Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2004 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2004, these are the rest of the best metal tracks of 2004. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2003 and November 30, 2004.

1. Death Angel “Thrown to the Wolves” The Art of Dying
(Nuclear Blast America)
2. Exodus “Shroud of Urine” Tempo of the Damned
(Nuclear Blast America)
3. Megadeth “Kick the Chair” The System Has Failed (Sanctuary)
4. Monster Magnet “Monolithic” Monolithic Baby!
(Steamhammer/SPV)
5. Probot featuring Eric Wagner of Trouble “My Tortured Soul” Probot (Southern Lord)
6. The Datsuns “Blacken My Thumb” Outta Sight/Outta Mind (V2)
7. My Chemical Romance “Hang ‘Em High” Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (Reprise)
8. W.A.S.P. “Wishing Well” Neon God, Part 1 (Sanctuary)
9. 3 Inches of Blood “Deadly Sinners” Advance and Vanquish (Roadrunner)
10. Exodus “Blacklist” Tempo of the Damned
(Nuclear Blast America)
11. Soulfly “Prophecy” Prophecy (Roadrunner)
12. Megadeth “Back In the Day” The System Has Failed (Sanctuary)
13. Death Angel “Spirit” The Art of Dying (Nuclear Blast America)
14. Rise Against “State of the Union” Siren Song of the
Counter Culture (Geffen)
15. Damageplan “Save Me” New Found Power (Elektra)
16. Slipknot “Opium of the People” Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses (Roadrunner)
17. Probot featuring Snake of Voivod “Dictatosaurus” Probot
(Southern Lord)
18. Monster Magnet “Supercruel” Monolithic Baby! (Steamhammer/SPV)