Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2001 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2001, these are the rest of the best metal tracks of 2001. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2000 and November 30, 2001.

1. System of A Down “Prison Song” Toxicity (American/Sony)

2. Soil “Breaking Me Down” Scars (J-Records)

3. Drowning Pool “Bodies” Sinner (Wind-Up)

4. Ozzy Osbourne “Gets Me Through” Down to Earth (Epic/Sony)

5. Judas Priest “Feed On Me” Demolition (Atlantic)

6. Megadeth “Disconnect” The World Needs A Hero (Sanctuary)

7. Tool “Schism” Lateralus (Volcano)

8. Slayer “Bloodline” God Hates Us All (American)

9. Soil “Halo” Scars (J-Records)

10. System of A Down “Chop Suey!” Toxicity (American/Sony)

11. Ozzy Osbourne “Facing Hell” Down to Earth (Epic/Sony)

12. Megadeth “Moto Psycho” The World Needs A Hero (Sanctuary)

13. Beautiful Creatures “1AM” Beautiful Creatures (Warner Brothers)

14. Buckcherry “Porno Star” Time Bomb (Dreamworks)

15. System of A Down “Science” Toxicity (American/Sony)

16. Slayer “Threshold” God Hates Us All (American)

17. Tool “Ticks and Leeches” Lateralus (Volcano)

18. Rob Zombie “House of 100 Corpses” The Sinister Urge (Universal)