Give Me the BEST songs to represent the metal spirit.

You can define that as whatever you want, and all subgenres are accepted (except glam metal unless a glam metal song is just that metal).  And if you don't wanna get philosophical about it, just give me "the most metal songs" you can think of.

The best examples I have so far IMO are:

1. Judas Priest - Painkiller

2. Metallica - Master of Puppets

3. Hell - Metnal

4. Slayer - Raining Blood

5. My Dying Bride - The Raven and the Rose

And I might include Nomos Nebuleam for a more personal opinion due to perfectly capturing the more "astral" side of metal.

8. Detroit Rock City-Kiss

7. The Last Command-WASP

6. Caught in a Most-Anthrax

5. Children of the Grave-Black Sabbath

4. Hellraiser-Ozzy+Lemmy

3. Motorbreath-Metallica

2. Warriors of the World United-Manowar

1. Black Metal-Venom

Well, Judas Priest's "Painkiller" is certainly the one that best represents it & immediately springs to mind but I'm also gonna add Bestial Warlust's "At the Graveyard of God" & Bathory's "Blood Fire Death".

In no particular order:

Motorhead - Overkill

Slayer - Raining Blood

Darkthrone - In the Shadow of the Horns

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Diamond Head - Am I Evil?

Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera

Autopsy - In the Grip of Winter