To my metal family out there – I’ve put together a resistance and resilience playlist. Some of the albums and tracks in the well of heavy metal that I drink from for replenishment – especially in testing times 🤘

Here’s my pick of twelve albums and tracks, plus two bonus tracks. What are some of your go-to songs that lift your spirits and strengthen your resolve?

🖤Kreator – ‘World War Now’

“Seeds of hate
Sowed by lies
Darkest times
Hold your ground”

🖤Gojira – ‘Amazonia’
“There’s fire in the sky
You’re in the Amazon
The greatest miracle
Is burning to the ground”

🖤Motorhead – ‘Orgasmatron’

“And all my promises are lies, all my love is hate
I am the politician and I decide your fate”

🖤Metallica – ‘Master of Puppets’

“Master of puppets, I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams”

🖤Rotting Christ – ‘Χ Ξ Σ (666)’

“The one who has understanding must calculate the number of the beast
For it is the number of a man
And his number is 666”

🖤Sepultura – ‘Refuse / Resist’

“Refuse
Resist
Refuse
Chaos A.D.
Disorder unleashed”

🖤Megadeth – ‘Symphony of Destruction’

“You take a mortal man
And put him in control
Watch him become a God
Watch people’s heads a-roll”

🖤Cradle of Filth – ‘Suffer Our Dominion’

“Inhumankind now drives mass extinction
No escape from an enemy of billions
Pity the poor creatures that suffer our dominion”

🖤Slayer – ‘Angel of Death’

“Destroying without mercy” other lyrics too awful to share right now

🖤Body Count – “No Lives Matter”

“Don’t fall for the bait and switch
Racism is real, but not it
They f*ck whoever can’t fight back
But now we gotta change all that”

🖤Arch Enemy – ‘First Day in Hell’

“Igniting hell on earth
Archangels bending crosses hooked”

🖤Frantic Amber – ‘Burning Insight’

“Repressing information
Disregarding freedom with corruption”

🖤Falling in Reverse – ‘Watch the World Burn’

“One day you’re gonna figure out that
Everything they taught you was a lie
Watch the world burn”

🖤Philosophy Theatre – ‘Digital Army of Evil’

“We post what we want
Our enemies we taunt
Digital army of evil
United we grow”

Metal gets to grips with the world that the red pill given by Morpheus reveals. Don’t misunderstand – it is not stoking bad things – it is standing up against them. #MetalHeaven

Of course there are so many more, for example:

Iron Maiden – ‘Powerslave’
“Tell me why I had to be a powerslave
I don’t wanna die, I’m a god
Why can’t I live on?”

Fit For An Autopsy – ‘Black Mammoth’
“Fools gold, siphoned and sold, merchants of death
Dead in spirit, now dead in flesh”

Powertrip – ‘Executioners Tax’
“Go on and look at you
Today’s your lucky day
The executioner’s here
And he’s ready to make you pay”