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re: Heaviest band in the Universe
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:25 am to TreyAnastasio
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:25 am to TreyAnastasio
oh yeah, good one
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:21 am to Lightnin Hopkins
I guess it depends on your definition of heavy. Nails comes to mind for me. Abandon All Hope is pure chaos.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 10:45 am to Lightnin Hopkins
quote:
Heaviest band in the Universe
Dethklok, obviously.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:21 am to Lightnin Hopkins
It's hard to say what band is the heaviest. Really just depends on what you find heavy. There have been some great suggestions so far.
I'll add Strapping Young Lad. Heavy for the sake of being heavy and poking fun at it. Massive wall of sound and a guy with a skullet screaming tongue and cheek lyrics.
Shitstorm
Alien - Give a least the first 4 songs a listen
City
Your thread title reminded me of The Heaviest Matter of The Universe by Gojira. LINK
I'll add Strapping Young Lad. Heavy for the sake of being heavy and poking fun at it. Massive wall of sound and a guy with a skullet screaming tongue and cheek lyrics.
Shitstorm
Alien - Give a least the first 4 songs a listen
City
Your thread title reminded me of The Heaviest Matter of The Universe by Gojira. LINK
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:37 am to NewIberiaHaircut
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.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:08 pm to monsterballads
quote:
you ever listen to THOU?
NO
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:09 pm to Lightnin Hopkins
quote:The older I got the less I like the screaming aspect of 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
Sometimes it is appropriate, but overall I tend to not like it anymore.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:50 pm to Lightnin Hopkins
The new Pallbearer should be right up your alley.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 1:49 pm to High C
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.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:13 pm to Lightnin Hopkins
Check out the band "Inquisition"
Black metal at its finest, no poser or chode metal here.
LINK
Black metal at its finest, no poser or chode metal here.
LINK
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 9/19/14 at 3:52 pm to JS87
Not to be confused with a great old richmond punk band...
Inquisition
Here's some Floor for the thread
Inquisition
Here's some Floor for the thread
Posted on 9/19/14 at 4:35 pm to Lightnin Hopkins
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.
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.
Posted on 9/20/14 at 3:20 am to Lightnin Hopkins
quote:
Give me a song or 4.
I suggest "Entrails ripped from a Virgins count", seriously.
Posted on 9/20/14 at 5:33 am to Lightnin Hopkins
Dying Fetus
Goatwhore
Super Joint Ritual
Goatwhore
Super Joint Ritual
Posted on 9/20/14 at 6:45 pm to High C
Hadn't heard that until today, name of the album is Foundations of Burden fwiw
Posted on 9/20/14 at 7:32 pm to JS87
Lead singer sounds exactly like Darth Sidius....dig the instrumentals though
Posted on 9/20/14 at 7:36 pm to eye65
shite man the second song on that floor lp was worth starting this thread
Posted on 9/20/14 at 10:57 pm to Lightnin Hopkins
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.
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.
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