Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2003 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2003, these are the rest of the best metal tracks of 2003. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2002 and November 30, 2003.

1. Fireball Ministry “King” Second Great Awakening
(Nuclear Blast America)
2. Black Label Society “Stillborn” Blessed Hellride (Spitfire)
3. Anthrax “Safe Home” We’ve Come For You All (Beyond/Sanctuary)
4. The Darkness “Growing On Me” Permission to Land (Atlantic)
5. Metallica “Frantic” St. Anger (Elektra)
6. Fireball Ministry “Flatline” Second Great Awakening
(Nuclear Blast America)
7. Stone Temple Pilots “All In the Suit That You Wear”
Thank You (Atlantic)
8. Marilyn Manson “The Golden Age Of Grotesque” The Golden Age Of Grotesque (Nothing/Interscope)
9. A Perfect Circle “The Outsider” Thirteenth Step (Virgin)
10. Coheed & Cambria “The Velourium Camper I: Faint of Hearts” In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (Equal Vision)
11. The Darkness “Givin’ Up” Permission to Land (Atlantic)
12. Black Label Society “Stoned & Drunk” Blessed Hellride (Spitfire)
13. Godsmack “Straight Out of Line” Faceless (Universal)
14. Soil “Pride” re.de.fine (J-Records)
15. The Datsuns “In Love” The Datsuns (V2)
16. The Darkness “Get Your Hands Off My Woman”
Permission to Land (Atlantic)
17. Coheed & Cambria “A Favor House Atlantic” In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (Equal Vision)
18. Fireball Ministry “Master of None” Second Great Awakening (Nuclear Blast America)
19. Anthrax “What Doesn’t Die” We’ve Come For You All (Beyond/Sanctuary)
20. Korn “Right Now” Take A Look In The Mirror (Epic/Immortal)