Looking for recommendations for EPIC music

[Bandit7319]

Hey everybody! First time posting here, and I'm hoping that I don't accidentallly commit any kind of forum faux pas lol. But, basically, I LOVE music of all types, but one of my FAVORITE "types" is Epic music. Now, I realize that Epic varies from person to person, and I respect that. I'll provide examples of my current "Epic music" playlist on my ipod... but as a kind of high level overview, what makes a song epic to me is it starts off slow and melllow, there's a buld, it EXPLODES (sometimes more than once!), then slows back down, and has a gradual close. It includes at least one amaazing guitar solo, but that's not necessarily the crescendo, it just helps build the song. So, without further adieu, here are some examples. I won't include the givens like Stairway and Won't Get Fooled Again, but I certainly consider those Epic. I'll also include the artists though for most of them it probably won't be required lol.

War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
This Is The End - Doors
Sorrow - Pink Floyd (Especially the version off Pulse)
High Hopes - Pink Floyd
Can't You Hear Me Knockin' - Rolling Stones
Turbo Lover - Judas Priest
No More Tears - Ozzy
Maggie's Farm - Rage Agaiinst The Machine
Bleeding Me - Metallica (I haven't heard the original version, only the one on S & M; one of my most quintessential epic songs)
Parbol(a) - Tool
Manic Aeon - Sirenia (Pretty obscure I know; doesn't really have any guitar solos, for this one it's more the dichotomy betweeen metal growling and crushing guitars immediately followed by melodic, classically trained female vocals)
Most anything by Opeth - (Kinda like above; acoustiic, chill, then punches you in the face with crunching guitar riiffs and ripping badass solos)
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath (Dio days)

Hopefully that's enough to give you guys an idea of what I'm talking about! I look forward to your responses!

[Jerome]

Does it have to be a song or are instrumentals OK? If the answer is yes, try Camel's 'Ice' or David Gilmour's 'Let's Get Metaphysical'. Rainbow's 'Catch the Rainbow' (the live version) is amazing. Also 'Mistreated' from the same album.

[jazzboCR]

When spelled all-caps as in your Thread title, it's Sinclair Lewis' platform for governor of California in the '30's--End Poverty in California.: http://www.thenation.com/article/155381/...-campaign#
That word is also usually yoked to another--epic failure. I understand what you are asking about--I question the over-used word choice.
"Epic" doesn't just mean grand ideas being expressed; it means great ideas realized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFPwm0e_K98 << Despite the uses to which his music was put, nobody did this better.
Thin, quiet line between "epic" songs and "grandiose" songs. Most fail the test...and none are epic in any ancient Greek sense. Try another word.

[jazzboCR]

OK so you are looking for anthemic music--here's a guy taking a simple, musical song and converting it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=36&v=DgmNi-0atb4
There's lotsa tunes in the soul/R&B field that qualify. Here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY << Or were you only looking for doom, death and destruction (if you've ever caused any of these, you might have a different perspective.)?

[Kara]

There are a couple I can think of off the top of my head.

"Do They Know It's Christmastime In Africa" is a good one and Rush's Overture from their album 2112.

[Jane42]

"Valkyrie" by Asia, "Some Nights" by F.U.N. and "Do They Know It's Christmastime in Africa" from the Live Aid concert.

[evilB]

Hi Bandit,

Steven Wilson - Harmony Korine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BClzBQmZZBc
Porcupine Tree - Normal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcpUO8K_rek
Leprous - The Price - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9Qd_84YZs
Von Hertzen Brothers - Hold Me Up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAy0_AfujqQ
Pain Of Salvation - Beyond The Pale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZhRBPE7HI
Devin Townsend - Grace (featuring Anneke van Giersbergen) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Gwtep2oXw
Catherine Wheel - Waydown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dDJ21ZRElc
Catherine Wheel - Heal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA3YleoxS1k
Northern Kings - We Don't Need Another Hero (Tina Turner Cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKwQKqQ8MMY
Nightwish - Over The Hills (Gary Moore Cover) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8gXzDLNWl8
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8gXzDLNWl8
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc (not a hard rock metal band/sound but still builds throughout the song)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0spQCw35D4

Hopefully you find a couple of gems in the lot.
evilB

[RonniePistons]

Anything on "Ready Sex Go" by Marvelous 3