re: Heaviest band in the Universe

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Heaviest band in the Universe

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Dethklok, obviously.

I agree 100%. Sometimes I feel like I'm just a punk white boy cuz I don't dig on teh scream metal. I'm into the stoner/sludge feel rather than the shred metal. I like lyrics to be sang (or at least attempted at singing) rather than shouted or grunted. Lightnin' fast guitar playing is sick, obviously, but I can only listen to sweep picking for so long before I want to grab a shovel and smash the radio. Hard to call yourself a true 'metal' fan with those standards I realize but I can't change for nobody.

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I'm into the stoner/sludge feel rather than the shred metal. I like lyrics to be sang (or at least attempted at singing) rather than shouted or grunted

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The older I got the less I like the screaming aspect of metal.

Sometimes it is appropriate, but overall I tend to not like it anymore.

Yup. Pallbearer came to mind as well. Their album and YOB's new album came out within a week or so of each other, and I was listening to both non stop for a while.

Brutal death metal has always stood out to me as the heaviest overall genre. I know people like to point to black metal because of the subject matter and theatrics, but it has always lacked the musicianship and overall accessibility for most metal heads. To me, it's merely a hyperbolic derivative of metal, and not in a good way.

Cannibal Corpse was a great pick, as is Deicide and Morbid Angel. Death's instrumentation could put them in contention but Shuldiner's vocals were too high-pitched when compared to his contemporaries. It works well for the band, but it's just a notch beneath the brutal death bands in terms of aggression.

Personally, Lamb of God's Ashes of the Wake was just on another level at the time of its release. However, the subsequent album, Sacrament , seemed to take a step back in terms of overall heaviness. Consequently, they seem to get unfairly dismissed by fans. Randy Blythe's vocals are harsh 100% of the time, unlike most metalcore or melodic death bands. Plus, Adler's double-bass drumming is just a work of art.

I will also submit Meshuggah in any argument involving heaviness. I know most people like to shite on djent as a genre, but these Swedes are the real deal. Chaosphere may not be as impressive as Nothing in terms of virtuosity, but it can easily be viewed as the band's most brutal album from start to finish. Plus, they're one of the most intelligent bands performing today along with Gojira.

I've never cared for bands like Electric Wizard and other doom metal acts because it just puts me to sleep after awhile. Don't get me wrong, I love Candlemass, Crowbar, Down, and Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, but I can only handle so much. While tuning down is an essential aspect of heaviness and metal in general, it isn't the end all be all in determining a band's "weight". I've always preferred the speed and furious pacing of thrash and death because it seems much more frantic and chaotic.

Gojira.

Dying Fetus
Goatwhore
Super Joint Ritual

Lead singer sounds exactly like Darth Sidius....dig the instrumentals though

Electric Wizard is the band that popped in my mind when I saw the name of this topic. Only been turned onto them about a year or so but the more I listen the more I like.

You can't pay me enough to listen to anyone grunt lyrics or growl. The vast majority of death metal does nothing for me at all.

Lamb of God is awesome.