Five most heartbreaking Metal songs 

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What is metal? A college in Hartford, that doesn\'t actually exist, did a study showing that three out of every two relationships have ended over the debate of which bands are

metal bands. The debate has been linked to the extinction of music stores and the rise in postage costs. Some believe Poison to be metal, others rally behind Impending Doom or Slayer; Iwrestledabearonce and Black Sabbath are also contenders. But no one truly knows the boundaries of the metal category. It is a deliberation that will continue until the fall of man.

In honor of the many relationships and empires that have collapsed over the "what is metal" debate, here are the five most heartbreaking metal songs:

The quintet from Orange County have many genre crossing love songs. But none are quite as heartbreaking as "Unholy Confessions." This monster, breakthrough metal ballad defined A7X\'s early career and showed the world the emotional depth they could have, while still kicking ass. This track disguises its feelings with some incredible breakdowns and aggressive vocals, but beneath the surface lies a broken heart with smudged eyeliner.

The feels: "Confided in me was your heart - I know it\'s hurting you, but it\'s killing me."

Oceana (dangerously similar to the name of the dystopian city in

) excels at miserably sad, metal songs. Now known as the crap-trance band, Polyenso, Oceana was a metal outfit that shined brightly in a genre saturated with routine and formulaic orchestration. "The Family Disease," while not the best track from

was certainly a solid example of the band\'s unique, gloomy delivery of sad metal.

The feels: "I hook my heart to my eyes, I reach from birth just to die."

Bring Me the Horizon has many emo-driven, metal ballads, but few compare to their 2011 standout, "Blessed with a Curse." The genre label known as "emo" (short for "emotional"), is primarily a whole lot of whiny brats, crab squatting on stage while flipping their hair to-and-fro like a

cover model. And somehow it falls in the category of metal. BMTH doesn\'t fall far from the emo tree, but lands with enough distance and weight to write some compelling and heart-wrenching metal.

The feels: "Ever since this began, I was blessed with a curse. And for better or for worse I was born into a hearse."

Zao is a band that falls in the ultraviolet end of the metal spectrum, opposite the infrared bands like Motley Crue and Cinderella. They are every bit as heavy and abrasive as they come, but still manage to create some real tear-jerkers. "Angel Without Wings" is a poetic yarn that is almost unique in Zao\'s catalog of extreme metal. The track isn\'t sad in the sense that it fills you with despair, but rather in its unrealistic hopefulness.

The feels: "When I was dying you never left my side - You were always, always there for me."

It\'s a well known fact that 100% of people who have listened to Metallica\'s "Fade to Black" will die. The song is a hulking machine of dejection, mourning, and sorrow. Every note, every chord, and every word is well designed, and meticulously calculated, to have the most despairing impact on the fragile, human heart. Any hope or love you once had is swallowed by this song\'s abyss.

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