Heavy Metal from the Heart!

When thinking of Valentine’s Day, you tend to imagine sweet candies, romance, and love ballads. We love to listen to the beautiful strum of an acoustic guitar. We hum to the sweet sound of the quiet, calm vocals, telling stories of their deep love. 

What if we were to put a small twist on the traditional Valentine’s Day music? It doesn’t particularly need to be calm and acoustic. Sometimes love ballads can include pounding double bass, wailing electric guitar, rhythmic bass and guttural screams. Here are four metal songs that can clearly show deep love, broken relationships, and the sweet sound of a dark, gothic Valentine’s Day!

This Love

Pantera

The iconic sound of Pantera combined with the twisted lyrics about an anger filled, toxic relationship. This intense song is packed with ground shaking breakdowns, melodic guitars, and booming bass. The beautiful melody and the fierce lyrics make this song a perfect addition for your new heavy metal Valentine’s playlist.

Snuff

Slipknot

Acoustic Slipknot? Why not? This song, mainly written by Slipknot’s vocalist, Corey Taylor, is about deep heartbreak and a dark relationship. Though it begins as a slow song, it represents the intense grief that Corey felt after a painful breakup. He describes how hard it was to overcome that heartache in the lyrics of the song. It is one of the deepest, personal, emotion-filled Slipknot songs.

N.I.B.

Black Sabbath

The guitar strums powerfully as the rhythmic bassline drives the song. The song lyrics may sound simple, but it has quite a deep meaning. The song is about the devil finding love and learning to change his ways. This song shows deep love and redemption which makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day!

The Diary of Jane

Breaking Benjamin 

The bassline shakes the Earth, the beating drums drive the music, and the melodic guitar flows through this heavy song. The lyrics describe the longing and desire of a relationship as you try to find a way into a person’s life even if it might result in misery. 

Whether you prefer listening to sweet ballads or intense breakdowns, there are so many amazing songs to listen to at this time of the season. Do you have any Valentine’s metal suggestions? Be sure to tell us in the comments!