Metal songs at 165 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 394 metal songs with a verified tempo of 165 BPM: heavy riffs and double-kick energy. Here are some of the best known.
165 BPM is prime running tempo. 165 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 165 steps per minute, right in the range coaches suggest for an efficient stride. Drum and bass also lives here, if you want the energy without the pop.
Popular 165 BPM metal songs
Ain't My Bitch
Metallica
The Conjuring
Megadeth (2011)
Incessant Mace
Soundgarden (1988)
Death Before Dishonor
Five Finger Death Punch (2007)
Chinese
Motörhead (1987)
Valtio
Sepultura (2001)
The Heart of Everything
Within Temptation (2008)
Blood Junkie
Lamb of God (2003)
Born on Judgment Day
Helloween (2005)
Screaming Eagles
Sabaton (2011)
Fields of Desolation ’99
Arch Enemy (1999)
Coming of the Tide
Amon Amarth (2013)
Deadbeats I
Children of Bodom (2006)
Ten Ton Hammer
Machine Head (2008)
Speed of Light
Stratovarius (1996)
False News Travel Fast
Sonata Arctica (2001)
Let’s Get It On
HammerFall (2011)
Inquisition
Blind Guardian (1989)
World Coming Down
Type O Negative (1999)
Sacrimony
Kamelot (2012)
Nuctemeron
Sodom (1986)
Sublevels
Meshuggah (1995)
Terror of MechaGodzilla Lava
Morbid Angel (2003)
Egypt
Symphony X (2001)
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