Metal songs at 172 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 697 metal songs with a verified tempo of 172 BPM: heavy riffs and double-kick energy. Here are some of the best known.
172 BPM is prime running tempo. 172 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 172 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 172 BPM metal songs
Custard Pie
Metallica (2000)
Die With Your Boots On
Iron Maiden
Trashed
Black Sabbath (1983)
Message in Blood
Pantera (1990)
Holy Water
Soundgarden (2016)
Death
Judas Priest (2008)
Marching Off to War
Motörhead (1983)
Tsunami
Sepultura (2013)
For Your Malice
Lamb of God (2013)
Free World
Helloween (2015)
Yamato
Sabaton
When Death Replaces Life
Cannibal Corpse (2002)
Who We Are
Machine Head (2011)
Find Your Own Voice
Stratovarius (2003)
Dismiss the Cynics
In Flames (2002)
Mannequin
Cradle of Filth (2003)
San Sebastian
Sonata Arctica (2000)
Take Me Home
Lacuna Coil (2016)
Altair 4
Blind Guardian (2013)
Forever
Kamelot (2006)
The Blood of Kingu
Therion (2004)
A Blizzard Is Storming
Sirenia (2013)
Skyggedans
Satyricon (1993)
First Prayer
Katatonia (2013)
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