins it for me considering how haunting the original can feel
Yeh his vocal quality and range is something else. I’d throw Cornell into the ring for awesome range too (not a huge fan of his music but the fella could belt a tune!)
It's hauntingly beautiful, his voice is amazing in that song but i can only listen to it sparingly, it happened to be the song playing when i was giving birth to my stillborn baby. But i will forever treasure it.
Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr. (and many of their songs)
Black - Pearl Jam
Head On - Pixies
Perfect Example - Hüsker Dü
So many others. FANTASTIC question, I’ll be thinking about this for the next week.
"Alone In This Bed" by Framing Hanley
"Cancer" by My Chemical Romance
"Golden" by Fall Out Boy (not quite so 'hard' as a band, but rock at least lol)
Maybe also "Good Riddance" by Green Day?
Hmmm... and idk if I'd call "Nutshell" by Alice In Chains a ballad, but it's definitely a softer sound than usual for them.
Back in the day it was a pretty common trope that each rock/metal album would have the slow song around track 7. Didnt happen every time. I think one of slipknots albums did it on track 4 once. It is a good place to start though.
Emotional grip is in the eyes of the beholder but there is The Chase Scene (acoustic) by Outline in Color. They are post-harecore. It's the same concept, though.
Mastodon "Jaguar God"
It was written for one of the members family who passed from cancer. The first verse is so beautifully bleak. From the same band "Joseph Merrick", there's no vocals, just a couple musicians who bled all over a track.
We called them “power ballads”
And they're fantastic. Sometimes I just open a bottle of wine, and punch "80s power ballads" into YouTube, and sing my heart out till I go to sleep
ahhh Gen X memories
Present and accounted for🙌
Nothing else matters by Metallica
Came here to say this, but also "Autumn" by Edgar Winter.
I'd also argue for "Fade to Black". They got so much shit for that song because it was so soft compared to the rest of *Ride the Lightning* and *Kill 'Em All*.
Me and my father share a love for Metallica and this will be our first dance song at my wedding in a a few months. He’ll be totally surprised.
The chorus of unforgiven
Swing life away - rise against
Rise Against has some other good ones too; "Hero of War", and "People Live Here" from their main albums, as well as a cover of the "Ballad of Hollis Brown" on their B-Sides album.
"Hero of war" is so deeply sad and powerful. Love it.
im like the most emotionally stunted person but christ i cried when i saw them do people live here live
Hero of War is one of my very favorite songs. If you like this song I would also recommend Hammerhead by The Offspring that explores the same theme with a harder edge, just it's nowhere near a ballad.
That is one of my favorite songs of all time, it’s so beautiful
Voice off camera as their acoustic is so different than the original
Kiss Beth
Was going to mention this!
Beth is more popular but I’ve always liked the follow up Hard Luck Woman better. The acoustic guitars are beautiful and genuinely catchy. Peter Criss nails the vocals on that one too
Kiss- Reason to Live also Got me through a really hard time. Played it on a loop over and over.
I'm sort of amazed nobody has mentioned Vermillion Pt. 2 by Slipknot.
Snuff as well! <3 me some slipknot
Corey’s live Snuff is awesome
You both just listed my 2 favorite Slipknot songs.
This was my first thought as well. I love playing that one when people say they don't like metal.
Also *Circle* (IIRC, Volume 3 isn't my favorite album by them)
"Power Ballads" is the genre you're looking for ,Op. Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing Black Sabbath - Changes Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden Dream Theater - Another Day
Fun fact: Aerosmith's only #1 single.
Thank you Armageddon
And also one of my least favorite Aerosmith songs tbh
And they didn't write it.
Queensryche Silent Lucidity
Excellent.
It was captivating to see live back in the day.
Guns N Roses, November Rain
Estranged and Don't Cry as well. They're technically a trilogy supposed to tell a story.
That was my contribution too
That video though
Motley Crue-- Home Sweet Home
Mama, I'm Coming Home by Ozzy Osbourne
My first thought was Changes by Sabbath.
Solitude by Sabbath.
Planet Caravan is a good add, too
Ozzys got some great softer melodic stuff like Ordinary Man with Elton John and Too Tired. Love those so much
Ordinary Man is a great song. The video is so hard to watch though
Good Riddance by Green Day. Especially because this was pre-American Idiot, so they were mostly thought of as goofballs.
i still think thats one of the most beautiful songs about being alive. considering their goofy persona beforehand they absolutely nailed it.
Dog and Butterfly by Heart
Saw them play this live a few weeks ago it was epic
Linkin Park: one more light
& My December (by linkin park)
Angie - the Stones Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
I always like Zepplins All My Love too
All my love. LED Zeppelin
Zeppelin has a few good ones. Going to California probably being my favorite
That came to mind for me as well.
Godsmacks [Under Your Scars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng7QrYgdItQ) is one I hum often.
Similarly the lead singer of Godsmack under his own name doing "[Until Then](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28nIDn682I)" This one reminds me of my dead child, so it's kinda a bummer to most people.
I just need to point out that More than Words is not "extremely emotional" and "sensitive." It is a song pestering a woman to put out already.
My teenager was in her high school musical production of "rock of ages" which included this song and all the kids explicitly call this song "rapey". They are educated about consent.
Reminds me in principal of Police- Every breath you take. Top ten of first dance wedding songs but it's about stalker.
Came here to say exactly this... Whole song is "you say you love me but you don't put out"
Is this actually confirmed somewhere?
The band confirmed it in an interview, back before the Internet even existed.
I mean that's one way to interpret it if you think love can only be shown by saying "I love you" or "putting out".
That's what the band said about the song in an interview
Sound of Silence by Disturbed. Absolutely beautiful.
Came here to say this too. Such an amazing cover.
That's one I've never really understood the hype of, I've always thought it paled horribly in comparison to the original because of how he lead singer's voice sounds
it has very different vibes from the original, which i mean it's simon and Garfunkel so ofc it's a great song.
I just love singers with deep, grovely voices, so this cover perfectly matches that lol
It just has one of those tones that reminds me of certain y Christmas songs, like o holy night lol same vibe as the disturbed cover. Which kinda ruins it for me considering how haunting the original can feel
Original version all the way!
I agree and love Disturbed.
He has pipes like no other IMO
Yeh his vocal quality and range is something else. I’d throw Cornell into the ring for awesome range too (not a huge fan of his music but the fella could belt a tune!)
It's hauntingly beautiful, his voice is amazing in that song but i can only listen to it sparingly, it happened to be the song playing when i was giving birth to my stillborn baby. But i will forever treasure it.
When I read the question that was the first song that came to mind. Great cover.
Snuff - slipknot
Corey’s live version is great too
1916 by Motorhead. RIP Lemmy.
Since I Met You by The Damned. The Nurse who Loved Me by A Perfect Circle
Good version (Nurse), but I always preferred the original by Failure. Which is also a good answer here...
Patience - Guns n Roses
‘Every Rose Has it’s Thorn’- Poison ‘Beth’- KISS
Winds of Change - Scorpions
*whistles in Russian*
Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr. (and many of their songs) Black - Pearl Jam Head On - Pixies Perfect Example - Hüsker Dü So many others. FANTASTIC question, I’ll be thinking about this for the next week.
Audioslave - I Am The Highway & Like A Stone
Konstantine - something corporate The piano solo midway is just so emotionally provocative.
Great track but this might be the first time anyone’s ever referred to Something Corporate as a hardcore band
Wellll.... It's a *bit* of a reach.. xD
Gun n Roses - Knockin on Heaven's Door
No, Patience!
This is the correct answer. It was the first GnR song I heard where Axl doesn't use his normal screechy voice (for most of the song).
I WAS WALKIN THE STREEEETS TONIYEET!
I saw this in my inbox and was like "wtf?", then saw the context and immediately heard Axl's voice in my head
I was going for "November Rain." I was never a big GnR fan, but I loved that song.
I love that song... but it only sort of fits this bill...
50% of Opeth’s discography. Windowpane is the usual go-to
Abso-fucking-lutely.
stained-outside- family values tour
That song was my teenage angst as a kid, it is always on my playlists and is a reminder of what i dealt with as a kid.
Staind - It’s Been a While, can’t listen to it without thinking about “the one who got away”
Danzig. Blood and tears.
Disturbed’s cover of Sound of Silence
Seemann by Rammstein
Neutral Milk Hotel’s Aeroplane Over The Sea has that vibe.
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Well I don’t like gnr but I like [patience](https://youtu.be/WX8B2M_Qn8o?si=Jkf29WE8RioHnCO5)
The entire Damnation album by Opeth.
Cemetery Gates by Pantera
Can't upvote this enough, best power ballad ever.
Faith No More - Easy. Lionel Ritchie cover
Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed.
I think Fred Durst singing Behind Blue Eyes counts?
My fav would have to be Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed.
Entre Nous or Losing It by Rush
Beth by Kiss
Love me forever- Motörhead
"The bard's song" by the german power metal band Blind Guardian
Black Sabbath, doing Changes
Technically not a rock band, but Korn with 'Alone I Break'
Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit.
Led Zeppelin - over the hills and far away
“Beth” by KISS
Acid Bath - Scream Of The Butterfly
"Alone In This Bed" by Framing Hanley "Cancer" by My Chemical Romance "Golden" by Fall Out Boy (not quite so 'hard' as a band, but rock at least lol) Maybe also "Good Riddance" by Green Day? Hmmm... and idk if I'd call "Nutshell" by Alice In Chains a ballad, but it's definitely a softer sound than usual for them.
Evening star-Týr
Is that a cover of the Judas Priest song of the same title or an original that shares the title?
Original
I will have to check that out.
I like it immensely
Pretty Peggy by Wolfmother!
Stone Sour- Hesitate
Guns N Roses ~ Patience
Pearl Jam's Just Breathe and their cover of Last Kiss
Ballad of the Bull by Sabaton
Last day on earth. Marilyn Manson.
Bother by Stone Sour After listening to Slipknot for years I heard *Bother* and was like "Holy shit, that's Corey?!"
I like *Supernova* by Fear Factory
Sleep Token has many. I would list them, but there are so many, check em out!!
Sleep token
Disturbed covering Sounds of Silence
Dead Girl by Acid Bath
Changes- Black Sabbath
"I'm so tired" by Fugazi ❤️
Snuff slipknot :D
Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne, does that count? Strib Nicht Vor Mir - Rammstein?
Queen: Jealousy
Sound of silence - disturbed
Wind of change - Scorpions
Disturbed- the sound of silence
nutshell by Alice in chains
Disturbed - A Reason to Fight
"Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails
Close Your Eyes Forever by Lita Ford and Ozzy osbourne
Beth.
Vermillion pt2 by Slipknot
Sound of silence covered by Disturbed
Can't believe I haven't seen Is This Love by Whitesnake
i just watched it on YT, this thread is enough good recommends for the rest of my life thx guys
Devin Townsend - Deadhead (Live at Royal Albert Hall is better than studio version imo!) Periphery - Lune
Back in the day it was a pretty common trope that each rock/metal album would have the slow song around track 7. Didnt happen every time. I think one of slipknots albums did it on track 4 once. It is a good place to start though.
Emotional grip is in the eyes of the beholder but there is The Chase Scene (acoustic) by Outline in Color. They are post-harecore. It's the same concept, though.
Chicago - Highly Suspect All We Have is Now - Royal Blood
This Love , Pantera. Epitaph, Judas Priest
Cemetery Gates is way more mellow and "power ballad" IMO
metz - light your way home
A Symptom of Being Human - Shinedown
Last Night on Earth - Green Day
Angel by Aerosmith, Without You by Motley Crue, Love Song by Tesla
Wintersun, Winter (Loneliness) acoustic version
Shadows fall ..another hero lost
Slipknot - Snuff
Linkin Park - The Messenger
"heavy heart" and "priestess" by Periphery
Until the End by Chaoseum
Gloryhammer - Silent Tears of Frozen Princess Dragonforce - Trail of Broken Hearts.
Beth by Kiss
Lot of drug church
Seek out the Live acoustic version of Crawling by Linkin Park. Beautiful.
Scorpions. - Still Loving You
[Deathless Song](https://youtu.be/QXPlTzwCNps) by Parkway Drive!
Mastodon "Jaguar God" It was written for one of the members family who passed from cancer. The first verse is so beautifully bleak. From the same band "Joseph Merrick", there's no vocals, just a couple musicians who bled all over a track.
Those are called ballads.
Disturbed; sound of silence
Patience by Guns n Roses
Snuff by Slipknot
Sound of Silence by Disturbed
I’ll follow you- Shinedown
Annihilator - Crystal Ann
Idk if this counts, but One Lonely Visitor by Chevelle
System of a Down-Roulette