Metal songs at 165 BPM
TempoTunes has 503 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

Sweating Bullets
Megadeth (1995)

Feel Good Hit of the Summer
Queens of the Stone Age

Incessant Mace
Soundgarden (1988)

Death Before Dishonor
Five Finger Death Punch (2007)

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)
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